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September 4th, 2019 was a beautiful morning in the desert city of Victorville, California. For most residents in the neighborhood of the 13,000 block of Cabazon Court it was just another morning: quiet and uneventful. Inside one residence, however, chaos was brewing, and it would soon spill out onto the street, shattering the peace and quiet with screams and gunfire. By 8:35 that morning, 26-year-old Meagan McCarthy, a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy, would be brutally beaten and shot at with her own gun. And the man who attacked her, 21-year-old Ari Young, would be shot six times by responding deputies. Surprisingly, Ari survived and went on to defend his actions in court. With much of the mayhem caught on video, the incident remained in headlines for years. The disturbing images scrutinized and reviewed on social media and television over and over, as tensions between law enforcement and the public rose across the nation. Four years later, the case came to a close with one of the most hotly debated v

In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami tackles Scientology as she walks us through the HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Jami highlights Scientology’s controversial founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and his disturbing actions as the leader of the church …which include abducting his child and fleeing to Cuba. Jami doesn’t hold back her strong opinions about the Church of Scientology and its leaders because she thinks the organization looks, smells and acts like a cult. There’s also a fun game of “Would You Rather” in this episode that viewers/listeners can weigh in on.  Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram & TikTok and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Serial Streamers club members “meet” in the comments on Jami’s Instagram and share their thoughts and opinions about the documentaries we’re watching.  Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Check out Jami’s other podcasts! Lipstick & Lies: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lipstick-lies

Rod Demery spent many years working as a homicide detective for the Shreveport (Louisiana) Police Department, and he retired in 2016. Rod now works as a special homicide investigator for the district attorney’s office. He is also a United States Navy veteran and served in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. As if all of that wasn’t enough, Rod is also the star of hit tv show, Murder Chose Me, on Investigation Discovery. Murder Chose Me features Rod telling murder stories in his own words, as well as reenactments provided by a very well-chosen cast who deliver these scenes in a gripping way that really pulls you into the story. Sponsor: Book of the Month Club - For a limited time, you can join and get the first book for just $5 with code FORYOU. Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishPodcast. We’re also on Facebook. Visit murderish.com to learn more about Jami and the podcast. You can also buy merch & sign up to become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic Patreon member an

Iconic rapper Tupac Shakur, in his lyrics and persona, foreshadowed his own violent end. Tupac’s bold, brash and fearless demeanor earned him a legion of fans, but it also made him a target. Whether intentional or not, Tupac's “thug life” mantra blurred the lines between Hollywood gangsters and real ones, a threshold from which there was no turning back. Now, nearly 30 years after the prolific rapper was gunned down in a hail of bullets near the Las Vegas Strip, the public may finally get confirmation of the men and the motive behind one of music’s greatest mysteries: Who killed Tupac Shakur? Why did it take authorities over 25 years to file charges in such a high-profile case when so many apparently already knew who was responsible? Who were they trying to protect? And what’s changed? Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors: Rocket Money: Visit RocketMoney.com/MURDERISH

In April of 2002, the body of a young female was found floating in an abandoned well. Christy McKendall had been reported missing days earlier after leaving her apartment with three boys, whom she considered friends. Those “friends” would betray Christy in the most tragic way imaginable. The details surrounding this murder are especially heinous. Listener discretion is advised. Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishPodcast. We’re also on Facebook. Visit murderish.com to learn more about Jami and the podcast. You can also buy merch & sign up to become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic Patreon member and get access to exclusive perks.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder …ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This special episode is in collaboration with our good friends over at The Minds of Madness, a true crime podcast. On the morning of January 17th, 2012, Lauren Kornberg and her mother were walking a pack of 9 dogs in the direction of the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California. As they veered just off the trail, a Golden Retriever in the group suddenly bolted off and started digging frantically. When the Goldie emerged from the underbrush, he was proudly carrying back something in his mouth …a bag containing a severed human head. The day before, 66-year-old Hervey Medellin had been reported missing. No one had seen or heard from him since December 26th, 2011. And as more body parts were eventually uncovered, the whereabouts of Hervey would soon become all too apparent. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors Quince: Visit Quince.com/MURDERISH for free shipping o

In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami brings on a VERY special guest …her best friend since eighth grade, Jessi! Jami and Jessi both watched The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist on Netflix beforehand, and they share their spicy opinions about the docuseries in this hilarious episode. The ladies also share their own personal experiences with petty crime, as they committed a few together back in their teenage years (allegedly). Jessi calls Jami out for being the “mastermind” of their shenanigans back in the day, and Jami reveals her softer side as she shares her experience being a teenage mom whose child needed surgery to treat a life-threatening medical condition. The ladies laughed, cried, and they definitely brought the humor with their commentary on this docuseries.  Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir …and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Twice per month, Jami opens up the Serial Streamers club chat on Instagram so members can weigh in on the TV series we’re watching together. 

In 2015, 17-year-old Michelle Carter was indicted on charges connected to the suicide of her 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy Jr III. In a controversial 2017 trial, a Taunton, Massachusetts jury found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter. A similar case occurred in May 2019, though it received much less publicity. Boston College students Inyoung You and her boyfriend Alexander Urtula had been dating for 18 months when he died by suicide. An investigation would uncover an abundance of abusive text messages from Inyoung in the months leading up to Alexander’s death. The Carter and You cases involved problematic text messages that many argue are what drove both victims in these cases to end their lives. But where does free will end and the power of suggestion take over? Is it possible to brainwash someone into ending their own life? Let’s see if we get any closer to answers as we explore Alexander Urtula’s case in this episode of MURDERISH. Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishP

Christine Paolilla had it rough growing up. Her household wasn’t the most stable, and her social life was a source of trauma. When two beautiful and popular classmates entered Christine’s life, everything changed for the better. Or so it seemed. On July 18, 2003, an evening that was supposed to be filled with laughs, drinks and spending time with friends, the unimaginable happened. By the end of the horrific event, four teenagers would be dead. Their loved ones and the community were shocked to learn who was responsible for their gruesome murders. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors Green Chef: Visit GreenChef.com/murderish250 and use code murderish250 to get $250 off. Rocket Money: Visit RocketMoney.com/MURDERISH to cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your money the easy way. ZocDoc: Visit ZocDoc.com/MURDERISH to download the free app and book a top-rated doctor

In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners/viewers through the 2016 documentary, Betting on Zero. The documentary is about billionaire hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman’s pursuit to take down the multi-level marketing company, Herbalife. Ackman and his partners take a billion dollar short position on Herbalife, betting the MLM company will ultimately fail and the stock value will go to zero. Jami makes no bones about her negative opinion of multi-level marketing companies as she walks you through this documentary with plenty of hot takes and smart-a** comments. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir …and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Twice per month, Jami opens up the Serial Streamers club chat on Instagram so members can weigh in on the TV series we’re watching together.  Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Check out Jami’s other podcasts! Lipstick & Lies: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lipstick-lies/id1704189120 Dirty Money Moves: Wo

When an alternative medicine doctor was found bludgeoned to death in her Bonita Springs, Florida home in the summer of 2015, friends and neighbors worried a burglar was on the loose, looking for his next random victim. Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office told the public that Dr. Teresa Sievers had been bashed in the back of the head after returning home early from a trip with her husband and two daughters. An online sleuth group wondered if Dr. Sievers’s death was connected to that of several other alternative medicine doctors throughout the country who had also died under mysterious circumstances in recent months. The slain doctor’s husband, Mark, had an airtight alibi. Who killed Dr. Sievers and why? The disturbing details of her murder would be revealed in time, and the answers rocked the community. Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishPodcast. We’re also on Facebook. Visit murderish.com to learn more about Jami and the podcast. You can also buy merch & sign up to

Convicted in 1989 of the brutal murder of 65-year-old Everett Carr in New Milford, Connecticut, Ricky Birch and Shawn Henning were sentenced to 50 years behind bars without any physical evidence tying them to the crime scene. At trial, prosecutors had to explain to a jury how the two men, then only in their teens, managed to beat and stab their victim over 25 times without getting a single drop of his blood onto their clothing. To do so, the district attorney’s office relied on the testimony of the state’s top pathologist ..a man very well known to true crime content enthusiasts. A man by the name of Dr. Henry Lee. Today, Dr. Lee is considered one of the country’s foremost experts on forensic science. Birch and Henning spent decades in prison substantially based on Dr. Henry Lee’s testimony at their trial. More than 30 years after they were convicted, new information came to light and eventually led to their convictions being vacated in 2020. Subsequent to that, Dr. Henry Lee’s reputation would come under in

In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners through the infamous, ill-fated FYRE Festival which was highlighted in the Netflix documentary titled Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. The documentary chronicles Scammy McScammerson Billy McFarland, a wannabe tech bro, and his co-founder rapper Ja Rule’s half-a** attempt to throw an exclusive music festival in the Bahamas to promote their joint-venture FYRE app. Organizers of the festival would soon learn that the island on which the event was to occur had NO infrastructure and couldn’t handle thousands of festival attendees. From janky hurricane tents being sold to attendees as “luxury tents,” to sad and soggy cheese sandwiches being served as a proper meal …the FYRE Festival was doomed from the start. Join Jami on this wild ride of an episode as the jokes just write themselves. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir …and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Twice per month, Jami opens up the Serial Streamers club chat on

They say blood is thicker than water. But what happens when that blood bond is exploited by someone who seems to be a narcissist? In this episode of MURDERISH, we’re exploring a twisted case involving two cousins whose trail of violence impacted four generations of their wealthy family and reached an explosive conclusion in the summer of 1985. Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishPodcast. We’re also on Facebook. Visit murderish.com to learn more about Jami and the podcast. You can also buy merch & sign up to become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic Patreon member and get access to exclusive perks.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder …ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine living in constant fear of rejection just because of who you are. That’s a reality for many people in the LGBTQ+ community today. Like others in her friend circle, 15-year-old Sakia Gunn found a place of refuge outside of her neighborhood. That refuge, however, turned out to be a false sense of security as young Sakia would be violently murdered there simply because she was gay. Maybe you’ve never heard of Sakia Gunn, but her story needs to be told. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Sponsors: Green Chef: Visit GreenChef.com/60murderish and use code 60murderish for 60% off + free shipping. Fast Growing Trees: Visit FastGrowingTrees.com/MURDERISH for 15% off your entire order thru 10/15/23. Rocket Money: Visit RockeyMoney.com/MURDERISH to cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your money the easy way. ZocDoc: Visit Zocdoc.com/MURDERISH and download the app for FREE. Then find and book a top- rated doctor today. Lipstick & Lies - Liste

In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami walks listeners through the Sarah Lawrence Cult and the Hulu docuseries Stolen Youth: The Cult at Sarah Lawrence. In the Fall of 2009, a man named Larry Ray began staying on campus with a group of college students after he was released from prison. He had all of them believing his criminal conviction was bogus, and that he could help them reach their true and best selves. One by one, Larry Ray began manipulating, abusing and controlling these students who all found themselves trapped in a tiny New York apartment with the con man. It would take years for the students to realize they had been scammed and abused by a man they had always believed was helping them. After it all came crashing down, one of Larry Ray’s victims would also find herself in prison. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir …and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Twice per month, Jami opens up the Serial Streamers club chat on Instagram so members can weigh in on the TV series we’re

On the morning of Saturday, July 30, 2011, the weather in Sydney Australia was perfect. On Liverpool Street, people were having breakfast at the Canopy Café on the bottom floor of a new upscale 34-floor apartment building called The Hyde. The area was a buzz with people enjoying a meal, walking to work, and going about their usual day. Only, this day would turn out to be anything but usual. At 9:55 AM, numerous people were jolted from their activities and witness to something they will likely never forget. Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishPodcast. We’re also on Facebook. Visit murderish.com to learn more about Jami and the podcast. You can also buy merch & sign up to become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic Patreon member and get access to exclusive perks.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder …ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some might say 40-year-old Lana Clarkson was born with stars in her eyes. She dreamt of the kind of fame that would honor her natural abilities. She also wore her heart on her sleeve - her desire to become a big-time Hollywood actress was apparent to anyone she encountered. Lana’s pursuit of success made her vulnerable to the most sinister of predators. A single night in February 2003 would shatter Lana’s world and all who cared for her. Lana’s murder led to two highly publicized Hollywood trials at which the defendant, world famous music producer Phil Spector, wore outlandish outfits and wigs as if it was his own personal circus.  Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Sponsors Fast Growing Trees: Visit FastGrowingTrees.com/MURDERISH for 15% off your entire order. Füm: Visit TryFum.com and use code MURDERISH to save 10% when you buy the Journey pack. Blissy: Visit Blissy.com/MURDERISH to try Blissy risk-free for 60 nights and get 30% off. Shopify: Vis

In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami takes listeners on a journey through The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, a docuseries highlighting the rise and fall of Gwen Shamblin Lara's religious weight-loss regimen. Gwen Shamblin rose to fame as a weight-loss champion but she also happened to be a controversial religious leader. Listen as Jami shares her take on the cult leader and diet guru. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir, and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club! Twice per month, Jami opens up the Serial Streamers club chat on Instagram so members can weigh in on the TV series we’re watching.  Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair. CrimeCon 2023: Visit CrimeCon.com and use code MURDERISH for 10% off a Standard Badge. Lipstick & Lies (produced & co-hosted by Jami) - listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lipstick-lies/id1704189120 Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - listen on Apple Podcasts:

Late in the evening on Friday, January 8, 1993, the employees in one particular restaurant in Palatine Chicago didn’t know at the time that they would not be going home that night. Hours after these workers began their closing routine, all seven of their bodies would be discovered inside of Brown’s Chicken, a popular restaurant chain. Upon entering the bloody scene, officer Ron Conley dispatched backup saying “Five in the cooler.” This tragedy was the worst mass murder in the Chicago area since 1966 when Richard Speck murdered eight student nurses in their dorm. It would take nine long years for authorities to receive a break in the horrendous case widely known as the Brown’s Chicken Massacre. Let’s get social: Follow MURDERISH on Instagram & TikTok @MurderishPodcast. We’re also on Facebook. Visit murderish.com to learn more about Jami and the podcast. You can also buy merch & sign up to become a MURDERISH | Behind the Mic Patreon member and get access to exclusive perks.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t m