Karen Greenlee was an unapologetic necrophiliac who confessed to having sex with the bodies of up to forty dead young men, some at the funeral home where she worked, others in mortuaries she broke into at night.

On December 17, 1979 ,Karen became infamous after stealing a hearse and absconding with the corpse inside to feed her dark, sexual desires.

Hear the whole crazy story right here in the Murder Coaster sideshow tent!

And today Matthew is joined by long-time friend of the show Malformed Malcontent, as Christa is on vacation, but she’ll be back next week for the finale of our ongoing series on Santa Cruz Murder Capital of the World.

And a special thanks to the Creature Preachers for letting us use their song “Haunted Swamp.” Check them out on Bandcamp: Necro A Go-Go | The Creature Preachers (bandcamp.com) and YouTube: (17) The Creature Preachers - YouTube

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References:

Apocalypse Culture Edited by Adam Parfrey

Incidents of necrophilia - Wikipedia

Welcome back to Part 2 of Edmund Kemper in our own going series on Santa Cruz California, Murder Capital of the World.

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Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer

Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com

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Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

References:

Ed Kemper: Conversations with a Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Coed Killer by Dary Matera

Ed Kemper reads 'Flowers in the attic' (Alisa Shavrina) (youtube.com)

The Co-Ed Killer: A Study of the Murders, Mutilations, and Matricide of Edmund Kemper III by Margaret Cheney

MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: The Santa Cruz Community Looks Back at the Frazier, Mullin and Kemper Murder Sprees of the Early 1970s by Emerson Murray READ THIS BOOK! IT’S AMAZING.

Serial Killers of Santa Cruz by Aubrey Graves

Murderville USA The Santa Cruz Serial Killers by Les MacDonald

'Murder capital of the world': The terrifying years when multiple serial killers stalked Santa Cruz (sfgate.com)

Today we cover the big bad daddy of the Santa Cruz killers, and when we say big, we mean most literally, for he was a six-foot-nine, 285-pound giant of a man, but with the heart of a sad and lonely little boy, we are of course talking about Big Ed Kemper!

Edmund Kemper would be one of the first to define the modern serial killer, being studied by the FBI’s Robert Ressler who would later coin the actual term serial killer after extensive interviews with Ed, a necrophile and cannibal who killed with guns, knives, hammers, ropes, and even his bare hands, becoming known as the Chopper, the Buzzsaw Butcher and the Coed killer.

Ladies and gentlemen, strap in, get ready for one hell of a ride, as we delve into the deeply disturbing life of Edmund Emil Kemper III!!

MURDER COASTER PODCAST

Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer

Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com

Facebook: Murder Coaster

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/

Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

References:

Ed Kemper: Conversations with a Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Coed Killer by Dary Matera

The Co-Ed Killer: A Study of the Murders, Mutilations, and Matricide of Edmund Kemper III by Margaret Cheney

MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: The Santa Cruz Community Looks Back at the Frazier, Mullin and Kemper Murder Sprees of the Early 1970s by Emerson Murray READ THIS BOOK! IT’S AMAZING.

Serial Killers of Santa Cruz by Aubrey Graves

Murderville USA The Santa Cruz Serial Killers by Les MacDonald

'Murder capital of the world': The terrifying years when multiple serial killers stalked Santa Cruz (sfgate.com)