Two Friends and a Coffin

Jun 13 2024 24 ep. 59 mins 1

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Serial Killers. The Supernatural. Weird History. Join Carls and Behn as they dive into the intersection of life and death and speak for those who can no longer speak for themselves. Two Friends and a Coffin: A Delightfully Dark podcast.

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Two Friends and a Coffin: The Pilot

Apr 14 2022 30 mins

Carls and Behn begin their work of speaking for those who can no longer speak for themselves.

Dean Corll: The B-List Monster with an A-List Crime

Apr 24 2022 76 mins

Carls and Behn speak for "The Lost Boys of Houston," the 28 victims of "The Candy Man," Dean Corll, and his two teenage accomplices, Wayne Henley and David Brooks.

Charming on Camera, Evil Off-Screen: Unveiling Rodney Alcala

May 18 2022 82 mins

There have been few predators as terrifying as Rodney Alcala, who used his photography as a lure for the young girls and women who were his victims. In this episode, Carls and Behn speak for the victims of "The Dating Game Killer," whose true number of victims is unknown, some of whom could be among the faces of thousands of pictures that were found among his trophies.

The Unsettling Saga of Carl Tanzler and His Eternal Love

Jun 02 2022 75 mins

Carl Tanzler: Mad doctor or (slightly unhinged) helpless romantic? For seven years he lived with the object of his affection, showering her with gifts and romance. Perfectly touching, if not for the little problem that she had died years earlier. But, no job was too large (or messy) for the "Count Von Cossel." Using rags, bits of wire, wax, silk, and even a wig of her own shorn hai

The Fall and Fall Again of Ray and Faye

Jun 27 2022 47 mins

The Copelands were like many other older couples across the landscape of the postwar American South. Ray was an irascible farmer, scraping a meager existence on a farm in rural Missouri. Faye, the dutiful housewife, handled the household finances, and lived in fear of the frequent beatings from her husband. Their domestic life would eventually take a sinister turn. After 5 bodies o

"The Kindly Killer": Britain's Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nilsen

Jul 14 2022 71 mins

In 1983 a plumber found human flesh and bone blocking the drain pipes of a home in North London. After questioning the polite, kindly man living in the 3rd floor flat, investigators were horrified to find that these were the remains of 3 victims, their flesh boiled, cleaved from their bones, and then flushed down the toilet. Nearly a decade before Jeffrey Dahmer, the necrophile Den

The Bridgewater Triangle: Paranormal Hotspot in the Heart of Massachusetts

Aug 17 2022 72 mins

In 1983 Loren Coleman published "Mysterious America," in which he identified an abnormally high number of weird reports in a 200 square mile area of South Eastern Massachusetts that he coined "The Bridgewater Triangle." In this special episode, Behn and "ghost host" Palestina, regale Carls with their experiences growing up "pahking the cah" within the weirdness that was their home,

Michelle "Shelly" Knotek: Sadistic Gaslighting Mindfucker (and murderess)

Sep 07 2022 69 mins

Carls speaks for the 3 victims of Michelle "Shelly" Knotek, who went from terrorizing her children, to terrorizing her boarders, and eventually, murder. Huge trigger warning, discussing situations of domestic violence, starvation, and child abuse.

"Dr" Linda Burfield Hazzard and Her Sanitarium at Starvation Heights

Sep 25 2022 60 mins

Quack medicine has been around for as long as there have been people, peddled by the shrewd who victimize the naive. But the most dangerous of all are charismatic bullshitters who also have firm foundations and experienced knowledge in their chosen field. Enter "Dr" Linda Burfield Hazzard, an "alternative medicine" practitioner who advocated medically supervised fasting. In this ep

Episode 10 - Haunted Theatres: Scary Things on Stage (other than bad performances)

Oct 25 2022 47 mins

In our first "spooky" episode, Carls gives the deets about the hauntings that surround 3 theatres: The Huntington Theatre in Boston, the Iroquois/Oriental/Nederlander in Chicago, and the New Amsterdam in New York.