Melanin Mayhem Podcast

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Livestreamed Mayhem in Memphis Aug 20, 2025

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Picture it, Memphis, September 2022. A teen with a long paper trail of criminality since he was knee high to a butterfly hits “go live” and turns a regular Wednesday into a citywide nightmare—random shootings, carjackings, and panic streaming in real time. In this episode, we trace Ezekiel Kelly’s path from early charges and second chances to the hours-long rampage that shut the city down and left families forever changed. This YN was a domestic terrorist and I'm spilling all the tea on how it all went down.

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From Crack House to Death Row Aug 13, 2025

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Kimberly McCarthy had the kind of smile that could disarm you — and a hustle that could leave you dead. Once an occupational therapist, she fell deep into the streets, trading scrubs for a crack pipe and a dangerous game of survival. But when a sweet-talking “visit” to her elderbun neighbors house turned into a savage murder, Texas was ready to make an example out of her. Then all hell broke loose during sentencing and put Kim on a whole 'nother level of mayhem, Kimberly wasn’t just in the headlines — she was making death row history.

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Murder at Mule Creek Aug 08, 2025

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When love walks into a prison and never walks back out…
Two women. Two “family visits.” Same California prison. Same deadly ending. In less than five months, 47-year-old Tania Thomas and 62-year-old Stephanie Brinson each stepped into Mule Creek State Prison to spend private time with their husbands — one serving life for attempted murder, the other serving four life terms for a quadruple homicide. Neither woman made it out alive. In this episode, your favorite country girl pulls back the sheets on the twisted mix of loyalty, danger, and state-sanctioned fuckery that let two convicted killers strike again… with the Department of Corrections holding the door wide open.

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Paroled to Kill Aug 06, 2025

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When a charming smile hides a bloodstained truth, how many warnings get ignored before the mayhem boils over? This week on Melanin Mayhem, we head to New York to dissect the chilling case of Nathaniel White—a convicted killer who stalked the Hudson Valley in the early '90s, leaving behind a trail of brutalized Black women. Despite a prior conviction and multiple red flags, White managed to stay under the radar long enough to earn the title of one of New York’s most prolific serial killers. How did he slip through the cracks? And what does his story say about whose lives are prioritized in the pursuit of justice?

Tap in as we unravel a case filled with missed chances, overlooked victims, and cold-blooded murder.

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One Shot Willie Jul 30, 2025

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Today we are taking the way back machine to 1902 to learn about the story of how one black man with one rifle held off a mob that was determined to get to him by any means necessary. This week we’re digging into the story of a man whose trigger finger made history, even if most folks have never heard his name. Lock in as we unravel the chaos, the carnage, and the calculated aim of one of the South’s deadliest forgotten shooters- William Reynolds.

All Fired Up Jul 25, 2025

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Love Kills X Melanin Mayhem brings you the firey tale of a neighborhood vigilante whose warped sense of righteousness led to the death of nine innocent people in Akron, Ohio. In this scorcher of an episode, we’re striking the match on Stanley Ford — the Akron man who turned petty neighbor beef into a deadly firestorm. Stanley appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, anyone he thought wasn't living by the good book, was dealt with, permanently.

The Black Widow of Maryland Jul 23, 2025

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She played in everybody's face as the grieving widow when all the while she was playing them like poker chips. This week, we dive into the twisted tale of Josephine Gray — a woman whose lovers had a nasty habit of ending up communing with the Lord. But while the bodies dropped, her bank account grew, getting fat off life insurance payouts. With voodoo, manipulation, and a cold heart, Josephine managed to stay steps ahead of the law — that is until the law figured out how to out slick a slickster. Tap in as we unravel the deadly game of one of Maryland’s most chilling femmes fatales.

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The Predator In Her Bed Jul 16, 2025

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This week on Melanin Mayhem, we’re shining a spotlight on William Jennings Choyce — a wolf in sheep's clothing. He wasn’t just living a double life; he was living a deadly one. William Choyce terrorized California’s streets for years, slipping through the cracks and leaving bodies in his wake. How did he keep up the double life for so long? And what finally brought him to justice? Tap in as we dive into one of the most sinister predators you’ve probably never heard of.

He Let Her Cook, Literally Jul 11, 2025

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This week on Love Kills x Melanin Mayhem, we dive deep into what happens when 'let her cook' goes wrong.

When passion turns poisonous, some lovers don’t just walk away—they ignite a fire that consumes everything. Raymond Eugene Johnson set his entire world ablaze, literally. In Oklahoma, a woman and her baby paid the ultimate price when love turned into a living nightmare.

Tune in as we unravel the twisted mind of a man who chose flames over forgiveness, and explore how jealousy, rage, and obsession sparked an unspeakable tragedy.

Love can heal… but sometimes, it kills.

Minister Merk a MF Jul 09, 2025

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This week on Melanin Mayhem:
In Alabama, they called him Reverend… but he didn't have a pulpit. But Rev. Willie Maxwell was stacking bodies and cashing checks. Family members kept dropping like flies, and somehow the “Voodoo Preacher” always had an insurance policy ready to cash in.

Was it voodoo? Was it hustle? Or was it just cold-blooded murder wrapped in a church robe? For years, Willie Maxwell played the system — untouchable, unstoppable, and surrounded by whispers of black magic and deep-country curses.

But karma don’t miss. One funeral turned into front-row vengeance when someone decided to handle the Reverend’s “last sermon” himself… in front of a packed house.

Tap in as we dissect the twisted shyster of a man who turned faith into a fatal hustle and see how the so-called “Voodoo Preacher” finally met his match.

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