
There’s a problem with True Crime.
Creators are idolizing perpetrators, shaming victims, or being completely checked out on cases while they focus on other things. However, we can’t forget there are victims who lost their lives and families who are still grieving to this day.
The Misery Machine is a podcast that focuses on cases the media fails to give proper attention, especially local and missing persons cases. We want to help give those a voice that never got to have one to begin with, and bring light to cases desperately needing more resources. We also cover aspects of cases that other podcasts might look the other way on such as mental health and social issues, and the way that these cases impact their communities for generations.
It’s not enough to simply cover a case, our platform must be used to make a difference.
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This week, Drewby and Yergy discuss the case of Caden McWilliams, a 7-year-old boy from Denver, Colorado, who was killed by his parents, Leland and Elisha Pankey, via means of starvation, hyperthermia, and suffocation. Little Caden was kept in a dog crate covered in a blanket inside his family’s motel room. To dispose of his body, Leland and Elisha sealed his body in concrete and left it to decompose inside of their storage unit.
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Source Material:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8057907/Dad-gets-72-years-death-boy-encased-concrete.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/300269370492365
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195837719/caden-bryce-mcwilliams
https://www.facebook.com/elisha.mcwilliams
https://www.facebook.com/sarah.kruse.7106
https://www.scribd.com/document/412291769/Leland-Pankey-Arrest-Affidavit#
https://www.hsinvisiblechildren.org/2019/01/09/caden-mcwilliams/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/leland-pankey-sentenced-for-son-caden-mcwilliams-death
https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-memorial-for-caden-mcwilliams
https://people.com/crime/caden-mcwilliams-encased-concrete-mom-charged-school-plans-memorial/
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/28/leland-pankey-prison-sentence-caden-mcwilliams/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8057907/Dad-gets-72-years-death-boy-encased-concrete.html
