Every Town - Oldest Killer EVER From New York CITY - Marcelin Harvey Convicted at 83

Episode Date: July 28, 2023

Marcelin Harvey is a killer from NY who served time for the murder of his girlfriend back in 1963. He was released in 1984, but a year after, committed another murder and returned to prison. She then regained her freedom in 2019 after 15 parole hearings. But now once again is behind bars for you murder. 💥 Watch On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/scarymysteries🎧 Our Other Podcast: https://scarymysteries.buzzsprout.com💥 Exclusive Podcasts: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1235579/subscribe 💀 Follow Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteries 💀 Follow Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrew.fitzg👁 Follow Our TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewfitzgerald💥 Follow Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scarymysteriesofficial🗣 Business Inquiries: [e-mail] Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Every town has a dark side. Harvey Marcellin is a killer from New York, who served time for the murder of his girlfriend back in 1963. It was released in 1984, but a year after, committed another murder and returned to prison, where this time, thanks to the help from an inmate, transitioned to assume the identity of a woman named Marcellan Harvey. She then regained her freedom in 2019 after 15 parole hearings, but now once again is behind bars for, you guessed it, murder.

I'm Andrew. Thank you guys so much for tuning in to this episode of Everytown. Today, we present a disturbing story of an octogenarian trans woman lesbian. We never stopped being a killer since her first back in 63. It's an interesting and sad story, when that will make you question the justice system while discovering the trials and tribulations of Marcel and Harvey. Harvey was born in 1938 and raised in Brooklyn, New York, with his mother taking care of him while working as a seamstress. Later, Harvey spoke of his parents, saying, they spoiled me. My mother was soft-spoken and tried to raise me.

I was just cantankerous. I was an only child. His father, a shipping clerk, died when he was just 10. Harvey's parents grew up in Harlem, but later moved to 158th Street in Washington Heights. It was in 1952 at the age of 14 when Harvey exhibited an early sign of sociopathy, when he attempted to rape an eight-year-old girl. I hoping to curb this bad behavior, Harvey then underwent counseling with Catholic Charities USA, a network of charities with their headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. His childhood trauma was then traced back to a daycare center at St. Aloys Catholic Church on 132nd Street in Harlem, where strict nuns was then traced back to a daycare center at St.

where strict nuns running the center whipped, sexually abused, and forced Harvey to eat rotten food. It was his mother who literally dragged into the daycare center, even though he pleaded tearfully about not wanting to go. He managed to run away one time, but was chased down the street and got caught. About this specific incident, Harvey said, They treated me bad, very bad, so I think I flipped there. Intellectually, I'm all right, but emotionally I'm torn up. Court records show that Harvey was first examined by a psychiatrist at the age of 14 upon the request of Catholic charities. It had been involved in truancy, theft, heterosexual, and homosexual activity in cross-dressing.

As he grew up, Harvey later landed a job as a copy machine operator. Records also proved that his criminal life began with different felonies he committed like burglary in 1957. After that, then came the worst. murdering people, starting with his girlfriend, when he still identified as Harvey. In early 1963, Harvey was technically married to a woman named Florence Jackson, but that relationship was on the wrongs. At that time, Harvey, who still identified as a man, was accused of raping his girlfriend, Jacqueline Bond. He reportedly drank often, took cocaine, regularly assaulted Ms. Bond,

and was in and out of psychiatric care. On April 18th of that year, he went over to Jacqueline's apartment and shot her. In the hallway of her house, Harvey chased her as she ran to the bedroom when another bullet hit her. She staggered through the kitchen and living room, where she finally collapsed and inevitably died. Three bullet wounds were found in her body. It seemed that Harvey had intentions of killing Miss Bond because six weeks before the shooting occurred, she told Harvey she didn't want to go out with him anymore. With that, he pointed his finger at Jacqueline and told her,

I'll get you, according to Jacqueline's mother who witnessed their squabble. On the day Jacqueline was killed, she was supposed to appear in court to bolster Harvey's attempted rape case, which was later dropped. But still, for killing bonds, Harvey was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, but was released in 1984 at the age of 46. But it seems there may have been other reasons Mr. Marcellan murdered his ex back in 63. In a later interview with the post, Harvey said that he killed her not because she rejected him, but because he was jealous. She was very popular, he said, and I had images of her just being nice to somebody else.

Yeah, sexually, you know. She was beautiful. I didn't want anyone else to have her. The psychiatric examination by three doctors at Bellevue in 1963 concluded Harvey had schizoid personality with sociopathic features. But he wasn't deemed criminally insane nor psychotic. A hospital record from 1962 suggested he might have delusional grandiosity, suggestions of chronic schizophrenia, and paranoid reaction personality. Fast forward a bit, and a year after his release in 84,

Mr. Marstlam found himself in trouble once again and involved him killing another living girlfriend, Anna Miranda. He stabbed Anna to death, and was a 29-year-old. homeless heroin addict and sex worker. Harvey then chopped her up into pieces, put them inside a large black trash bag, and pushed a shopping car with Anna's remains inside, before dumping them near Central Park. He told police that Anna sold his flute to buy drugs, and I'd been late in paying her rent. He said, I was very nice to her, but then Anna would go out for two or three days, and I didn't

know what she was doing. Mr. Marcellin ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to six to 12 more years in prison. He was again charged with first-degree murder for Anna, but struck a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. But because he was still on parole for the 1963 murder of Jacqueline, Harvey was denied parole for more than two decades for the killing of Anna. Harvey had first dressed up as a woman for Halloween when he was 13 or 14, and admitted that it felt so good, but her feminine side remained latent. She met a transgender inmate at the Auburn State Prison in 1993,

who encouraged Harvey to start taking pre-marin hormone therapy and assumed the identity of Marcellin Harvey, a trans woman lesbian. But his transition into being Marcelyn was rough. Previously identifying as a male, she subsequently began identifying as a transgender lesbian, was placed in a woman's homeless shelter in accordance with the New York City Department of Social Services policy. Marcellan said that her problems in the past arose when girlfriends took her for granted or didn't show her respect. There had always been an attraction between her and other women, but it didn't always end there.

Marcelyn resented the fact that there always came a point when women wanted to rule her and take advantage of her softness. She said they misinterpreted it. They started henpecking me. Marcellan also intimated that her feminine side helped keep her in control sometimes, but her female friends provoked her into violence. I told them there's a side of me you don't want to see, but they didn't listen. She also described how she felt when her rage would erupt. Sometimes it's liberating, you know.

You get all that dirt out, the pent-up stress. You can let your macho side come out. You're covering it up by, I'm not. being a woman because you don't like this male with that male rage. You don't want that person loose. Of the two identities, she said she preferred Marcelain. She felt Harvey was not a good guy and considered Marcelain, nice, gentle, and loving, full of laughter and fun to be with, and the only one it was perfectly normal. State officials were reluctant to grant parole when Marcelain became eligible in 1990s. During one state parole board hearing in 19th, during one state parole board hearing in

In 1997, Marcellan admitted to having problems with women, according to the court records. Other boards rejected granting her parole, citing Marcellin's attempt to place the blame on the victims. Eventually, though, she was released from the upstate Cayuga Correctional Facility in August of 2019 after 15 parole hearings. When she was granted parole in 2019, she recalled being overjoyed that it was orgasmic. And then, three years after her release, Marcelyn was accused once again of a fresh homicide on March 30th of 2022. And this time, it was the bone-chilling dismemberment of 68-year-old Susan Layden,

who used to be a jewelry designer from Teaneck, New Jersey. Now, keep in mind, guys, that at this point in time, Marcelyn is 83 years old. Susan had reportedly struggled with mental illness and drug addiction in recent years, which probably made her an ideal victim for Marcellin. Susan was seeking placement at city shelters around the time that Marston was also seeking placement. They met at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village of NYC. There's a place where a lot of undesirable people hang out.

And Miss Harvey at this point claimed that it got to a point where she was ruling over at Tompkins Square. I was the queen, she said. It's a very magical park, you know. Ms. Layden was one of the three women Marcelyn knew who would randomly crash her to Lower East Side apartment near the park. One of the three women, Gillian, reportedly cooperated with the police. The other one, according to Marcelyn, was the murderer. Marcelyn boldly stated that the other woman murdered Susan because of jealousy.

Susan may have died, but Marcelyn resented in how she was pictured by the press and media. She wasn't in no Mother Teresa, Marcelyn said. They make her look like a saint, like a sweet little darling. Marcelline admitted to the post that she did kill Jacqueline and Anna, but insisted her innocence in the chopping up of Susan in February of 2022 as charged. But the evidence against her, it was pretty damning. The dismembered parts of Miss Layden were found in several locations around Brooklyn. Susan lived in an LGBT senior center in Fort Green.

The last time she was seen was when she entered Marshalin's apartment on February. February 27th of 2022. After that, Susan was never seen alive again, but her head and other limbs were discovered in Marcellin's apartment. It was also blood, cleaning supplies, a hammer, and a box for a hammer saw. Added to that was the fact that police had a video of her shopping at a 99-cent store while riding a motorized scooter and sitting on top of Susan's severed leg. Marcellin was then arrested once again on March 4th after witnesses reported seeing her leaving her

apartment with Susan's floral shopping bag, and CCTV footage was reviewed confirming Susan had entered but never left Marcellan's apartment building. On March 7th, when a Susan's legs was found by police near a garbage can around three blocks away from Marston's apartment. On March 30th, Marcelain then pleaded not guilty to charges of first and second degree murder, tampering with physical evidence, and concealment of a human corpse in the killing of Laden. One of the most disturbing aspects of the case was the admission of Marcellan in a woman's shelter after she had left the Cayuga Correctional Facility. Because a shelter nurse there named Anne Brennan, who oversaw the intake of residence was quoted in a New York Times article saying that Marcelain was presented at the shelter as a mild-spoken, very tall, black, transgender lesbian.

Anne said she had learned of Marcelain's history of killing women and refused to admit Miss Harvey to the woman. women's section where Susan Layden also resided, but the shelter managers overruled Anne's decision. Ms. Brennan said, apparently Marcellin's feelings and identity were far more important than all the other women that were terrified of her. A very similar incident involved a New York social worker employed at George Daly House, which serves as a temporary housing alternative for seniors on the Lower East side. Monica Archer claimed that things were going well until she began informing the shelter

taught brass of Marcellan's erratic and dangerous manner. Miss Archer also said that Marcelling constantly threatened to kill her and other staff members, and they were afraid of her because Marcelling kept a gun at the shelter. But despite Monica's warnings, Miss Harvey was allowed to live at the home and given her own apartment where she killed Susan Layden. The shelter even broke its own rules by allowing Marcelyn to live alone. As a consequence of her complaints and concerns, Ms. Archer was demoted. When Marcellan was charged last March of 2022, Monica said it was no surprise, and right after that, she was fired for insubordination.

However, Ms. Julia Saville, a spokeswoman for New York City's Department of Social Services, told media the policies were followed. Our policy, in accordance with the law, is to place individuals and shelters, based on the reported gender identity. Being homeless or transgender does not make you inherently violent or make you connected to the crime that was committed. And all that's well and good, but they seem to be forgetting that sometimes a killer is simply a killer, no matter who or what they are. Currently, Marcellin is detained in the Rose M Singer section of Rikers Island,

which is the lone female facility on the island. At 84 years old, she's gone through so much in life. A long history of mental illness, charges of sex-based violence since the age of 14, a string of murders, and more than half a century of incarceration. Perhaps she'll get out again soon one day, maybe she'll stay locked away for the rest of her life. It's tough to say, and so I guess only time will tell. So that's going to do it, guys, for this week's episode of Everytown.

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