All episodes.
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Episode 42: Sergeant Al Powell
On December 24, 1988, Sergeant Al Powell, of the LAPD would face the most difficult day of his long and storied career on the force. Join us, as…
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Episode 41: Macabre – Spontaneous Human Combustion
Wait, is spontaneous combustion really a thing? Annie decides to finally look into the subject of people spontaneously bursting into flame and burning to ash, and she’s going…
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Episode 40: Murder – Martha Marek
Martha Marek survived a deeply troubling childhood, and emerged a beautiful young woman who loved a nice carpet almost as much as she loved rat poison. Johanna tells…
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Episode 39: Greetings from Krampus
In this episode we do not only talk about the Krampus, we also face our childhood holiday traumas and begin to heal. Join Annie and Johanna in this…
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Episode 38: Macabre – The Cocoanut Grove Fire
On Thanksgiving weekend, after a shocking upset at a Boston Collge vs. Holy Cross football game, the popular night spot, Cocoanut Grove, was the place to see and…
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Episode 37: Murder – The Greenbrier Ghost
Somewhere along a picturesque highway in the mountains of West Virginia is a sign that reads, “Interred in nearby cemetery is Zona Heaster Shue. Her death in 1897…
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Episode 36: Mystery – Aeryn Gillern
In 2007 a young man disappeared in Vienna, never to be seen again. Since then his mother is trying to find answers to the question “What happened to…
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Episode 35: Murder – John List, family annihilator
It was the biggest crime story in New Jersey since the Lindbergh kidnapping.In 1971, the entire List Family was found murdered, execution style in their sprawling, empty mansion…
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Episode 34: Halloween Special
In this special episode Annie and Johanna talk about their paranormal encounters and read letters sent in by the audience.
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Episode 33: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
The exorcism of Anneliese Michel inspired the film “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”. The true story is much more sad, and disturbing than one can imagine. Johanna and…
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Episode 32: Murder – The Hammersmith Ghost Murder
This week Annie tells Johanna the story of the Hammersmith Ghost Murder, a shocking tale of murder and mischief from the early 1800s that may still haunt the area to…
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Episode 31: Murder – Armin Meiwes
Johanna tells Annie another cannibal story, the third in her German Cannibal trilogy… and now Annie thinks it’s time to phase out some of their traditional fairy tales……
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Episode 30: Macabre – The Great London Beer Flood
Life in an early 19th century London slum was hell. Until one day, it suddenly became even worse, in the strangest and most surprisingly horrific way. Join us…
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Episode 29: Murder – Evelyn Nesbit
Evelyn Nesbit was one of the great American beauties, a Gibson girl who captured many hearts. Two in particular, famed architect Stanford White, and Harry Thaw, bon vivant…
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Episode 28: Murder – Carol & Christopher DiMaiti
In 1989 Boston was shocked by the brutal, senseless attack on Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife, Carol. Their tragedy was captured by a live television crew, which…
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Episode 27: Mystery – Frauke Liebs
This week Johanna tells Annie about the mysterious disappearance and death of Frauke Liebs, the chilling and confounding continued phone calls from her, to her loved ones, and…
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Episode 26: Murder – Clara Harris & Henry Rathbone
Everyone knows the story of the assassination of President Licoln, but what about the story of Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone, the couple who attended the play with…
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Episode 25: Mystery – The Dyatlov Pass Incident
In February, 1959, 9 hikers from the Ural Polytechnical Institute embarked on a difficult hike into the Ural Mountains… they never came home. Led by Igor Dyatlov, the…
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Episode 24: Macabre – Victorian Death Trip
Deadly wallpaper, exploding combs, burning ballerinas, murder bottles, and more macabre stories… Join us on a Victorian Death Trip, where we discuss all the horrible and shocking ways…
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Episode 23: Murder – The Horror House of Höxter
Johanna tells Annie about the horror house of Höxter, Germany, where Wilfried and Angelika W. tortured and killed helpless victims. This is an incredibly sad and disturbing tale…
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Episode 22: Murder – The Axeman of New Orleans
It was about 100 years ago that a killer known as the Axe Man terrorized New Orleans, and demanded that the Crescent City ‘jazz it,’ or get the…
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Episode 21: Special – International Tales
In a very special episode we break from our usual format, and cover some of the murders, mysteries and macabre stories from countries our listeners are from. In…
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Episode 20: Murder – Lady of the Dunes
In the summer of 1974 a girl and her beagle found the badly decomposed body of a murdered woman in the dunes of Provincetown, Massachusetts, and it remains…
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Episode 19: Murder – Fritz Haarmann
War brings chaos, creating the perfect environment for a serial killer to prey on unsuspecting victims. Join us as Johanna tells Annie about the infamous Fritz Haarmann, who…
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Episode 18: Murder – Lauren Dunne Astley
Annie tells Johanna about the tragic 2011 murder of 18 year old Lauren Astley, which happened on her street in Wayland, Massachusetts. We discuss the issue of breakup…
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Episode 17: Mystery – YOG’TZE
Johanna covers the mysterious YOG’TZE incident, a mysterious death that has haunted Germany and the rest of Europe since the 80s. Was it murder or madness that caused…
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Episode 16: Mystery – Rebecca Zahau (Part II)
This is the second and final part of the Rebecca Zahau case. In 2011, the affluent beach town of Coronado, California was rocked by not one, but two…
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Episode 15: Mystery – Rebecca Zahau (Part I)
In 2011, the affluent beach town of Coronado, California was rocked by not one, but two mysterious deaths, both at the historic Spreckles Mansion. Six year old Max…
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Episode 14: Macabre – The Curse of Tutankhamun
We’ve been fascinated with mummies for as long as we can remember. Join us as we discuss ancient Egyptian mummification, the strange history of mummies through the Victorian…
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Episode 13: Murder – Karl Denke
This episode is not for the faint of heart! Johanna tells Annie about the grisley case of Karl Denke, one of the most gruesome cannibal cases in Germany.
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Episode 12: Mystery – Natalee Holloway & Stephany Flores Ramirez
Natalee Holloway vanished on the last night of her graduation trip, on the beautiful island of Aruba. Join us as we discuss her infamous and tragic disappearance, as…
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Episode 11: Murder – The Papin Sisters
The shocking story of the Papin sisters is perhaps the most well known, and most horrific case of follie a deux, or twin madness. This famous French case…
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Episode 10: Mystery – Zigmund Adamski
In June of 1980, Zigmund Adamski left his home to walk to the market to buy some produce for dinner. His family never saw him alive again. His…
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Episode 9: Murder – Hinterkaifeck
Annie thought she knew everything about the gruesome and baffling Hinterkaifek case, until she covered it with Johanna, who speaks German. This unsolved family massacre is haunting and…
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Episode 8: Mystery – The Lindbergh Baby (Part II)
Annie realized she didn’t actually know this story, so she decided to cover it and learn everything. In part two we cover popular theories and the trial of…
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Episode 7: Mystery – The Lindbergh Baby (Part I)
Annie realized she didn’t actually know this story, so she decided to cover it and learn everything. In part one we cover the history of the Lindbergh’s and…
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Episode 6: Mmmhistory – The Bounty (Part II)
The true story of the mutiny on The Bounty is one of Joanna’s favorite true stories of adventure and betrayal. Annie thought it was about pirates, and when she…
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Episode 5: Mmmhistory – The Bounty (Part I)
The true story of the mutiny on The Bounty is one of Joanna’s favorite true stories of adventure and betrayal. Annie thought it was about pirates, and when she…
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Episode 4: Murder-Wakefield
In 1908 Hiram Badger went on a shooting rampage down Main Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The quaint Boston suburb was shocked by the violent events of the day,…
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Episode 3: Macabre – Jersey Maneater
In the summer of 1916, a series of shark attacks rocked the busy beaches of the New Jersey shore, where swimmers had previously believed that sharks never attacked…
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Episode 2: Murder-Bleistiftmörder
Johanna tells Annie about the cold case that haunted her childhood in Austria. In 1973 9 year old Gabi was walking home from school and never made it…
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Episode 1: Murder-Smuttynose
Years before Lizzie Borden took an axe, another terrible axe murder shocked the New England coast. This is the story that inspired the book The Weight of Water,…
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Teaser: Introduction
Listen to this little teaser episode, where we talk about ourselves, where we are from and how we ended up fascinated by murder, mysteries and the macabre. You…
