2021
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Episode 139: The Kidnapping of Frank Shirley
For many, Christmas is a special time to spend with loved ones. Making new memories preparing food, wrapping gifts, and festively decorating the home…
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Episode 138: Marguerite de Carrouges (part II)
In the second and final part about Marguerite de Carrouges Annie and Johanna are telling you all about the infamous trial by combat that…
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Episode 137: Marguerite de Carrouges
In the midst of the 100 years war a woman is determined to fight the men who wronged her, even if it could cost…
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Episode 136: Murder – Ulrich Nacken
A young man spends a fun night at a discotheque, but he will never return home alive again. What happens in this cold January…
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Episode 135: Mystery – The Kentucky Meat Shower
One early March day in 1876 raw meat started to fall from the sky in rural Kentucky. What caused this incident? Was it a…
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Episode 134: Murder – The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Part II
This week we are talking about the probable fate of Walter Collins, as well as the kidnapping of Lewis and Nelson Winslow and several…
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Episode 133: Murder – The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders (part I): Walter Collins
In part one we discuss the incredible story of a missing boy, Walter Collins, and what his mother, Christine suffered in her desperate attempts…
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Episode 131: Macabre – Hey…What’s that in the Bushes?!
In the penultimate episode of the most macabre month of the year, we’re talking monsters. Two of our favorite Cryptids, the Dover Demon of…
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Episode 130: Macabre – Cursed Objects
Spooky season continues, and today we discuss some of the most famous curses in history. We talk about the history of India’s Koh-i-Noor diamond,…
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Episode 129: Macabre – Urban Legends
Today we’re talking about Urban Legends…the lies we tell for the thrill of a scare. Annie & Johanna share the creepiest, most hair raising…
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Episode 128: Murder – Katharina Fellner
In the summer of 1928 workers find the burning body of a woman in a Viennese park. Who is the victim and who murdered…
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Episode 127: Jack the Snipper
In early 1917, the people of Wilkes-Barre, PA were terrified by a attacker who was stalking young women and cutting off locks of their hair.…
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Episode 126: Murder – Mary Catherine Edwards
Mary Catherine Edwards was a beautiful, beloved second grade teacher. Her brutal murder in 1995 was devastating for her friends and family, and shocked…
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Episode 125: Murder – Grace Mae Brown
Grace Mae Brown was the bright beautiful daughter of a family who ran a dairy farm in South Otselic, NY. Today Annie tells us…
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Episode 124: Murder – Pauline Picard
In the Spring of 1922, a family living on a picturesque farm in France was devastated when their lovely 2 year old daughter went…
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Episode 123: The Chowchilla Kidnapping (Part II)
Today Annie completes the story of the school bus full of children who were kidnapped, and buried alive in a remote area in California’s…
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Episode 122: The Chowchilla Kidnapping (Part I)
1976, Chowchilla, California: a school bus with 26 children and the driver on board just vanishes on a hot summer day. Annie tells us…
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Episode 121: Listeners’ Stories
Today we read some of our favorite listener stories. These Hellions made us laugh and cry, and today we are sharing their stories with…
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Episode 120: Humbug Billy & the Bradford Sweets Poisoning
Sugar can be a real killer, but usually not quite like this… We discuss the 1858 mass poisoning of more than 200 people in…
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Episode 118: Murder – Evelyn Grace Hartley
Evelyn Grace Hartley was a 15 year old girl, who was abducted in 1953 while babysitting, in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. Annie tells Johanna the details…
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Episode 117: St. Stephen’s Cathedral
We have a lot of differences, but we both love the beauty, art, architecture and macabre aspects that come when visiting a historic place…
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Episode 116: Reincarnation
Today we discuss two cases of Reincarnation that we find particularly compelling.A child in America with memories of his death as a navy pilot…
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Episode 115: Murder – Lucie Berlin
Johanna tells Annie about the devastating and infuriating murder of 8 year old Lucie Berlin. The trial was also notable, as some of the…
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Bonus: Lady of the Dunes Follow Up feat. Crimelines
We are back, this week with a bonus episode. Annie had the great pleasure to be a guest on Crimelines, True Crime. Charlie and…
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Episode 114: Macabre – The Afterlives of the Six Wives of Henry VIII.
We talked about their lives, and deaths. But what happened to Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and…
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Episode 113: Travel the World with Fresh Hell
As some of you are starting to plan for future trips, we thought we could give you a few travel suggestions. From haunted hotels…
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Episode 112: Kyu Sakamoto & Flight JL123
This week Johanna tells Annie all about a Japanese singer, who landed a smash hit all around the world with his first solo single,…
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Episode 111: Things That Make You Go HMMM
This week we take a look at some of the lighter spookier coincidences we know of. Did Mark Twin predict his own death? What are the…
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Episode 110: Mystery – The Beast of Gévaudan
This week Johanna tells Annie the story of the Beast of Gévaudan, who is thought to be responsible for over 100 deaths. But what,…
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Episode 109: Murder – Grayce Asquith
Known as the ‘Merry Widow of Weymouth,’ by the police who were occasionally called to end parties, Grayce Asquith was a woman who had…
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Episode 108: Mystery – The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
This is considered to be the first high profile missing person case of the US. What happened to New York socialite Dorothy Arnold, who…
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Episode 106: Murder – Keddie Cabin 28/ The Sharp & Wingate Murders (part II)
This is part two of a two part episode covering the unsolved 1981 murders that rocked a small Northern California town, the former Keddie…
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Episode 105: Murder – Keddie Cabin 28/ The Sharp & Wingate Murders (part I)
This is part one of a two part episode covering the unsolved 1981 murders that rocked a small Northern California town, the former Keddie…
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Episode 104: Mystery – The Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mòr
Johanna and Annie discuss the events surrounding the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on a desolate island off the windswept coast of Scotland. Was…
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Episode 103: Mathias Kneißl
Johanna tells Annie the story of Mathias Kneißl, a Bavarian folk legend from the 1800’s. How did this accordion playing carpenter become a killer,…
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Episode 102: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived – The Six Wives of Henry VIII. (part II)
In today’s episode we are discussing the lives and deaths of wives 4, 5 & 6: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr
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Episode 101: Divorced, Beheaded, Died – The Six Wives of Henry VIII. (part I)
Today Annie & Johanna cover the highlights of the lives and deaths of the six women who married King Henry VIII. In today’s episode…
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Episode 100: Happy 100th Episode
Today we’re celebrating our 100th episode by sharing some of your stories of murder, mystery and the macabre. CW: this episode touched on suicide,…
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Episode 99: Murder – Sylvia Likens (part II)
Today we conclude the Sylvia Likens case by telling you about the abuse and torture she suffered during the weeks leading up to her…
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Episode 98: Murder – Sylvia Likens (part I)
This case is still considered to be one of the most horrendous crimes in the State of Indiana. In 1965, 16 year old Sylvia…
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Episode 97: Murder – Anna Regina Evans Skeeters
Annie tells Johanna about a long forgotten murder on the beautiful island of Bermuda. This is a tragic case of domestic abuse and murder,…
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Episose 96: Murder – Graeme Thorne
When the Thorne family, of Bondi, won the 10th Opera House lottery their lives changed overnight. But instead of a dream come true that…
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Episode 95: Murder – Hugo Schenk
Johanna takes Annie back to the Habsburg era, to discuss one of Austria’s serial killers, Hugo Schenk. This imposter, con-man and murderer was charming,…
