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Episode 172: Have You Checked the Candy?
Today we discuss how the idea of tainted Halloween candy became such a popular urban legend, and how a few specific terrible incidents have…
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Episode 171: A Fresh Hell Guide to Vampires
Today we take a look at the history of vampires, the various categories of vampire, and how to survive an attack, should you happen…
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Episode 170: The Poltergeist Curse
To begin spooky season, we discuss the alleged curse of the hit horror film Poltergeist. With ghastly rumors and more than one tragic death,…
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Episode 169: Macabre- Relax…It’s Not Brain Surgery!
This week we are talking about a couple of surgeries in history that will make you go “Oh, boy!”. We talk about King Louis…
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Episode 168: Murder – Another New England Serial Killer (part II)
In the conclusion of this tragic story, we discuss the murders of Isabella and John Joyce in woods that are now part of Boston’s…
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Episode 167: Murder – Another New England Serial Killer (part I)
1850, a 5 year old child is taken from her home in Derry, New Hampshire. 1862, 9 year old Lura Vellie Libby does not…
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Episode 166: Macabre – Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos
Today we discuss the bizarre and disturbing fate of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos, at the hands of Carl Tanzler, her would be suitor and…
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Episode 165: Murder – Nell Cropsey (part II)
Today we discuss the trial, the contents of a very mysterious letter, various theories and rumors surrounding the case. We’ll also touch on the…
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Episode 164: Murder – Nell Cropsey (part I)
Annie and Johanna talk about the tragic murder of a young woman that took place in Elizabeth City, NC in 1901. Was it a…
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Episode 163: Macabre – Rollercoaster Accidents (part II)
In part two we discuss post-war coaster accidents. The catastrophic Battersea Big Dipper Rollercoaster crash in 1972 London that took the lives of five…
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Episode 162: Macabre – Rollercoaster Accidents (part I)
After ruining Water Parks, bridges and swimming in the ocean, Annie and Johanna are setting out to ruin rollercoasters for you. Learn everything you…
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Episode 161: Mystery – The Disappearance of Owen Parfitt
Owen Parfitt seemed to live a fairly simple life, with his sister, who kept house in the market town of Shepton Millet, not far…
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Episode 160: Mystery – The Enfield Monster
It was in April of 1973 in rural Illinois, when someone, or….something tried to get into the house of Henry McDaniel. What was the…
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Episode 159: The Göhrde Murders (part II) – Birgit Meier
It was the late 1980s and someone was murdering couples in Germany, with bodies being found on what should be lovely forest paths. Today…
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Episode 158: The Göhrde Murders (part I)
Johanna tells Annie about the very creepy and disturbing Göhrde murders which took place in Germany in the late 1980s. Who was murdering couples,…
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Episode 157: Murder – The Phantom of Heilbronn
In 2007 two police officers are shot in their car, only one survives. The police search for a mysterious woman, who’s DNA is not…
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Episode 156: Murder – The Hamburg Rubble Murderer
The winter of 1947 was particularly brutal for war-torn Hamburg, Germany. Struggling to rebuild from the bombings that left the city desperate for food…
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Episode 155: Mystery – The 27 Club (part II) Jimi Hendrix
The life and untimely death of Jimi Hendrix is discussed, as are the many, many conspiracy theories and legends surrounding this pioneering artist.
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Episode 154: Mystery – The 27 Club (part I)
Today we discuss the lives and deaths of Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues, and Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones.…
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Episode 153: What a Time to be Alive
Today we discuss some of the worst times in history to be alive. From massive volcanic eruptions, and the “Year Without a Summer”, to…
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Episode 152: Macabre – The Highgate Vampire
Highgate Cemetery in London, once the resting place for wealthy Victorian families, was the scene for the biggest Vampire hunt in Great Britain in…
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Episode 151: Murder – Nicholas Markowitz (part II)
Today we conclude our episode about the tragic, senseless and horrific murder of 15 year old Nicholas Markowitz, after being kidnapped by Jesse James…
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Episode 150: Murder – Nicholas Markowitz (part I)
Nicholas Markowitz was a bright, sensitive and fun kid who loved reading, and the theater program at his school in West Hills, California. The…
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Episode 149: Murder – Malvina Krutz
We discuss a brazen murder in Indianapolis, that was overshadowed by the capture of Charles Starkweather on the same day. Annie discusses the chilling…
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Episode 148: The Chateau Marmont (part II)
Today we are telling you more stories from the infamous Hollywood hideout. This time we will talk about Billy Wilder, The Doors, Led Zeppelin,…
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Episode 147: The Chateau Marmont (part I)
In part one of two, we discuss the history of this iconic Los Angeles ‘home away from home’ for Hollywood’s elite, and talk about…
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Episode 146: Murder – Sarah Ware
Today Annie takes us to Maine, where the founding of Bucksport, and the cursed tomb of Col. Jonathan Buck are discussed, as is the…
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Episode 145: Macabre – Quicksand
As children many of us believed quicksand was a common peril, but how common is quicksand, really? How does it work? How often does…
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Episode 144: Wilhelm Voigt – Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
In this episode Johanna tells Annie about Wilhelm Voigt, who in 1906 posed as a Prussian officer and looted a town treasury in Prussia.…
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Episode 143: The Fox Sisters (part II)
Today we finish our discussion on the Fox Sisters, their lives, loves and deaths, as well as how the new religion of spiritualism was…
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Episode 142: The Fox Sisters (part I)
Today we discuss the Fox Sisters, two young mediums whose abilities to commune with the dead sparked the modern spiritualist movement in Western New…
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Episode 141: Murder – Anna Augustin
Johanna tells Annie about a lesser known, but shockingly tragic Austrian case-the brutal murder of Anna Augustin by Josefine Luner. A young woman learns…
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Episode 140: The Kelly Hopkinsville Encounter
On a hot night in the summer of 1955, a family on a farm in rural Kentucky was terrorized by small, glowing, pointy eared…
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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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