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Episode 52: Mystery – The Enfield Poltergeist
mystery In 1977, the Enfield Poltergeist tormented a North London family and remains, arguably, the most documented poltergeist case to date. Flying LEGO’s and…
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Episode 51: Murder – Gertrude, Walter & Ingrid Altreiter
murder This week Johanna tells Annie about the life and crimes of the sadistic Austrian spree killer, Werner Kniesek, and the tragic murder of…
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Episode 50: Murder – Villisca (Part II)
murder In this episode we cover the terrible axe murder that put the small town of Villisca, Iowa on the map. We’ll discuss the…
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Episode 49: Murder – Villisca (Part I)
murder In 1911 and 1912 there was a series of murders, all near train tracks, through the Rocky Mountains region to the Midwest. Today…
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Episode 48: Murder – The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
murder 54 hours! That’s how long it took to end the Gladbeck Hostage Crisis, that started as a bank robbery gone wrong and ended…
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Episode 47: Macabre – Victorian Death Trip (Part II): Bring out the dead
macabre We’re headed back to Victorian London as we discuss John Snow and the discoveries he made regarding the spread of cholera.We discuss horrifically…
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Episode 46: Murder – Barbara Songhurst & Christine Reed
murder In 1953 Teddington, England, was a town buzzing about the upcoming coronation of Elizabeth II. After the long hard years of World War…
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Episode 45: Habsburg Tragedies (Part II)
In the second part, Annie and Johanna talk about the murder of Empress Elisabeth I. in Geneva and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand…
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Episode 44: Habsburg Tragedies (Part I)
The Habsburg dynasty ruled Austria for 640 years. In this two part episode we focus on the last decades of the dying empire. This…
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Episode 43: Murder – Dagmar Fuhrich
murder In 1963 a brutal murder took place in the Viennese Staatsoper. The victim of the crime, that shocked the whole nation, was a…
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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…
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Episode 41: Macabre – Spontaneous Human Combustion
macabre Wait, is spontaneous combustion really a thing? Annie decides to finally look into the subject of people spontaneously bursting into flame and burning…
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Episode 40: Murder – Martha Marek
murder Martha Marek survived a deeply troubling childhood, and emerged a beautiful young woman who loved a nice carpet almost as much as she…
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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…
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Episode 38: Macabre – The Cocoanut Grove Fire
macabre On Thanksgiving weekend, after a shocking upset at a Boston Collge vs. Holy Cross football game, the popular night spot, Cocoanut Grove, was…
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Episode 37: Murder – The Greenbrier Ghost
murder Somewhere along a picturesque highway in the mountains of West Virginia is a sign that reads, “Interred in nearby cemetery is Zona Heaster…
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Episode 36: Mystery – Aeryn Gillern
mystery In 2007 a young man disappeared in Vienna, never to be seen again. Since then his mother is trying to find answers to…
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Episode 35: Murder – John List, family annihilator
murder It was the biggest crime story in New Jersey since the Lindbergh kidnapping.In 1971, the entire List Family was found murdered, execution style…
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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…
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Episode 32: Murder – The Hammersmith Ghost Murder
murder This week Annie tells Johanna the story of the Hammersmith Ghost Murder, a shocking tale of murder and mischief from the early 1800s…
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Episode 31: Murder – Armin Meiwes
murder Johanna tells Annie another cannibal story, the third in her German Cannibal trilogy… and now Annie thinks it’s time to phase out some…
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Episode 30: Macabre – The Great London Beer Flood
macabre Life in an early 19th century London slum was hell. Until one day, it suddenly became even worse, in the strangest and most…
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Episode 29: Murder – Evelyn Nesbit
murder Evelyn Nesbit was one of the great American beauties, a Gibson girl who captured many hearts. Two in particular, famed architect Stanford White,…
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Episode 28: Murder – Carol & Christopher DiMaiti
murder In 1989 Boston was shocked by the brutal, senseless attack on Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife, Carol. Their tragedy was captured by…
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Episode 27: Mystery – Frauke Liebs
mystery This week Johanna tells Annie about the mysterious disappearance and death of Frauke Liebs, the chilling and confounding continued phone calls from her,…
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Episode 26: Murder – Clara Harris & Henry Rathbone
murder Everyone knows the story of the assassination of President Licoln, but what about the story of Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone, the couple…
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Episode 25: Mystery – The Dyatlov Pass Incident
mystery In February, 1959, 9 hikers from the Ural Polytechnical Institute embarked on a difficult hike into the Ural Mountains… they never came home.…
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Episode 24: Macabre – Victorian Death Trip
macabre Deadly wallpaper, exploding combs, burning ballerinas, murder bottles, and more macabre stories… Join us on a Victorian Death Trip, where we discuss all…
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Episode 23: Murder – The Horror House of Höxter
murder Johanna tells Annie about the horror house of Höxter, Germany, where Wilfried and Angelika W. tortured and killed helpless victims. This is an…
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Episode 22: Murder – The Axeman of New Orleans
murder It was about 100 years ago that a killer known as the Axe Man terrorized New Orleans, and demanded that the Crescent City …
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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…
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Episode 20: Murder – Lady of the Dunes
murder In the summer of 1974 a girl and her beagle found the badly decomposed body of a murdered woman in the dunes of…
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Episode 19: Murder – Fritz Haarmann
murder War brings chaos, creating the perfect environment for a serial killer to prey on unsuspecting victims. Join us as Johanna tells Annie about…
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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…
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Episode 17: Mystery – YOG’TZE
mystery Johanna covers the mysterious YOG’TZE incident, a mysterious death that has haunted Germany and the rest of Europe since the 80s. Was it…
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Episode 16: Mystery – Rebecca Zahau (Part II)
mystery This is the second and final part of the Rebecca Zahau case. In 2011, the affluent beach town of Coronado, California was rocked…
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Episode 15: Mystery – Rebecca Zahau (Part I)
mystery In 2011, the affluent beach town of Coronado, California was rocked by not one, but two mysterious deaths, both at the historic Spreckles…
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Episode 14: Macabre – The Curse of Tutankhamun
macabre We’ve been fascinated with mummies for as long as we can remember. Join us as we discuss ancient Egyptian mummification, the strange history…
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Episode 13: Murder – Karl Denke
murder This episode is not for the faint of heart! Johanna tells Annie about the grisley case of Karl Denke, one of the most…
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Episode 12: Mystery – Natalee Holloway & Stephany Flores Ramirez
mystery Natalee Holloway vanished on the last night of her graduation trip, on the beautiful island of Aruba. Join us as we discuss her…
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Episode 11: Murder – The Papin Sisters
murder The shocking story of the Papin sisters is perhaps the most well known, and most horrific case of follie a deux, or twin…
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Episode 10: Mystery – Zigmund Adamski
mystery In June of 1980, Zigmund Adamski left his home to walk to the market to buy some produce for dinner. His family never…
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Episode 9: Murder – Hinterkaifeck
murder Annie thought she knew everything about the gruesome and baffling Hinterkaifek case, until she covered it with Johanna, who speaks German. This unsolved…
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Episode 8: Mystery – The Lindbergh Baby (Part II)
mystery Annie realized she didn’t actually know this story, so she decided to cover it and learn everything. In part two we cover popular…
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Episode 7: Mystery – The Lindbergh Baby (Part I)
mystery Annie realized she didn’t actually know this story, so she decided to cover it and learn everything. In part one we cover the…
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Episode 6: Mmmhistory – The Bounty (Part II)
mmmhistory 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…
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Episode 5: Mmmhistory – The Bounty (Part I)
mmmhistory 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…
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Episode 4: Murder-Wakefield
murder In 1908 Hiram Badger went on a shooting rampage down Main Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The quaint Boston suburb was shocked by the…
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Episode 3: Macabre – Jersey Maneater
macabre In the summer of 1916, a series of shark attacks rocked the busy beaches of the New Jersey shore, where swimmers had previously…
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Episode 2: Murder-Bleistiftmörder
murder Johanna tells Annie about the cold case that haunted her childhood in Austria. In 1973 9 year old Gabi was walking home from…
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Episode 1: Murder-Smuttynose
murder Years before Lizzie Borden took an axe, another terrible axe murder shocked the New England coast. This is the story that inspired the…
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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…
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