Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the well known case of “The Dyatlov Pass Incident”. Nine hikers went out into the Ural Mountains, attempting a level 3 hike, hoping to return home in about 16 days, only none made it back. There have been over 75 theories about what happened to maim and kill these hikers, ranging from military, aliens, KGB, natural disasters, murder, infrasound, to so many more. However, over sixty-five year...
May 08, 2025•2 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 169
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the sad story of the Watts family. Chris murdered his pregnant wife, Shan’ann, and their two children, Bella and Cece. Chris hoped that people would think his wife took the children and ran away, but luckily there was some damning evidence that quickly surfaced to put this monster behind bars. If that wasn't enough, Chris had a few other secrets he was hiding, that he hoped would never see t...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 168
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the life and crimes of Joanna / Joanne Dennehy. This woman was a wild example of someone who was ruthless, did not respect life, and had no moral compass. Joanne went on a murder spree that left us speechless, being dubbed the Peterborough Ditch Murders with the help of her two henchmen. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange &...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 167
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss Caleb McGillvary (otherwise known as Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” who took the internet by storm. We heard his story, the quite unusual tale… but what was real? Why did he end up in prison if he was helping people? Was Kai a normal guy or was there something else wrong that led him into becoming a murderer? Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @t...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 166
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss one of Australia’s most notorious crimes, still unsolved to the date. Mr. Cruel was a particularly scary man who was breaking into homes in the 80’s and 90’s to abduct, rape, assault, harm, young girls. This case is a little graphic and hard to handle with it having mentions of children, but it is a case that NEEDS talked about and solved. The families need closure. Be sure to check out our ...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 165
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Nicholas Barclay, the 13-year-old child who went missing from San Antonia, Texas. The family was mourning the loss when miraculously three years later, someone turned up. Supposedly Nicholas was found in Spain! Only problem, it was not Nicholas and instead was “the chameleon”, an imposter from France. Frédéric Bourdin was the person pretending to be the lost teen, and this is that story. ...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 164
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss Daniel Perez, the mysterious murder of Patricia Hughes, money appearing out of thin air, and how this might be just what you think it is… a cult. Daniel Perez was the leader who began and ran the Angel’s Landing Cult in Kansas that had some severely questionable themes behind it, sometimes it is better left not knowing I think. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: Tru...
Mar 13, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 163
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss Anthony "Tony" Carleo, the man who (almost) pulled off one of Las Vegas’s Casino heists. Tony not only robbed the Suncoast Casino but also went about robbing the Bellagio. The Bellagio Bandit almost got away with it… till he made some silly mistakes. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast o...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 162
This might be the funniest episode we've ever recorded... Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss Wendigos and where the lore and legends came from, how to kill one, how to create one, and everything in between. We even discuss their role in popular culture and how they have changed over time. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at @sandupod...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 161
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the death of Shani Louk. Shani was attending the Nova Music Festival when she heard the Red Color go off. Shani had seconds to react before Hamas militants invading the festival, attacking, burning, raping, kidnapping, and murdering attendees. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG Ou...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 160
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the McCarthy Alaska Massacre that occurred one fateful day. It was a normal Tuesday Mail Day when Lou Hastings, a deeply disturbed man with a bad plan, cost the lives of almost half the residents of his community. For what though, just so he could keep his wilderness dream? Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unex...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 159
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the heist of Transylvania University in 2004. Four students created a plan to steal some rare books from the schools Special Collection in the Rare Books Room, selling them for millions of dollars. Only problem? Well, there were a lot actually. Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Eric Borsuk, and Chas Allen II were not as smooth as they thought they were. Be sure to check out our other podcast r...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 158
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the mystery that is the life and death of Cindy James. Cindy and her husband separated and four months later she started receiving harassing phone calls, stalkers, attacks, and more. The police didn’t believe Cindy, and ultimately she was found dead. What happened to Cindy James? Was this Munchausen Syndrome or a stalker turned murder? Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendation...
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 157
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Hyungje Bokjiwon (also known as Brothers Home). Brothers Home was an “internment camp” in South Korea following WWII and the Korean War. Many members of the internet have said it was the visionary basis of the Netflix show Squid Game. However, the truth behind this place is far worse, it was instead a brutal detention centre that held thousands of people while exploiting their human right...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 156
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee Kylee to learn about the exorcism of Anna Elisabeth "Anneliese" Michel that took place in Germany back in the 1970’s. This case inspired films such as “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and the nightmares of numerous people. Anneliese was said to be inhibited by six demons that caused her to spiral in a severe way, and ended ultimately in her death. Who was at fault for her death in the end though, because t...
Jan 09, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 155
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the rise to fame of boyband, One Direction. We discuss the overworked careers they had, and how that affected some of them for the worse. These struggles continued for some of the members, specifically Liam Payne who spoke out about his addictions and struggles. In 2024 Liam died far too soon, at only 31 years old, and many people wondered if the struggles were part of the reasoning. Be s...
Dec 19, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 154
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the great clown scare that took place in 2016. Some people call it the clown sightings of 2016, others liken it to more of a hoax than a real story. What occurred to make everyone fall into a pit of hysteria about clowns back then? Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG Our sources fo...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 153
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, (NO SPOILERS WE PROMISE!) join Thena and Kylee to discuss the behind-the-scenes and dark secrets that tormented The Wizard of Oz. From cast changes, accidental burnings, interesting wardrobe choices, the mistreatment of cast, asbestos, and more. The film is still a work of art, but did you know of all the things that almost made it into a disaster? Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at ...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 152
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about an urban legend of when a stranger calls. Was the call actually coming from inside the house? Was it based on a true case, perhaps the story of Janett Christman? Let’s figure it out together. PS: Kylee is very sorry for the delay on this episode. It should have been posted on Thanksgiving but time got away with planning the holiday. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: ...
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 151
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about a young kid with an appetite for any and all wildness. Colton Harris-Moore was known as the Barefoot Bandit, and he was stealing planes, hotwiring cars, living in the woods, and having the police follow a wild trail of clues. What was the reasoning behind all this? Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at ...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 150
Listeners, hello, Thena here, I wanted to drop in and first and foremost give you the LINK TO THAD PHILLIPS GOFUNDME Page that is still active: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thad-phillips-real-hero-of-baraboo Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Joe Clark and his odd fascination with the sound of cracking bones. He kidnapped Thad Phillips with the intent to hear the noise, potentially murder, but no one knows the true e...
Nov 14, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 149
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Daniel LaPlante, the boy they deemed was living in the walls. Daniel went on one date with someone before becoming infatuated with them to the point of living in the walls of their home and watching them. After finally getting caught, you would think maybe he learned a lesson? Wrong. Danny then went on to be the cause of a triple homicide. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommenda...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 36 min
HAPPY HALLOWEEN & 3 Year anniversary to us! Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the origins of "CreepyPasta" and some of the most popular internet stories. You know about Slender Man, but did you know his arch-nemesis Jeff the Killer? Did you hear the story about Ted in the Cave? For Halloween let's talk about some scary stories the internet tried to make us think were true. Be sure to check out our other podcast recomm...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Florida Man short stories that come from the news. Everyone knows the stories, good for a laugh, but somehow real? What is happening in Florida to make it wilder than anything else? Let’s dive into these together. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG Our sources for this episode: ht...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about a love triangle that turned deadly. Sergeant Stephen Schap found out his wife had an affair, and decided the best course of action would be to murder the other lover. Diane Schap and Gregory Glover were unaware of Schap’s intentions. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG Our sources ...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Colonel Russell Williams, a Canadian monster. He was a former colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force who instead turned into a serial rapist, murderer, and truly bad guy. He has been convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd and Corporal Marie-France Comeau. Russell also pleaded guilty to forcible confinement and the sexual assault of two other women, as well as ove...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 48 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the 1989 Prom Night Murders from Northern Indiana. When Jeff Pelley attended his Lakeville Prom everyone suspected that his dad must have changed his mind and let him go… only little did they later find out that Jeff had murdered his family. Revenge? Humiliation? What was the reasoning? Let’s find out together and talk about Jeff Pelley and the Prom Night Murders. Be sure to check out our...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 143
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee for the story of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich. Dellen was cold and calculated, thinking he was going to get away with a triple murder. Laura Babcock was listed as a missing person, Tim Bosma was missing, and Wayne Millard was a suicide. Dellen was innocent right? Just someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, because he wasn’t sloppy enough to make these kind of mistakes… or so he said. Be...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk more about 9-11, and what happened all those years ago. For some it feels like it was still not that far off, but for others they weren’t even born yet, to know the tragedy that struck America. Since 9-11 a lot has changed and last year we covered some of that in our episode. This year, we are going to talk about some other members of the 9-11 rescue teams that need their own shout outs. Be sur...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 141
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the senseless murder of Lauren Giddings. Lauren was a law student who was on her way to do big things with her life, before Stephen McDaniel took that light and extinguished it. Stephen was a peeping tom turned murderer who went on to do TV interviews about Lauren’s case… which ultimately seals his own fate. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truec...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 35 min
