Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee to discuss the Kim Wall and Peter Madsen case, also known as ‘the Submarine Killer’, ‘Ubådssagen’, and ‘the Submarine Case’. This Swedish case took place in Denmark in 2017, and was a huge conversation piece, due to its nature. This case talks about severe dismemberment, sexism, potential sexual abuse, and violence to women for the sake of saying ‘no’, please be aware.
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee with a special guest, Chris from the Tune Junkies Podcast. Join in on the conversation as Thena really dives deep into the "history before the mystery", the lore, the sightings, the stories, the rumors behind…MOTHMAN. The elusive cryptid that stalks you at night, warns you about a disaster, and glares at you with his eerie red eyes. Do you believe in the Mothman?
Dec 20, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they talk about Flat Earth society. They talk about the origins of the theory, how it has been tested with experiments over the years, and where the studies have given people hope to believe in the "flatness". Have you ever wondered what the point of Flat Earth Society is, and why they are so determined to make us believe the Earth cannot be a sphere? Join the conversation and find out just what the fake space travel and fake moon landings are hid...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the tragic murder of the Hart children from 2018. The Hart family was a group of adopted children that became a nationwide group that people loved after a viral internet photo during a BLM protest. However, years later they resurfaced in the news when Jennifer and Sarah Hart murdered their six children with no clue as to why.
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as there is a LOT to learn in this episode. Operation Overcast, the Alsos Missions, WWII, concentration camps, Nazi scientists, atomic bombs, and whatever else can be packed into this episode. Teaching someone about controversial military and government secrets sounded like a simple episode, but oh boy was it full of history lessons and learning many many new things.
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as the discussion is once again about one fury, crazy cryptid. Gef the talking mongoose is a tale that has made many people skeptical since its origins in the 30’s. Is Dalby Spook aka Gef, real? Or not?
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they tell an incredible story of survival. FINALLY something with a happy ending right? Jennifer Morey was a smart girl who locked her doors, checked her windows, had great security, and even a security guard. HOW did this girl end up as someone on a true crime podcast? Listen and find out, and be ready to cheer on Jennifer the whole time.
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee in the 1800s in London, where you hear rumors of a crazy monster who looks like a man but exhibits abnormally fast speeds and can leap over buildings. Do you recognize this tall tale? It is none other than Spring-Heeled Jack, and we're here to tell you about him.
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the events that occurred in 1995 on a daytime talk show that decided it would be more dramatic to leave out some details. Needless to say, dramatic doesn't even come close. After an episode all about "secret admirers" where Scott Amedure professed his crush on Jonathan Schmitz turns deadly, we learn about the gay hate crime that introduced the term "gay panic".
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 58
It's CSP's One year Anniversary! Join Thena and Kylee for this bonus episode, with guest hosts, Damon Vojtkofsky, In the Nick of Crime, Morning Cup of Murder, Crime Scenes and Cupcakes, Murderer you Know, Dark Tales from the Road, Chris with Tune Junkies Podcast, Not Adding Up Podcast, Spilling the Crime, and Creme De La Crime Podcast, for this call-in extravaganza! Make sure to check out these awesome guest podcasts and we hope you enjoy this crazy adventure of short stories to ring in your Hal...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Cryptic 411: a mini news segment brought to you by CSP to talk about what is happening in the world. Join Kylee and Thena on October 29th aka World Stroke Day. In this short segment, they talk about their personal lives and stroke statistics. Tessa was a former NFL Cheerleader who suffered a stroke that ultimately changed her life and all those around her. Cryptic Soup is always going to keep you up to date with what’s happening and give YOU the 411, stay tuned!
Oct 29, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee for a REALLY off-the-rails episode. You thought you’ve heard it all, but just wait… there are a lot of aliens, random stories, and insane energy in this wild ride. The Casa Blanca Entities is an alien story that will keep you GUESSING. So, if you thought we have a hard time staying focused normally, then buckle up.
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee in the conversation today about Diane Downs. Diane was a terrible mother and a terrible wife. How do you become a not-so-terrible mother? In Diane’s mind, that means killing your children so you do not have to be a mother anymore. Diane loved attention, but when one man said she could only receive attention if she did not have the baggage of children, that set a plan in motion for Diane.
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they talk about Michael Taylor. Michael was a British killer from 1974 in England. He was said to be possessed by demons and in love with the leader of his Church group. However, instead of getting the help that was needed, Michael was exorcised in a terrible fashion, which led to the murder of his wife Christine, and their dog.
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee down in the Louisiana bayous where a mythical creature is lurking not far. The Rougarou is here. Join in on the conversation as they tell you all about how someone becomes a Rougarou, where they lurk, and just where the legend began.
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they talk about an Indiana-based case where a young teen girl named Shanda Sharer was brutally tortured and murdered by four girls. These girls had zero remorse, smiled in their mugshots, and thought this was not a big deal, all while Shanda’s family now has to live with the fact that their young girl was taken away from them forever. Disclaimer: This case goes there, with implications of sexual abuse, sodomy, rape, torture, and child abuse. If th...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee in one "mess of an episode" where they introduce the man behind the computer, editor, Corey, as he joins in on the conversation about one of his favorite nerd topics, Kaijus. Going on tangents of Kaiju lore, serpents, Star people, aliens, and reptilians just touches on the topics talked about in this one. The discussion even mentioned crazy David Icke and his weirdness, but you wouldn’t believe some of the crazy stuff that man believes without listen...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the extremely brutal murder of young Jason Sweeney. Jason was murdered by his girlfriend, Justina Morely, and his own best friends, Edward Batzig, Dominec Coia, and Nicholas Coia. This might be the most graphic case we have covered yet, listener discretion is advised.
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they turn the conversation toward a famous case involving a former Olympian Athlete, Oscar Pistorius. Oscar murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day in 2013. Oscar was originally a person who many people looked up to, but did the fame get to his head and cause him to go crazy?
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they talk about the “Black Widow,” “Hell’s Belle,” the “Indiana Ogress,” the “Mistress of the Castle of Death,” aka Belle Gunness. Men kept showing up at the Gunness farm in hopes of love but would soon vanish to never be heard from again. Take a tip from me, don’t eat the bacon that comes from the Gunness Farm.
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they take on listener-requested cryptids! In this episode, there is a breakdown of who the Hat Man, Fear Liath, the GreyMan, and Shadow People are. Are they all sleep paralysis demons? Is it Time Travelers? Or, Is it simply Nightmares? All we know for sure is it's definitely very creeeepy.
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as the discussion of Baby DeOrr / DeOrr Kunz Jr / Little Man / Goobs takes as many wild spins as you can imagine. Who made breakfast? Where is the child? Who put the child in the car seat? You would think these would be simple questions...but are they? Well, unfortunately, they all lead up to an unknown answer and a missing child. Join CSP in on the conversation to try and solve this case. Would you consider this one a 411? We need answers!
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they discuss Unit 731. Unit 731 was a research unit for gruesome biological and chemical warfare of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The events that happened, and how people were treated in this program were not only horrifying but also sickening. Seriously guys, it goes there, so here's your warning. This episode is heavy on abuse, rape, torture, and graphic scenes, so please be aware. If that is something you cannot handle, we und...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they discuss one of the most famous cases of alien abduction to date. Betty, Barney, and their dog, Delsey were driving home one night, when they claimed that aliens abducted them. The aliens wiped their memory and potentially ran tests on them. These alien stories created by the Hills have gone on to shape many of the UFO stories we have heard over the years. Now we need to decide if this is a true story or a case of the crazies.
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they take on one of the most popular cases from the past 20 years. Jodi Arias was a young woman with the hell-bent idea that if she couldn’t be with Travis Alexander, then no one could. Jodi took a lot of pit stops into showing her true colors and ruining the lives of everyone involved. Talk about a tale of a crazy ex-girlfriend!
Jul 26, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they go through some different variations of the Mandela Effect, the concept of parallel universes, and how the mind creates memories. Sit down and get ready to have your mind blown by some of these classic memories...literally making you question everything you thought you remembered from your childhood; realizing what you actually remembered, was actually false memories.
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they talk about lots of things found "undah" the sea. Merfolk, Kraken, Leviathan, and Cthulhu are all picked apart in this episode as they try to figure out which of these creatures is real, and which might have just been a giant walrus that just happened to scare a few seamen.
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they talk about Chicago’s unknown murder of Kenneka Jenkins. Well, was it a murder? Or, was it an accidental suicide? Were her friends to blame? Did the hotel cover it up? Is this Hotel Cecil part two in the making? Find out and help us crack the case or at least find out what happened that wild weekend at a hotel party in 2017.
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, join Thena and Kylee as they talk folklore and specifically the New Jersey Devil. There is something spooky in the woods with wings, a tail, and hooves for feet… is it Krampus’s long lost family member or something more sinister? Help us learn the truth about the infamous Jersey Devil.
Jun 28, 2022•57 min•Ep. 38
Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they break down the internet sensation that is the Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard trial of 2022. In part 2, they dive deeper into everything that happened in the witness testimonies, closing statements, and where they are currently with a verdict.
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 37
