Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss the life of Adolfo Constanzo and the Matamoros Cult. Some people call this case the Los Narcos-Satanicos, the Matamoros Cult, the murder of Mark Kilroy, the El Padrino, the Adolfo Constanzo Case... But, no matter what you call it, it’s a lot of information about a deadly cult from Mexico that sacrificed victim...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 139
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they dive deeper into what’s going on at the Olympics. From environmental disasters, to human man lizards? You don’t want to miss this one! Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://www.today.com/news/sports/ryan-lochte-now-rcna163329 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/marfan-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-2...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 138
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee are going to talk about the following: Werewolf, Werebear, Werehyena, Weretiger. We will see which ones sound believable, where they come from, and just wild stories of transforming “were” creatures go. Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/werewolf https://www.britannica.com/art/werewo...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 137
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee because Twisters (2024) came out… so now the internet is abuzz with all things ‘NADOS. We wanted to talk about some of these wild disasters, what has happened, some of the most dangerous ones, and just what is the right protocol. Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/ ht...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 136
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the Snallygaster, the Dwayyo (Maryland Wolf Man) and the beef these two characters might have. One is a flying half reptile half bird, and the other is a hairy half man half wolf creature… and something weird is happening in Maryland to make this Twilight style event newsworthy. Our sources for this weeks episode...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 135
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the 2021 murder of Gabby Petito. This case took the world by storm with lots of coverage, theories, and followers that claimed they knew Brian Laundrie was to blame. In the end, things were just as gruesome as we all though, and sadly there was a lot that should have been done differently in this case. If you are...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 134
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss the death of Jaleayah Davis. On November 19th, 2011 Jaleayah was found dead, decapitated on the side of an interstate with her car still running. Rumors went flying about what could have happened, but the authorities believed it to be an accidental death that circulated around alcohol… What do you think happen...
Jul 04, 2024•2 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 133
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss a child against child murder. Tristyn Bailey was only 13-years-old when she was senselessly murdered by a 14-year-old fellow classmate, Aiden Fucci. Fucci’s reasoning? He just wanted to know what it felt like to murder someone. Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://tristynbailey.com/about-the-fund Autopsy ...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 132
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the case of Claire and Helen Miller. Claire was just a child when she murdered her older sister who was in no position to fight back. Claire, once a rising Tiktok star may have suffered a mental break to lead her actions into murder. Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/clai...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 132
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the death of Lacey Fletcher. Lacey’s parents neglected her for twelve years on the couch, where her body rotted away and fused to the couch. Lacey was so malnourished with feces and couch cushions being her only source of food, while vermin and maggots ate away at her slowly. This story is horrifying and gruesome...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 131
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about a little more of a furry case. We are going to meet Casper, the crime fighting dog. Sounds fun right? Casper is a Great Pyrenees from Georgia who found and killed numerous coyotes that were trying to attack his livestock. Talk about a ruff day on the job. Did you know that dogs play an important role in the tr...
Jun 06, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 129
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee for the mysterious case of Natalee Holloway who went on a class trip and was never seen again. Will we have justice? Or will we be left with even more questions… tune in to find out more. Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://www.crimemuseum.org/help-the-missing/ https://www.biography.com/crime/natalle-holloway-murde...
May 30, 2024•2 hr 2 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the case of Cory & Curtis Lovelace. Cory was found dead in her bed on Valentine’s Day and instantly everyone jumped to the idea that her husband had murdered her. The only problem, everything about this case had huge plot holes that no one wanted to figure out the answers to. Was Curtis being wrongly accused?...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss Chris Benoit’s career in the WWE, his life, family, and what happened in the last weekend of his life. Chris is known in the Wrestling Community along with the True Crime Community because of his double murder suicide that ended an entire family. Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://www.wrestlinginc.co...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 126
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the life and crimes of Stanley Romanek. Some people recognize his name from the Netflix Documentary, Extrao rdinary: The Stan Romanek Story about his alien abductions and visitations. However, Stanley was also the same person ...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 125
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the abduction of Yoshiro Fujiwara back in April of 1974. He claimed some creatures had taken him multiple times to learn more about the human race and make him an important figure in human-alien relations for the future. Not t...
Apr 25, 2024•54 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the kidnapping of Jayme Closs. Jake Patterson was on a mission to find and kidnap a young girl, and when he saw Jayme he deemed her his conquest. Jake decided to show up at her house with a shotgun, murdering her parents, and ...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the mysterious death of Kenrick Johnson in 2013. Kendrick was seen in footage going into his school gym, only to be found dead a day later by fellow students. Kendrick was found inside a rolled up mat and the circumstance...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 122
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they talk famous Hollywood Actress, Natalie Wood. Find out if your Team Thena, or Team Kylee. Our sources for this weeks episodes: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Natalie-Wood https://www.biography.com/actors/natalie-wood https:/...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 121
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the Flatwoods Monster. This cryptid creature was sighted back in 1952 near Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Was this creature a cryptid, just some folklore, or an alien? There was a bright light in the night sky a...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 120
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss a few different torture devices, their usage, and history. We discuss Oubliette, Thumbscrew, the Rack, the Scavenger’s Daughter, the Brazen Bull, the Collar, the Strappado, and the Blood Eagle in this episode! Our sources f...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 119
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the mysterious disappearance and potential murder of Mitrice Richardson. Mitrice exhibited some strange behavior before being arrested in Malibu, when she was released with no belongings she potentially walked 6 miles into a c...
Feb 29, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 118
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to tell the story that took 2015 by storm. Zola was an internet twitter story full of drama, sex, scandal, strippers, backpage ads, and so much more. The story was originally addressed in over 140 tweets, and then turned into a film! Now...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they talk about the mysterious death of Lauren Agee. Lauren went with friends to attend a festival called WakeFest in Tennessee, but never returned. Her friends grew cold the moment Lauren was dead, offering no help to the situation, ...
Feb 15, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 116
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the origins of the Fae Folk. We will talk about a few examples of these creatures, what happens when you encounter them, and just why they have become a harbinger of fear for many. This isn’t your usual fairy story here. Our s...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 115
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to learn about the horrific murder of Seath Jackson and the Summerfield Six. Seath was lured to his death by his ex-girlfriend over a love triangle. This crime involves teenagers that all did not understand the true nature of what they w...
Feb 01, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 114
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee for another tale of betrayal turned murder. Pamela Smart was a married woman, who found herself losing the love for her husband that she once had. Instead of a divorce, Pamela decided to convince her 16-year-old lover, Billy Flynn, to ge...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 113
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss when Marlene Warren was murdered by a clown that randomly showed up at her doorstep. Marlene and her husband Mike Warren had some troubles, and there were rumors that Mike was having an affair with a woman named Sheila. Who...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 112
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee while we talk about Tucker Hipps. Tucker was a 19-year-old sophomore at Clemson University in South Carolina. Tucker was pledging at Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity when a terrible situation occurred that took Tucker’s life. Was this a hazi...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 111
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the history of the mysterious Chupacabra. The Chupacabra is a cryptid mythological creature that is said to drink blood and is quite scary. Do you believe in this terrifying tale? Our sources for this week's episodes: https...
Jan 04, 2024•42 min•Season 2Ep. 110
