Welcome to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week, we bring you ghosts, legends, and travel tales from our witchy vacay to Salem! Mack cover the history of Bridget Bishop, the first person hanged in the Salem Witch Trials, and Liv brings you everything you ever wanted in a ghost story - she covers a Prohibition-Era FUNERAL HOME that was turned into a LIQUOR STORE! This episode contains, foul language, some fun ghosties, and good restaurant recommendations. We’ll ...
Oct 26, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we continue our October themed episodes with true crime! We bring you crimes inspired by horror movies and crimes that inspired their own horror movies. Mackenzie covers the horrible crimes committed by Daniel Gonzalez, can you guys who his favorite villian was? Olivia dives into the murder of Bobby Kent the true crime event that inspired not just a movie, but also a book titled Bully. This episode contains, foul ...
Oct 19, 2018•1 hr 49 min
Welcome to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we cover haunted hotels! Mackenzie covers the haunted and mystical Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as Olivia heads south to cover one of the oldest theaters, turned hotel, in one of the most haunted areas in the states; The Bourbon Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Get ready for some ghostly tales and a history lesson! This episode contains, foul language, discussions about suicide, death, and g...
Oct 12, 2018•1 hr 29 min
Welcome back to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we cover murderous ladies that off their lovers in a True Crime episode! Olivia covers The Torso Murder and the many plot twists of Evelyn Dick. While Mackenzie covers the horrifying murder of Bill Nelson, his life cut short by his own wife, Omaima. buckle up for this long and intense episode, you won’t be disappointed! This episode contains lots of banter, foul language, discussions on cannibalism, dismember...
Oct 05, 2018•1 hr 52 min
Hi! Welcome to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week is an occult episode and we finish up our two parter on Government Experiments. Mackenzie takes us on a wild ride into a faction of the CIA operative MK Ultra; known as Midnight Climax. Get ready listeners you are in for a mind blowing, tin foil hat style treat. This episode contains foul language, some crazy conspiracies, experimentation on unwilling/unknowing participants, discussions of drugs, sex, and othe...
Sep 28, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Hello and welcome to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week, we’re jumping off a cliff into GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS. This one got so big, we had to split it in two - so welcome to our first mini-series! Olivia kicks it off discussing Unit 731, a truly HORRIFYING set of experiments and abuses that solidified the creation of chemical warfare in Japan. This episode contains foul language, unbelievable discussions concerning body horror, blood, amputation, and unfortu...
Sep 21, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Join us this week on Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night, as we head to Texas to cover some brutal murders and conspiracies surrounding a few cold cases. Mackenzie covers the wild life of Robert Elmer Kleason while Olivia covers the cold cases of Alys Rankin, Mary Calcutta, Doris Threadgill, Joanne Huffman, and Robert Spangenberger. Are they all related or just coincidence? Will we ever know?! Be ready for a booze fueled converstaion and some gruesome discussions this we...
Sep 14, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Welcome to another episode of Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week is an occult episode and we cover curses! Olivia talks about one of the first curses to be laid upon Salem, by Giles Corey while Mackenzie goes off the deep end into the Curse of Tippecanoe. We also cover some ground on cursed objects, cursed families, and a few origins of where curses even began. This episode contains foul language, discussions on curses, and that’s about it. We’ll do our best ...
Sep 07, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Join us this week on Death by Champagne as we head to Australia for true crime episode 14! Olivia covers what is dubbed “the most brutal crime in Australia” the Greenough Family Massacre, while Mackenzie covers the unsolved murders of Margaret and Shawna Tap. We both dive deep into each crimes investigation, aftermath, and current updates. This episode contains foul language, graphic detail about sexual assault and violence, and child rape and murder. This is a pretty intense episode and not for...
Aug 31, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Join us this week on Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night, as we cover Occult topic Ouija Boards and Spiritualism! This was a tough one to tackle but we found a ton of interesting info. Mackenzie takes a dive into spiritualism, and how it started, and Olivia discusses the Fox Sisters, a trio known for their communication with spirits not of this earth. We also cover the background of how the Ouija Board came to be, along with other methods of reaching beyond our realm. Ge...
Aug 24, 2018•49 min
Welcome to Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night! This week we cover true crime topic: Strange Weapons. Join us as we discuss everything from castration to carpets! Mackenzie covers the outrageous number of weapons used in the murder of Carlos Castro, while Olivia covers the popular Milkshake Murder as it was referred to in Hong Kong. This episode contains foul language, gorey details about the male genitalia, and lots of jokes.
Aug 17, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Join us this week on Death by Champagne, the podcast here to keep you up at night, as we cover a personal favorite topic; VAMPIRES! Mackenzie covers a handful of origin stories and possible real life illnesses that could explain the existence of vampires and Olivia dives deep into Vampires within film and their adaptation throughout the years, along with the twisted tale of Countess Elizabeth Bathory. This episode is actually pretty light hearted and fun, as usual we warn that foul language is u...
Aug 10, 2018•1 hr 28 min
Hi! Welcome to Death by Champagne! Join us this week as we get stressed and mad over true crime topic; COUPLES! Mackenzie covers a couple who kills and Olivia covers a couple who gets killed. This episode contains twists, turns, conspiracies, rape, murder, a little bit of political talk, and as usual foul language. It should be noted that both hosts are under the influence. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped.
Aug 03, 2018•1 hr 37 min
This week our friend Hannah stops by to talk about cryptids and scare us with some spooky things that happened at her childhood home. Mackenzie covers the Enfield horror and questions if we'll ever know what the creature really was, while Olivia takes a deep dive into the Jersey Devil and it’s origins. We would like to sincerely apologize for the quality of this episode, not sure what happened but stick with us as it gets clearer after Mackenzie's story, and trust us you don’t want to miss what ...
Jul 27, 2018•1 hr 42 min
This week’s theme is kidnappings! Join us as Mackenzie covers the intense kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle, while Olivia tells the horrifying story of the Cleveland Kidnappings. Although there are a lot of down points in this episode we would like to point out that both tales have happy survivor endings. This episode contains foul language, very sensitive topics about rape, molestation, child killings, and claustrophobic topics. Refinery 29 Article
Jul 20, 2018•1 hr 37 min
In a special Friday the 13th episode, Mack and Olivia uncover some origins of this unlucky holiday, including one man willing to push his luck with superstition, and tales of Norse gods and a dinner party gone wrong which may have brought about the curse of the number 13. Other than foul language, no real warnings for this one, but you might want to knock on wood after listening. Also slight disrespect of the illiuminati.
Jul 13, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Join us this week as we drink red wine and talk about the Occult! On this week’s episode Mackenzie and Olivia dive into hauntings! They discuss different types of hauntings, then Mackenzie opens with the local story of the Lemp family, their brewing dynasty, and their tragic demise. Olivia closes with an absolutely terrifying retelling of the Beckford family’s experience with a demonic haunting. This episode contains foul language, stories of suicide, and demon discussions.
Jul 12, 2018•1 hr 50 min
This week on Death by Champagne, Olivia opens up with a real bummer and then Mackenzie goes deep on two local cold cases. Olivia covers the devastating murder of Angie Housman, and Mackenzie covers the bizarre murder or maybe not? of Ricky McCormick. We keep it very local in this one, so Missouri residents, get ready! This episode contains graphic descriptions of murder, foul language, and a conspiracy theory that might explode your brain.
Jul 12, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Join us this week as we talk about the occult and spirits! Mackenzie and Olivia provide different takes on the term spirit. Get ready to learn about Lilith and her baby demons and a few legends of the Ladies in White from around the world. This episode contains foul language, conversations about sex, rape by a spirit, and maybe controversial ideas on conventional religion.
Jul 07, 2018•57 min
Join us in our new recording space as we talk about crimes from Minnesota and Missouri. In an especially inebriated and Midwest-themed episode, our friend Sarah drops in to talk about a crime in the education system, while Olivia gets an update, and Mackenzie gets gruesome. This episode contains foul language, graphic descriptions of violence and rape, and a side conversation about mayonnaise.
Jul 07, 2018•1 hr 24 min
This episode gets horrifying pretty quickly. Amid their own creepy anecdotes, Olivia covers the origin of Annabelle, the doll possessed by demons, and Mackenzie tells the hair-raising story of the exorcism of Anna Ecklund. This episode contains foul language, discussions about bodily functions, and just like, a whole mess of demons.
Jul 07, 2018•54 min
A true crime episode full of questions, twists and turns! Mackenzie talks about the murder of Roseann Quinn, a Brooklyn teacher brutally murdered in 1973, and Olivia covers the 1998 death of Ronda Reynolds, finally labeled a homicide in 2011. This episode contains explicit language, graphic details of sexual assault and murder, and a brief fantasy about Elliot Stabler. It should be noted that both hosts are under the influence. We’ll do our best to stay on track, but the bottles are popped!
Jul 07, 2018•59 min
