This night was special from the rest - he felt his stomach rumble violently. Oh no. He bent over and threw up everything… What was the problem? He was used to drinking all night - in fact, it was his only true joy. Maybe it was her fault. He looked down at the girl laying on the ground covered in her own blood. Maybe her blood just didn’t sit right in his stomach. He is, after all, the Vampire of Düsseldorf. Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See ...
Oct 27, 2021•59 min•Ep. 109
A perfect town comes with a terrifying price. From C13Features comes Treat, a podcast movie starring Kiernan Shipka as Allie West, an unpopular teenager who is dealing with issues beyond her years while struggling to fit in with her seemingly perfect small town. But, on one Halloween night, everything changes, and she discovers that her town’s idyllic image comes at a deadly cost. As she learns about the mysterious Piper’s powerful hold on the town, she, along with her younger brother, realize t...
Oct 26, 2021•3 min
You look around - you’re in the hospital but you feel trapped. Why can’t you talk? Why can’t you move? You start to feel your body involuntarily shake… The nurse noticed and rushed to your bedside. Good, someone is coming to help. She pulls back your covers and crawls into the bed with you. She’s stroking your hair, kissing your face, and wants to look you directly in the eye as your pupils dilate, violently convulse, and you take your last breath. You were always her favorite patient… right? Fu...
Oct 24, 2021•48 min•Ep. 108
“Big John” loved his little apartment. It wasn’t nice but it was his. He was in his 40’s and he wanted to decorate it with whatever style he pleased. His bedroom was more of a game room with a mattress on the ground. The walk-in closet was wall-to-wall with the newest and latest games. Nintendo games, board games, barbies, you name it. His drawers were stuffed full with candy and his mini-fridge only had soda in it. The only thing is - none of these things were for Big John. Book Rec: “Buried Me...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 107
Charles took a step back from his self-portrait. He was just adding his finishing touches of paint. “Are you sure this is what you saw? This is how I’m going to die?” “Yes” the voice said. The painting showed Charles with a gag in his mouth and 5 bullet wounds on his forehead. It was a gruesome piece of art but everyone that knew Charles said he was just “eccentric.” They had no idea that’s almost exactly how Charles would later be found at the crime scene. With the painting hanging above him… F...
Oct 17, 2021•43 min•Ep. 106
They sat around the dinner table - whispering. As if the man the town called “The Ripper” could hear them. “Don’t wear red shoes - he will kill all girls wearing red shoes.” “I thought it was red clothes?” “I heard it was girls with long hair - because it’s easier to grab when they try to run away.” Whatever it is - we have to try it all. Cut your hair. Throw out your red clothes because if The Ripper gets a hold of you… He will leave you without your hands, ears, breasts, and sometimes even the...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 114
The banyan tree is a terrifyingly beautiful sight. It looks like it's draped in a shredded cloak… with its long roots suspended from the branches - hanging eerily straight towards the ground. That’s the first thing the officer thought of when he walked into the family home. 11 people dead. 10 hanging. Together, perfectly spaced out, 10 family members were suspended from the ceiling like the roots of a banyan tree. Suspended. 3 generations of a family had been wiped out. But why? Full Source Note...
Oct 10, 2021•52 min•Ep. 113
The 7 nursing students were huddled in their dorm room bunk beds - panicking about what to do next. They had been tied up by an intruder. They waited till he came back into the room and he pointed at a nurse “you.” He escorted her out and tortured her for 30 minutes. She would never return. One by one - like a ritual the killer escorted out nurses to their death. The hostage room went from 7 to 6 then 5…4…3…2… Then there was one. How will she escape? Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hos...
Oct 06, 2021•50 min•Ep. 112
The 17 year old girl woke up in a panic. Where was she? It was so bright and cold - a hospital? She turned her head to the left - a pale dead body. She tried to scream but her voice wouldn’t work. She looked to her right - a dead body. She wanted to jump up and run out of there but half of her body was now paralyzed. She had woken up in a morgue with half her hair torn out, she couldn’t move, and she didn’t even remember her name. All she knew was earlier she was in a forest staring at the werew...
Oct 03, 2021•44 min•Ep. 111
“Ooooh Sanford get out here! I have a present for you - it’s in the bucket!” Sanford didn’t understand why his uncle was so giddy to be back to the chicken farm but he rushed outside. He peered into the bucket for his surprise. Immediately he wanted to gag. Why did his uncle bring home roadkill? Why did it look like the animal had a wig on? “Look closer Sanford.” - Uncle Stew ordered. And that’s when Sanford realized - this isn’t roadkill. It’s not an animal. It’s the severed head of a young boy...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 110
All morning there had been whispers at LHS - they found a student’s body in the old gym. The body of 17 year old KJ had been found rolled up into a giant gym mat about 6ft tall. When the police arrive they rule out foul play - they believe KJ willingly went into the mat where he would later suffocate to death. But what about all the other strange evidence? The blood on the gym walls, the FBI agent’s high school son who had problems with KJ, and why were KJ’s organs missing? Full Source Notes: ro...
Sep 26, 2021•59 min•Ep. 109
The couple embarked on a cross country trip in their converted van to experience the beauty of the national parks. They documented their trip, posted on Instagram, YouTube, they were in the process of starting their blog. But only one came back. How is that possible? Where did Gabby go? Why did Brian - her fiance - come back with the van without her? And now with Gabby’s body found and Brian is now missing - the ongoing investigation is only getting muddier. If you have any tips or information p...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 108
When you walked by her house in the exclusively rich part of Newport Beach California you would never think it holds such sinister secrets. She was holding young women captive in her house and would be arrested for slavery charges. After escaping from prison - she went on to brutally murder and scam her way into millions of dollars with her boyfriend. Who is her boyfriend you ask? Well, none other than her very own son. And just when you think you know her - she surprises you. Book Rec: “Son Of ...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 107
First day of Kindergarten is always a nerve-racking time for parents. But when they meet Mrs. W their tensions are probably eased. She has a soft face with a dirty blonde bob and she’s a mom of three! She seems like the perfect teacher - kind, nurturing, sweet. But when she’s with the police she’s a totally different person. “I want to see where it stabbed her.” “I want to see a video of them having s** with my husband!” It makes you wonder - how well do we actually know our teachers? Book Rec: ...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 106
You want us to do what? - the couple had been kidnapped and forced to live in North Korea for years before they found out the truth. The wife was a former beloved movie actress. The husband was an award-winning film director. And now North Korea had kidnapped them to make movies for Kim Jong Il. It sounds like a fictional story - but it was very much real. And the couple’s lives depended on how good of a movie they could make. (Please listen to Part 1 before this episode!) Book Rec: “A Kim Jong ...
Sep 10, 2021•48 min•Ep. 105
She couldn’t believe it. They wanted her to write a letter to her kidnappers thanking them for all that they have done for her. Are these people out of their minds? She missed her old life in South Korea - she had been a famous movie actress, her children, freedom, she missed it all. Now she was kidnapped in a foreign country forced to write letters of love to the men who ordered it. She started the letter - Dear Kim Jong Il The Supreme Leader of North Korea… Book Rec: “A Kim Jong Il Production”...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 104
The goal was simple. Break into the house - sneak into the upstairs room and murder the 18 year old high school girl. Now comes the hard part - the wait. Waiting in an eerily silent house near the body of the young girl till her parents come home. They too have to be murdered. Now for the finishing touches. Write on the walls in big blue spray paint “f**k off Asians KKK.” Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 103
She was rushing to the emergency room - her 5-year-old son was in the back. Every minute could mean life or death. He had been having seizures all day. But before entering the hospital she stood over her suffering son and took a picture. What would she caption this one? Maybe she would mention how this was going to be his 13th surgery. Yeah, that would be good. The followers would eat that up. Book Rec: “My Sweet Angel” - by John Glatt (Such a great deep dive on this case) Full Source Notes: rot...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 102
Her body was found by her own children. When the police rushed to the scene they were shocked. She had been brutally mutilated - but something curious was in her hands. They were the keys to solving the case. A clump of hair was found in each hand - when they ran the DNA… One locket of hair belonged to her - the other an unidentifiable woman. A ritualistic killing with an emphasis on women’s long hair. Who is this strange killer? And will they catch him in time? Full Source Notes: rottenmangopod...
Aug 29, 2021•58 min•Ep. 101
He wasn’t like the other boyfriends and husbands. He treasured every single moment that he spent with her. When they went grocery shopping he studied her favorite foods and brands. When they went shopping he admired all the clothes that she picked out and watched her try them on. Sure - she was married but that can’t stop true love. And what if she doesn’t know him yet? Once he kidnaps her - she will fall in love. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 100
3 people stranded on a boat in the middle of the ocean. 1 of them has lied to the others. The truth will have deadly consequences. 1 of them is hiding a big secret from the others. A secret she doesn’t want to get out. And only 1 will survive the 70 day ordeal. Book Rec: “Lost” - by Thomas Thompson (one of my fave authors) it’s so good you’ll read it all in one sitting especially if it’s a rainy day. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...
Aug 22, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 99
“Welcome to Bob’s Bazaar Bizarre” - the small shop for oddities from around the world. May Bob interest you in some genuine human skulls? Perhaps a shrunken head in a jar? When you leave the shop’s bizarre environment you can’t help but wonder… that Bob guy is so strange… And how does he even collect so many real human skulls? You can’t help but wonder what Bob does in his free time to enlarge his collection. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm....
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 98
The police had been searching for Shannon for 24 days - a search that would cost taxpayers over $3.2 million. The police were doing yet another routine search of a house they heard a tiny voice call out “stop it you’re scaring me.” Shivers went down their spine. Where is that coming from? Inside the bed? They looked closer and realized the 9-year-old was underneath the mattress… They asked her “well where is the man that took you?” She pointed at the bed… Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hos...
Aug 15, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 97
Joe wasn’t your average Joe - he wanted to be someone spectacular. Someone to be feared. He skipped class, stole cars, carried guns, and even managed to get a girlfriend named Esther. So when he saw the “E” ring he knew he had to have it - to give to his girlfriend. He leaned over and pulled it off the girl’s lifeless hand. The girl that he and his friends had just murdered. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about o...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 96
After a rough start, Kristin was adjusting well at Cal Poly. She made friends and even took a lifeguard position that required her to get up by 4:20 AM. And then she disappeared. Nearby, Mary had just rented a new house but the problem was that dang alarm. It would go off every day at 4:20 AM and she didn’t know where it was. But strangely it wasn’t coming inside the house. But outside. Sounded like it was buried. But who would buy a stopwatch? ' *The podcast “Your Own Backyard” - by Chris Lambe...
Aug 08, 2021•46 min•Ep. 95
Did you hear? The upper elite of New York City had a new resident - Clark Rockefeller. You know - from the billionaire Rockefeller family. He swooped in with his impeccable designer suits, tens of millions worth of art, and his old beat down car. Some might think that to be strange. But you know what they say - old money never flaunts. But why did he kidnap his 7-year-old daughter in the middle of the street? And how is he related to the Sohus family murders from 20 years ago? Source Notes: rott...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 94
If you saw Patti & David walk down the street they look like the perfect couple. But those who knew them looked like they had seen a ghost. The whispers - but David’s wife was only recently murdered. What about the girl that the police found in his doghouse? And why is the younger sister of his dead wife wearing all of her clothes and jewelry? Strange things happen in perfect towns. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 93
You walk into an empty abandoned bank. You walk straight for the vault. Sure, you know there won’t be anything of value left but you can’t help but try. In there you see a strange sight. 6 giant barrels lined up against the wall. Maybe they’re filled with money? Or maybe it contains the tortured, dismembered, and cannibalized remains of 8 people. Well, go on - open it. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our col...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 92
Wanda was reading a tabloid of “The Perfect Crime.” She couldn’t believe it - how does a family man just viciously murder his entire family in their 19 bedroom mansion? And the worst part is he got away with it and has been on the run for 18 years. At that moment she looked up and saw the killer. Staring back at her. Only it wasn’t John List. It was her new neighbor… or was it? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...
Jul 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 91
The investigators arrived at the scene - it was Friday the 13th and the victim had been brutally killed with an axe. The victim suffered over 40 stabs with a 3ft long axe and half of her face was missing. Was it a gang? A serial killer? It definitely wasn’t the cute little housewife that makes taco salad, takes painting classes, and was headed for church that day - because that would be crazy. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 90
