Send us a text In October of 1989, in the city of Brisbane, Australia, City Council worker 47 -year -old Edward Baldock was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on the bank of a river in a suburb of the city. It was one of the most notorious crimes Brisbane has ever seen — and if not for one tiny clue left by the victim himself, it might have gone unsolved. The culprit was 24-year-old Tracey Wigginton, who believed that she was a vampire that needed to feed off human blood to survive. She led a...
Oct 23, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Send us a text Friedrich Haarmann known as Fritz, was a notorious serial killer in Hannover, Germany in the early 1920’s. Working as a police informant, Fritz was able to carry out a killing spree right under the noses of the police, committing sexual assault , , mutilation , dismemberment , and murder of at least twenty-four young male vagrants between 1918 and 1924. He would kill these young males by biting through their throats in a kind of sexual frenzy. These horrific acts earned Fritz the ...
Oct 16, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Send us a text A ccording to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most prolific female serial killer in the history of the world, is the Hungarian Countess, Elizabeth Bathory. In late 16th and early 17th centuries she tortured and killed anywhere between 50 to 650 young women for pure pleasure, and reportedly bathed in their blood to keep herself young and vibrant. These acts earning her the nickname “The Blood Countess” was allegedly one of the inspirations for Bram Stoker’s character Count ...
Oct 09, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Send us a text Most people today are familiar with the writer Bram Stoker’s Dracula published in 1897. The story is that of a vampire named Count Dracula who feeds on human blood, hunting his victims and killing them in the dead of night. The book was that of Stoker’s own creation, but he in fact drew inspiration for the bloodthirsty vampire from a real-life man with an even more gruesome taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, or better known throughout history as Vlad the Impaler. The ...
Oct 02, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Send us a text York is a walled medieval city in North Yorkshire, England, that was founded by the ancient romans in 71 AD. The city rich with history has quite a bloody one, suffering through the Black Death to the heads of enemies being displayed on spikes at the city’s entrance to being bombed in World War II. Yet, York is embedded with even more sinister secrets and purportedly laced with the most ghost hauntings in all of Europe. Such a ghost haunting is that of the children who were murder...
Sep 25, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Send us a text In recent years many well-known nursery rhymes have been tied to suspected dark historical origins. Such a nursery rhyme is the English one, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary that is often song by children who are playing. The nursey rhyme’s origins and actual meaning are disputed with many believing it has ties to a religious theme. But others argue that the children’s song is about governorship or even fertility. The name Mary has been used in several humorous nursery rhymes, but in th...
Sep 18, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Send us a text Most fairytales have darker realities or cautionary themes lying underneath their cheerful exteriors. Some of the most famous fairytales are those written by the Grimm brothers, who’s stories are dark and filled with murder, mayhem, premarital sex, child abuse, incest, and wicked mothers. One of their most horrific tales is that of “Hansel and Gretel”, a story which nightmares are made of. The fairytale features famine, child abandonment, attempted cannibalism, enslavement, and mu...
Sep 11, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Send us a text Children’s literature has always been vital to society, helping young minds understand complex issues. Many literary experts believe that nursery rhymes often contain hidden meanings, references to historical events or were critical of the political and social climate of the day. Most people are familiar with the nursey rhyme: Do You Know the Muffin Man with its lyrics: Do you know the muffin man /The muffin man, the muffin man? /Do you know the muffin man/Who lives on Drury Lane?...
Sep 04, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Send us a text Twenty-three-year-old singer Selena Quintanilla Pérez was a Mexican American Tejano superstar on the verge of an even higher level of fame when she was shot and killed on March 31, 1995. She achieved international fame with her band Selena y Los Dinos as well as for her solo career both in Spanish and her crossover into the mainstream English market. At the height of her career in 1994, Selena won a Grammy for Best Mexican American Album, making her the first female Tejano artist ...
Aug 28, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Send us a text Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell was finally sentenced for murdering her two children and conspiring to murder her fifth husband Chad Daybell’s first wife Tammy Daybell in what People magazine call “a plot that stemmed from the bizarre doomsday prophesies she believed.” References: Lori Vallow Daybell found guilty of murdering her 2 children - CBS News "Doomsday Mom" Lori Vallow Daybell's son testifies in murder trial - CBS News Lori Vallow Daybell trial: What to kn...
Aug 22, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Send us a text Christopher Wallace , better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper who is considered one of the best of all times. Biggie became a central figure in the East Coast rap scene with the release of his 1994 album, "Ready to Die” and went on to collaborate with Sean Combs, Lil' Kim, Faith Evans, and Jay-Z. AllMusic described him as "the savior of East Coast hip-hop who had a talent for piling multiple rhyme...
Aug 21, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Send us a text Tupac Shakur was an American rapper who is widely considered one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time. Among being one of the best-selling music artists , having sold more than 75 million records worldwide, Tupac’s music has been known for addressing contemporary social issues that plagued the inner cities, and considered a symbol of activism against inequality. However, his short-lived career was riddled with controversy and violence. On the night of Septemb...
Aug 14, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Send us a text At the peak of Marvin Gaye ’s career he was known as the Prince of Motown—topping the charts with his soulful voice with hits like "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)”, “Mercy Mercy Me”, “What’s Going On”, and of course the infamous bedroom love song "Sexual Healing". Throughout his musical career spanning over three decades, Marvin Gaye worked as a recording artist and record producer. The New York Times described him as someone who "blended the soul music o...
Aug 07, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Send us a text German born Gesche Gottfried also known as the Angel of Bremen, for her kindly habit of nursing her victims through their death throes, she had inflicted on them, was the real deal when it comes to serial killers. Between 1813 to 1827, it is estimated that Gesche murdered 16 people by poisoning their food in Bremen and Hanover, Germany . Her poison of choice was a mixture of arsenic and a fat called ‘mouse butter’ that was usually used to kill mice. Gesche claimed her parents pref...
Jul 31, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Send us a text Between 1998 and 2006, elderly women in Mexico City were being ruthlessly murdered in their homes. The victims were all strangled to death and had a similar profile. Juana Barraza dubbed the “Old Lady Killer” was a professional wrestler who murdered at least 16 elderly women, although some estimates go as high as 48. She specifically targeted women that were over the age of 60 who had lived alone, portraying herself as a caring individual or a social worker. Once she had gained he...
Jul 24, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Send us a text Jane Toppan, also known as Jolly Jane, was a female nurse serial killer from Boston, Massachusetts. Between 1880 to 1901, Jane claimed to have given lethal injections of morphine to 31 trusting victims with many being her patients. Ironically, the doctors that worked with Jane considered her one of the best nurses around. Jane however did not limit her victims to just the sick and elderly she was caring for, as her victims also included landlords, her own adopted sister and even f...
Jul 17, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Send us a text Belle Gunness (gun-ness) nicknamed Hell's Belle, was a Norwegian immigrant who came to the United States in 1881, becoming one of the country’s most infamous female serial killers . Belle was a violent killer who is thought to have murdered between 14 to 40 people including several of her husbands and children, throughout Illinois and Indiana. A series of suspicious fires and deaths which seemed to follow Belle wherever she would go, mostly resulted in insurance money being a...
Jul 10, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Send us a text On July 4, 2022, 21-year-old Robert Eugen Crimo III opened fire into an unsuspecting crowd attending a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois killing seven adults and injuring dozens more ranging in ages from eight to eighty-eighty. A manhunt quickly ensued with authorities looking for the suspected shooter throughout the Chicago area and would end eight hours later when a member of the community spotted Robert in his mother’s car leading to his arrest. Robert had a hist...
Jul 04, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Send us a text Dorothea Puente was an American female serial killer that disguised herself as a kind-hearted boarding house owner in the 1980’s. She was convicted of drugging and killing, three of her nine tenants found buried in her backyard. By many Dorothea was deemed as a saint who opened her unlicensed boarding house to disabled people, older adults, drug abusers, alcoholics and the mentally ill. However, in exchange, Dorothea stole her tenants Social Security and disability checks. Accordi...
Jul 03, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Send us a text Harvey Glatman was one of the most notorious American serial killer s of the twentieth century who at a young age displayed antisocial behavior and sadomasochistic sexual tendencies. Glatman’s killing spree started in the 1950’s after moving to Los Angeles, California where he posed as a professional photographer to lure girls into his apartment with the promise of easy and quick money. Once in his apartment, Glatman would tie up his unsuspecting victims, photograph them, and even...
Jun 26, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Send us a text Between 2007 and 2009, Anthony Sowell (sa-well) murdered 11 black women luring them to his house with the promise of drugs and alcohol. After Anthony rapped his victims, he would then manually strangle them to death, earning him the nickname “The Cleveland Strangler.” For two years Anthony was able to go unnoticed by authorities as he hid his victims who either had mental health issues or were drug addicts by burying them around his property Anthony a former U.S. Marine was a conv...
Jun 19, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Send us a text In May of 2004, over a period of 12 days three dark green Kenneth Cole suitcases were discovered in and near Chesapeake Bay. One of the suitcases contained a pair of legs, another a pelvis, and the third a torso and head. The body parts would be identified as thirty-nine-year-old William or Bill McGuire, a New Jersey father of two sons. Following the trial of evidence would lead police to Bill’s wife Melanie McGuire, who they believe killed her husband to start a new life with her...
Jun 18, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Send us a text Between the years of 1984 and 1988 Kansas City, Missouri would be plagued with sinister acts of sexual torture and murder by one of the most brutal serial killers in U.S. history, Robert Berdella. Growing up Berdella was physically and mentally abused by his father, and as a loner in school who struggled with his sexuality was bullied constantly. By the time he had entered college, Berdella had begun torturing and killing animals. At least six young men fell victim to Berdella’s r...
Jun 12, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Send us a text Archibald Thomas Hall, also known as Roy Fontaine, was a Scottish career criminal who minored in petty thief at a young age but by the time he had reached his early 50’s in 1977 had begun majoring in killing using a variety of blunt objects. Over the course of a year, Archibald would claim the lives of five victims including his own brother. He would eventually become known as the Killer Butler or the Monster Butler after committing murders while working in service as a butler to ...
Jun 05, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Send us a text On December 8, 1980, 40-year-old John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles , a band that transformed the music scene in the 1960s , was shot and killed on the steps of his Manhattan apartment by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman. Chapman had suffered years with mental illness and after his arrest psychiatrists deemed him borderline psychotic. Chapman was instructed by his lawyers to plead insanity, but instead he pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life. Toda...
May 29, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Send us a text On the night of December 8, 2004, the Alrosa Villa night club in Columbus, Ohio was buzzing excitedly with fans eagerly waiting for the heavy metal band Damageplan to take the stage. Thirty-eight-year-old Darrell Abbott, also known as Dimebag or Dimebag Darrell, and his brother forty-year-old Vincent Paul Abbott had formed Damageplan after the breakup of their heavy metal band Pantera -- a group they formed in the 1980s. However, the night of December 8th would take a deadly turn ...
May 22, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Send us a text Throughout Gypsy Rose’s childhood her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, a former nurse’s aide, made claims about her daughter’s health which resulted in a series of dire diagnoses and unneeded medical interventions. Due to Dee Dee's claims of Gypsy Rose’s aliments, she was prescribed a catalogue of medications, had to sleep using a breathing machine, was on a feeding tube, and went through multiple surgeries, including procedures on her eyes and the removal of her salivary glands. On...
May 15, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Send us a text On Mother’s Day morning of May 13, 1995, the nude, brutally beaten, and almost decapitated body of thirty-one-year-old Nannette Krenzel, a single mom from Chicago, Illinois would be found along a desolate stretch of highway on the Wisconsin/Illinois state border. The night before Nannette’s body was discovered she had a fight at a sports bar in Chicago with her live-in boyfriend of three years, Jacob Stutz. This led to Jacob being the police’s prime suspect, however, there was no ...
May 14, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Send us a text In 1948, the lifeless body of a man dressed in suit and tie, would be found leaning against the concrete seawall of Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia. The well-dressed man had no physical signs of trauma, no identification, and the tags of his cloths had been removed. The mystery man’s cause of death and identity eluded local police. An extensive search was conducted hoping to discover his identity including having newspapers worldwide publish the man’s face. As the police dee...
May 08, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Send us a text Thirty-six-year-old Andrea Yates who had history of mental illness and postpartum depression was a stay-at-home-mom, home schooling her five young children, 7-year-old Noah, 5-year-old John, 3-year-old Paul, 2-year-old Luke, and 6-month-old Mary. Throughout the years of having children Andrea was treated for her severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia with anti-psychotic medications and antidepressants. On the morning of June 20, 2001, Andrea made a 9...
May 01, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 38
