For some true crime cases, saturation of the headlines can lead to a rabid thirst for public details so vicious and all-consuming that it transforms an criminal investigation into media frenzy. Entangled in a winding web of misconstrued details, misinformed opinions, and mishandled investigations, the space between “The Truth” and “The Story” can grow wider and wider. In the nearly thirty years since the murder of JonBenet Ramsey speculation has swirled around a number of suspects, including her...
Apr 27, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On a snowy morning in December 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey awoke to find their entire world turned upside down as their beloved six year-old daughter JonBenet lay dead in the basement of their Colorado home. A decades-long media frenzy has swirled around this murder of a child beauty queen. Over the years many fingers have been pointed, but little answers have been found, and the mystery of who killed JonBenet Ramsey haunts the tabloids to this day. There comes a time in every podcast’s life whe...
Apr 20, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Can a region absorb the dark energy of its historical monstrosities? Can land become innately evil, soil cursed by the wounds of violence? In Massachusetts the Bridgewater Triangle seems to be a vortex of the paranormal, perhaps created by horrific bloodshed that occurred centuries ago. The history of bloody conflict has given way to ghosts, UFOs, a wide variety of cryptids, satanic activity, and of course, murder most foul. On this episode we trudge into the swamps of the Bridgewater Triangle, ...
Apr 13, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Does a monstrous society breed monsters? Hate can twist, contort and mutate into something truly evil within an individual, propelling them to do unspeakable things. In the 1970s, a serial killer stalked the clubs and lounges of San Francisco, targeting gay men. His darkly artistic trademark request to draw his would-be victims led to his nickname, “The Doodler.” His victims lived quietly in fear of being targeted, silenced due to their greater fear of societal discrimination. Fifty years later,...
Mar 30, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 43
What is memory? The Oxford English Dictionary defines memory as the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. Or something remembered from the past; a recollection. But the OED doesn’t weigh in on the factual accuracy of those recollections, nor does it mention how or where memories are stored. Our current understanding is that they form and are stored in our brains. Our brains after all are the motherboards of our bodies, but what if memories could also live somewhere else wit...
Mar 23, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Grief is a powerful thing. It's extremely personal and can make us act in ways unforeseen. So what happens when an entire nation experiences a loss, as they did in 1865 when President Lincoln was assassinated? The powers that were at the time decided to give the people an outlet for their grief with a small tour of part of the country featuring their dead president. It would be known as the Lincoln Ghost Train, which would serve as a public display of grief and all of it's strange and unexplaine...
Mar 16, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Strangers! We're so thrilled that Crimes of the Centuries from the Obsessed Network is back for Season 3! Join host Amber Hunt each week as she dives deep into a case that was huge when it happened but somehow got lost to time. These cases may not be remembered, but their impact on society lives on. Today we're sharing the first part of the Season 3 premiere, featuring the story of the Victorian Era's forgotten serial killer, Dr. Thomas Cream. For the rest of the story and more, follow Crimes of...
Mar 13, 2023•15 min
In the mid 1800s, Maggie and Kate Fox convinced the world that they could communicate with the dead. And, for a fee, they'd communicate with your dead through a séance. The sisters became so famous for their private, as well as public, readings, that an entire new religion--Spiritualism--was ushered in to make sense (and profits) of it all. It was all going so well. The were rich and world famous. What could possibly go wrong? Come see Strange and Unexplained on Tour! Daisy is bringing her FANTA...
Mar 09, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 40
The human urge to believe in something bigger than ourselves, to search for answers from above or beyond can go awry. And throughout history, it has. One such example took two girls and their followers on a whirlwind journey that would leave a mark and make for a fantastic story. Come see Strange and Unexplained on Tour! Daisy is bringing her FANTASTIC live show--covering The Escape From Alcatraz--to NYC on April 3, Boston on April 20, and Washington DC on April 23. And Daisy will be sticking ar...
Mar 02, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 39
What makes a monster? Are monsters just our fears materialized? Kill the monster, kill the fear, that's what we tell ourselves. But when we destroy something just because we don't understand it, who is the real monster? This Week's Sponsors: BetterHelp : Visit BetterHelp.com/ DAISY today to get 10% off your first month Lumi Labs: To learn more about microdosing THC, go to microdose.com and use code STRANGE to get free shipping & 30% off your first order Hungryroot: Go to hungryroot.com/ STRA...
Feb 16, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 38
18-year-old Joe Pichler had made it big in Hollywood as a kid, co-starring in movies like "Varsity Blues" and the "Beethoven" franchise. Taking a break to finish high school, Joe left Los Angeles and moved back to Bremerton, Washington with his family where he developed a strong friend group and was living a seemingly happy life. So it was a shock when on January 9, 2006, his family found his car abandoned on the side of the road with no trace of Joe. It turned out that he hadn't been seen for d...
Feb 09, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 37
The cultural fear of vampires stretches back centuries throughout Europe, but in the continental U.S. it took seed from another fear entirely: tuberculosis. The New England Vampire Panic of the 19th-century was a reaction to a deadly disease so mysterious it needed a scapegoat. Enter: the Brown family of Exeter, Rhode Island –specifically a young daughter whose body civilians would use to justify a monster of their own making. This week's sponsors: Béis - Right now, Béis is offering our listener...
Feb 02, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 36
When Nicole Daedone walked into a party in 1998, she was unexpectedly introduced to a “new sexuality practice.” This awakening would spawn an idea: a company centered around embracing the power of the female orgasm. OneTaste made a splash with the likes of Silicon Valley movers and shakers, but as with any belief system monetized under capitalism, a cult of manipulation would eventually reveal itself beneath the whole endeavor. This week's sponsors: Grammarly - Go to Grammarly.com/tone to downlo...
Jan 26, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Hey Strangers! We're off this week so please enjoy a rerun our of season 1 finale. Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a humanoid, moth-like creature? The Mothman entered the scene of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966 and has fascinated our imaginations since. Here’s how an anomaly with glowing red eyes flew straight into the heart of this small town’s identity. Haven't snagged your Obsessed Fest 2023 tickets yet? What are you waiting for? Early Bird pricing ends on Tuesda...
Jan 19, 2023•35 min
In 1971, a man with sunglasses, a raincoat and a small attache case boarded a flight, lit a cigarette and calmly told his stewardess that he had a bomb and a handful of demands. Dan Cooper –misnamed as D.B. Cooper in the press– would go down in history for the stunt he’d pull off, skyjacking a plane and jumping off of it into the night. America was immediately enamored with the mysterious everyman, but who was he and what exactly happened that fateful, rainy night? This week's sponsors: Béis - R...
Jan 12, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Hey Strangers! The Obsessed Network has as a brand new podcast from the former hosts and creators of Obsessed with: Disappeared . It's called I Think Not! Enjoy the trailer here and check out the first episode out now wherever you get your podcasts. NOTE: If you were already subscribed to Obsessed with: Disappeared, STAY subscribed. I Think Not! is taking over that old feed.
Jan 05, 2023•3 min
At nine years old, Asha Degree packed her bookbag, left her family home in Shelby, North Carolina and set about walking along a nearby highway. The search for Asha would unfold over 20 years, testing family, law enforcement and a confused community all up to today. No one has seen her since, but many wonder what errant clues haven’t been revealed in this haunting case of a child gone missing. This week's sponsors: Ritual - Ritual is offering our listeners 10% off during your first 3 months! Visi...
Jan 05, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 33
We pull a lot of accounts with strange & unexplained phenomena from the anonymous posting site Reddit on this podcast. After all, its creators endeavored for it to be the “front page of the internet.” However, when a frequent poster –claiming to be a World War II veteran– advertised his own image-hosting site on Reddit back in 2009, a mystery would unfold across the internet tying in a mysterious jobs board, a stacked party bill and a high-profile assassination. This week's sponsors: PDS Deb...
Dec 22, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 32
For all intents and purposes, German brewer Johann Adam Lemp achieved the so-called American Dream for generations of his descendants when he arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1838. His humble lager recipe ballooned into a huge brewery with a family mansion to match. However, as the business got passed down the line, dark history unfurled –haunting the business and house where it all happened. This week's sponsors: Bare Necessities - Right now, get 20% off your Bare Necessities order when you go...
Dec 15, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 31
The New York Lunatic Asylum opened its doors in 1839 with a mission to humanely treat the mentally ill of NYC from the tranquil isolation of an island on the East River. However, as the years unfolded, cracks showed, trouble ensued and an intrepid reporter found herself within the institution’s walls, reporting its downfall for the world to see. Here’s the story of Roosevelt Island. OBSESSED FEST YEAR 2 IS OFFICIALLY HAPPENING October 20th-22nd 2023 in Dallas, Texas. Tickets are on sale NOW at o...
Dec 08, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Tara Calico was a smart, accomplished and athletic college freshman who biked into the New Mexico desert one morning in 1988 and never came back. A year later, a peculiar photograph appeared in a parking lot over a thousand miles away in Florida. The search for Tara would enlist the help of investigators across an ocean only to eventually reveal corruption back home. Whatever happened to her resulted in a sprawling mystery that remains unsolved to this day. This week's sponsors: SkyLight Frames ...
Dec 01, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Feeling dead inside is one thing, but truly believing it is a mysterious, medical reality. With only about 200 known cases worldwide, Cotard’s Syndrome is a rare condition characterized by delusions of missing body parts, lost organs or being dead altogether –even while technically living to tell the tale. In this episode, we’ll go over the history of Cotard’s Syndrome, the stories of people who’ve suffered from it and the theories behind how it can confound and take hold of our minds and bodies...
Nov 17, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 28
One wintry day in 1922, six bodies were discovered on a remote farm in Bavaria. The scene was ominous, scattered with clues indicating an unclear couple of days leading up to the sextuple murder of the family and its maid. Decades later, investigators landed on a culprit whose name still hasn’t been revealed. The tragedy at Hinterkaifeck was a mystery complete with complicated relationships, missing weapons and unexplainable footsteps in the snow. This week's sponsors: BetterHelp - Strange &...
Nov 10, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 27
In 2006, a man was found on the ballroom floor of a hotel in Baltimore, with a hole in the ceiling overhead and a mystery surrounding the occurrence. Rey Rivera was –for all intents and purposes– an average guy, who lived, worked and loved in search of greater purpose. But upon going missing, he left clues along the way leading straight back to that hole in the roof of the infamous Belvedere Hotel… without a clear answer as to how he could have possibly fallen through it. This week's sponsors: P...
Nov 03, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 26
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, the United States employed an old method of surveillance along its west coast: blimps. And when two pilots took off in one high above San Francisco Bay one summer morning in 1942, no one could have predicted its wild and wacky ride. A crash landing followed by the discovery of an empty cabin confused onlookers and navy personnel alike. What happened? This week's sponsors: Blissy - Head to Blissy.com/STRANGE to try Blissy pillows risk-free for 60 nights, and use code ...
Oct 27, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 25
One December morning in turn-of-the-20th-century New York City, a young society woman went out to run errands and never returned home. Dorothy Arnold’s forbidden love affair, writerly aspirations and wealth combined to stir up intrigue over what happened to her at the time. Today –over a hundred years on– her disappearance is still a mystery. This week's sponsors: Lumi Labs - To learn more about microdosing THC go to Microdose.com and use code STRANGE to get free shipping and 30% off your first ...
Oct 20, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 24
We're taking a break this week so here's a listen back to our very first episode, based on the same story as the new series "The Watcher" out today on Netflix. In June 2014, Derek and Maria Broaddus bought their dream home in Westfield, New Jersey - a 6-bedroom, 3.5-bath mansion at 657 Boulevard. Just days later, before the family even moved in, they received their first letter from "The Watcher." This week's sponsors: EveryPlate - Get started with EveryPlate for just $1.49 per meal on your firs...
Oct 13, 2022•33 min
In the early 1800s, a Tennessee farm-dwelling family began hearing suspicious noises around their home, seeing strange apparitions along their property and believing a wicked force had befallen them. The Bell Witch would go on to become a legendary haunting, complete with ghostly dialogue, violent scares in the night and even a cowardly visit from Andrew Jackson himself. And when the spirit finally left… it wasn’t for good. This week's sponsors: BetterHelp - Visit BetterHelp.com/Daisy today to g...
Oct 06, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In the late 1960s, the Zodiac Killer terrorized Northern California not necessarily via his body count –only five confirmed victims over the course of a year– but through his ability to manipulate fear into notoriety. Letters to newspapers, codes to crack and mysterious phone calls to police baited many into tormenting themselves with the question: who is the Zodiac? In this episode, we’ll go over the killer’s string of crimes and one particular suspect with a lot of suspicion still surrounding ...
Sep 29, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 22
An estimated one million people flock to the enigma that is Stonehenge every year, yet the origin of this circle of stones remains unknown. Who built it? How? And, of course, why? In this episode, we’ll cover the facts, debates and theories concerning this mysterious landmark and its five thousand-year history on Salisbury Plain.
Sep 22, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 21
