When Russell and Shirley Dermond failed to show up to a neighborhood Kentucky Derby party their neighbors were beginning to grow concerned. It wasn't like Russell and Shirley, who were very active in their upscale gated community to not only not show up, but to also not call or give an explanation as to why they weren't going to appear. Neighbors were still concerned days later after several attempts to reach the Dermonds' went unanswered. Taking it upon themselves to conduct a welfare check, ne...
Jan 25, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 62
When Elliington police arrived at the Dabate home two days before Christmas in 2015, they were greeted with a shocking scene. Richard Dabate was laying on the living room floor, tied to a folding chair that lay on top of him. His wife Connie lay dead, shot twice, in the other room. The story Richard would tell police was terrifying- it was the story of 6'2 masked intruder with a voice like Vin Diesel. A man who would threaten the Dabate family if Richard did not give him his money and the pin nu...
Jan 04, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Adam Hecht had what seemed like a good life. Adam was not only smart and good looking, but he was also extremely kind according to people who knew him. But when Adam befriends the mysterious Tony soon his personality would begin to change, and he would start spending more and more time away from his family and friends and more time venturing onto the rougher streets of California. Adam would soon disappear but what happened to the 24-year-old tennis instructor would be left a mystery. Did Adam g...
Nov 09, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 60
On Halloween night 1957, Peter Fabiano and his wife Betty are already asleep when they hear a knock on the door. Peter, of course, is annoyed that someone is trick or treating so late, but Peter gets up from his bed, grabs the bowl of candy reserved for trick or treaters and makes his way to the front door. Unknown to Peter however, the masked person standing on the other end of the door is not looking for a treat- they are looking to murder. Join the Facebook group: facebook.com/thisstoryisnuts...
Oct 26, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 61
17-year-old Carla Walker was blonde and popular and was looking forward to going to college and maybe starting a life with her boyfriend Rodney Mccoy, the Western Hills Cougars star quarterback. But the night of February 16th, 1974, would be the beginning of an unimaginable nightmare for not only Rodney, but also for Carla's family when Carla was abducted out of a bowling alley parking lot, all while her boyfriend Rodney sat helpless. Carla's body would be discovered three days later, but this c...
Oct 21, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 60
It wasn't unusual for 13-year-old Mary Louise Day to run away, in fact, she had done it multiple times after her family had moved to Seaside California. What was unusual however, was that when Mary had run away sometime in July of 1981 her family never reported her missing nor seemed too concerned with where the teen had gone. This was a fact that didn't sit too well with Mary's younger sister Sherrie, who as soon as she turned an adult would report her older sister missing. But 22 years later, ...
Jul 20, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 56
20-year-old Angela (Angie) Hammond had plans to meet up with her boyfriend Rob after spending some time with another friend. But, as the night of April 4th, 1991, progressed Angie was starting to get tired. Without a phone at home Angie decided to stop by a local payphone in order to call Rob and let him know she was going to return home instead. As the two talked however, a two-tone green truck would begin to circle the payphone. Only a few minutes later Rob would hear Angie scream, and she wou...
Jul 06, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Today's case is a case with hard any information on it- and yet it is one of the most intriguing cases I have ever heard. I am willing to bet you haven't heard it either. At around 3 am on the morning of December 22nd, 1939, Stephen Melkey wandered out into a busy highway and was struck by a car. Once officers arrived at the scene, they soon realized that this wasn't an accident- someone had bound and gagged Stephen and either had intentionally led him to the highway or sat back and watched as h...
Jun 15, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 53
In January of 1993 Karen Lewis and her daughter Lauren returned home to Amarillo Texas from a shopping trip the two had taken to Dallas. It was Super Bowl weekend and the two were expecting to see David, Karen's husband and Lauren's father-knowing that he, as a fan of the Dallas Cowboys - who had been playing in the Super Bowl that year, would more than likely be watching the game. However, they were shocked to find instead of David there were two fresh sandwiches in the fridge, the VCR tape sti...
May 25, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 52
25-year-old Chance Englebert would spend the afternoon of July 6th, 2019, golfing with a few of his in-laws. When he called his wife Baylee that day he seemed to be in a good mood. But, by the time Baylee arrived at the golf course however, Chance's mood had drastically changed. Though the two were visiting Baylee's family in Gering Nebraska Chance had insisted that Baylee drive him back home to Moorcroft Wyoming instead- no longer wanting to visit with her family. When Baylee took Chance back t...
May 18, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 51
YOU GUYS!! Today's episode is a super special episode- it's the podcast's 50TH EPISODE!! (It's kind of a big deal!) First, I want to thank all of you for pushing the play button every week- your support means so much to me! I wouldn't have gotten here without you. For today's episode we are taking a look back on not only my favorite episodes but also yours! The best way I could think of doing that was to separate episodes by categories that were chosen by the listeners! Categories are as follows...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 50
**WARNING** This Podcast features audio that some listeners might find disturbing. The audio is about 22 seconds in length at the very beginning of the episode. If you wish to skip it fast forward until around 23 seconds in. At 2:28 am on the morning of September 7th, 2015, Kareen McCabe received a phone call that would completely change her life forever. On the other line her husband, Henry McCabe is screaming out, he screams he has been shot, he is writhing in pain. Words turn to noises, growl...
May 04, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 49
When Joe Cinque met Anu Singh in 1995, he was immediately smitten with her, and why wouldn't he be? Anu wasn't only pretty, but she was also smart, going to the Australian University for her law degree. And although Anu was dating someone else at the time of their meeting, she would begin an affair with Joe that would turn into an actual relationship. Two years later however the relationship between Joe and Anu would begin to sour, and Anu would decide she needed to host a dinner party to say go...
Apr 28, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 48
On the morning of June 2nd, 2018, as students at the Portland Oregon Culinary Institute filed in for their usual morning classes, they would make a tragic discovery. Beloved Culinary Instructor Daniel Brophy was dead, lying in a pool of his own blood, shot twice. His death would be a mystery, almost like something his wife of 27 years Nancy Brophy would have written about in her suspenseful romance novels that she was known for writing. But, UNLIKE her romance novels investigators would discover...
Apr 13, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Charles Holden was nervous when he saw the stranger lurking outside of his home on the evening on June 22, 1991. Fearing for not only his safety, but the safety of his mother- 70-year-old Dororthy Donovan, he rushed to the nearest payphone to call the police. When an officer arrived at the residence, she accompanied Charles to check on Dorothy, who had lived in a farmhouse behind Charle's trailer. It was there that the two would find Charles's elderly mother stabbed to death. Charles would quick...
Apr 06, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Amber Ashfaq was growing concerned for her co-worker Karen Navarra. Karren, who had worked with Amber as pharmacy technician at Reginal Medical Center in San Jose California hadn't been known for missing days for even being late in her last 27 years of employment. And yet Amber hadn't heard from her friend despite both calling and texting her. So, on September 13, 2018, Amber would decide she need to go and check on Karen to make sure everything was ok with the 67-year-old. Instead, what Amber w...
Mar 30, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 46
When a human torso is found sitting in a shopping cart in the middle of New York City detectives are immediately aware they have a situation on their hands. They don't know whose headless body it is or who could have possibly put it there. Days later, a few blocks away, a leg from the same body would be found. The killer would quickly be identified, but who it was- was someone no one expected of such a heinous crime. Since this is still a breaking case new information is still coming out about t...
Mar 16, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 46
* WARNING* Today's episode is graphic in nature, listener discretion is advised. Taylor Schabusiness had several run-ins with law enforcement prior to February 2022. She also had an addiction, an addiction that would lead her to commit arguably one of the most horrific crimes in Wisconsin history since the 1990s. It's a case unlike any I have covered so far on the show, and despite the fact that I try to tell stories that aren't splattered all over news headlines this one was too crazy not to te...
Mar 09, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 46
When two family members die from natural causes and yet another one falls terribly ill it seems as though the Staudte family is under some sort of terrible curse. But the truth in today's case is something far FAR more sinister. Join the Facebook group: facebook.com/thisstoryisnutspodcast Have a story suggestion or personal story to share: thisstoryisnuts@gmail.com Sources: Antifreeze Murders in Missouri: How a Mom and Daughter Planned to Kill Family | PEOPLE.com Diane and Rachel Staudte: The An...
Mar 02, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 45
After the death of her first husband- teen author Helen Bailey struggled to deal. She found solace in a group aimed at helping people deal with their grief after the loss of loved ones. It was while in this group that Helen would meet Ian, a man she would later write about and call the "gorgeous grey-haired widower." Helen was certain she had finally found her happiness, but unfortunately, it was not to be. What Helen didn't know was that Ian wasn't her picture-perfect man, in fact, Ian Stewart ...
Feb 16, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 43
When Ronald Klungness arrived home that March evening after work, he found it strange that the door was unlocked, and the television was still on. This was strange because Ronald's wife of 15 years Susan's Toyota was gone. Ronald assumed that maybe Susan and the couple's 14-year-old son Jeffery had just left for the day and would return later. What Ronald had missed however was the trail of blood that led from the living room to the couple's bedroom. it was there in the bedroom that hours later ...
Feb 09, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Dr. Margaret Mary Kilcoyne was certain she had recently made a medical discovery that was going to win her a Nobel prize. But even before Margaret could begin to celebrate, she would vanish. Margaret's brother Leo would claim that Margaret had been under a bunch of stress, but if she had her colleagues hadn't really noticed- stating her odd behavior in the days before she went missing as just Margaret being Margaret. Did Margaret Kilcoyne have a mental breakdown and take her own life? Did she si...
Feb 02, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 41
A locked room, a strange phone call, a brutal murder. Today we are going to cover one of the most notable cases in true crime history. A case that has baffled detectives and web sleuths alike for well over 90 years and that has also been labeled as the impossible murder- and just when you think you know the answer- you realize that you might not know anything at all. Today we are talking about the murder of Julia Wallace. Sources: The Murder of Julia Wallace | The Julia Wallace Murder Foundation...
Jan 26, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 40
It's 10:45 pm on the night of December 15, 1980, when Paul Woods sees it. Two men are rushing towards the black pick-up truck sitting idly at the stoplight. One rushes to the passenger side while the other pushes his way into the driver's side. The woman inside begins to scream in fear- but it is too late. They disappear into the night before anyone can do anything. The following morning at around 5 am in the 1100 block of Bromont Ave, local fire departments respond to a truck that has been set ...
Jan 19, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 38
** CAUTION- This episode does have brief mentions of child pornography and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. ** Laureen Rahn convinced her mom Judith to go to the tennis game without her- it was the first day of the 14-year old's spring break and she was old enough to stay home alone. She would spend her day being visited by family members, seen restocking wine coolers at the nearby convince store, and hanging with a male and female friend drinking a few beers that night. By the time Laur...
Jan 12, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Mary Elizabeth Horton Vail knew her relationship to her husband William "Felix" Vail- was in trouble- she even had thought about leaving Felix- but instead, she decided to stay. Not long after however, Mary, who was afraid of dark water, would end up in a boating accident that would end her life. Suspicions would fly about actually happened the night of Mary's death but, it would take another 50 years and the disappearances of TWO OTHER WOMEN before there would be any answers. SOURCES: Felix Vai...
Jan 05, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 34
On the night of September 22, 1986, Fergus Cameron and his wife Vivienne sit in the local hospital on Phillip Island. Fergus is injured- cuts to his back and ear- hospital staff aren't believing the story explaining away the cuts. They will soon find out that Fergus's strained marriage with his wife Vivienne had finally come to a head that night when Vivienne confronted Fergus about his affair with their employee- a 23-year-old named Beth Barnard. According to Fergus, Vivienne would attack him w...
Dec 22, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 32
When 16-year-old Owensboro Kentucky teen Shannon Green goes missing police are quick to suspect an ex-convict who also just happened to be a family friend. Suspicion runs even higher when Shannon's 18-year-old friend, a man named David Dewayne Bell also goes missing just five days later. The ex-convict, a man named John Reneer looks like the obvious suspect for the missing teens- but, 20 years later, John Reneer provides police with something that might just prove his innocence and prove that Da...
Dec 15, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 31
After a 13-year-old boy goes missing from Stidham Oklahoma in early 2021 attention is quickly brought to the case of the missing teens mother- a woman named Peggy McGuire who also went missing almost six years earlier. With the case previously cold the McGuire family hopes that new attention to the case can help bring Peggy home. If you have any information on what happened to Peggy McGuire please call: McIntosh County Sheriff 's Office: 918-689-2526 OR call: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigati...
Dec 08, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Vote for This Story is Nuts for best local podcast! I would appreciate if you took a minute to vote for the show it helps me get the word out about the podcast! Best Local Podcast - Best of the Chippewa Valley 2022 (volumeone.org) Twin sisters Alexandria and Anastasia Duval had a very popular yoga studio and were almost like local celebrities in their Florida home- Alexandria had a great big personality while her sister Anastasia was known to be sweet and kind. But, things for the twins would ta...
Dec 01, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 30
