VOICEMAILS: A car crash caused by this podcast, Roanoke road coincidence, and Jeb thinks Maria needs therapy. EMAILS: A British spy found padlocked in a duffel bag, a UNCW professor who tweeted racist and sexist things was found dead, and an elephant graveyard in Chicago. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com — Support this show http://...
Jul 30, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 120
On November 22, 1995, filmmaker Allen Ross disappeared without a trace. Allen was part of a religious cult called the Samaritan Foundation, that was led by his wife Linda Greene. Linda believed vampires could gain access to her by talking on the phone, negative energy could be washed away with soy milk, and barcodes were evil. Years later, Allen's body was found, but no one was ever charged with the murder. Linda’s ex-husband Denis is still alive and working as an inspirational Evangelist speake...
Jul 28, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 119
VOICEMAILS: Jeb’s nemesis, potential cult leader Teal Swan, a call from down under, and Mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall. EMAILS: Serial killer themed hotel in Colorado, drug trafficking in a small town, CIA holograms, Wisconsin Beast of Bray Road, and twins. ALSO: Ali learned the 50 states by singing the Macarena — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://we...
Jul 24, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 118
EMAILS: A pyramid scheme victim, a ghost story found in a box of office supplies, and a voodoo cult leader. VOICEMAILS: Jeb offers his 37 cousins to Ali, a floating Halloween ghost in Chicago, and how to pronounce clandestine. ALSO: Maria doesn’t remember an entire episode we did about the creepy TikTok Randonautica app and Melissa gets angry. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Pa...
Jul 23, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 116
In 1587, John White led a group of 118 colonists to the first English settlement on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. But when the colony's leader, John White, made a trip back to England to get supplies, he returned to Roanoke to find all the settlers had vanished. They left behind only a single clue, the word “Croatoan” carved into a post. The colonists were never seen again. Historians and archaeologists have been trying to figure out what happened to those initial settlers ever...
Jul 21, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Ghislaine’s bail hearing and secret husband, a witchcraft murder in Kalamazoo, the killer who Melissa knows might be getting out of prison due to COVID 19, “Pervert Park” the trailer park in Florida for pedophiles, and the Radium Girls. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com — Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers . Ho...
Jul 17, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 115
EMAILS: A listener’s experience with a killer who pretended to be mute, smell sensitivity, and a cheesy dream. VOICEMAILS: A dank meme, a sleepover request for Ali, ball lightning, Jeb questions Melissa’s Canadian husband, and a listener suggests Ali become a lesbian. ALSO: Maria loses her mind over coincidences. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://webc...
Jul 16, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 114
In 1920’s Los Angeles, a mother/daughter duo of sixty-year-old May Otis Blackburn and her 24-year-old daughter Ruth started a cult called Blackburn with the goal of swindling members out of money. The cult had bizarre rituals, and was connected to mysterious deaths, disappearances, and sex scandals. There was also an attempted resurrection of a 16 year old girl whose corpse had been stored in a wooden box in a makeshift mausoleum underneath her parents' house. The cult was so bizarre that justic...
Jul 14, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 113
NEWS STORIES: Dutch torture chambers discovered by FBI, Museum of Ice Cream company meltdown, Thandie Newton’s rough experience with Tom Cruise and his super zits, Ghislaine on suicide watch, and whatever happened to Elisha Cuthbert? — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com — Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers . Hosted on A...
Jul 10, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 112
EMAILS: A honk honk coincidence with Canadian geese, a listener’s relative is the Easter Bunny murderer, a theory on why Alexander Acosta dresses his daughters oddly, a listener was in a Nicolas Cage movie, a dead body found in a field, Australian Min Min lights, sleep paralysis, and an unfortunate murder trial outcome. VOICEMAILS: Jeb claims his cousins were in The Source Family cult, a listener wants Ali to date her brother. ALSO: The Bloodhound Gang is problematic, and the importance of...
Jul 09, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 111
In August 1951, residents of the small French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit suddenly started having terrifying hallucinations. Some people imagined lions and tigers were coming to eat them, a man jumped out of a window thinking he was a dragonfly. At least seven people died, over 50 people were taken to the local asylum in straitjackets and hundreds were affected. What caused this mysterious case of mass insanity? THEORIES: The CIA spiked bread with LSD as part of a mind control experiment, ...
Jul 07, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 110
BREAKING NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is arrested today. She is accused of recruiting, grooming, and sexually abusing underage girls as part of a years-long sex trafficking ring. What will happen to Prince Andrew? What was with that insane interivew where he said he couldn’t physically sweat? THEORIES: Is Jeffrey Epstein still alive? Is he a spy? Is he in the Illuminati? Is he a robot and his consciousness was transferred to a Roomba?...
Jul 03, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 109
EMAILS: A listener’s father had lunch with John Wayne Gacy, a listener wants to rescue their sister from a cult, a haunted bathroom, Elizabeth Bathory, and teens on TikTok found a dead body in a suitcase using Randonautica. VOICEMAILS: A listener thinks her friend hooked up with a guy from The Source Cult (but we think it might be Andrew Keegan’s cult), and fireworks conspiracies. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram R...
Jul 02, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 108
On July 7, 2011, the body of 69 year old Richard Oland was found in the office of his investment firm in New Brunswick, Canada. Discovered by his personal assistant, Richard had been bludgeoned to death. He was the CEO of Moosehead Breweries, a pillar of the community, and his family was one of the wealthiest in New Brunswick. His son was charged with the murder, but a botched police investigation led to the verdict being overturned. The trial was one of the longest and most expensive in New Bru...
Jun 30, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Psychic, astrologer, and animal communicator Jessica Lanyadoo from Ghost of a Podcast joins the show today to communicate with the Web Crawlers pets. Ali’s dog Asher has some opinions about wearing bowties, and the men in Ali’s life. Melissa’s cat Professor Kitty silently judges her disorganized thoughts. Maria’s dog Miss Piggles has some intuitive views on bringing a baby into their household. Jessica’s Website: https://www.lovelanyadoo.com — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A ...
Jun 26, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 105
EMAILS: A woman-led cult called Blackburn that was accused of poisoning members. Nicolas Cage purchased his tomb in New Orleans because of a curse. A misplaced winning lottery ticket. The gruesome murder of Odessa Carey by her daughter who decapitated her. VOICEMAILS: Jeb leaves a message on his way to the feed store about his cousin who was abducted. IN ADDITION: Maria talks about a traumatizing encounter with Shia LaBeouf — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 ...
Jun 26, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 106
H.H. Holmes was one of America’s first serial killers who confessed to killing 27 people, although that number could be as high as 200. Many victims were said to be killed in his “Murder Castle” which was a building in the south side of Chicago that was outfitted with trapdoors, gas chambers and a basement crematorium. Holmes was also a con artist, had multiple wives, and was the subject of over 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone. THEORIES: Were H.H. Holmes’s crimes exaggerated for newspaper headlines...
Jun 23, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Nicolas Cage is a fascinating person. He collects shrunken pygmy heads, he bought a $300,000 dinosaur skull that turned out to be stolen, in 2011 Dog the Bounty Hunter bailed him out of jail, and he once slept in Dracula's castle. Producer Maria's boyfriend Craig tells a story about Nic Cage's insane race car collection, and Ali plays her friend's song about National Treasure. ALSO: A voicemail from the niece of Denny Whelan- a private investigator who worked on the Johnny Gosch case. — Listen t...
Jun 19, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Listener voicemails: A spooky Bridgewater Triangle encounter and a message all the way from the UK. Listener emails: A truck driving grandpa death, Amelia Earhart monument, Sopranos connection, chili sauce catastrophe, a hitchhiking uncle avoiding a knife fight, and haunted New Orleans tales. ALSO: Ali's Tinder date who sends her ghost stories. Update on Chad Daybell & Lori Vallow's missing children. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: T...
Jun 18, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 102
In the 1960's, James Baker, soon to be known as Father Yod, moved to Los Angeles and opened a health food restaurant called The Source. Through vegan food and teaching Kundalini yoga, he managed to amass a trusty following of young LA hipsters. To outsiders, the group, known as the Source Family, seemed like stereotypical hippies, with names like Galaxy and Olympus. But there was a dark side: Yod was having sex with young members of the group and declared himself to be essentially God. Somewhere...
Jun 16, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Louise Peete was an infamous convicted murderer who gained notoriety for leaving a string of suicides by wealthy ex spouses in her wake. She was executed in 1947, only the second woman in California to be put to death by the state. Also, one of the houses where she buried a victim is near an elementary school Ali attended. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://...
Jun 12, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Warriena Wright matched with Gable Tostee on Tinder in 2014. They met up for a date in Australia’s Gold Coast. Later that night, Warriena fell 14 stories to her death. The case would have been a complete mystery were it not for Gable recording over 3 hours of audio on his phone during their date. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com — ...
Jun 11, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Johnny Gosch was 12 years old when he disappeared on his paper route in Iowa in 1982. There were five witnesses but the local police and FBI horribly mismanaged the investigation and they eventually declared there was no crime. His mother is convinced he was kidnapped by pedophiles and sold into child trafficking. What really happened to Johnny? Was his own father in on it? — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Faceboo...
Jun 09, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Check out this deep dive into the disappearance of Amelia Earhart from another Earios show: THE ALARMIST PODCAST Subscribe to The Alarmist on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 05, 2020•46 min
Listener emails about: A creepy woman with backward feet, an email link that opens to a father’s obituary, a scary encounter with the Australian tinder killer, a thwarted attack with a switchblade, Paris Syndrome, the Hodag, and a Papa Roach friendship. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com — Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/webcr...
Jun 05, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Dale Kaczmarek , president of the Ghost Research Society and author of multiple books about the supernatural, joins the episode today to talk about his 40 years of research. Producer Maria’s boyfriend Craig also joins to ask Dale about Chicago’s history of hauntings, a glowing house he saw as a kid, and a creepy old gate that used to be part of a controversial asylum. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To...
Jun 04, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Amelia Earhart is one of the most famous pilots in the world. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic ocean. But on July 2, 1937 she took off from Papua New Guinea for Howland Island with her navigator Fred Noonan, but they vanished. Rebecca Delgado Smith from The Alarmist joins the Web Crawlers. THEORIES: Did they crash into the ocean? Land on a different island? Were they kidnapped? Was Amelia a spy? — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US...
Jun 03, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Glitches in the matrix are when humans experience deja vu or an unlikely or irregular occurrence like missing time or coincidences. The Web Crawlers tell their favorite glitch stories and then talk to John E.L. Tenney about his unusual experiences: a restaurant he dined at that doesn’t exist, a time traveler who gave him an eerie message, and if we really are living in a simulation. IN ADDITION: Ali almost throws up because her mind gets blown. — Interview with John starts at 15:30 — EMAIL US: W...
May 29, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Mr. Podcast himself Paul F. Tompkins joins the episode today to talk about urban legends: the hook, the hitchhiker, the hand licking dog, and Mikey dying from pop rocks and soda. Amanda Lund pops in to tell the tale of her cousin's snake sizing him up for lunch, and Craig Anstett talks about Chicago urban legends and recalls the time he saw a disappearing house. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join ...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 92
TikTok users are spotting ghosts and other paranormal activity in the millions of videos that have been posted to the app. From a clown mask that says “I love sweets” to hidden patient ID cards in a secret wall and scary figures appearing in the background, the Web Crawlers discuss the creepiest sightings. Also, listener voicemails about a thwarted attack and a microwave mystery. TikTok discussion starts at 12:30 — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US...
May 27, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 91
