In Episode 45 Season 2, Holly and Gemma make a two-parter special to cover Murderers with Head Injuries. Holly starts off in Part One with the coverage of Bobby Jo Long. There are some corrections to be make as Gemma can’t count bones while Holly wishes for 100 more in the human body and shout-outs for some fans including hashtag-name-thing @Why83km and a lovely South African listener whom the girls struggle to name. In Part One distracted mothering leads to a ridiculous level of childhood head ...
Apr 03, 2020•23 min
In Episode 45 Season 2, Holly and Gemma make a two-parter special to cover Murderers with Head Injuries. Holly starts off in Part One with the coverage of Bobby Jo Long. There are some corrections to be make as Gemma can’t count bones while Holly wishes for 100 more in the human body and shout-outs for some fans including hashtag-name-thing @Why83km and a lovely South African listener whom the girls struggle to name. In Part One distracted mothering leads to a ridiculous level of childhood head ...
Apr 03, 2020•23 min
In Episode 44 Season 2, Gemma and Holly talk about 'Killers Who Died While Murdering' - which Gemma picked and subsequently ruined 3 days of Holly’s life. Gemma covers the story of Wayne Nance whose story should totally be a movie and then Holly chats through the death of murderer Neal Falls who liked to have options. Holly thinks getting up early, getting fuel and driving to Gemma’s is overachieving, Gemma points out the history of mobile homes to Holly, the girls declare that 9 children is too...
Mar 27, 2020•23 min
In Episode 43 Season 2, Holly and Gemma take a suggestion from 'Australian Al' and cover Body Storage Solutions. Holly pretty much takes the easiest option and covers the Snowtown Murders which do not involve Santa or Snow despite the happy sounding name. Gemma then goes on to destroy all our happy feelings with the sad tale of Junko Furuta and her murder. Holly is STILL hungry in this episode, Gemma has tongue issues with her words, Holly has useless friends who don't listen to the podcast anyw...
Mar 20, 2020•23 min
In Episode 42 Season 2, Gemma and Holly struggle their way through dates and times to bring you Murders from the 2010's. Gemma goes over the grisly tale of murderer Robert Bayne who murdered in Holly's old stomping grounds. Then Holly covers the short but tragic case of Murderer John Maden from Manchester. In this episode Holly can't carb so just stares longingly at Gemma's food, the paleness of the Scottish people is mentioned, Gemma explains what the Bebo age was and Holly's friend proves usel...
Mar 13, 2020•24 min
In Episode 41 Season 2, Holly and Gemma finally return home from the Highlands of Scotland and are really quite miserable about it. The girls cover Murderers with No MO and Holly tentatively takes on the terrifying character Israel Keyes. Gemma then goes on to cover the South African Cedric Mack. Gemma gives a shout-out to a friend named Andrew who the girls then manage to also threaten, then there is another Instagram fan mention. Log cabin building times seem very unreasonable, 10 kids is too ...
Mar 06, 2020•29 min
In Episode 40 Season 2, Gemma and Holly are still in the Highlands of Scotland (listen, we do eventually make it home....). The girls talk about Murderers Who Escape Prison to Murder Again with Gemma kicking things off covering the case of Gary Tison and Randy Greenawalt. Holly then goes over the story of John Thomas Straffen. Some fan shout-outs happen from Instagram and there are mentions by and for the FC Podcast and Bloody Mess Podcasts. The girls passively aggressively most definitely argue...
Feb 28, 2020•27 min
In Episode 39 Season 2, Holly and Gemma wake up in a tender state in Highlands of Scotland. The girls talk about cases of Biters with Holly diving into the gory tale of the 'Butcher of Hanover' or "Fritz" Haarmann. Gemma then goes on to tell us all about the case of Stephanie Lazarus who got way obsessed with a guy. They aren't worth murdering for ladies! Some fan shout-outs happen from the Facebook Group and Instagram, Gemma has a fun achievement announcement, Holly has a lot of question marks,...
Feb 21, 2020•29 min
In Episode 38 Season 2, Gemma and Holly are in a tipsy state in Highlands of Scotland. The girls tackle cases of Well Educated Murderers with Gemma chatting through the story of Joseph Michael Swango who used his brain cells for bad doctoring and general human interacting. Holly then talks through the case of Amy Bishop who reached a tragic breaking point. Holly finds shampoo made by angels but sadly needs to sell a body organ to get restocked, Gemma struggles with words which leads to some wine...
Feb 14, 2020•28 min
In Episode 37 Season 2, Holly and Gemma apparently now live in Highlands of Scotland. The girls cover the difficult topic of Cop Killers with Holly getting inspiration from Reddit on her case about Christopher Monfort who specifically targeted the police with his rage. Gemma then covers the historic Linwood Bank Robbery case from the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. The girls do not recommend bank robberies as a lucrative return for effort, clearly have no knowledge on concrete things (FYI it tak...
Feb 07, 2020•25 min
In Episode 36 Season 2, Gemma and Holly are still recording on the road in the Highlands of Scotland. The girls cover the appropriately chosen theme of Scottish Highland Murders and Gemma starts the ball rolling with the story of Allister Wilson's death. Holly then tells us about the cold case murder of Renee Macrae which has some exciting new developments. Holly renames everything in Scotland north of Inverness 'the weird zone'.....change your maps immediately, Gemma invents a new language call...
Jan 31, 2020•26 min
In Episode 35 Season 2, Holly and Gemma hit the road to record on location in the Highlands of Scotland. The girls cover Hotel Murders (making the thematic connection as they are staying in a hotel - genius!) and Holly talks about the Claypool Hotel which had it's share of fame, fortune and murders. Gemma then tells us about a horrific death at a hotel by Jesse McDonald who was a fancy criminal. Holly continues her brave struggle with time and math, some great advice on not helping your boyfrien...
Jan 24, 2020•24 min
In Episode 34 Season 2, Holly and Gemma discuss murders that involved alcohol, which is fitting as both the girls are quite hungover. Gemma starts off with a disclaimer that her case about Angela Wrightson is very sad this week. Holly then discusses the murderer Jean Lanfray who had a fondness of absinthe and pretty much all other drinks involving alcohol. Holly shouts out the podcast Sharp and shares her own absinthe story from when she was in a questionable bar in Prague. Gemma tries and fails...
Jan 17, 2020•24 min
In Episode 33 Season 2, Holly and Gemma talk about Murder Manhunts with some sneaky country leavers. Holly covers Shane O'Brien who didn't have a bank account - which blows Holly's mind, followed by Gemma's telling of the bizarre murderer Luka Magnotta who was recently the subject of the Netflix documentary 'Don't F**k with Cats'. https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1207347943298256896 The girls handle criticism well in the morning recording session, Gemma goes HULK about men in clubs, Holly in...
Jan 10, 2020•25 min
In Episode 32 of Season 2, Gemma and Holly brave a hangover to bring you all some murders connected to Religion. There were a few to choose from sadly. Gemma talks about Lauren Stuart and her Jehovah's Witness family. Holly then takes on a Catholic murder committed on sacred ground by the priest Gerald Robinson. Holly has her life ruined by a pepper...not just any pepper...only the FIFTH HOTTEST PEPPER ON EARTH, Gemma is given a massive editing challenge and gives Holly a view into nunneries, ba...
Jan 03, 2020•26 min
In Episode 31 Season Two, Holly and Gemma cover cases of Bosses Who Murder. Holly goes into the tale of Hemy Newman who was crazy in love.....or just crazy. Gemma talks about the tragic and frustrating murder of Alisha and Ava Bromfield by the worst manager on earth. The girls start out with a weather and car safety segment which makes Producer Craig pull out all his eyelashes in frustration, Gemma uses an ominous voice, the girls discuss workplace 'rubbers', Holly suppresses burps and the girls...
Dec 27, 2019•26 min
In Episode 30 Season 2, the girls cover some grisly Victorian murders. Gemma goes for Frederick Bailey Deeming also known as 'Mad Fred' who failed at relationships and fatherhood dramatically. Holly then talks about Richard Dadd who was an accomplished artist and crazy person....perhaps even an Egyptian god. Holly ticks all her boxes, Gemma introduces Effie the Dog to the episode by gently accidentally booting her, Holly reveals the rules of Arson Club and the girls make it clear syphilis is not...
Dec 20, 2019•23 min
In Episode 29 Season 2, Holly and Gemma talk about cases of stalking which sadly led to murder. Holly covers Robert John Bardow who went deep into TV land and mental disorder, followed by Gemma's telling of a sad case of domestic abuse/stalking that led to the murder of Shana Grice. Gemma shouts out her sister's roommate Claire who is the new podcast sister, Holly gives Gemma an update on one of her cases, the girls are surprised for the three thousandth time that murder is sad and Holly plugs m...
Dec 13, 2019•25 min
In Episode 28 Season 2, Gemma and Holly talk about murderers who put pen to paper and wrote books about their crimes. Gemma speaks about Donald Gaskins Jr. aka 'PeeWee' who had adorable nicknames and gang names....but was very much not adorable. Then Holly covers Johann "Jack" Unterweger who had some hard core Mummy issues. Holly fails at the first hurdle, the girls get nostalgic for the days where you could just join a circus, Gemma talks through some casual cannibalism and the girls don't unde...
Dec 06, 2019•25 min
In Episode 27 Season 2, Holly and Gemma discuss cases that sparked their obsessions with true crime - CASE ZERO. Holly tries to cover the Black Dahlia but seeing as Gemma was TOO SELFISH to look into the future it's already been done, so she settles for a connected case and the murder of Gertrude Landon. Gemma then goes on to cover a murderer Ann Rule wrote about, Diane Downs. Holly is pretty aggressive about Gemma stealing her case a year ago, Gemma has a freakishly good memory, Gemma's murdere...
Nov 29, 2019•25 min
In Episode 26 Season 2, Gemma and Holly talk about murderers who lost their heads!....while decapitating people. Gemma covers the murderer Mathew Borges who took 'troubled teens' a step or ten too far and Holly speaks about the Kingsbury Run murders from the 1930s. The girls plug Gemma's guest appearance on the podcast 'Good Nurse Bad Nurse', Holly has another Reddit breakdown, the girls guess a movie correctly for the first time in history (wink wink Kevin Costner) and Holly give age specific m...
Nov 22, 2019•31 min
In Episode 25 Season 2, Gemma and Holly talk about murderers who buried their victims alive! Gemma covers the murder Stephen Small who had a pretty terrible kidnapping experience and Holly speaks about murderer Tiffany Ann Cole. The girls plug the Facebook Group hard and give much thanks to moderator Kimberlee! Gemma invents a new word that will definitely catch on, a construction worker is heavily critisized for his lack of skills, Holly admits to using the easiest research methods possible and...
Nov 15, 2019•27 min
In Episode 24 Season 2, Gemma and Holly discuss cases involving Gemmas. Holly stars off with the case of young Gemma McCluskie, an actress who was sadly murdered by her own brother. Gemma discusses the wannabe serial killer Jemma Lilley who had the wrong heroes and a grandiose sense of importance. ⠀ ⠀ Gemma mistakenly advertises several products and gets annoyed at unobservant taxi drivers. Holly takes her anger out on Producer Craig and goes crazy for some chocolate milkshake. She also unintent...
Nov 08, 2019•26 min
In Episode 23 Season 2, Holly and Gemma cover...Hollys! - specifically ones who murder or are victims of murder. Surprisingly hard to find! Holly covers the case of Holly McFeature who you should never accept Iced Tea from. Gemma starts off this episode with the sad tale of Holly Jones who was taken far too soon. The girls give some fan shout-outs from iTunes Reviews and Instagram, Holly apologises for all the turkey confusion, the girls do mid-recording research (aka last minute) with results t...
Nov 01, 2019•27 min
In Episode 22 Season 2, Gemma and Holly discuss the 1 of the 3 things that annoy Holly the most, murderers who keep diaries. Holly shares the tale of young Jason Massey who worked his way through the Triad and documented it all. Gemma discusses self proclaimed “strange character” and serial killer Robert Berdella. Who wasn’t just strange, he was a sadistic torturer and had the laziest way of getting rid of evidence. ⠀ ⠀ Gemma can’t understand how no one noticed all the missing cats and dogs. Hol...
Oct 25, 2019•27 min
In Episode 21 Season 2, Gemma and Holly talk through two stories of Murderers with Charm. Gemma starts off with Paul John Knowles, who has a little bit of sparkly vampire in his cheekbones. Then Holly moves on to William Theodore Durrant....who liked a church, or rather all the storage space available in a church. Gemma learns to say the word 'burglary' very carefully, Holly debunks a psychic, Canadian Thanksgiving is ruined by a Canadian and the girls finally break Producer Craig. Skip though t...
Oct 18, 2019•29 min
In Episode 20 Season 2, Holly and Gemma cover two cases of people who were sentenced to death but were later proven innocent. Holly goes through the case of Timothy John Evans from Wales who confessed to a crime he most definitely did not commit. Then Gemma talks about the saddest case Holly has ever heard.....Joe Arridy. Listen with tissues. A happy shout-out to a fan kicks off this episode which then sinks way down into bad times and the discovery that foot tuberculosis IS a thing. Holly's cas...
Oct 11, 2019•27 min
In Episode 19 Season 2, Gemma and Holly chat through the terrible childhoods of two murderers. Gemma talks about the bizarre case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Which Holly gets excited about despite it totally not being a real surprise. Holly then speaks about the prolific vigilante murderer Pedro Rodriguez Filho who is a YouTube legend - apparently. Holly is confused by how someone with a skinned knee ends up with a wheelchair, Gemma has a hanger and Holly is taught Spanish. Also Holly’s Mum has a c...
Oct 04, 2019•28 min
In Episode 18 Season 2, Holly and Gemma talk about a particularily terrifying category of murder - Criminally Insane Killers. Holly takes a recommendation from Ladynickmiller on Reddit ( https://www.reddit.com/user/ladynickmiller) and covers the 'Vampire of Sacramento' - Richard Chase. Gemma then goes through the murders committed by Michael Charles Hayes. Gemma feels masses of sympathy for Richard Chase's roomates who literally could not have drawn a worse roomate card, Holly gets fed up with i...
Sep 27, 2019•23 min
In Episode 18 Season 2, Holly and Gemma talk about a particularily terrifying category of murder - Criminally Insane Killers. Holly takes a recommendation from Ladynickmiller on Reddit ( https://www.reddit.com/user/ladynickmiller) and covers the 'Vampire of Sacramento' - Richard Chase. Gemma then goes through the murders committed by Michael Charles Hayes. Gemma feels masses of sympathy for Richard Chase's roomates who literally could not have drawn a worse roomate card, Holly gets fed up with i...
Sep 27, 2019•20 min
