Category: Episodes

  • Robert Pickton

    Robert Pickton

    This episode we talk about Canadian serial killer, Robert Pickton. The late 1980s and 90s saw a disturbing trend in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Women, many struggling with addiction and poverty, began vanishing without a trace. The community, used to hardship, felt a growing unease. Were these disappearances connected?

  • Appalachian Folklore & Folkways: Pt. 2

    Appalachian Folklore & Folkways: Pt. 2

    Our second installment into the legends, monsters and folk remedies of the Appalachian region.

  • Appalachian Folklore and Folkways: Pt. 1

    Appalachian Folklore and Folkways: Pt. 1

    Our first installment into the legends, monsters and folk remedies of the Appalachian region.

  • A Christmas Massacre

    A Christmas Massacre

    When a man dressed as Santa entered the Ortega Christmas party in 2008, no one could imagine the tragic aftermath of his bloody rampage and arson.

  • The Valley of The Headless Men

    The Valley of The Headless Men

    Deep within the Canadian wilderness lies beauty, danger, and a lot of gold. But a string of death, decapitation and strange occurrences have turned a natural paradise into a creepy destination.

  • The Orange Sock Killer

    The Orange Sock Killer

    This episode talks about the Orange Sock Killer of Breckenridge, CO in 1982. Genetic genealogy helped solve this crime decades later.

  • Djinn

    Djinn

    Djinn are supernatural creatures in Middle Eastern folklore. They are said to be made of fire, invisible to the human eye, and capable of shapeshifting. Djinn are often depicted as being powerful and dangerous creatures, but they can also be helpful and benevolent.

  • The Slender Man Stabbing

    The Slender Man Stabbing

    The Slender Man stabbing was a near-fatal stabbing that took place in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 31, 2014. Two 12-year-old girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, lured their friend Payton Leutner into the woods and stabbed her 19 times in an attempt to please Slender Man, a fictional horror character.

  • John List

    John List

    This podcast episode discusses the case of John List, a murderer who killed his entire family in 1971 and then went on the run for nearly 18 years. List was a successful accountant who lived in a wealthy suburb of New Jersey with his wife, mother, and three children.

  • The Mishipeshu

    The Mishipeshu

    Mishipeshu (also spelled Mishibijiw) is a powerful mythological creature in the folklore of North America. It is often described as a giant underwater panther said to live in the depths of Lake Superior.