Ep. 155 – The Yeti Hunters

Notes: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150630-is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-yeti Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Ep. 92 – The Smell of Death

The true story of Gloria Ramirez, a.k.a. the toxic lady

In February, 1994, a 34-year-old cancer patient named Gloria Ramirez was rushed into the Riverside General emergency room having difficulty breathing. Soon after, more than a dozen nurses, doctors and patients began passing out from toxic fumes that allegedly came from the woman’s body. But what really caused this bizarre incident? Can science explain it? Or was it all part of a deeper conspiracy that people tried desperately to cover up?

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4291

http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/analysisofatoxic493

” THE TOXIC LADY ” – Gloria Ramirez

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Kai Engel

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/

Ep. 91 – The Christmas Conspirators

Our very special Christmas episode

In this special Christmas episode, I present eight short holiday themed tales. Listen as I tell you the strange story of an astronaut’s UFO encounter, the tragic tale of a Christmas card that was never sent, of bizarre Christmas traditions from around the world, and many more.

Notes:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54184/8-legendary-monsters-christmas

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/12/frightening-holiday-hauntings-tied-to-christmas/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/iceland-elves

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/jfk-christmas-card-was-never-sent-180948006/

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

All other music from this episode by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Ep. 89 – The Hatchet

In 1892, one of the most infamous murders in American history occurred in Fall River, Massachusetts. Although most people believe Lizzie Borden murdered her father and step-mother with a hatchet, is that what really happened? Hear the true story behind the gruesome children’s rhyme, and make up your own mind.

 

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Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Borden-Murders-Lizzie-Trial-Century/dp/0553498088/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1543196110&sr=8-1&keywords=Lizzie+Borden+book

https://www.lizzieandrewborden.com

Lizzie Borden: Why a 19th-Century Axe Murder Still Fascinates Us

The Lizzie Borden House | Tour the Macabre

http://mentalfloss.com/article/81765/how-lizzie-borden-spent-her-life-after-being-acquitted

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Kai Engel, Silence, Mist and Clouds, Oneiri, The Burden of Empathy, Difference

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Coldnoise, Remember

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, Only, Silent Park Inside Your Soul, Parting, Again Alone, Hope

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason/

Ep. 80 – The Deathless

The story of the Count of Saint Germain, a man who may have been immortal

During the 18th century there lived a mysterious man known as The Count of Saint Germain. He was a master musician, artist, linguist and alchemist…and some people say he was immortal.

Notes:

https://www.historicmysteries.com/saint-germain/

http://findingcountstgermain.blogspot.com/p/timeline.html

https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-strange-mystery-of-saint-germain-the-immortal-count

https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/vampire-new-orleans-mysterious-case-jacque-and-comte-de-st-germain-009019

Music:

Chris Zabriskie, There’s Probably No Time

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, Soul Breaker

Ep. 79 – The Guilty

Did Dr. Sam Sheppard really murder his wife?

In July, 1954, a young Ohio woman named Marilyn Sheppard was brutally murdered in her home. Her husband Dr. Sam Sheppard was tried and convicted for her murder, but did he do it?

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Man-Verdict-Sheppard-Murder/dp/0679457194/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530985153&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wrong+man+James+neff&dpID=41mkoY1NXPL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/05/us/dna-test-absolves-sam-sheppard-of-murder-lawyer-says.html

Music:

Kai Engel, In the End Everyone Dies, Deserted City, Difference, Silence, Curtains are Always Drawn, Celestial Plains, Heart and Mind

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

Alex Mason, Against Ghost

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason/

Ep. 70 – The Lost and Found

The history of people who have gone missing in the national parks
New episode!
The national parks system is sometimes called the greatest idea in the history of America. But there’s a dark side to the parks as well. For hundreds of years, people have mysteriously disappeared in the national parks, something that former police officer David Paulides has catalogued in his Missing 411 books. In this episode we discuss some of the creepiest stories, and the legends and history behind those stories.
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast
 
Notes:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gyjvdx/missing-persons-national-parks-paranormal-bigfoot-aliens
https://www.outsideonline.com/2164446/leave-no-trace
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/10/22/charles-mccullar-strange-disappearances-from-us-national-parks
Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party
Kai Engel, Morbid Imagination, Mist and Clouds, Snowfall Intro, Another Sunrise
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/
Myuu, Beth’s Theme
https://soundcloud.com/myuu
Coldnoise, Remember Piano
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/
Chris Zabriskie, Story of the World that Once Was, I Need to Start Writing Things Down
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

Ep. 69 – The Rock

The history of Alcatraz and the mystery of its greatest escape

Alcatraz. It’s the most infamous prison in American history, and it will forever be tied to the most famous prison escape in history as well. In this episode we tell you the complete history of the Rock, from it’s early days as a Civil War era military prison, all the way up to the famous 1962 escape by Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers. Did they drown in San Francisco Bay? Or did they escape until this very day?

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Alcatraz-Definitive-History-Penitentiary-Years-ebook/dp/B005F5DNK4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1518892378&sr=8-2&keywords=alcatraz+esslinger

http://www.alcatrazhistory.com

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Chris Zabriskie, Cylinder Two, Undercover Vampire Policeman, I Am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

James Joshua Otto, Midnight Drive

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Joshua_Otto/

Alasdair Cooper, Strange Kiss

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alasdair_Cooper/

Yusuke Tsusumi, Heaven

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yusuke_Tsutsumi/

Ep. 44 – The Phantom

In 1946, the town of Texarkana was terrorized by a serial killer who stalked people parked in lover’s lanes at night. This mysterious madman has been the inspiration for countless songs, movies, books and urban legends. This is the true story, of the Phantom Killer, a murderer who has never been caught, even to this day.

 

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L5MQW2C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Phantom Killer: The Unsolved Mystery of the Texarkana Murders

 

Music:

Kai Engel, Snowfall Intro, Changing Reality, May, Laceration, Tentative Steps

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Naoya Sakamata, Thought Amber, HorrorPiano

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/search/?quicksearch=dexter+Britain+the+tea+party

Myuu, Moonlight Menschen

 

 

Ep. 39 – The Evangelist

During the early 20th century, America was caught up in a growing spiritualist movement that swept the nation. One hotspot for seances and new religious movements during the 1920s was Detroit. There, a self-styled “Divine Prophet” named Benny Evangelista met a brutal end. He and his entire family were murdered by an unknown assailant wielding an axe.  Here the true story of this bizarre unsolved murder, as well as the story of a man so determined to prove there was an afterlife, that he set in motion a plan to go there in person.

 

Notes:

http://weirddetroit.blogspot.com/2011/10/hauntings-have-been-part-of-human.html

A Ghost Story From Detroit’s Past You’ve Probably Never Heard

http://coldcaseshardcopy.blogspot.com/2011/07/divine-profetil-author-and-private.html

http://benny.weirdlectures.com

http://www.clickondetroit.com/features/st-aubin-street-massacre-1929-detroit-family-murders-still-unsolved

St. Aubin Street Massacre: The Benny Evangelist Family Murders

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Coldnoise, Tale for Mind, Memories, Who We Are, Malaika, Remember

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/

Ep. 37 – The Witch Hunters

Throughout history there have been many self-appointed witch hunters who dedicated themselves to wiping out the minions of Satan. Hear the strange stories of witch hunts throughout history, including Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, the Salem Witch trials, and the unsolved murder of the British man who may have been killed in the 20th century for being a witch.

 

Notes:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041671/800-year-old-remains-witch-discovered-graveyard-Tuscany-Italy.html

http://www.sawneybean.com/horrors/matthew.htm

Was the 1945 “Pitchfork Murder” of Charles Walton the Result of Occult Activity?

http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/

Hex Murder: Pow-Wow Witchcraft in York County, Pennsylvania

 

Music:

Kai Engel, Curtains are Always Drawn, Take a Look Around You, December, January, Tentative Steps

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Myuu, The End is Always Near

Naoya Sakamata, Chemical Afterimage

 

Ep. 32 – The Long Walk

Back in 1927, an immigrant named Lillian Alling grew fed up with life in the United States, and she decided she would return to her homeland no matter what. What happened next is one of the most remarkable stories of human determination you’ve ever heard. Listen to the story of the woman who walked 5,000 miles to Russia.

 

Notes:

http://www.utne.com/arts/lillian-alling-ze0z1303zsau

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/the-enigma-of-lillian-alling/article1370387/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/91243/lillian-alling-woman-so-homesick-she-walked-new-york-alaska

http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-long-walk-home-of-lillian-alling.html

http://caitlin-press.com/our-books/lillian-alling-the-journey-home/

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

All other music from this episode by Naoya Sakamata.

The Intent of Revenge, Bitterness, Atmosphere, Atmosphere Op. 2

Ep. 31 – The Tourist Trap

Back in 1912, on a warm June night in the little Iowa town of Villisca, an unknown madman murdered eight people with an axe. Learn the horrifying true story of the Moore family murders, and about the terrible events that put this town on the map.

 

Notes:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villisca_axe_murders

http://www.villiscaiowa.com/history.php

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8033156

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/news/2014/11/07/13-photos-inside-the-villisca-axe-murder-house/3898221/

 

Music:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Owl/Fairy_Forest

 

Ep. 25 – The Burning

On Christmas Eve, 1945, the home of George and Jennie Sodder was destroyed by fire. George, Jennie and four of their ten children managed to escape unharmed. But five more of the Sodder children mysteriously vanished without a trace. Did they die in the fire? Or did something even more sinister happen to them?

 

Notes:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5067563

What Was the Fate of the Five Sodder Children?

Gone on Christmas Eve: The Sodder Children Disappearance of 1945

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party, Lost in Light

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain

Kai Engel, Snowfall Intro, Lost in Light, January, March

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Bensound, Relaxing

http://www.bensound.com/

Return to Normal, Lincoln Street Nocturne, Nokomis

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Return_to_Normal/

Ep. 23 – The Secret Agent

Long before the Zodiac Killer terrorized southern California, there was another similar string of murders in which a bizarre killer stalked and murdered people at local lover’s lanes then sent taunting, coded messages to the police and newspapers. Although the 3X killer is almost forgotten today, during the 1930s, the unknown man terrorized the entire city of New York, and launched one of the largest criminal manhunts in the city’s history.

 

Notes:

Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity by Jason Lucky Morrow

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R8U35GQ

http://zeldaandfscott.com/post/140032598477/the-agent-3x-murders-part-1

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/fish-eyes-3x-june-1930-chapter-67-article-1.867342

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Kai Engel, Ouecumene Sleeps

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Better_Way/Kai_Engel_-_Better_Way_-_08_Oecumene_Sleeps

Chris Zabriskie, Cylinders

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/2014010103336111

Ep. 20 – The Wych Elm

In 1943, a group of teenage boys in England’s Hagley Woods discovered a woman’s skeleton inside the trunk of a gnarled old wych elm. Was it a bizarre occult murder? Or was it another type of evil entirely? Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm remains one of the most enduring unsolved murders in British history.

 

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F

https://theunredacted.com/the-hagley-woods-mystery-bella-in-the-wych-elm/

http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2016/10/the-hagley-woods-mystery-who-put-bella.html

Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?

Witchcraft, Nazi Spies and Unsolved Murder

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Laszlo Harsanyi, Witchcraft

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Harsanyi_Laszlo/Witchcraft/

Kai Engel, Past the Lanterns

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Paradigm_Lost/04_-_Past_The_Lanterns

Peter Rudenko, When it Rains, The Undo Spell, and What Follows Me

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Peter_Rudenko/

 

Ep. 15 – The Cannibals

In 1961, millionaire Michael Rockefeller disappeared in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Did he drown as the official stories claim? Or did he suffer a much more grisly fate at the hands of native cannibal headhunters? This is the true story.

 

Notes:

http://www.outsideonline.com/1929556/mysterious-disappearance-michael-rockefeller

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_family

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/What-Really-Happened-to-Michael-Rockefeller-180949813/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt_Machlin

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/whatever-happened-to-michael-rockefeller

Lost Lands, Cannibals, and the Mysterious Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Kai Engel, Past the Lanterns, Rejecting the Sirens and Without Redemption

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Scott Holmes, Abandoned City

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Film__Documentary/Abandoned_City

James Joshua Otto, Midnight Drive

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Joshua_Otto/And_then_the_mountains_moved/Midnight_Drive

Jon Luc Hefferman, Treacherous Voyage

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jon_Luc_Hefferman/Production_Music_2/Treacherous_Voyage

 

 

Ep. 12 – The House Guest

Have you ever been home alone and felt like you were being watched? Here are two stories of people whose killers may have been living with them unaware victims for months.

Notes:

http://modernnotion.com/hinterkaifeck-murders/

The Mysterious Unsolved Murders of Hinterkaifeck Farm

The Hinterkaifeck Murders

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Edward_Coneys

Spider in the Attic

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Bosques de mi Mente, Y de Repented de Curaste

https://bosquesdemimente.bandcamp.com/album/trenes-de-juguete

Kai Engel, Oneiri

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ICD-10/Kai_Engel_-_ICD-10_-_06_Oneiri

Chris Zabriskie, Undercover Vampire Policeman

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Undercover_Vampire_Policeman/07_-_Undercover_Vampire_Policeman_1990

Ep. 10 – The Untouchable

The true story of the Cleveland Torso Murders, and legendary lawman Eliot Ness’s investigation into the murders. Although officially the killer was never caught, did Ness actually discover the murderer’s identity?

 

Notes:

http://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/case-closed-

http://www.ifip.com/ness.html

http://www.clevelandpolicemuseum.org/collections/eliotness.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Ness

http://www.torsomurders.com/

http://www.prairieghosts.com/torso.html

The Cleveland Torso Murders big on history, small on research

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

All other music from this episode was by The Blue Dot Sessions

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/

 

Ep. 6 – The Book of Secrets

The Isdal Woman of Norway and the Somerton Man of Australia are two of the most famous unsolved crimes in history. Who were these mysterious people? No one knows. Here are their stories.

Notes:

The Strange Case of the Isdal Woman

Norway’s Greatest Mystery: The Isdal Woman

http://theunredacted.com/mystery-of-somerton-man-the-taman-shud-case/

Sorry, The Unknown Man is (very probably) not H. C. Reynolds…

 

Music:

Blear Moon, Cold Summer Landscape

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon/Town_of_Two_Houses/Cold_Summer_Landscape

Blear Moon, Gean

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon/Town_of_Two_Houses/Gean

Chris Zabriskie, Undercover Vampire Policeman

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Undercover_Vampire_Policeman/07_-_Undercover_Vampire_Policeman_1990

Chris Zabriskie, Vices Inherited, Vices Passed On

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Reappear/07_-_Virtues_Inherited_Vices_Passed_On

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Ep. 4 – The Axeman

On the night of March 19, 1919, all the dance halls and bars and nearly every home in the city of New Orleans was blasting jazz all through the night. But this wasn’t any ordinary night of reverie in the Big Easy, for this city-wide concert was meant for an audience of one, an axe-wielding maniac who purported to be a creature straight out of hell.

Show Notes:

The Axeman of New Orleans Murders

When Hell Came to Earth: The Axeman of New Orleans

http://blogs.forteana.org/node/70

The Axeman serial killer of New Orleans (1918-1919)

CREEPYPASTA: Does This 1919 Photograph Reveal an Infamous New Orleans Serial Killer?

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Chris Zabriskie, Cylinder Four

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/2014010103336111/Chris_Zabriskie_-_Cylinders_-_04_-_Cylinder_Four

Kai Engel, Morbid Imagination

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_One__Cold/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_One_-_Cold_-_06_Morbid_Imagination

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, Just Gone

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/King_Olivers_Creole_Jazz_Band/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_02172015/Just_Gone_-_King_Olivers_Creole_Jazz_Band

Mark Neil, 11 strANGE Ls

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mark_Neil/Blue/11_strANGE_Ls

Podington Bear, Dark Matter

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Thoughtful/DarkMatter

Scott Holmes, Something In The Distance

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Film__Documentary/Something_In_The_Distance

Scott Holmes, Abandoned City

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Film__Documentary/Abandoned_City

Spin Day, Who

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Spin_Day/Spin_Day_and_the_Emotional_Godfather/Spin_Day_-_Spin_Day_And_The_Emotional_Godfather_-_02_Who

Stephan Siebert, Cecil

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephan_Siebert/Inward/Cecil

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