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. 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:

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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. 88 – The Bad Trip

The history of LSD and the MK-Ultra Program

In this episode I tell you the strange history of the drug LSD, from it’s origins involving a deadly fungus that may have caused a bizarre dancing plague in 1518, all the way up until the CIA began experimenting with it in their top secret program known as Project MK-Ultra. Did the CIA really murder one of its own scientists? And how does the man’s death tie into a bizarre outbreak of mass hallucinations in a tiny French village.

Notes:

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

https://www.timesofisrael.com/was-scientist-frank-olsons-death-an-lsd-induced-suicide-or-cia-cover-up/

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/errol-morris-wormwood-netflix-interview

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-10996838

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Chris Zabriskie, I Need to Start Writing Things Down, John Stockton Slow Drag, There’s Probably No Time, Undercover Vampire Policeman, I Am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor

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

https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518

Ep. 87 – The House of the Devil

The history of Satanism

In this episode I tell you about the history of Satanism. Hear about Anton LaVey and the origins of the Church of Satan, and how it relates to the notorious death of a famous starlet, as well as a brutal murder in rural Georgia.

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://www.livescience.com/56341-where-did-satan-come-from.html

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-devil

http://time.com/3973573/satanism-american-history/

The Corpsewood Manor Murders: A Story Of Satanism, Sex Parties, And Slaughter

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, Mist and Clouds, Curtains Are Always Drawn, Take a Look Around You, Mist and Clouds, Floret, July, Moonlight Reprise, Far From Home Pon VII, Rejecting the Sirens

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

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. 71 – The Octopus

The mysterious death of journalist Danny Casolaro and his investigation into the organization he called The Octopus.

In 1991, the body of a journalist named Danny Casolaro was found in a West Virginia hotel room with slashed wrists and a suicide note nearby. It turns out, before his death, Danny Casolaro was investigating what he believed was a vast conspiracy involving a shadowy criminal organization he called The Octopus. Was his death a suicide as police ruled? Or was he murdered?

 

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

 

Notes:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/08/31/what-killed-danny-casolaro/ea110460-d4d0-4052-a84c-3660b6989ebe/?utm_term=.bccdbb2efa00

https://www.amazon.com/Octopus-Secret-Government-Death-Casolaro/dp/0922915393

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/17/us/reporter-is-buried-amid-questions-over-his-pursuit-of-conspiracy-idea.html

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, December, January, Oneiri, Floret, Rejecting the Sirens, Climbing on Air, On Lighted Streets, After Midnight

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

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. 68 – The High Priestess of Blood

One of the darker aspects of some religions, is ritual human sacrifice. Mexico is one of those countries that is steeped in tradition, but some of those traditions are drenched in blood. Hear the stories of the Aztec empire, which was centered around human sacrifice. And hear about some modern tales of human sacrifice, including a 20th century self-proclaimed high priestess who began her own Mexican cult, and demanded human blood in return.

 

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

http://serious-science.org/human-sacrifice-in-aztec-culture-6995

https://listverse.com/2016/12/20/10-horrors-of-aztec-ritual-human-sacrifice/

http://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/solis-magdalena.htm

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/the-believers-19890629

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, Home PON VII, Difference, Moonlight Reprise, Nothing, Morbid Imagination

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

Alex Mason and the Minor Emotion, Again Alone

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/

Coldnoise

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

Ep. 66 – The Cabin in the Woods

The story of two horrific cabin in the woods murders

Hollywood long ago realized that a lonely and isolated cabin in the woods is an ideal place to set a horror movie. But in real life, cabins in the woods have been the locations of some very real murders. Here are two such stories, including the tale of a group of fur trappers who met their bitter end one winter, and the tale of a single mother of five, who left a terrible situation, only to end up in a nightmare beyond imagination.

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:
http://thatoregonlife.com/2017/01/the-lava-lake-murders-oregon/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/503316/murder-lava-lake-unsolved-crime-still-haunts-central-oregon
http://people.com/crime/keddie-cabin-28-murders-5-things-know/
http://keddie28.com
Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party
Kai Engel,Difference, Global Warming, Mercy, Meekness, Evermore, Floret, Sopor, July, Celestial Plains
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Ep. 53 – The Great Detective

Without a doubt, the greatest detective in literature is Sherlock Holmes. When the world’s most foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes was found strangled to death, he left behind a mystery that may have baffled even the world’s greatest detective.

 

Notes:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/12/13/mysterious-circumstances

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1478814/Case-of-the-Sherlock-Holmes-fanatic-who-killed-himself-but-made-it-look-like-murder.html

History

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, Modum, Laceration, Floret, Rejecting the Sirens

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

Naoya Sakamata, Sunset, Dissociation

Ep. 50 – The Annihilator

A full three years before Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of London, there was another vicious serial killer who terrorized people in the city of Austin, Texas. The killer known sometimes as The Servant Girl Annihilator murdered eight people and was never caught. This is the true story.

 

Patreon:

http://patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

 

Notes:

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/texas-servant-girl-murders/

https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Assassin-Scandal-Americas-Serial/dp/0805097678

The Servant Girl Annihilator

 

Music:

Chris Zabriskie, Undercover Vampire Policeman, I Need to Start Writing Things Down, There’s Probably No Time

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

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Coldnoise, Demise and Downfall

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

Ep. 49 – The Departed

https://audioboom.com/posts/6125284-ep-49-the-departed

A recent National Geographic poll showed that more than 77 percent of the public believes that aliens from another planet have visited the earth at some point in history. It’s disturbing enough when a person vanishes without a trace. But there have been a few cases of mysterious disappearances that defy logic and make you wonder if the truth might come from beyond the stars.

 

Patreon:

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Patreon subscribers get access to all sorts of bonuses, including thank you cards, stickers, magnets, T-shirts and exclusive bonus episodes.

 

Notes:

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1018462/pg1

The unexplained mystery of Granger Taylor

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/the-man-who-went-to-space-and-disappeared-the-story-of-granger-taylor

https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4383030/amp/UFO-enthusiast-mysteriously-vanishes-Brazil.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/weird/803839/Granger-Taylor-missing-UFO-alien-abduction-unsolved-Vancouver-Island-Canada/amp

 

The Mysterious Death of Zigmund Adamski: Alien Abduction or Crime?

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, Oneiri, Somnolence, Harbor, Mist and Clouds, Universe in Hands, Morbid Imagination, Difference, Rejecting the Sirens

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

 

Ep. 46 – The Kiss of Death

One common legend that appears over and over in many forms throughout cultures around the world, is the legend of the vampire. Listen to hear some vampire stories from history, including the real unsolved murder involving the Atlas Vampire, the vampire serial killer Bela Kiss, and the mass vampire hysteria that happened in 1969 around London’s Highgate Cemetery.

 

Notes:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theunredacted.com/the-highgate-vampire-horror-of-the-dead/

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/justice-story/killer-murdered-24-pickled-corpses-barrels-article-1.1607445

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

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/what-vampire-graves-tell-us-about-ancient-superstitions/280879/

https://www.google.com/amp/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/2016/10/vampires-europe-new-england-halloween-history

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.livescience.com/24374-vampires-real-history.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/the-legend-of-the-alnwick-castle-vampire/amp/

The Vampire murder mystery of Lilly Lindeström

 

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 the ridiculously talented Myuu.

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. 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. 36 – The Bennington Triangle

During the 1940s and early 1950s, a string of strange disappearances occurred around Glastenbury Mountain in Vermont. Theories range from alien abduction, to Bigfoot, to dimensional gateways, to a serial killer on the loose. The strange events that occurred throughout the region led to a writer dubbing it The Bennington Triangle.

 

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle

The Vanished Town of Glastenbury and The Bennington Triangle

http://www.benningtontriangle.com

Bennington Triangle: Strange Disappearances In Vermont

Why Do People Keep Disappearing From the “Bennington Triangle”?

 

Music:

Naoya Sakamata, E4@-24b

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, Mist and Clouds, Snowfall Intro, Oneiri, Silence

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

 

Ep. 33 – The Hex

Logic tells us curses aren’t real. Yet history is full of instances that make you scratch your head and wonder. Hear some of the strange true stories, including the legend of King Tut’s curse, the serial killer who cast a hex on the courtroom that convicted him and the curse of an ancient warlord that some people think may have killed millions of people.

 

Notes:

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread758529/pg1

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tut.htm

http://www.livescience.com/44297-king-tut-curse.html

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-myths-legends/ancient-art-magic-curses-and-supernatural-spells-002253

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910504&slug=1281135

http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/jake_bird_hex

Jake Bird: The Strange Story of a Tacoma Serial Killer and the Hex that Made Him Famous

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/fears-of-curse-foreshadowed-mystery-death/article_d6e7ef60-918c-5054-a2b9-1eed1beb311e.html

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/curse-of-the-mummy/

The Curse of Ax Murderer Jake Bird

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, Floret

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Two__Mild/Kai_Engel_-_Chapter_Two_-_Mild_-_01_Floret

Daniel Powell, Niji

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Powell/

Ars Sonor, Rgrdlzz

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ars_Sonor/

Chris Zabriskie, Cylinder Seven, Cylinder Eight

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

Myuu, Danger

 

 

 

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. 29 – The Night Lincoln Died

We’ve all heard the story about how John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. But did you ever hear the story about the men who drove a mummy around the U.S. claiming it was Booth? Or the one about the gang of criminals who tried to steal Lincoln’s corpse? Or how about the Army major who was in Lincoln’s box that night who later went insane and tried to murder his entire family? These are strange but true stories your history teacher forgot to tell you.

 

Notes:

https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/conspirators.html

https://www.google.com/amp/www.chron.com/life/amp/9-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-Lincoln-7248125.php

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2015/04/13/politics/lincoln-assassination-at-150/index.html?client=safari

http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln47.html

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2007/06/24/a-plot-to-steal-lincolns-body

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/15/the-mystery-of-lincoln-s-assassin.html

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=31845

Rathbone Ends Long List Of Lincoln Party Tragedies

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/a-presidents-premonition/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4395960/john-wilkes-booth-killed-lincoln-but-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth

http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2013/02/22/little-known-victims-lincoln-assassination

10 Strange Fates Of People Connected To Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Julie Maxwell’s Piano Music, Dark Wonder

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Julie_Maxwells_Piano_Music/Piano_Soul/Julie_Maxwells_piano_music_-_Piano_Soul_-_18_Dark_Wonder

Myuu, Scent of Night, You, Morbid Mind, What Could Have Been and Wind’s Wreck

Fabrizio Paterlini, Autumn Stories

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. 18 – The Death of Poe

The story of what happened to Edgar Allan Poe in his final days has endured for centuries. In his final days, the writer disappeared for days, then mysteriously reappeared delirious and lying in the gutter in front of a Baltimore tavern. This is the true story of the life and death of one of the most famous writers in American literature.

 

Notes:

http://www.poemuseum.org/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe

http://www.biography.com/news/edgar-allan-poe-death-facts

The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death: 19 Theories on What Caused the Poet’s Demise

http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/how-did-edgar-allan-poe-die

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe_Toaster

http://mentalfloss.com/article/73908/baltimores-new-poe-toaster-honors-edgar-allan-poe

 

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 Kai Engel.

Take a Look Around You, Better Way, Realness, Difference, Hopes and Dreams, Changing Reality, Ode to the World, Oecumene Sleeps, Crying Earth and Shinedown (PON VI)

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

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

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