Mysterious Mavens

This week Kim tells Denae about Colorado ghost town, St. Elmo. Sources: Tale of two cities It’s history YouTube St. Elmo – The Story of Annabelle (https://olafphotoblog.com/2015/10/21/st-elmo-the-story-of-annabelle/) Footprints of the frontier

This week Denae tells Kim some stories about government secrets. Sources: 23 Soviet troops turned to stone by aliens? CIA memo unearths Cold War mystery - The Economic Times (https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/cold-war-23-soviet-troops-turned-to-stone-by-alien-light-cia-memo-unearths-cold-war-mystery/articleshow/120287586.cms) CIA.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005517761.p...

This week Kim tells Denae about the supposed curse of the movie Poltergeist. Sources: Biography.com (http://biography.com) The ‘Poltergeist’ Curse: Inside the Mysterious Cast Deaths and Set Oddities (https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/the-poltergeist-curse-its-heeere) By Micah White True Crime Cast: How Many Casting Crew Members Died from Poltergeist YouTube video Disgraceland Podcast: Polt...

This week Denae tells Kim about the Hausjärvi Gravel Pit Murders in Finland. Sources: Hausjärvi Gravel Pit Murders - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausj%C3%A4rvi_Gravel_Pit_Murders) Buzzfeed.com (http://buzzfeed.com) 27 Extremely Dark True Crime Stories From Countries Outside The United States (https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/true-crime-stories-around-the-world) by Crystal Ro S...

This week Kim tells Denae about the curse of the Glee TV show. Sources: True Crime & Cocktails: Glee Curse The Price of Glee Docuseries Explores 'Curse' of the Show | TIME (https://time.com/6248035/the-price-of-glee-docuseries-curse/) .com by Moises Mendez II The Price of Glee Documentary ew.com Lea Michele addresses backlash from 'Glee' costars, says she's done personal reach-outs (https:/...

This week Denae tells Kim about some creepy mirror stories. Sources: Woman's Hotel Bathroom Horror Story Will Have You Scared To Leave Your Home | iHeart (https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-01-29-womans-hotel-bathroom-horror-story-will-have-you-scared-to-leave-your-home/) by Dave Basner Listverse.com 10 Terrifying Real-Life Stories That Made The News by Estelle TheGuardian.com New York wom...

This week Kim shares how an episode of the Jenny Jones Show resulted in a violent crime. Sources: Dark Side of the 90s: Episode 1 Sinisterhood: Jenny Jones Crush Murder Part 1 & 2 Morbid: Jenny Jones Murder YouTube: Crime A to Z Google AI “Gay Panic Defense”

This week Denae tells Kim about the infamous Norwegian Black Metal Murders. Sources: Lords of Chaos, movie 2018 TheGuardian.com 'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/22/before-you-know-it-its-not-a-big-deal-to-kill-a-man-norwegian-black-metals-murderous-past) By Alex Godfrey TheGuardian.com...

This week Kim tells Denae about the 15th richest man in Canada, who turned up dead in his home with his wife. Sources: Crime Junkie Murder with My Husband podcast The Fifth Estate YouTube

This week Denae tells Kim about the Black Forest House, the most haunted house in Colorado. Sources: Black Forest, Colorado—One of the World's Most Haunted Places (ourcommunitynow.com) (https://ourcommunitynow.com/local-culture/black-forest-coloradoone-of-the-worlds-most-haunted-places) By Magalie Noebes THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BLACK FOREST, COLORADO – Jacob Floyd's Ghosts and Monsters (wordpres...

This week Kim tells Denae about a 33 year old woman who mysteriously disappeared. Sources: True Crime Society Podcast: Cassidy Rainwater KY3.com TIMELINE: The death and disappearance of Cassidy Rainwater in Dallas County, Mo. (https://www.ky3.com/2021/10/06/latest-what-we-know-about-disappearance-cassidy-rainwater-dallas-county-mo-investigation/?outputType=amp) by By Joey Schneider (https://w...

This week Denae tells Kim about a hiking expedition gone very wrong. Sources: Khamar-Daban incident - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamar-Daban_incident) The Khamar Daban Incident: Mountain Madness - Historic Mysteries (https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/khamar-daban/38850/) By Bipin Dimir Exploration Mysteries: The Khamar Daban Incident » Explorersweb (https:...

This week Kim tells Denae about the super creepy haunted doll, Harold. Sources: Paranormal Fears: Harold the Doll Part 1&2 Cursed Dolls | The Evil Wiki (https://evil.fandom.com/wiki/Cursed_Dolls#google_vignette) WordPress.com: Harold the Haunted Doll (https://hauntedharolddoll.wordpress.com)

This week Denae tells Kim the classic true crime story of Jack The Ripper and how it was very recently solved. Sources: Unsolved Mysteries Volume 4 Episode 1 TheNewsNationNow.com Jack the Ripper's identity revealed after DNA match, historian says (https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/jack-the-ripper-identity-revealed-dna/) By Patrick Djordjevic Who was Aaron Kosminski? Historian Claims DNA I...

This week Kim tells Denae about a yoga instructor killer. Sources: True Crime All The Time Dateline "The Night Time Stopped"

This week Denae tells Kim the crazy story of a woman who was kidnapped and forced to impersonate Aretha Franklin. Sources: The Counterfeit Queen of Soul | Smithsonian (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/counterfeit-queen-soul-180969340/) By Jeff Maysh Criminal Podcast: The Impersonator Vickie Jones - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickie_Jones)

Today Kim tells Denae the twisted tale of a woman who posed as a high schooler and middle schooler. Sources: NBCBoston.com: A Timeline of the Shelby Hewitt Case By Mary Markos Timesuck podcast with Dan Cummins: Episode 434: Shelby Hewitt: The 32 Year Old Seventh Grader

This week Denae tells Kim about Grand Junction, Colorado killer Brian Cohee Jr.  Sources: Unilad.com article New true crime doc on murderer Brian Cohee is leaving people 'unable to sleep' after watching (https://www.unilad.com/news/crime/brain-cohee-documentary-people-unable-to-sleep-690789-20240326) by Niamh Shackleton The People V Brian Cohee: Sentencing Hearing | KREX5 FOX4 (https://www.wes...

This week Kim tells Denae about some young girls who attempted murder, claiming Slender Man needed a sacrifice. Sources: Beware of the Slenderman Documentary Morbid Podcast: The Slender Man Stabbing Strange and Unexplained Podcast: Slender Man

This week Denae tells Kim the infamous cold case of Lady of the Dunes (that very recently was SOLVED!) Sources: Killer of Cape Cod’s ‘Lady of the Dunes’ identified 50 years after murder | Massachusetts | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/29/cape-cod-cold-case-murder-lady-of-dunes-solved) Lady of the Dunes’ late husband has been linked to two other deaths - now his fri...

This week Kim tells Denae the sad story of murder victim, Micaela Constanzo. Sources: Morbidology: Episode 10 Manner of Death: Homicide Episode 1 That Chapter Podcast/YouTube ThoughtCo.com The Murder of Micaela Costanzo (https://www.thoughtco.com/the-murder-of-micaela-costanzo-972248) by Charles Montaldo Toni Fratto | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers (https://mail.murderpedia.org...

This week Denae tells Kim about the burning of the last "witch" in Ireland, Bridget Cleary. Sources: Murder of Bridget Cleary - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Bridget_Cleary) County Tipperary - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Tipperary) The Haunting True Story of Bridget Cleary’s “Changeling” Murder - Atlas Obscura (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/b...

This week Kim tells Denae about the Colorado Hammer Murders. Sources: Bad Acts podcast episode 133 Wikipedia coloradojudicial.gov COLORADO ALEX CHRISTOPHER EWING, IDA-0021 - AMENDED COMPLAINT AI\D INFORMATION COUNT 1: MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE (https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/Ewing%20DA%20Motion%202%20Complaint%20and%20Information%20Redacted.pdf) 9News.com Hamm...

This week Denae tells Kim the story of Giulia Tofana, the woman who helped many Italian wives poison their husbands. Sources: AllThatsInteresting.com Giulia Tofana: The Legendary Serial Poisoner Of 17th-Century Rome (https://allthatsinteresting.com/giulia-tofana#:~:text=Giulia%20Tofana%20was%20a%2017th,most%20prolific%20assassins%20in%20history) .By Hannah McKennett  YouTube Channel: Weird H...

This week Kim tells Denae the story of Ed Edwards, lifelong criminal who had no chill. Sources: Edward Edwards (serial killer) - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Edwards_(serial_killer)) The Crime Reel YouTube

This week Denae tells Kim about the Official Witch of Salem and how she was an integral part of solving a murder case. Sources: Buzzfeed.com A Man Who "Discovered Himself" From An Episode Of "Unsolved Mysteries" And 10 Other True Crime Cases With Unexpected Twists (https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelicaamartinez/true-crime-cases-plot-twists) by Angelica Martinez Unsolved Mysteries: Season 9 Episod...

This week Kim tells Denae the puzzling story of missing person Jason Landry. Sources: What happened to Jason Landry? Texas pastor prays for answers after son's mysterious disappearance | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/us/what-happened-jason-landry-texas-pastor-prays-answers-after-sons-mysterious-disappearance.amp) by Michael Ruiz The Vanished Podcast: Jason Landry texasattorneygeneral.go...

This week Denae tells Kim about the mysterious murder of Charles Walton. Sources: HistoricMysteries.com The Charles Walton Witchcraft Murder by Les Hewitt Killing of Charles Walton - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Charles_Walton) Vice.com The Unsolved ‘Witchcraft’ Murder That Shocked Britain (https://www.vice.com/en/article/charles-walton-murder-victim/) by Thomas Hobbs ...

This week Kim tells Denae the incredible story of a woman who kept her lover in her attic. Sources: AllThat’sInteresting.com The Story Of Dolly Oesterreich – The Woman Who Kept Her Secret Lover In The Attic For Years (https://allthatsinteresting.com/dolly-oesterreich#:~:text=Despite%20having%20one%20husband%20and,with%20her%20team%20of%20lawyers) . By Erin Kelly Walburga Oesterreich - Wikiped...

This week Denae tells Kim about a beauty queen who kidnapped a Mormon missionary. Sources: Tabloid- Documentary by Errol Morris Joyce McKinney and the battle of the tabloids | Documentary films | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/16/mckinney-mormon-missionary-sex-tabloid) by Andrew Anthony A Bizarre, And Now Serendipitous, 'Tabloid' Tale : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2011/...

This week Kim tells Denae the story of the infamous Patty Hearst kidnapping. Sources: Patty Hearst - Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst) Crimes of the Centuries: Patty Hearst Even the Rich:The Patty Hearst Story American Scandal

This week Denae tells Kim about a horrible murder that took place on Halloween night in 2015. Sources: Snapped Season 32: Episode 24 Darryl Williams Darryl Williams Kills Tiffany James While Wearing Jason Mask | Crime News (https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/darryl-williams-kills-tiffany-james-while-wearing-jason-mask) by Caitlin Schunn Tampa Bay Times: Man charged in Halloween murder...

This week Kim tells Denae about horrific serial killer, Christopher Wilder. Sources: 385. Christopher Bernard Wilder — FBI (https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/topten-history/hires_images/FBI-385-ChristopherBernardWilder.jpg/view)  fbi.gov This Is Monsters podcast “Christopher Wilder: The Beauty Queen Killer” Christopher Wilder Wikipedia Serial Killers podcast “The Beauty Queen Killer”

This week Denae tells Kim about a wild west Denver legend. Sources: The “Nude” Silks-Fulton Duel | Colorado Encyclopedia (https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/nude-silks-fulton-duel) The House of Mirrors – Dead in Denver (https://deadindenverblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/14/the-house-of-mirrors/) Blog

This week Kim tells Denae about famous family annihilator, John List. Sources: YouTube What In The French Toast: John List True Crime All The Time podcast: John List Wikipedia: John List (Murderer) allthatsinteresting.com John List Killed His Family, Then Vanished For 18 Years (https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-list) by Katie Serena

This week Denae tells Kim the story of Jonelle Matthews, a young girl who went missing and was one of the first missing children featured on the back of milk cartons in the 1980s. Sources: Oxygen Special: The Girl on the Milk Carton

This week Kim tells Denae about a Tinder date gone horribly wrong. Sources: Morbid Podcast: The Tragic Murder of Grace Millane Murder With My Husband Youtube: Episode 101 Grace Millane, Tinder Date Tragedy BBC News Grace Millane's Death Could've Been Avoided All That's Interesting.com Inside the Chilling Murder of Grace Millane At The Hands Of Her Tinder Date By Austin Harvey

This week Denae tells Kim about some spooky Colorado lore. Sources: The David Wolpert House: Dissecting A Riverdale Road Ghost Story | Denver Public Library Special Collections and Archives (https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/denver/david-wolpert-house-dissecting-riverdale-road-ghost-story) by Katie Rudolph Riverdale Road: Is this Colorado road haunted? | FOX31 Denver (https://kdvr.com/ne...

This week Kim tells Denae the twisty turny story of a lover's triangle. Sources: Netflix Documentary: Lover Stalker Killer Snapped Season 24, Episode 15: Liz Goylar YouTube Channel: Mile Higher, Episode 188: A Cyberstalker & Deadly Obsession: The Shocking Case Of Dave Kroupa, Cari Farver & Liz Golyar Killer Psyche Podcast: Lover, Stalker, Killer: Inside the Twisted Mind of Liz Golyar Love,...

This week Denae tells Kim about some siblings who took their plot for revenge too far. Sources: Killer Siblings Season 1, Episode 1 Oxygen.com Tragic Shooting Of Alaska Teen Leads To Explosive Revenge Plot (https://www.oxygen.com/killer-siblings/crime-news/doug-gustafson-shooting-david-kerr-revenge-alaska) by Erik Hawkins Smithsonian Alaska Mail Bomb | National Postal Museum (https://postal...

This week Kim tells Denae how the cold case murder of Sherri Rasmussen came to be solved decades after it occurred. Sources: Court Junkie Podcast: Episode 8, Part 1 & 2: The Murder of Sherri Rae Rasmussen Morbid Podcast: Episode 397 The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen  YouTube Channel: Explore With Us- Cold Case Solved After 26 Years: The True Story Of Sherri Rasmussen

This week Denae tells Kim the diabolical story of a terrible roommate. Sources: Netflix: Worst Roommate Ever: Season 2, Episode 1 My BFF Tried To Kill Me Forbes.com Is Janie Ridd’s Now? The Chilling True Story Behind Netflix's ‘Worst Roommate Ever’ Episode (https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2024/06/28/where-is-janie-ridds-now-the-chilling-true-story-behind-netflixs-worst-roommate-ev...

This week Kim tells Denae about the mysterious disappearance of Joe Pichler. Sources: Serial Napper Podcast: The Tragic Story of Joe Pichler, the Beethoven Child Actor Who Vanished You Tube- In Thin Air: The Disappearance of Joe Pichler

This week Denae tells Kim the highly disturbing story of a famed Tik Tok couple. Sources: Tik Tok Star Murders Documentary on Peacock BusinessInsider.com 'TikTok Star Murders' features audio footage Ali Abulaban filmed as he killed his wife. Here's what happened to him. (https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-star-murders-where-is-ali-abulaban-now-murder-audio-2024-6) By Eammon Jacobs Time.c...

This week Kim tells Denae about another young man who went missing seemingly out of nowhere. Sources: Morbid Podcast: The Mysterious Disappearance of Bryce Laspisa CrimeJunkie Podcast: Missing: Bryce Laspisa And They Were Gone Podcast: Bryce Laspisa part 1-3 AllThatsInteresting.com The Story Of Bryce Laspisa And His Chilling Disappearance In California (https://allthatsinteresting.com/bryce...

This week Denae tells Kim the story of how 62 Zimbabwe children saw and communicated with aliens! Sources: Netflix: Encounters Season 1, Episode 2: Believers Ariel School UFO incident - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_School_UFO_incident) John E. Mack - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mack)

This week Kim tells Denae about another young man who seemingly disappeared into thin air. Sources: KROC.com Minnesota Man on FBI's 'Most Wanted' has Been Missing Since 2008 (https://kroc.com/brandon-swanson-minnesota-missing/#?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral) by Carly Ross Morbid podcast Episode 293 True Crime Garage podcast Episode 332-334 Necronomipod podcast Episode 199 Crime Ju...

This week Denae tells Kim the story of Black Widow, Stacey Castor and how her story was part of why anti-freeze is now required to have a bittering agent. Sources: Forensic Files Season 14 Episode 7: Freeze Framed Stacey Castor - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Castor) Timeline of 'Black Widow' Stacey Castor's shocking crimes - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-bl...

This week Kim tells Denae about the mysterious disappearance of Brian Shaffer. Sources: Crime Junkie Podcast: Missing: Brian Shaffer Voices for Justice Podcast: Brian Shaffer

This week Denae tells Kim the incredible story of Roger Rojas and how he found ACTUAL hidden treasure. Sources: Unsolved Mysteries, season 5 episode 15 Rogelio Roxas - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogelio_Roxas) How a Locksmith, a Dictator and a WWII General Are Connected to $22 Billion in Lost Treasure | HISTORY (https://www.history.com/news/wwii-yamashita-treasure-roxas-marcos-...