S3 Ep41: Episode 148: The Wu Family Exorcism
On April 11, 2005, a 56 year old man named Wu Shan left his townhome in the Gushan District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Over the past few months, the Wu Family had been very reclusive. Nobody had seen Shan leave his household in over a month, so neighbors took notice. Shan Wu then approached a neighbor. He was dirty, disheveled, and he appeared emaciated. He said just a few words to the neighbor: cal...
43m Oct 15, 2025
43m
S3 Ep40: Episode 147: The Conjured Chest & the Dybbuk Box
Today, we’re opening the vault of the unwanted, the uncanny, and the utterly cursed. From a box that plagued multiple owners with nightmares and faulty technology, to a chest that killed multiple recipients, these cursed objects carry with them the weight of tragedy—and the promise of terror. So pour yourself a drink, dim the lights, and join me... if you dare. Because for today’s episode, we’r...
54m Oct 08, 2025
54m
S3 Ep39: Episode 146: The Amityville Horror House
Kaydra brings her sister back on the pod to discuss one of the most famous hauntings and iconic murder mysteries of all time. On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his parents and four siblings in their beds with a rifle at 112 Ocean Avenue on Long Island. DeFeo would claim he was driven by supernatural forces.The following year, The Lutz would move in, making horrifying claims of the...
1hr Oct 01, 2025
1hr
S3 Ep38: Episode 145: Let's Talk Dinosaurs with Steven Ray Morris
In this conversational episode, Kaydra is joined by Steven Ray Morris (See Jurassic Right, Ologies, My Favorite Murder, Purrcast).Today we will be stepping back—way back—into a world that’s as mysterious as it is mind-blowing. For over 160 million years, enormous creatures roamed the Earth, living, thriving, and disappearing long before humans ever did. The story of these prehistoric giants is ...
1hr 26m Sep 24, 2025
1hr 26m
S3 Ep37: Episode 144: The Disappearance of Nicholas Barclay
In 1994, a 13 year old boy named Nicholas Barclay would vanish from San Antonio, Texas. His disappearance never made the news. As time passed, his family knew the chances of him being alive were incredibly slim. But they were desperate for some type of closure. Over 3 years after Nicholas disappeared, his family would be contacted, saying Nicholas had been found alive in Linares, Spain. But how...
1hr 7m Sep 17, 2025
1hr 7m
S3 Ep36: Episode 143: Perplexing Playback- The Phrogging Collection
These are the stories of depraved men who committed phrogging, a phenomenon where people live in someone else's home without them knowing. These men were not only phroggers, but also tormented these families. First you will hear the story of Daniel LaPlante, then you will hear the story of Equeziel Zayas.
1hr 8m Sep 10, 2025
1hr 8m
S3 Ep35: Episode 142: Appalachian History, Legends, and Encounters
In the north eastern United States, there is a mountain range that is millions of years old and stretches for thousands of miles. For centuries, people who have walked these rolling hills have reported dark happenings, inexplicable phenomena, things that prowled the peaks searching for souls. These woods are strangled in fog. The pines lean in too close, their roots rising like ribs from the ea...
43m Sep 03, 2025
43m
S3 Ep34: Episode 141: Dragons
Today we will be discussing a creature that has managed to stay relevant since the beginning of time. A creature that continues to engage, terrify, and perplex people all around the world. We see them in books, television, and endless folklore stories. Scale-covered titans with emerald eyes, beasts of fable flame, guardians in the mist.With wings unfurled, they ride the sun, their shadows cast ...
41m Aug 27, 2025
41m
S3 Ep33: Episode 140: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Today we will be exploring one of the most famous mysteries of all time. On January 25, 1959, a group of 10 Russian students, all experienced hikers, would head to Mount Otorten in the northern Ural Mountains of Russia for a 16 day exploration.The trip had been organized by the hiking team of the Ural Polytechnic Institute and they were sent out on an approved route. 1 hiker would return early ...
42m Aug 20, 2025
42m
S3 Ep32: Episode 139: Texas Urban Legends [Vol 2]- U.S.S. Lexington and Demon's Road
Kaydra gets into the urban legends of the USS Lexington and Demon's Road. 
48m Aug 13, 2025
48m
S3 Ep31: Episode 138: Healthcare Crimes Crossover with Twisted & Uncorked
While Kaydra takes a break, enjoy Sierra's story telling and this episode Kaydra recorded over on the T&U feed a while back. When an esteemed surgeon is arrested for the murder of his wife, rumors begin to swirl, and things aren't quite adding up.
41m Aug 06, 2025
41m
S3 Ep30: Episode 137: The Death of Patrick Mullins
In late January 2013, there was an eerie sight in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico in Bradenton, FL: an unmanned vessel, floating in silence. The boat was out of gas, the anchor was missing, and so was the driver. Where the driver of the boat had gone, and what happened to him still remains a mystery today. No facts, no answers, just theories. A father, a husband, a teacher, a man who had ...
40m Jul 30, 2025
40m
S3 Ep29: Episode 136: Stockholm Syndrome ft Truly Twisted Podcast
In 1973, a new term would be coined that perplexed people around the world. The term was coined after a bank robbery in Sweden snowballed into a 6 day standoff involving 4 hostages. The hostages were all released unharmed, and they refused to testify against their captors in court. Additionally, the victims seemingly showed adoration for their captors, and hostility against police. So was this ...
59m Jul 23, 2025
59m
S3 Ep28: Episode 135: Monterey County, CA: History, Haunts, and Creatures!
What would you do if you saw a Lady in Black? What would you do if you were hiking in the woods, and saw a giant… standing over the hills in the distance? What would you do if you locked eyes with an unidentified creature in the ocean? Today’s episode is all about legends, haunts, and creatures from Monterey County, CA!
35m Jul 16, 2025
35m
The Central Texas Floods: How to Help
July 4th weekend, Central Texas was flooded and many have lost their lives. Nearly 200 are still missing. If you are able to, please donate to the Kerr County Flood Relief Fund. https://cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=4201 Additionally, if you or someone you know was directly affected by the floods or the tragedy at Camp Mystic, Crawford Clinics is offering extr...
3m Jul 10, 2025
3m
S3 Ep27: Episode 134: The Finders Cult & CIA Ties
In March of this year, I dove deep into the Satanic Panic, or so I thought. I left that week thinking the Satanic Panic was nothing more than a baseless moral panic, one that ended up ruining the lives of many innocent adults, and brainwashing children into having false memories, thinking they had suffered horrific abuse. But what if I told you that yes, while all of that is still true, there w...
1hr 10m Jul 09, 2025
1hr 10m
S3 Ep26: Episode 133: Clowns
We’re all familiar with clowns. Known for their colorful oversized costumes and facial features, distinctive makeup, and general buffoonery, their purpose is to induce hearty laughter. This career goes back thousands and thousands of years and still persists today. While many enjoy clowns, there are just as many if not more, young and old, who find clowns to be absolutely terrifying. So where d...
1hr Jul 02, 2025
1hr
S3 Ep25: Episode 132: The Alien Abduction of Betty & Barney Hill
In the 1960s, a married couple from New Hampshire would share their unbelievable close encounter with the third kind. Their story would make headlines from coast to coast. They would go on to be studied by thousands of experts. And today, this encounter is still considered one of the most compelling accounts that proves there’s more out there.This is the story of the abduction of Betty and Barn...
1hr 4m Jun 25, 2025
1hr 4m
S3 Ep24: Episode 131: A Perplexing Listenersode- Volume 2
Kaydra dives into another volume of perplexing listener stories! This episode covers paranormal and true crime encounters
47m Jun 18, 2025
47m
S3 Ep23: Episode 130: The Wendorf Murders and the Kentucky Teen Vampire Cult with Like Mother Like Murder Podcast
On November 25, 1996, Naomi Ruth Queen and Richard Wendorf were found murdered in their Eustis, Florida home. The perpetrators? A teen vampire cult. 
1hr 18m Jun 11, 2025
1hr 18m
S3 Ep22: Episode 129: The Aswang & The Manananggal
Today we will be discussing the most feared monster in all of Filipino folklore. These shapeshifting creatures appear as humans during the day, and transform into horrifying predators at night. They have been described as having backward feet, reversed toenails and bloodshot eyes. These creatures are so deeply ingrained into Filipino beliefs, that some rural areas of the Philippines continue to...
51m Jun 04, 2025
51m
S3 Ep21: Episode 128: The Tetris Murders ft Astonishing Legends Podcast
Vladimir Pokhilko was the president of AnimaTek, a software company based out of San Francisco, CA. The conclusion of his legacy for the last 2 decades has been as follows: not seeing a way out of his financial troubles, in 1998, Pokhilko brutally murdered his 39 year old wife, Yelena Fedotova, and their 12 year old son, Peter, before he completed suicide. But recently, a 2022 documentary has a...
1hr 7m May 28, 2025
1hr 7m
S3 Ep20: Episode 127: The Blount Family Bombing
On Thanksgiving evening, November 28, 1985, there would be a deadly explosion at Hilltop Mobile Home Park at 7800 Jacksboro Highway between Lake Worth and Azle, Texas, just outside Fort Worth. The explosion would kill three members of the Blount family: Joe Blount, his daughter Angela, and Angela’s cousin, Michael Columbus. And to this day, what happened remains a mystery. This is the story of ...
44m May 21, 2025
44m
S3 Ep19: Episode 126: Fort Concho & Haunted San Angelo
Established in 1867, Fort Concho was built along the banks of the Concho River in San Angelo, Texas to protect frontier settlements, patrol and map the vast landscapes of West Texas, and to quell local threats. Hundreds of soldiers lived here, they would have comradery here, a second family, but they also experienced extreme trauma, battles, violence, bloodshed. And it seems some of the residen...
35m May 14, 2025
35m
S3 Ep18: Episode 125: 3 Creepy /LetsNotMeet Stories
In this Patreon leak episode, Kaydra shares 3 spine tingling encounters from the /LetsNotMeet subreddit. These are terrifying allegedly true stories of first person encounters with dangerous people.
44m May 07, 2025
44m
S3 Ep17: Episode 124: The Disappearances of Brian Shaffer & Niqui McCown ft A Trial By Podcast
In another special collaborative episode, Perplexity brings you a double disappearance episode. Kelsey from A Trial by Podcast tells the infamous story of the disappearance of Brian Shaffer and Kaydra covers a Perplexed Society member request, the heartbreaking disturbing disappearance of Niqui McCown. If you have information on the disappearance of Brian Shaffer, you are urged to contact the C...
1hr 32m Apr 30, 2025
1hr 32m
S3 Ep16: Episode 123: The Mysterious Deaths of Phoebe Handsjuk & Jelani Day ft Serial Napper
In this special collaborative episode, Kaydra brings on Nikki from the Serial Napper podcast. The ladies share 2 mysterious and suspicious death cases. Kaydra covers the death of Phoebe Handsjuk and Nikki covers the unsettling death of Jelani Day.
1hr 12m Apr 23, 2025
1hr 12m
S3 Ep15: Episode 122: Glitch in the Matrix Stories
What would you do if you awoke to find yourself in another dimension? Or if you looked around your room and saw subtle differences, like your bedsheets were different? Is it possible to wake up in another dimension? Are glitches in the matrix real? This is the story of Lerina Garcia and other glitches in the matrix.
42m Apr 16, 2025
42m
S3 Ep14: Episode 121: The Tunguska Event
In a remote area of Siberia in June of 1908, there would be a massive explosion. According to most scientists, this explosion was caused by an asteroid that exploded with the power of 250 Hiroshima bombs. This explosion would be spotted around the world and have ripple effects. But at the time, hardly anyone knew it had happened because this area of Siberia was so incredibly remote. It wouldn’t...
41m Apr 09, 2025
41m
S3 Ep13: Episode 120: The Pinewoods Cemetery ft Believing the Bizarre Podcast
In the 1800s, a cemetery in Brunswick, NY opened to the public. The 22 acres were lush and green. Today, the cemetery is abandoned. While it is full of historic monuments and markers, many areas are falling apart and it is often vandalised. The cemetery is only open to the public one day out of the year. This place is chalk full of urban legends, stories of tragic deaths, and alleged paranormal...
57m Apr 02, 2025
57m
S3 Ep12: Episode 119: The Satanic Panic & QAnon ft Scared All The Time
Beginning in about the 1980s, a wildfire would spread throughout the US, and by the late 90s, to many parts of the world. These were modern day witch trials. A distorted lens of hysteria had taken over, and the end result would be more than 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritualistic abuse. Lives were destroyed by unspeakable rumors and wrongful convictions. Not even Dungeons and Dragon...
1hr 49m Mar 26, 2025
1hr 49m
S3 Ep11: Episode 118: Wilma June Nissen's Unsolved Murder
On October 4, 1978 the body of a young female would be found along a rural road in Lyon County, Iowa. She was badly decomposed, partially clothed, and had been bound with rope. She was labeled a Jane Doe and the case quickly turned cold. She wouldn’t be identified until 28 years later in 2006. What happened to this woman and who was responsible remains a mystery to this day. This is the story o...
49m Mar 19, 2025
49m
S3 Ep10: Episode 117: Hailey Dunn's Disappearance and Murder
There are several times in this episode I say "Casey" unintentionally. I am referring to Shawn CASEY Adkins. On December 27, 2010, a 13 year old girl of Mitchell County, Texas disappeared. She was last seen leaving her mother’s house to go hang out with a friend. But she never showed up. It wouldn’t be until March 16, 2013 Hailey’s remains were recovered. 8 years later, a man by the name of Sha...
45m Mar 12, 2025
45m
S3 Ep9: Episode 116: The Dupont de Ligonnès Murders- Part 2
Today we will be concluding a true crime deep dive into arguably the most famous murder mystery in the history of France. If you missed it, be sure to listen to part 1 first.On April 21, 2011, police would discover the bodies of Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès, her four children Arthur, Thomas, Anne, and Benoît, and their two Labrador dogs buried in the back garden of their family home at 55 Boulevard...
56m Mar 05, 2025
56m
S3 Ep8: Episode 115: The Dupont de Ligonnès Murders- Part 1
Today we will be discussing arguably the most famous murder mystery in the history of France. On April 21, 2011, police would discover the bodies of Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès, her four children Arthur, Thomas, Anne, and Benoît, and their two Labrador dogs buried in the back garden of their family home at 55 Boulevard Schuman in Nantes Loire-Atlantique, France. Agnes's husband, Xavier, was nowher...
59m Feb 26, 2025
59m
S3 Ep7: Episode 114: The Unsolved NORJAK Mystery- DB Cooper
On Thanksgiving Eve, November 24, 1971, a northwest flight was commandeered by a man wearing sunglasses, a suit, and carrying a simple briefcase. He became a legend after he parachuted out of the plane with 200,000 dollars and was never seen again. He was later labeled the most clever and bold airplane hijacker of all time. We have just passed the 50th anniversary of the only unsolved airplane ...
39m Feb 19, 2025
39m
S3 Ep6: Episode 113: The Loveland Frogmen & Ohio Cryptid Encounters
Well known in Ohio folklore, there are humanoid frog-like creatures that stand at about 4 feet or 1.2 meters tall. According to local legend, they were first spotted around 70 years ago, in May 1955. Sightings by locals led to numerous police reports and would later inspire muscles, books, and more recently, even humorous horror found footage. In 2023, this creature even became the city's masco...
39m Feb 12, 2025
39m
S3 Ep5: Episode 112: American Nightmare: "The Gone Girl Case" of Denise Huskins
This is the recap of the true story from the Netflix docuseries, American Nightmare! This is known in the media as "The Real Life Gone Girl" case. This is the story of Denise Huskins and her fight for justice.
1hr 4m Feb 05, 2025
1hr 4m
S3 Ep4: Episode 111: A Perplexing Listenersode ft Karlisa Salazar
What would you do if you heard someone call your name? Only to turn around and see no one there? What would you do if while lying in bed at night, you opened your eyes and were met with the apparition of a hideous woman bent over you? What would you do if time and time again, inexplicable things continued to happen to you? You are listening to a perplexing listenersode.Have a listener story? Se...
59m Jan 29, 2025
59m
S3 Ep3: Episode 110: Tupac's Life, Death, & Conspiracies
Today we will be discussing one of the most influential and iconic rappers of all time. Rising from a childhood of activism and poverty, he became an iconic poet, lyricist, actor, and rapper who helped redefine the sound of West Coast hip-hop. But his life was tragically cut short at the young age of 25 on September 7th, 1996. He was brutally shot four times at a red light on his way to a Las V...
1hr 33m Jan 22, 2025
1hr 33m
S3 Ep2: Episode 109: Anne Hamilton-Byrne and "The Family" Cult ft 13 Degrees of Screams
The motto of this cult is "Unseen. Unknown. Unheard." They managed to remain hidden for decades and were controlled by a woman claiming to be the female reincarnate of Jesus Christ. She ran this cult for 30 years. She abused the medical system, committing people to psychiatric hospitals without their consent and forcing them to have unethical medical procedures, as well as stealing babies from ...
1hr 31m Jan 15, 2025
1hr 31m
S3 Ep1: Episode 108: Auditory Hallucinations
We've all thought we've heard something and been mistaken. But what if you were persistently having these experiences? What if the sounds were vivid? Like an actual voice or song? What if you plugged your ears and the noise was coming from inside your head?This is different from a hearing problem or when some people say there's a narrator in their head. This is just how normal sound sounds to u...
44m Jan 08, 2025
44m
S2 Ep51: Episode 107: Princess Latifa ft Drinking the Koolaid Podcast
This is the season 2 FINALE! A special thank you to Samantha for requesting this story. In 2018, a young woman, a member of a royal family, attempted to escape in fear for her own life. She also had a history of making prior escape attempts, which were unsuccessful. After her escape attempt in 2018, she disappeared entirely from public view. The public was in fear of the princess's safety. Was ...
1hr 24m Dec 18, 2024
1hr 24m
S2 Ep50: Episode 106: Christmas Creepypasta
Kaydra reads the James Currie Film creepypasta by Alex McIntosh. It was a stormy night in Scotland, late December 1996, when Evie decided to drive to a great stately home with a waterfront view of Lochness and get her revenge. You've heard the story of Nessie the Lochness monster, but never like this.
37m Dec 11, 2024
37m
S2 Ep49: Episode 105: The Travis Walton UFO Incident
On November 5, 1975, a 22-year old logger named Travis Walton was working in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Heber, Arizona. Part of a 7 man logging crew, Walton was a hard worker out of Snowflake, Arizona, and had gotten along with his co-workers without any issue. It seemed like any other typical day. But when 6 loggers would tell police their co-worker, Travis, had been taken by a...
43m Dec 04, 2024
43m
S2 Ep48: Episode 104: Texas Urban Legends [Vol 1]- The Dancing Devil, Donkey Lady, Fang Baby, & Haunted Snuffer's Restaurant
Happy Thanksgiving! While Kaydra takes a break for the holiday, enjoy this remastered and mixed collection of Texas Urban Legends volumes 1 & 2. You will hear the legends of The Dancing Devil, The Donkey Lady, The Fang Baby of Old Pearsall Road, and Snuffer's Restaurant.
1hr 3m Nov 27, 2024
1hr 3m
S2 Ep47: Episode 103: The Hat Man
What would you do if one night while lying in bed, you suddenly awoke, eyes shooting open, to find you couldn't move? And then, you saw a tall, dark shadowy figure standing in the corner of your room, with a wide brimmed hat, staring at you? Thousands of people have claimed to have seen the hat man, with stories gaining popularity online in the 2000s. But are they just stories? Or is this somet...
45m Nov 20, 2024
45m
S2 Ep46: Episode 102: The Murder of Jayna Murray- the Lululemon Murder
On the morning of Saturday, March 12, 2011, there would be a startling discovery. The Lululemon Athletica appeared to have been ransacked and in the back would be the brutally beaten body of 30 year old Lululemon employee Jayna Murray. There would also be a survivor, 28 year old Lululemon employee Brittany Norwood. Brittany would tell police after closing, 2 masked men came into the store and s...
1hr 3m Nov 13, 2024
1hr 3m
S2 Ep45: Episode 101: 100 Episode Celebration (Live Show)
In case you missed it, enjoy this edited version of Kaydra's most recent live show. This was on YouTube Live on Wednesday, October 30th, so the audio will be a bit rougher. Kaydra tells the story of the murder of Susan Mummey, and the Ringtown Valley Witch Murderer, Albert Yashinsky. You will also hear a paranormal listener story from Kim.
46m Nov 06, 2024
46m
S2 Ep44: Episode 100: The Paris Catacombs
Kaydra explores the history of the Paris Catacombs and goes over all of the possibilities: are they haunted? Are they cursed? What else could be hiding down here? And what's going on with all of these hidden tunnels?
40m Oct 30, 2024
40m