Fresh Hell Podcast

Grace Mae Brown was the bright beautiful daughter of a family who ran a dairy farm in South Otselic, NY. Today Annie tells us about her cold blooded murder in the beautiful Adirondacks, and the sensational trial that followed.    Outro: Arthur Collins "Bill Baley, Won't You Please Come Home?" (1902) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Spring of 1922, a family living on a picturesque farm in France was devastated when their lovely 2 year old daughter went missing one day, in broad daylight. A month later the grieving family had a visit from the police who came with a photograph and news that their daughter had been found in Cherbourg. Was this a miracle, or was there a much darker explanation? Johanna tells us the shockin...

Today Annie completes the story of the school bus full of children who were kidnapped, and buried alive in a remote area in California’s Alameda County. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1976, Chowchilla, California: a school bus with 26 children and the driver on board just vanishes on a hot summer day. Annie tells us the story of the Chowchilla Kidnapping.   This episode is sponsored by Best Fiends: www.bestfiends.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we read some of our favorite listener stories. These Hellions made us laugh and cry, and today we are sharing their stories with you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sugar can be a real killer, but usually not quite like this… We discuss the 1858 mass poisoning of more than 200 people in Bradford, England. The deadly consequences when an inert is accidentally replaced with arsenic, and the tragic aftermath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johanna tells Annie about the brutal murder of a retired army officer, that took place in Mönchengladbach in 1906. Once again gredd is the motive for a crime! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evelyn Grace Hartley was a 15 year old girl, who was abducted in 1953 while babysitting, in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. Annie tells Johanna the details of this terrifying, baffling, still unsolved case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a lot of differences, but we both love the beauty, art, architecture and macabre aspects that come when visiting a historic place of worship, and today Johanna tells Annie about the famous St. Stephen’s cathedral in Vienna. This magnificent building’s mosaic tile roof might first catch your eye, but join us as Johanna tells us the fascinating and macabre history of this architectural treas...

Today we discuss two cases of Reincarnation that we find particularly compelling. A child in America with memories of his death as a navy pilot in World War 2 is discussed, as well as the story of a woman from the, UK who used hypnosis to help retrieve childhood memories, and track down the surviving children in Ireland she felt she abandoned, when she died in a past life. Learn more about your ad...

Johanna tells Annie about the devastating and infuriating murder of 8 year old Lucie Berlin. The trial was also notable, as some of the blood evidence presented in court was a first in the history of forensics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back, this week with a bonus episode: Annie had the great pleasure to be a guest on Crimelines, True Crime. Charlie and Annie talk about the new developments in the mysterious case of the Lady of the Dunes. Will we soon learn the true identity of this unforgotten Jane Doe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked about their lives, and deaths. But what happened to Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr after their deaths? This week we talk about their funerals, or lack thereof, and the places they allegedly haunt. And did they, in fact, rest in peace? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As some of you are starting to plan for future trips, we thought we could give you a few travel suggestions. From haunted hotels to the Door to Hell, we got you covered. This episode is sponsored by Best Fiends: www.bestfiends.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Johanna tells Annie all about a Japanese singer, who landed a smash hit all around the world with his first solo single, and also about his tragic death in the deadliest single aircraft accident, that caused the death of 520 people. Link to flight voice recorder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfh9-ogUgSQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a look at some of the lighter spookier coincidences we know of.  Did Mark Twin predict his own death?  What are the coincidences between Lincoln & Kennedy? How does nature vs. nurture play a role in the story of the Jim Twins? Can Sir Anthony Hopkins please confirm a rumor about his role in the Girl From Peteovska, starring Goldie Hawn? We'll look at these coincidences and more i...

This week Johanna tells Annie the story of the Beast of Gévaudan, who is thought to be responsible for over 100 deaths. But what, or who, was this creature that haunted the remote French region in the middle of the 18th century? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Known as the ‘Merry Widow of Weymouth,’ by the police who were occasionally called to end parties, Grayce Asquith was a woman who had survived a lot of loss, but had found happiness again, only to be brutally murdered and dismembered, at the age of 41.John Lyons, the man she intended to marry, was missing, and nowhere to be found... join us as we discuss the Murder of Grayce Asquith and the disapp...

This is considered to be the first high profile missing person case of the US. What happened to New York socialite Dorothy Arnold, who disappeared in December of 1910, after she bought a box of chocolate?   This episode is brought to you by Best Fiends: www.bestfiends.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is part two of a two part episode covering the unsolved 1981 murders that rocked a small Northern California town, the former Keddie resort. Annie tells Johanna about Glenna Sue Sharp and her five kids. Their dream of starting a fresh life had come true, but they were only there for five months when they were the victims of unspeakable violence. Several family members and a family friend were...

This is part one of a two part episode covering the unsolved 1981 murders that rocked a small Northern California town, the former Keddie resort. Annie tells Johanna about Sue Sharp and her five kids. Their dream of starting a fresh life had come true, but they were only there for five months when they were the victims of unspeakable violence. Several family members and a family friend were brutal...

Johanna and Annie discuss the events surrounding the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on a desolate island off the windswept coast of Scotland. Was there a supernatural force at play, or a more pragmatic explanation? Join us as we discuss the theories and please share your own thoughts with us as we discuss this enduring mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Johanna tells Annie the story of Mathias Kneißl, a Bavarian folk legend from the 1800’s. How did this accordion playing carpenter become a killer, and wanted man? Did he manipulate the system, or was he a victim of it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode we are discussing the lives and deaths of wives 4, 5 & 6: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices