The Spooky Darlings

The sisters bit off more than they could chew with The Warrens crew! Emily goes first with the Lindley Street Poltergeist, the most haunted house in America! Then Nettie follows up with the Legend of the White Lady in Union Cemetery. Did Ed catch her on tape?  Join us as we try to decipher the Warrens investigations!  Message us! Thanks for listening to The Spooky Darlings ! If you have a creepy,...

It’s Follow-Up Friday, and we’ve got a little bit of everything this week! We’re starting with a correction from Leigh, then chatting about the protests in France and ash dykes in the Congo. We also get into the Elizabeth Holmes documentary and the wild story behind Theranos. And of course, we’re wrapping things up with what we’ve been watching and listening to lately. Grab your coffee (or somethi...

Lincoln saw it in a mirror. Catherine the Great shot at it. One teacher lost nineteen jobs to it, and she never saw it once. This week we’re talking doppelgängers: the doubles that show up right before death, the folklore creatures that steal your face,  the science of meeting yourself, and real modern stories of people who came face to face with… themselves. Plus a smiling double, a possible love...

This week, we’re heading to New Jersey, where the cryptids are giving the cast of Jersey Shore a run for their money! First, Emily tells us about the Mantis Man, a giant insect-like creature spotted lurking near the water outside Hackettstown. Next, Nettie introduces us to Big Red Eye, a mysterious creature that might make you think twice about wandering through the woods after dark. Finally, Hayl...

Witch, con artist, or cold-blooded killer? This week, we’re telling the twisted tale of Mary Bateman, the infamous Yorkshire Witch. In the early 1800s, Mary made a name for herself as a fortune teller and healer, but wherever she went, strange circumstances seemed to follow. From a magical chicken known as the Prophet Hen of Leeds to mysterious letters from oracles, supernatural remedies, and pois...

It's Follow Up Friday, Darlings! Grab your headphones, because the sisters are talking about all of the major true-crime news, plus a whole lot of chaos in between. We check in on the Sandra Birchmore case as former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell's federal murder trial gets underway in Boston. Then we break down the Caleb Flynn verdict, where the former American Idol contestant...

Three sisters talk about the disappearance of three women. What happened to the Springfield Three?  Stay spooky, darlings! Sources: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hs=17IB&sca_esv=82f1c36e4f945204&rls=en&sxsrf=APpeQnv6M1CY6dh7lX5daIXAdWFenq1V7g:1789526895506&q=the+springfield+three+documentary&source=lnms&fbs=ABfTbFUxGEP8yeZbmk97ajdTjIq-bxSzyj7z9gU06lAo0LlvN...

We're in New Hampshire! First, Hayley tells us about a few alien encounters, the Emily takes us to the place of the Derry Fairy encounter, and finally Nettie tells us about the Wood Devil, and we try to solve the mystery!  Help us solve these mysteries!! Stay spooky, darlings!  Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_W...

Welcome to Spooky Season! It's witch week at The Spooky Darlings! We each chose a witch from a different part of the world, and they're a spellbinding lineup: the shape-shifting brujas of La Biznaga, Mexico; Isobel Gowdie, a Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft at Auldearn near Nairn in 1662; and Tía Casca and her ancestor, Dorotea, of Trasmoz, Spain, a village that still carries i...

The Spooky Darlings break down their thoughts on Taylor Paul, is she still our favorite? Maybe....maybe not... What are our thoughts on Patrick Clancy and the 60 Minutes interview? Do we all agree?  An update on a previous case, someone is on death row...do they get their last meal? Join us as we talk about what were listening to, what were watching, and what is happening in our lives!  Sources: T...

When you hire a mortician, you're trusting them with the most vulnerable moment of your life: your dead body. This week the Darlings dig into what happens when that trust goes sideways. Jeannette opens with the case of Dale Omsberg, a Lincoln City mortician who stacked bodies like cords of wood, but was only  sentenced to 30 days behind bars. Then we hop across the pond with Hayley, where Eng...

We’re heading to Nevada!  First, we dive into the eerie legends of Water Babies —mysterious creatures whose cries are said to lure the curious to their fate. Then we dig into the story of the Lovelock Giants , the red-haired giants supposedly discovered inside a Nevada cave and the very real archaeological finds that helped fuel the legend. And finally we turn our gaze upward for the Flying Space...

This week, we’re sharing the bizarre true story of Hypnotist Arthur Everton and his subject Robert Simpson. We discuss the performance that turned fatal, what was witnessed onstage, the investigation that followed, and the debate over whether hypnosis was the cause of Simpson’s mysterious death. Sources: https://www.weirdhistorian.com/a-case-of-hypnotism-gone-wrong-and-a-desperate-attempt-to-make-...

It's Follow up Friday time, and boy do we have some stories for you! This week the darlings talk about true crime updates,  what they are watching and listening to, and catch up on the Lindsay Clancy verdict, amongst other true crime cases.  Message us! Thanks for listening to The Spooky Darlings ! If you have a creepy, strange, or cool story you would like to share email us at thespookydarli...

When Alex puts up a roommate wanted add on Craiglist.com she has no idea that someone with no good intentions is going to find her, and make her life a living hell!  Will Alex survive?  Listen to the Darlings unwrap this mind blowing tale!  Source: Netflix- Worst Roommate Ever series Message us! Thanks for listening to The Spooky Darlings ! If you have a creepy, strange, or cool story you would li...

This week, The Spooky Darlings head to Nebraska, Where the West Begins!  First, Emily tells us about the Walgren Lake Monster, then Hayley gives some insight about the Aurora Witch, and then Nettie finishes up with the Flying Man of Falls City!  Listen to the sisters share their stories about these mysterious creatures!! Sources: https://history.nebraska.gov/nebraskas-lake-monster-giganticus-brute...

This week, Nettie tells the story of Mica Miller, whose untimely death raised questions and suspicions among her family, friends, and people following the case around the world. The Darlings discuss Mica’s life, her amazing personality, and the hardships she faced in an abusive relationship.  Did the abuse, combined with her mental health struggles, lead Mica to take her own life—or did something...

It’s Follow-Up Friday, and this one is packed! We kick things off with our usual personal-life catch-up before diving into a listener-submitted haunting at a McMenamins property. Then we’re talking about what we’ve been watching and listening to lately, including The Kill List , Netflix’s Worst ___ Ever , the Betrayal podcast, The Dead Files , Mother Mary , and More Psychic & Detective . From...

This week, each sister takes a look at a dark moment in history that just happens to share her birthday. Nettie heads to South Korea for the devastating Daegu Subway Disaster— a deliberate act of arson that turned an ordinary morning commute into one of the deadliest subway disasters in history. Emily dives into the baffling case of Robert William Fisher, the Arizona father accused of murdering hi...

This week, The Spooky Darlings head to Montana, Big Sky Country!  First we talk about the Little People of Pryor Mountain, then take a dip in Flathead Lake to look for Flessie the lake monster! Finally we visit a store with a taxidermied Ringdocus/Shunka Warakin!   Listen as the sisters laugh and share their creepy cryptids!!  Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flathead_Lake_Monster https://cr...

The tragic 1993 murder of 20-year-old Alaskan native Sophie Sergie went unsolved for over 25 years, until advances in forensic genealogy led investigators to a former UAF student named Steven H. Downs—who had been living thousands of miles away.  We’re covering Sophie’s final hours, the evidence left behind, the path to identifying a suspect, Downs’ arrest more than 25 years later, and the 2022 tr...

Today the Darlings catch up after a July break, and a family vacation! They talk Lindsay Clancy, vacation with the fam, a surprise visitor on vacation! What happened to the Hantavirus? And a SLOMW update, plus some spooky tales form our listeners!  Catch up with the sisters after the brief break, and the beginning of Season 2!! Message us! Thanks for listening to The Spooky Darlings ! If you have...

What happens when a detective runs out of leads? Sometimes, they turn to psychics for help in solving a crime.  In the 1970s and ’80s, California psychic Armand Marcotte worked alongside police and detectives on countless investigations, offering clues he claimed to receive through his psychic abilities to channel the victims who have crossed over, explore past lives, and use help from those beyon...

In September 2016, Nathan and his mom Linda go fishing off the coast of Rhode Island. Only Nathan returns! His mother is never found.  This event triggers a series of events that leads to Nathan being questioned for more than one death in his family, and the question of who is going to get $42 million dollars???  Let's discuss what we think happened!  Sources: Netflix documentary: The Carman...

This week, our FUF is going rogue... and early! We're releasing our Follow Up Friday on a Tuesday, in place of our usual main episode. Don't worry, we're not skipping a beat: we've got true crime updates and news, including the Siders family case out of Ohio, a story about an aunt who saved her niece from kidnapping, the tragic earthquake in Venezuela, and the Arizona toddler d...