Mysterious Mavens

This week Kim tells Denae about how a lawyer believed a client and with the help of the show "Curb your Enthusiasm" saved this man's life! Sources: Killer destinations: Juan Catalan What’s up Fool episode 561 with Juan Catalan The exoneration of Juan Catalan thanks to curb your enthusiasm  ‘The car pool lane’  Find us on Instagram at: Mysterious Mavens Pod our Gmail: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com...

This week Denae tells Kim about the fraudulent music manager who made the Backstreet Boys and N' Sync internationally famous.  And details how he had a decades-long Ponzi scheme that took millions from unsuspecting investors. Team N'Sync!!! Sources: Dirty Pop NetFlix Special The True Story of Lou Pearlman in 'Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam' - Netflix Tudum Lou Pearlman Ran 1 of America’s Biggest Pon...

This week we go back to 2000's (the later days of myspace) and Kim tells Denae about the FarmVille murders. Sources: Hell no: A true crime podcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrorcore Haunted Autopsy: the case of the FarmVille murders Find us on Instagram at: Mysterious Mavens Pod our Gmail: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com Not to braaaaag but our website: mysteriousmavenspod.com Please rate us 5...

This week Denae tells Kim about the "bling ring" Sources: people.com The True Story of 'The Bling Ring' by Skyler Caruso Bling Ring - Wikipedia Netflix Documentary:  'The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist' Find us on Instagram at: Mysterious Mavens Pod our Gmail: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com Not to braaaaag but our website: mysteriousmavenspod.com Please rate us 5 stars!!! and as always SELF CARE...

This week Kim tells Denae about the death of Marilyn Monroe. What the media knows and what may have actually happened. Are the conspiracies true? Or what we were told was what happened? Sources: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/marilyn-monroe-marries-arthur-miller Hollywoodland part 1 and 2 Marilyn Monroe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien...

This week Denae tells Kim all about the ghosts haunting Denver’s famous Brown Palace! Sources: The Brown Palace Hotel - Denver Terrors Blog historycolorado.org The Rule of Three | History Colorado  by Shelby Carr Neuhauser The Most Haunted Hotels In Denver - Denver Terrors Blog Find us on Instagram at: Mysterious Mavens Pod our Gmail: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com Not to braaaaag but our website:...

This week Kim tells the story of Nathan Carman, a story that keeps getting worse and worse. Sources: Serialously: Nathan Carman https://people.com/details-the-carman-family-deaths-left-out-11854694 Netflix: The Carman family murders  Find us on Instagram at: Mysterious Mavens Pod our Gmail: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com Not to braaaaag but our website: mysteriousmavenspod.com Please rate us 5 star...

The world is feeling a little heavy right now so this week Denae tells us an inspiring "true crime story" about two sister heroes! Sources: The opera-loving sisters who 'stumbled' into heroism - BBC News Louise Cook (humanitarian) - Wikipedia Mary Burchell - Wikipedia YouTube: The Bravest Voices: A Memoir of Two Sisters'… by Ida Cook · Audiobook preview jewishvirtuallibrary.org Ida and Louise Cook...

TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT  This week Kim tells Denae the insanely graphic, yet inspiring story of Alison Botha Sources: Morbid: Attempted murder of Alison Botha Murder with my husband  https://womenforchange.co.za/take-action/parole-of-alison-bothas-rapist/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-10-14-the-woman-who-refused-to-be-a-victim-alison-botha-fights-for-her-life-a-s...

This week Denae tells Kim about the creepiest rideshare driver in Denver! Sources: NBC News.com Former Denver rideshare driver sentenced to 290 to life for assaulting a dozen women by Phil Helsel March 7, 2025 John Pastor-Mendoza Convicted of Sexually Assaulting and Kidnapping Numerous Women While Posing as a Ride-Share Driver – Denver DA 'We all survived the same monster': Survivors of rideshare...

This week Kim covers the most prolific female serial killer Aileen Wuornos.  Sources:  https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a69219126/how-many-people-did-aileen-wuornos-kill/ https://capitalpunishmentincontext.org/node/77455 Monster  https://www.britannica.com/question/How-was-Aileen-Wuornos-caught Find us on Instagram at: Mysterious Mavens Pod our Gmail: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com Not...

This week Denae tells Kim the abysmal story of the Yogurt Shop murders. Sources: Significant Breakthrough Made in 1991 I Can't Believe It's Yogurt Murders | AustinTexas.gov 09/29/25 The Austin, Texas, yogurt shop murders: Families, investigators remain haunted by unsolved case - CBS News By Erin Moriarty Ruth Chenetz, Stephanie Slifer, Anthony Venditti 12/12/25 DNA helps solve 'haunting' yogurt sh...

This week Kim tells Denae about Jackie and Thomas Hawks and how their beautiful life was ended so callously Sources: Murder with my husband episode 279 Dateline ‘the last voyage’ Killafornia dreaming episode #14  48 hours the dark voyage  Find us on Instagram at: Mysterious Mavens Pod our Gmail: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com Not to braaaaag but our website: mysteriousmavenspod.com Please rate us 5...

For the first episode of the year Denae concludes her Colorado Cryptids Series with The Slide Rock Bolter and Tommy Knockers! Sources: Colorado Silver Boom - Wikipedia Knocker (folklore) - Wikipedia Tommyknockers of the Western Mines – Legends of America NOT ALONE IN THE MINES: The legend of Colorado's "Tommyknockers" - Denver Gazette by Piper Russell Oct. 6, 2025 Tommyknockers — Astonishing Legen...

This week Kim tells Denae the story about a body found in a chimney. Sources: True crime all the time Mile higher podcast https://medium.com/@nikyoung/how-did-joshua-maddux-die-in-the-chimney-of-an-abandoned-cabin-7502be457cb7 Coffeehouse crime To see pictures of the cases and other cases check us out on instagram: Mysterious Mavens pod To send us cases suggestions, simply to say hi, questions, se...

This week Denae continues her Colorado cryptic theme and gives us another story of the Lafayette Vampire! Sources: The Lafayette Vampire November 30, 2024 by Doug Conarroe www.lafayettehistory.com/the-lafayette-vampire/ Spanish flu - Wikipedia Vampire Grave of Lafayette - Atlas Obscura by Devin Woodall Please follow us on instagram: Mysterious Mavens pod Email us stories, self care tips, story sug...

This week Kim tells Denae an insane story that takes place right before Christmas. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-34586215.amp Gruesome: Horrific true crime Totally true crime  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-secret-relationship-that-ended-in-a-christmas-murder/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/christmas-crimes/5 Please rate...

This week Denae tells Kim an urban legends in their neck of the woods that they both hadn't heard before! Sources: The Hatchet Lady of Red Rocks | Denver Horror Collective by Adrianne Montoya Posted on May 5, 2019 by joshsworstnightmare Colorado Connie Blog Notes: The Hatchet Lady of Morrison October 18, 2020 coloradostories.online/about-1/f/the-hatchet-lady-of-morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre Haun...

This week Kim tells Denae about one of the biggest kidnapping cases in US history that has one of the best case scenario outcomes. Sources: 48 Hours Podcast: Live To Tell: Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping CityofChowchilla.org 1976 Bus Kidnapping | Chowchilla, CA CBSNews.com Chowchilla bus kidnapping: Rare photos from one of the largest abductions in U.S. history - Frederick Woods case 03/17/23 How a 1976...

This week Denae tells Kim the incredibly strange story of a principal who hypnotizes students. Sources: CBSNews.com Fla. school settles bizarre lawsuit over hypnotized students, suicides NBCNews.com Hypnotist principal faces questions after suicides by Mitch Stacy heraldtribune.com True crime TV series explores deaths of 3 North Port teens hypnotized by principal. How to watch By Melissa Perez-Car...

This week Denae tells Kim about the show that never was P.I. mom's. Sources: Netflix Trainwreck: PI Moms People.com P.I. Moms Stars Slam Actor Carl Marino For Ruining Reality Show with Sting Operation: 'So Many People Were Affected' By Raven Brunner   Published on July 22, 2025 09:00AM EDT Chris Butler (private investigator) - Wikipedia Please rate us 5 stars! mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.com Mysteri...

The Mavens are back! Happy Halloween! This week Kim tells Denae a chaotic retelling of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Sources: The legend of sleepy hollow by Washington Irving. 1820 The legend of sleepy hollow by Disney 1949 Sleepy Hollow (1999) CBS this morning ‘tracing the haunting roots of the legend of sleepy hollow’ Please rate us 5 stars!  Feel free to contact us: mysteriousmavenspod@gmail.c...

This week Kim tells Denae about the mysterious circumstances of the Lake Bodum murders.  Sources: ODFM: season 13, episode 6 lake bodum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bodom_murders Casefile: Lake bodum podcast

This week Denae tells Kim about Soul Asylum's Runaway Train music video that found missing children.  Sources: slate.com Did the “Runaway Train” Music Video Really Save 21 Kids? By Nick Keppler ‘We found 21 missing kids’: Soul Asylum on making Runaway Train | Music | The Guardian By Dave Simpson Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song) - Wikipedia People.com 11 Kids From 'Runaway Train' Video Still Missin...

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 Footprints of the frontier