Two Unhinged Trash Pandas

For more than a decade, the Long Island Serial Killer was a ghost. The evidence was there. The clues were there. The victims deserved answers. But the case remained unsolved. In Part Two of our Gilgo Beach series, we follow the investigation that finally brought new momentum to one of America’s most infamous serial murder cases. From a forgotten witness description of a green Chevrolet Avalanche t...

Before the headlines… Before the arrest… Before the suspect had a name… There were mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends who simply never came home. This week, the Trash Pandas head to the lonely stretch of Ocean Parkway where the search for one missing woman unexpectedly uncovered one of the most infamous serial murder investigations in American history. We take a step back from the killer to...

Episode 5: The Sodder Children | A Fire, Five Missing Children, and Decades of Questions On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. While most of the family escaped, five children were believed to have perished in the flames. But almost immediately, things stopped making sense. A missing ladder. A cut phone line. Fire trucks that never arrived. N...

Episode 4: Brandon Swanson Part 2 | Into the Fields After covering Brandon Swanson’s disappearance, we packed up the Trash Panda Mobile and headed to western Minnesota to see the area for ourselves. In this episode, we discuss our field investigation, the terrain, the rivers and waterways, the scent dog trail, Jeff Hassey’s years of research, and how differently this case feels when you’re standin...

A college student gets lost on a rural Minnesota road, calls his parents for help, and disappears while talking to them on the phone. Nearly 18 years later, we’re still asking the same question: What happened to Brandon Swanson? This week, we cover the story. Next week, we’ll take you along on our own field investigation into the area where Brandon vanished.

A mysterious night in the Ural Mountains. Nine experienced hikers. A campsite abandoned under bizarre circumstances. More than six decades later, the Dyatlov Pass Incident remains one of the world’s most puzzling unsolved mysteries. Join Talitha and Kissy as they dive into the strange events of February 1959, explore the theories, examine the evidence, and inevitably wander off into a few side que...

Welcome to Two Unhinged Trash Pandas where two midwestern women spiral through true crime, conspiracies, creepy books, daily life and friendship and really just complete nonsense.