Fresh Hell Podcast

Annie and Johanna talk about the tragic murder of a young woman that took place in Elizabeth City, NC in 1901. Was it a case of intimate partner violence or was someone else the culprit? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two we discuss post-war coaster accidents. The catastrophic Battersea Big Dipper Rollercoaster crash in 1972 London that took the lives of five children. In 1986 West Edmonton Mall featured an awesome indoor coaster, called the Mind Bender, which derailed, killing three young adults and forever scarring a fourth. And we look at the incidents involving the Treetop Twister at Lightwater Vall...

After ruining Water Parks, bridges and swimming in the ocean, Annie and Johanna are setting out to ruin rollercoasters for you. Learn everything you need to know about the history of the beloved rides and the most horrible rollercoaster accidents.   Please vote for us in the People's Choice Podcast Awards: www.podcastawards.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Owen Parfitt seemed to live a fairly simple life, with his sister, who kept house in the market town of Shepton Millet, not far from Bath and Glastonbury, UK.There were rumors about how he made his money, of course, but as he grew older he began to lose the use of his legs, and his sister cared for him…until one day, in the middle of a conversation with his sister, he vanished, without a trace. Ha...

It was in April of 1973 in rural Illinois, when someone, or....something tried to get into the house of Henry McDaniel. What was the hairy, three-legged creature he saw that night?   Please vote for us in the People's Choice Podcast Awards: www.podcastawards.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was the late 1980s and someone was murdering couples in Germany, with bodies being found on what should be lovely forest paths. Today Johanna concludes the baffling and eerie story of the Göhrde murders, reminding us that you never know what sort of terrible secrets may be buried in the yard… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johanna tells Annie about the very creepy and disturbing Göhrde murders which took place in Germany in the late 1980s. Who was murdering couples, and was there a connection to a similar case that took place in Wales? Listen to this episode to hear about the horrible murders of Peter & Ursula Reinold, Ingrid Warmbier & Bernd-Michael Köpping, as well es Gwenda & Peter Dixon. All of these cases staye...

In 2007 two police officers are shot in their car, only one survives. The police search for a mysterious woman, who's DNA is not only found at this location, but on more than 40 other crime scenes during a span of 15 years. But who is this criminal mastermind, and is she responsible for the murder of officer Michèle Kiesewetter and 5 others? Or is someone else the culprit? Learn more about your ad...

The winter of 1947 was particularly brutal for war-torn Hamburg, Germany. Struggling to rebuild from the bombings that left the city desperate for food and fuel, residents are shocked when a nude body is found in the rubble. But it was just the first of several baffling murders that remain unsolved to this day. Johanna tells Annie everything about these haunting crimes, and we discuss various theo...

The life and untimely death of Jimi Hendrix is discussed, as are the many, many conspiracy theories and legends surrounding this pioneering artist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss the lives and deaths of Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues, and Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones. Did Robert Johnson make a deal with the Devil at the crossroads? Did Brian Johnson truly die of misadventure, or was there a more sinister explanation for his untimely death? Join us, and let us know what you think! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Today we discuss some of the worst times in history to be alive. From massive volcanic eruptions, and the "Year Without a Summer", to smallpox toppling empires-join us as we discuss periods in history that were quite a time to survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highgate Cemetery in London, once the resting place for wealthy Victorian families, was the scene for the biggest Vampire hunt in Great Britain in the 20th century. This story has everything: Victorian tombs, apparitions, vampires, magic duels, voodoo dolls, headless bodies and a lifelong feud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we conclude our episode about the tragic, senseless and horrific murder of 15 year old Nicholas Markowitz, after being kidnapped by Jesse James Hollywood, over a debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicholas Markowitz was a bright, sensitive and fun kid who loved reading, and the theater program at his school in West Hills, California. The 15 year old also loved his family, including his older half brother, Ben. Today we discuss some of the background leading up to the kidnapping and senseless murder after getting involved with the seedy side of the local drug scene. This tragic murder is the...

We discuss a brazen murder in Indianapolis, that was overshadowed by the capture of Charles Starkweather on the same day. Annie discusses the chilling and still unsolved case of Malvina Krutz. This tragic and unsettling unsolved murder of loving mother, in her own home, in broad daylight in 1958 has both of us wondering who could have done this, and why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Today we are telling you more stories from the infamous Hollywood hideout. This time we will talk about Billy Wilder, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, John Belushi, Elizabeth Taylor & Montgomery Clift, Natalie Wood, and James Dean Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part one of two, we discuss the history of this iconic Los Angeles ‘home away from home’ for Hollywood’s elite, and talk about the hotel's connection to the original blonde bombshell, Jean Harlow, and the infamous eccentric billionaire, Howard Hughes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Annie takes us to Maine, where the founding of Bucksport, and the cursed tomb of Col. Jonathan Buck are discussed, as is the case of the 1898 murder of Sarah Ware, whose tragic unsolved murder may explain the ghost haunting Silver Lake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As children many of us believed quicksand was a common peril, but how common is quicksand, really? How does it work? How often does it kill, and how do you actually die? Most importantly, what do you do if YOU find yourself in quicksand? Those questions will be answered in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Johanna tells Annie about Wilhelm Voigt, who in 1906 posed as a Prussian officer and looted a town treasury in Prussia. He will forever be remembered as the "Bogus Captain of Koepenick"!   Outro: Preußens Gloria by Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815–1884) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we finish our discussion on the Fox Sisters, their lives, loves and deaths, as well as how the new religion of spiritualism was shaped in New York's Western frontier. Were the sisters truly able to contact spirits on the side, or was it one of the greatest hoaxes of the Victorian era? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss the Fox Sisters, two young mediums whose abilities to commune with the dead sparked the modern spiritualist movement in Western New York in the mid 1800s. Today we discuss their early history. Also discussed is the tragic death of Benjamin Pierce, and the shadow it cast upon his father, 14th President of the United States,  Franklin Pierce, and the Pierce presidency. Learn more ab...

Johanna tells Annie about a lesser known, but shockingly tragic Austrian case-the brutal murder of Anna Augustin by Josefine Luner. A young woman learns that sometimes the darkest, most deprived minds are hiding behind mansion walls… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a hot night in the summer of 1955, a family on a farm in rural Kentucky was terrorized by small, glowing, pointy eared creatures. Sometimes referred to as the Hopkinsville Goblins or the Kelly Green Men, Annie discusses the events of this harrowing close encounter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices