Buzzed and Baffled

Grab a glass and get ready to question your sanity—literally. In this episode of Buzzed and Baffled, we uncork a bottle and dive into the infamous Rosenhan Experiment, where perfectly sane people pretended to hear voices and ended up in psychiatric hospitals. What followed was a mind-bending look at how we define madness, who gets to decide, and how the system completely lost its marbles. Join us...

Pour yourself a bold glass—because tonight’s story is as rich and twisted as a vintage cabernet. We’re talking about Sante Kimes, the con artist and socialite who treated fraud, theft, and even murder like fine art. From luxury mansions to shady scams, she swindled her way through high society with a glass of something expensive in hand—and dragged her son right along with her. Join us as we sip a...

🍷 Buzzed and Baffled: Episode 25 🍷 This week, we’re raising a glass and focusing our lens on a chilling case — the murder of a high school portrait photographer whose final shoot ended in tragedy. Between awkward senior poses, mysterious woods, and a bottle (or two) of wine, we’re diving deep into a story that’s equal parts eerie and baffling. Grab your favorite vintage and join us as we try to...

This week, Kyla and Nicole uncork two of the strangest events in history — the mysterious Kentucky Meat Shower of the 1800s, when chunks of flesh literally fell from the sky, and Oregon’s Exploding Whale fiasco of the 1970s, where a well-intentioned cleanup turned into a flying-blubber disaster. Grab your glass of wine and join the chaos as the Buzzed and Baffled crew tries to make sense of rainin...

Welcome back to Buzzed and Baffled, the podcast where the wine flows as freely as the dark stories we dig into. Tonight, we’re uncorking a bottle while unraveling one of the most chilling tales of the American frontier—the infamous Bender family murders. They weren’t your typical homesteaders; behind the welcome sign and hearty meals was something far more sinister. So pour yourself a glass, becau...

🎙️ Welcome back to Buzzed and Baffled — the podcast where the wine flows and the weird stories go down even smoother. Tonight, we’re uncorking a tale that’s as chilling as it is close to home. We’ve all heard of Jeffrey Dahmer — the infamous Milwaukee Cannibal — but what happens when one of the most notorious killers in history has ties to… Kyla’s family tree? That’s right, pour yourself a big gla...

Welcome back to Buzzed and Baffled! Episode 21 is all about Watergate—the scandal that had more leaks than a box of Franzia at a college party. We’re talking break-ins, cover-ups, and the kind of paranoia that pairs best with a heavy pour of red. While Nixon was saying “I am not a crook,” we’ll be saying “we are definitely tipsy,” because nothing goes better with political corruption than a crisp...

🎙️ Welcome to Episode 20 of Buzzed and Baffled — the podcast where we pair questionable pours with even more questionable life choices. Tonight, we’re diving headfirst into the wild world of spandex, sweat, and suplexes with the legendary Von Erich wrestling family. Grab a glass of wine, because nothing says “cheers” like family feuds in the ring, body slams, and just a touch of tragedy. Will our...

💰 Buzzed and Baffled: Double the Heist 💰 This week, the wine is flowing and the alarms are blaring as we dive into not one, but two Michigan bank robberies. First stop—Houghton, where a quiet Upper Peninsula town was rocked by a bold grab for cash. Then it’s downstate to Saugatuck, a charming lakeside getaway that found itself starring in its own crime drama. From small-town chaos to lakeshore l...

What do a heroic World War I pigeon and a headless chicken have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode, we flap into the unbelievable tale of Cher Ami, the passenger pigeon who braved bullets to deliver life-saving messages, and Mike the Headless Chicken, who kept on strutting long after his noggin was gone. Grab your glass of wine—because tonight we’re serving feathers, resilience, and...

"Last time, we uncorked the chilling beginnings of Bobby Joe Long’s twisted spree—an unassuming man who turned weekends into hunting grounds. Tonight, the bottle is open again, and the story gets darker. From the victims who crossed his path to the hunt that finally closed in, we’re pouring another glass and following the trail to its brutal end. This… is part two of the Weekend Killer."

"In the mid-1980s, fear gripped Tampa as women vanished weekend after weekend. The man behind the terror would become known as (per Buzzed and Baffled) the ‘Weekend Killer’—Bobby Jo Long. Charming to some, monstrous to others, he stalked the city with a chilling precision that made every Friday feel like a countdown. In Part One, we uncork the first pour of his twisted tale—how a seemingly ordinar...

🍷 Murder, Mushrooms, and a Side of Beef Wellington 🥩 In this episode of Buzzed and Baffled, the crew uncorks a bold red and dives into the baffling case of Erin Patterson—the Australian host whose deadly Beef Wellington turned a family lunch into a true-crime feast. As they sip and speculate, the gang ponders: Was it a tragic kitchen mishap or a recipe for murder? With a side of wine-fueled theo...

In this episode we have our second guests, welcome Amy and Dawn! Today’s story is a relishing ride into a turf war you didn’t know existed—where pickles are pawns, toppings turn treacherous, and mustard might just be murder. That’s right—we’re diving into the great Hot Dog Wars. Is it Chicago-style or bust? Ketchup? Blasphemy! And how did a humble dill spear nearly spark a street fight at a food f...

In this episode, our hosts sip wine and sail into the baffling, buzzed waters of one man’s extreme missionary zeal. Meet John Chau—a guy who thought sneaking onto a remote island full of spear-wielding, uncontacted people was a solid plan. Kyla wonders if he read any history, and Nicole can’t stop shouting “NOPE” into her wine glass. There’s God, Google Maps, and a whole lot of bad decision-making...

In this episode, the ladies dive into the strange case of Rodney Grubbs—a man whose name screams “neighborly BBQ” but whose story takes a dark turn. But before the scam gets unpacked, Lisa steps in with a paddle and a purpose: to coach our confused hosts through the wild world of pickleball. There are buzzers. There is chaos. And yes, someone still thinks the kitchen is for snacks. Grab your wine,...

This week on Buzzed and Baffled, we are in the snowy stillness of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. No one suspected the quiet man at the Social Security office hide a dangerous secret. David Goodreau was polite, professional—and hiding something monstrous. In this episode, the wine is chilled and the story turns cold-blooded, as your hosts unravel the shocking crimes of a seemingly mild-mannered bureau...

This week on Buzzed and Baffled, we crack open a bold bottle of red and dive headfirst into one of the wildest rampages you've probably never heard of — the infamous Killdozer. Join us as one of us tells the jaw-dropping true story of Marvin Heemeyer, a disgruntled welder who turned a bulldozer into a homemade tank and unleashed mechanical mayhem on a Colorado town — while the other hears it all f...

In this episode of Buzzed and Baffled, your favorite wine-sipping sleuths uncork a bold bottle and dive into the blazing controversy of the Kids on Fire School of Ministry—the Pentecostal summer camp made infamous by the documentary Jesus Camp. One host has the facts, the other has no clue what’s coming. Expect speaking in tongues, tearful altar calls, and one very intense cardboard cutout of Geor...

In this glass-clinking episode of Buzzed and Baffled, the wine flows as one of our hosts dives into the baffling true story of the Quaker Universal Friend—once known as Jemima Wilkinson. Our other host is totally blind to what’s coming and reacts in real time as the tale spirals from colonial revival meetings to full-on utopian cult vibes. Was the Universal Friend a divine disruptor, a feminist tr...

“Wine, Lies, and Fraud: The Rudy Kurniawan Story” Grab a glass (or two) and join us for a juicy conversation about the wild world of wine fraud. In this episode, we dive into the shocking story of Rudy Kurniawan, the infamous wine conman who duped the world’s elite into drinking counterfeit bottles worth millions. We’re two women, a bottle of wine, and all the juicy details on how Kurniawan manage...

Listen to the tale of how Steven believes that his family gave him away but later escaped his kidnapper. See evidence and pictures from the case at buzzedandbaffled.net!

Listen to Part 2 of the Bernie Tiede tale, don't forget to see information about the episode on buzzedandbaffled.net 

Part 1 of the story of Bernie Tiede and his ill fated friendship with Marjorie Nugent. The case spans years past what most people (Kyla) know(s).

Learn about the dancing plague of 1518.