Sinister Sisters

This week, it’s Part 2 of 2 very female-focused sinister sister stories! Sometimes love is blind…but sometimes love blinds you! Lauren tells the tragic 1970s true story of Linda Riss, a beautiful Bronx woman who fell in love with an older man - a New York City-based lawyer named Burton N. Pugach. But when she found out he had a whole other life, with a wife and a family, she ended the affair abrup...

This week, it’s Part 1 of 2 very sinister sister stories! Felicia covers the American true crime case of Nannie Doss, otherwise known as the Giggling Granny (aka the Lonely Hearts Killer, the Black Widow, and Lady Blue Beard) - a rare female serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people around Oklahoma between the 1920s and 1950s. But they didn’t call her granny for nothing,...

On this week's episode, it’s two true life stories - one scary, spidery and one sad, “sappy!” First, Lauren tells the story of “The Denver Spider Man” aka Theodore Edward Coneys - a terminally ill man who was told by doctors that he would not make it to his 18th birthday. Well he proved them wrong…but what horrifying lengths did he go to to survive in his twisted web of his life & lies?! ...

On this week's episode, it's living with wild animals and a wild story of dating the dead!  First, Felicia explores the tale of Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, a Spanish man who was quite literally raised by wolves, as he lived among the animals as a feral child from ages 7 to 19. Hear how the wolves protected Pantoja and taught him how to survive in the wild before he was brought back to society a...

On this week's episode, you might not want to stay in the house because its haunted...but you might not want to go outside with your ghost umbrella either!  First, Lauren explores the Ackley House - a spooky mansion just ten minutes away from  Sleepy Hollow in Nyack, New York. This historic Victorian home is famous for being America's first legally haunted house! But what led to it being...

We've got stories about two free-spirited women this week!  First up, Felicia covers the romantic story of Angela McPherson and Derek McGillivray. Angela never expected to meet her true love when she walked into Derek's therapy office. He guided her through a past life regression session and she had visions of the two of them being together in a previous life.  Next, Lauren discusses Iso...

This week, it’s two tales of creepy creatures! Grotesque Ghost Heads and Goblins galore!  First up, Lauren covers the Penanggalan - a nocturnal vampiric creature originating in Malaysian folklore that’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen or heard of! This hideous entity appears as a floating, disembodied female head with its trailing organs and tail-like intestines still attached. It’s like if...

On this week's episode, we're back to our simplest sinister stories - haunted buildings and haunted bodies! For Felicia, it's a hometown haunt and for Lauren, it's an embalmed corpse (yes, yet another).  First, Felicia explores the historic Landon House - right down the street from where she grew up in Maryland! Growing up, it hosted a spooktacular Haunted House every year for Halloween...but...

It’s Part 2 of our first episode of 2023! Last week, it was reincarnation of the dead, and this week it’s speaking to the dead from beyond the Spirit Board as Felicia takes us through the history of Ouija! The “origins of evil” of this séance-based board game are much more recent than we thought…and possibly less sinister?! And as a bonus, we also share some of our own Boo Year’s stories with some...

New year, new spooky stories! Welcome back, sinister listeners and happy 2023! We are back from the dead (aka a much needed holiday break) with a two-part episode, setting sail with a spooky reincarnation story from Lauren. Jamey was a seemingly normal child, except for his fear of water and abnormal obsession with the Titanic at his age. But is it possible he lived a past life…as Thomas Andrews -...

Happy Halloween, boys & ghouls! This week we have a treat (and maybe even a few tricks) - it's a special All Hallows' Eve Q&A spooktacular episode answering all your burning jack-o'-lantern questions submitted via Instagram! 🎃 Thank you to everyone who sent them in...and we hope you all have a safe & sinister Halloween night! If you have requests for future episodes or just want to ha...

Happy Halloween boos & ghouls! 👻 We are thrilled to throw on our costumes and rip the shiny wrapper off on our spooktacular October series, featuring deep dives on specific spooky topics related to the history of All Hallows’ Eve! 🎃 In Part 4 of this month-long series, Felicia explores the history of séances and the Fox sisters - three sisters from Rochester, New York who conducted séances d...

Happy Halloween boos & ghouls! 👻 We are thrilled to throw on our costumes and rip the shiny wrapper off on our spooktacular October series, featuring deep dives on specific spooky topics related to the history of All Hallows’ Eve! 🎃 In Part 3 of this month-long series, Lauren uncovers the history of the most classic icons of Halloween: the bedsheet ghost! Dating back to the 19th century, thi...

Happy Halloween boos & ghouls! 👻 We are thrilled to throw on our costumes and rip the shiny wrapper off on our spooktacular October series, featuring deep dives on specific spooky topics related to the history of All Hallows’ Eve! 🎃 In Part 2 of this month-long series, Felicia dives deep to depths of hell to uncover the history of Baphomet! This goat-headed Pagan deity may be seen as a demon...

Happy Halloween boos & ghouls! 👻 We are thrilled to throw on our costumes and rip the shiny wrapper off on our spooktacular October series, featuring deep dives on specific spooky topics related to the history of All Hallows’ Eve! 🎃 In Part 1 of this month-long series, Lauren explores the grim history of the Grim Reaper, dating all the way back to the 14th century and even in Greek mythology...

On this week’s episode, Felicia’s urban legend might be the Greatest Of All Time while Lauren’s cultural tale might be the weirdest of all time!  First, Felicia explores the urban legend of the Goatman of Maryland - a half goat / half human hybrid cryptid who is rumored to reside in the woods of Prince George's County and reportedly responsible for countless unexplained dog disappearances &am...

This week we’re going Gothic with 2 classic monsters universally known and the true tales behind their masks!  First, Lauren uncovers a case centering around recent discovery of alleged remains of a female "vampire" in the Polish village of Pień. In September 2022, archaeologists unearthed a skeleton dating to the 17th-century that featured some strange burial rituals, including a sickle acro...

This week, we’re both covering stories from The Lone Star State with a couple of con people! Where’s that Southern hospitality?! 🤠 First, Felicia covers the case of Frédéric Bourdin - a notorious serial imposter from France who earned the nickname "The Chameleon.” Since childhood, Bourdin is believed to have assumed at least 500 false identities throughout his life. But none more infamous than th...

This week, we’re going from fires underground to “fires in the sky”! 🔥🛸  First up, Lauren explores the abandoned ghost town of Centralia, Pennsylvania - an old mining town that steadily declined in population over the decades since 1962 due to a coal mine fire which has continued to mysteriously burn under the ground for 60 years straight. This creepy location even served as the spooky insp...

On this week’s episode it’s possessed bodies and bodies without identities!  First up: we’ve of course covered specific exorcism cases on the show, but on this episode, Felicia exercises the demons and explores the broad history of exorcisms, dating all the way back to written text to modern day, with roots in religion and the Catholic church.  Then Lauren covers the mysterious case of T...

We’re back with Part 2 of our paranormal 2-parter from last week!  This week, Lauren is up as she explores the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis, Missouri - said to be one of the top ten most haunted places in America! Built in the 1860s, this mansion just off the Mississippi River has been everything from a millionaire's home to a boarding house and even a dead, er, bed-and-breakfast as it is today....

This week, there was so much to pack in that it’s a spooky 2-parter, featuring Felicia’s story this week and Lauren’s story next week!  First up this week, Felicia explores the phenomena of NDE’s, or Near-Death Experiences, as she focuses on the story of Pam Reynolds - a singer/songwriter who was knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door during a brain operation. Her story has been purported as...

In this week's episode, it’s haunted towns in Connecticut all the way to haunted hospitals in Costa Rica!  Lauren explores the abandoned settlement and real life “ghost town” of Dudleytown in northwestern Connecticut. Settled in the early 1740s, this town (which was never an actual town) has been closed to the public since the mid-1900s. Was it a curse placed on the Dudley family that caused...

In this week's episode, Felicia dives into the true story behind the horror movie classic, The Changeling. In the late 1960s, composer Russell Hunter experienced strange paranormal activity in an old home in Denver. This story has hidden staircases, ghost little boys, and of course, a red rubber ball.  Lauren covers a freaky cryptid with more first hand sightings than most. The Enfield Monste...

This week, it’s spooky staircases in the woods and spookier castles in the Scottish countryside! First, Lauren explores the unexplained phenomena of “staircases in the woods” - like something out of an MC Escher piece, these mysterious isolated wooden or stone staircases have been found deep in numerous national parks & forests (and now across the world) with no signs of structures attached to...