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This week Deklan tells us about the long time captor, Ariel Castro. He kidnapped three different girls/women in Cleveland, Ohio. He kept them captive in his home for many years and did terrible things to them during that time. A miracle happened one day and they were able to escape and Castro was arrested. Jane tells us about a UFO sighting in 1958 in the north of France. Marius DeWilde saw a stra...

This week Deklan tells us about several unsolved murders from 1946. In a region known as Texarkana 4 people were killed and others were injured. Some of the scenes were staged but no suspects were ever arrested and the cases have never been solved. Jane tells us about an ancient city in the current area of Pakistan. Once a thriving city, Monhenjo daro, had homes and buildings as well as plumbing s...

This week Jane tells us about confessed double murderer, Colin Howell. He killed his wife and the husband of his mistress. He got away with the murder for almost 20 years. After having a few bad mishaps in his life he felt like God was punishing him so he confessed to the murders. Deklan tells us about an ancient mummy found in the Ötztal Alps. He is commonly referred to as Ötzi the Iceman. It is...

It’s our 100th episode friends!!! For a very special 100th episode we are discussing the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. We cover the brutal and bizarre and there is plenty of both with this story. By popular demand we have our podcast branded cocktail, the Brutal Berry Twist. Want to contact us, find us on: Email: thebrutalandbizarre@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brutal_bizarre_boozy/...

This week Deklan tells us about a grisly unsolved murder from 1981. The case is unsolved with very few suspects. The Sharp family and friends lost 4 people that night for unknown reasons. Although some DNA evidence has been discovered, the perpetrator or perpetrators have not been identified. Jane tells us about another unsolved missing person featured in the books Missing 411. Tom Messick was on...

This week Jane tells us about the serial killer known as “The Torso Killer” or “Times Square Ripper.” His real name was Richard Cottingham and he committed several murders in New York and New Jersey. He was caught in 1980 but denied responsibility until 2009. In the early 2000s he started being interviewed by an investigator who was able to link him to at least 14 other cold case murders dating ba...

This week Deklan tells us about Walter Jackson Freeman II, a physician who was inspired by another doctor who performed a breakthrough procedure known as a leucotomy. A surgical procedure that removed part of the frontal lobe. Freeman decided he would modify the procedure so that it was no longer surgical and he created the extremely brutal prefrontal lobotomy which was used for decades to “treat”...

This week Jane tells us about a young woman in love, Jennifer Pan. Her strict parents controlled most aspects of her life but denying her true love was the straw that broke her back. She arranged for her parents to be murdered but only her mother was killed in a fake home invasion. Deklan tells us about an interesting school experiment that teacher Ron Jones created to help teach his students abou...

This week Jane tells us about a serial killer from Missouri in the 1980s, Robert Berdella. He was inspired by a movie he watched as a teenager. He held his victims captive, tortured them and kept detailed notes about it. His final victim escaped and led to Berdella’s arrest. Deklan tells us about real life zombies not the dramatic TV and film versions. Somehow the real ones seem scarier! He tells...

This week, Deklan tells us about Armin Maiwes. He lived in Germany and placed a strange and unique online ad. He was looking for someone willing to let him cannibalize them. Bernd Brandes answered the ad but the encounter didn’t go exactly as each had planned. Jane tells us about a man who called in to a radio show telling a weird tale. He said his name was Mel Waters and he reported he had a deep...

This week Deklan tells us about Mark Middleton who worked for and knew several influential people. His death was very strange and led to some conspiracy chat with the death was ruled a suicide. Jane tells us about an unusual method for a bank heist and an even stranger get away vehicle. Anthony Curcio set up the heist with distractions and used an innertube to get away from the bank, earning him t...

This week Jane tells us about Cari Farver who it appeared was stalking and harassing several people Liz Golyar, Dave Kroupa, and Amy Flora. For several years the harassment went on but law enforcement realized that Cari was likely dead and someone was impersonating her, one of the supposed victims. Deklan tells us about mysterious objects seen in the sky and on radar over Washington DC. It occurre...

This week Deklan tells us about teenage killer, Craig Price, who was also known as the Warwick Slasher. He accrued enough victims to be labeled a serial killer and also turned out to be the youngest serial killer. Jane tells us about a mysterious strange “rain” in Oakville, Washington. The droplets falling from the sky weren’t ordinary drops of water but had a gelatinous consistency. We also enjoy...

This week Deklan tells us about the tragic bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. Timothy McVeigh was displeased with the government and decided to take his hatred out on innocent people by driving a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Jane tells us about the sudden disappearance of Sherri Papini, causing fear in people that she was taken off the street in the...

For this very special bonus episode we welcome Leslie and Stephen Shaw. They wrote a very intriguing book about UFOs, aliens and strange occurrences. We talk to them about their book, “Who They Are and What They’re Up To”, as well as some strange things that happened to Stephen and his family over the years. Leslie Shaw was a journalist for 18 years. She is semi-retired and still works for the new...

This week Jane tells us about a spring break gone bad with the case of Britnee Drexel. Britnee disappeared in 2009 and the case went cold for several years. A false report led investigators to believe they solved the case until phone tracking technology proved the case needed to be further investigated to find the real perpetrator, Raymond Moody. Deklan tells us about Toran Singh, known as Titu. H...

This week Deklan tells us about the serial kidnapper and murderer, Gary Heidnik, who inspired the movie character, Buffalo Bill. He kept multiple victims in his basement but made a strange mistake that allowed one to escape leading to his arrest. Jane tells us about some mysterious things that happen in an eastern Oregon forest. Malheur National Forest is reported as the most haunted forest in Ore...

This week Deklan tells us about Susan Smith who was an FBI informant for agent, Mark Putnam. The two started having an affair which led to Susan getting pregnant. Mark didn’t want any interruption to his life and took Susan’s life which led to his conviction for manslaughter. Jane tells us about a bizarre illness that began in Europe in 1916 but likely existed before that. Victims of this illness...

This week Jane tells us about the unfortunate friendship between Cynthia “Cee Cee” Hoffman and Denali Brehmer. Tyler Schilmiller posed as a millionaire and convinced Brehmer to commit horrifying acts of violence and murder with one of the victims being her supposed best friend, Cee Cee Hoffman. Deklan tells us about photographer, Robert Le Serrec, who in 1964 went on a fun day trip to Hook Island...

This week we have fun with some special guests, our friends Amanda and Dayvid from the Won Nothing Podcast and Down The Rabbit Hole. Deklan tells us about the murder of Pamela Annarino in Ohio. Pamela and Phillip Elmore met when he was incarcerated and she worked for the jail. After dating for a while she broke off the relationship with Phillip. He didn’t take the break up well and took her life....

This week Jane tells us about a cold case that took 4 decades to partially solve. Dean and Tina Clouse were found murdered in 1981 but they weren’t identified for 40 years. Investigators didn’t know that they also needed to be looking for their missing child, Holly Marie. She was eventually found safe and sound but more answers are needed to what happened to her parents. Deklan tells us about a pe...

This week Jane tells us about notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. He took women across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, and Florida for years. He did terrible things to them and got away with it until his luck ran out. After a prison escape, he ran to Florida where the death penalty would be the end of him.  Deklan tells us the little known story of Antonio Villas-Boas who was abduct...

This week we have fun with some special guests, our friends Ava and Amber at MurderLust Podcast. Jane tells us about the fall of an astronaut, Lisa Nowak. It all surrounded a love triangle. Lisa drove 900 miles, possibly wearing a diaper, to confront her boyfriend’s new girlfriend. The stunt caused her to lose her dream job at NASA and later get dismissed from the Navy. Deklan tells us about some...

This week Deklan tells us about dog breeder, Bobbie Jo Stinnett. She was befriended by a woman, Lisa Montgomery, who showed interest in Bobbie Jo’s dogs. Unfortunately, Montgomery wasn’t really interested in Bobbie Jo’s dogs but she was interested in her unborn baby. Montgomery took Bobbie Jo’s life and baby but she was caught soon after and given a hefty sentence, death. Jane tells us about a man...

This week Jane tells us about the kidnapping of 20 year old, Barbara Jane Mackle. She was kidnapped for ransom by escaped prisoner, Gary Krist, and his girlfriend, Ruth Schier. Not only was Barbara kidnapped but she was buried alive. Krist was caught a couple of days after the kidnapping but Schier managed to stay on the run for months. She was the first female ever to be added to the FBI’s 10 mos...