Brutal, bizarre, and boozy podcast

This week Jane tells us about a predator who terrorized young girls in English towns for decades. He committed two murders years apart and were eventually linked through DNA. The murderer, Colin Pitchfork, had a plan to cover up his identity when police requested DNA submissions but the plan didn’t work and he was caught. Deklan tells us about brutal and bizarre animal mutilations that have been o...

This week Deklan tells us about an island off the coast of India, North Sentinel Island. The inhabitants of this island do not like visitors and have been known to kill anyone trespassing on the island. The Indian government have made the island a no visitor zone but that hasn’t deterred some people and it hasn’t been a very good outcome for those people. Jane tells us about the life of notorious...

This week Jane tells us about Edgardo Greco. He was a hitman for the ‘Ndrangheta mob in Italy. He murdered two brothers when there was an internal conflict in the mob. He ran before he could be jailed and tried for the murders but he was convicted in absentia and sentenced to life in prison. It took authorities 16 years to find him hiding in plain sight in France. Deklan tells us some interesting...

This week Deklan tells us about a brutal serial killer, John Haigh. He was motivated by greed and completed some petty crimes that landed him in jail for a few years before he committed his first murder. He disposed of his victims in a horrific manner, submerging them in barrels full of sulphuric acid. His true victim count is not known, He was convicted of 6 and he confessed to 3 more. Jane tells...

This week Deklan tells us about the mysterious Poveglia Island in Italy. This island is uninhabited now but had a dark history of previous people who lived there. Buildings on the island at different times were used to house plague infected people as well as an insane asylum. Bad things happened here to many people for long periods of time. The island currently has numerous reports of hauntings. J...

This week Jane tells us about Mark and Lori Hacking. Lori was excited about moving to North Carolina because her husband would soon be starting medical school. Sadly she learned that he had been lying about school the whole time and he killed her once his secret was out. Deklan tells us about the mysterious sudden death of Mary Reeser. She was alone in her apartment. Her landlord came to delivery...

This week Deklan tells us about a brutal gang in Mexico, known as the Tequila drinkers gang. The gang, believed to have around 100 members, has been causing problems for years. In October, 2022 the gang stormed a town hall and killed the Mayor and his staff. Jane tells us a bizarre story about a narrow winding road in Pennsylvania, known to many as Devil's Road. Weird things have happened along th...

This week Jane tells us about Bruce Gernon a pilot with a strange story to tell from the Bermuda Triangle. He set out on a 75 min long flight but after some strange occurrences he finished the flight at the planned destination in 45 mins. How was he able to complete the trip that quickly? Deklan tells us about the identification of Joseph Zarelli, the boy in the box. His identity was unknown for 6...

This week Deklan tells us about the brutal deaths of twin brothers Jordan and Evan Caldwell. The brothers were travelling down a luge track at the former site of winter Olympics in Canada when there was a tragic accident taking the lives of the brothers and injuring several other boys. Jane tells us about a haunted jail in Pennsylvania where a condemned inmate maintained his innocence. He left his...

This week Jane tells us about doppelgängers, sometimes called twin strangers. She talks about several stories in different settings where someone was seen in two different places at once. She also talks about real people who look alike yet are not genetically linked. Deklan tells us about the American serial killer, Albert Fish. He did very bad things to several children and was also a cannibal. H...

This week Deklan tells us about a mass UFO sighting at a primary school in Africa. Over 60 children reported seeing a space craft and aliens who communicated with them telepathically. Jane tells us about the tragic honeymoon of Gabe and Tina Watson. Tina didn't survive. Many people believed Gabe deliberately murdered Tina but proving it was difficult. We also enjoy the Zimbabwe cocktail. Want to c...

This week Jane tells a hometown story that became a Christmas miracle. Two logging company mechanics find a newborn baby abandoned in the snow. The baby is nearly frozen and life saving measures must be taken. He is given the name Baby Benjamin Kenneth Forest. Just a few weeks later the baby finds his forever home. Deklan tells us about the serial killer Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River...

This episode Deklan tells us about Ryan Graves. He is a respected pilot who reported seeing multiple UFOs while he was flying. The UFOs were in different sizes and shapes with interesting flight capabilities. Over years, these objects were seen on a daily basis, often through heat vision and radar. Jane tells us about a one time reality TV star who killed his wife and made several attempts to prev...

This week Jane tells us about a bragging murderer, Rickie Tregaskis. He had been acquitted of murder and assault. Thinking he was safe, due to the double jeopardy rule in the UK, he proceeded to brag to several people about how he had gotten away with the murder. Unfortunately for him but fortunately for the victims, the double jeopardy rule changed in the UK and he was convicted decades later of...

This week we are joined by special guests Jenn and Shay from the Crimes, Cryptids and Controversies podcast. They tell us about The Hammersmith Ghost. The ghost had been terrifying the town and one man decided to take matters into his own hands. He shot what he assumed was the ghost but later learned it was just a man dressed all in white. This shooting started a huge controversy in the area regar...

This week Deklan tells us about an alien encounter on the Kelly farm. It occurred in 1955 in Hopkinsville, KY. The witnesses reported a spacecraft landed and then they saw several creatures. A shoot-out occurred as the residents at the farm tried to the defend themselves. Jane tells us about a group of American settlers in 1846 known as the Donner Party. They began their journey in Illinois headed...

This week Jane tells us about the Tungunka Event or Explosion. It was a mysterious explosion in the sky that occurred in Siberia in 1908. It took about 20 years for explorers to start investigating the area. They believed it was a meteorite crash site but no pieces of meteorite were ever found. There are several different theories as to what really happened that day but no one really knows. Deklan...

This week Jane tells about a serial rapist and murderer in Paris, France. He was nicknamed Le Grêlé, or the pockmarked man, after witnesses described him. He was active in the 1980s and 1990s but wasn't identified until 2021. He confessed to his crimes in a suicide note to his wife. Deklan tells us about inventor Stanley Meyer. He invented the first water powered car. Shortly after proving his inv...

This week is a very special episode with guests from the podcast Cryptids of the Corn, Justin and Jay. Jay tells us about sightings of a translucent manta ray in the skies over the Ohio River. What is this creature and could it be related to rays in the ocean? Justin tells us about a creature said to live in the area of Kentucky known as the land between the lakes. There have been multiple sightin...

This week Deklan finishes off our spooky movie theme by telling us the true story about Maurizio Gucci. He was murdered by a hitman that was hired by his ex-wife who he had been divorced from for many years. This true story inspired the movie The House of Gucci. Jane tells us about the Shanghai tunnels that exist below the busy downtown portion of Portland, OR. The tunnels are rumored to have been...

This is the 3rd installment of our movie themed October spook-fest. This week we are featuring the brutal story of the kidnapping and murder of Mark Kilroy that inspired the horror movie Borderland. Jane tells us about how Mark went on a spring break adventure with his friends. Mark was kidnapped and murder by a cult in Mexico. Deklan tells us the mysterious story about hiker and photographer, Cha...

We continue our theme of scary movies inspired by true stories for the month of October. This week Deklan tells us the true story of Travis Walton who went missing from an Arizona forest when a bright light in the sky appeared. Travis returned 5 days later with a wild story of alien abduction. His story inspired the movie Fire In the Sky. Jane tells us about the first criminal case solved using fi...

Getting ready for spooky season! Based on a listener request, during the month of October we will be selecting a story that has inspired a scary movie. This week Jane tells us about Tom and Eileen Lonergan who were left in the open ocean by their dive boat and were never seen again. Some of their belongings turned up weeks and months after the Lonergan's disappearance but their bodies were never r...

This week Deklan tells us the bizarre story about the disappearance and mysterious death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel. The Cecil hotel has had many other strange things happening there from sudden deaths, suicides, and housing murderers. This is one strange place. Jane tells us about a hometown murder from Klamath Falls, OR. Maximiliano Esparza attacked two nuns and murdered one while they were...

This week Jane tells us about the Winchester Mystery House. Was it built to house the souls of the dead? The Winchester house began as a normal farm house and over the course of construction and decades of work, morphed into a mansion. Listen to hear about some of the architectural oddities and things that would be terrifying if it happened to you. Deklan tells us about cannibal, Issei Sagawa. He...