Champagne and Murder, Please

In this special Valentine’s Day episode, we explore both the romantic and the notorious sides of February 14th. First, we dive into the origins of Valentine’s Day, tracing its roots from ancient Roman festivals to the modern celebration of love, chocolates, and flowers. We discuss how St. Valentine became associated with romance and how the holiday evolved over time. Then, we shift gears to a much...

Grab your champagne and lets go! In this episode, we explore the sinister stories of Ivan Milat, the Backpacker Murderer of Australia, and Harold Shipman, the British doctor-turned-serial killer. Milat lured unsuspecting travelers into the wilderness, where he carried out brutal killings, while Shipman, a trusted physician, exploited his position to take the lives of hundreds of patients. Join us...

A massacre down under, and a possible vampire from Brazil. Grab your champagne and join us as we weave our way through these tales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)   https://www.britannica.com/event/Port-Arthur-Massacre https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/port-arthur- https://www.reddit.com/r/vampires/comments/1bujl4v/tell_me_about_the_real_life_vampire...

A haunted asylum and a spooky old house, grab your champagne and join us as we navigate the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and Z.D. Ramsdell's house. https://trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorSV88mINepLNzR9r5WSIkiHxMKbtaeYfKTmQ2wh151wQAaIX-k   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum https://crimereads.com/a-visit-to-the-trans-allegheny-asylum-or-on-hauntings-and...

Grab your champagne and join us for the Anaconda Road Massacre, and find out why we hate Bruce Lindahl so much. https://mtstandard.com/centennial-of-infamous-anaconda-road-shootings-approaches/article_d6a80523-6625-5881-a03c-6c58384868a7.html   https://www.kxlf.com/butte-miner-killed-in-anaconda-road-massacre-remember-100-years-after-his-death   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_Road_massacre...

We may have had too much fun making this episode. Its all about the Batsquatch and the Abbagoochie! Grab your champagne and join us! https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Batsquatch https://pacsentinel.com/batsquatch/ https://cdom.com/wiki/Abbagooryptidz.fanchie   https://www.wboy.com/only-on-wboy-com/paranormal-w-va/what-the-heck-is-the-abagoochie-of-webster-springs-west-virginia/   https://thecryptid...

We wanted to know how other countries celebrate the new year, so grab your champagne and join us as we find out! https://www.afar.com/magazine/new-years-traditions-from-around-the-world https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/holidays/articles/worlds-best-new-years-eve-parties

Is it the most wonderful time of the year? Not for the families in this weeks episode. We are talking about the Christmas killings in Covina, California, and the Christmas spree killings in Dayton, Ohio. Grab your champagne and your comfort objects and lets get into it.

What is Japans obsession with KFC at Christmas time? Why isn't Krampus part of your holiday celebrations yet? Grab your champagne and join us as we discuss KFC and Japan, and the mysterious Krampus. https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/whats-the-deal-with-kfc-and-christmas-in-japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus   https://www.abc27.com/holidays/happy-krampusnacht-unless-youre-a-naught...

It only took us 3 tries to get this episode out, and its a short one! Two Illinois murder cases just for you. Grab your champagne and join us! https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2022-12-06/isu-student-hopes-new-dna-technology-brings-closure-to-1975-murder-of-carol-rofstad   https://www.wboy.com/news/national/dna-links-suspected-serial-killer-to-19-year-olds-cold-case-murder-in-illinois/

Hopefully your thanksgiving went better than these ones. Grab your champagne and join us as we talk about two thanksgiving murder cases. Houston cold case: Texas Rangers search for answers in 1996 murder of Kristen Lea Wilson | FOX 26 Houston Cold Case Spotlight - Kristen Wilson - Project: Cold Case https://abc13.com/abc13-unsolved-houston-true-crime-cold-case-kristen-wilson/11066403/ Man admits m...

How is an exorcism performed? What does it all entail? Grab your champagne and join us as we find out! https://www.britannica.com/topic/ritual/The-functional-approach   https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05709a.htm   https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/sacramentals-blessings/exorcism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_Roland_Doe https://www.theguardian.com/us-...

10 bizarre ways to die, and how the cremation process works. Grab your champagne and lets get into it! https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/death-dying/10-ways-to-die.htm https://www.mcmanusfh.com/the-cremation-process   https://science.howstuffworks.com/cremation.htm  

Grab your champagne and join us for our latest episode! A murder across the pond and two nuns hit by a car on all souls day. https://www.abergavennychronicle.com/news/harold-jones-the-boy-who-killed-687946 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/alexander-paterson-prison-reformer/enigma-of-harold-jones-19211941/0F972CBA13C812B8AF642B690BE7B5B9   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Jones_(murdere...

A week late, but here you go! Grab your champagne and join us!! https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/long-beach-police-say-theyve-solved-their-oldest-cold-case-homicide-to-date/ https://www.presstelegram.com/2012/08/25/cold-case-no-more-finding-long-beach-mothers-killer-brings-relief-to-daughters-40-years-later/ https://lbpost.com/news/40-years-later-lbpd-solves-city-s-oldest-cold-case-homicide...

Why are we not supposed to take candy from strangers? Grab your champagne and join us as we find out where the phrase came from! Don’t Take Candy from Strangers - Pook & Pook Inc. (pookandpook.com) DNA links suspected serial killer Robert Zarinsky to Mary Agnes Klinsky's 1965 murder in New Jersey - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com) Robert Zarinsky - Wikipedia After 50 years, family learns serial kill...

What's a Boggart really like? Have you ever heard of a Yowie? Grab your champagne and join us as we tell you some interesting tales about Boggarts and Yowie! Boggart - Wikipedia Boggart | Myth and Folklore Wiki | Fandom ‘There’s a ghost in my house’- boggarts & poltergeists | British Fairies (wordpress.com) Yowie - Wikipedia The Yowie: The Legendary Cryptid Of The Australian Outback (allthatsi...

Grab your champagne and join us for another episode! the burning of Elisabeth Plainacher and the mysterious death of Jeanette DePalma. If you have any story suggestions or stories of your own feel free to send them to champagneandmurderplease@gmail.com Elisabeth Plainacher - Wikipedia Witch burning in Vienna - the story of Elisabeth Plainacher - Secret Vienna Burned at the Stake: The Story of the...

Grab your champagne and join Brittany and Jon for a quickie episode. Michael and Suzan Carson decided to try and rid the world of "witches" and killed three innocent people, in the name of cleansing the world. The San Francisco Witch Killers. It was a match made in hell; James was… | by DeLani R. Bartlette | Medium 'Witch killer' Michael Bear Carson denied parole in California (azcentral.com) Mich...

Grab your champagne as we delve into a couple of the worst female killers from the UK. Kate Webster and Amelia Dyer. Kate Webster: The Victorian maid who boiled her mistress | All About History (historyanswers.co.uk) Ten facts about Kate Webster, the Irish maid hanged for dismembering her employer in Victorian London | The Irish Post Murder of Julia Martha Thomas - Wikipedia Amelia Dyer - Wikipedi...

Grab your champagne and join us as we hear the stories of two different solved kidnap and murder cases. Katherine and Sheila Lyon and Carla Walker. Murders of Katherine and Sheila Lyon - Wikipedia Horrifying confession 40 years after Lyon sisters 'raped and burned' - NZ Herald The Lyon sisters had vanished 40 years earlier. But this cold case team didn’t give up on them. - The Washington Post Murd...

Grab your champagne and join us as we dive into bog bodies and fairy rings! Fairy Circles, The Mysterious Rings Found All Over The World (allthatsinteresting.com) Fairy ring - Wikipedia The Myth and Lore of The Fairy Ring - Garden Collage Magazine Europe's Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com) Bog body - Wikipedia Bog Bodies (nationalgeographic.or...

Grab your champagne and join us as we try and figure out how a woman stabbed herself multiple times in her own head. And we find out who Giovanni Borgia was and how he died. Death of Ellen Greenberg - Wikipedia ‘It’s an obvious murder’: Mother of teacher whose death by 20 stab wounds was ruled suicide rages as bombshell new testimony may finally prove her case | The Independent Her Death From 20 S...

Grab your champagne and join us for another episode of Champagne and Murder Please! We are talking about Westley Dodd and Robert Berdella, two men who did truly vile things to other humans. Robert Berdella - Wikipedia Robert Berdella: The Horrific Crimes Of "The Kansas City Butcher" (allthatsinteresting.com) Robert Berdella: The Butcher of Kansas City (the-line-up.com) Robert Berdella - Wikipedia...

Grab your champagne and join us as we talk about the Axeman of New Orleans and the death of Mrs. Caroline Luard. Bing Videos Axeman of New Orleans - Wikipedia The Axeman of New Orleans: Victims, Suspects and Theories - The CrimeWire Caroline Mary Luard - Wikipedia The Seal Chart Murder: The mysterious slaying of Caroline Luard which led to more tragedy (kentonline.co.uk) Unravelling mystery of a m...