Champagne and Murder, Please

This week on Champagne and Murder, Please , we're leaving the world of serial killers behind and stepping into two mysteries that still refuse to die. First, we're heading to the banks of the Little Miami River in Loveland, Ohio, where terrified witnesses claim they came face-to-face with a creature that looked more like something out of a fever dream than reality. Standing several feet tall, cove...

This week on Champagne and Murder, Please , we're diving into three devastating explosions that transformed celebrations into nightmares. First, we travel back to the 1905 fireworks tragedy that shocked the nation and helped usher in stricter regulations and safety standards that still influence fireworks displays today. One terrible night proved that a few sparks could change an entire indust...

The American frontier was supposed to be a land of opportunity, but for dozens of unlucky travelers passing through southeastern Kansas in the 1870s, it became their final destination. This week on Champagne and Murder, Please , we're diving into one of the most disturbing cases in American history: the story of the Bloody Benders. To weary travelers, the Bender family appeared to be ordinary...

This week, Brittany and Vanessa take a heartbreaking journey through two cases that continue to haunt the people who know their stories. First, we travel to rural Ontario to discuss the murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop, a bright little girl whose disappearance in 1984 devastated her family and shocked an entire nation. What followed was a decades-long fight for justice filled with wrongful...

Pour yourself a glass and settle in, because this week we're heading to Ohio for two cases that left entire communities searching for answers. First, we're diving into the Pike County Massacre, one of the most shocking family murder cases in modern American history. In April 2016, eight members of the Rhoden family were found murdered across multiple crime scenes in rural Pike County, Ohio...

For more than 200 years, people have been telling the story of the Bell Witch. It is a tale filled with strange voices in the dark, unexplained knocks on cabin walls, whispered threats, family tragedy, and a mysterious entity that seemed determined to make itself known. Over time, the story grew from a local Tennessee legend into one of the most famous hauntings in American folklore. This week, we...

This week, we’re diving headfirst into icy northern waters and then immediately making the mistake of wandering into a cave in the English countryside because apparently we learn nothing. First, we’re talking about Selkies — the haunting seal-folk of Scottish and Irish folklore who slip out of their skins to become human on land. Beautiful, tragic, mysterious… and usually one missing sealskin away...

This week, we’re stepping into the kind of folklore that feels like it was whispered through a candle flame at 2 a.m. First, we unravel the story of Tatterhood, the strange and feral heroine from Scandinavian folklore who rides through the night on a goat with a wooden spoon in hand, fighting off curses, trolls, and the general inconvenience of being the only competent person in the kingdom. She’s...

This week on Champagne and Murder, Please ... we’re heading back to the muddy marshes and whispered grudges of colonial Grace Sherwood. A woman who knew herbs. A neighbor feud that spiraled like smoke through chimney cracks. A trial that involved ducking, gossip, livestock accusations, and an entire town practically foaming at the mouth over butter, curses, and bad luck. Because apparently in the...

Some paths are meant to be safe. Some stories are meant to be simple. This week, neither one is. We begin with April Millsap — a life full of light, cut short in a place that should have protected her. But from that darkness, something powerful grew: awareness, advocacy, and a community that refused to forget her name. Then we follow the winding, shadowed road of Lynn Messer’s disappearance — a ca...

The April Fools/200th episode may be fashionably late, but chaos has impeccable timing. This week, we’re diving into two stories where nothing is quite what it seems. First, a moment of large-scale confusion that proves some jokes go way further than expected. Then, we head into darker territory with a chilling encounter that still lingers years later. One story is fueled by prankster energy. The...

This week, we’re sitting with a case that has never really let go of the people who know it… or the ones hearing it for the first time. In the early hours of a quiet Sunday morning in 1982, 12-year-old Johnny Gosch set out on his paper route in Des Moines, Iowa. It was routine. Familiar. The kind of ordinary that feels safe… until it isn’t. Somewhere between front porches and folded newspapers, Jo...

There’s something in the woods… and it doesn’t walk like you do. This week’s solo episode drifts into the shadows of folklore and fear—where “flesh pedestrians” are whispered about in hushed tones, and Pukwudgies lurk just beyond the tree line, watching… waiting. Stories like these aren’t just urban legends. For many, they’re warnings. I’ll take you through what people have seen, what they’ve expe...

This week, we’re popping whatever’s in our glasses and pulling up an extra chair… because it’s Teagan’s birthday, and she’s stepping in as guest host for a night that starts with celebration and slowly unravels into something far more chilling. We kick things off getting to know Teagan, the mind behind this week’s first case, before she leads us into the heartbreaking and haunting story of Natalie...

We’re back… In this redo episode, both of your favorite hosts dive back into the chilling legends of Franklin Castle and Leap Castle with fresh eyes, sharper instincts, and a whole lot more questions. What’s folklore, what’s fact… and what still doesn’t sit right? From shadowy figures in Cleveland’s most infamous mansion to the violent, blood-soaked history lurking inside Ireland’s Leap Castle, we...

A haunted Irish hillside. A ghost with a story that refuses to stay buried. And a stretch of Ireland where women seemed to vanish into thin air. This week we start with the eerie legend of Petticoat Loose, where folklore, fear, and a tragic past still cling to the landscape like fog rolling over the hills. Then we step into something far darker. The Vanishing Triangle, a chilling cluster of disapp...

This week on Champagne and Murder, Please , we hold space for three young women whose lives should have stretched far beyond the headlines. We begin in Auckland with Grace Millane, a bright, ambitious traveler celebrating her 22nd birthday on a solo trip around the world. One Tinder date. One night. And a courtroom battle that would ignite global conversations about consent, victim-blaming, and th...

In this week’s episode, we swirl our champagne and step straight into the smoke of old Detroit, where legend says a crimson little creature foretells chaos. We’re diving into the history, folklore, and fever dreams behind the infamous Marche du Nain Rouge in Detroit. Who is the Nain Rouge? A misunderstood trickster? A colonial curse? A tiny harbinger with impeccable timing and terrible vibes? From...

On this episode, we honor lives taken far too soon. First, we tell the story of Fan Man-Yee, a bright young woman whose disappearance and murder shook her community and left a family searching for answers that never fully came. Then, we turn to one of the most heartbreaking cases in American history: the Girl Scout Murders at Camp Scott in Oklahoma, where three young girls lost their lives during...

Love isn’t always sweet. Sometimes it’s controlling. Sometimes it’s obsessive. And sometimes… it’s fatal. This Valentine’s Week, we dive into the heartbreaking murder of Tara Grant and the shocking, rage-filled story of the Papin sisters. Two cases. Two relationships gone wrong. One unforgettable episode about what happens when love turns dangerous. Sources  Wikipedia – Murder of Tara Lynn Grant h...

This week, we’re telling two stories about women who refused to stay in their lanes and terrified society in very different ways. First up: Sharon Kinne. Blonde. Beautiful. Seemingly untouchable. Behind the polished smile was a trail of bullets, dead husbands, and a courtroom saga so wild it feels fictional… except it wasn’t. From suburban Kansas City to an international escape, Sharon’s story is...

This week’s episode is a double feature in red flags that everyone saw… and no one stopped. We start with the Powell family case, a slow-burn nightmare filled with control, paranoia, and systems that missed every chance to intervene before tragedy struck. Then we turn to Jodi Arias, a case where obsession, image-crafting, and manipulation collided in a way that still leaves people arguing years la...

Two people. Two countries. Two moments in time where everything simply… stops. Sneha Philip disappears in New York City on September 10th, 2001. Her case becomes forever entangled with the shadow of 9/11, blurring the line between tragedy, possibility, and unanswered questions. Was she lost in the chaos, or did she vanish before the world changed forever? Years later in England, 14-year-old Andrew...

Decades apart, two women were taken from the world in brutally different ways, yet their stories are bound by the same haunting question: how does the truth survive when someone tries to erase it? In this episode, we examine the unsolved 2012 murder of Faith Hedgepeth, a vibrant young woman whose voice was nearly lost to time, and the chilling 1986 case of Helle Crafts, a mother whose husband beli...

The Keddie Cabin Murders are often described as one of California’s most horrifying unsolved crimes — and for good reason. Four victims. Extreme violence. A crime scene that should have led straight to arrests. Instead, it led to decades of silence. Then there’s Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Göricke. Killed later the same year. Officially “unrelated.” Investigated separately. Filed away. In this episod...