Champagne and Murder, Please

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 (a...

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 P...

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 (nationalgeographi...

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 -...

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...

What is Lammas and Lughnasadh? And how the hell do you pronounce it? Grab your champagne and join us as we delve into what these holidays are and how to celebrate them! What Is Lughnasadh? Ways to Celebrate the Sabbat | The Pagan Grimoire History of Lammas, the Pagan Harvest Festival (learnreligions.com)

Mollie Tibbetts just wanted to go for a run, but she would never make it home. Jayme Closs was just at home probably sleeping when her parents were killed, and she was taken. Grab your champagne and join us as we go through these awful events. Murder of Mollie Tibbetts - Wikipedia Mollie Tibbetts Murder Case: Iowa Man Gets Life In Prison : NPR What to know about the life and murder of Mollie Tibbe...

Grab your champagne and join us for one of our favorites! Cryptids! The Mongolian Death Worm and the Wampus Cat. Are they real or just legends? Lets dive in and find out! Is the Mongolian Death Worm Real? - Atlas Obscura Mongolian death worm - Wikipedia The Mongolian Death Worm: Nightmare Cryptid of the Gobi Desert? - Historic Mysteries Wampus Cat | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom Wampus cat - Wikipedia Wha...

Grab your champagne and join us as we talk about something a little less serious than murder! Dion Fortune a famous occultist and Moll Dyer an infamous witch from Maryland. Dion Fortune - Wikipedia A Witch’s Guide To Dion Fortune | Jason Mankey (patheos.com) Dion Fortune - Famous Witches - Witchcraft (witchcraftandwitches.com) Fortune, Dion – OCCULT WORLD (occult-world.com) Who is Moll Dyer? The W...

Grab your champagne and join us as we talk about some 4th of July traditions! Have a safe and happy 4th! What to know about the 4th of July’s origins and traditions | PBS News History of the Fourth of July - Brief History, Early Celebrations & Traditions | HISTOR 10 Unusual Ways To Celebrate July 4th | Military.com

Grab your champagne and join as we talk about Jerry Brudos, the Show Fetish Slayer. You may rethink wearing lingerie and high heels after this. Jerry Brudos - Wikipedia Jerry Brudos And The Grisly Murders Of The 'The Shoe Fetish Slayer' (allthatsinteresting.com) Jerome Brudos - Victims, Family & Facts (biography.com)

What happened to Franchesca "Cheka" Alvarado? And what drove a mother and her sister to torture two young boys? Grab your champagne and join us as we take you on this wild ride. What happened to Franchesca Alvarado? (fox29.com) Their missing sister’s severed foot was found in New Jersey in 2013, but that wasn’t the end of the story | Helen Ubiñas (inquirer.com) Franchesca 'Cheka' Alvarado, 22, a m...