Cold Case Files: Happily Ever After?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry for the crappy audio of Elissa's dad-- he was calling on a phone via his hearing aid and ... well ... it wasn't ideal. Anyway, in this episode, Elissa and Mo discuss the intricacies of flight, wax, and a flat earth.

A really, really superstitious guy meets a ghost on his way home and ends up the victim of fast-moving vegetables.

A guy usurps the throne from his brother, then gathers a bunch of dudes who sail the seas and have dubious encounters-- all in pursuit of ... wool? EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry about Elissa's audio; she was visiting and we only had a crappy gamer headset mic for her. Boooo.

This case was nuts! Some guy got his mom pregnant (not realizing it was his mom). Mo and E also found out that they had Google a very long time ago.

Mo and E go waaaay back in this week's episode and touch on the political machinations at a grand scale.

First, sorry about last week: technical difficulties. Our recording provider @#$%ed up critical pieces of our episode and we lost it (I won't name names). Since Mo's on the road, our hosts check in and do what they do best: ramble. Website: https://coldcasefileshappilyeverafter.com/

A couple of friends play a weird game that ends up violent because of envy. The hurt one meets a woman who turns out to be an amazing healer.

Same guy from last week gets into trouble while out sailing again.

A guy seeks fortune (as one does) on the high seas and works his way up. During his journeys, he has run-ins with the sea wildlife that he potentially mis-represents.

A princess gets conned into what could have been a cannibalistic experience but ends up escaping after witnessing a brutal murder. Back home, nobody believes her weird tale until she presents some pretty macabre evidence.

Third-hand evidence about a violent guy who gets revenge and slays a monster.

In a time without DNA, how do you actually know if someone is royalty or not?

A king saves his own skin by making a deal with a witch. He tries to mitigate the risks of the fine print. Clothing that causes a weird curse with some really specific terms but they mostly figure it out.

Elissa finds a story of the granddaddy of all cons, affecting a town from the poorest all the way to the top, with the ultimate mark being royalty. Amazingly, they get away with it! Was it a civil crime, just playing on his narcissism, or was it actually criminal?

Ever heard of the affluenza defense? Elissa and Mo make the case this week and present all of the evidence-- but it's up to you to decide!

Another unsolved case from the Grimm's. An overly-expensive toy brings the daughter of royalty together with a speaking amphibian who starts to make some creepy demands. His excuse is he was the victim of sadistic heart surgery.

What starts with a simple disagreement over the inheritance of the family business leads to a cave full of treasure, retribution from the local organized crime ring, premeditated self-defense (if that is a thing), and a rags-to-riches conclusion.

A poor farmer sets out to sell his livestock at the market but ends up being conned by the buyer into purchasing seeds purported to have special properties. One thing leads to another and this farmer begins stealing to make ends meet. The escalation leads to a brutal murder.

A case from 1284 Germany focusing on a professional rat-catcher who set himself apart by using a very humane and unique method of drawing out the rats and disposing of them in the river-- all of this without ever touching them! He had a contract with a specific town, executed services on the contract, but was unpaid. In retribution (bordering on psychopathic vengeance), he kidnaps almost all of th...

This week, Elissa and Morissa take on a potential insurance fraud case of a guy who allegedly fakes his own disappearance from his family and society only to re-emerge 20 years later.

We tackle our oldest case yet! In this one we focus on the contract law between a blue-collar worker and some sort of magical being found inside furniture who strike a deal. Morissa also gives an update an what she's found about the Darling family.

Orphan boy kidnaps some kids from London to a place without technology. There, they are forced to join a gang and battle a band of racist pirates led buy a man with severe herpetophobia. While serious crimes, there isn't any murder-- so that's good, right?

A girl known only by her unique clothing (for the time period) has a fateful encounter with a wild animal who wreaks havoc on her family. What ensues is a battle of wits which ends with her nearly dying were it not for a roving hunter.

Tucked away in the dark, ominous woods lurks a sinister dame with a beak-like schnoz and teeth as hard as steel. Her abode is a freakish shack propped up on chicken legs, scurrying about like it's alive. Some whisper that she possesses supernatural abilities, capable of aiding the desperate, but many tremble at the thought of her wicked ways. Rumor has it that she's constantly cranky, but...

Jealousy and greed fuel a series of heinous crimes. A woman's extreme narcissism drives her to commission the murder of her innocent stepdaughter.