Cursewords and Crayons

Welcome Back! This episode talks about a mysterious set of twins. Where they on something? Ill? Scared? Let's chat about it! 💬 Like what you hear? Leave us a review—we love validation almost as much as we love spooky content. 🛍️ Rock your chaotic true crime energy with merch at www.cursewordsandcrayons.com 🛒 Shop our Amazon Storefront for all the good stuff.  👻 Stay crimin’ with us: Instagram:...

This week, we’re on our way to Australia to hear all about the Saints Cult and what happened to a sweet baby eight year old girl. 💬 Like what you hear? Leave us a review—we love validation almost as much as we love spooky content. 🛍️ Rock your chaotic true crime energy with merch at www.cursewordsandcrayons.com 🛒 Shop our Amazon Storefront for all the good stuff.  👻 Stay crimin’ with us: Instag...

Hello my hot messes! This week we’re back with a parenting chat episode: Wrongly Accused where we have the right to play the victim if needed.  We’re presenting the evidence, naming suspects, filing charges, and determining once and we are building cases and naming names. 💬 Got your own household crime to report? Send us a DM or, better yet, a voice memo with your most ridiculous parenting court...

This week on Cursewords and Crayons, we’re diving into the deeply disturbing case of the Ant Hill Kids—led by Roch Thériault, a self-proclaimed prophet with delusions of holiness, control issues from hell, and absolutely no business being in charge of anyone. What started as a small religious commune quickly spiraled into isolation, manipulation, abuse, and the kind of unchecked power that makes y...

Hey there friends, we are happy you’re here. Welcome back to another episode of Cursewords and Crayons!  This week we're doing a re-release episode of on your your favorites (or at least one of our most listened to).  This week we are talking about Sydney Powell. Have you heard of her?  If you liked what you heard today, please leave us a review!!! We have MERCH!!!! Get yourself some gear! www.cur...

This week, we’re heading to 1977 Chicago for the case of Teresita Basa—a respiratory therapist whose murder investigation took a sharp left turn into “wait…did a ghost just solve this?” We talk about suspicious coworkers, missing jewelry, a mysterious note, a confession, a deadlocked jury, and the possession claim that helped point police toward Allan Showery. Was it Teresita speaking from beyond...

This week, we’re diving into the Candace Mossler case—a scandal-soaked, courtroom-chaos fever dream involving money, murder, family secrets, and one of the most jaw-dropping trials of the 1960s. Was it love? Greed? Manipulation? A perfectly polished performance? Buckle up, because this one is rich people behaving badly with a side of true crime whiplash. 💬 Got thoughts? Theories? Lingering rage?...

This week, we’re diving into Donald Harvey, also known as the Angel of Death—a horrifying case of medical murder, hidden red flags, broken systems, and the kind of “how did this keep happening?” chaos that makes you want to flip a table. Thanks to one of our favorite listeners, Renee S. for the rec! Hopefully you enjoyed it!  💬 Got thoughts? Theories? Lingering rage? Come yell with us. Send us a...

This week, we’re diving into the Dayton Weber case. This is a tangled mess of suspicious behavior, shifting stories, questionable choices, and the kind of chaos that makes you pause and say, “Wait…what?” We talk timelines, red flags, rabbit holes, and the deeply unsettling questions that still hang over this case. Was it panic? Planning? A tragedy made worse by terrible decisions? Buckle up, becau...

Sandbags, bad decisions, and catastrophic levels of chaos—this week we’re heading to West Quincy, Missouri, for the bizarre case of James Robert Scott: the man convicted of causing part of the Great Flood of 1993. We talk levee failure, suspicious interviews, arson history, messy witness testimony, and the absolutely bananas allegation that one man helped trigger massive flooding just so he could...

Juice boxes, side quests, and crimes against household stability—this week we’re back with a parenting chat episode: Would This Hold Up in Court? where the laws are made up and the accusations are absolutely unhinged. We’re presenting the evidence, naming suspects, filing charges, and determining once and for all whether these household offenses would actually hold up in a court of law. From Easte...

Bryan Kohberger may have pleaded guilty, but this case still leaves behind a truly irritating number of questions. This week, we’re revisiting the Moscow murders, the investigation, the evidence, and the plea deal that technically closed the case while somehow explaining basically nothing that people actually want explained. We’re talking timelines, surveillance, cell phone pings, surviving roomma...

Five men. One car in the mountains. And a case that makes less sense the longer you stare at it. This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re diving into one of the most baffling and heartbreaking mysteries we’ve ever covered: The Yuba County Five. In February 1978, five young men—friends, coworkers, and beloved members of their community—set out for what should have been a simple trip t...

Jesus on speed dial? Yeah, that’s gonna be a no from us. This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re not just criming — we’re culting. And hoo boy, this one has everything: alleged miracles, mega-mansions, forced labor charges, sexual misconduct accusations, money laundering, and a church leader who says he meets Jesus face-to-face on the regular. Casual. We’re diving into the wild and...

Unhinged angels, true crime besties, and lovers of unsettling mountain nonsense, welcome ,this week we’re heading to the Khamar Daban mountains near Lake Baikal in August 1993 for the deeply unsettling case of seven experienced hikers, one lone survivor, and a tragedy that still makes absolutely no sense. We talk sudden collapse, bizarre symptoms, hypothermia that feels a little too convenient, po...

Hello and welcome back to our favorite nosy little nightmares! This week we’re heading to Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1897, for the tale of the Greenbrier Ghost: a dead young wife, a deeply suspicious husband, a mother who refused to let it go, and a ghost story that may have helped solve a murder. We talk about shady funeral behavior, “everlasting faint” as a truly unserious cause of death,...

Side pieces, main pieces, and half pieces— this week we’re heading to Brazil, 1966, for the Lead Masks Case: two men in suits and raincoats found dead on a hill… wearing lead eye masks, with cryptic handwritten instructions, and rumors of strange lights in the sky that same night. We talk secret “scientific spiritualists,” possible psychedelic experiments, and why this case lives in that delicious...

bbbbbABBY!!! Sit down, take a load off — we’re back with an old-timey case that is pure nightmare fuel. This week we’re headed to Hinterkaifeck, a remote Bavarian farm where six people were murdered in 1922… and the creepiest part? It looks like the killer may have stayed on the property afterward. Feeding the animals. Eating the bread. Warming up by the oven like it’s a damn Airbnb. Absolutely no...

She pulled into the parking lot. They heard her car. And then… she vanished. This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re diving into the haunting disappearance of Laurie Depies. This case proves you do not need a dark alley or a sketchy road trip for something terrible to happen. Sometimes it’s just… a normal Tuesday night. Laurie was 20 years old in August 1992. Responsible. Close to h...

A missing man. A missing car. A body in a family barn. And a whole lot of “wait…WHAT?” This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re covering a case that feels like it was built in a lab to specifically ruin your ability to trust a timeline: the disappearance (and baffling death) of Mateusz Kawecki. Mateusz was a 30-year-old Polish construction worker living in Hanover, Germany. He seemed...

Straight to jail. No trial. No appeals. Just vibes and a tiny jury made of sticky hands and big feelings. This week, Zee and Amy are back with a Parenting Chat, and we brought backup: our friend Sam (childcare director, mom of two, and certified survivor of toddler logic). Inspired by the “Am I the Asshole: Toddler Edition” creator, we’re confessing the crimes we’ve committed so far this year—as j...

A beach. A bluff. A brutal death. And a town that’s still too quiet. This week we’re digging into the devastating and still-unsolved murder of 15-year-old Terry Sutter, whose body was found on the shores of Lake Michigan in 1973—with a cause of death so bizarre, it’s hard to believe it’s real: massive sand inhalation. At first glance? A tragic drowning. After the autopsy? A violent, horrifying dea...

A locked lab. A missing bride-to-be. A keycard trail. And a case that shook Yale to its core. This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re covering the murder of Annie Le—a brilliant Yale graduate student who vanished in broad daylight just days before her wedding… after walking into her research building and never walking back out. On the morning of September 8, 2009, Annie arrived on c...

A broken window. A bloody nightgown. A canoe. And 22 years of questions. This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re covering the eerie and heartbreaking disappearance of Wanda Jean Mays—a case that starts with a quiet overnight visit to her aunt and uncle’s house and ends with more questions than answers. In May of 1986, Wanda—a bright, kind, 27-year-old secretary—vanished into the Ala...

New year, same chaos—but make it a chaotic countdown. We had some rough recording issues this episode so we can't wait to hear your thoughts.  This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re looking back at our top five most listened to episodes of 2025! Whether you’re a long-time weirdo or brand new here (hi, welcome!), this is the perfect refresher of the wild, the heartbreaking, and the...