Dawn of Mantis: True Crime, Mysteries and More

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're wrapping up the case of the missing Beaumont children and dropping some news on an upcoming series we'll be doing in May! We really go off the rails at the beginning of this one, but you can skip straight to the episode content by jumping ahead to 28:42! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week we conclude our Superstitions series by discussing the origins of stepping on cracks, the lucky rabbits foot, does breaking a mirror really give you bad luck, and the Hand of Glory! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode, we're staying in the "Land Down Under" to discuss the case of the Missing Beaumont Children. Three Australian siblings who disappeared from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia on January 26, 1966, in a suspected abduction/murder. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On this Mini Mantis episode, we continue our superstitions series by discussing Black Cats and where the phrase "Knock On Wood" originated! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Dawn of Mantis, we conclude the Wanda Beach Murders and discuss a few possible suspects. Also, Hannah drops a wonderful little nugget of information about the Muppet Show and Kermit the Frog covering "Once in a Lifetime" by the Talking Heads! (Subject Matter Begins @ 15:28) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week we start our Mini Mantis series on the origins of superstitions! On todays episode we're covering, walking under ladders, throwing salt over your shoulder, opening an umbrella indoors and the 13th floor. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On this weeks episode, we're talking about the unsolved murders that occurred on January 11, 1965 of 15 year old best friends Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock at Wanda Beach, in Sydney, Australia. (Subject Matter Begins @ 14:26) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail As if hearing us once a week wasn't enough, we bring to you our new "mini" podcast series, aptly titled Mini Mantis! On this inaugural episode we're discussing the incident from November 22, 1987, where someone in a Max Headroom costume hijacked the signal of two Chicago TV stations! CATCH THE WAVE!!! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The snow has melted, the temperature is rising and we are back in studio for this weeks episode of Dawn of Mantis! We're covering the story of Ted Loseff, a successful orthopedic surgeon in LA who was found dead, sitting in the drivers seat of his Cadillac, idling in the garage. Most would rule it a suicide, but one person in particular suspected foul play! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There's a "Snowpocalypse" in the south, but that won't stop us! We fired up a Zoom meeting and invited our good friend James Dunham along to talk about Bigfoot, UFO's, Blackholes and more on this episode of Dawn of Mantis! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week on Dawn of Mantis, Joe brings us the story of William Burke & William Hare. A couple of gentlemen who turned killing into a profit back in the 1820's by selling their victims corpses to a university for scientific research! (Subject Matter Begins @ 6:59) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We're back!! After a one week hiatus from Joe's big move to his new house in the suburbs, we're bringing you the story of the "Bloody Benders"! A family of serial killers who lived in Labette County, Kansas from May 1871 to December 1872. (Subject matter begins at 17:35) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Dawn of Mantis, we discuss the 1965 case "The Icebox Murders" and the suspected murderer, Charles Rogers. Joe also goes on a rant about I.B.S. and public bathrooms! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Dawn of Mantis we're talking about spontaneous human combustion and the reported cases throughout history. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail On this Dawn of Mantis episode we tell the story of French sisters Christine and Lea Papin. Live-in maids that were convicted of murdering their employer's wife and daughter! Joe also introduces us to Canadian "weatherman" Frankie MacDonald, we possibly set the record for tea kettle laughs in one episode and we have a special in-studio audience member and backup Goo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finally get to hear about Joe's "easter egg" the infamous yellow notepad! We talk UFO's, Vinyl and Music with special guest James Dunham! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas from the Dawn of Mantis crew! Grab some eggnog and sit back by the fire as Joe tells us a tale unlike any other, the life and times of Cousin Eddie himself, Mr. Randy Quaid! It's sure to be a good one! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Dawn of Mantis we wrap up the Failed Prophecies of Leland Jensen, discuss a few disaster movies and even give mention to Cousin Eddie himself, Randy Quaid! (Subject Matter Begins @ 9:00) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail DOM Ep106 - The Failed Prophecies of Leland Jensen (Part 1 of 2) by Dawn of Mantis Podcast. (Subject Matter Begins @ 11:10).  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Dawn of Mantis: Episode 105 - Northern Calloway was a staple of the Sesame Street cast for years, that is until he began a downward spiral that lead to his departure from the show, and eventually his death. (Subject Matter Begins @ 15:00) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Broadcasting from our NEW location! In studio at RedBeard Sound and joined by our new crew member, RedBeard himself, Sam Duncan! We're serving up a Thanksgiving dish of murder and massacres, and we're not talking about the Turkey......as well as a few other smash and grab stories, finishing the episode off with a story we like to call "Pornocopia". (Subject Mat...

Send us Fan Mail Dawn of Mantis Episode 103: The disappearance of Ada Constance Kent. A reclusive former actress vanished in 1939 and was never seen alive again. For a decade her disappearance remained a mystery, until one day her remains were finally found, right where everyone had been looking all along. Or... were they her remains? and.... had they really been there the whole time? Listen to th...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 102: In tonight's episode we cover a truly unique case, even in the true crime community. Just a few years after losing her husband in a car wreck, Marcia Shelton's 12 year old daughter Debbie disappeared. Sixty-five days later she was finally found, but not in the way that Marcia had hoped. Then, just over three decades later, the impossible seemed to happen aga...

Send us Fan Mail In 1974 Ronald O'Bryan perhaps starts a decade long paranoia by tampering with Halloween candy but there's more to the story because the victim isn't probably who would you guess. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We dive into the strange and perhaps the occult as we talk about the circumstances of the discovery of the body of Mr. Leroy Carter Jr. in the early 80s. Support the show