Devil’s Food

Hey Ya'll! Today Casey tells us the morbid timeline of the Cecil Hotel. Located on Skid Row, the Cecil Hotel has decades of deaths, suicides, murders, tragedy, and mystery. Some of the most notorious and notable names in the true crime world made their way through the hotel. Let’s be friends! IG: @devilsfoodtruecrime TIKTOk: @devilsfoodtruecrime Facebook: Devil’s Food: A True Crime Kitchen &am...

Hey ya'll! As most people know, we're foodies and any case that involves food is right up our alley! In 2016, Olga woke up in the hospital after everyone believed she made a suicide attempt, but that wasn't true. What she didn't know was that someone wanted her dead so they could steal her identity so they could get away with a long history of heinous crimes. Let’s be friends! IG:...

Hey ya'll! We will never understand how two sick twisted people find each other and commit crimes together, but here we are. Today we're talking about Karla Holmolka and Paula Bernardo. A young Canadian couple in the 90's who were attractive and charming. They seemed like they had it all figured out, but no one realized they had dark, dirty secrets. Paul had a long history of sexual as...

Hey ya'll! This week we have a case that's an unfortunate mix of true crime, dark history, and paranormal. Madame Delphine Lalaurie was from New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1800's. She had everything that she could ever want. She was beautiful, wealthy, and had all the right connections with society. All of which helped her get away with brutalizing and torturing countless slaves. With t...

Hey ya'll! After a couple weeks with brutal crimes, we needed an lighthearted episode to cut the tension. Welcome our first cryptid tale, the New Jersey Devil! We discuss the origin tale, sightings, and is Snooki also a New Jersey cryptid? Let’s be friends! IG: @devilsfoodtruecrime TIKTOk: @devilsfoodtruecrime Facebook: Devil’s Food: A True Crime Kitchen & Podcast Pinterest: @DevilsFoodTru...

Hey ya'll! Kayla tells us the tale of Lori Vallow and she's going to need a stiff drink after this episode. The recent case of Lori Vallow is wild ride with countless turns, plot twists, and characters. Almost as if her lover-turned husband Chad Daybell wrote it for one of his doomsday books, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. Lori was a beautiful and devoted wife and mother. She wa...

Hey ya'll! For those who don't know, one of our hosts works in the death care industry and it takes a lot to shake her to the core. She found one of the few cases that was so brutal she had a hard time researching it. Today Casey tells us the brutal, horrific, traumatic murder of 22-year old Canadian, Tim Mclean. Tim boarded the Greyhound bus along the Trans-Canada Highway for what should...

Hey ya'll! Kayla is telling the infamous tale of Ed Gein, his nipple belt, and the apple pie with cheese that led to a confession. From the outside looking in, Ed looked like just a socially awkward farmer from Plainfield, Wisconsin. What people didn't know was that on his 150 acre farm hid the abusive and a little too close relationship with his mother. When she died, Ed's world fell...

Hey ya'll! We're a sucker for a cult case, and Casey is telling us all about one of the most famous cult leaders, Jim Jones and the devout following that he created. From a young age, Jim was fanatical about religion and had strange behavior. No one expected all that would lead to one of the largest massacres ever. If we learned anything this week was that Kayla and Casey wouldn't have made it in...

Hey Ya'll! This week Kayla is bringing us our very first unsolved case. Lollie and Julie were just an average couple in the 90's. They were in their twenties, figuring out what they wanted to do with their lives, and they loved the outdoors. To celebrate a new job opportunity, the women decided to go on a backpacking getaway to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. They just didn't rea...

June 2019, Alaskan nineteen-year-old Cynthia Hoffman(who went by CiCi) went into the woods with her friends including her "best friend" Denali Brehmer. Little did Cynthia know, none of her friends planned on letting her walk out of the woods alive. Cynthia had no idea that her fate was sealed thanks to a Catfish from Kansas...yeah that's right. Kansas. Let’s be friends! IG: @devilsfo...

Hey ya'll! Don't you worry, we're saving Hollywood with this week's episode because this case would make a hell of a movie! Kayla has been chomping at the bit to talk about this story, it is without a doubt her favorite. Today we're talking about Helen Spence. Helen Spence isn't a very well known name in the true crime world, but she should be because she's an absolute...

Hey Ya'll! In the true crime world, a survival story is always a breath of fresh air and a much-needed palette cleanser. Kara Robinson is the baddest bitch we know and her story is truly incredible. At 15 she was abducted and assaulted for hours on end. Until she was finally able to escape from her abductor. She thought her story was done, but what she didn't expect was that this man had d...

Hey ya'll! Casey brought us our first cannibal case...let's just say you'll second guess eating at a food truck after this episode.

Hey ya'll! This week we are keeping it small town and local. Just how we like it! After last weeks longer episode, we thought this week we would try out a short and sweet episode. We're calling it Bite Sized! Arthur Ray Jenkins didn't have a great start in life, that's how most of our episodes start. A lot of people don't have a great start in life, however not everyone decides...

Hey Ya'll! For a couple of country girls, we love a to talk about a Southern dynasty's crash and burn. Today we talk about Alex Murdaugh and the trial of the century. In 2023, he stood trial for the murders of his wife and son. Little did everyone know, the Murdaugh family left a long, long road of millions of dollars gone missing and suspicious deaths. 

Hey ya'll!  We're heading south in today's episode, all the way down to Mexico. What started as a scam by the Hernandez Brothers turned into a blood thirsty sex cult complete with human sacrifices. All done to appease the goddess aka Magdalena Solis.

Hey Ya'll and welcome back! Today we discuss the highly debate case of Melissa Lucio. Melissa is currently sitting on death row for the murder of her 2 year old daughter Mariah, the only question is...did she do it?

Hey ya'll! This week Casey is talking about Richard Cottingham aka The Torso Killer aka the Times Square Killer. We have dubbed him...Dick. 

Shew-ie! We're halfway there folks.  We promise not every episode will be this long, but sometimes the cases have a lot of details! That being said, Kayla's brain is fried and she's ready to get off the Ian and Myra train. In part 2 we will finish talking about the murders, the trial, conviction, and the fates of Myra and Ian. Trust us, it's worth the wait to see what happens to them. 

Hey Ya'll! Welcome to our first two part case! In honor of Valentine's Day, let's talk about a serial killer couple! This one is a doozy and not for the faint of heart that's for sure. Kayla's case this week is the Moors Murders AKA Britain's Most Hated Man and Woman AKA Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. Kayla prefers to call them human diarrhea puddles.  Together, Myra and Ian assaulted and brutal...

Hey Ya'll! Devil's Food is back and better than ever. This week Casey brought the case of Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham. A teenage couple in the UK that planned to do the unthinkable...at a McDonalds?

Welcome to the debut of Devil's Food: A True Crime Kitchen & Podcast! This week Kayla will be discussing Robert George Irwin AKA The Mad Sculptor. Follow on Instagram @devilsfoodtruecrime Recipes will be coming in the future, thanks for listening! In honor of this week's episode please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness website at nami.org to make a donation and to learn more.