Horse Mysteries

Unbridled Greed Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! This week, we hear about horse racing and the drugging issues that have blighted the sport as Lezah tells us the story of Jason Servis, a successful horse trainer whose achievements were a house of cards that was about to come […]

“A Lot of Demons” Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! This week, we learn about the mysterious death of Chris Antley – one of the greatest jockeys of the 20th century – apparently beaten to death at his California home. Despite his fame, he was an enigma to his […]

Breakdown! Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! This week, it’s our medical mystery as we hear about the tragic end of the amazing racehorse Ruffian. We’ll hear her incredible Ogden-filled history and the factors that contributed to her catastrophic racing injury. It’s a sad story, but also a triumphant […]

Dash for Cash Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! This week, we look at a local bricklayer who built up a multi-million dollar Quarter Horse racing enterprise with a string of wildly successful horses, a 140-acre farm in Oklahoma, and three private jets. Sound too good to be true? […]

Shooting of the Century Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Seven of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! This week, we go way back to the 1950’s where an infamous shooting takes place among New York’s ultra-rich horsey set. Was it a case of mistaken identity […]

FOLLOW THE MONEY Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Seven of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! This week, nefarious goings on at a New Mexico racetrack involving fake horse trainers, suspended horse trainers, and the flagrant drugging of innocent horses. It’s scandalous! This is the […]

An Interview with Virginia Slachman Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! We have a treat for all you lovers of horse mysteries as Lezah and Dave have an enjoyable conversation with Virginia Slachman, a college professor, horse lover, […]

Not His First Rodeo Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! On the final regular season episode of Horse Mysteries things get really grim with rodeos and the murder of young girls. It’s a story of cruelty, depravity, ill-equipped […]

Ask Dave: Why Horses? Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! This week Lezah asks Dave “Why horses?” Why do people love horses? She also controversially asks who makes better riders? Men or women? Or other horses!!! (She actually […]

Jet Run and the Impossible Landing Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! Lezah tells us that this week’s episode is not so much a horse mystery, but more of a horse-adjacent thriller. So fasten your seatbelts and return […]

FRENCH EXIT Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! On a dark and stormy night, in a castle overlooking the valley, Sylviane Genevieve Marie Victurnienne de Rouchechouart-Mortemart, Dame de Vivonne and Princesse Tonnay-Charete died. Her passing was as mysterious […]

COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! This week on the show, Season Six’s most popular sport returns once again in a story of polo ponies, pharmaceutical foul-ups and death. It’s a case of murder most […]

Wild-Eyed and Wicked Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! This week on the show, Lezah tells a sad tale of Wise and Wicked Ways, other high level horses, big money, and the competitive spirit gone wrong. Also, we […]

Crime Doesn’t Pay (Or Does It?) Hello, horse fans and hello, mystery fans, and hello, horse mystery fans! Welcome to Season Six of your favourite horse-based true crime podcast! On this episode, we hear about arms heiress Susan Cummings, who fatally shot her boyfriend, polo player Roberto Villegas, in a struggle during which he was […]

This episode, the curious case of Tareq and Michaele Salahi - who didn't stop believing in their privilege to get whatever they wanted anyway they might want it.

Horse Mysteries big wig, Lezah Williamson, and Listening Party/Fansplainers MVP Mary Dedrick are a couple of good sports and gamely go through a list of topics drawn from Sneaky Dragon Episode 700. We think they had fun, but they're pretty cagey.

This week's episode tells the story of racehorse trainer and society gal, Beryl Markham, who had a rather remarkable life. How remarkable? Well, give this episode a listen and you'll find out!

For twenty years, an amazing player dominated the sport of polo, but he came, played hard, and disappeared before anyone could speak to him. This mystery lasted twenty years until the early '70s when a rule change revealed him to be... Well, you'll just have to listen to the episode to find out!

On this week's episode, Lezah takes us back into the past for gruesome murder and forward into the present for amazing advancements in DNA evidence.

You'll go batty for this week's episode as Horse Mysteries travels to Australia for the harrowing appearance of a never-before seen illness, which affects all animals - even the human animal.

This week, the story of a horse's mysterious death and subsequent mutilation at the hands of extraterrestrial beings. Or is it really that simple?

This week Lezah takes us back to New Zealand in the 1920s for a gruesome murder, some marital hijinks, typically laconic Antipodeans, and a mystery that only a horse can solve.

This episode, Lezah takes us on a tour of the shady world of horse trading, self-aggrandizing zoos, impotent officialdom, and really grumpy horses on a show we're calling Endangered!

On this week's show, we continue with Part Two of Unsocial - a look at cyber bullying and its violent aftermath in the world of high-level dressage. On this episode, it's trial time as the victim's victim goes on trial. He is guilty, but there are some heavy issues with this case. Will he be found guilty?

On this week's show, it's all intimidation, cyber stalking, cyber bullying and illegal surveillance, and then things really get serious, like, attempted murder serious!