Macabre Mondays

Turn down the lights, light a candle, and follow us down the rabbit hole. Welcome to Internet After Dark , a new Macabre Mondays series digging into the strange, sinister, and spooky stories buried across the internet. For Thread 001, we found three stories from very different corners of the web. Mysterious Post-it notes begin appearing inside an apartment with no explanation. Hundreds of bizarre...

In 1876, Rebecca Crouch was outside her home in Bath County, Kentucky, when something began falling from a perfectly clear sky. It looked like raw meat. What became known as the Kentucky Meat Shower would make newspapers across the country, attract scientific attention, inspire some truly bizarre theories and leave behind a mystery people are still talking about 150 years later. This week, we’re f...

On a quiet Sunday morning in July 2022, three friends got into a car after spending the night together. Minutes later, the vehicle slammed into a brick building at nearly 100 miles per hour, leaving two young men dead and one teenage driver fighting for her life. At first, it looked like a devastating accident. But as investigators pieced together the crash, the evidence began telling a different...

In 1999, three women disappeared during a trip near Yosemite National Park. What began as a missing persons case quickly turned into something far darker when their rental car was found burned, two bodies were discovered, and a map led investigators to the third victim. In Part 2, we cover the Yosemite murders committed by Cary Stayner: the deaths of Carole Sund, Juli Sund, Silvina Pelosso, and Jo...

In 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner disappeared while walking home from school in Merced, California. For more than seven years, he was forced to live under another name, until the kidnapping of five-year-old Timothy White pushed Steven to make a decision that would save them both. In Part 1, we tell Steven’s story on its own: his abduction, the years he spent living as “Dennis Parnell,” his es...

In Listener Confessions Pt. 5 , we’re opening the inbox and sharing another collection of creepy, eerie, and completely unforgettable stories submitted by our listeners. This episode includes a frightening encounter involving Santería, a mysterious figure standing at the end of a hallway, an unexpected ghost runner named Dennis (?), and a Valentine’s night at home that quickly turns into something...

Before the murder of Gianni Versace dominated headlines around the world in the late 90's, four other innocent men had already been killed. In this episode, we trace Andrew Cunanan's deadly cross-country killing spree from beginning to end, honoring the lives of Jeff Trail, David Madson, Lee Miglin, William Reese, and Gianni Versace while exploring the nationwide manhunt, the unanswered questions...

In 1872, the merchant ship Mary Celeste set sail across the Atlantic Ocean with an experienced captain, his wife, their young daughter, and a crew of seasoned sailors. Weeks later, the ship was discovered drifting alone. The cargo remained onboard. Supplies were untouched. But every person aboard had vanished without a trace. In this episode of Cruise Cabin 13, we separate fact from fiction as we...

For decades, the world has remembered Jayne Mansfield for one tragic night. But behind the headlines was a woman far more complex than the "blonde bombshell" Hollywood created. In this episode, we uncover the real story of Jayne Mansfield, from her rise to fame and carefully crafted public image to the relationships, career struggles, and heartbreaking events leading up to the 1967 crash that fore...

Most people know Elvis Presley as the King of Rock and Roll. But behind the fame, sold-out shows, and cultural phenomenon was a man searching for answers to life's biggest questions. From the loss of his twin brother at birth to his fascination with spirituality, reincarnation, UFOs, numerology, and the possibility of life beyond what we can see, Elvis spent much of his life exploring ideas far ou...

On the night of November 22, 1987, television viewers across Chicago witnessed something that shouldn't have been possible. During two separate broadcasts, an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask suddenly hijacked local television signals and appeared on screen, delivering a bizarre stream of nonsense, strange jokes, and unsettling behavior before disappearing just as quickly as they arrived...

In the early morning hours of February 14, 2000, nine-year-old Asha Degree disappeared from her home in Shelby, North Carolina. Witnesses reported seeing a young girl walking alone along Highway 18 in the middle of a storm. Days later, searchers found possible traces of her. Months later, her backpack surfaced buried miles away. And for years, the case seemed frozen in time. But more than two deca...

In 2017, artist Adam Ellis posted a tweet claiming his apartment was being haunted by the ghost of a dead child named Dear David. What started as a strange sleep paralysis experience quickly spiraled into eerie photos, unsettling videos, mysterious phone calls, and thousands of people following the story in real time online. In today’s Spooky episode of Macabre Mondays, we break down the entire De...

For centuries, people around the world have reported seeing doubles of themselves and others, sometimes as warnings, sometimes as omens, and sometimes with no explanation at all. In this episode, we dive into the strange phenomenon of doppelgängers, from eerie historical accounts involving Abraham Lincoln and Emilie Sagée to modern-day “Twin Strangers” projects where unrelated people discover some...

After the death of Grigori Rasputin… nothing changed. In Part 2, we follow the final months of the Romanov family as Russia collapses into revolution. From protests in the streets to the abdication (iykyk) of Tsar Nicholas II, the royal family’s fate takes a turn that would shock the world. We also break down the decades of mystery that followed, including the story of Anastasia, the claims of sur...

Before the fall of the Romanov family, there was a man who somehow made his way into their inner circle. In Part 1, we break down the rise of Grigori Rasputin, from a Siberian peasant to a trusted figure inside the royal palace. We walk through the state of Russia leading up to the revolution, the pressure on Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra, and the moment Rasputin gained their trust through their...

Tonight, we’re handing the mic over to you. In todays Listeners Confessions episode, we dive into real stories sent in by our Macabre Mob, each one more chilling than the last. From a face to face encounter with a black eyed child (yes… those black-eyed kids 👀), to eerie backroads that feel like they don’t want you to leave, to unexplained hitchhikers who may not have ever been there at all. We a...

On August 11th, 2024, Ryan Borgwardt went kayaking on Big Green Lake in Wisconsin… and never came back. His overturned kayak was found drifting in the water, along with his belongings scattered across the surface. In a lake nearly 200 feet deep, investigators feared he had drowned. For 58 days, search teams combed the lake looking for answers. But as the investigation unfolded, something didn’t si...

What if something you clearly remember… was different? In this episode of Macabre Mondays , we dive into the strange unsettling phenomenon known as the Mandela Effect, where thousands, sometimes millions of people share the exact same incorrect memory. From famous movie quotes to iconic logos, we put our memories to the test and uncover just how easily strange the brain can be tricked. Along the w...

Quick note: I misspoke in the episode and said Abraham took home $11 million, he actually took home closer to $17 million after choosing the lump sum. Either way… we’re still talking about millions. Just wanted to correct that here. 🖤 Abraham Shakespeare went from earning minimum wage to becoming a multi-millionaire overnight after winning the Florida lottery. But what should have been a life-cha...

At the end of our Montauk Project deep dive, we mentioned a strange theory floating around online, that the so-called “Montauk boys” might be connected to something known as the Black-Eyed Children. So… what are they? In this episode, we break down the origin of the Black-Eyed Children phenomenon, starting with the first widely circulated encounter in 1996. From there, we explore reported sighting...

Camp Hero was a real Cold War military base on the cliffs of Montauk, New York.. but once you start digging into the story behind it, things get a lot stranger. In Part 2 of the Montauk Project: Secret Government Experiments at Camp Hero , we go into the theories that turned this abandoned radar station into one of the most famous conspiracy stories in America. We talk about the claims at Montauk...

At the very edge of Long Island sits Camp Hero, a decommissioned Cold War military base overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Officially, it was built during World War II to defend the coastline and later became a radar station designed to detect incoming Soviet aircraft. But over time, the base became connected to one of the most disturbing conspiracy stories in American history: The Montauk Project. A...

On September 22, 2006, in Pocatello, Idaho, sixteen year old Cassie Jo Stoddart agreed to house sit for her aunt and uncle. It was supposed to be a quiet Friday night. She invited friends over to watch a movie. By the end of the evening, everyone left. Except Cassie. Two days later, her family returned home and found her in the living room. As investigators worked through the timeline, they uncove...

In January of 1897, a young bride named Zona Heaster Shue was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in rural West Virginia. The doctor ruled it a natural death. The case was closed. But her mother refused to accept that answer. Weeks later, Mary Jane Heaster claimed her daughter appeared to her and revealed how she really died. What followed was the exhumation of Zona’s body, a shocking autopsy,...