Mums Mysteries & Murder

* This episode has a few audio issues, but we know you dont listen to MM&M for perfection so we know you'll love it regardless.   This is down to the fact probably that it was not edited by our beloved editor Erin. Early on the morning of New Year's Day in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood in 1963  2 young boys out looking for golf balls got more than they bargained for when they discov...

Come down a rabbit hole with us and listen to the intriguing tale of the Rabbit Wars of St Andrews as told by Cheryl!  This story takes us all the way back to 1797 and includes no less than 900 rabbits and the selling of the famous St Andrews Golf Course.   Trigger warning - Rabbits will get hurt in this episode  You might have guessed, but this is a slightly lighter episode than our recent episod...

This month, Marti is covering the Luna Park Ghost Train fire in Sydney in 1979, it's one we've wanted to cover for so long because it's not covered by many podcasts, and it's such a sad, interesting story with so many layers..  We also talk about theme park disasters and rollercoasters, Cheryl's disastrous note-taking in the dark, how we're such babies when it comes t...

It's Cheryl's first story on the podcast, and she goes in hard, covering the horrible disappearance and death of Corrie McKeague in 2016 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Sources for this episode: BBC News  FindCorrie.co.uk The Guardian newspaper website  Wikipedia  We also cover vintage commercials, what we've been watching ( as always! Some things never change! ), the history of Dunfermli...

We're back!!  Thank you for your patience whilst we took a break and rejigged a little, and now we're back, and Cheryl is joining the Mums Mysteries & Murder team - this is our first episode together, and it's a cracker!  In this episode, we get to know our new co-host Cheryl a little better, and we cover the incredibly sad catfishing murder of Carly Ryan back in 2006, who chang...

It's still Christmas, and we have an announcement to make.... Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesa...

In our Christmas episode, we are absolutely delighted and terrified to be joined by Kerrie, one-half of North Edinburgh Nightmares.  We chat about historical Scotland, ghostly haunts and stories, the Edinburgh dungeon and faeries, a darker type of Christmas, creepy dolls and mannequins and folklore in Scotland, amongst other things.  You can find out more about North Edinburgh Nightmares and Kerri...

This is our live episode recorded at Cumbernauld Library as a part of their Killers & Coffee sessions with Dawn from Scottish Murders  And we are covering the tragic case of the murder of Barry Oldham & Barry Wallace in December of 1999.  Trigger warning for this episode: we do touch on decapitation, and if you're Scottish, you might not want to hear me pronounce so many Scottish name...

It's our Halloween Special  And we're absolutely delighted to have Wayne back from Eerie Edinburgh to talk all things ghostly happenings, banshees, witches and Scotland - all of our favourite subjects.  And the best bit - Wayne answers listeners' questions....  Wayne also covers the story of the Haunted Bathroom... To hear more from Wayne, head to https://eerieedinburgh.com/ Check o...

We know so many of you have been intrigued by the Erin Patterson case in Australia and have been chatting with us about your thoughts, so when we approached Tam from True Crime Bookcase who attended the trial in Australia recently and is an Erin Patterson guru we were delighted she was up for chatting with us on the podcast.  Tam runs the Instagram account True Crime Bookcase - If you love reading...

This was a special live recording at Airdrie Library for their Killers & Coffee series back in July with Dawn from Scottish Murders. Trigger warning : We do discuss suicide in this episode.  In this episode, Dawn tells the heartbreaking story of the murder of Aileen Printie in Edinburgh back in 1981.  Aileen was found murdered in her bedroom, discovered by her Mum and sister in  August of 1981...

Trigger warning: In this episode, we talk a lot about suicide. Please skip this episode if you're not in the right place to listen.  Discussions of homophobia in Australia in the 80s is also heavily featured, so please take note.  We are covering the murder of Scott Johnston - Born in California on the 27th of November 1961 - he had such a promising future ahead of him, until he moved to Aust...

This month, Effie tells the story of British Military Hero Sir Robert Victor Goddard and the unusual events that plagued his very dramatic life. Sources for this episode are : the book Flight Towards Reality by Sir Robert Goddard.  We also talk time slips, Daniel Radcliffe's time travelling, the unbelievable responsibility of teenage boys in wartime, health and safety - don't worry, it&a...

This month Marti is covering a request from our good friend Wayne over at Eerie Edinburgh whose advert you will have heard at the top of the episode.  It's a slightly different one for Marti, its a very vintage story based in 1826, in Campbelltown, a small city located on the outskirts of Sydney where a young man sees a ghost, but the ghost isn't just any ordinary ghost....   We'd l...

In this month's episode, Effie takes us through the extraordinary life and almost death of Maggie Dickson born in 1702, a fishhawker living in Musselburgh, abandoned by her husband Maggie had a difficult life, but that's nothing compared to her ( almost death.) Sources for this episode are: Edinburgh Reporter Beheaded podcast  The Hanging of Maggie Dickson - Book Clan Broonfield - on You...

Trigger warning This episode contains themes of sexual abuse, child murder & suicide. This month Marti covers the Wanda Beach murders which happened in 1965 in Cronulla Sydney, when two young teenage girls caught the train to the beach with their siblings and never came home. The murders of Christine Sharrock & Marianne Schmidt. We also talk about one of Australia's most prolific seri...

We're back for 2025!!!! Did you miss us?  We're kicking off the year with the devastating murder of 16-year-old Elaine Doyle who lived with her Mum, Dad and brother - a very normal Scottish family, living in Greenock on the west coast of Scotland.   Until, in 1986 when their lives were turned upside down when Elaine was brutally murdered.  Sources for this episode are: BBC Scottish Murde...

For our final episode of 2024  and our 50th episode!!!! We're bringing you an intriguing mystery from Australia which is all about shared psychosis so this episode might not be for everyone, if you don't feel in a place to listen to this episode right now please give this one a miss. On Monday 29 August 2016 Mark Tromp and his wife Jacoba got into a car for a “tech-free road trip” with t...

For our November episode, Effie is covering a Scottish mystery, something we've never touched on before but glossed over.  UFO's!!   Bonniebridge is a little town, it's a small town, that just looks like your average British town about 4 miles west of Falkirk in central Scotland but its harbouring a very strange secret....   It has had the largest number of UFO sightings in the worl...

Trigger warning* There is a lot of chat in this episode around suicide so if this episode is not for you, or you're not able to listen just now please give this episode a miss.   Sources for this episode are:  ABC News  Office of the state coroner inquest report Brisbane 2013  Daily mail interview with Robert Reid investigative journalist  Australian true crime podcast Episode A convenient mu...

This month Effie is covering an Aberdeen case from back in 1983. George Murdoch, also known as Dodd, a taxi driver in the area, a family man, much loved by the community who was brutally murdered at the age of 58.    Sources for this episode are: BBC News The Scottish Sun  Sky News STV documentary Unsolved Who is the cheese wire killer - podcast We also chat random bus stop altercations, road rage...

* Warning * In this episode, we talk about school shootings in Dunblane Scotland and in the US, we also talk about violence against young children and gun laws.  If this episode is not for you, please give this episode a miss.  The sound is not fantastic on this episode, we were having a few issues with Effie's microphone, so please bear with us.  We were lucky enough to meet N Leigh Hunt at...

It's our 3rd Birthday!!!!! Thank you for listening to us talk a lot about random things! And to "celebrate" Marti is covering the tragic and horrendous death of Dianne Brimble onboard the cruise ship P & O Pacific Sky in 2002.  Dianne Brimble aged 42 and her 12-year-old daughter Tahlia boarded the ship, along with Dianne’s sister, Alma Wood, and Alma’s daughter, Kari Ann.  All f...

In this episode Effie is covering the Scottish Witch Trials and we cover myths and lots of other witchy stuff!   The Scottish Witchcraft Act was introduced in 1563 and followed on from trials that had taken place across Europe. We are delighted to be bringing you this episode as we've had so many requests for the witch trials! We also talk about tarring people and putting them in barrels, Jer...

This month we are doubling up on the Australian stories with Marti covering the devastatingly sad story of the murder of Graeme Thorne We also talk a lot about the amazing Penny Farmer and the tragic murder of her brother Chris and his girlfriend Peta in Belize- we highly recommend listening to her podcast Paradise  listen here:   https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FPAufGAWaKEy6fwTbtVqK?si=OXmJ99iV...