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Send us Fan Mail Aurora and Angelina caught up with Shelly and the private investigator from Please Bring Me Home that she has been working with to try to find a resolution to the case of Derek 'Ritzy' Ritz. Plus Ritzy's best friend Phil shared some of his thoughts about the case. Hear what it means to get a reward issued for information leading to arrests, how challenging it can be...

Send us Fan Mail Angelina and Aurora are making a movie! In this episode we chat with director Fanni Fragner about Vessel , our upcoming indie horror movie inspired by a real-life haunting that shook us to the core. We dive into the strange events that sparked the story, how we turned personal terror into a screenplay, and why Fanni was the perfect person to bring it to life. It's part ghost...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we chat with Annie Reed, author of 'The Impostor Heiress: Cassie Chadwick, The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age.' Cassie Chadwick predates Anna Delvey by over a century, but her con was very similar. If you dream of being an heiress, fake it 'til you make it! Annie has been fascinated with Cassie since hearing about her on a podcast, and has come f...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, we welcome host of the podcast 3 Spooked Girls, and true crime TikTok creator Spooky Sleuth, aka Tara.  She shared her true crime origin story, what it’s like to be a magnet for the paranormal, and detailed some of the cases she has unpacked on Tiktok recently. Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque For inquiries: louis14levesque@gmail.com  ...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, we spoke to the hosts of true crime and spooky time podcast, Bloodbath. Jamie and Ashley have been through a lot together -- friends since childhood, they teamed up to start a podcast in 2020 and very quickly became embroiled in a battle to save their brand. They shared how it all went down, the cases that haunt them, and all the true crime content the...

Send us Fan Mail On May 2nd, 27 year old mother Karlie Langley was killed in a crash by a drunk acquaintance taking her to work.  For her family, the nightmare was just beginning as they came to discover that the driver of the car, Jacob Hall, had several previous DUIs, and witnesses have alleged that Karlie had desperately wanted out of the car before the crash.  This week, we talked to Karlie’s...

Send us Fan Mail After a fight with his girlfriend, Calvin “Johnny” Hunt allegedly asked to be let out of the car on the side of a freeway in Cleveland, TN on May 29th, 2019.  But Johnny hasn’t been seen or heard from since, and his brother, Brian, isn’t sure what to believe about what happened that night.  This week, we’re joined by Brian, who has been fighting for answers, often doing his own de...

Send us Fan Mail On the evening of January 17th, 2020, Veronica Reyes Diaz went out to dinner with friends in Dover, Florida.  After putting her kids to bed, she stepped outside, never to be seen again, leaving her keys, wallet, and cash inside of her car parked at her home. At a glance, Veronica’s case is a mystery with no leads in sight, but in this week’s episode, Angelina and Aurora are joined...

Send us Fan Mail The future of law enforcement has arrived, through a ground-breaking ‘Offender Treatment Program’ with a tiered system aimed at rehabilitation using aversion therapy on tougher cases like serial rapists and killers.  But Grace Gunnarsson, a highly regarded rehabilitation psychiatrist, has uncovered a terrible flaw in the system, one that is allowing people to get away with murder....

Send us Fan Mail Aurora and Angelina chat with Katrina Overstreet, whose sister Cieha Taylor is missing. Cieha was last seen when she dropped her boyfriend off at a friend's place on February 6th, 2020. Her car was found running near the railroad tracks that evening, with her belongings inside. Katrina has been fighting to spread the word about Cieha, and in the process she founded The Missin...

Send us Fan Mail Aurora and Angelina welcome to the show Brittany Rohr, trafficking survivor and founder of Kind I Am.  As a busy college student juggling two jobs, Brittany didn’t immediately identify the red flags in her new relationship.  It wasn’t until her physical and mental health began to deteriorate that she sought help and realized she was being trafficked.  Since escaping from her traff...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with updates on the case of Derek "Ritzy" Ritz, which we first discussed on the show in October of 2021. Ritzy is the only missing person in Stratford, Ontario, and has been missing for over six years, yet the local police department isn't giving his case any attention. But thanks to the determination of Ritzy's friends, and a private investigat...

Send us Fan Mail While we're on hiatus, enjoy this episode from fellow Darkcast Podcast, Horrifying History: ----- Through the years, the little tasks that we have to do evolve with time and technology. We don’t have to go to the grocery store any longer with grocery delivery or meal preparations services. We don’t have to vacuum our floors, since we can now get a robot vacuum that can do it....

Send us Fan Mail While we're on hiatus, enjoy this episode from fellow Darkcast podcast, Beyond the Rainbow: ----- Join C.J. as she tells you how citizen detectives helped to solve a 33 year old cold case of porn star Billy London who was murdered in West Hollywood. This story has a bunch of twists and turns! The true crime quickie is that of murder victim 19 year old Dre Matthews of Brooklyn...

Send us Fan Mail While we're on hiatus, enjoy an episode from our fellow Darkcast podcasters at ODFM: ----- Can being on drugs be a viable defense for murder? We’re not talking prescribed drugs, here. Travel to Canada with us for this creepy Halloween day story complete with a zombie and a psycho killer. Hosted by Jenna Swanson and Kelly DeVries Produced and edited by Kelly DeVries Theme musi...

Send us Fan Mail This week marks seven years since the death of 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson in Burlington, Iowa. The teen was gender nonconforming and non-binary, and was murdered seemingly in response to that gender expression. Still Kedarie's killers, two cisgender men, were not charged with a hate crime. Writing and research by Aurora Cady. Original music and audio production by Louis Leve...

Send us Fan Mail The tiny town of Texarkana, which straddles the state line separating Texas from Arkansas, was tormented by a string of violent attacks in the 1940s. A mysterious assailant dubbed 'The Phantom Slayer' preyed upon young couples parked on lovers' lanes, sending Texarkana into a tailspin. Residents gripped by mass hysteria bought out all the door locks, window shades,...

Send us Fan Mail After she was found brutally murdered in December of 1995, the community of Mansfield, Texas mourned the loss of 16-year-old Adrianne Jones.  Investigators were baffled as to who could have wanted to harm the bright, popular high school student.  The details of her vicious attack came to light during a trial that wrapped up twenty-five years ago this week, as Adrianne's kille...

Send us Fan Mail Part one of a true crime Valentine's Day special featuring the hosts of a selection of  Darkcast podcasts. Check out www.darkcastnetwork.com for more info! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Part one of a true crime Valentine's Day special featuring the hosts of a selection of  Darkcast podcasts. Check out www.darkcastnetwork.com for more info! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail For years in Salt Lake County, February 9th was a date fraught with nervous anticipation. After the slaying of 6-months-pregnant Sonia Mejia in 2006 and Damiana Castillo in 2008, a dedicated police task force patrolled the area in hopes of preventing a repeat killing in the years that followed. It wasn’t until 2016 that authorities revealed that they knew the identity of the so-ca...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered if traumatic brain injuries increase one’s likelihood to commit a violent crime?  Or if there’s a correlation between bedwetting and serial killers?  We chatted with Neuropsychologist Dr Fanny about indicators that may or may not predict a tendency to commit a crime.  Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque. For inquiries: louis14levesque@gmail...

Send us Fan Mail On January 26th 2011,  27-year-old schoolteacher Ellen Rae Greenberg was found dead in the kitchen of her Philadelphia loft. Ellen's fiancé, Sam Goldberg, allegedly came home from the gym to find the door locked from the inside. When there was no answer from Ellen, Sam broke the door down and discovered her lifeless body inside, with a knife protruding from her chest. Ellen s...

Send us Fan Mail Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead grew up in a family that their counsellor says "thrives in chaos." The twins bounced back and forth between their mother and great-grandmother's houses while a generational power struggle simmered. By the time Jas and Tas were teenagers, they were sick of it. A heated argument at their mother's home in Conyers, Georgia escalated...

Send us Fan Mail Three years ago this week, Jocelyn Watt was found murdered in her home alongside her partner on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.  Her mother and sister, Jade Wagon, became unexpected activists for MMIWG2S, but tragedy struck again when Jade disappeared almost a year to the day after her sister was murdered. Their mother, Nicole, found out first hand how frustrating it can be...