Oy with the Terror Podcast

In this week's episode, Sandra talks about the Spider Gates Cemetery in Leicester MA. It is also known as the Friends Cemetery and a private Quaker cemetery, a secluded woodland area south of the Kettle Brook Reservoir. It is named Spider Gates Cemetery because of the low black wrought-iron gates that some believe look like spiders or spider webs, but are actually an art deco o...

Danielle discusses the murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German. The two girls were last seen hiking near train tracks in Delphi, Indiana. Their bodies were discovered the next day near a creek. After five years a suspect has finally been arrested. Richard Allen, a CVS pharmacist and member of the Delphi community is thought to be connected to the murders. In this week's episode, Sandra talk...

In this week's episode, Sandra talks about the end of the Salem Witch Trials. After a little over a year of living in fear, the Salem Witch Trials suddenly came to an end. The end result was that two hundred people were accused of being witches, and of those two hundred, twenty were executed. Then, Danielle discusses the disappearance of Tara Calico. On September 20, 1988, Tara disappeared ne...

Happy spooky season! Danielle starts this episode by covering one of the most well-known unsolved mass murders in the United States; the Villisca Axe Murders. Eight people were brutally murdered in the early hours of June 10, 1912 in Villisca, Iowa. This case still leaves people perplexed by the number of unanswered questions. There is no known motive or idea of the possible killer(s). The house s...

In this week's episode, Sandra talks about the story of the Witch of North Pepperell MA. Legend has it that a woman named Mrs. Lovegood was convicted of being a witch. As punishment for being convicted and branded on the forehead, she set a curse upon the town. After she ran off into the woods and disappeared never to be seen again strange occurrences started to happen in the town. From random fir...

Welcome back to another episode! Danielle and Sandra start getting into the Halloween season in this episode. Firstly, Danielle discusses the mysterious death of 17-year-old, Kurt Sova. His body was found in a ravine 500 feet away from the Halloween party he attended a few nights earlier. But, the coroner determined Kurt had died between 24 to 36 hours before his body ended up in the ravine, but K...

In this week's episode, Sandra talks about the history of changelings. A changeling is believed to be a fairy that had been left in place of a real human, typically a child that other fairies have stolen. The legend of changelings can be found in Scottish and Irish folklore but has also been connected to African and German folklore. Changelings have been featured in modern media, su...

Cruises, family vacations, and human trafficking. This is the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley. After going on a cruise with her family from Puerto Rico to Curacao she disappeared while their ship was docked at their final destination. Amy was last seen talking to a man named Alister Douglas on the morning of March 24, 1998, a bass player for the ship's band. After Amy returned to the family cabi...

In this week's episode, Sandra talks about the Legend of Margorie McCall which happened in Lurgan Ireland in 1705. Legend has it that Margorie McCall passed away due to a severe illness. When she was buried, she was buried with a precious wedding ring that no one could remove from her finger. Unfortunately, a short time after her death, grave robbers attempted to steal the ring. While at...

In this episode, Danielle and Sandra discuss Mother of Dragons, swimming snakes, and Dave the Intern's voice is finally heard this week. Then Danielle dives into Part Two of Giselda Blanco, a cocaine queenpin. A greatly feared and powerful player in the Columbia drug trade. As her reputation and wealth grew so did her list of enemies. Eventually, a drug war began in Miami with Griselda being the m...

The Hairy Man of Vergas Trails is a local legend in the small town of Ottertail County located in West Central Minnesota. The town of Ottertail County has a population of just over three hundred people. It is said that the Hairy Man of Vargas Trails is described as being just over eight feet tall, has long straggly hair, a very musty smell and is always described as barefoot. A...

Kim Kardashian, donuts, and dresser organization. It's another classic OWTTA episode. This week Daniele discusses Ma Barker and her gang which consisted of her four sons and one of their acquaintances. Ma Barker was considered a criminal mastermind and was feared by FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover. Ma loved her adventurous life until one day she ended up in a four-hour shooting stand-off with author...

In this week's episode Sandra talks about the Mothman. The Mothman is known as West Virginia folklore. The Mothman was seen between November 15h 1966 and December 5th 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The Mothman was described as a large flying man with ten-foot wings and red eyes. Although many people have reported incidents of seeing the Mothman, most people believe it may have been an anim...

Inspired by Danielle's recent trip to Rhode Island, she discusses Adam Emery. After faking his death in the 1990's, he is still a wanted man. He shocked all who knew him after killing a man who he thought damaged his car. Adam later discovered that it was a different person entirely who hit his car. The last known sighting of Adam was when he and his wife Elena stood together on the Newport Bridge...

In this week's episode Sandra talks about the Ghost of Stow Lake. Located in The Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA, the ghost of Stow Lake is a local legend that has been around for over one hundred years. In one version of the tale a young girl in the Victorian era was in a row boat with her baby when the baby fell into the lake. She jumped in after the baby and unfortunately both drowne...

Hold on to your horses for this episode! Danielle and Sandra give their takes on hot-button topics. But, also have sprinkles of their usual light-hearted banter. Then, Danielle covers the salacious story of Alice Crimmins. She is considered the Casey Anthony of mid-century America. Her appearance and personal life were so heavily scrutinized by the public and investigators that this took away from...

In this week's episode, Sandra talks about Aokigahara Forest located on the northwestern flank of Mount Fuji on the island of Honshu in Japan. It is on 30 square kilometers (12 sq miles) of hardened lava that was laid down by the last major eruption of Mount Fuji that happened in 864 CE. Although thousands of tourists are visiting it today, unfortunately, it is most well known as the "Suicide...

This week Danielle discusses the mysterious death of socialite and avid horsewoman, Joan Robinson Hill. Joan was always known to be healthy and lively until her death drastically worsened over a short period of time. Her husband who also happened to be a doctor never showed any signs of concern which would later get seen as one way he acted oddly during this time. How did this newlywed with a youn...

Sandra starts off this week and talks about five different scary graveyard stories from the popular Reddit website. From having a spirit accidentally follow someone home, to finding a graveyard where two school teachers may have been buried together, these stories are both spooky and fascinating. Then, Danielle covers the Hindenburg Disaster. The Hindenburg was a Titianic-sized German airship from...

Hello! We are back. Daniells goes in a different direction this week. She talks about Joanna of Castile also known as Juana la Loca, the nominal Queen of Castile and Aragon. She was embroiled in a power struggle brought on by her husband and father. After her husband died, her father retained full control and she was sent to a palace to live out the rest of her days. Throughout this power struggle...

In this week's episode Sandra talks about the legend of Mermaids. Mermaids or merfolk (mermen and mermaids) are defined as having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. It turns out Mermaids can be dated back to the sixth century and it is rumored that Christopher Columbus even saw mermaids on his voyage in the Caribbean. Today they can be found all over the world and are known in many...

Welcome back! Danielle talks about the mysterious and still unknown identity of the Somerton Man. He was found deceased, propped up in front of a wall at Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia in 1948. There was no identification found on the body. A note was discovered sewn into his pants pocket which read, "Tamam Shud", Persian for it's finished. So many suspicious details were found that it made...

In this week's episode Sandra talks about one of the most haunted restaurants in Salem, MA. Rockafellas has had a long interesting history, from being the meetinghouse of the Salem First Church to a jewely store by the name of Daniel Low and Company. Today it is a local restaurant that holds events on the upper level and the restaurant is on the lower level. It is one of the mo...

This week Danielle discusses a recently solved cold case. The murder of 11-year-old, Melissa Tremblay. Her body was found the day after she went missing in Lawrence, MA in 1988. A former corrections officer was arrested last month as the primary suspect. Shoutout to Sandra for being on top of all the cold cases which are now being closed.  Then, Sandra talks about planchettes. It turns out th...

In this week's episode, Sandra talks about National Paranormal Day. Every day on May 3rd  everyone can celebrate and encourage discussion of paranormal activity and investigation. This day started back in 2013, and is slowly becoming more well known. Then, Danielle discusses a recent con that took place in France. Thierry Tilly targeted an affluent family, the Vedrines. He managed to isolate them...