Perplexed: True crime & Mystery Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Part three of four!  In this episode we discuss the infamous “from hell” letter and of course … the fifth canonical victim: Mary Jane Kelly! Her death was the most brutal in all of the episodes we have covered. It’s bloody and it’s gruesome …. Happy listening ! Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the link...

Send us Fan Mail part 2!  Make sure you listen to part one first. Jack the Ripper needs no description  Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this! Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @ https:/...

Send us Fan Mail TIMESTAMP - Episode starts at 10:10 Welcome to EPISODE 100!!!!!!!!!!!! In our celebratory episode we are covering Jack The ripper!! The murders attributed to Jack the Ripper were mainly concentrated in the impoverished East End of London, specifically in Whitechapel. The Ripper’s known victims, often called the “canonical five,” were Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stri...

Send us Fan Mail TIMESTAMP - Episode starts around 23:30 In this episode, Kate tells some insane stories and you get to decide if they are true or false. Some of them you wont believe. Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us kee...

Send us Fan Mail The Candy man and other horrific Halloween tales!  Happy Halloween every body!! Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear please be sure to like and follow as it really helps us keep doing this! Subscribe to the show and get access to the BLAM episodes @ https://www.bu...

Send us Fan Mail Just a reminder that we love each and every one of you for listening to our podcast! Whether this is your first episode or your 97th we hope you enjoy. In this episode we reel off more creepy Reddit ghost stories some of which will have you questioning your own scepticism !  Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please chec...

Send us Fan Mail The Tri-State Crematory scandal was one of the most infamous incidents in the U.S. funeral industry. It took place in Noble, Georgia, in early 2002 when it was discovered that the crematory, owned and operated by the Marsh family, had not been properly cremating bodies for several years. Instead of cremating the remains, the crematory owner, Ray Brent Marsh, had been storing or di...

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Send us Fan Mail The Tri-State Crematory was a family-run business that operated for over two decades, serving funeral homes in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. Ray Brent Marsh, who took over the crematory from his father in the mid-1990s, was responsible for handling cremations.  In February 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received an anonymous tip regarding human remains being im...

Send us Fan Mail Charles Peck was a 49-year-old man who tragically lost his life in the 2008 Metrolink train crash in California. This crash occurred on September 12, 2008, when a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on with a freight train near Los Angeles, killing 25 people and injuring over 100 others. After the crash, Charles Peck's cell phone continued to make calls to his fiancée, fam...

Send us Fan Mail There is a notable ghost story connected to Rougham, Suffolk, involving a mysterious haunted house known locally as the "Ghost House of Rougham." Over the years, various witnesses have reported seeing ghostly figures around the house. These apparitions are typically described as Victorian-era individuals, sometimes including a lady dressed in white—an archetype in many g...

Send us Fan Mail Over Memorial Day weekend in 1995, Arizona’s Tonto National Forest became the scene of a perplexing mystery. Devin Williams, a 29-year-old father of three, inexplicably drove his ten-ton semi-truck off the highway and crashed through the woods, alarming campers and witnesses. Eyewitnesses described his bizarre behavior, with no attempts to communicate or seek help.  Devin had vani...

Send us Fan Mail Amber Hagerman was a 9-year-old girl from Arlington, Texas, whose tragic abduction and murder in 1996 led to the creation of the AMBER Alert system. On January 13, 1996, Amber was abducted while riding her bicycle near her grandparents' home. A witness saw a man pull her into his truck and called the police, but despite efforts to find her, Amber's body was discovered fo...

Send us Fan Mail Ernesto Miranda was a central figure in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966), which established the "Miranda rights." These rights require police to inform suspects of their right to remain silent and to have an attorney present during questioning to ensure that confessions are not coerced and that the rights against self-incrimination are prote...

Send us Fan Mail The London Murders  John Christie, born on April 8, 1899, was a notorious British serial killer active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He is infamously known for committing multiple murders in his residence at 10 Rillington Place, London. Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like...

Send us Fan Mail On 20 August 1999, Tony Martin, a 54-year-old bachelor, was living alone at his farmhouse, Bleak House, in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk. . On the evening of 20 August 1999, two burglars—29-year-old Brendon Fearon and 16-year-old Fred Barras enter Tony Martins home in search of things to steal but they hadn't planned on encountering the owner and his shot gun.  Was it deserved, was...

Send us Fan Mail We’re doing things a little differently for this episode. Let us know what you think. A selection of scary stories that will make you want to double lock your doors at night and look under your bed before you go to sleep.  Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would like to see any of our videos and photos please check out the links below. If you like what you hear plea...

Send us Fan Mail PART TWO -  David Parker Ray, known as the "Toy Box Killer," was an American serial rapist and torturer who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and brutally tortured his victims in a soundproof trailer he called his "Toy Box." He meticulously planned his crimes, using a chilling audio tape to psychologically dominate and instill fear in his captives, detailing the t...

Send us Fan Mail PART ONE -  David Parker Ray, known as the "Toy Box Killer," was an American serial rapist and torturer who kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and brutally tortured his victims in a soundproof trailer he called his "Toy Box." He meticulously planned his crimes, using a chilling audio tape to psychologically dominate and instill fear in his captives, detailing the t...

Send us Fan Mail  "The Woman Who Wasn't There" tells the astonishing story of Tania Head, a woman with a heart-wrenching account of surviving the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Claiming to have been on the 78th floor of the South Tower and losing her fiancé in the North Tower, Head became a prominent figure in the 9/11 survivors' community, eve...

Send us Fan Mail The "House of 200 Demons," also known as the Ammons Haunting Case, involved Latoya Ammons and her family, who reported intense paranormal activity in their Gary, Indiana home from 2011-2012. The phenomena included unexplained noises, children's unusual behavior like walking backward up walls, and instances of levitation, attracting attention from medical personnel,...

Send us Fan Mail The case of "The Toxic Woman" involves Gloria Ramirez, a 31-year-old woman from Riverside, California, who was admitted to the Riverside General Hospital on February 19, 1994, with complications from advanced cervical cancer. During her treatment, medical staff noticed an oily sheen and ammonia-like smell from her blood, and subsequently, several staff members fell ill,...

Send us Fan Mail The Oxford School Shooting occurred on November 30, 2021, at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan. A 15-year-old sophomore student Ethan Crumbley carried out the attack using a semi-automatic handgun that his father had purchased days earlier. The shooting resulted in the deaths of four students—Tate Myre (16), Hana St. Juliana (14), Madisyn Baldwin (17), and Justin Shi...

Send us Fan Mail Tribal rituals are traditional ceremonies and practices carried out by various indigenous and tribal communities around the world. These rituals are often deeply rooted in the culture, spirituality, and social structures of the tribes, serving purposes that range from religious worship and community bonding to rites of passage and healing.  Support the show Thank you for listening...

Send us Fan Mail The Whitney Cerak crash refers to a tragic incident that occurred on April 26, 2006, involving a van carrying students and staff from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. The van collided with a semi-truck on Interstate 69, resulting in a catastrophic accident.  What came next was so perplexing we had to make it an episode! Support the show Thank you for listening. If you would l...