Rabbit Hole Happy Hour

Current events and the stress of the world and life weighing you down? Take a vacation of the mind this week with us to Tristan da Cunha, a South Atlantic volcanic island farther from anywhere and anyone than any other place in the world. Settled in the early 1800s, this island was home to a handful of people. Through isolation, limited resources, and natural disasters the people of Tristan da Cun...

We experienced some microphone malfunctions during this episode. We apologize for the sound quality and are looking into how to avoid this moving forward. Ruby Franke was a Mormon mommy vlogger who found fame through her wildly popular YouTube channel 8 Passengers. At its height, the channel boasted over 2 million subscribers, but it all came crashing down as backlash grew over Ruby’s increasingly...

Have you ever taken down terrorists while still in your jammies? No? Well, Shannen Rossmiller has. This week Mallory tells us about the brilliant and brave small-town judge from Montana that changed the course of history with her unending curiosity and a deep desire for justice. If you'd like to support us, please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rhhh

Ashley and Mallory spill the tea on why they had to take an extended hiatus.

In this mini episode, we get serious!! But then we have some fun. Ashley tells us more about the dangers of leaving your child in the car and about some of the unfortunate outcomes that have happened as a result this year. Mallory then shares a bizarre account from a former North Korean detainee. After the break, join us for a trip down memory lane where we tell you about a few memories we have ha...

Mary Anderson and Lyle Stevik were two people that didn’t know each other, but they ended up having a lot in common. They both would be found dead in their hotel rooms, and had also both scrubbed their identities before they were found deceased. What was their motivation? And who were they? If you'd like to support us, please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rhhh

July is the deadliest month of the year when it comes to hot car deaths. So what better time to spread awareness? Coincidentally the most notorious hot car death case has been in the news recently. On June 18, 2014, Justin Ross Harris left his 22 month old son Cooper Harris in a hot car for 7 hours while he was at work. He was charged with his murder among many other things and was sentenced to li...

In this episode, we delve into the harrowing and inhumane experiments conducted by the Nazis during World War II. We explore the disturbing experiments, the key figures involved, and the devastating impact on the victims. This episode details one of the darkest chapters in human history, emphasizing the importance of remembering and learning from these atrocities to ensure they are never repeated....

Megan Hess was the owner and funeral director of Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose, Colorado. She was viewed as a pillar in her community - always donating her time and money to nursing homes, hospice centers, and local law enforcement. Megan knew that planning a funeral is one of the hardest things people will have to do, so her goal was to make it as simple and as profitable as possible. That...

Humans have achieved many amazing things in history, but some things done in order to achieve these amazing things were done in not so amazing ways. Join us as we talk about history’s fastest amputator, a lobotomy gone wrong, and the intentional spread of Hepatitis in the name of creating a vaccine. If you'd like to support us, please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rhhh

Astronomers have been on a constant quest to discover life beyond our planet. But once we make contact, how will we communicate with them? That’s where John C. Lilly came in — a world renowned neuroscientist obsessed with understanding consciousness — human and beyond. By the 1960s, Lilly was heading up an experiment backed by both NASA and the US Navy. What unfolded from there is truly stranger t...

2nd grader Kyron Horman’s stepmom Terri drove him to school for the big science fair in June 2010. Kyron was so excited to show off his project he did about Red-Eyed Tree Frogs. They got to the school and set up, and Terri left to go run some errands. Mysteriously, Kyron was marked absent all day and no one had seen him since that morning when he and Terri were setting up. It seemed as if he had v...

Sandra Clifton was a family-oriented, single mother of two who was ready to start a new relationship. So, she signed up for online dating! What could possibly go wrong? She meets a man by the name of David Hendy. He's charming, he's generous, he was about to turn the Clifton's family upside down. Join us as we dive deep into the fantasy world of one of Britain's most evil con men. If you would lik...

When Robert Wone went to his close friends' house to stay the night after a late night at work in Washington D.C., little did he know it would be his last. His friends discovered him stabbed and unresponsive in the guest room later that night. A perplexing 911 call and an array of bizarre circumstantial evidence hint at a potential cover-up in this chilling crime. But who could be behind it, and w...

On July 15, 1976, a Dairyland Elementary School bus vanished out of thin air while dropping off children from summer camp. Luckily the 26 children and bus driver were found, but in the middle of a quarry over 100 miles away. This would go down as the largest kidnapping in US history. But, who were the kidnappers and what was their motive? If you would like to support us: https://www.buymeacoffee.c...

We are so glad to be back!!! Tune in to this week's episode to learn what the heck we've been up to, and stay for a crazy story! In 2012, newly single dad Dave Kroupa moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he decided he was ready to brave the dating scene for the first time in 10 years. He signed up on the dating site plentyoffish.com and ended up dating a girl named Liz Golyar shortly before meeting anot...

We are back a little early this week to bring you a mini episode! To start us off, Mallory brings us the haunting story of a camping trip gone wrong. Four Finnish teenagers set out on a camping trip, but only one of them makes it out alive - was it the survivor that killed the others or was someone else lurking in the woods? Then Ashley talks about Return to Nature Funeral Home where 189 decaying...

We’re back after an unplanned hiatus! Thank you for sticking with us! On this episode, Ashley dives deep into the rabbit hole of 7M. What is 7M? Is it: A. A TikTok dance cult? B. A Christian movement to take over the world and usher in the apocalypse? OR C. All of the above? Take a listen and decide for yourself. Thank you to everyone who has supported the podcast. If you'd like to contribute, you...

Richard Allen was charged with the murders of Abby Williams and Liberty German in October of 2022. If you’re unfamiliar with this case, we’d recommend you listen to episode 10. On this episode, Mallory walks us through the 130 page motion filed by Richard Allen’s defense team. The motion outlines why they believe the October 2022 search of Allen’s home should be thrown out. Their reason? They say...

On this mini episode, Ashley shares some local lore about Lake Lanier, a man made lake in north Georgia with a dark history and an excessive amount of mysterious deaths. Then, Mallory tells us about the bizarre events leading up to the disappearance of Lars Mittank, a young German national who was on vacation in Bulgaria. A fight and bouts of paranoia lead up to Lars' bizarre exit from the Varna a...

What do you do on your downtime at work? Mallory discovers teensy weensy islands in the South Pacific. Tonight, Mallory tells us about one of those islands, specifically Pitcairn Island. It has a population of less than 50 people and by all accounts the people seem happy and friendly. The island is beautiful and the people of Pitcairn are eager to grow their population and become completely self s...

Reagan Hancock and her husband Homer had just celebrated their first wedding anniversary and were just 6 weeks away from meeting their baby girl, Braxlynn Sage. But on the morning of October 9, 2020, Reagan would be found brutally murdered in her own home. The murderer? A mutual Facebook friend and the Hancock’s wedding photographer. What could have possessed someone to commit such an unthinkable...

Infamous Redditor ReligionOfPeace was best known as a moderator on a barely legal subreddit called r/jailbait. This subreddit was a predator breeding ground and ReligionOfPeace further promoted his depraved interests by way of an image hosting site called That Old Guy's Image Host. But it had a strange URL that had users scratching their heads. It was called lakecityquietpills.com. One day, Religi...

On this mini episode, Mallory shares the story of Candace Scott. A woman who worked at a crematorium that would cremate cadavers that were used for education purposes at the University of Arkansas anatomy lab. Her job was to pick up the bodies, take them back for cremation, then return the ashes to the school who would return the remains to the families. Little did anyone know - Candace had a side...

In 2012 an Instagram account called Healing_Belle was created. The description read: Belle Gibson, gamechanger with brain cancer and a food obsession. The feed was a highly curated selection of bright, well-composed photos of healthy meals, sunsets, and of a woman living her best life. Sounds like yet another wellness influencer, right? Wrong. Hear how a woman conned her followers for years, the l...