Rabbit Hole Happy Hour

Faith Hedgepeth was a Native American student at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in September 2012. She was living with a good friend Karena while she was waiting to move into her own place a month later. Everyone loved Faith - that is, everyone except Karena’s ex-boyfriend who blamed Faith for splitting them up. One night, Faith and Karena did some school work then decided to go ou...

We’re back! After relearning how to have a conversation, Mallory and Ashley discuss two major trials - Idaho v. Lori Vallow Daybell and Colorado v. Letecia Stauch. Nothing is better than justice being served and it felt especially monumental that it was served in time for Mother’s Day. If you’re interested in hearing the full story behind these Mothers of the Year, check out episode 6 (Lori) and 3...

If you were to turn on the afternoon news, on August 28, 2003 in Erie, PA, you may have seen Brian Wells on your screen. What started out as a normal day delivering pizzas progressed into Brian walking into a PNC Bank with a bomb strapped to his neck. It didn’t end well for Brian, and it didn’t end well for Jim Roden or Robert Thomas. What do all of these men have in common? They came into contact...

In this "mini" episode Ash and Mal go over case updates for Lori Daybell, Alex Murdaugh, Stephen Smith, and a weird connection between the Delphi murders and a cold case from Kentucky. Then Mallory horrifies us with a case of a cannibalistic rapist named Allison Weaver. After the break, Ashley shares the story of Gannon Stauch, an 11 year old boy who vanished from his home in Colorado Sp...

On June 7th, 2021, a 911 call came in from Alex Murdaugh. He told 911 operators that his son and wife had been shot. The scene was extremely disturbing. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found brutally murdered at the kennels on the family’s property. Alex gave a witness interview the same night, and police began their investigation. They quickly noticed that Alex displayed strange behaviors for someo...

Alex Murdaugh, disgraced Southern lawyer, was recently convicted of murdering his wife and youngest son in cold blood. How does anyone become a family annihilator? Especially someone who on the surface appears to be a down-to-earth, accomplished person who in his career seemingly offered help to many people in need? In this first episode in a series of two, you will get to know the grim history be...

In this "mini" episode Mallory shares an intriguing story of twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons. Then Ashley discusses the case of Dylan Redwine, a 13 year old boy who vanished while visiting his father Mark Redwine for Thanksgiving. Afterward, Mal and Ash go back in time reading their old facebook statuses and try not to die from excessive cringe.

On episode 31, Ashley falls down a rabbit hole researching the disappearance and murder of Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Conner. Laci was reported missing on December 24, 2002 and all signs pointed to her husband, America’s least favorite golf bruh, Scott Peterson. Scott and Laci were viewed as the perfect couple from the outside looking in. Scott’s in-laws saw him more like a son and describe...

Amongst many tangents, Mallory takes us on a journey to Matamoros, Mexico - a popular spring break spot for college students across the US. While popular, Matamoros was quickly becoming known for its increasing amount of missing person cases. For context, our story takes place in the spring of 1989 and 60 people were documented missing in the first 3 months of that year alone. An investigation was...

We're back - we apologize for the delay. We were busy coping with existence. Our focus for the last couple of months has been on the ongoing updates in the murders of the 4 University of Idaho students: Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves. Most who have been following this case will know that there have been major updates. On this episode Ashley and Mallory outline the...

When we heard the news that Peacock would be releasing a 3 part series, "Where the Truth Lies", where Casey Anthony would be telling her “truth”, we knew it would be important to provide context that most likely wouldn’t be included in her retelling.  Caylee Anthony was last seen on the morning of June 16, 2008. Casey told her parents (who she was living with) that she’d be leaving Caylee wit...

Happy Thanksgiving! This week Ashley and Mallory are bringing you a baby episode with some case updates on Lori Daybell, Debbie Collier, and the Delphi murders, as well as a discussion about the recent murders of four University of Idaho students.

Everyone loved Missy. She was a beacon of light to so many in her life and her community, especially through her fitness classes she held every week. Despite the rain, at 5 AM on Monday April 18th, 2016, her students were ready to be coached and enlightened by Missy at their fitness session with her. Their morning would turn out to be drastically different and more horrifying than they were expect...

Happy Halloween! We have a spooky baby episode for you this week! Mallory kicks things off with a true story about a porn star that led crazy rituals using venomous toad scales. Next she tells the shocking story of an alleged LAPD police cover up. Ashley tells us about a father who came home to find blood and human teeth throughout the house. She also gets us in the spooky spirit with 5 scary movi...

On July 5th, 2012, high school sophomore Skylar Neese would sneak out of her bedroom after her parents went to bed for the night. But the next day, Dave and Mary Neese would discover that their daughter never made it back. They looked to her best friends Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf who’d been with her earlier in the night, but who’d claimed to have dropped her off a couple blocks from her apartme...

We're trying something new! Sometimes life is busy and when that happens we thought we could bring you guys a conversational episode filled with topics we've found interesting or horrifying in the news. We want your feedback on if you'd rather wait a little longer for a traditional episode or if you enjoy this kind of thing! This episode Ashley recaps the mysterious death of Debbie Collier and a h...

This mystery begins on Mother's Day 2020, when Suzanne allegedly went for a bike ride and never returned home. Investigators soon found that Suzanne's husband Barry took some suspicious moves the day Suzanne was reported missing - but did he have anything to do with her disappearance? After finding a spy pen and tranquilizer dart cap among bizarre evidence and circumstances, the prosecution seemed...

NBC producer Benita Alexander was working on a story for a 2 hour television special focused on regenerative medicine. The subject of her documentary was the world renowned, yet controversial super surgeon, Paolo Macchiarini. Dr. Macchiarini was making waves in the medical world with his 3D printed tracheas and he’d already had a couple transplants under his belt. When Benita met Paolo for their f...

20 years ago two friends went to grab some candy from a vending machine and disappeared into thin air. After the girls are found murdered, the search for their killer begins. Little did the public know that this killer was willingly participating in news interviews and putting himself in the spotlight since he publicly claimed to be the last person to see them. What motivated him to put himself ou...

Harold Henthorn planned to surprise his wife Toni with a romantic getaway to the Rocky Mountains to celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary. He meticulously planned every detail and even Toni's colleagues at her ophthalmology practice were involved in the surprise! They gushed over how sweet the gesture was, but days later, Toni's colleagues, friends, and family would receive a text from her husb...

Shanda Sharer was a typical teenage girl growing up in the 90s. Life would get more complicated when Shanda started middle school. What started out as fight with an older girl would develop into something more romantic. This story of young love would take a horrific turn when the burned body of a woman was discovered in the woods of their hometown.

Ashley tries her best to give a brief history lesson on the inception of Mormonism hitting on the concepts of polygamy and blood atonement - a crucial prelude into her story of the Lafferty brothers. Ron and Dan Lafferty were 2 clean cut Mormon boys with a tumultuous, extreme Mormon upbringing. The brothers stumble upon doctrine that lead them off the deep end of extreme fundamentalism eventually...

Dr. Donald Cline - a fertility doctor in Indianapolis - was trusted by many due to his stellar reputation. He performed artificial insemination on many women who successfully went on to have children. Dr. Cline ensured the women that each donor would be used a maximum of three times to prevent a large number of related people in the same general area. One woman named Jacoba Ballard was a product o...

This is the devastating and unbelievable story of a monster named Shelly Knotek. A mother who somehow managed to hide decades of abuse. A mother who would be called a serial killer, a psychopath, master manipulator, and a sadist. This story gained attention when Shelly's three daughters reached out to true crime author, Gregg Olsen, wanting to share their story to bring awareness to their mother's...

Three suitcases filled with body parts were discovered washed ashore on Virginia Beach. The remains were identified by friends as 39 year old, Bill McGuire. As police interview Bill's friends they learn that he'd been missing for over 30 days, but his wife Melanie never reported it. Melanie tells investigators that Bill took off after an explosive argument and the two were going through a divorce....