Rotten Mango

Did you hear? The upper elite of New York City had a new resident - Clark Rockefeller. You know - from the billionaire Rockefeller family.  He swooped in with his impeccable designer suits, tens of millions worth of art, and his old beat down car. Some might think that to be strange.  But you know what they say - old money never flaunts.  But why did he kidnap his 7-year-old daughter in the middle...

If you saw Patti & David walk down the street they look like the perfect couple. But those who knew them looked like they had seen a ghost.  The whispers - but David’s wife was only recently murdered. What about the girl that the police found in his doghouse?  And why is the younger sister of his dead wife wearing all of her clothes and jewelry?  Strange things happen in perfect towns.  Source...

You walk into an empty abandoned bank. You walk straight for the vault.  Sure, you know there won’t be anything of value left but you can’t help but try. In there you see a strange sight.  6 giant barrels lined up against the wall. Maybe they’re filled with money? Or maybe it contains the tortured, dismembered, and cannibalized remains of 8 people. Well, go on - open it.  Source Notes: rottenmango...

Wanda was reading a tabloid of “The Perfect Crime.” She couldn’t believe it - how does a family man just viciously murder his entire family in their 19 bedroom mansion? And the worst part is he got away with it and has been on the run for 18 years. At that moment she looked up and saw the killer. Staring back at her. Only it wasn’t John List. It was her new neighbor… or was it? Source Notes: rotte...

The investigators arrived at the scene - it was Friday the 13th and the victim had been brutally killed with an axe. The victim suffered over 40 stabs with a 3ft long axe and half of her face was missing.  Was it a gang? A serial killer? It definitely wasn’t the cute little housewife that makes taco salad, takes painting classes, and was headed for church that day - because that would be crazy.  S...

When 2-year-old James goes missing at the mall his mom is quick to start her frantic search. Within seconds he had disappeared into the crowd.  When the police arrive and show her the CCTV footage everyone is relieved. James had been lured out of the mall by two 10-year-old boys. Thank god it’s not some creepy old man.  Nobody had any clue that these 10-year-olds were planning a murder.  Full sour...

What would you do if someone unfriended you on Facebook? You probably wouldn’t even notice. Maybe you confront them. Or maybe you sneak into their house and brutally murder them and their significant other…  How dare they unfriend you on Facebook? This case is filled with twists, delusions, social media drama, and so much cat-fishing that you start to believe there’s no way this is real.  But you...

In 27 years he only spoke one word. “Hi.” For decades he lived without a mirror - he had forgotten what he had looked like.  He had no friends, no family, no pets, no emotional attachments - those were all cut off the day he disappeared.  When he is finally arrested after 27 years - the questions remain. Why did a 20-year-old walk into the woods and decide to disappear? Was he running from somethi...

Sharon - the high school student with straight A’s. She seemed perfect - but why does a 14-year-old have a closet full of lingerie and provocative clothes? Tonya - the mom who took a job as a dancer at a club. She was found dead on the side of the road. But why is her husband acting so strange? Sandra - the mom whose baby was kidnapped. But why are there rumors that Sandra sold her child? And how...

The rookie police officer was sent to the local middle school to give a lecture on how to be safe. Stranger Danger! But this town had nothing to worry about - it was a safe small town. The officer left happy with his work - he had no idea that one of the very kids sitting in his lecture would be kidnapped and murdered right after school. This case was unsolved in the FBI files for over 30 years… b...

The 4 teenage girls decided they wanted McDonald's for breakfast after their all-nighter. They carefully reverse parked into the lot so that all the bloody handprints on the back of their trunk would be hidden. They ordered a full breakfast - and one of the girls lifted up the sausage patty and giggled “doesn’t this look like Shanda?” The 12-year-old girl that they kidnapped? The one they tortured...

The hottest clubs in New York City were run by Michael. He knew how to throw a party - serving cat food as appetizers, performances of women pulling Christmas lights out of - well, you know where.  A rotating wheel of 6 cow tongues for anyone to “rub” up against. This was the place to be.  But when rumors started circling that Michael had injected one of his friends with Drano and dismembered him...

You’ve booked a room in a nice hotel that everyone calls “The Castle.” You quickly realize things are not what it seems here.  Doors with spikes attached. Vaults filled with acid. Secret peepholes in the rooms. Staircases that start and stop out of nowhere.  You see the “elasticity machine” it’s supposed to stretch your body so you can be taller. The owner wants to create a new race of giants…  Ev...

The hardworking FBI agent was on his way to a meeting when he noticed the large crack on the passenger window of his car. How is he going to explain that? He had a lie for the large wound on his hand. What about the deep scratches all over his neck? Surely he could come up with something.  Now the only thing left to take care of - was the decomposing body in his trunk.  Nothing an FBI agent can’t...

“What’s the last thing you ate?” the doctor asked.  All 16 of them responded the same - “human flesh.” A plane of 45 passengers had crashed into the side of a snow covered mountain in the Andes. Yes, it’s freezing, they were only wearing t-shirts, and many were wounded if not dead - but, they will be rescued soon.  That was what they put their faith in. But they were wrong. They wouldn’t be rescue...

Most people collect ordinary things - paintings, books, baseball cards. But what if you could collect your darkest desires? Two men decide they will collect women to be held captive in their torture bunker.  The men started gathering all their weapons of torture - power drills, clamps, gags, and pliers… the last thing they needed was a video camera. Because they were going to film it all.  The snu...

When you step into this Walgreens it feels like any other - aisles filled with cosmetics, household goods, and a pharmacy. The employees are kind but they’re harboring their own dark secrets.  The woman in cosmetics had inappropriate relations with a German Shepherd and her ex boyfriend refuses to get rid of the incriminating pictures. The store manager has a deadly liking for underage girls.  Ano...

She died twice on that 12 story bridge.  The first time - she was thrown off the bridge by two men in hopes of killing her. This would be the only way their night of sick torture would stay secret.  The second time - 19 years later. The same bridge. The same spot. The same 120 feet fall.  Are the events connected? How does someone die twice? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecas...

A man with a briefcase entered the cockpit of Western Flight 701. The man tells the pilots there are 2 bombs on the plane and a grenade in his suitcase.  For 20 hours - a couple terrorized the entire flight in hopes of having their demands met. They wanted $3 million dollars in cash, 5 parachutes, a woman on trial for murder to be handed over to them, and a flight to Vietnam.  And for decades they...

A family of 4 is startled awake by two masked men - they tell them that everything is going to be okay. We just want money - that’s all.  Slowly for the next 7 hours - it becomes clear that’s not all they want. The 11yr old daughter was assaulted. The mother was assaulted and strangled. The house engulfed in flames - all while the police were standing outside.  “A thief in the night. I’ve come to...

They knew something was different about their family. The sisters saw it. They had guests doing chores - completely nude - in the house. Guests being duct-taped to the walls. They had a man jumping from their roof onto his bare feet over and over again. Until his legs broke.  Even all this pain - was nothing compared to the humiliation and psychological torture taking place… what was really going...

Dear Mr. John Wayne Gacy…  That’s how it all started… One letter to the “Clown Killer” who was responsible for 33 murders of young boys - and Jason was hooked.  For months he developed relationships and even visited with John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, and Charles Manson. He wanted to get inside their heads - but what happens if they get inside his first? Source Notes: rottenmang...

Why do so many people go missing in National Parks? Alien conspiracy theory? Government experiments? Or just lost in nature?  In this case - it’s none of the above. It’s a serial killer that leaves a trail of bloodshed and a decapitated head bobbing in a stream in Yosemite.  Once they catch the killer that’s when the real mystery begins - wasn’t his little brother a national hero? Didn’t they make...

There is international panic on the fate of the missing British Airways flight attendant… and the crazy leads don’t make it any easier for police.  She was sold to the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia).  An adult film producer claims his colleague kidnapped her for producing a snuff film.  The police finally get their first good lead - they knock on the suspect’s door and open up a can of worms. Why is his...

A Japanese Hostess Club - purchase a table by the hour - female hostesses will come and sit with you the entire time. They pour your drinks, light your cigarette, flirt with you, and stroke your ego.  There’s an unspoken law that all the flirting - was nothing but a fantasy.  But when a British Airways flight attendant disappears while working at a hostess club - a question arises…  Was her abduct...