Sinisterhood

While four beloved community members clung to life, the one whose meal put them in hospital dodged police questions. But the evidence piled up and soon she was in front of a jury, trying to convince them that it was all a horrible accident. This week's episode is Erin Patterson, Australia's Mushroom Murderer - Part 2. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.c...

Don't Let the Strange Man in your Camper; My Dad, the Unexpectedly Witchy Cop; Three UFO’s in 4 Months; My Eventful Life; Zac Bagans' Haunted Museum; and Children of the Corn or my Parents? Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of...

She was a loner with a sharp tongue and a chip on her shoulder, estranged from friends, family, and eventually, her husband. When her ex mysteriously fell gravely ill several times, no one could quite prove what happened. But what started as marital strife would soon spiral into something far darker. She had a grudge, a plan, and the perfect, lethal ingredient. This week’s episode is Erin Patterso...

My Dad's Murder Went 2015's Version of Viral; I Didn’t Start It, But I’ll Finish It; Recollections of a Security Guard: Part 2; 23 Badass Bs and 1 Stupid Man; Cathartic Moment Thanks to Freaky Friday Episode 70; and Solo Travels and Surprise! Naked guy! Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click...

Today’s guest is someone we’ve admired for years, ABC 20/20 correspondent Chris Connelly. Chris has been telling powerful, human-centered stories for decades, from his days profiling the world's biggest stars at Rolling Stone and MTV to his in-depth sports reporting at ESPN to his current work at ABC, where he covers major news events and compelling true crime cases. He’s covered everything from t...

With two dead and one clinging to life, Ziz and her associates scattered across the country. But before police could finally close in, three more would end up dead. Behind bars, one member broke their silence, claiming it was all part of a vast conspiracy. This week's episode is The Zizians, Part 3. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click h...

Boston Marathon Bombing Close Call with a Happy Ending; The Time My Mom Survived a Kidnapping from a Serial Rapist and Murder; Sharing the Road, Road Rage My Alien Family: The Bombshell my Grandma Dropped; Wait, What?; A Near Death Experience, a Shitty Doctor, and the student that Saved the Day Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here t...

With an increasingly devoted following, this self-proclaimed double-good super genius floated herself and her followers to the San Francisco Bay on a sinking tugboat. But soon, extreme adherence to her espoused beliefs caused her followers to lose their freedom and some nearby to lose their lives. This week's episode is The Zizians - Part 2. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 -...

Hotel Stories; The Basement Apartment; Feminine Rage, Male Fragility, and a Turd in the Punch Bowl; True crime? Or POO CRIME?!??; Were They Alien Visits??; and Crime Wave at Sea Bubble Room Story Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of ho...

A diehard group formed online, hoping to unite and defeat the coming AI apocalypse. But their Rationalist background gave way to irrational acts of violence, vengeance, and eventually, death. This week's episode is The Zizians - Part 1. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here for this week's show notes. Click here to sign up for our Pa...

Update On I Fear My Ex May Hurt Me; CSI: Childhood — My Accidental Encounter with a Killer; My Cousin's Family Might've Started a Cult?; Creepers Gonna Creep; The Freakiest Friday and an Unlikely Pair; and My Childhood Experiences Growing Up with the Guadalupe Floods in Kerrville, Texas Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit...

An enormous mansion in New York. Another in Miami. Jets, employees, charities. His own private island. This mysterious billionaire had it all and thought he was above the law. Until brave victims and a bombshell news story blew the lid off the whole thing. Even with an arrest and an indictment, will his victims ever truly find justice? This week's episode is Jeffrey Epstein, with updates. Get your...

The Muhfugga in the Attic; When Your Timelines Glitch and Twist; How My Dad Almost Beat a Serial Killers Ass; True Love Never Dies; My Parents Met in a Cult; and The Strangest Car Tags. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bon...

The Rock. An island all to its own housing the country's most dangerous criminals. Isolated and dangerous, escape was impossible. Until one fateful night, when three men were willing to risk it all for freedom. Did they succumb to the dark waters of the Pacific Ocean or did their impossible scheme actually work? This week's episode is Escape from Alcatraz Revisited with Updates. Get your tickets t...

The Man in my Window; I’m Friends with a Murderer on Social Media; My Unwanted “Celebrity” Look-a-like; I Work on a Haunted Steamboat; Did a Ghost Shush my Baby?; and Confronting Creeps & Dorm Room Sinks Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hu...

A self-proclaimed love religion led by two delusional narcissists has spent years exploiting people online - peddling fake spiritual authority, pushing coerced relationships, and cashing in on it all. Now, the feds have come knocking. This week’s episode is a Twin Flames Universe update. If you have information about Twin Flames Universe that you think would aid the Attorney General’s investigatio...

A Therapist's response to FF 169; Don't Worry Guys, the Serial Killer Will Look Out for My Little Brother; Lost Ability; When the Missiles Fell; Laurel Said to Send in My Medium Story; and The Presence That Lives on My Family’s Hacienda. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up...

A whimsical creature from Germany morphed stateside into a newspaper headline frenzy that swept a region for decades. The truth behind its fame maybe sinister, but this monstrous beast’s playful rebrand has landed it in the amongst the most beloved crytpids. This week’s episode is The Snallygaster. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click he...

I Fear My Ex May Hurt Me; That Time One of My Predatory Teachers Got Beaten with a Metal Pipe; Who the Hell Says That???; Bicycling Accident; Did Charlie Do It?; and Which Billionaires Dick Shaped Rocket Fooled Me Now? Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and...

With their million-dollar show shuttered for good, the superstar duo traded the stage for physical therapy and time with their tigers. But years later, one man stepped out of the shadows, claiming to know the truth about what really happened with Mantacore. Was he shattering the illusion or finally setting the record straight? And what does it mean for the pair's legacy? This week’s episode is Sie...

Do You Need a Knife or is the One Pointed in my Face Good Enough?; Mr. B's Class; Demons? Rats? Demon Rats?; I Saw the Ghost Lights of Brown Mountain; I Saw the Ghost Lights of Brown Mountain; and Mother, How Could You? Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon an...

We’re joined by the hilarious and otherworldly duo Henry Zebrowski and Ed Larson—co-hosts of Last Podcast on the Left and Side Stories . We talk Lincoln, the Bermuda Triangle, and about Ed’s fascination with animal attacks.  Henry shares a Contact in the Desert story that had him attending a mysterious party. Plus, we look ahead to Crimewave at Sea. Don't miss Last Podcast on the Left's - Beyond t...

By 2003, the highest-paid act in Vegas was selling out nightly shows, performing a spectacle of magic, lions, tigers, jaguars, and even an elephant. But one October evening, the act veered off script, and one of the stars paid a heavy price. This week’s episode is Siegfried and Roy: Tigers, Tragedy, and the Truth - Part 3. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveat...

My Creepy Kid May Have Saved My Life; Strange Happenings on the Way to Granny's House; What was in My House??; The Tale of My Haunted Ant-Infested Apartment; Possible Encounter with a Shapeshifter and I was Sprayed by a Siegfried and Roy Tiger Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://crimewaveatsea.com/sinister Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to si...

From their humble beginnings to headlining the Las Vegas Strip, this legendary duo rose to become some of the highest-paid entertainers in the world. Their act was dazzling and their fame was global, but danger was lurking just behind the curtains. This week’s episode is Siegfried & Roy - Tigers, Tragedy, and the Truth - Part 2. Get your tickets to join us for CrimeWave at Sea 2025 - https://c...