Strange & Sinister

The long-awaited Part 2! This week, Sarah is finishing up the disturbing case of "Doomsday cult mom" Lori Vallow. Death and tragedy seem to follow this family, and Sarah dives deep into the story of Chad Daybell and his influence on Lori Vallow's family. For all sources and social media: https://linktr.ee/strangeandsinister Music by: Jef Bjarnson @innerviewmusic

This week, Sarah is covering the case of Lori Vallow, most well-known as the "Doomsday cult mom". But, we soon found out that this case is much more than a mom who thought the world was coming to an end. In part 1, Sarah covers the background of the case. Who Lori is, who her husbands are, and how tragedy seemed to follow this family. For all sources and social media: https://linktr.ee/s...

We're back with another Strange & Unscripted! Every 3rd Thursday of the month, we write down topics, put them in a bowl, and randomly pick what to talk about!  For all sources and social media: https://linktr.ee/strangeandsinister Music by: Jef Bjarnson @innerviewmusic

This episode has a little bit of everything. A mysterious death, an attempted murder, a suspicious arrest, and a letter writer who terrorized a small town with thousands of letters. Circleville, Ohio in 1977 was a safe, rural town where everyone knew everyone. When suddenly, Mary Gillispie received threatening letters in her mailbox from an anonymous sender. Will we ever know the Circleville lette...

Denita Smith was a 25-year-old grad student living in Durham, North Carolina in January 2007. She was thriving; she was excelling in school and planning her wedding with her boyfriend of 6 years. Unfortunately, her life came to a tragic end when she was found shot in her own apartment complex. Lies proceeded to unravel that not even Denita herself knew. For all sources and social media: https://li...

Bay Village, Ohio was once a safe and quiet small town near Lake Erie. This all changed on October 27, 1989. On this day, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic walked to the local shopping plaza after school to meet a man who told her he would take her on a shopping spree to find a gift for her mother, as she had recently gotten a promotion at work. Unbeknownst to Amy, this man was no family friend. He abduc...

Emily is on vacation this week, so we decided to do an unscripted episode (featuring Jef)! In Strange & Unscripted, we write down topics, put them in a bowl, and randomly pick what to talk about! During this episode, we talked about Twilight, the moon landing, skinwalkers, and so much more. For all sources and social media: https://linktr.ee/strangeandsinister Music by: Jef Bjarnson @innerview...

In 1984, Lisa McVey was 17 years old and living in Tampa, Florida. Little did anyone know, she was suffering from abuse at the hands of her own family members. While walking home from work alone one night, her life would change forever. She was kidnapped by a serial killer and forced to endure abuse at the hands of a stranger. Lisa had been forced to utilize her survival skills throughout her life...

On September 14, 2007, 14-year-old Andrew Gosden woke up for school and headed to his bus stop. Little did his family know, that morning would be the last time they would see Andrew. He decided to skip school and buy a train ticket to London. After he arrived in the city, he was never seen again. Andrew's family has never stopped looking for him, and with new developments in his case happening...

WE'RE BACK! And we're better than ever! Thank you for sticking with us and staying strange! Today, Sarah discusses a case that will make your skin crawl. In 2016, Nicole Fitts was a single mom, struggling to take care of 2.5-year-old Arianna, the cutest little girl we have ever seen. When Nicole meets some local women who are willing to watch Arianna while she works her job at Best Buy, sh...

Welcome to Strange & Sinister. We're Emily and Sarah, two baristas obsessed with true crime and all things spooky and weird. Catch us every Thursday for a new episode!

In this episode, Sarah shares Japan's most infamous case, the Miyazawa family murders, also known as the Setagaya Murders. This case took place on December 30, 2000 and although there was an endless amount of evidence left behind, this case has remained unsolved twenty three years later.  For all sources and social media: https://linktr.ee/strangeandsinister Music by: Jef Bjarnson @innerviewmusic

It's our 20th episode! This is one of those cases that you just can't believe. Payton, Morgan, and Anissa, a trio of friends from Wisconsin, were in the 6th grade in 2014. Morgan and Anissa soon became obsessed with internet Creepypasta legend Slenderman and decided to try and live with him in his forest mansion. In order to do this, they believed that they must offer Slenderman a human sacrifice....

In this episode we discuss the adventurous, lively and generous couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan. Two people who devoted their lives to chasing after things that most people only talk about doing. One of their adventures would tragically leave them stranded in the middle of the ocean. Join us as well talk about the lives of Tom and Eileen and all the events that had to go wrong in order for this tra...

The mystery of the "Boy in The Box" is one of the most well-known cases in true crime history. It all started in February 1957, when the body of a young boy was found inside a cardboard box, abandoned in a field in Philadelphia. For 65 years, the boy's identity puzzled investigators, police, and armchair detectives. The boy soon became known as "America's Unknown Child" and his identity would rema...

This is our first case suggestion! Today, Sarah talks about a frustrating international case in Seville, Spain. On January 24, 2009, 17-year-old Marta del Castillo went missing after going to talk with a boy that she had been casually seeing for a while. When she did not return home that night, her parents instantly knew something was wrong and took immediate action. But, unfortunately, the police...

It's Emily's first conspiracy / urban legend episode! In 1987, viewers of the WGN Channel 9 network in Chicago were expecting to watch the nine o'clock news that evening, when a strange man wearing a rubber Max Headroom mask suddenly appeared on their screens. Two hours later, during an episode of Dr. Who on WTTW Channel 11, the same Max Headroom impersonator interrupted the broadcast. But this ti...

Grace Millane was 21 years old and traveling the world on her own when she suddenly disappeared while on a date in New Zealand. Family and friends of Grace became extremely worried when they texted and called to wish her a happy birthday and she did not reply to a single person. As one person became the focus of the investigation, detectives learned quickly that they were not searching for a missi...

Brittany Norwood and Jayna Murray were employees closing the Lululemon Athletica store in Bethesda, Maryland around 10 pm on March 11, 2011, when the unthinkable happened. A brutal attack occurred. Sadly, only one employee would survive the attack and live to tell investigators what happened that night. As she dives deeper into the story, police start to get suspicious. Soon, her whole story begin...

How can a child go missing surrounded by their own family and friends? What was supposed to be a fun Father's Day hike turned into an absolute nightmare for the Martin family. On June 14th, 1969, 6-year-old Dennis Martin was hiking through the Great Smoky Mountains with his father, grandfather, and friends when he seemingly vanished without a trace. The search for Dennis soon became the most exten...

18-year-old Zebb Quinn was described as a kind, gentle soul by all who knew him. On a dark January night in the year 2000, Zebb and a coworker went to look at a car Zebb had been saving up for. Throughout the night, Zebb's mother would constantly page him, as Zebb never arrived home. It has been 22 long years, and Zebb has never been found. But, there is one prime suspect, and it's somebody who is...

Arely Naomi Proctor was a loveable, sweet 3-year-old with a full life ahead of her. Tragically, her mother, uncle, and grandfather ripped that away from her on September 24, 2021. Believing that a demon possessed the little girl, Arely's family decided to perform an exorcism on her, which quickly turned into a full-blown murder case. The horrible acts performed on Arely, the strange behavior of he...

Asha Jaquilla Degree was only 9 years old when she suddenly disappeared into the night from her 2 bedroom home that she shared with her parents and older brother. Her case is one of the most widely known and baffling missing child cases, and unfortunately, is still unsolved over 22 years later. In this episode, we discuss what events led up to Asha's disappearance, the strange evidence that detect...

The Cecil Hotel has been notorious for death and violence since its doors opened in 1924. In this episode, Sarah discusses the history of the Cecil Hotel and describes one of the most bizarre cases to ever happen at this supposedly cursed and haunted hotel. Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old college student, seemingly thriving on a solo adventure across the United States. However, her trip was tragically...

We have all been told to check our Halloween candy for poison, razor blades, or needles. Though it happens rarely, this isn't just an urban legend. On Halloween night in 1974, an unthinkable tragedy happened to 8-year-old Timothy O'Bryan involving a Pixy Stick, cyanide, and life insurance. Join us as we dive into what drove Ronald Clark O'Bryan to become a real Halloween monster. Later in the epis...