Talking till Dawn

On October 31st, 1969, two high school students, Patricia Spencer and Pamela Hobley vanished without a trace from Oscoda, Michigan. In this episode of Talking till Dawn, we investigate their disappearance and hope that someone out there knows the truth. If you know anything that can help find Patricia and Pamela, please contact the Oscoda police department: https://www.oscodatownshipmi.gov/governm...

In the late 1500s, a huge man-eating wolf was attacking and devouring the people of Bedburg, Bavaria. It stalked the forests, fields, and even the darkened streets of the surrounding areas. No one was safe from its blood-thirst. Fear and rumours spread throughout the land, until finally that dreaded word was whispered from neighbour to neighbour. A word that would explain how the beast could so ea...

January 5, 1935: A young man travelling under an assumed name is found mortally wounded in a room at the President Hotel in Kansas City. His identity and the bizarre circumstances of his death spark a mystery that will puzzle investigators to this day. This episode contains discussion of topics, including suicide and self-harm, which some listeners may find distressing Samaritans support network (...

Birmingham, England - 18th April 1985: 17-year-old Marion Terry responds to a job listing, and within hours she is found dead under bizarre circumstances in the home of amateur filmmaker Geoffrey Jones. The tragedy would trigger a minor media frenzy, plumb the depths of one man's macabre obsessions, and fuel even darker rumours of snuff rings and murder-for-media... Support Talking Till Dawn: patr...

Croglin, northwest England: A legend looms over this remote Cumbrian village. A harrowing tale of desecrated tombs, sinister intruders, and bloodsucking terror.  One of a very few examples of the vampire in pre-20th Century English folklore, the "Cumberland Phenomenon" is usually presented as a true event... but how much truth does it actually hold? Diving deep into the history and literature of t...

We conclude our exploration of the infamous Paisley Witch case of the late 17th Century, examining the horrific details of the trial and subsequent executions, as well as the cultural -- and some say supernatural -- aftershocks that resonate to this day. Support Talking till Dawn:  patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website:  talkingtilldawn.com Twitter:  @TalkingTill Email:  talkingtilldawn@gmail.com Th...

Mike and Martin take a look at one of the more obscure monsters of Scottish folklore: the Earth Hound, a mysterious burrowing animal reputed to inhabit graveyards and feast on the bodies of the dead... Support Talking Till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Email: talkingtilldawn@gmail.com

In January 1909, a wave of winged terror swept New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania. Sightings abounded of a strange, flying creature marauding its way through the settlements of the Delaware River and down to the Atlantic coast, menacing townspeople, attacking pets, and leaving impossible prints in the snow... Something strange had emerged from the wild Pine Barrens at the heart of New Jersey, s...

Just a wee update for your lovely ears. Did that sound sinister? It wasn't meant to. I promise.

In myths and legends across Europe -- and beyond -- one strange scenario plays out time and time again: a spectral horde thundering across the night sky, pursuing otherworldly prey, or clamouring for battle. Monstrous creatures, werewolves, trolls, old gods and fairy folk. Their arrival foretelling war or natural disaster... the terrifying procession known as the Wild Hunt. In this special Christm...

In 1697, the Scottish town of Paisley found itself in the grip of a witchcraft hysteria that echoed the infamous witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts four years earlier. Mike and Martin delve into the bloody and tragic details surrounding the case of the Paisley Witches. Support Talking till Dawn:  patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website:  talkingtilldawn.com Twitter:  @TalkingTill Email:  talkingtill...

On a winter's morning in 2005, the dead body of Annie Börjesson was discovered on Prestwick beach in Scotland. The police quickly ruled her death a suicide, but on return to her native Sweden, a series of forensic clues and strange coincidences were noted that cast troubling doubts on the conclusions of the Scottish authorities, and exposed a web of sinister connections encompassing a predatory im...

September 12th 1952: After a flurry of UFO sightings, a bright light streaks across the skies of Braxton County, West Virginia, coming to Earth on a hillside near the village of Flatwoods. Witnesses set out to investigate... and experience a terrifying encounter quite unlike anything else in the annals of the weird. An alien monster, an extraterrestrial robot, a bizarre military psy-op... or the w...

Some time in 1984, a music-loving teenager recorded an unknown song from German radio onto a cassette tape. Little did he know this simple act would spark a decades-long search, and draw thousands of people into the enigma of what would become known as The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet. Support Talking till Dawn:  patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTil...

Mike and Martin review and discuss the recently-released "Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence... a fascinating document detailing the findings of a special investigation into Unidentified Fl-- ahem, I mean "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" encountered by the US Navy and other branches of the armed forces. For more special...

In the second of a two-parter, we dig deeper into the crimes of the World's End serial killer, Angus Sinclair.  His victims, his background, his accomplices, the chilling mysteries of his 1970s crime spree, his lasting impact on the Scottish criminal justice system, his final trial where justice for the victims of the World's End murders hung in the balance... and the stunning forensic discovery t...

The World's End Murders -- an apt name for such an appalling crime -- rattled the city of Edinburgh in October 1977.   Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, two bright, fun-loving 17-year-olds, disappeared from a busy pub in the heart of the city. The following day, miles away in East Lothian, their bodies were found strangled and coldly discarded. The girls had last been seen in the company of two unk...

The Writers' Mythos podcast: https://spoti.fi/3fWB9Kv FitzBeanHappenin' podcast interview: https://spoti.fi/3yS2cz9 Mike and Martin discuss several ghoulish urban folk tales that turned out to have a disturbing kernel of truth at the heart of the myth. Sewer Gator video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_Wp... Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twi...

9th November 1979 began as an ordinary working day for Robert Taylor, a forestry worker for the Livingston Development Corporation. But a routine visit to a plantation near the M8 motorway led to a surreal, terrifying, life-changing encounter with the unknown... Mike and Martin examine the facts and theories around perhaps the strangest case in Scottish UFO lore; an incident that would become the...

Talking till Dawn investigates the horrifying medical mystery of Tarrare, an 18th Century showman, thief, and spy... a man cursed with eating habits that were almost beyond human imagination... Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support Talking till Dawn: patreon.com/talkingtilldawn This episode contains discussion of murder and eating disorders, which some listeners may find distr...

From the half-shark, half-octopus Lusca of the Bahamian blue holes... to the tragic tale of the Pensacola monster... to the 19th Century oddities of the Cape Ann sea serpent... and the obscure man-eating horror of the monster of Serrana Cay, Mike and Martin continue their foray into the darkest depths of sea serpent and sea monster lore. Website: talkingtilldawn.com Twitter: @TalkingTill Support T...

Mike and Martin dive deep to explore the facts and folklore surrounding accounts of giant sea monster attacks. In the first episode of a two-parter, we examine the supposedly true story of a sea serpent assaulting a World War I U-boat, the case of an American warship damaged by an unknown beast, and the truth about the legendary Giant Squid and its even more terrifying cousin... the Colossal Squid...

December 29th, 1980: On a back road outside Houston, Texas, three people had a terrifying close encounter with a huge UFO and a fleet of mystery helicopters. These witnesses later suffered unexplained sunburn, vomiting, hair loss, and a range of physical symptoms likened to the effects of radiation poisoning... effects that would result in a civil court case against the United States Air Force......

Jolly old fat men stuck in chimneys. Venerable fodder for corny Santa jokes, beloved Christmas songs... and one of the most shocking urban legends of the festive period. The movie Gremlins popularized the story (and traumatized a generation), but is there a tragic ember of truth beneath this Christmas horror story? Mike and Martin investigate in a special Christmas mini-episode of the Talking till...

Ecuador, 1980: A flash flood on the Rio Ambato uncovers the bodies of four young girls in shallow graves, and an incident at a street market leads to the capture of Pedro Alonso López, a man who would come to be known as the Monster of the Andes, one of the most horrific and prolific serial killers in history. Mike and Martin explore this tragic true crime case from South America, examining the sh...