The Dark Masquerade

Send us Fan Mail  It was December 24, 2008 when a murderous Santa attacked the Oretga household in Covina, CA. What was meant to be a very merry Christmas Eve party turned into a nightmare for all who were attending. While I had every intention of releasing this episode a week before I was able, I'm glad I still got it out (barely) before December was over!! This is an add free and remastered...

Send us Fan Mail Dorothy was a devoted mother and a loving daughter who disappeared on the night of May 28, 1980 after helping a coworker get to the hospital. She had been receiving disturbing calls before her disappearance and it was obvious someone was stalking her.  Who that someone was, we still don’t know and perhaps never will. Her remains weren’t discovered until years later and they did li...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Halloween, everyone!! Grab that bowl of candy, get cozy, and join me for this weird little mini episode.  Carl Tanzler was obsessed with a woman by the name of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos. After Maria’s death, that obsession drove him to do things that any rational person wouldn’t even consider.  This is a remastered episode. If you have any ideas of your own to improve the...

Send us Fan Mail Well, this episode went in a different direction than I intended, but I started down this rabbit hole and here we are. Lake Crescent in the state of Washington is an absolutely beautiful body of water with plenty of hiking trails to keep you active and busy. It just so happens to have a darker history; from landslides and car wrecks to murder and even making it on more than a few...

Send us Fan Mail This is the episode I intended to put out when I did the Lake Crescent episode, but I kind of went down a rabbit hole with that one. In this episode, I discuss Lake Lanier in Georgia and White Rock Lake in Texas. Considered two of the most haunted bodies of water in the continental United States, with the baggage these man-made lakes come with, it honestly makes sense. If you want...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss the bizarre legend of the Red Ghost. Between the years of 1883 and 1893 the people of Arizona were terrorized by an otherworldly creature, or so they thought… You can contact me at: thedarkmaskpodcast@gmail.com Please, feel free to share with me any ideas for the show or topics you would like me to cover. I also want to share with fellow listeners any sto...

Send us Fan Mail After a much needed mental health break, I'm back! Today I bring you part two in our werewolf series. This time, I discuss dogmen. I touch on the Michigan Dogman a little bit and then go more into the Beast of Bray Road. I still plan on adding more to this series in the future, so I hope you enjoy and continue to follow along. You can contact me at: thedarkmaskpodcast@gmail.c...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the second installment of the torture series! Countess Elizabeth Báthory was accused of torturing and killing numerous young women during her lifetime. Whether many of the claims made against her are true or not, it certainly makes for a wild tale. It's even rumored that a torture method known as star kicking began with her. I discuss this and other heat th...

Send us Fan Mail For this episode, I decided to cover some haunted universities! Not to worry, a true crime case is still on the way, but for now join me as I discuss University College, Toronto and the legend of Ivan Rezinkoff and Paul Diabolos. From there we will go to the University of Alabama to explore the assortment of ghosts said to be haunting various buildings at that school and finally t...

Send us Fan Mail For this second half of Haunted Universities, I talk about Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Not only was part of this campus once an insane asylum, but there was a fairly infamous true crime case that occurred  there as well. Between hauntings and a possible pentagram made up of cemeteries, the Ohio University (and really just the Athens area as a whole) is full of strange happeni...

Send us Fan Mail Nancy Knuckles was the oldest of three children and had it pretty rough in her early childhood. On more than one occasion, her and her siblings witnessed their father brutalizing their mother until he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and she finally divorced him. Nancy would grow into what seemed like an ordinary teenager, but her adult life would prove to be anything but...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Halloween!! Grab that bowl of candy, get cozy, and join me for this weird tale of one  Carl Tanzler. Carl was a obsessed with a woman by the name of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos and that obsession drove him to do some pretty wild things after her death. 

Send us Fan Mail This is it!! The final installation of the Gallego Murders! Gerald Gallego and Charlene Williams weren't done adding victims to their already too long list when we left off last. This episode is a little longer than the previous ones, but I'm finally giving you the conclusion to this whole ordeal. I hope it was worth the wait... Interested in starting your own podcast? ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I continue the horrific tale of Gerald Galego and Charlene Williams. These two were a monstrous couple that kidnapped, raped, and murdered multiple teenagers and young girls. Brenda Judd, Sandra Colley, Stacy Ann Redican, and Karen Chipman-Twiggs were all innocent teenage girls just going about their day before Charlene Williams lured them to their brutalization a...

Send us Fan Mail Kippi Vaught and Rhonda Scheffler were two beautiful teenage girls enjoying a day of sunshine and shopping before they were lured away by Charlene Williams to the van where Gerald Gallego was waiting for them. This was only the beginning for Gerald and Charlene... Once Gerald got a taste for the heinous crimes he committed, he had no intentions changing his ways. Interested in sta...

Send us Fan Mail I ended up going in a slightly different direction than what I had planned today.  In this episode I am going over some medieval torture methods! Many of us know all about the stocks and pillories or even flaying, but what about scaphism? I tell you all about these and more in this episode on torture. Interested in starting your own podcast?  Following the link below lets Buzzspro...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore a handful of haunted dolls and discuss some of the reasons they could have become that way in the first place. Thank you all for your patience while waiting for this one to be released. I am sorry for the amount of time between this episode and the previous one, but I am back and ready to start pumping out new content. Interested in starting your own pod...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I cover the bizarre disappearance of Dorothy Jane Scott. After being stalked and harassed by an unknown man, Dorothy went missing on May 28th, 1980 under very strange circumstances and to this day, this case remains unsolved. 

Send us Fan Mail In todays episode, I cover two infamous cases in European werewolf folklore: The Beast of Gévaudan who terrorized the people of southern France between the years of 1764-1767 and the Werewolf of Bedburg who was active during the years of 1564-1589. This episode contains brief descriptions of situations that may be disturbing for some listeners.

Send us Fan Mail For this first episode, I decided to give you a holiday themed tidbit. It was December 24, 2008 when a murderous Santa attacked the Oretga household in Covina, CA. What was meant to be a very merry Christmas Eve party turned into a nightmare for all who were attending. This being my first episode, I’m still learning a lot! I promise, my speed and editing will get better with time....