The Mourning Hour

Send us Fan Mail In one of the most shocking family murder cases in modern history, Chris Watts appeared to be a devoted husband and father, until his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two young daughters vanished without a trace. As investigators uncovered a web of lies, infidelity, and calculated deception, the horrifying truth sent shockwaves around the world. In this episode, we start our deep...

Send us Fan Mail On the outside, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed like the perfect couple, but they shared a sick, depraved bond, one that included rape, torture and murder of young women in Ontario, Canada. This week is part three of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. LISTENER DISCRETION IS HEAVILY ADVISED.  If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Check out our Patreon...

Send us Fan Mail On the outside, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed like the perfect couple, but they shared a sick, depraved bond, one that included rape, torture and murder of young women in Ontario, Canada. This week is part two of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. LISTENER DISCRETION IS HEAVILY ADVISED.  If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Check out our Patreon!...

Send us Fan Mail On the outside, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed like the perfect couple, but they shared a sick, depraved bond, one that included rape, torture and murder of young women in Ontario, Canada. This week is part one of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. LISTENER DISCRETION IS HEAVILY ADVISED.  If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Check out our Patreon!...

Send us Fan Mail Surprise! As a little "thank you" from us to you for a year of the podcast, we decided to put out this little Halloween special, filled with spooky tales, some local legends, and just general shooting-the-shit-with-your-bff. We love you guys so much, we would not be here without you and we hope you enjoy! If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Ch...

Send us Fan Mail On Halloween of 2004, roommates Adriane Insogna, Leslie Mazzara and Lauren Meanza handed out candy to trick or treaters before going to bed in their Napa Valley home. Around 2am, an intruder crept into their home, and murdered Leslie and Adriane, with Lauren being left physically unscathed. The investigation that followed allowed the one person responsible to slip through the crac...

Send us Fan Mail Picture this, it’s a Friday night, you’re about to watch a movie cuddled up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn, and suddenly, you hear a knock at the door, you go to see who it is, and you’re greeted with the sight of two little kids who appear lost. They ask to use your phone, and you almost let them. But a chill runs up your spine, and you feel a sense of dread permeating the a...

Send us Fan Mail Trick or treating, carving pumpkins, bobbing for apples, dressing up in costumes, it all had to start somewhere, right? What we know of today as Halloween originated with a much darker purpose than fun for the whole family. So sit back, grab yourself some cider or even a pumpkin spice latte if you’re into that, and let’s get into the nitty gritty of the origins of Halloween and it...

Send us Fan Mail On October 27, 1989, 10 year old Amy Mihaljevic was lured to a shopping plaza in Bay Village, Ohio. Four months later, her body was found in a field 50 miles away. It’s been 34 years since her death and DNA advancements are pushing us closer to answers than we’ve ever been before, but we’re still left with one frustrating question. Who killed Amy Mihaljevic? If you enjoy our podca...

Send us Fan Mail On October 8, 2009, the Jamison family, which consisted of father and husband Bobby, his wife Sherilynn, and their 6 year old daughter Madyson left their home in Eufaula, Oklahoma to drive to a nearby mountain area to look at a piece of property they were thinking about purchasing. Eight days later, their truck was found alongside a dirt road, abandoned, with the family dog locked...

Send us Fan Mail Long before Chucky graced the big screen in Child’s Play in 1988, many people expressed distrust for a seemingly innocent popular childhood item: dolls. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, when dolls became more lifelike in the 19th century, they wandered into what is considered the Uncanny Valley, which is a term used to describe things that have a human-like appearance, but a...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses the murder of a child, pedophilia, sexual abuse, and grooming. Listener discretion is advised. In early 2006, 12 year old Jasmine Richardson met and was groomed by a self proclaimed 300 year old werewolf. In reality, he was just a 23 year old creep named Jeremy Steinke. Together, they dove head first in a dark and demented abyss of what they...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses the murder of a child, pedophilia, grooming, suicide and self harm. Listener discretion is advised.  In early 2006, 12 year old Jasmine Richardson met and was groomed by a self proclaimed 300 year old werewolf. In reality, he was just a 23 year old creep named Jeremy Steinke. Together, they dove head first in a dark and demented abyss of wha...

Send us Fan Mail Between 1593 and 1692, 91 people—mostly women—were found guilty of witchcraft and executed in a remote part of Northern Norway called Vardø. This week, Katie and Allison discuss the trials and what was behind the plethora of witchcraft accusations throughout history.    If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Follow us on Instagram @themourninghourpod If yo...

Send us Fan Mail The trial(s) of Erik and Lyle Menendez took the nation by storm, convincing everyone that the brothers were just two spoiled rich kids who killed their parents out of greed. But after hundreds of hours of testimony, over 50 witnesses, the family secret was no longer hidden in the dark, and the brothers still paid for it.  This week is the second and final part of the Menendez Brot...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: This episode extensively covers themes of domestic violence. If you are experiencing domestic violence, please get help.  You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org . All calls are confidential. And the hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. On August 20, 1989,  Erik and Lyle Menendez murdered thei...

Send us Fan Mail During the cold, early morning hours of February 14, 2000, 9-year-old Asha Degree seemingly packed a bag, and walked out of her home during a rainstorm in Shelby, North Carolina. Despite several motorists spotting Asha only a mile from her house, on the side of rural Highway 18, she vanished, leaving a trail of belongings in her wake. Over 23 years later, her family is still searc...

Send us Fan Mail For centuries, women have often been thought of as “the weaker sex.” Where did this belief even come from, and why has it resulted in the idea that women are somehow “less” than men?  Why were women relegated to the home, unable to participate in a “man’s world” for so long? This week, Katie and Allison talk asylums, lobotomies, and even Valium, as they take you through a topic th...

Send us Fan Mail We're getting real psychological up in here, and us laypeople are talking about it. This week, Allison and Katie discuss the 2010  neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, and Ben Kingsley.   If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Follow us on Instagram @themourningho...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: HEAVY THEMES OF SUICIDE In 1985, group leader Bonnie Lu Nettles died of cancer, leaving her companion Marshall Applewhite to run the group as a one man show. As the ideology changed, so did Marshall, twisting the group's perspective into something far more apocalyptic. When a comet came into Earth’s orbit, the group members viewed this as their ticket to the...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: we will be talking about suicide, we won’t be going into heavy details in this episode, but it will be mentioned. At 3:15pm on March 26, 1997, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received an anonymous tip regarding a mass suicide at a rented Rancho Santa Fe mansion. Upon entering, law enforcement was met with a pungent odor, and over the course of their inve...

Send us Fan Mail The typical haunted attraction consists of actors dressed up as various horror characters, such as Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, wielding a fake chainsaw, a girl who is supposed to resemble Samara from The Ring but just looks like a girl who hasn’t conditioned her hair in an ungodly amount of time. But those are vanilla in comparison to the topic of this weeks episode,...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: This episode extensively covers themes of domestic violence and suicide. On September 1st, Brian Laundrie returned home from his cross-country road trip with his fiancée Gabby, in her van…. without her in tow. He holed up in his parents home and plead the fifth, refusing to talk, as her family begged for answers… This week, Allison and Katie discuss the murder of...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING: This episode extensively covers themes of domestic violence. If you are experiencing domestic violence, please get help.  You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org . All calls are confidential. And the hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. On September 19, 2021, the body of Gabrielle Venora Petit...

Send us Fan Mail Content Warning: This episode includes extensive discussion regarding suicide. On January 26, 2011, a 27 year old teacher was found stabbed to death by her fiance in their Philadelphia apartment. Despite suffering multiple stab wounds, her death was quickly determined to be a suicide despite everything pointing to something far more sinister. This week Allison and Katie discuss th...