The Mourning Hour

Send us Fan Mail On June 4, 2008, Travis Alexander was brutally murdered in his Mesa, Arizona home. The investigation into his murder and the interrogation, arrest and subsequent trial of Jodi Arias would become national news as the details of their scandalous relationship became public, showing the truth behind the web of lies that Jodi attempted to spin. This week is part two of Jodi Arias and t...

Send us Fan Mail Sex, obsession, and manipulation. These are just a few of the words that can be used to describe the relationship between Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander. A fatal attraction if you want to get all Lifetime-y about it, but when the relationship reached its boiling point, so did Jodi. This week, Allison and Katie discuss part one of Jodi Arias and the murder of Travis Alexander.  If...

Send us Fan Mail On November 3rd, 2018, 40-Year-Old wife and mother Tamla Horsford excitedly attended what was essentially an adult sleepover to celebrate the birthday of one of her friends. After a night of gal-palling, watching football and drinking, everyone seemingly went to sleep. The next morning, Tamla, the only woman of color in attendance at the sleepover was found lying face down in the...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Katie and Allison are talking Native American legends with some spook factor. Listen in as we discuss the Wendigo, Spearfinger, (a… perverted merman?) and a few other creepy tales from various indigenous cultures. If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review! Follow us on Instagram @themourninghourpod If you have questions or case suggestions, send us a...

Send us Fan Mail Where's it at, Monistat? This week, Allison and Katie take you through the 2009 horror comedy film Jennifer's Body, written by Diablo Cody. It's a fun ride, so you'd be a total player hater if you don't listen and see if it holds up with us.  If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Follow us on Instagram @themourninghourpod If you h...

Send us Fan Mail When a tragedy occurs, society tends to cling onto every possibility as an explanation for how something so horrendous can happen. Conspiracy theories follow suit, diminishing the memory of those the tragedy has affected, for example the theory that Bush did 9/11, or that Sandy Hook was orchestrated by the U.S. government as a part of an elaborate plot to promote stricter gun laws...

Send us Fan Mail Alright creeps, do we have a treat for you! As a little bonus boy, we decided to play Trivial Pursuit: Horror Movie Edition and we’d be lying if we said this may or may not be the funniest episode we’ve ever recorded, but we’re biased. We hope you enjoy this little extra taste of mourning! (Spoiler Alert: we low key suck at trivia apparently) If you enjoy our podcast, please leave...

Send us Fan Mail On April 20, 1999, 12 students and 1 teacher were killed by two gunmen who stormed Columbine High School with the ultimate goal of killing as many people as possible. Armed to the teeth with guns, explosives, and knives, they set out to leave a lasting impression on the world. And unfortunately, they got what they wanted, as today, the word “Columbine” is synonymous with school sh...

Send us Fan Mail Since 1999, there have been over 360 school shootings in America, and as of 2023, more than 338,000 students in the US have been exposed to gun violence at school.  It feels as if we’re constantly seeing headlines of school shootings, we’re constantly wondering how this is still happening, and we’re constantly left feeling as if our children are never going to be safe. So what hap...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Allison and Katie are taking you back to 2009, to explore the psychological thriller “The Uninvited.” It’s visually stunning, and there are some frustrating scenes and some that are right out of a nightmare… but does the movie hold up 14 years later? Listen and find out!  If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Follow us on Instagram @themourning...

Send us Fan Mail Picture this, eight year old you is at a sleepover, and your friends want to play a game. Monopoly maybe? Nope. Scrabble? Not a chance. Next thing you know, you're standing in front of a mirror, saying "Bloody Mary" three times, hoping the entire time that it's all just some elaborate hoax and that Bloody Mary isn't waiting for you on the other side. Thank...

Send us Fan Mail Kay-Alana Turner has been missing since March 10, 2023. She is 27 years old, 5'4" and weighs approximately 127 lbs. She was last seen in the Holly Creek Hills area of Tomball, Texas. We believe she is suffering a mental health crisis. Kay is likely confused, but she is NOT DANGEROUS. She may still be on foot in the area, or trying to find a ride to Austin to get to a fri...

Send us Fan Mail On December 7, 2009, Susan Cox Powell did not show up for work, and she did not drop her sons off at daycare or call to let anyone know that she would be late or not making it at all. Nobody could reach her or her husband, fear sunk in as those closest to the family thought the worst. When her husband Josh reappeared with their sons Charlie and Braden, with an extremely questionab...

Send us Fan Mail In December of 2009, a young mother and wife in West Valley, Utah mysteriously disappeared from her home, leaving behind two sons and a suspicious husband in her wake. The investigation that followed brought clues, warnings, a disturbing obsession, and abuse to the forefront. As if things could not get any worse, tragedy struck, leaving people all across the country stunned in dis...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Allison and Katie did something a little different... Introducing Horror Movie Recaps. For our first horror recap, we take you to a place of ultimate 2005 nostalgia. Velour tracksuits, Paris Hilton, and a really rad soundtrack. On the not so nostalgic side of things, there's a lot of side plots for some reason and some gnarly kills. Join us for a trip to the wax mu...

Send us Fan Mail In 1996, the slasher genre of horror films was forever changed by a new modern day masked psychopath, Ghostface. The movie I’m referring to if you couldn’t guess is Wes Craven’s Scream. To make a long story short, in the original movie, two teenage serial killers decide to take their friends and classmates out one by one. Ten years after the movie was released, two teenagers in sm...

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Send us Fan Mail Over the course of ten weeks in 1946, the twin city of Texarkana was sent into a state of panic and fear when a flux of serial murders shook the very core of everyone who lived in and around the town. What would later inspire horror movies, urban legends, and even possibly another serial killer who gained national infamy in 1968, is still considered the number one unsolved case in...

Send us Fan Mail On September 11, 2001, America was forever changed by the attacks that took place at the hands of 19 militants associated with an Islamic extremist group. 2,753 people were killed as a result, and there are roughly 1,106 victims who have still yet to be identified. This week, Allison and Katie will be discussing the story of Sneha Anne Philip, a 31-year-old doctor who went missing...

Send us Fan Mail The Appalachian mountains are a glorious, mysterious, and ancient mountain range making up around a 2,000 mile stretch of the Eastern United States. This week, Katie and Allison will be taking you to the central/southern region of the Appalachians to discuss their cultural cryptids and their special breed of magic. If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating and review!  Fo...

Send us Fan Mail By the dawn of the 19th century, tuberculosis had killed 1 in every 7 people and throughout the later half of the 1800s, sanatoriums began popping up all over the world in an attempt to fight the epidemic, as it was believed that resting in a healthy environment would be enough to cure the patients who fell ill. This week, Allison and Katie will be taking you to Louisville, Kentuc...

Send us Fan Mail On January 11, 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was brutally tortured and murdered by four teenage girls in small-town Indiana, but the backstory of the girls and their reasonings for killing Shanda is what aids in this case being so horrifying. Not gonna sugarcoat it, Allison and Katie get real pissed and real sad in this one.  If you enjoy our podcast, please leave us a rating an...

Send us Fan Mail Elizabeth Short (aka The Black Dahlia) was an aspiring actress, and was brutally murdered in Los Angeles, California, and found on January 15th, 1947. Her body was cut in half and severely mutilated. This week, Allison and Katie will discuss the ins and out of one of the oldest cold case files in L.A. to date, as well as the city's most famous.  If you enjoy our podcast, plea...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Holidays from us to you! As a little gift, we've decided to give you two episodes for the week of Christmas. So in this episode, Katie gives us the history of why Victorian-era Christmas traditions involved telling ghost stories and why we enjoy being scared in general, and we each read a Christmas ghost story by Victorian-era authors. We hope you enjoy our first bonus...

Send us Fan Mail A beautiful woman had her entire life ahead of her, until a few scumbag idiots took it all away in the blink of an eye. This week, Allison and Katie will be discussing the infamous 1986 murder of Anita Cobby. Please be advised of the trigger warnings given at the beginning of the episode. Anita's family created the Homicide Victims’ Support Group ( https://www.hvsgnsw.org.au/...