The New York Mystery Machine

Last episode, we spoke on the rise of NIXVM and its leader, Keith Raneire. Now, we are speaking about the fall of the group, the arrest of Keith and his inner circle, and reporting on some of the devastatingly dark things learned through the trial's testimonies. Be advised that this episode does contain reports of cult activity, sexual coercion and abuse, and manipulation. Available wherever you s...

NIXVM claimed to have been an organization rooted in self help and betterment. However, it was soon shown to be a cult that manipulated its members into doing the will of its leader Keith Raniere. Even worse, that will included sexual abuse, branding, and trauma. What was NXIVM and how was it brought down?  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iT...

A mysterious story was posted on the web detailingd a family's experience in what seems to be a very haunted Brooklyn house! Jane and her family moved into the three-floor apartment on Sackett Street in 1998 and for one year, they were tortured by paranormal happenings. But the story doesn't end with Jane. More horror and gruesome discoveries befell the next few tenants as well! Available wherever...

September 11, 2001 in the town of Spencer, NY, about 20 miles outside of Binghamton, NY Michele Anne Harris was seen for the last time. The lead suspect in the case? Her soon to be ex husband, Cal. But did poor police work and lack of staffing result in her body never turning up? Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becomin...

Champy of Lake Champlain is not the only sea monster to swim in New York waters. This week we dive into the history of sea monster sightings around Long Island. Extra credit: draw your interpretation of the sea monster along with Adam and send your finished sketches our way! Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a s...

12 Gay Street has been home to many interesting characters: from folks working at a pirate themed bar to a New York Mayor...from a magician and writer to a puppeteering pioneer. But, among all of the many living characters, there are tales of ones who are not so alive. Who is haunting 12 Gay Street and have they ever left?  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, &...

This week we explore (with a special guest!) the murder case that inspired the Billy Wilder movie, "Double Indemnity." Who killed Ruth Snyder's husband? (Spoiler: it wasn't "two giant Italians." Or WAS IT?! [it certainly was not] )  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.co...

Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez should never have met. But, when the two people with tough childhoods did connect via a Lonely Hearts Club Letter, nothing but pain, misery, crime, and murder followed.  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachine D...

This week, Christina and Adam investigate an unusual spot in Queens, NY noted for its history of wrecks, tragic death, and the occasional treasure.  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachine Don't forget to follow us on all the socials: Instagram: @NYMyste...

On April 10, 1836, Helen Jewett was murdered found murdered and burned in her room in her Lower Manhattan Brothel. What followed was a ridiculous trial and insane newspaper reporting.  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachine Don't forget to follow us on...

On December 20, 1878 the New York Times would publish an article which reported the strange happenings which had been going down every night at 136 Clinton Avenue in Brooklyn. Mysterious knocks at the door and a persistent doorbell ringing plagued the inhabitants of the home. Was this a nightly prank by man, monster, or spirit?  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Ra...

How did a vaudeville and early movie star disappear on an ocean liner mere hours from New York harbor? Christina and Adam certainly have theories. But, find out the wild possibilities on this week's episode! Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachine Don't forge...

So...Adam had Covid and it prevented them and Christina to record last week. But, have no fear! As a special treat we are releasing our very very first Patron Exclusive Episode to all of you! In this episode we are covering the haunting Belasco Theater located at 111 West 44th, right in the heart of Broadway! David Belasco was one of Broadway's most famous Theatre Impresarios, but did he ever leav...

Today's episode was chosen by our Patrons! We are exploring the Sagamore Hotel located at Lake George, voted one of the Top 5 Haunted Hotels in NY.  The spirits who are said to inhabit this building are quite the motley crew.  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com...

We're spending this Thanksgiving filling you in all a few short mysteries that took place on the Holiday throughout history! We have quite the array: a train ghost, an unsolved murder, and a missing woman who ends up in Philadelphia without knowing how she got there! Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor o...

If Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships, Mary Rogers launched a thousand poems.... admittedly, some of them better than others. She was a beautiful woman who drew in customers to a cigar shop, until one day she went mysteriously missing and was eventually found dead. Who would kill the beautiful cigar girl?  Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review o...

Meat is Back on the Menu! In today's episode, we are visiting the town of Austerlitz, where in the 1880s a murder occurred and a very strange dinner was prepared. Listen in to hear in real-time Adam's discovery of the grisly details surrounding this unusual tale. Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on ou...

Happy Halloween! Today on the show we are chatting all about a ghost who is starving and won't leave June Havoc's Hell's Kitchen home. Hungry Lucy is given voice through a number of seances held by returning character to the show...Hans Holzer! Check out this creepy tapping ghost and why she can't see to cross over! Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review o...

Star-crossed lovers, a desire to start all over again, greed and murder. Find out in this week's episode how two people that passed love notes to each other in hallways like High School students turned into murderous conspirators. Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com/NYMys...

Multiple suicides, murders, and sickness all rest in the walls of 57 West 57th Street. Is there a reason for the miserable history of this building? The characters in this week's episode would sure hope there's one! With so much tragedy of course this is not just a story about murders and death but one with a nice dose of the paranormal as well! Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to S...

A woman with a relatively prominent political career walks out of her home one summer afternoon and is never heard from again. Where is Juliet Stuart Poyntz? And who on earth would want to do away with her? Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com/NYMysteryMachine Don't forget...

We are back with more University Ghosts! This Fall Adam got a job directed at St. John's University and didn't realize when he was hired that the theater he was working in was haunted! What a treat! So, this week we are hearing tales and ghostly experiences from current students and alumni of St. John's! Plus, some strange stuff happens in the middle of one of the interviews!  Available where...

This episode has it all: love, loss, betrayal, financial deception, dentistry, murder, a trial in a parlour featuring a dentist's chair in a house with seventeen canaries, the purchase of a newborn, lamb's blood, and P.T. Barnum. No, really: this episode has ALL OF THAT STUFF. Learn more about the hot trial of the 1850s and ask along with us: who killed Harvey Burdell?? (And also where did all tha...

This episode is an odd one with tragedy striking one of Staten Island's oldest and most haunted houses in three different centuries! That's right, Kreischer Mansion has seen at least three deaths (probably more) since being built in the late 1800s! Not too bad for our first foray in Staten Island. Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support t...

For over a decade, an unknown individual managed to terrorize the city with pipe bombs while evading the police. The Hunt for the perpetrator involved the psychiatrist who developed criminal profiling....and also a whole lot of Freud. Available wherever you stream podcasts! Be sure to Subscribe, Rate, & Review on iTunes! Support the show by becoming a sponsor on our Patreon: www. Patreon.com/N...