Twisted Travel and True Crime

A missing wealthy farmer, who hosted sex games at his private nudist gathering in  "Kinky Cottage", was found dead in a castle tunnel several months after his wife reported him missing.  His glamourous wife, her boyfriend and his close friend all ended up being accused of murder but it was the victims actions in life that garnered the most press and shocked the nation. DONATE: One time: https://ve...

On what started as a beautiful June day in 1971, a small group of people were taking a short sail in Tampa Bay when to their shock and horror they sailed right by a body, bloated and bobbing in the bay. They called the police to retrieve it and shortly after 2 more bodies were found floating the same way.  They were three women, a mother and her two daughters.  What kind of monster could toss them...

Moulay Hassen, also known as Moulay the Nightingale and the Ogre of Fez has quite an interesting history. By the time Moulay had reached 47 years old she had been running a fairly exclusive harem in one of her three homes in Fez, Morocco. For many years, there had been whispers about this woman who was once beautiful but now had a face and a heart as hard as the jewels she wore all over her body....

Thomas Gimeno planned and secretly plotted the worst  and most spiteful “revenge” possible against his ex-wife.  He set sail with his two daughters who were only 1 and 6 years old, on April 27th of this year.  The next day his boat was found adrift with no one aboard.  He was up to no good. His actions that night were despicable and authorities are still searching for him by la...

Is murder ever justified?  Yes, you say, it it's self defense.  I agree but what if you take self defense out of the equation?  Maybe you are thinking, well if the person is a murderer themselves and that person is sentenced to death. That might be ok, too.   Are there more instances where murder is justified?   The sailor in the story I’m about to share with you believed that it was. He hoped oth...

Some survival stories are so incredible that they are almost unbelievable.  This  is the case with a young girl who survived a devastating plane crash which left her stranded and alone in the middle of the Amazon jungle.  How could she have survived not only the miracle of a fall from almost 2 miles above the earth but a second miracle of surviving for 10 days in one of the wildest and most danger...

Sam Gillingham believed her mother had walked out on her at 16 years old.  The full story only begins to emerge when  her father falls overboard while chartering a yacht, but it’s what she finds out  after her father disappears that is so shocking and so unexpected.  It turns Sam's world completely upside down.  You don't want to miss this episode and I don’t want to spoil this one because it’s go...

Michelina Lewandowska, 27 years old and a young mother, was tasered with a stun gun multiple times.  She was then bound and gagged and shoved into a cardboard box. Her one-time fiancé Marcin Kasprzak taped the box closed and attempted to murder her by burying her alive. Then  Michelina, incredibly brave and strong-willed, escaped from her shallow grave in the woods. She slashed her way free from h...

Genius, murderer, inventor, rapist, these are all words that have been used to describe John McAfee. His tale is scandalous, violent, and has more twists and turns then most could come up with in a fictional story. Yep, this one is a doozy. DONATE: One time: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3248826752172032881 Monthly: The link is  at the very bottom of this page. Social Media Links: https://www.fac...

Margaret and Roger Pratt planned for years to make their retirement plans come true.  They dreamed of a retirement which included living aboard their sailboat full time and sailing all over the world.  They had sailed for years, decades really, on weekends and  long vacations. Their time and experience sailing led up to the purchase of a beautiful 41 foot steel cutter.  A sailb...

Incest, pedophilia, and rape are not the things you want in your mind when your are thinking of an island paradise.  More likely, cold drinks, warm sand and sun are at the top of your list.  Sadly, what many believe to be an island paradise was rocked with allegations of sexual depravity when several young local  girls came forward with information about several of the men living on...

Lamu a Tibetan farmer and a social media influencer was attacked by her husband during a live stream.  She was recording in her kitchen with about 400 of her followers watching the when a man entered the kitchen. Lamu’s video went blank but followers heard her screams as her ex-husband held a knife to her neck and then set her on fire after dousing her with gasoline. She died 2 weeks later from he...

‘I held still’, she said. Kirby Morel pretended to be dead in order to survive a knife attack on the Appalachian Trail.  She had just witnessed a friend being stabbed to death by the same killer.  She then had to hike 6 miles or 10 kms through the dark to find  help.  She was bleeding profusely, unable to use one of her arms. She tried to use duct tape to patch her injured leg which kept spurting...

The Cropsey Urban legend is a staple on Staten Island in New York.  Most of the children who grow up in the area have heard of the escaped mental patient who lives in the tunnels under the abandoned hospital. This version or similar stories tell of a crazy man who has an affinity for naughty children and would come out at night and snatch them.  They would disappear forever.  This well known tale...

Did they fight to save their boat and their lives?  Did they look into the faces of their attackers or was it an ambush?  Did the killers approach them silently or did they betray the couple acting like friends to gain their trust?  Who died first and did the other have to bear witness?  These are just a few of the many questions  left behind in the wake of the ghost ship, the Kalia 3.  The only w...

Today’s story involves five child heroes. Their heroic acts  saved their mother from being murdered. These five children all under the age of 14 protected their mother who had been shot, from their very own father.  The man who is supposed to love and take care of them. I don’t cry very often when researching cases but this one definitely put a tear in my eyes. Unfortunately domestic violence is a...

The debate over nature versus nurture is a hot topic among true crime listeners.  It’s  the question of whether our biological makeup, or what is in our DNA makes us who we are, or whether the environment we are raised in contributes more to who we become.  This is often debated when it comes to murderers.  Certainly, mental, emotional and physical abuse or being subjected to e...

Sixty two years ago an intrepid group of young men and women were determined to hike and ski  through a mountain range in Russia. After they failed to return home rescuers were sent to find them.  What they found stumped everyone. They had all died, some from hypothermia, Some were severely injured, but they wore no shoes and were nearly a mile from their tent.  What happened to these young, healt...

Camping, I love it.  Many people hate it and cases like this one sometimes make me question why I enjoy it so much.  A heartless killer staled his prey while they are innocently camping and enjoying the natural beauty found in one of Canada’s gorgeous parks.  This man killed 6 innocent fun loving campers just to satisfy himself and to get what he felt like he was entitled too.  The search for this...

A huge cruise ship named the Brilliance of the Seas weighed anchor and eased out of Harbor at the Greene island of Mykonos  in the Aegean Sea.  It was America’s Independence day in 2005.  It was also the sixth night of the trip for the passengers. There were 2300 of them on board and most of them were Americans. George Smith and his newlywed wife Jennifer were enjoying their honeymo...

Dwayne Meadows, a marine biologist and seasoned diver had spent Christmas day of 2004 in the world-renowned Similan Islands Marine National Park. He Had made plans to go on a snorkeling trip with a friend.  right after breakfast, he went to his  Bungalow to start Gathering his snorkeling gear when a scream shattered the morning air.   He turned to see the harbor emptying and a thick white line of...

Stefan Ramon and Heike Dorsch decided to leave the trappings of their traditional life in order to explore the world and to delve into the cultures they would come across in their travels.  They were nearing the end of a 3 year sailing trip which had nearly taken them around the world, when they decided to stop at the inviting Marquesas island of Nuku Hiva.  They enjoyed their time there...

Off with their heads!  We have all heard that quote from the queen of hearts in Alice in Wonderland.  Maybe you remember the scary story of the headless horseman from childhood?  Beheading is how people were put to death in France via the guillotine and even in current times we have heard of beheadings within terrorist organizations.  What is the fasciation behind "losing our heads". There seems t...

Cordell Farrington is a Bahamian serial killer who is known for his paintings of young boys crying which is terrifying because he killed 4 children and an ex lover.    He was working as a clerk at  a hardware store and was reportedly by all accounts he  an exemplary employee.  It was at his workplace which was located  across the street from a local supermarket that he found his  victims.  His vic...

The heat is deadly.  The smell of sweat, hot bodies and fear permeates the air.  It's becoming less and less breathable. Mai struggles to breath.  She is 26 and in the prime of her youth but she is tightly  surrounded by people who are sweltering in the heat just like she is. People are crying for their families and loved ones. The person standing next to her faints and falls to the floor.  There...