Web Crawlers

VOICEMAILS: A car crash caused by this podcast, Roanoke road coincidence, and Jeb thinks Maria needs therapy.  EMAILS: A British spy found padlocked in a duffel bag, a UNCW professor who tweeted racist and sexist things was found dead, and an elephant graveyard in Chicago. — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US:  Twitter Instagram Reddit Faceb...

On November 22, 1995, filmmaker Allen Ross disappeared without a trace. Allen was part of a religious cult called the Samaritan Foundation, that was led by his wife Linda Greene. Linda believed vampires could gain access to her by talking on the phone, negative energy could be washed away with soy milk, and barcodes were evil. Years later, Allen's body was found, but no one was ever charged with t...

VOICEMAILS: Jeb’s nemesis, potential cult leader Teal Swan, a call from down under, and Mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall. EMAILS: Serial killer themed hotel in Colorado, drug trafficking in a small town, CIA holograms, Wisconsin Beast of Bray Road, and twins.  ALSO: Ali learned the 50 states by singing the Macarena — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOL...

EMAILS: A pyramid scheme victim, a ghost story found in a box of office supplies, and a voodoo cult leader. VOICEMAILS: Jeb offers his 37 cousins to Ali, a floating Halloween ghost in Chicago, and how to pronounce clandestine.   ALSO: Maria doesn’t remember an entire episode we did about the creepy TikTok Randonautica app and Melissa gets angry.  — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAV...

In 1587, John White led a group of 118 colonists to the first English settlement on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. But when the colony's leader, John White, made a trip back to England to get supplies, he returned to Roanoke to find all the settlers had vanished. They left behind only a single clue, the word “Croatoan” carved into a post. The colonists were never seen again. Histo...

Ghislaine’s bail hearing and secret husband, a witchcraft murder in Kalamazoo, the killer who Melissa knows might be getting out of prison due to COVID 19, “Pervert Park” the trailer park in Florida for pedophiles, and the Radium Girls.  — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US:  Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE...

EMAILS: A listener’s experience with a killer who pretended to be mute, smell sensitivity, and a cheesy dream. VOICEMAILS: A dank meme, a sleepover request for Ali, ball lightning, Jeb questions Melissa’s Canadian husband, and a listener suggests Ali become a lesbian.  ALSO: Maria loses her mind over coincidences. — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLO...

In 1920’s Los Angeles, a mother/daughter duo of sixty-year-old May Otis Blackburn and her 24-year-old daughter Ruth started a cult called Blackburn with the goal of swindling members out of money. The cult had bizarre rituals, and was connected to mysterious deaths, disappearances, and sex scandals. There was also an attempted resurrection of a 16 year old girl whose corpse had been stored in a wo...

NEWS STORIES: Dutch torture chambers discovered by FBI, Museum of Ice Cream company meltdown, Thandie Newton’s rough experience with Tom Cruise and his super zits, Ghislaine on suicide watch, and whatever happened to Elisha Cuthbert? — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US:  Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH:...

EMAILS: A honk honk coincidence with Canadian geese, a listener’s relative is the Easter Bunny murderer, a theory on why Alexander Acosta dresses his daughters oddly, a listener was in a Nicolas Cage movie, a dead body found in a field, Australian Min Min lights, sleep paralysis, and an unfortunate murder trial outcome.  VOICEMAILS: Jeb claims his cousins were in The Source Family cult, a lis...

In August 1951, residents of the small French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit suddenly started having terrifying hallucinations. Some people imagined lions and tigers were coming to eat them, a man jumped out of a window thinking he was a dragonfly. At least seven people died, over 50 people were taken to the local asylum in straitjackets and hundreds were affected. What caused this mysterious c...

BREAKING NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is arrested today. She is accused of recruiting, grooming, and sexually abusing underage girls as part of a years-long sex trafficking ring. What will happen to Prince Andrew? What was with that insane interivew where he said he couldn’t physically sweat?  THEORIES: Is Jeffrey Epstein still alive? Is...

EMAILS: A listener’s father had lunch with John Wayne Gacy, a listener wants to rescue their sister from a cult, a haunted bathroom, Elizabeth Bathory, and teens on TikTok found a dead body in a suitcase using Randonautica.  VOICEMAILS: A listener thinks her friend hooked up with a guy from The Source Cult (but we think it might be Andrew Keegan’s cult), and fireworks conspiracies. — EMAIL US...

On July 7, 2011, the body of 69 year old Richard Oland was found in the office of his investment firm in New Brunswick, Canada. Discovered by his personal assistant, Richard had been bludgeoned to death. He was the CEO of Moosehead Breweries, a pillar of the community, and his family was one of the wealthiest in New Brunswick. His son was charged with the murder, but a botched police investigation...

Psychic, astrologer, and animal communicator Jessica Lanyadoo from Ghost of a Podcast joins the show today to communicate with the Web Crawlers pets. Ali’s dog Asher has some opinions about wearing bowties, and the men in Ali’s life. Melissa’s cat Professor Kitty silently judges her disorganized thoughts. Maria’s dog Miss Piggles has some intuitive views on bringing a baby into their household.&nb...

EMAILS: A woman-led cult called Blackburn that was accused of poisoning members. Nicolas Cage purchased his tomb in New Orleans because of a curse. A misplaced winning lottery ticket. The gruesome murder of Odessa Carey by her daughter who decapitated her. VOICEMAILS: Jeb leaves a message on his way to the feed store about his cousin who was abducted. IN ADDITION: Maria talks about a traumatizing...

H.H. Holmes was one of America’s first serial killers who confessed to killing 27 people, although that number could be as high as 200. Many victims were said to be killed in his “Murder Castle” which was a building in the south side of Chicago that was outfitted with trapdoors, gas chambers and a basement crematorium. Holmes was also a con artist, had multiple wives, and was the subject of over 5...

Nicolas Cage is a fascinating person. He collects shrunken pygmy heads, he bought a $300,000 dinosaur skull that turned out to be stolen, in 2011 Dog the Bounty Hunter bailed him out of jail, and he once slept in Dracula's castle. Producer Maria's boyfriend Craig tells a story about Nic Cage's insane race car collection, and Ali plays her friend's song about National Treasure. ALSO: A voicemail fr...

Listener voicemails: A spooky Bridgewater Triangle encounter and a message all the way from the UK. Listener emails: A truck driving grandpa death, Amelia Earhart monument, Sopranos connection, chili sauce catastrophe, a hitchhiking uncle avoiding a knife fight, and haunted New Orleans tales. ALSO: Ali's Tinder date who sends her ghost stories. Update on Chad Daybell & Lori Vallow's missing ch...

In the 1960's, James Baker, soon to be known as Father Yod, moved to Los Angeles and opened a health food restaurant called The Source. Through vegan food and teaching Kundalini yoga, he managed to amass a trusty following of young LA hipsters. To outsiders, the group, known as the Source Family, seemed like stereotypical hippies, with names like Galaxy and Olympus. But there was a dark side: Yod...

Louise Peete was an infamous convicted murderer who gained notoriety for leaving a string of suicides by wealthy ex spouses in her wake. She was executed in 1947, only the second woman in California to be put to death by the state. Also, one of the houses where she buried a victim is near an elementary school Ali attended. — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — F...

Warriena Wright matched with Gable Tostee on Tinder in 2014. They met up for a date in Australia’s Gold Coast. Later that night, Warriena fell 14 stories to her death. The case would have been a complete mystery were it not for Gable recording over 3 hours of audio on his phone during their date.  — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US:  Twitt...

Johnny Gosch was 12 years old when he disappeared on his paper route in Iowa in 1982. There were five witnesses but the local police and FBI horribly mismanaged the investigation and they eventually declared there was no crime. His mother is convinced he was kidnapped by pedophiles and sold into child trafficking. What really happened to Johnny? Was his own father in on it? — EMAIL US: Webcrawlers...

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Listener emails about: A creepy woman with backward feet, an email link that opens to a father’s obituary, a scary encounter with the Australian tinder killer, a thwarted attack with a switchblade, Paris Syndrome, the Hodag, and a Papa Roach friendship. — EMAIL US: Webcrawlerspod@gmail.com LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US:  Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon...