Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

In 2016, the Tromp family got in their car and abruptly left their family farm with no phones, credit cards, or anything that could be used to trace them. They were fleeing for their lives…..except….they weren’t. Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys! There’s bonus content,...

In 1990, Lisa McBride disappeared after a night out with her friends. Her body was found four months later. Although there have been few developments since then, her case was in the news in early March 2022. Could we finally get some answers? There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: https://witches-mag...

Listen. Don’t do anything else while you listen to this episode. Don’t drive. Don’t work. Don’t eat. Just listen to this story about a woman in the 1700s who wanted to have a little excitement in her life. Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys! There’s bonus content, ad-free...

The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas began as the most luxurious hotel in the country in the late 1890s, and has been restored to a glorious hotel today. In between, it’s served as a boarding school, junior college, and a hospital. It is FULL of ghosts, including a familiar face we’ve discussed on this podcast before! Thanks for sending this one in, Marina! Our Tuesday episodes are usual...

Cindy James was the target of threatening letters and multiple attacks. When she went to police, they accused her of being the one behind her own terror. Then, she was found dead. What do you guys think? There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopi...

Nina Craigmiles was 7 years old when she died in a horse and buggy accident in Cleveland, Tennessee. Her parents built a church in her memory, which houses a marble mausoleum, Nina’s final resting place. Sometime after Nina’s remains were moved into the mausoleum, mysterious red stains appeared on the white marble. Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topi...

Today, Olga of Kiev is recognized as one of the Eastern Orthodoxy’s greatest saints. But back in the late 900s A.D., she represented defiance and vengeance as she did everything she could to protect her son after her husband was murdered. Thanks for sending this one to us, Courtney! There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurderm...

North Pepperell was once located along the Nissitissit River in Massachusetts. Today, all that remains are a few stone walls in the woods. Why did the once thriving village fail? A curse, of course. Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys! Thanks for sending this in, Quinn! Th...

As a little girl, Joyce McKinney dreamed of fame. She grew up and found it by kidnapping her boyfriend and later killing a holocaust survivor. So. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com If you’re watching us on YouTube, our channel is f...

Last week, we talked about meat falling from the sky in Kentucky. Today it’s eels falling from the sky in Alabama. But don’t worry—we’ve got this all figured out.  Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys!  There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon...

The hit broadway musical, Waitress, is currently touring the United States. Loved by audiences, the musical is based on a critically acclaimed independent movie of the same name. Unfortunately, the talented woman behind the film didn’t live to see its success. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: h...

Back in 1876, a bunch of meat of unknown origin fell from the sky in Bath County, Kentucky. Tune in to hear all about it, as well as the best theory Kara has ever come up with in her life. Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys! There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and ot...

This week you’re getting an ad-free sneak peek at our very first Patreon episode. Enjoy! In 1969, 22-year-old Betsy Aardsma died in the stacks of Penn State's library. Over 50 years later, her murder is still unsolved. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcas...

On January 6, 1994, champion figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked as she left practice leading up to the U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Championships. Behind the attack was another champion figure skater, Tonya Harding. Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys! There’s bonus...

(Part 2 of 2.) In 2009, Cleveland police officers showed up at Anthony Sowell’s house in Imperial Avenue with a search warrant. What they found would stun people all over the world. Equally stunning: the way the media and law enforcement failed the victims of the Cleveland Strangler. In these two episodes we’re focusing far more on the victims and their stories- their hopes, their dreams, their st...

(Part 1 of 2.) In 2009, Cleveland police officers showed up at Anthony Sowell’s house in Imperial Avenue with a search warrant. What they found would stun people all over the world. Equally stunning: the way the media and law enforcement failed the victims of the Cleveland Strangler. In these two episodes we’re focusing far more on the victims and their stories- their hopes, their dreams, their st...

Japanese lore is full of supernatural creatures we’d rather not meet. The Slit-Mouthed Woman is one of them. Thanks for sending this one in, Nico! Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys! There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patr...

Marvin Gaye was a Motown legend adored by fans all over the world when his life was cut short by a gunshot in 1984. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com If you’re watching us on YouTube, our channel is filled with the unedited video o...

When Edith Wilson became Woodrow Wilson’s First Lady, no one could have predicted the role she would have to play in running the country. There’s bonus content and other perks on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com If you’re watching us on YouTube, our channel is filled with the unedited vide...

Today, the Lemp Mansion Restaurant & Bar in St. Louis is known for it’s paranormal activity, murder mystery dinner theater, and halloween parties. But in the early to mid-1900s, it was home to the Lemp family, one of St. Louis’s wealthiest families. While the family made great contributions to the beer brewing industry in the United States, it seems these days they’re mostly remembered for the tra...

About half of the population experiences sleep paralysis. From demons in England and Turkey to black magic in South Africa and Canada, cultures all over the world have come up with their own paranormal explanation for this condition—but what actually causes it? Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and o...

Norman Baker made a living as a mind reader and a fraudulent physician. The mystery here is, where did he get all that audacity? There’s bonus content and other perks on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com If you’re watching us on YouTube, our channel is filled with the unedited video of our...

Y’all know we’re on an alien kick lately, and we didn’t even plan it! Kara’s sidepiece this week is all about a UFO incident in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania back in 1965. Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys! There’s bonus content and other perks on our Patreon: https://www.patr...

In March 2020, Netflix’s Tiger King revived the mystery of a man who’d disappeared from Florida in 1997—Don Lewis, Carole Baskin’s second husband. Did Don run away? Was he murdered? Did Carole feed him to her tigers? It’s Florida. You never know.  There’s bonus content and other perks on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery  Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mys...

In the 1950s and 60s, UFO sightings were all the rage. This one happened in 1966 in Portage County, Ohio. Two officers encountered a UFO and chased it for 86 miles. Or did they? (Thanks for sending this one to us, Traci!)  Our Tuesday episodes are usually shorter than our Friday episodes, focusing on topics we didn’t think we could do a full episode on, and often sent in by you guys!  There’s bonu...