Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

This week Kara’s telling us about a couple of sweet old ladies who were….not at all sweet old ladies. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our s...

**We’re (still) dealing with some mic issues in this episode, gang.  Lori Ruff had always seemed a little odd to her husband’s family. When she died by suicide, they found a box in her home containing evidence of multiple false identities. Who was this woman, and why had she gone to so much trouble to hide? There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreo...

**We’re dealing with some mic issues in this episode, gang. Just a warning. Perfection is boring. Helen Mintiks was an incredibly talented woman, murdered by a man because she said no. 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   Youtube...

Here’s a great round of stories sent in by you guys! We’re taking June off, and revamping the podcast store in the meantime! Here’s a discount code so you can grab anything you’ve had your eye on- BESTIES will get you 10% off your order. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery   Podcast Store: https://witches-magic-...

Megan is super mad about this one. The Magdalene Asylums were set up to reform fallen women. They didn’t. We’re taking June off, and revamping the podcast store in the meantime! Here’s a discount code so you can grab anything you’ve had your eye on- BESTIES will get you 10% off your order. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagic...

This week Kara has a deep dive into a woman who grew up as the child of a wanted fugitive. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our sponsors!  T...

Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her apartment with twenty stab wounds, and police ruled it a suicide. Let’s dive in, shall we? 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMys...

When famous architect Stanford White was murdered in 1906, some called it the murder of the century.  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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our s...

Here’s part two of one of the most famous unsolved cases out there—the shocking murder of Elizabeth Short, better known as The Black Dahlia. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMa...

This is one of the most famous unsolved cases out there—the shocking murder of Elizabeth Short, better known as The Black Dahlia. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMy...

Kara’s got another round of listener-submitted ghost stories! Thank you all so much for telling us all your weird stories. WE LOVE IT. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMur...

Belle Gunness had a thing for lonely Norwegian-American men with few ties to their families and lots of money. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Supp...

Megan’s got a witch story for you this week—the tale of Connecticut's Mercy Disbrow, and some surprisingly forward-thinking for the 1600s. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagi...

Meet Adolfo Constanzo, cult leader. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Sources:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Constanzo https://murderpedia.org...

We’re reading listener ghost stories this week, plus one weird arrest story. Enjoy! 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our sponsors!  This epi...

In 1977, the Big Ear telescope at Ohio State University recorded a very interesting radio signal from outer space. What was it? 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMyst...

Leonarda Cianciulli was incredibly protective of her four children. When her oldest son wanted to fight in World War II, she decided she had to do something to ensure his safety. This all sounds like pretty typical mom behavior but, considering the name of our podcast, you know better than that. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witche...

Kara’s doing a deep dive into birthmarks and the lore behind them. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our sponsors!  This episode is sponsored...

TW: child abuse, sexual abuse, incest, molestation We ALSO can’t believe Megan is telling a story with these trigger warnings. It’s awful. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagi...

This week Kara has a witch story sent in by a listener, as well as a local ghost story! 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Sources:   https://www.wiki...

First, an update on a case we covered in 2022 in episode 141: Where is Fawn Marie Mountain? Then- this week’s episode: In January 1981, two bodies were discovered north of Houston, Texas, and would remain unidentified for over 40 years. When the Harris County does were finally identified in 2011, it solved one mystery—but now there were more questions—who had killed them, why had they been murdere...

Patricia Hearst was abducted in the 70s by the Symbionese Liberation Army. What happened next is incredibly complicated. 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcas...

We’re reading your ghost stories this week. Enjoy! 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   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our sponsors!  Thinking about starting your own podcast?...

Really, we could categorize this one in several ways- Mystery: How Did Fritz's Mom Save Christmas? Magic: The Beauty of Humanity . Goddess: Elizabeth Vincken. In the end, we went with our highest honor, Honorary Witch, for this wonderful woman who performed a different kind of Christmas Miracle in a forest in Germany at the end of World War II. Enjoy. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and o...

You might know Frank Abagnale as the subject of the movie, Catch Me If You Can. He made a name for himself as a master con artist, then went on to work for the FBI as an expert on forgery and document theft. 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.m...