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Episode 681: Elmer McCurdy: The Outlaw Mummy

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In early December 1976, a film crew was shooting an episode of a popular television show at The Pike, a boardwalk amusement park in Long Beach, Califo...

Episode 680: Frederic Bourdin and the Disappearance of Nicholas Barclay

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of June 19, 1994, thirteen-year-old Nicholas Barclay left his home in San Antonio, Texas to play basketball with some friends. Hours ...

Episode 679: The Mad Bomber of New York (Part 2)

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1940, an employ of the Consolidated Edison Company in Manhattan discovered a bomb in the company’s main offices, along with a note th...

Episode 678: The Mad Bomber of New York (Part 1)

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1940, an employ of the Consolidated Edison Company in Manhattan discovered a bomb in the company’s main offices, along with a note th...

Episode 677: The Murder of Anthony LoConte

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of May 10, 1988, a passing driver on Howard Street in Brockton, MA, stopped to investigate something unusual on the side of the road. W...

Episode 676: Listener Tales 98: Witches!

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! It's Listener Tales- brought TO you, BY you, FOR you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! Today we focus on stories about witchcraft. W...

Episode 675: The Life and Death of “Lobster Boy”, Grady Stiles Jr.

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the moment he was born, Grady Stiles entertained audiences around the United States as the sideshow performer “Lobster Boy.” But behind the s...

Episode 674: The Norco Shootout

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of May 9, 1980, four heavily armed men walked into the Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California and demanded $20,000 in cash. Havin...

Episode 673: Spooky Asylums and Cemeteries with Nicholas

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As promised, we TRIED to get an episode on Creepy Butts, but the research proved TOO extensive! Instead, we ditched the theme, and dove into Spooky pl...

Episode 672: The Death of Ken McElroy, The Town Bully

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On July 10,1981, forty-seven-year-old Ken McElroy was sitting in his truck in Skidmore, Missouri with his wife, Trina, when the vehicle was struck by ...

Episode 671: The Murder of Carol Stuart

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the night of October 23, 1989, Charles and Carol Stuart were returning home from a childbirth class and drove through the Roxbury neighborhood of B...

Episode 670: The Crimes of Robert Durst (Part 2)

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2001, the dismembered remains of seventy-one-year-old Morris Black were found floating in Galveston Bay. A few days later, Black’s neighb...

Episode 669: The Crimes of Robert Durst (Part 1)

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2001, the dismembered remains of seventy-one-year-old Morris Black were found floating in Galveston Bay. A few days later, Black’s neighb...

Episode 668: The Zodiac Killer (Part 2)

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Despite the passage of fifty years since his last activity, the case of the Zodiac Killer continues to fascinate and frustrate law enforcement, the me...

Episode 667: The Zodiac Killer (Part 1)

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 Despite the passage of fifty years since his last activity, the case of the Zodiac Killer continues to fascinate and frustrate law enforcement, ...

Episode 666: Episode 666 - Listener Tales of the Beast

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ members and will be released on all platforms on Thursday, April 24th. To stay up-to-date on ...

Episode 665: Robert Chambers: The Preppy Killer

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of August 26, 1986, a cyclist in New York’s Central Park discovered the body eighteen-year-old Jennifer Levin. Among other things, Le...

Episode 664: David Carpenter: The Trailside Killer (Part 2)

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Californians were terrorized by multiple killers including notorious serial killers l...

Episode 663: David Carpenter: The Trailside Killer (Part 1)

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Californians were terrorized by multiple killers including notorious serial killers l...

Episode 662: The Exorcism of Roland Doe

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the winter of 1973, director William Friedkin released his iconic horror classic The Exorcist, a film that has shocked and terrified audiences for ...

Episode 661: Herbert Mullin: The Killer Hippie (Part 2)

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout the early 1970s, California’s Bay Area was in the grip of terror as multiple serial killers operated at the time same time and in more or...

Episode 660: Herbert Mullin: The Killer Hippie (Part 1)

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Throughout the early 1970s, California’s Bay Area was in the grip of terror as multiple serial killers operated at the time same time and in more or...

Introducing: Law & Crime’s LUIGI

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, the media called it a senseless crime. But online, a different story emerged—one...

Episode 659: The Unsolved Murder of Kristin O’Connell

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the night of August 14, 1985, twenty-year-old Kristin O’Connell left a party in Ovid, NY to go for a walk. Two days later, her nude body was disc...

Episode 658: Listener Tales 96: Buhtz

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Today we just wanted to be ourselves- and enjoy some Listener tales that are brought TO you, BY you, FOR you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you!...

Episode 657: Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 15, 1919 was an unusually warm day in Boston, a welcome change from the typically cold temperatures Bostonians had experienced in the previous...

Episode 656: The Attempted Murder of Alison Botha

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On December 18, 1994, twenty-seven-year-old Alison Botha was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment in Port Elizabeth by two men she didn’t ...

Episode 655: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A little past midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, a US Navy cruiser, had just delivered the uranium that would be used in the first nucle...

Episode 653: Spooky Lakes (Volume 2)

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Spooky Lakes time, everyone! Alaina brings us to Big Moose lake in New York State and shares the tragic story of Grace Brown’s murder. Grace’s gho...

Episode 652: Jean Harris and the Murder of Herman Tarnower (Part 2)

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Jean Harris met Herman Tarnower in the winter of 1966, she quickly fell in love the charming doctor. Having just come out of a disappointing twen...

Episode 654: Diving into SKELETA with Tobias Forge of GHOST

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a special bonus episode with Tobias Forge, the man behind the mythos that is The Band Ghost. Hear exclusive news about their latest album,...

Episode 651: Jean Harris and the Murder of Herman Tarnower (Part 1)

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Jean Harris met Herman Tarnower in the winter of 1966, she quickly fell in love the charming doctor. Having just come out of a disappointing twen...

Episode 650: Plagues of Hysteria with Andrew McMahon

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Today we've got a special guest -Andrew McMahon of 'Something Corporate', 'Jack's Mannequin', and 'Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness'. In addi...

Episode 649: Listener Tales 95: Sleepover Edition

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Grab your sleepingbag, bags of snacks, and facemasks, and get ready for a slumber party! This month, we're giving you a fresh batch of listen...

Listen Now: Scam Factory

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You know those messages that you get all the time, the ones that pop up out of nowhere? They could be real, but something about them seems fishy. You ...

Episode 648: A Deeper Dive into the Murder of Elizabeth Short (Part 2)

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her young daughter spotted something pale and white lying in the weeds of a vacant lot. When ...

Episode 647: A Deeper Dive into the Murder of Elizabeth Short (Part 1)

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her young daughter spotted something pale and white lying in the weeds of a vacant lot. When ...

Episode 646: The Unsolved Murder of Jeannette DePalma

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of August 7, 1972, sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma left her house in Springfield, NJ and was never seen alive again. Six weeks lat...

Episode 645: The Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two decades before the Lindbergh baby became America’s most famous missing child, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar, went missing in Opelousas, Louisiana, ...

Episode 644: A Sit Down With Chapman & Maclain Way, Directors of "The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga"

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are joined by Emmy award winning film directors, Chapman & Maclain Way to discuss the wild story behind their Netflix Documentary "The Ki...

Episode 643: Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer (Part 3)

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After his arrest, investigators would learn that, by the time he appeared on the game show, he was also a killer. In the year that followed, Alcala wo...

Episode 642: Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer (Part 2)

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the time of his appearance on The Dating Game in 1978, Alcala was a convicted sexual predator who had served time for sexual assault and had only a...

Episode 641: Listener Tales 94

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! We're giving you a fresh batch of listener tales brought TO you, BY you, FOR you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you!Today we have ghostly peache...

Episode 640: Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer (Part 1)

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Cheryl Bradshaw appeared on the popular game show The Dating Game in 1978, she was charmed by bachelor number one, Rodney Alcala, and by the end ...

Episode 639: The Unsolved Murder of Melissa Witt

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On December 1, 1994, nineteen-year-old Melissa Witt planned to meet her mother at a Fort Smith, Arkansas bowling alley, but by all appearances, she on...

Episode 638: The Crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On October 13, 1972, a chartered aircraft carrying forty-five passengers, including 19 members of the Old Christians’ Club rugby team, departed from...

Episode 637: The Bobbed Haired Bandit

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the winter of 1924, the boroughs of New York City were plagued by a series of robberies ostensibly committed by a young couple. This was not the fi...

Episode 636: Gordon Cummins: The Blackout Ripper (Part 2)

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In February 1942, Gordon Cummins, a twenty-eight-year-old Royal Air Force Serviceman, murdered four women and attempted to murder two others over a si...

Episode 635: Gordon Cummins: The Blackout Ripper (Part 1)

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In response to the onset of German bombing raids during World War II, many of England’s most vulnerable citizens evacuated or were temporarily evacu...

Episode 634: Michael and Suzan Carson: San Francisco Witch Killers

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On January 12, 1983, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a frantic driver who reported they’d just witnessed a shooting on...

Episode 633: Listener Tales 93

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year, weirdos, and we're celebrating the holidays with Holiday tales brought TO you, BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you!Today w...

Episode 632: The Suspected Crimes of Guy Muldavin

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a girl walking on a Provincetown, Massachusetts beach discovered the decomposing body of a young woman in the summer of 1974, it began an investi...

Episode 631: Case Revisit: The Lady of the Dunes

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was that was originally published as Episode 240. We are revisiting it as a refresher before we update the case next Monday! We hope tha...

Episode 630: Fan Favorite: The Unbelievable Survival Tale of Juliane Koepcke

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a fan favorite that was originally published as Episode 476. We hope that you have a happy and safe holiday! Juliane Koepcke's story w...

Episode 628: The Murder of Nancy Evans Titterton

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of April 10, 1936, Nancy Evans Titterton, novelist and wife of NBC Radio executive Lewis Titterton, was found sexually assaulted and st...

Episode 627: The Murder of Carol Thompson

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When thirty-four-year-old St. Paul housewife Carol Thompson was murdered in the spring of 1963, her entire neighborhood was shocked by the evil that h...

Episode 629: “Weirdos’ Audiobook Club” presented by Audible – Blue Beard with Special Guest, Spencer Henry From Cult Liter

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos!! It’s our third SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE brought to YOU by our friends at Audible!Today we’re joined by a member of the PodFam, Spencer Henr...

Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Kathryn Wombacher suspected her husband, Walter Andrew, of having an affair in the spring of 1920, she hired a private detective to follow him on...

Episode 625: Albert Johnson: The Mad Trapper of Rat River

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In late 1931, several Native trappers in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, reported to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that a newly arrived whi...

Episode 624: The Murder of Cheryl Perveler

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When police were called to the scene of shooting at the Castillion Apartments in Los Angeles on April 20, 1968, they assumed the victim, twenty-two-ye...

Episode 623: Fan Favorite: The Violent Deaths of Bog Bodies

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a Fan Favorite that was originally published as Episode 401. We hope that you continue to have a happy and safe holiday!See Privacy Po...

Episode 622: Listener Tales 92

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Thanksgiving! Pull up a chair and get ready for a brand new batch of tales brought TO you, BY you (Salad Fingers & the Sims thief), For you,...

Episode 621: Fan Favorite: Bobby Mackey's Music World

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a fan favorite that was originally published as Episode 476. We hope that you have a happy and safe holiday!When musician Bobby Mackey...

Episode 620: The Suspicious Kidnapping of Sherri Papini

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On November 2, 2016, thirty-four-year-old so-called “Supermom” Sherri Papini went out for a run near her home in Redding, California, and disappea...

Episode 619: Peter Bryan

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On April 25, 2004, Broadmoor Hospital inmate Peter Bryan attacked a killed fellow inmate Richard Loudwell, a man awaiting sentencing for the murder of...

Episode 618: Jerry Brudos: The Shoe Fetish Slayer (Part 2)

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At first glance, there wasn’t much to the mild and unassuming Jerry Brudos; however, when investigators looked into his background, they discovered ...

Episode 617: Jerry Brudos: The Shoe Fetish Slayer (Part 1)

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Over the course of 1968 and well into 1969, several young women in Salem, Oregon went missing and would later turn up dead—all murdered and showing ...

Episode 616: Spooky Games That Will Ruin Your Actual Life Vol.3 With Special Guest Bridget Marquardt from 'Ghost Bunny'

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just because October is over doesn't mean that Spooky Season needs to end!! Today, our friend Bridget Marquardt drops by to tell us about her NEW PODC...

Episode 615: Vampire Talk with Doug Jones

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Are you ready to talk about Vampires? Today we are joined by the ICONIC actor Doug Jones, the nicest monster in Hollywood! He has played ever...

Episode 614: Listener Tales 91: HALLOWEEN Edition!

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! It's *ACTUALLY* Halloween!!! Join us for a fresh batch of tales brought TO you, BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! Today we hav...

Episode 613: Latoya Ammons and the Demon house

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In January 2014, a strange article appeared in the Indianapolis Star about Latoya Ammons, an Indiana single mother of three who claimed that for more ...

Episode 612: The House of Flying Objects: The Popper Poltergeist

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of February 9, 1958, a complaint was called into Long Island’s seventh police precinct regarding a series of “strange occurrences...

Episode 611: Preston Murr and the Boise Murder Mansion

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the early hours of June 30, 1987, Boise resident Clinton Sparks was awoken by someone pounding frantically on his storm door. A moment later, Spark...

Episode 610: The Amityville Horror Conspiracy

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On December 18, 1975, George and Kathy Lutz moved their family into their new house on Ocean Avenue in Amityville, NY, where, just one year earlier, R...

Episode 609: The DeFeo Family Murder

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of November 13, 1974, twenty-three-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. burst through the door of Henry’s Bar in Amityville, Long Island, franti...

Episode 608: The Snedeker Haunting: A Haunting in Connecticut

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Al and Carmen Snedeker found out that their son Phillip was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the treatment plan required the family to reloc...

Episode 607: Creepy Cemeteries: Volume 1

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We continue to celebrate Spooky Season by touching on a few cemeteries that will make your spine tingle! Alaina tells us about the Westminster Hall an...

Episode 606: The Oliver House Murders & Haunted Hotels

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Rejoice! Spooky Season continues as we check into a few hotels where you will get more than free WiFi and room service! Alaina introduces us ...

Episode 605: The Stars Over Salem with Special Guest Aliza Kelly

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're getting into Spooky Season proper now, and to celebrate, we hung out with our friend Aliza from the PAVE podcast Horoscope Weekly with Aliza Kel...

Episode 604: Listener Tales 90

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Today's episode is brought TO you, BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! It's Listener Tales 90! Today we have a great batch of...

Episode 603: The Mysterious Death of Tiffany Valiante

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When eighteen-year-old recent high school graduate Tiffany Valiante was struck and killed by a train in July 2015, the news came as a shock to friends...

Episode 602: The Strange Death of Cindy James (Part 2)

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After opening an investigation into Cindy’s death, investigators learned that, for nearly a decade leading up to her death, Cindy James had repeated...

Episode 601: The Strange Death of Cindy James

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On June 8, 1989, a municipal worker discovered the body of forty-four-year-old Cindy James in the backyard of an abandoned home in Richmond, British C...

Episode 600: Winnie Ruth Judd: The Trunk Murderess

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On October 20, 1931, baggage agents in Los Angeles received a tip that two trunks on the incoming Southern Pacific Railroad could contain contraband m...

Episode 599: The Kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle (Part 2)

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of December 17, 1968, two gunmen burst into the Atlanta motel room of Barbara Jane Mackle and her mother, Jane. After tying...

Episode 597: The Kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of December 17, 1968, two gunmen burst into the Atlanta motel room of Barbara Jane Mackle and her mother, Jane. After tying...

Episode 596: Spooky Lighthouses: Volume 4

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Everyone Rejoice!! September is upon us! Let's welcome the 'BER' months with the FOURTH installment of Spooky Lighthouses! Today Alaina &...

Episode 598: “Weirdos’ Audiobook Club” presented by Audible – My Best Friend's Exorcism with Special Guest, Sabrina From 2 Girls 1 Ghost!

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos!! It’s our second SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE brought to YOU by our friends at Audible! Today we’re joined by one of our besties, Sabrina from 2...

Episode 595: Listener Tales 89

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! The Time has come for Listener Tales! We have a great batch of stories brought TO you, BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! On t...

Episode 594: The Disappearance of the Springfield Three

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of June 7, 1992, best friends and recent high school graduates Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall finished up their graduation...

Episode 593: Lee Roy Martin: The Gaffney Strangler

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the winter of 1968, reporter Bill Gibbons got an anonymous call from a man who wanted to confess to three murders in the small town of Gaffney, Sou...

Episode 592: Nellie May Madison: California’s First Woman on Death Row

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of March 25, 1934, Belle Bradley found one of her tenants, forty-five-year-old Eric Madison, dead on the floor of the apartment he re...

Episode 591: The Radium Girls

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, the chemical element was quickly adopted by manufacturers for its luminescent properties that w...

Episode 590: The Murder of Albert Snyder

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of March 20, 1927, nine-year-old Lorraine Snyder was awakened by the sound of gentle knocking at her bedroom door and when she opened i...

Introducing GOSSIP'S BRIDLE: A Chat with Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes!

10 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Spencer and Madison drop by to give us a SNEAK PEAK at their new show, Gossip's Bridle! Get ready to gossip about the gossips! So, pull up a...

Episode 589: John George Haigh: The Acid Bath Murderer

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On February 20, 1949, police in London arrested thirty-nine-year-old John George Haigh on suspicion of his connection to Olive Durand-Deacon, a wealth...

Episode 588: The Disappearance of Delimar Vera

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On December 15, 1997, ten-day-old Delimar Vera died in a tragic housefire when the Philadelphia home of Luz Cuevas and Pedro Vera caught fire unexpect...

Episode 587: The Hartford Circus Fire

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On July 6, 1944, an estimated 7,000 people, mostly women and children, gathered at the Barbour Street fairgrounds in Hartford, Connecticut to see the ...

Episode 586: The Murder of Bessie Darling

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of October 31, 1933, a gunman burst through the door of Bessie Darling’s home in Foxville, Maryland and shot the woman to death. Poli...

Episode 585: Listener Tales 88

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! It's Listener Tales, and you know what THAT means! it's brought to you BY you, For you, FROM you, and ALLLLL about you! Today, it's Ash's pic...