Sinisterhood
Episodes
Episode 71: Amber Guyger - The Murder of Botham Jean: Part 2
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After a full week’s worth of testimony and evidence, the justice for Botham Jean, an innocent victim, all comes down to 12 people. But the story doe...
Episode 70: Amber Guyger - The Murder of Botham Jean: Part 1
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A quiet September night. A twenty-something accountant sits on his couch, watching TV. Suddenly his front door is opened and shots ring out, with vari...
Episode 69: D. B. Cooper
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The late 1960s were a golden age of air travel - spacious legroom, glamorous flight attendants, delicious meals on every flight... and a rash of viole...
Episode 68: The Jersey Devil
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When screams and shrieks tear through the pine forest of southern New Jersey, locals know what comes next. Hoof tracks. Flapping wings. And the hideou...
Episode 67: Forrest Fenn's Hidden Treasure
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are many ways to get rich - be born into money, win the lottery, work hard, or solve a series of clues written into a poem by an eccentric, mode...
Episode 66: Jeffrey Epstein
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An enormous mansion in New York. Another in Miami. Jets, employees, charities. His own private island. This mysterious billionaire had it all and thou...
Episode 64: Terry Rasmussen: The Chameleon Killer
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A man with no identity, he gave different names and stories to everyone he met. Popping in and out of cities, never leaving a trace. Until one day, he...
Episode 63: Anna Delvey Sorokin
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some people work their whole lives to achieve wealth and success. But for one woman all it took was a European accent and multiple promises of future ...
Episode 62: The Canada Road Trip Murders
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A young jet setting couple sets out on the trip of a lifetime. Two world travelers ready to face adventure. But what they faced was something much mor...
Episode 61: The Disappearance of Bryce Laspisa
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Police find a wrecked car just off the highway down a steep embankment. There's blood around, but no driver to be found. Just hours earlier, two worri...
Episode 60: The Axeman of New Orleans
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At the turn of the century, the normally carefree streets of the Crescent City were on edge as a madman snuck in and attacked New Orleanians with weap...
Episode 59: Daniel LaPlante
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Knocking inside the walls, strange writings in blood, and a costumed figure in the dark. Was it a spirit haunting this house? Or something more terrif...
Episode 58: Escape From Alcatraz
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Rock. An island all to its own housing the country's most dangerous criminals. Isolated and dangerous, escape was impossible. Until one fateful ni...
Episode 57: Loch Ness Monster
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lurking beneath the surface of an idyllic lake in Scotland lies a mystery that dates back to 6th century A.D. Is it a prehistoric beast, still alive a...
Episode 56: NXIVM: Revisited
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Self-Help. Personal Growth. Life-improvement. Multi-level marketing schemes promise riches, better lives, and unimagined happiness. But beneath the su...
Episode 55: The White Rock Machete Murder
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Parks are meant to be a tranquil place, lush with trees and welcoming to visitors. But one fateful morning, an innocent man found himself in the wrong...
Episode 54: The Travis Walton Incident
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gray bald heads. Large round eyes. A flash of light and someone disappears. Alien abductions have been reported for decades but one man claims his inc...
Episode 53: Killer Clowns
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A concept created to inspire audiences and delight children can sometimes take on an unnerving and nightmarish form. With painted faces and bouquets o...
Episode 52: Ted Bundy: Part 3
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With law enforcement closing in, America's grisliest serial killer gets careless. When he's finally arrested, police and the public breathed a sigh of...
Episode 51: Ted Bundy: Part 2
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The early 1970s were a time of great turmoil and upset with the free love of the 60s fading to cynicism and growing dangers. For the women of the Paci...
Episode 50: Ted Bundy: Part 1
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of America’s most prolific and renowned serial killers, Ted Bundy was known for his charming smile, magnetic personality, and violent and sadist...
Episode 49: Gypsy Rose Blanchard
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By all accounts Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose were an unfortunate pair - a single mom, forced to care for her daughter and her many il...
Episode 48: La Llorona
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What could drive a beautiful young mother to commit the unthinkable? An unfaithful husband, the desire to live a carefree life, or something even more...
Episode 47: The Menendez Brothers: Part 2
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two trials. Three juries. Hundreds of hours of testimony and evidence. A media circus. The headlines told the story of two greedy, spoiled rich kids, ...
Episode 46: The Menendez Brothers: Part 1
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The trial was a media circus with various theories and two defendants ripe for ridicule. But what drove two well-to-do brothers to plot and murder the...
Episode 45: The Marfa Lights (LIVE AT THE DALLAS COMEDY FESTIVAL)
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This West Texas town went from desolate to impossibly hip as it became an art and cultural hot spot. But while the town’s face may have changed over...
Episode 44: The Lady of the Lake (LIVE AT THE DALLAS COMEDY FESTIVAL)
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded live at the 2019 Dallas Comedy Festival!One of Dallas’s most beautiful features, this 1000 acre oasis in the middle of a b...
Episode 43: The Kaufman County D.A. Murders
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kaufman is a sleepy town on the outskirts of Dallas, but what should have been a tight-knit community was torn apart when three innocent people, inclu...
Episode 42: The New Jersey Watcher
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A beautiful family. A luxury home. An idyllic street. A perfect town. Seems like the recipe for the American dream. But this family's dream soon turne...
Episode 41: The Momo Challenge
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Parents around the world feared their children would fall victim to this latest internet threat. A freakish face, long black hair, and unblinking wide...
Episode 40: God's Salvation Church
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the brink of the new millennium, one man claims to know the day God will return to Earth...and He's doing it on a spaceship. When he and the rest o...
Episode 39: Dear David
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This viral story took the internet by storm. A lone man haunted and paralyzed by the ghost of a small boy. Did this escalate into a full-on demonic po...
Episode 38: Sam Cooke
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The voice of an angel, the soul of a change maker, the mind of a businessman. Sam Cooke was the highest selling artist of the 1960s, second only to El...
Episode 37: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Usually, you send flowers and chocolate on Valentine's Day, but Al "Scarface" Capone decided he was going to send a bloody message to his longtime riv...
Episode 36: Amanda Knox
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Her case was splashed across tabloids throughout the world - A drug and sex-fueled night that ended in a blood bath. But the real story behind one of ...
Episode 35: MK Ultra
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mind control, drugging, blackmail, and celebrity glitches. The United States government claims it will do whatever it takes to protect its citizens, b...
Episode 34: Unexplained Disappearances
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people go missing each year and there are as many as 100,000 active missing persons cases in the U.S. at any given time. While some of the...
Episode 33: The Stanford Prison Experiment
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is evil born or made? Given the right circumstances will good people turn on their fellow man or woman? In 1971 an elite psychology professor conducte...
Episode 32: The Branch Davidians
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A charismatic leader, a devoted group of followers, and the largest military group ever gathered against civilians. The siege at Waco brought an end t...
Episode 31: Mothman
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A man-sized bird creature that stands 6 feet tall, has a wingspan of 15 feet, and ominous glowing red eyes. There have been many speculations as to Mo...
Episode 30: The Death of JonBenét Ramsey: Part 2
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
JonBenét Ramsey's brutal murder captivated a nation. At the time, the family hired an army of lawyers and refused to talk to police. Did they have so...
Episode 29: The Death of JonBenét Ramsey: Part 1
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On Dec. 26, 1996 the brutal murder of six year old beauty pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey shocked the world. 22 years later and this case remains unsolv...
Episode 28: Krampus
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For many children the holiday season is about twinkling lights, hanging their stockings by the fire with care, and leaving cookies and milk out for go...
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak Some Evil: Dallas Psychic Fair Round 3
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first Sunday of the month which means another exciting trip to the Dallas Psychic Fair! Heather gets her Aura picture taken, has another spot...
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak Some Evil: Updates on Past Episodes!
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss what OJ's ex-manager is claiming, new evidence that it may have been a nuclear bomb that caused the Dyatlov Pass incident, a listener tells...
Episode 27: Area 51
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For decades the mystery that has shrouded Area 51 has led to some of the most bizarre conspiracy theories out there. Is it where the remnants of a pos...
Episode 26: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: Part 2
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The "official" report from the Warren Commission states Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy. However over 60% of A...
Episode 25: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: Part 1
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In an effort to win over a conservative city that he and LBJ lost in the election, John F. Kennedy visited dallas on November 23, 1963. Depsite a warm...
Episode 24: Chappaquiddick
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jovember continues with an episode dedicated to the Chappaquiddick scandal Senator Ted Kennedy waited 10 hours before telling police he had driven off...
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak Some Evil: Dallas Psychic Fair Round 2
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tarot readings, runes, energy blockage treatments! This trip to the Dallas Psychic Fair was even better than last time! Especially because some of our...
Episode 23: The Kennedy Family Curse
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most powerful families in American history has been beset by tragedy since they first set foot on American soil. Multiple plane crashes, tw...
Episode 22: The Legend of the Goatman (LIVE SHOW)
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like every state has their own version of how the Goatman came to be. Is it the result of a science experiment gone wrong, the offspring of a...
Episode 21: The Cleveland Strangler
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Neighbors thought the terrible smell was from the local sausage factory. Anthony Sowell tried to convince people it was from his elderly mother. But t...
Episode 20: The Lost Girls of Panama
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Traveling abroad with your best friend sounds like a dream come true, but for Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon it became a living nightmare. More than f...
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak Some Evil: Dallas Psychic Fair
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the first Sunday of every month the Dallas Psychic Fair opens its doors to those looking for guidance not of this realm. We recount our mind blowin...
Episode 19: The Smurl Family Haunting
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Smurl family claims that they were tormented by a demonic presence in their home for 13 years. Black masses would materialize before them, loud ba...
Episode 18: Black Eyed Kids
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Children are supposed to be innocent and sweet, however these children aren't like most. Solid black eyes, pale skin, telekinetic abilities. Maybe the...
Episode 17: Elisa Lam
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bizarre behavior captured by an elevator camera launched this case into the spotlight. What caused Elisa Lam's erratic and paranoid behavior at The Ce...
Episode 16: Congregation for the Light
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You might think Manhattan's best kept secret is that swanky new underground club you and your friends can't get into. However, it might just be this m...
Episode 15: Slenderman
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Its outstretched arms will horrify you and comfort you at the same time. Is Slenderman an imaginary figment of the internet's lore, or are his powers ...
Episode 14: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nine hikers go missing on a treacherous and difficult hike up, what some call, Dead Mountain. Were they victims of human error, or was something more ...
Episode 13: Disappearance of Ben McDaniel
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Where it all began! Lucky number 13 is the perfect place to start a creepy podcast! The deadliest diving cave in Florida, locked with a rusted gate, ...