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Episode 465: The Devil Made Me Do It

On the evening of February 16, 1981, nineteen-year-old Arne Johnson stabbed his friend and landlord Alan Bono to death during an argument, after which Johnson fled the scene and was arrested several miles away later that night. Under normal circum

Episode 464: The Pamela Smart Case (Part2)

A little after 10:00 pm on the evening of May 1, 1990, Pamela Smart returned home from work to find her husband, twenty-four-year-old Gregg Smart, lying dead just beyond the front door of their condominium, a single bullet hole in his head. Detect

Episode 463: The Pamela Smart Case (Part 1)

Mention the Pamela Smart case to someone in New Hampshire, and they'll know exactly what you're talking about. The case captivated the nation in the early 90's and at the center of it all, of course, was Pamela. A New Hampshire native, she had big

Episode 462: Listener Tales 74 with Jon Lee Brody

We've got a listener tale up in here!! This week we are joined by Alaina's #bffAF, the one and only Jon Lee Brody. On today's installment we feature stories of spooky road adventures, badass moms, asshole friends some demon encounters.Listen/Read More

Episode 461: H.H. Holmes Part 5

In the final chapter of our coverage of H.H.Holmes, we talk about the theories connecting him to Jack the Ripper, his final days on the run and a trial and execution that has gone down in history.Thank you to Dave White f

Episode 460: H.H. Holmes Part 4

In Part 4 of H.H. Holmes, it gets even wilder. This man has now headed to Texas with his 500th wife and is ready to join his partner in crime, Benjamin Pitezel to steal Minnie Williams' inherited land. He has plans. He plans to now build a Texas m

Episode 459: H.H. Holmes Part 3

In Part 3 H.H. Holmes isn't done being adulterous and he's taking evil to another level. He's conning wives left and right and then takes to arson to earn a quick buck. Today, we go deeper into the design of his "murder castle" while also watching

Episode 458: H.H. Holmes Part 2

In part 2 we talk about the infamous "Murder Castle" and begin to dive into the crimes committed there. Holmes' brutality and savagery knew no bounds and now he has a whole building to do it in.Thank you to Dave White for resea

Episode 457: H.H. Holmes Part 1

When Boston police arrested Dr. Henry Howard Holmes in a West End boarding house on November 17, 1894, they assumed they had apprehended an interstate criminal guilty of defrauding the Fidelity Insurance company of $10,000 and of being a horse thi

Episode 456: The Bonebreaker Case

When the body of fourteen-year-old Chris Steiner was discovered floating in the Wisconsin River on July 10, 1994, it brought a heartbreaking end to the search for the boy who had mysteriously disappeared from his Baraboo, Wisconsin home a week ear

Episode 455: The Amato Family Murders

On the morning of January 25, 2019, Seminole County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home in Chuluota, Florida to conduct a well-being check on thirty-one-year-old Cody Amato, who failed to show up for work that day. Upon entering the home,

Episode 454: That Time I Met A Murderer II ft. Bailey Sarian

We have another fantastic batch of listener tales about the time some of our listeners MET a MURDERER!!! Only this one is super special because we are joined by the exquisite Bailey Sarian!! How fucking exciting. This batch of tales includes a tat

Episode 453: Curses: Micah Rood & The Omen

Today we are looking at CURSES. We talk about the curse of Micah Rood and his bloody apples which stems from murder, execution and a haunting! Then, we get into the truly real, fatal and terrifying events surrounding the production of the horror f

Episode 452: Doris Duke and the Murder of Eddie Tirella

On a cold October afternoon in 1966, billionaire heiress Doris Duke returned to her palatial Newport estate in the company of friend and interior decorator Eduardo Tirella, stopping her car just outside the large iron gate that barred entrance to

Episode 451: The Legend of Lavinia Fisher with RedHanded

Some say Lavinia would lure men to the inn and lull them into a false sense of calm, before robbing and killing them, then dumping their bodies in the cellar under Six-Mile House. Others say Lavina would drug the weary travelers with a special tea

Episode 450: Arthur’s Seat Coffins

In late June 1836, a group of boys hunting rabbits on a hillside on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh, discovered a small cave hidden behind three slabs of slate, each piece carved into a rough conical shape. When they moved the pieces of stone, they found

Episode 449: The Murder of Daniel Brophy

On Saturday June 2, 2018, students at the Oregon Culinary Institute (OCI) arrived at class that morning to find their instructor, sixty-three-year-old Daniel Brophy, dead from gunshot wounds to the back and chest. With more than fifty years’ exper

Episode 448: Burke & Hare Part 2

In the conclusion of the horrific crimes of WilliamBurkeand WilliamHare, we see them get somehow even more brutal. As time went on and they kept profiting off their violent tendencies, they began to get reckless and put their ent

Episode 447: Burke & Hare Part 1

Throughout the first three decades of the nineteenth century, doctors and medical schools across Europe struggled to find adequate supplies of bodies that could be used for the purposes of teaching in a medical theater. The outsized demand for fre

Episode 446: Listener Tales 72: Dream, Astral Projections & Alternate Dimensions

Sweet dreams are made of this.... episode! Or maybe not because some of y'alls dreams are wildin'. But who am I to disagree? ANYWAY! We got a folder full of all your craziest dream stories and alternate universeexperiences and we're devourin

Episode 445: The Murder of Kelly Ann Tinyes

Kelly Ann Tinyes was at home babysitting her eight-year-old brother, Richie, on the afternoon of March 3, 1989 when the phone rang. Richie answered, talking briefly to the man on the other end of the line, before handing the phone to his sister, t

Episode 444: Rebecca Aylward

On the afternoon of October 22, 2010, fifteen-year-old Rebecca Aylward left her house in Maesteg, Wales. She had plans to meet her ex- boyfriend in a wooded area just outside of Aberkenfig, under the guise that they were reconciling. She told her

Episode 443: The Horrific Murder of Marina Calabro with Jonathan Van Ness

Holy shit guys, we had a CELEB in the house today! Well not like in the house, but on the zoom. THE ONE, THE ONLY..... JVN *sound the alarm* We talk all things Bravo, True Crime and Olympics related. We also tell JVN a gnarly story out of Quincy M

Episode 442: The Burger Chef Murders Part 2

Burger Chef part two is here y'all and it comes with a bittersweet....or really just bitter conclusion. When we last left you, the policehad done LITERALLYzero work to secure the crime scene or reallyinvestigate at all. But someo

Episode 441: The Burger Chef Murders Part 1

The Burger Chef murders case out of Indiana is one of the most notorious cases in true crime history.Jayne Fried, Ruth Shelton, Daniel Davis and Mark Flemmonds were all on shift the night of November 17th 1978 when something terrible happene

Episode 440: Listener Tales 71

Listener Tales 71 is here and we think this is a pretty dope one! Make sure to keep your ear out for the special announcement at the top of the show, and then we dive into all things creepy, weird and macabre. On today's installment we feature sto

Episode 439: Kiss and Kill Murder

When Betty Williams’ boyfriend, Mack Herring, broke up with her during their senior year of high school, her entire world felt like it was collapsing in on her. She had been struggling with depression and anxiety for some time, all of which seemed

Episode 438: The Tragic Murder of Roseann Quinn

Roseann Quinn was a young, single school teacher working at St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf and pursuing a graduate degree that would help her advance her career. She was independent and had a bright future. Then on January 2, 1973, she was bruta

Episode 437: Listener Tales 70

Listener Tales 70!!!! We've got a miraculousbasset hound named Bonnie, randomly occurring blood splatter, a haunted theatre and SO much more! If you have a listener tale feel free to send it toListen/Read More

Episode 436: Harvey Glatman "The Glamour Girl Slayer" Part 2

Part two of Harvey Glatman is here and it is wild! When we last left you Harvey had just murdered Ruth Mercado and was ready and absolutely set on the idea of abducting his next victim. He hit up a modeling agency to find his next victim, but litt

Episode 435: Harvey Glatman "The Glamour Girl Slayer" Part 1

From the summer of 1957 to the summer of ’58, the City of Los Angeles was terrorized by atruly heinous beast who was murdering women and dumping their bodies in the LA desert. The killer, thirty-year-old Harvey Glatman known as The Glamour G

Episode 434: Listener Tales 69

It's a totally unhinged episode of listenertales today! Alaina got to hang out with two of her favorite humans on this planet, Sheena Melwani and TRID.Today we talk about afterlifehair care, disney (again) and some seriously terrifying

Episode 433: Candy Mossler

Candy Mossler was a wild woman. She'd always dreamed of a bold andglamorouslife outside of the small town she came from. Little did she know she would spend a good portion of her adult life and afterlife in that spotlight- just for all

Episode 432: Glasgow Ice Cream Wars

I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM… over this true crime case known as the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars. We aren’t all watching the latest Food Network bake-off, unfortunately, this case has everything from assault to arson. It all happened back in ear

Episode 431: Cryptids with Caleb!

Today we are doing a battle of the cryptids with Caleb of Scream! Ash is out today and Alaina's sick voice couldn't handle a full case, so Caleb swept in on a white stallion and brought us the tale of the Loveland Frogmen. Alaina shares the legend

Episode 430: The Mysterious Disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston

On December 31, 1812, Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of former vice-president and very notorious founding father Aaron Burr (Aaron Burr, sir!), boarded a modest ship named Patriot bound for New York to spend some quality time with her father who

Episode 429: Listener Tales 68

It's Listener Tales 68!!!!We didn't theme this one, but as you all know sometimes they just theme themselves. It's a wild bunch of tales including one of our listeners being kidnapped from a Disney cruise, multiple haunte

Episode 428: The Survival Tale of Vicky Cilliers

On April 4, 2015, thirty-nine-year-old Victoria “Vicky” Cilliers leaped from an airplane flying 4,000 feet above the ground.Vicky was an expert parachutist, so the dive on that Easter Sunday should have been no different—but this one was… Fo

Episode 427: The Brutal Hoia Baciu Forest

Today we travel to Romania where everything is terrifying and awesome. Come on, it's the birthplace of Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) and it's got one of the scariest forests on this planet. The Hoia Baciu forest is a place where the trees bend like a

Episode 426: Listener Tales 67

Listener tales 67 is brought to you; by you, for you, from you and all about you!!!! This installment has another fun theme because…IYKYK. Category is: Haunted College Tales and you guys served. We’ve got tales with guinea pig pictures attached, (

Episode 425: The Clutter Family Murders

In 1959 the state of Kansas was absolutely shocked to find that one of its most prominent and well-liked families, The Clutters, had been murdered. Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, two convicts that had recently been released from prison were the

Wondery Presents: Frozen Head

Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid.When 90-year-old LaurencePilgeramdrops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning.

Episode 424: The Horrifying Crimes of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich

Dellen Millard and Mark Smich are two of the world's biggest fuck boys, and unfortunately cold-blooded killers. Dellen, better known as "Dell", had everything in his life served to him on a silver platter and never bothered to finishmuch of

Episode 423: Listener Tales 66

Listener Tales 66!!! It's like route 66 but completely different. This installment of Listener Tales includes a tale about those hellacious 2016 killer clowns, a grandmother reincarnated into a little brother, a FUCKING wild tale of a flesh pedest

Episode 422: The Murders of Billy Payne & Billie Jean Hayworth

The murders of Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth were incredibly senseless. The case would end up being dubbed "The Facebook Murders" because of an ongoing feudbetween the victims and a woman named Jenelle Potter who had moved to their sm

Episode 421: The Torture & Murder of Cordell Richards

On March 4th, 1999 the body of Cordell Richards was found in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The man had been absolutely brutalized. He was tied to a tree, beaten, burned, and had his throat cut. The medical examiner notices something strange though;

Episode 420: Listener Tales 65

Listener Tales 65 is brought to you SAY IT WITH ME.....by you, for you, from you and all about YOU! This installment has a new fun(?) theme of NASTY NEIGHBORS. We've got tales of neighbors showing up unannouncedto drop their kids off without

Episode 419: The Unbelievable Survival Tale of Juliane Koepcke

Juliane Koepcke's story will have you questioning any recent complaint you've made. This woman was the sole survivor of a plane crash in 1971. After the plane went down, she continued to survive in the AMAZON RAINFOREST among hundreds and hundreds

Episode 418: The Murders of Julie Crocker & Paula Menendez

In February 2007 Christopher Little came home to find a stranger hanging from the rafters in his garage. Things only got worse when he entered his home and found his estranged wife Julie Crocker savagelymurdered in their bedroom. Luckily the

Episode 417: Listener Tales 64

Listener Tales 64 is, of course, a beautiful array of tales sent in by you beautiful beasts. We can't say enough how much we love reading these and connecting with you on a more personal level when we get to do these eps! This installment features

Episode 416: Theodore Durrant "The Demon in the Belfry" Part 2

Part two of Theodore Durrant is here and we startoff with Blanche Lamont's body being discovered. When you hear the difference between the state of Blanche's body in comparison to Minnie's you will be absolutely baffled. But have no fear, Al

Episode 415: Theodore Durrant "The Demon in the Belfry" Part 1

Theodore Durrant was the last person anyone would have assumed to commit a brutal murder, let alone two. He was well-known in town and well-liked. He served the town in countless ways; as the handyman for the church, the handyman to all his friend

Episode 414: Listener Tales 63

Listener tales 63 brought to you by you, for you, from you, and ALL ABOUT YOU!!!! We've got a great batch of tales as usual. This installment has kidnappings halted by pink sparkly UGGs, vibrators possessed, and a DISNEY FUCKIN' PRINCESS paranorma

Episode 413: The Senseless Murder of Pamela Vitale

Pamela Vitale was an unstoppable woman who could do quite literally anything she put her mind to. She was a single mother working her butt off before she met prominent defense attorney Daniel Horowitz and even when they married she was still hardw

Episode 412: The Tragic history and hauntings of Kenyon College

Kenyon college is haunted AS FUCK, my friends. Alaina brings us the tragic tale of a fraternity rush gone wrong. StuartLathrop Pierson was a Delta KapaEpsilon pledge and was anxious for initiation night, but was happy that his father w

Episode 411: Listener Tales 62

Listener Tales 62 is quite the mish-mosh of tales! We have hauntingly beautiful tales about the paranormal predictions of bébés, a home intruder stabbed with an unlikely weapon, and ANOTHER home intruder that ruined a gal's pizza Ghost Adven

Episode 410: The Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier

Just two days before Christmas in 1996 the body of 39 year old, french filmmaker, wife, daughter and mother Sophie Toscan Du Plantier was found not far from her vacation home. Her cottage in Schull was supposed to be her happy getaway, but would s

Episode 409: Macabre Michigan with Paul Feig

Guys, we have legendary director (Bridesmaids, Spy A Simple Favor), Freaks and Geeks creator and Sabrina the Teenage Witch alum Paul Feig on today to discuss some true scary stories from his home state of Michigan! Paul is truly one of the m

Episode 408: Flesh Pedestrians, Demons & Summer Camp with Andrew from Let's Not Meet!

Today we have a real treat, friends! We got to hang with Andrew from Let's Not Meet and Odd Trails and had an absolute nightmarish blast. We have some true and terrifying campfire tales to share with you including some flesh pedestrians in the woo

Episode 407: The Yorkshire Ripper Part 4

We've reached a conclusion here folks, and by the end of this Peter will be apprehended. First though, there were more fuck ups to be made in the investigation. More and more evidence headquarters were set up across various areas only leading to i

Episode 412: Introducing: Deadly Diocese

Driven by Father Joe’s twin sister’s unwavering determination to get justice for her brother, an unlikely friendship with an outcast Priest and the autopsy tech who alongside the famous Dr. Cyril Wecht, exhume the body, perform a second autopsy an

Episode 406: The Yorkshire Ripper Part 3

Part three of The Yorkshire Ripper gets even more brutal than the first 2 episodes. Peter Sutcliffe is really starting to ramp things up. He's getting more violent, more theatrical, and more brazen as the minutes pass. The police will end up speak

Episode 405: Listener Tales 61: Across The Pond Edition

OMG! Listener tales, brought to you by you from you for you, and ALL ABOUT YOU. This batch of listener tales comes from our favorite people across the pond. You guys just seriously know how to deliver. We've got an instance of Home Mass gone demon

Episode 404: The Yorkshire Ripper Part 2

Part two of the Yorkshire Rippers, unfortunately, includes many many more murders and Peter Sutcliffe continuing to evade law enforcement. So many women had to lose their lives and still, Peter seemed untouchable. We also discuss the unbelievable

Episode 403: The Yorkshire Ripper Part 1

Peter Sutcliffe, who would later become known as the Yorkshire Ripper, is probably one of the gnarlier serial killers we have covered. Throughout the 70’s he terrorized the streets of Yorkshire, brutally assaulting and murdering women he believed

Episode 402: Listener Tales 60

Listener tales!!!! Brought to you by you, for you, from you and all about you!!!! This installment is absolutely wild, as usual. You guys stay out there delivering. This batch includes a crazy haunted house story, (you know like, our favorite thin

Episode 401: The Violent Deaths of Bog Bodies

Alaina brings us something a little different this week, BOG BODIES! All across the world in different bogs, bodies have been found almost perfectly preserved. All because of a simple little landscaping tool: Peat Moss. And your peat moss might ju

Episode 400: The Murder of Molly McLaren

Molly McLaren was just starting out at University when she met Joshua Stimpson via tinder. The two of them seemed to have a lot in common and hit it off instantly. Josh told Molly that she was his first real girlfriend, and that was comforting to

Episode 399: Listener Tales 59: Australia & New Zealand Edition!

Listener tales but make it Australian and New Zealand-ish! Some of our aussie-awesome and kiwi listeners wrote in epic tales and we figured why not theme it out this week!? We've got potential dead bodies, haunted hikes (Ash feels like all hikes a

Episode 398: True Crime & True Hauntings with Sam & Colby!

This week Alaina and Ash got to tag along with some pretty well known Youtubers, Sam Colby to investigate the USS Salem. The USS Salem, though it didn’t see combat, saw a lot of tragedy and a lot of death during the time it was commissioned.

Episode 397: The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen

In 1986 Sherri Rasmussen was brutally murdered in her own home. She was a young nurse who had already worked her way to becoming the director of nursing atGlendale Adventist Medical Center and had just gotten married three months earlier. Bu

Episode 396: Terrifying Amusement Parks with Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt

Join Alaina and Ash as we welcome Holly and Bridget from Girls Next Level (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f4b95311-ca6d-4a7c-b8bf-d90661b5c9d4/girls-next-level) podcast! Today we talked with these two goddesses about terrifying amusement parks,

Episode 395: The French Maid Killer Martin Dumollard

Let's go trek through France in the late 1850's, shall we? Martin Dumollard witnessed his father's brutal torture and execution at the age of 4 and from that moment on, he became an unfeeling machine of mayhem. He robbed, assaulted and murdered hi

Amazon Music Presents MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories

A hiker terrorized for days by two unknown figures… A man stalked through the woods while camping, who barely escaped with his life… two cops who quit their job at a local theater because of unexplained encounters with an alleged demon…Thes

Episode 394: Fred & Dolly Oesterreich

Ash brings us the story of DollyOesterreich and the murder of her husband Fred. When Fred was murdered late one summer night in the couple's home the police wondered if this was a burglary gone wrong. But they would soon learn they had alway

Episode 393: Listener Tales 58

LISTENER TALES!!!!! We have quite the lineup, per usual! There's a mother from beyond who led a firefighter to save her baby, some haunted socks, a ghostly fan of Bach (with sound effects) and a serial killer connection that will leave you with yo

Episode 392: The Butcher of Kingsbury Run Part 2

Our second part of The Cleveland Torso Murders is here and though it is the conclusion, we aren't left with comfort. The Butcher takes severalmore lives but try as the investigators might, they simply were never able to find out his true ide

Episode 391: The Butcher of Kingsbury Run Part 1

The Cleveland Torso Murders, brought to you by Alaina!!! This is definitely a gnarly case that dates back to the 1930s when torsos started popping up left and right. Many bodies were never identified and to this day the identity of the Mad Butcher

Episode 390: Listener Tales 57

Happy Friday my dudes! It’s time for a listener's tale!! This installment includes a creepy ass basement with no stairs, a terrifying kidnapping that somehow involves rollerblading and a body discovered in a ditch, WOAH!! If you have a tale that y

Episode 389: The Murder of Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey

Marguerite Alibert was a woman set on getting what she wanted out of life. She was raised a very poor girl and was sent away from her family at a very young age to go and live with the Sisters of Mary. When she became pregnant at 16 and lost the j

Episode 388: Halloween & The Original Hellfire Club with Cameron Esposito!

Today we have the esteemed pleasure of sitting down with the insanely talented and hilarious Cameron Esposito! We did some Halloween Trivia, talked about Halloween traditions and then got into the sordid tale of the original Hellfire Club. There a

Episode 387: Listener Tales 56

We’ve got another themed Listener Tales episode for you weirdos and this time it is…. OUIJA BOARDS. Yes, Ash is shaking as she types this. You guys really brought the spooky with these ones. Truly one of the scariest collections of tales. There’s

Episode 386: Fairy Lights, Witches & Curses OH MY!

Urban legends for Halloween? YOU BETCHA! Alaina brings us an urban legend straight out of the Louisiana Bayou- she really can’t get enough of that place, eh? Le Feu Follet is a really pretty set of words, but don’t you go following them into the

Episode 385: Terrifying HometownTales with Two Girls One Ghost!

Friends! We finally got to sit down with Corinne and Sabrina from Two Girls One Ghost podcast and let me tell you, it was love. We took turns telling tales from each other's hometowns and with this episode Alaina dove into the legend of Champ from

Episode 384: Listener Tales 55

This batch has a kidnapping that involved tic tacs, a mom that chased a murderer in her minivan and a very heartbreaking tale of one listener’s loss. If you have a listener tale please send it in to morbidpodcast@gmail.com with “Listener Tale” som

Episode 383: The Framing of Kelli Peters

For this episode of Morbid Ash has a bit of a different tale for us. This is the case of Kelli Peters; a mom, the PTA president, and framed woman. The afternoon of February 17th 2010 started off so normal for Kelli. She pulled into the school she’

Episode 382: American Horror Stories with Alvin from Affirmative Murder!

We're joined by Alvin today from a very cool podcast known around town as Affirmative Murder. We go around the virtual campfire to tell spooky tales of America's past. Alaina brings us some hauntings from a place known as "Tragedy Square," Alvin s

Episode 381: Listener Tales 54

Listener Tales 54!!!! This series of tales includes a ghost jogger, pooping on an attacker and a murderous granny! There are also tales with subjects like domestic abuse, so please listen at your own discretion. If you have a tale you would like t

Episode 380: The Supposed Diary of Jack the Ripper & Revisiting The Suspect List

You thought Alaina was done with Jack the Ripper but you were wrong…like really wrong. In this episode she’ll deliver us YET ANOTHER possible suspect and also the supposed diary of Jack the Ripper. This diary seemed to be written with the intentio

Introducing: The Generation Why Podcast

The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Two friends, Aaron Justin, break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, mysteries an

Episode 379: The Tragic Case of Florence Maybrick

Today Alaina brings us the case of Florence Maybrick and asks that we decide whether or not this woman was guilty of murder. Florence’s husband James was known to have a tummy trouble or two, but in May of 1889 those troubles progressed much furth

Episode 378: Listener Tales 53

It is Listener Tales up in here, up in here! Do the monster mash my dudes because this is a SPOOKY HALLOWEEN edition. We’ve got tales of accidental stabbings at a Halloween birthday party, an unplanned Michael Myers Halloween meetup and a lighthou

Episode 377: The Towpath Murders

Alaina brings us the case of the Tow Path Murders this week and boy is this case a doozy. Two girls just riding their bikes along the path were abruptly assaulted, brutally raped and then killed. Just weeks before that a young girl walking along t

Episode 376: Spooky Castles Vol. 2 Chillingham & Himeji Castles

Spooky Castles!!!! Alaina brings us to the UK to share the terrifying tales of Chillingham castle, which in all honesty should be renamed something so much more intense. She has 0 chill. Be forewarned that all kinds of torture is involved. Then As

Episode 375: Special Episode: Introducing The Rewatcher: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

We’re doing something different today and sharing an exciting project we’ve been working on: our new podcast The Rewatcher: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You’ve heard Alaina talk about her Buffy obsession, and now she’s pulled Ash into the He

Episode 374: The Almost Valentines Day Massacre with Jordan from Nighttime Podcast

We got another chance to sit down with one of our favorite Canadians, Jordan from The Nighttime Podcast. He walks us through a case that hit pretty close to home for him. Lindsay Souvannarath, along with co-conspiritors James Gamble and Randall Sh

Episode 373: The Unsolved Murder of Marilyn Sheppard

On July 4th 1954 Marilyn Sheppard was brutally killed in her home while her husband was asleep on the couch downstairs. Marilyn’s husband Sam would soon be accused of the killing and would later stand multiple trials deeming his innocence or lackt

Episode 372: Listener Tales 52

Listener Tales 52!!!! We have imaginary Eric friends, a holocaust survivor tale and a closet man! We’ll leave you hanging with explanations on that last one and if you have a listener tale feel free to send it in to Listen/Read More

Episode 371: A Spooky Sit-down with Tobias Forge from Ghost!

Weirdos, Ghouls and Ghulehs! We had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Tobias Forge from Ghost today and it was magical. Aside from answering some burning fan questions, we talked music, Jack the Ripper, ghosts, movies, cringey kid question

Episode 370: Spooky Woods

We got some spooky ass woods for you guys! Alaina tells us the tale of Robinson Woods located in Illinois. This place has a pretty heavy energy as it is both a Native American burial ground and the location of a triple homicide that took place in

Episode 369: Listener Tales 51

You guys have seemed to enjoy the more "themed" Listener Tale installments so we've decided to do another installment! This one is Family Madness! We've got all kinds of stories brought to you by you, for you, from you and all about you and your f

Episode 367: JonBenet Ramsey Part 2

6 year-old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered December 1996 in her home in Boulder, Colorado. Her death remains a mystery to this day with various theories and suspects floating around, but never caught. Who killed this beautiful little girl? Who wrote

Episode 366: JonBenet Ramsey Part 1

6 year-old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered December 1996 in her home in Boulder, Colorado. Her death remains a mystery to this day with various theories and suspects floating around, but never caught. Who killed this beautiful little girl? Who wrote

Episode 365: Spooky Lakes Vol. 1

New installment on the show!!! SPOOKY LAKES! Alaina brings us to New Hampshire to talk about Haunted Lake. It’s all in the name, this place is super ominous and a WILD phenomena happened hundreds of years ago that you just HAVE to hear about. Then

Episode 364: Terrifying Home Invasions- Listener Tale Edition

Listener Tales is themed this week and the theme is…. You guessed it! Home Invasions!!What, did the title give it away? You guys shared some gnarly tales about the home invasions you’ve experienced, we’ve got old men staring at you while you

Episode 368: BONUS EPISODE!!! The Butcher and the Wren discussion and preview

IT'S PUB DAY!!!! We made it, weirdos and I could NOT have done this without your support! You are so special and I will forever be grateful for each and every one of you. Thank you for helping me achieve my dream. Today, Ash and I talk about The B

Episode 363: New England Witches

It’s September folks, and you know what that means… SPPPPPOOOOOKIESSS!!! Today Alaina brings us the stories of the first 4 women who were accused witches in Boston. It gets pretty heavy so at the end Ash will give us a little spooky witch's tale a

Episode 362: The Source Family

It’s been a little while since we brought you a cult story so herewego!!!! Ash was chatting with her friend about The Source family and after diving deeper into it she just had to bring it to all you weirdos! The Source family was esta

Episode 361: Listener Tales 50

Listener tales 50!!! OMG, you guys were lighting up our souls with the intro to these tales. Sometimes you just need a Monday pick me up and this was it. You delivered ghostly audio, capri sun mixed with french kissing and a cameo from a dad of on

Episode 360: Dueling Campfire Tales with Jordan from Nighttime Podcast!

Join us for a Nighttime Podcast/ Morbid crossover episode with our great Canadian pal, Jordan! We have a little campfire round robin where we tell tales of spooky cryptids, treasure hunts and poltergeists! Jordan brings us Canadian tales, we bring

Episode 359: The Club Kid/Party Monster Murder

Michael Alig, or you may know him better as Party Monster, was crowned king of the Club Kids back in the late 80’s/early 90’s. You may have heard of the club kids, some famous examples today are Bjork, Amanda Lepore, and Ru Paul. They ruled the st

Episode 358: Gerard John Schaefer "The Hangman"

Alaina is back and scarier than ever, like seriously hold the scary spice, lady. Today she brings us the case of Gerard John Schaefer who killed an estimated 34 young women. He used his power and one time status as a police officer to lure these y

Episode 357: Listener Tales 49 ft. Special Guest DREW!!

Listener Tales 49 is pretty epic if you ask us. OH! And it is brought to you by you, from you, for you and all about you...even if Ash forgot to say so in the beginning. There's mentions of new kittens, there's a Drew, a bank robbery where the emp

Episode 356: Spooky Lighthouses with Special Guests National Park After Dark Pod!

We’re joined by Cassie and Danielle from National Park after Dark to chat some SPOOKY LIGHTHOUSES! It’s a bit of a round robin, back and forth kind of deal, Cassie and Danielle each brought us a spooky lighthouse of their choosing to share and Ala

Episode 355: Kelly Cochran AKA "The Devil Woman of Michigan"

When Chris Regan went missing and his car was found abandoned at a local park and ride, many people were concerned. Chris was supposed to be moving from Michigan to North Carolina with his son, a move that he was over the moon about, but then all

Episode 354: Listener Tales 48

Listener tales 48!!! We’ve got almost abductions, a woman being stalked but really wanting to win her work competition and a Bridgewater triangle appearance!! If you have a listener tale please send it to Morbidpodcast@gmail.com with “listener tal

Episode 353: Justice For Katie Palmer

On the morning of April 21st John Palmer and his wife Katie decided to start their day off with a nice walk together before the craziness of their day to day ensued. They didn’t know that one of their neighbors would also be out that morning, driv

Episode 352: The Murder of William Desmond Taylor

William Desmond Taylor was a big name in Hollywood back in the day, starring and directing plenty of hit films. Hollywood has always been rife with controversy and such was the case when William was found dead in his apartment, having been shot wi

Episode 351: Listener Tales 47

Listener Tales 47!!!! You guys, like are you alright? This one was so crazy! There’s carjacking, there’s Charles Manson and there’s more. Enjoy, hold onto your butts and keep it weird until the next listener tale. If you have a Listener Tale that

Episode 350: Haunted Hotels Vol. 1

We’ve got a new installment for ya partners, HAUNTED HOTELS! Alaina brings us to the Langham hotel in London and then to Ben Lomond Suites in Utah while Ash brings us to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and then to Hotel Savoy. It’s gonna be creepy a

Episode 349: Jack the Ripper Part 5

YOU HAVE REACHED THE CONCLUSION!!!! Alaina’s final part of Jack the Ripper is here and we are talking all things suspects, confirmation bias, science, mitochondrial DNA and Patricia Cornwell. Do we know who Jack the Ripper is by now? No. Do we kno

Episode 348: Listener Tales 46

Listener Tales 46 is here and it’s fucking great, you guys are so good at this! We’ve got a terrifying cautionary tale from Italy, a life saving little pug-pug (WE LOVE YOUR DOGS.) and the funniest fake crime that we’ve ever heard of in our lives.

Episode 347: Jack the Ripper Part 4

Jack the Ripper part 4 is here weirdos! This installment will cover the horrific, and most brutal murder yet: the murder of Mary Jane Kelly. Mary Jane was the youngest victim at just twenty five years old and the only victim that was killed in her

Episode 346: Jack the Ripper Part 3

Jack the Ripper Part three will cover what is known as, “the double event.” Both Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes were found killed on this September night. Both women shared a lot in common with the previous two victims. They’d struggled th

Episode 345: Listener Tales 45

For Listener Tales 45 we are joined by a special, rather good looking guest, you know him…. You love him… its DREW :) You weirdos also sent us some seriously hilarious and intense tales!!! There’s cops sharing too much information after bursting i

Episode 344: Jack the Ripper Part 2

Jack the Ripper part two brings us the absolutely horrifying murder of Annie Chapman. Annie’s story, much like the rest of the women who were killed, is incredibly devastating. She was struggling with sobriety when she landed on the shady streets

Episode 343: Jack the Ripper Part 1

Alaina takes us to the streets of Whitechapel for part one of Jack The Ripper, and boy is it a stark picture she’s painting us. Whitechapel was dark, damp, dirty and downright desolate at the time Jack The Ripper was roaming the streets. People we

Episode 342: The Disappearance of Heidi Allen Part 2

Heidi Allen disappeared on Easter morning back in 1994 from the convenient store she’d worked at for years. Her car was still parked in the parking lot when police arrived, her purse, keys and jacket were all behind the counter and there was still

Episode 341: The Disappearance of Heidi Allen Part 1

Heidi Allen disappeared on Easter morning back in 1994 from the convenient store she’d worked at for years. Her car was still parked in the parking lot when police arrived, her purse, keys and jacket were all behind the counter and there was still

Episode 340: Following Up The Loretta Jones Case With Heidi Jones-Asay

We got the chance to sit down and chat with Heidi Jones-Asay, who helped solve her mother’s 46 year old murder. Heidi was just 4 years old when her mother was brutally murdered in their own home. From that night forward Heidi tried over and over a

Episode 339: Listener Tales 44

Listener tales 44, much like the rest of the Listener Tales episodes, is…. BONKERS!!!! We’ve got Salem spirits coming through to let one of our listeners know that they were expecting a pretty big surprise, chocolate loving grandmothers helping th

Episode 338: Interview with Defense Attorney and Author of BONE DEEP, Joel Schwartz

You might remember episodes 287 and 288 when we covered the Betsy Faria case. Betsy was found dead in her home just two days after Christmas in 2011. Immediately suspicion fell on her husband Russ Faria, even though there was evidence pointing in

Episode 337: The Greenbriar Ghost

This case is the first and only time in U.S history that evidence from a ghost was admissible in the murder trial. Elva Zona Heaster Shue was married to the blacksmith in town, Erasmus “Edward” Stribbling Trout Shue. At first he seemed like a wond

Episode 336: Listener Tales 43

Listener Tales is here and it's brought to you by you, for you, from you and all about you!!! This installment features a man living in the basement walls of a home that did not belong to him, a serial killer constructing one of our listener’s new

Episode 335: Solving The Decades Old Murder of Loretta Jones

Loretta Jones was brutally murdered in her own Utah home back in 1970, all while her four year old daughter, Heidi was in the next room. Heidi knew all along who had killed her mother, she would try to tell the police herself and her grandmother w

Episode 334: The Unsolved Murder of Blake Tyler Chappell

Blake Tyler Chappell was a kind, promising and creative 17 year-old who went missing walking to a friend's house early in the morning on October 16, 2011 after a Homecoming dance. Two months later, he was found lying in a creek, dead from at least

Episode 333: Brad's Bonkers Listener Tale

Well this started as a regular Listener Tale episode where we had a handful of great stories to tell you. What it turned into is an epic journey through one listener's truly harrowing experience in a very haunted home. Brad gets the spotlight toda

Episode 332: Cryptids: The Flatwoods Monster & The Melonheads

You like creepy shit? You wanna hear about some cryptids? Cool, this is the episode for you then. Alaina brings us the real life experiences of those who have encountered the Flatwoods Monster, which resides in West Virginia. Was it extraterrestri

Episode 331: Listener Tales: That Time I Met A Murderer

Because you guys have been sending in SO MANY amazing listener tales and we’ve got so many to choose from we decided to theme them a bit! This installment is Listener Tales: The Time I Met a Murderer. We’ve got grocery workers wishing unknown an u

Episode 330: The Tragic Murder of Savanna LaFontaine Greywind

Savanna LaFontaine Greywind was about to enter such an exciting time of life. She had just gotten a new job, was working on getting a new apartment with her longtime boyfriend and the two of them together were getting ready to welcome their sweet

Episode 329: The Many Crimes of Serial Killer John Christie with Special Guest

Today we have someone special on the pod! It's John! Alaina's husband is filling in for Ash today while she recovers from being sick. What a trooper this guy is.John Christie was a notorious serial killer who stalked, raped and murder

Episode 328: The Circleville Letter Writer

The Circleville Letter writer is a case that will absolutely baffle your brain. In 1976 one of the first letters was delivered to Mary Gillespie and it accused her of being one of the many women supposedly having an affair with the superintendent

Episode 327: Listener Tales 42

Listener Tales 42!!! Brought to you by you, for you, from you and all about you!!!! This installment features an escape from the Crossbow Killer, terrifying nightmares that even scared us in the daytime, FBI friends and a reincarnated brother! Hol

Episode 326: Spooky Road Vol. 5

Episode 325: The Carnival Cult Murder

In 1991 a group of young men met by happenstance working the local carnivals together. They were Jimmie Penick, Mark Goodwin, brothers David and Keith Lawrence and William “Tony” Ault. Everyone but the latter boy already knew each other, they had

Listener Tales 41

Listener Tales 41 brought to you by you, for you, from you, and all about you! We’ve got a married set of cops who have to go investigate a spooky ass theater, a husband who went off to war but came back clairvoyant and a tiddie-peeking little gho

Episode 324: The Tell-Tale Heart Murder

We’re heading on over to Salem in the middle of this fine week to bring you the case of Captain Joseph White. Captain White was simply not a good man, he owned slaves, he had improper relations with his family and he was just generally disliked. W

Episode 323: The Case of Virginia Rappe

Ash, doing an Old Hollywood case? Groundbreaking. This one will have you spiraling through a whole slew of different emotions. It’s the case of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Virginia Rappe. Back in the 20’s Roscoe Arbuckle, known as “Fatty” in his m

Episode 322: Spooky Castles Vol. 1

We decided to create a new installment of our spooky series and this time we’re bringing you some SPOOKY CASTLES!!!! Alaina brings us the Scottish haunts of both Edinburgh castle and Glamis Castle and Ash brings us to Villa De Vecchi in Italy and

The Bermondsey Horror

Alaina brings us the case of the Bermondsey Horror and boy is it a doozy. Get into your way back machine and get ready to take a trip across the pond because we’re heading to 1800’s London. We’ll quickly get acquainted with one Marie de Roux and f

Episode 321: The Murder of Leith Von Stein

In 1988 three college students came up with a plan to murder one of those students entire family in order to get money from a life insurance policy. Chris Pritchard, James “Bart” Upchurch and Neal Henderson all sat around for weeks on end tryi

Listener Tales 40 New Orleans Edition!

Listener Tales 40!!!!! It’s so crazy to think that we’re on episode 40 of these and still you guys make us laugh our booties off! We decided to make this installment of listener tales New Orleans themed because, I’m not sure if you know this, but Ala

Spooky New Orleans Vol. 1

Get in losers, we’re going to NOLA!!!! Alaina takes us on a wild ride through some of the most haunted places in New Orleans, all which have an underlying theme of medical malfeasance. She also brings us to a nightmarish place of lethargic encephalit

Episode 320: The Somerton Man Part 2

Part two of Somerton man is about to rock your world. In part one we got into all the nitty gritty with the discovery of his body and all the weird findings in the case afterwards. In part two we’ll get into some wild twists and turns with possible d

Episode 319: The Somerton Man Part 1

The Somerton Man case is one that has confounded Australia for almost 75 years now. It all started when an unidentifiable man was found dead on Somerton Beach. The man had no wallet, no form of ID, there was no name written inside of his clothing as

Episode 318: The Horrific Murder of Katy Hawelka Part 2

In part two of the Horrific Murder of Katy Hawelka we pick right back up where we left off with Brian McCarthy, a complete and utter waste of space, sitting at the police department wasting everyone’s time with made up stories about what happened the

Episode 317: The Horrific Murder of Katy Hawelka Part 1

It was August 1986 when Katherine “Katy” Hawelka started her second year at Clarkson University. She was 19 years old and looking forward to the start of classes and reuniting with her college pals. As a bright, kind and hard-working young woman, she

Listener Tales 39 with special guests Sheena Melwani & TRID!

For listener tales 39 we are joined by not one, but two special guests!!! We have your favorite tik tok stars Sheena Melwani and TRID (The Real Indian Dad)!! This installment includes a taste of what Alaina Ash’s walkup songs would be if they w

Episode 316: The Kreischer Mansion

The Kreischer mansion on Staten Island is the only property around that belonged to the famous Kreischer family, who made their living producing firebricks in the 1800’s. The property, which sits at 4500 Arthur Kill Road, has long been rumored to be

Episode 315: The Mysterious Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold Part 2

In part one we learned about the circumstances surrounding Dorothy Arnold’s disappearance. By all means it just seemed like she went out for a day of shopping and then disappeared into thin air. In part 2 Alaina delivers some theories that have been

Episode 314: The Mysterious Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold Part 1

Dorothy Arnold was a 25 year-old New York socialite from a prominent family back in 1910. One day, in broad daylight on fifth avenue, she seemingly vanished into thin air. No evidence, no packed bags and nothing to say what happened to her. Her famil

Spooky Games That Will Ruin Your Actual Life Vol.2

Spooky Games That Will Ruin Your Actual Life vol.2 is here!!! The first one of these that we put out was literally over 2 years ago so we thought it would be super fun to revisit this topic. Ash goes into the origin story of the iconic sleepover game

Spooky Lighthouses Vol. 2

Yo ho ho (and a bottle of rum) it’s time for some spooky haunted lighthouses!! Alaina brings us the in depth haunting of St. Augustine Lighthouse which involves quite a few tragedies but also some really cool points in women’s history. And once you’r

Episode 313: The Unsolved Murder of Bonny Lee Bakley

Bonny Lee Bakley’s life is rife with controversy, chaos and just straight up tragedy. She was born into an incredibly toxic environment and seemed to go through life looking for some sense of purpose. She was married multiple times, but her la

Episode 312: Matthew Hoffman AKA The Leaf Killer Part 2

When we left off in part one, Matthew Hoffman had tied Sarah Maynard up so that he could take a nap after brutally killing three of her loved ones. Part two picks up with Matthew clean up the scene while keeping Sarah locked in his cold, dark basemen

Episode 311: Matthew Hoffman AKA The Leaf Killer

Matthew John Hoffman was a strange guy. He was in a constant flux of being a quiet, yet unassuming guy to then having bouts of strange and off-putting behavior. It was his love of trees that gave him comfort and seemed to keep him settled at times, b

Your Magic presents Satanism

In this episode, we present to your earholes some beautiful, whimsical and wonderful friends of the pod Your Magic. Today, Your Magic pulls back the curtain on the many misconceptions about Satanism. Exploring demon conjurings (spoiler.

Listener Tales 38

Listener Tales 38 brings us multiple doozy’s. We read a tale about an axe-wielding murderer, the ghost of a little girl covered in barbed wire, and a backwoods gas station that led to two of our listeners being involved in a time slip. If you have a

Episode 310: The Wonderland Murders Part 2

Part two of the Wonderland murders has arrived! We open up with one of the most gruesome crime scenes in Hollywood's history and then go down a rabbit hole trying to figure out who exactly was involved and how each event led to the next. By the time

Episode 309: The Wonderland Murders Part 1

The Wonderland Murders, or The Four on the Floor case is a case from the old days of Hollywood. It’s not the kind of old Hollywood case that Ash usually delivers, this one instead is a totally different take. The Wonderland Gang was made up of a grou

Episode 308: The Case of the Butterfly Man

Alaina brings us the news of her first novel (Ash is so fucking proud) The Butcher and the Wren(available to pre-order now!!!!) and also brings us the case of The

Episode 307: The Grotesque Murders of Joel and Lisa Guy

Lisa and Joel Guy Sr. were said to be loving, kind hearted and passionate people. The two of them had raised a family together and at 55 and 61 years old were ready to retire. One caveat with their plan was that they were still providing for their gr

Episode 306: The St. Osyth Witch Trials

Alaina brings us the true story of the The St Osyth Witch trials this week. It all starts with a "naughty named" woman, Ursula, potentially causing the lameness of another woman called Grace. Causing the lameness of another was grounds for bei

Listener Tales 37

We’ve made it all the way to the 37th installment of Listener Tales and somehow you guys have done it again!!! You had us cackling with your tales of ankle licking ghosts and life saving Snoop Dogg playlists and shaking in our boots about Skinwalkers

Episode 305: Albert Fish Part 4

The end is here! Alaina’s psyche shall repair over the course of the next week and so will yours. The final installment of this series will cover Albert’s trial and ultimately his own death. See you later this week with some light Listener Tales!
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Episode 304: Albert Fish Part 3

Wel well well, you’ve made it to part three and are probably thinking, ok we’re almost done. We regret to inform you that you’re wrong. This just had to become 4 parts because THERE IS SO MUCH about this foul ghoulish man we just have to tell you or

Episode 303: Albert Fish Part 2

Congratulations, you’ve made it to part two which means your psyche is STRONG. Albert fish continues to be a wretched individual throughout part two. The gray man continues abducting and murdering two more children, earning him a new name, The Boogym

Episode 302: Albert Fish Part 1

This is such a highly requested case that Alaina decided to take one for the team and dive deep into the world that was Albert Fish. Albert Fish had an incredibly abusive childhood starting from when he was 5 years old and had to be placed into an or

Episode 301: Haunted Lighthouses Volume 1

We decided to start a new installment on the show: Haunted Lighthouses! We’re going to try to hit one in every state and in this installment we were able to get to Oregan, Michigan, Maryland, Texas and Georgia. If you have a haunted lighthouse you’d

Episode 300: The Mysterious Murder of Christa Helm

Ash hadn’t done an old Hollywood case in a while, so upon finding this one dove right in! Christa Helm was born in Milwaukee but knew that she was destined for a life much bigger. She would tell anyone who would listen that she wanted to be a star an

Episode 299: The Horrific Murder of Dorothy Eggers

When Arthur Eggers walked into the police station to report his wife Dorothy missing, there were a few things about his story that just didn’t quite add up. He had her height off by about 5 inches and he said he was reporting her missing even though

Listener Tales 36

It’s listener tales 36 and you guys continue to have us in side-splitting laughter. This installment of tales includes a spelunking adventure gone wrong (?) a "fartastic" listener tale and a listener who really just wanted a baked potato from Texas R

Bonus Episode! A Scream Chat With Radio Silence, Melissa Barrera & David Arquette

Gather round weirdos, lend an ear and get HELLA STOKED because we got the chance to sit down with the creators and stars of the latest Scream!! In this episode we’re not only joined by Radio Silence’s Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Chad Vil

Episode 298: The Murder of Abraham Shakespeare

In November of 2006 a man named Abraham Shakespeare won the lottery jackpot worth $31 million. Abraham was known as a generous, kind man who would do anything to help his friends, family or children out. Unfortunately a cold-blooded, manipulative wom

Episode 297: James Rodney Hicks Part 2

We know you have been waiting for the conclusion to this horrific tale, and here it is. James Rodney Hicks destroyed the lives of everyone he came in contact with, but unfortunately he was slipping through the cracks at every turn. Now, armed

Episode 296: James Rodney Hicks Part 1

In 1977 Jennie Hicks seemingly vanished from her home in Carmel Maine, leaving her two children behind with her husband James Hicks... at least that was James’ story. Those who knew Jennie were adamant that there was no way she would have left her ch

Episode 295: The Mary Morris Murders

The Mary Morris Murders, as they’re often referred to, are some of the most baffling murders that we’ve come across thus far. Two women, both named Mary Morris were murdered in Houston Texas just days apart from each other. The first woman Mary Lou H

Episode 294: Where is Brandon Swanson Part 2

Part two of Where is Brandon Swanson is here. In this part, we’ll go over some of the theories that have been brought up over the years. We also want to thank you, listeners, so much for emailing in some of your theories and tips about some of the de

Episode 293: Where is Brandon Swanson? Part 1

Brandon Swanson was 19 years old when he went missing in the state of Minnesota. He had been out earlier that night and gone to a couple of parties before making his way home to Marshall, Minnesota. Unfortunately, on the way home, he ran into a bit o

Episode 292: The Antifreeze Murders

Stacey Castor is most often referred to as a Black Widow, but that name barely does justice when it comes to all of the pain Stacey inflicted on those around her. Both of her husbands turned up dead, one of a heart attack and the other of suicide and

Episode 291: The Purrington Massacre

The story of the Purrington murders is so horrific it sounds like something out of a movie. James Purrington seemed to have plans of killing himself after suffering from what was likely undiagnosed mental illness. When one of his children brought thi

Episode 290: The Tragic Murder of Phil Hartman

This is the story of Phil Hartman and the episode is a little different than some we’ve done in the past. We all know Ash loves an “Old Hollywood” kind of case, this one while not very old at all fits under the umbrella. Phil Hartman was one of the m

Listener Tales 35

Brought to you by you, for you, from you, and all about you it is Listener Tales # 35!!!!! We have all kinds of craziness going on in this installment. There’s a tale of the clingiest Danish ghost there ever was, but don't get too excited we’re not t

Episode 289: The Swamp Angel

This is the tale of Helen Ruth Spence, who grew up with the River People on The White River in Arkansas. When Helen was just 17 years old her father was shot and killed in front of her and her stepmother was beaten and assaulted by the same man. Hele

Episode 288: The Murder of Betsy Faria Part 2

Y’all Pamela truly goes all out in part two. We don’t want to say too much because of all the twists and turns this episode is about to take but we will tell you that you’ll hear some good news about Russ and that two more people associated with Pame

Episode 287: The Murder of Betsy Faria Part 1

Betsy Faria was known to her friends and family as such a beautiful soul. She had life-long friends who just loved to be around her because she always loved to have a good time and make those around her feel happy and loved. In addition to all those

Episode 286: The Murders of Nancy & Derek Haysom Part 2

Suspicion in the case starts to fall on Derek and Nancy’s daughter Elizabeth and just when the police focus in on her and her boyfriend, they bail. They make their way over to the UK and start living a quiet life where no one would ever find them. Ju

Episode 285: The Murders of Nancy and Derek Haysom Part 1

Ash has got a two parter for you guys this holiday week! Let us first say though, how incredibly thankful we are that this group of lovely weirdos banded around us in SUCH a time of grief and uncertainty. All of the kind words and messages we’ve been

Episode 284: Dorothea Puente Part 2

Dorothea is back back back again and she’s eviler than ever. She’s befriending people only to murder them slowly, she’s pretending to fall inlove with a man from her actual prison cell only to murder him and throw him in a river bank. BUT have no fea

Episode 283: Dorothea Puente Part 1 AKA Hell's House Mother

Alaina brings us part one of Dorothea Puente, possibly one of the most evil humans who has ever walked the earth. Dorothea had an incredibly sad childhood, but then grew into this terrible woman who lied, cheated and scammed her way through just abou

Listener Tales 34

It’s Listener Tales 34!!!! This installment features someone who WE accidentally wronged and now owe some new undies and a whole bunch of Kinder eggs to....there are also a couple of “woooo whooo witchy women,” and even a couple guest appearances by

Episode 282: Murder in the House of Gucci

Father, Son, House of Gucci!! That’s right baby, Ash did a deep dive into all things Gucci for this episode. Gucci as a company was founded in 1921 in Florence Italy by Guccio Gucci. Over the years the family business was passed through generations a

Episode 281: The Dark Secrets Behind The Wizard of Oz

For this Holiday week, we wanted to bring you a lighter (?) episode, although it’s really not so light at all! Alaina’s kids have gotten super into the Wizard of Oz and so she decided to do dive into the dark happenings during filming. All kinds of a

Episode 280: The "TallHotBlond" Murder

The Internet, a place where you can be whoever you want to be, whether it’s your true identity or an alter ego you’ve made up. For some people, this is chatting in online rooms with different screennames pretending to be their favorite character or s

Episode 279: William Bonin "The Freeway Killer" Part 2

Just when you survived the brutality of part one, we’ve got part two coming right at ya. William Bonin is still up to no good, traipsing around the streets of CA in his murder van with his disgusting accomplices. Luckily in this part we’ll get into h

Episode 278: William Bonin "The Freeway Killer" Part 1

William Bonin, who was also known as the Freeway Killer, raped and killed potentially over 36 young boys throughout his reign of terror. William had a deplorable childhood: his mother was neglectful and abusive, his father was a raging alcoholic who

Episode 277: The Investor Murders: Alaska's Largest Mass Murder

On September 5th, 1982 The Investor docked on a little Alaskan island called Craig. The Investor was a ship owned by skipper Mark Coulthurst. He had brought his family and a good-sized crew along for the trip. There were four young crew members on bo

Episode 276: The Murder of Nona Dirksmeyer

Nona Dirksmeyer was just 19 years old when her boyfriend, Kevin, found her late on the afternoon of December 15, 2005. She and Kevin Jones were high school sweethearts who had been dating for 5 years. There was never anything in their relationship th

INTRODUCING: Dark Woods

From Legendary Producer Dick Wolf and Wolf Entertainment comes a new fiction series starring Corey Stoll (House of Cards, Ant-Man), Monica Raymund (Chicago Fire), and Reid Scott (Veep). When the body of a young volunteer is

Listener Tales 33

We are back to our regularly scheduled listener tales! Installment 33 of listener tales brought to you by you, for you, from you and all about you features an unconventional dentist trip, a lady who lives in a drain, a “gives no F’s” mom and so much

Episode 275: Susan Monica

Susan Monica was a farmer in her 60’s with her very own property where she raised chickens and pigs and worked on beautiful wrought iron fences. She had made it through much of her life flying under the radar. That was until one of the handymen on he

Episode 274: The Friday the 13th Murder

Alaina brings us the case of Mark Branch who killed Sharon Gregory on the afternoon of October 24th 1988 in Greenfield Massachusetts. Mark was obsessed with horror movies, specifically the Friday the 13th franchise and really took that to a horrifyin

Episode 273: The Winchester Mystery House (Separating Fact From Fiction)

The Winchester Mystery House is a tale that’s been told countless times. The house is featured on tons and tons of Top 10 haunted lists and over the years the house has become the focal point of the lore. We felt it was really important to tell the s

Episode 272: The Villisca Axe Murders Part 2

In part two of The Villisca Axe Murders Alaina goes DEEP into the many suspects involved in the case. We’ve got a lot of crazy characters this time around. Turns out Josiah Moore had a mistress who was linked to one of his enemies, there’s also a det

Episode 271: The Villisca Axe Murders Part 1

If you know true crime then you know The Villisca Axe Murders. In 1912 an entire family and two house guests were brutally killed in their sleep by a cold blooded beast. There have been a couple suspects over the years, but somehow this case remains

Episode 270: Jodi Arias

Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander met in September of 2006 and from day one they were hooked on each other. Their relationship started getting toxic when Jodi became overly possessive and started listening in on Travis’s conversations when he was unawa

*BONUS* Listener Tales Patreon Edition: PART 2

A bonus spoopy listener tales brought to you by the Patronisi! This episode features an almost country massacre, a mountain dew seance, a ghost simply called “The Man,” and more!!! Hold on to your butts. P.s These patreon-penne

Episode 269: The Murder of Nancy Rentz

Nancy Rentz was a woman who was loved and cared about by so many people; her parents, her twin sister, her younger sister, her brother and her children. She undeniably touched the lives of everyone around her and truly just seemed like one of the mos

Listener Tales *Patreon Edition*

October’s installment of listener tales is brought to you by the lovely patreons! We thought it might be nice to have them send in their stories for the month of October as a little celebration of the spooky season. Boy were they up for the task!! We

Episode 268: The Railroad Killer

As promised, we are talking today about the serial killer from Episode 266. In that episode, we focused on the only survivor of his crimes, Holly Dunn. Today, we take a walk through all of his crimes. Throughout the 80's and 90's, Angel Maturino Res

Episode 267: The Unexplained Death of Ellen Rae Greenberg

Today Ash brings you the truly infuriating case of Ellen Greenberg. Ellen was a beautiful, caring 27 year old woman who had everything going for her. She had a great relationship with her family and friends, a job as a first grade teacher, and plans

Episode 266: The Unbelievable Survival Story of Holly K. Dunn

Alaina brings us the tale of Holly K Dunn who survived a brutal attack at the hands of an evil, deranged man. Holly’s survival tale is incredibly inspiring but also heartbreaking because through it she lost an amazing boyfriend, Chris Maier. Chris Ma

Episode 265: Tragedy & True Crime at the Jean Harlow House

Some say the Jean Harlow house where she lived with her husband Paul Bern is one of the most haunted homes in America. The house certainly saw its fair share of tragedy and deaths which we’ll cover in this episode. You might be shocked to find out th

Episode 264: The New England Vampire Panic

Today Alaina decided to take it to a vampiric place. During the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries New England was struggling with severe outbreaks of Consumption. To better explain this plague that caused severe pain, bloody hacking coughs and th

Episode 263: The Murder of Mackenzie Cowell

Mackenzie Cowell was a beautiful 17 year old girl with her entire life ahead of her. She was going to high school, on the dance team, modelling and taking classes at the Wenatchee Academy of Hair design. Mackenzie’s life was cut short and in such a b

Episode 262: The Sunset Strip Killers Part 2

Part two of The Sunset Strip Killers is here! We find out what happened with Jack Murray’s murder and who exactly carried that out…*wink wink nudge nudge.* Eventually someone loses it and turns on the other, and Carol and Doug land themselves in pri

Episode 261: The Sunset Strip Killers Part 1

Alaina brings us another 2 part series this week, this time we’re talking about the Sunset Strip Killers, Doug Clark and Carol Bundy. It’s always wild to us how two shockingly depraved people can find each other like this, and this case brings wild t

Listener Tales 32

Listener tales 31 brought to you by you, for you, from you and all about you!! This set of listener tales includes your grandparents purchasing a straight up murder house that then becomes yours, a murderer who gets out of prison and curates his own

Episode 260: The Eastern State Penitentiary

Ash promised you something haunted this week after Alaina’s three part deep dive into the Hillside Stranglers and boy did she pick a doozy. The Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia is supposedly one of America’s most haunted buildings. It has a

Episode 259: The Hillside Stranglers Part 3

You’ve made it!! It’s the third and final episode on Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, the Hillside Stranglers. In this part we’ll go over the murders of Kimberly Martin, Cindy Hudspeth, Karen Mandic and Diane Wilder. Luckily in this final part the j

Episode 258: The Hillside Stranglers Part 2

We’ve made it to part two of three of Alaina’s deep dive into the depraved minds of Angelo Buono and Kenny Biaanchi. If you’ve made it to this part, you know that this cousin duo is out on the sunset strip terrorizing the lives of young women. You ca

Episode 257: The Tragic Story of Barbara Daly Baekeland

Ash brings us the story of Barbara Daly Baekeland, a New York socialite who ended up being murdered by her son Anthony “Tony” Baekeland. Barbara had a long history of mental illness and eventually her son did as well, some argue Tony’s mental illness

Episode 256: The Hillside Stranglers Part 1

Alaina has decided to really throw us for a loop this week with a multi-parter on the Hillside stranglers, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi. We had to break this into two parts simply because even before they became murderous monsters, they were terr

Preview Dr. Death Season 3: Miracle Man

Paolo is a smart and handsome surgeon, renowned for his ability to perform surgeries that transform his patients’ lives. When television producer Benita covers him for a story, he’ll transform her life too, but not in the ways she expects. As Benita

Episode 255: True Crime Songs with Ronnie & Ben from Watch What Crappens!

This episode we are joined by Ronnie Karam and Ben Mandelker of the Watch What Crappens podcast, for something a bit different! Throughout the years recording Morbid we’ve come across an abundance of songs that were inspired by true crime events. We

Episode 254: The Erdington Murders

Y’all, if you haven’t heard of the Erdington murders then you’re in for a doozy. Ash goes over the case of two young women, Mary Ashford and Barbara Forrest who were murdered 157 years apart in Erdington. The way that the two cases mirror each other

Episode 253: Buried Alive

"If the beard wags, please no body bags." Today, Alaina is going to take you on a journey that you never wanted to take. Today, we go into the fear, history and hysteria around the idea of premature burial. In this episode, you

Listener Tales 31

This edition of listener tales brought to you by you, for you, from you and all about you features a haunted redneck palace, an abandoned body on grandma and grandpa’s lawn and some spoopy New England listener tales. You guys always send in the best

Episode 252: Charles Schmid "The Pied Piper of Tucson"

For our second episode this week, Ash brings us the case of Charles Schmid aka the Pied Piper of Tucson. This case, dare we say, may be one of the wildest rides we’ve brought you along for in quite some time. Charles was really a vibe in the 60’s, at

Episode 251: Tara Calico

The Tara Calico case is one that will have your mind going for days. This is a very prominent case in the true crime world, and for good reason: it’s still unsolved after 33 years. Tara Calico was 19 when she went missing after heading out on a routi

Crime Countdown's One-Year Anniversary!

To celebrate this special anniversary, Ash and Alaina count down the haunting memories of post-wedding trips that will have everyone asking...accident or murder? You can listen to Crime Countdown FOR FREE on Spotify! See Privacy Policy

Episode 250: Bettie Page

Bettie Page became known for her direct gaze into the camera and iconic pin-up girl bangs as a model, but there are so many things that people don’t know about her. And boy, is her life a whirlwind. Bettie went through a lot in her early years as a c

Episode 249: The Horrific Murders of Austin Wenner & Jessica Lewis

On June 19 2020, a group of tik tokers stumbled across a suitcase on a Seattle beach. They used the app Randonautica to get to the exact location and thought maybe there would be money in the suitcase. Instead they realized something much more sinist

Episode 248: Marion Stembridge

You know we love an old-timey case around these parts, and boy does Alaina have a doozy to deliver. Marion Stembridge was out there wildin’ in Georgia scamming people out of money left and right with his shady underground businesses. He came from mon

Spooky Roads Volume 4 AUSTRALIA!

We haven’t done a spooky roads episode in a while so why the hell not!? This is The Street with No Name in the Australian suburb of Annandale and it has a long murderous history. Four confirmed murders have happened right on or closeby this seemingly

Episode 247: Darrell Keith Rich Part 2

Two parts in one day!? Yes please. Alaina wraps up our two part series on Darrell Rich. Things really get to unravelling here when Darrell starts talking to anyone who will listen. He’s making up crazy stories about Hell’s Angels, failing polygraphs

Episode 246: Darrell Keith Rich Part 1

In this two parter Alaina covers the case of Darrell Rich. Growing up Darrell felt rejected by his parents and in his adult life that would lead to some serious issues. Any time he felt rejected he would turn to violence by hunting down young girls,

Listener Tales 30

Listener Tales 30!!! Can you believe it? We decided to bring you listener tales this week as a little reprieve from all the heavy cases we’ve been covering lately. This installment includes, but of course: a ouija board, a haunted woods roaming dog/p

Episode 245: The Mysterious Disappearance of Melanie Ethier

Melanie Nadia Ethier grew up in Northern Ontario in a pretty small community. At the time, the community was made up of only about 4,400 people. Melanie was 15 years old when she went missing after watching movies at a friends house. That would be th

Bonus Exclusive: A Chat with George C. Romero

Weirdos! Ash, Alaina and Caleb (from Scream!) got to sit down and chat with none other than George C. Romero. Yes, the man, the myth.....the legend. He was absolutely wonderful to hang with and we loved just talking horror, the creative process and a

Episode 244: John Edward Robinson Part 3

We’ve finally got to the third and final installment of Alaina’s deep dive into John Edward Robinson. Shit has gone down, the police have everything they need to close in on this monster and just wait until you hear about the mass of evidence found.

Episode 243: John Edward Robinson Part 2

Part two of John Robinson is somehow crazier than part one! He stays on his bullshit: scamming people out of thousands of dollars, continuing to fake his philanthropist ways and he’s still trying to tell us that Lisa Stassi is happy and in Colorado w

Episode 242: John Edward Robinson

John Edward Robinson is one of the wildest schemers you’ll probably hear about. He spent most of his early life creating fake businesses and scheming investors and co-workers out of thousands of dollars. Somehow he avoided long prison terms and was a

Episode 241: Stephen Griffiths AKA The Crossbow Cannibal

Stephen Griffiths dubbed himself the Crossbow Killer after murdering and dismembering three women. Susan Rushworth, Shelley Armitage and Suzanne Blamires were all connected by the work they did. They were so much more than what they did for a living

Listener Tales 29

Listener Tales # 29 has arrived!!! You guys really delivered for this one. We’ve got a story that is somehow related to the early 2000’s song “Pop Lock and Drop it,” (can you tell Ash picked these?) another that tells of a horrific Halloween party mu

Episode 240: The Lady of the Dunes

We’re bringing you to one of our favorite vacation spots: Provincetown Mass. Only we aren’t sunbathing and playing volleyball on the beach, we’re here to solve a cold case, y’all. The Lady of the Dunes, as she’s known, was discovered on July 26, 197

Episode 239: The Long Island Lolita Case with Special Guest Bailey Sarian

SURPRISE! Our very special guest this week is the magical Bailey Sarian of "Murder, Mystery and Makeup" on YouTube and now her brand new podcast, “Dark History.” We were stoked to have Bailey on to talk about Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco of the inf

Episode 238: The Phillip Island Murder

The night of September 22, 1986 was an absolute nightmare on Phillip Island. On an island known for its nightly penguin parades, no one expected to find a young woman brutally murdered on her bedroom floor. Elizabeth “Beth” Barnard was only 23 years

Episode 237: The Curse of Manchac Swamp

For our second installment of creepy ass bodies of water, Alaina tells us the story of Manchac swamp in Louisiana and a voodoo healer called Aunt Julia who predicted her own death AND informed the town that she’d be taking them all with her. Boy did

Episode 236: Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier.. Honestly I feel like that’s all I need to say. This place has so much creepy surrounding it!! There are giant catfish that have been compared to volkswagen, phantom hands pulling you under the water and not to mention the entire submerg

Episode 235: The Unbelievable Tale of Michael Malloy AKA Mike The Durable

You guys. You’re in for a real treat if you’ve never heard the tale of Michael Malloy. To call him durable is to vastly undersell this story. This dude not only survived about 67 attempts on his life, but did it while- let’s just say more than

Episode 234: The Smiley Face Deaths/Murder Mystery

Since 1997 young men have been disappearing for periods of time and then turning up in bodies of water. Upon first glance it’s easy to brush these off as accidents, young men drinking too much and slipping or falling to their deaths: sad but not unhe

Episode 233: The Smiley Face Deaths/Murders Mystery

Since 1997 young men have been disappearing for periods of time and then turning up in bodies of water. Upon first glance it’s easy to brush these off as accidents, young men drinking too much and slipping or falling to their deaths: sad but not unhe

Listener Tales 28

Listener tales 28 coming at ya! This bunch of listener tales features a crazy story of a listener’s near death experience with a cannibal, a random but spooky occurance of a classical music loving ghost and a tale about the dangers of jumping over Ma

Episode 232: Morbid Chats With Heather Bish **AD FREE**

Before recording episode 214, The Tragic Case of Molly Bish, we reached out to Molly’s sister Heather who has been working tirelessly to get Molly’s case solved. Heather was kind enough to join us for an episode to give us an inside scoop on all the

Episode 231: Catherine & David Birnie Part 2

David and Catherine Birnie were twelve when they met, each coming from tough home lives. Over the years they couldn’t fight their connection, and eventually became two of the worst humans walking the planet. Together they abducted, raped and killed y

Episode 230: Catherine & David Birnie Part 1

David and Catherine Birnie were twelve when they met, each coming from tough home lives. Over the years they couldn’t fight their connection, and eventually became two of the worst humans walking the planet. Together they abducted, raped and killed y

Episode 229: The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood had one of the most troubling back stories a child star could have, a stage mom that crossed all imaginable boundaries, a violent alcoholic for a father and men that took advantage of her all throughout her life. She thought she had foun

Listener Tales 27

It’s the most wonderful time of the...month: listener tales!!!! For our 27th listener tales episode we will read you some tales about the importance of buying a hitchhiker a hamburger, trusting your gut and most importantly insulting murderers! Have

Episode 228: Gary Michael Hilton AKA The National Parks Serial Killer

Gary Michael Hilton is a serial killer who was convicted for the murders of four people, although many assume he has killed more. His M.O was to hunt down his victims while they were hiking or spending time on the trails, incapacitate them and keep t

Episode 227: The Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd (With Special Guest Cameron Esposito!)

Today we are joined by a very special guest, Cameron Esposito, to talk all things comedy and true crime! It’s the perfect mashup of worlds. Ash takes us through the Thelma Todd case from Thelma’s childhood in Massachusetts to when the young ✨Hollywoo

Episode 226: Tyler Hadley (Redo!)

Tyler Hadley was 17 years old when he decided to bludgeon his parents and then throw the rager of a lifetime (in his eyes.) Close to a hundred people attended this party not knowing that in a separate locked bedroom down the hall, the bodies of Mary

Episode 225: The Abduction and Murder of Daniel Morcombe

Daniel Morcombe was 13 years old when he was taken from a bus stop in Queensland Australia. Queensland was supposed to be one of the safest places to live so this absolutely rocked the community. It would be 8 years before anyone would get answers, a

Episode 224: The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace Part 3

The third and final episode to wrap up our series on William Herbert Wallace is here!!! In this part Alaina walks us through the bonkers murder trail. The prosecution stays leaping to conclusions and the defense tries their hardest to defend their gu

Episode 223: The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace Part 2

She made it a part two that will turn into a part three! For this episode, Alaina walks us through the aftermath of Julia Wallace’s murder. The detectives are all circling in on William, intimidating witnesses to change their stories, and BOOM! With

Episode 222: The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace Part 1

It’s Alaina-centric and it’s old timey!! We’re heading back to England in the 1930’s. William Herbert Wallace is quite a character, and to be honest so is his wife Julia. When Julia turns up dead in their home, people start taking a closer look at Wa

Listener Tales 26

The first listener tales of April, and recorded on April fools day no less! This batch of listener tales includes a closet that could very well be a portal to hell, a life changing accident on the I5 and a badass survival tale. Seriously, you guys al

Episode 221: The Los Feliz Murder House

It's a DO-OVER! This tale has always been such a crazy one that we just had to do it again and do it right. On December 6, 1959, respected and renowned doctor, Harold Perelson, turned his family's dream ho

Episode 220: The Tragic Murder of Kenia Monge/ The Incredible Survival Tale of Lydia Tillman

Kenia Monge was 19 years old when she went missing after a night out with her friends in Colorado. While her father Tony was trying to call her friends and find out what had happened that night, a text came through to Kenia’s phone from a number she

Episode 219: The Bell Witch

We figured with everything being pretty heavy lately, we’d bring you a haunting. THE haunting, actually. The Bell family moved to their Tennessee farm in the early 1800s and had things great at first, beautiful land a big happy family. All the sudden

Episode 218: Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm?

Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? This is an episode we covered in our earlier days brought to you by Alaina, but she kept up with it and ended up finding so much more information that she wanted to redo it for ya! Here’s our second take on the episode

Episode 217: The Tragic Murder of Dominique Dunne

Dominique Dunne was an upcoming actress with roles in different shows like Chips, Hart to Hart, one of her last roles was actually in the- potentially cursed- movie Poltergeist. In 1982 Dominique was killed at the hands of her boyfriend John Thomas S

Episode 216: The Mysterious & Cursed Turnbull Canyon

Alaina brings us across the country tonight to Turnbull Canyon in California. We’ve got a medley of things here: Plane crashes, murders, cult activity and more. Hold onto your butts, it’s about to get wild in here. Listen/Read More

A Morbid Hang with Rainn Wilson as Terry Carnation from Dark Air with Terry Carnation

In this special bonus episode, Alaina Ash had the magical privilege to sit down with the paramour of the paranormal, Terry Carnation. You can catch him providing terrifying true tales on Radio Rental and in his upcoming podcast Dark Air with Te

Episode 215: The Torture and Murder of Shanda Sharer

Shanda Sharer was 12 years old when she met a girl named Amanda. Amanda was already involved in a troubling relationship with a girl named Melinda Loveless and when Amanda and Shanda started hanging out Melinda became even more possessive of Amanda a

Episode 214: The Tragic Case of Molly Bish

Molly Bish was 16 years old and working as a lifeguard at Comins Pond in Warren. She’d only been working there about a week on June 27th, 2000 when her mother dropped her off for her 10:00 shift. Swimmers would be arriving any minute, but just minute

Listener Tales 25

What's funnier than 24? 25!!! Due to a sudden switch in the plans for recording, we've handpicked some listener tales! We have a couple follow- ups on Willie Pickton, a creepy bathroom ghost and a history lesson all wrapped up in one creepy package f

Episode 213: Colleen Stan AKA The Girl In The Box

It’s an Ashcentric doozy up in here. We’re covering the case of the girl in the box, aka, Colleen Stan. Colleen was twenty years old on May 19 1977 when she accepted a ride from Cameron and Janice Hooker. They looked to be about her age, and the woma

Episode 212: Willie Pickton Part 3 AD FREE!!!

The third and final part of this absolute nightmare has arrived. This episode covers the investigation on the farm TW: some serious animal cruelty is mentioned in the first half. Alaina will take us through some of the things found on the farm, what

Episode 211: Willie "Piggy" Pickton Part 2

Part two of Willie is somehow more bonkers than part one. More and more people are coming forward with their experiences at ~the farm~ but no one is taking this case as seriously as they should. Huge numbers of women are going missing, but are seen a

Episode 210: Willie Pickton Part 1

I don't even know what to write about this WILD CASE. We’re finally diving into Willie Pictkotn, it’s filthy, it’s dirty, it’s squalor, it’s vile and it’s only the beginning. This is part one of Willie Pickton, we’ll get into the story of his childho

Listener Tales 24

Time to hear from some fellow weirdos and, man, you guys kept it hella weird this time!! This batch of listener tales has everything from a 28 toed cat named Thumz to a weirdo skiing away from a potential murderer. If you have listener tales be sure

Episode 209: The Slenderman Stabbing

Slenderman, you know him. He’s the creepy tall dude lurking in the woods without a face. He was created in 2009 on Something Awful by a man named Eric Knudesen and has dominated the internet ever since. In 2014 two Wisconsin girls pledged their alleg

Episode 208: The Horrific Murder of Ashley Young

If you knew Ashely Young she was probably the kindest, most genuine human being you’ve ever met. Her favorite thing to ask people was, “if I bought you a smile would you wear it?” Jared Chance didn’t deserve to know Ashley, and didn’t deserve her fri

Episode 207: The Tragic Death of Emilie Morris

Emilie Morris was just sixteen years old when her coach and teacher started sexually abusing her. Emilie stayed in contact with her abuser throughout life, as she struggled to heal from what he had done to her. This had all started in the mid to late

Episode 206: The Bennington Triangle

Alaina keeps it real weird this week and covers a spooooky topic: the Bennington Triangle in Vermont. We’ve got all this Morbid over there, disappearances, murders and even man eating rocks. I SAID WHAT I SAID. As always, thank you to o

Episode 204: **AD FREE** The Mysterious Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel Part 2

It's here! This is the conclusion to our discussion about the mysterious and truly tragic disappearance of 17 year old Brittanee Drexel from Myrtle Beach, SC in 2009. In this part we discuss the Taylor family's possible/alleged involvement, theories

Episode 203: The Mysterious Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel

Brittanee Drexel was 17 years old when two girls, Alanna Lippa and Jennifer Oberer, invited her to go on spring break with them. The girls were from Chili New York and were planning to head to Myrtle beach for a long weekend. Brittanee’s mom, Dawn Dr

Episode 202: The Tragic Story of Cinnamon Brown

Cinnamon Brown was 14 years old when her own father, David Brown, convinced her to carry out the murder of her stepmother, Linda Bailey Brown. Cinnamon was fully convinced and brainwashed into thinking that she wouldn’t do jail time and instead just

Listener Tales 23

Hey weirdos, happy Sunday! We have a special guest this week joining us for this edition of listener tales since Alaina had to stay way late at work because: pandemic life. We hope you like this week's guest, Ash has a special soft spot for him. This

Morbid Network presents: A chat with Rachael O'Brien from Seven Deadly Sinners (Special Episode Sneak Peek!)

Hey weirdos! We want to allow you to get to know our little family here on Morbid Network, so we decided to start a special interview series where we chat with the hosts of these handpicked shows and let you get to know why we love their guts! With t

Episode 201: Black Eyed Children with special guest Tyler Gaca AKA Ghosthoney

Guys!!! It's episode two hundred… and ONE! We’ve gathered you here today so we could grace your presence with one of the most lovely humans we’ve ever encountered: Ghost Honey aka Tyler Gaca. Tyler joins us today to talk about something we vowed to n

Episode 200: The Weepy Voiced Killer

This week Alaina covers the weepy voiced killer for our 209th episode! In 1980 on New Year’s Eve Paul Michael Stephani brutally attacked Karen Potack after abducting her from outside of a bar. She sustained some of the worst injuries seen by investig

Episode 199: Susan Wright

It’s Ash-centric! Let’s kick off the week by telling the story of Susan Wright, AKA the Blue Eyed Butcher. Susan’s crime is absolutely wild, she stabbed her husband 193 times and then claimed self defense. She got two trials, and her third shot at pa

Episode 198: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders Part 2

The conclusion to this horrific case is finally here. Tonight we talk about Oklahoma's most massive manhunt, we discuss the mounting evidence against Gene Leroy Hart and we discuss some questionable police work that may have cost them their case in t

Episode 197: Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders Part 1

Alaina pulls at our heartstrings this week with part one of the Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders. In June of 1977, eight year old Lori Lee Farmer, nine year old Michelle Heather Guse and ten year old Doris Denise Milner headed off to Camp Scott for a two

Episode 196: The Senseless Murder of Lauren Giddings

Your Ash-centric episode this week is about the murder of Lauren Giddings. Lauren was 27 years old and had just graduated law school when she was brutally murdered and dismembered by her neighbor, Stephen McDaniel. Stephen McDaniel had been stalking

Illinois Spooky Roads/Listener Tales MASHUP

Hey weirdos! We figured we would grace your ear meat this week with a mashup of spooky roads and listener tales! Alaina tells us about two spooky roads located in Illinois: Bloody Gulch Road and The Devil's Backbone. Then we dive into a couple of Ill

Episode 195: Tony Costa, The Cape Cod Vampire Part 2

We’re all up in your ear meat for the second time this week, and we’ve brought you the conclusion to the tale of Tony Chop Chop. Please whip out a notebook and get ready to write as fast as humanly possible to keep track of all the stories Tony fed t

Episode 194: Tony Costa, The Cape Cod Vampire Part 1

This week Alaina’s got a two parter, pretty close to home for us! Tony Costa, a hippie living around Provincetown in the 60’s, was a real shady character from the start. When he was a teenager he straight up broke into the home of a girl two years yo

"The Meaning Of Christmas" By Jon Allen Bonus Episode!!

Weirdos! Just in time for the holidays, Jon Allen has blessed us with another tale straight from his brilliant mind. "The Meaning of Christmas" is a 90s throwback thriller with an ending that will blow your pants apart. Trust us, it's exactly what we

Listener Tales 22

December’s listener tales are coming in hot, weirdos! You guys are so good at these and have us cracking up as usual. We’re talking about our powers of summoning dead grandmas, christmas decorations from murderers and being shot in the right tit!! Gr

Episode 193: The Horrific Kidnapping & Murder of Sarah Haley Foxwell

It was Christmastime 2009 and eleven year old Sarah Haley Foxwell was getting ready to celebrate with her family. She and her little sister skipped off to bed together, but that would be the last time Sarah’s family got to see her. Sarah was kidnappe

Episode 192: The Tragic Murder of Sarah Ludemann

This week Alaina covers a tale as old as time but with a modern MySpace twist. Two girls fighting over one dingus of a boy. Rachel Wade was living her best Bad Girls Club life, dating the quintessential bad boy, Josh Camacho. Josh Camacho was dating

Episode 191: The Horrific Murder of Dorothy Stratten

Ash wanted to dive into a vintage Hollywood case this week, and the Dorothy Stratten case stuck out like a sore thumb! Dorothy Stratten was 17 years old working behind the counter at a Dairy Queen in Canada when Paul Snider took notice of her. He was

Episode 190: Martha Haney

It's another old timey murder from Alaina! But trust us, this one will have your jaw hitting the floor. Way back in 1897 Michigan, Martha Haney's struggle with her own illness reached the point of no return when she lashed out against an easy target,

Episode 189: The Murder of Sydney Loofe AKA The Tinder Murder

Sydney Loofe was an animal lover, a generous friend and loved by everyone who knew her. Unfortunately, Sydney Loofe was murdered on November 15th, 2017 after going on a Tinder date with someone she thought she knew. Bailey Boswell and AubreyTrail lur

Listener Tales 21

Today's November Listener Tales is full of it. We have an appearance by Pennywise, a Pinterest curse, a very near miss with a convicted murderer, a mean-ass religion teacher and a cycle home with a wife murderer. Message for this one? Don't ride a bi

Episode 188: Angela Diaz

For the Ash-centric episode this week, we’ve got a doozy. Angela Diaz and Michelle Hadley were two women who had no idea of each other’s mere existence until they met a man named Ian Diaz. Ian had been engaged to Michelle and things got messy quickly

Episode 187: The Farmville Murders

We’re stepping into an unknown world for us this week: the world of horrorcore. In 2009 twenty year old Richard Sam Mccroskey travelled across the country to go to a horrorcore music festival with two girls he had become friends with via Myspace, six

Episode 186: The Mysterious Unsolved Death of Elisa Lam

In February 2013 the guests at The Cecil hotel started making multiple complaints to the front desk about the water in their room. Some said the tap water had a funny taste to it, others said the water pressure was basically non-existent. A maintenan

Episode 185: The Unbelievable Life & Crimes of Carl Panzram Part 2

Part two of the conundrum that is Carl Panzram. Part two consists of Carl escaping to Africa, living more like a pirate, murdering almost everyone in his path and eventually confessing to murder. Dive in for the gory details and some seriously intere

Episode 184: The Unbelievable Life & Crimes of Carl Panzram

Tonight Alaina is taking us deep into the tragic and twisted life of Carl Panzram. In Part 1, we talk about his abusive upbringing, his multiple incarcerations and his first forays into murder. Carl's story is one that needs to be heard to be believe

Listener Tales 20

It's a scary truly Listener Tales edition this week, kids. Tonight we have a terrifying reminder to always walk with a buddy, a horrific hometown murder, a seriously close call with a killer, a plague doctor with a cursed foot, a brush with the Manso

Crime Countdown Presents: Halloween Special

Guys!! It’s a special Halloween 🎃 episode of Crime Countdown! If you haven’t checked out our other podcast with Parcast, give this one a listen. We think your will love it, especially when digging out that extra nightlight tonight. Enjoy!
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Episode 182: The Dybbuk Box

This week we’re talking about one of the most haunted objects in the world. The Dybbuk box stepped on the ebay scene in September 2001 and nothing has ever been the same. The word, “Dybbuk” comes from Jewish folklore and literally means, “to cling.”

Episode 181: Myrtles Plantation

It’s a haunted Morbid up in here! Alaina tells us the history and all the terrifying hauntings going on at Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana, one of the most haunted homes in America. Myrtles has been around since 1796 and some of the hauntings going o

Listener Tales: Jon Allen Edition AD FREE

You asked, Jon Allen delivered. What better way to spend your Tuesday afternoon than to listen to the poetic beat of a Jon Allen listener tale? Jon wrote to us about his experience as an 8 year old who spent the night in a haunted farm house and was,

Episode 180: The Bizarre Murder of Marlene Warren

Sometimes justice is a plate best served cold. 20 years ago a clown knocked on Marlene Warren’s door holding balloons, flowers and something else incredibly sinister. While the clown walked calmly away to their white Chrysler Le Baron, Marlene was le

Episode 179: The Whaley House

We’ve got a haunted hot spot for you this week! Heading over to San Diego, California and diving into all the hauntedness that is the Whaley House. We hope your main takeaways from this episode are: never buy land that was once used for hangings, alw

Episode 178: The Chicago Ripper Crew

Alaina takes us to a real dark place this morning, telling the horrific case of The Chicago Ripper Crew. From 1981 to 1982 four men drove a red van through the streets of Chicago picking up women of all races and ages and committing the most heinous

Episode 177: The Haunting of the Borley Rectory

Since it’s spooky season and all, we decided why not talk about a couple of haunts for the next few weeks? This week we’re taking you to the Borley Rectory in England! The Borley rectory has been home to three families, one paranormal investigator an

Episode 176: *AD FREE* The Origins of Halloween/Samhain Traditions

A little bonus episode for you weirdos! Alaina tells us all about the traditions of Samhain, or as we know it today: Halloween. The druids were out here wildin’ with their traditions, and we both want in on some of them. Get your potatoes, yams and t

Listener Tales 19

Happy muh-fuckin Spooky season weirdos!! We wanted to do a Halloween listener tales for you to start the season off right. Get your pumpkin butts ready everyone, these are going to have you dying and cackling from the afterlife. You’re welcome in adv

Episode 175: The Brutal Murder of Elyse Pahler

If you’ve ever watched the movie Jennifer’s Body, you’ve probably heard that it was inspired by a true crime case, and promptly rolled your eyes at whoever told you so. Well the truth is, it actually was. In July of 1995 Elyse Pahler snuck out of her

Check Out Scream!

Hey you beautiful weirdos! We wanted to release the first episode of Scream! for you special ghouls to chew on. Alaina and Caleb will be diving into every kind of horror movie your twisted little minds can think of and we hope your join us for some n

Episode 174: Bible John

This week we are diving into a horrific fellow and the three murders attributed to him. Alaina gives us the gory details of all three murders, which some people think may not have all been committed by the same person. We’ll talk through the possible

Episode 173: The Twisted Deeds & Many Names of Peter Tobin

This week Alaina is diving into the Peter Tobin case! Peter Tobin, who was also known as Patrick McLaughlin, James Kelley and many other names, may have killed as many as 48. He was sentenced to life in prison and when he told investigators how many

Episode 172: The Papin Sisters

In 1933 The Papin sisters brutally murdered two members of the family that they worked for, for seven years. After Christine and Lea’s troubled childhood, they went to work for the Lancelin family and grew very close with each other, we all know how

Listener Tales 18: The Loosey Goosey Edition

It’s listener tales 18 and we are absolutely stoked about it. This week you might be wondering if the two of us stumbled into a surplus of laughing gas, but we’re just genuinely giddy for the tales! Say it with us: “slap happy!” This installment incl

Episode 171: Lake Shawnee Amusement Park

This week we are getting spooky with it. You might be an amusement park junkie, but we’re warning you, hold on to your butts if you’re headed to the Lake Shawnee Amusement park. Alaina gives us the intense history surrounding the land before it becam

Episode 170: The Mysterious Death of Brittany Murphy

This week's mini morbid is Ash-centric and way harsh, Ty. We’re looking into the death of actress, Brittany Murphy. Did she simply die of natural causes or did the husband do it? Brittany collapsed in her home on Dec 20, 2009 and the details surround

Listener Tales 17

Listener Tales!!!! Get ya listener tales! We needed to lighten things up this week after the wild ride that was the Moors Murderers. This episode features a horrific hike almost gone wrong, a UFO sighting to the song Untouched by the Veronicas, and a

Episode 169: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley AKA The Moors Murderers Part 4

This week wraps up Alaina’s four part series on the monster/garbage people, Ian Brady and Mryra Hindley. Don’t worry, this part isn’t nearly as rough as the past few weeks. We go over Ian and Myra’s secret coded messages, take digs at the demise of t

Episode 168: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley AKA The Moors Murderers Part 3

Oh man guys. Part 3 of the Moors Murderers is going to take years off your life or at least rob a small part of your soul. This week we cover the last two murders of Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans. Luckily this week we get the satisfaction of hea

Episode 167: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley AKA The Moors Murderers Part 2

Tonight is a tough one, guys and ghouls. Tonight we continue our Moors Murders series as we cover the brutal assaults and murders of 16 year old Pauline Reade, 12 year old John Kilbride and 12 year old Keith Bennett by true demons Ian Brady and Myra

Episode 166: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley AKA The Moors Murderers Part 1

It's here. Alaina has been both anticipating and dreading this day since Morbid's conception. We all have those cases that have haunted us since we first read them, and this is one of those rare nightmares that will stay with you long after you hear

Episode 165: The Gruesome Murder of Brenda Sue Schaefer Part 3

The conclusion to our three part series on Brenda Schaefer’s murder is here. What goes down during the ice cream sting? Is Mary Ann Shore able to get Mel Ignatow to confess what really happened? There’s a lot to unpack here and that’s where we’ll sta

Episode 164: The Twilight Murders

You’re gonna want to securely hold onto your butt for this one. Alainas breaking down the twilight murders, yes you read that right. Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham planned out the murder of Kim’s own Mother and sister and carried out the plan on the e

Episode 163: The Gruesome Murder of Brenda Sue Schaefer Part 2

For part two of this horrific murder case we dive even deeper into Mels past. We find out what it would actually be like to be married to this spaghetti Eddie, a former lover of his has lots more information than originally thought and of course Ash

Episode 162: The Gruesome Murder of Brenda Sue Schaefer Part 1

The first of two parts in the Brenda Sue Schaefer murder case. Brenda was a modest, hard working woman just looking for the right man to fall in love and enjoy life with. Unfortunately she met Mel Ignato instead. This installment we’re getting Ashcen

Episode 161: The Scream Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart

For the MEGA-Morbid this week Alaina dives into the real life, “Scream” murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart. Cassie was murdered by two friends and classmates, Torey Adamcik and Brian Draper, while she was house sitting in a big house in the middle of nowhe

Episode 160: The Jenny Jones Secret Crush Murder Case

In May of 1995 Scott Amedure revealed his secret crush on The Jenny Jones Show to Jonathan Schmitz. The show was never aired, because the outcome was anything but expected. Jonathan snapped and shot Scott Amedure in his home just three days after the

Listener Tales 16

On Today’s episode of Listener Tales, Alaina gets teary eyed hearing the beautiful tale of a Momma turned owl, we hear all about your uninvited guests including a family nose picker and Ash finally breaks… no seriously! Reading is hard you guys. Listen/Read More

Episode 159: Virtual Live Show! Texarkana Moonlight Murders & The New Orleans Trunk Murders

Looks at this! This is our very first virtual live show from July 23, 2020 held at AS220 in Providence RI. Alaina covers the Texarkana Moonlight Murders and goes over all the fine details with her 1940’s magnifying glass! Ash takes us to New Orleans

Episode 158: The Ireland Vanishing Triangle Part 2

We finish up this spooky and mysterious case of at least 6 (definitely more) young women disappearing in an 80 mile radius in Ireland, with the disappearance of Ciara Breen, Fiona Sinnott and Deirdre Jacob. Two of these cases may have obvious answers

Episode 157: The Senseless Murder of Vanessa Guillen

Specialist Vanessa Guillen went missing from Fort Hood Military Base on April 22, 2020. She was last seen at the armory and the last person she was seen working alongside was fellow soldier and specialist Aaron Robinson. Weeks before her disappearanc

Episode 156: The Irish Vanishing Triangle Part 1

Hi Ireland! You have some spooky stuff happening over there and we are ready to dive in. Today we take a look at the Irish Vanishing Triangle, where at least 6 (but definitely more) young women have vanished seemingly into thin air within an 80 mile

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Episode 155: The Galveston 11 Part 2

The conclusion of our look into the Galveston 11 (part of the Texas Killing Fields) begs the question, did Edward Bell rape and murder these girls? Are there more out there? Bell seemed to be at the wrong places at the wrong times about 98% of his mi

Episode 154: The Galveston 11 Part 1

In the first installment of our series about The Texas Killing Fields, we focus on the 11 raped and murdered young girls referred to as the Galveston 11. In Part 1 of this case, Ash goes through Ed Bell's tumultuous life, his confessions and the firs

Listener Tales 15

Tonight we have a brief relationship with a killer, a grandma levitating things to the other side, a demon sighting shared by strangers, a mafia betrayal gone right, a toilet that can transport you to another dimension and a witty response to getting

Episode 153: The Hex House Murder

It's a weird, 1920's murder involving magic, hexes and a straight up river witch. On Thanksgiving Eve in 1928, John Blymire had reached the end of his rope. He was down on his luck for the past year and he was convinced someone had hexed him. After m

Episode 152: The Life and Mysterious Death of Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson was a pioneer for LGBTQ rights and a notable figure in the infamous Stonewall Uprising of 1969. She championed for transgender youth and gave back to her community throughout her short life. When she was found floating, dead in the

Episode 151: The Mysterious Death of Tamla Horsford

Well, we have another mishandled case for you weirdos. The 2018 death of Tamla Horsford is tragic but it is also wildly suspicious. This 40 year old, mother of 5 was found face down in a back yard after attending an adult sleepover. Her injuries were

Episode 150: The Tragic Murder of Matthew Shepard Part 2

In our conclusion of this extremely difficult case, we discuss Matt's last days and the aftermath of his passing. His legacy far outreached the crime that took his life. We discuss the absurdity of the "gay panic" defense and also explain the Matthew

Episode 149: The Tragic Murder of Matthew Shepard Part 1

If you grew up in the 90s, Matthew Shepard's face is something that has probably stayed with you since his murder on October 6, 1998. Matthew was lured from a bar in Laramie, Wyoming by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. Their intent

Listener Tales 14

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Episode 148: Lori Vallow Update Mini Episode

Just a quick discussion about the latest breaking news that happened a couple of days after we posted our Lori Vallow episodes! Tylee and JJ's bodies were confirmed to have been discovered buried in Chad Daybell's back yard. Will Lori admit her part

Episode 147: The Mysterious and Tragic Death of Kenneka Jenkins

This case is baffling and seems like it deserves a second look. 19 year old Kenneka Jenkins was found dead of exposure, in a hotel freezer (with the door latched) after attending a hotel room party that same evening. There is a trail of strange Faceb

Episode 146: Mary King's Close/Nor Loch

So for today's "mini", Alaina thought she was going to do Spooky Roads but then Scotland just went ahead and provided a whole-ass episode worth of spooky goodness that just had to be shared. Mary King's Close is a fascinating, terrifying and bizarre

Episode 145: Lori Vallow Part 2

What a story this is, guys. Lori Vallow's saga is still going on and we seem to be no closer to answers than where it all started. In Part 2 of this crazy tale, we meet her husband Chad, we hear about his shady past and we wonder where the hell her c

Episode 144: Zach Bowen And The Murder of Addie Hall Mega Mini Morbid

Well Alaina can't do it. She can't stay mini and she won't! Honestly, this was supposed to be a real mini but then I found another source and things got wild. Thanks for appreciating my lack of brevity on the regular, weirdos. This case

Episode 143: Lori Vallow Part 1

This is a very recent and ongoing case that has baffled almost everyone who has heard of it. Lori Vallow made headlines in the end of 2019, when her two children, 17 year old Tylee and 8 year old JJ disappeared, seemingly into thin air. With reports

Episode 142: Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, The Unwilling Corpse Bride With Special Guest Rachel O'Brien

Maria Elena Milagro De Hoyos, known as Elena, walked into a Key West hospital suffering from a fatal infection of tuberculosis. Instead of a cure, she found a radiologist named Karl Tanzler who instantly became obsessed with her. Although the affecti

Listener Tales 13

It's another round of Listener Tales and WOO it's a fun/horrific one. We have some Australian madness, a badass survival tale, a super haunted house, a mass shooting story, a terrifying car and more. Come on in and listen to tales sent in by you craz

Episode 141: The Tragic Death of Kendrick Johnson

Guys, this case has plagued us for years. It is one of those cases that provides more questions than it does answers. January 10, 2013, 17 year old Kendrick Johnson was found dead, rolled up in a wrestling mat in his high school gym. Initially

Episode 140: Liquid Matthew, Maria Del Carmen and Dorothy Jane Scott With Special Guest Christine Schiefer!

That's right! We have the second half of And That's Why We Drink on as our extra special guest! It's Christine Schiefer on for a twisty true crime extravaganza. Tonight we talk true crime, severed heads in boxes, soupy mistakes and Ash tells us wheth

Episode 139: John Wayne Gacy Part 3

Finally, we have reached the conclusion of John Wayne Gacy's mad world. Honestly, this dude is a pig and we are so glad to be out of his headspace. In this episode, we discuss how he got caught, his insane confessions and his trial and subsequent imp

Episode 138: The Haunting Of The Palmer House Hotel, The Victor Hotel & The Spaghetti Factory with special guest Em Schulz!

Tonight we brought in the big guns to spook us right the hell out. Our beloved Em Schulz from And That's Why We Drink joins us as we tell a trio of spooky ghost stories revolving around some seriously haunted locales in America. There are boys with n

Episode 137: John Wayne Gacy Part 2: The Murders

Tonight we continue our deep dive into the damp, smelly and super greasy world of John Wayne Gacy. Tonight's episode focuses on the abductions, the assaults and the murders that took place over a 6 year period in the mid to late 70s. This pig took th

Episode 136: The 2011 Oslo Bombing and Utoya Island Massacre "Mini" Morbid

It's an Alaina Mini.....clearly. Norway! We are covering a case from your beautiful land. July 22, 2011 started like any other day, with an island full of youth campers enjoying their time together and business as usual for the governmen

Episode 135: Ezra McCandless AKA Monica Mini Morbid

This tale is bananas. Ezra McCandless AKA Monica showed up bloodied and dazed on the door of a stranger, claiming someone she knew had tried to kill her. But a look closer revealed the woman bleeding on the doorstep might actually be the monster she

Episode 134: John Wayne Gacy Part 1

Finally, we reach the Killer Clown. John Wayne Gacy murdered at least 33 young, teenaged boys during his reign on terror. As a beloved member of his community, an active member in several community groups and a bonafide clown named Pogo, no one could

BONUS EPISODE: Discussing "The Invisible Man" With Johnny and Tyler from That's Spooky

I wanted to name this episode "Leigh Whannell" but alas, I went a different path. Tonight in this special bonus episode, we talk about The Invisible Man with the always funny and always beautiful Johnny and Tyler from the That's Spooky podcast! It's

Episode 132: The Mysterious Murder of Karina Holmer

During the Summer Solstice of 1996, Karina Holmer, a 20 year old nanny from Sweden was found brutally slain, severed in half at the waist in a dumpster in Boston. Was it her host family from the wealthy town of Dover, Ma? Was it the mysterious man w

Episode 131: Where is Don Lewis? Does Carole Baskin Know? Mini Morbid (Not Really)

Tiger King was a trip. But what the hell happened to Don Lewis? A lot of speculation and a complete lack of evidence has made for a truly compelling mystery in the disappearance of Carole Baskin's second husband, Don. Tonight, we discuss the hype, th

Listener Tales 12

Because Covid19 is such a bitch, we think you could use a dose of your own sometimes hilarious and always delightfully spooky listener tales! Come on in this episode for demons on the ceiling, a toddler who remembers his life on the Titanic, a creepy

Episode 130: The History of the Ouija Mini Morbid

We decided to take a slightly lighter subject after a heavy episode this week. Tonight, we dive deep into the emergence of spiritualism and the creation and demonizing of the Ouija Board. We end it all with a couple of listener tales specifically ref

Episode 129: Kelly Anne Bates

Today's episode is a tough one, but it is one that we think is important to share. Kelly Anne Bates was a 14 year old child when she met a much older Dave Smith. While her parents helplessly looked on, she slipped further and further into his grasp u

Episode 128: The Abduction of Jayme Closs Mini Morbid

It's an Ash Mini, guys! Because Alaina still has to work through the Covid19 pandemic, Ash took this one on and slayed the game. The brutal murders of James and Denise Closs and the horrific abduction of their daughter Jayme is something we probably

Episode 127: Spirit & Demon Games That Will Ruin Your Actual Life

Tonight we are getting weird and spooky. In a true, "Don't try this at home" moment, we dive into the world of scary-ass spooky games to summon spirits and the occasional demon to play some games with you. Honestly, just talking about these games wil

Listener Tales 11

It's a really fun Listener Tales tonight, guys! Join us as we fight off a half goat/half man demon, summon the Jeepers Creepers demon, time travel in Australia, say goodbye to that bitch in a bonnet, bite the bits off a potential rapist and dodge a p

Episode 126: The West Memphis 3 Part 4

It's finally here....the conclusion of our month-long coverage of the West Memphis 3. In this last episode, we talk about Damien, Jason and Jessie's lives in prison, the movement to free them, John Mark Byers and Terry Hobbs' roles in this case and t

Episode 125: The West Memphis Three part 3

We are in the home stretch with one of the most frustrating and horrifying cases we can remember. In this part of our 4 part series, we cover the trials of Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin and Damien Echols. There are recanted witness testimonies

Spooky Roads Volume 3

It's another installment of Spooky/Fucked up Roads! Tonight we talk about a neglectful mother from beyond, a Bunnyman, an exotic light that will have you feeling insecure and a road raging ghost who isn't here for your shit. Thanks to our listeners w

Episode 124: The Blackburn Cult Mini Morbid

Tonight's episode is a dive into a cult started by a saucy mother/daughter duo who were sometimes sisters! Come on in for a rapture that never comes, some DIY mummies and some seriously sketchy characters from the 1920s. The Blackburn Cult was not yo

Episode 123: West Memphis 3 Part 2

BREVITY IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT. So here we are in Part 2 of our deep dive into the twisted tale of the West Memphis 3. In this episode we take a look into Damien, Jason and Jessie's lives as well as the confession that started it all. The

Listener Tales 10

It's another installment of Listener Tales! These are some of our favorite episodes and you guys really didn't diappoint this time around. Tonight we talk about possible killer clowns, a creepy stepmom with a knife, an ex who tries to murder people,