Bat Crap Crazy

Send us Fan MailA woman locks up her salon after a normal workday, then vanishes before Mother’s Day and her own birthday. That’s where we start, with the disappearance of Florida hairstylist Jolene Cummings, a devoted mom in the middle of a divorce who never misses time with her kids. When she fails to show for a custody handoff, the search turns urgent and the questions get dark fast.We walk through the investigation step by step: the early attention on her ex-husband, the volatile boyfriend with warrants, and the moment detectives realize the last person to close the salon with Jolene may be the key. Surveillance footage, a stolen SUV, and a cab ride back to work all point toward a co-worker who is not who she claims to be. The “Jennifer Siebert” identity unravels into Kimberly Kessler, a woman tied to a web of aliases across the country, a trail of bizarre behavior, and evidence that includes extensive luminol hits inside the salon, blood on personal items, and searches that look like a murder playbook. The most painful reality remains: Jolene’s body is never found, leaving her family with a bench, a plaque, and a grave site without remains.Then we switch gears into cryptid lore with the Van Meter Visitor, a flying, light-emitting monster story from Van Meter, Iowa in 1903. Multiple townspeople report the same winged creature over several nights, shots are fired, strange footprints are found, and the town ultimately seals an abandoned mine with dynamite. Hoax, mass hysteria, unknown animal, or prehistoric survivor, we weigh what fits and what doesn’t.If you’re into true crime podcasts, missing persons cases, and paranormal legends with credible witnesses, hit play, then subscribe, share the episode, and leave us a review so more people can find the show.