A Little Wicked

Kayla discusses the mystery of Edward V and his brother Richard and their mysterious disappearance from the tower of London. https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/year-8/princes-in-the-tower/?srsltid=AfmBOooEbLdZuVE4KHd6u8V2Nhsyllv2bZUAXnFo-iRAvG21gojxJinghttps://www.historyhit.com/the-princes-in-the-tower-solving-historys-greatest-cold-case/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkMX4-Tb4XM

This episode features Branden Morgan, the creator for the podcast The Devil Within which can be found on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere you find podcasts! Lexi also discusses the solving of the cold case of Bonnie Haim by her son. 

In this episode, we discuss the contract killer, Charles Harrelson and the crimes he committed. 

Lexi tells us stories she found on Reddit that deal with creepy night shift stories! PROMO: OctoberpodEmail us at [email protected] to submit any of your own experiences!

Kayla goes into the online phenomenon of the Instagram account Smartschoolboy9 and the YouTube account PiperRocks. Is there a conspiracy hiding behind these accounts that are targeting children? https://ineqe.com/2024/09/20/safeguarding-alert-smartschoolboy9/ https://bylinetimes.com/2024/11/07/smartschoolboy9-the-disturbing-story-of-how-social-media-algorithms-encouraged-a-vigilante-mob/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0folj9X9nQ&t=577s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEj102gNnLE https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=30832

Welcome back to our podcast! Today we will be discussing the Fermi Paradox, aka, "Why haven't aliens talked to us yet?" Lexi goes into different theories as to why it's been radio silent. https://www.nasa.gov/missions/nasa-is-taking-a-new-look-at-searching-for-life-beyond-earth/https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a45034128/where-are-the-aliens-fermi/https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-far-from-earth-could-aliens-detect-our-radio-signalshttps://www.universetoday.com/147591/beyond-fermis-paradox-x-the-firstborn-hypothesis/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scalehttps://explainingscience.org/2017/05/27/the-zoo-hypothesis/https://medium.com/@Pragoz/theories-about-the-absence-of-contact-with-alien-life-where-is-everyone-part-ii-e3b50c75c536

Kayla talks about songs written about true crime. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ehisosifo1/songs-inspired-by-true-crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_(San_Diego) https://www.biography.com/athlete/rubin-carter https://www.georgialeahmoses.com/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Ramirez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chambers_(criminal)#Killing_of_Jennifer_Levin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster https://www.ranker.com/list/songs-about-real-murder-cases/jacob-shelton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway

Lexi discusses Delaware's only serial killer, Steven Pennell. https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/route-40-delaware-serial-killer/https://allthatsinteresting.com/steven-brian-pennell

This MLM, disguised as a school, promises to teach students that after spending tens of thousands of dollars, they can learn magic and other spiritual abilities. 

Lexi goes into the theories and conspiracies surrounding youtuber Marina Joyce, her strange videos, and her disappearance. 

Kayla tells the second half of the Snowtown Murders.

Lexi talks about the urban legend surrounding the Bunny Man. https://allthatsinteresting.com/bunny-manhttps://www.insidenova.com/headlines/bunny-man-bridge-fact-or-fiction-the-truth-behind-the-chilling-legend/article_a27c7000-dca4-11e8-ad84-af51d935cbcb.htmlhttps://wamu.org/story/17/10/31/true-story-bunnyman-northern-virginias-gruesome-urban-legend/

Kayla discusses the murderer John Bunting and the beginning of what would become known as the Snowtown Murders. This episode mentions sexual assault and deals with crimes against the gay community. “No Place for the Weak” – Ryan Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowtown_murders

Lexi talks about the survival tale of Phineas Gage, the man who was shot through the head with a pole. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gagehttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Phineas-Gage

Kayla talks about the unsolved mystery of the disappearance of Dorothy Arnold.

Lexi goes into the Simpsons and everything they have predicted. https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/everything-the-simpsons-predicted-correctly-so-far/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-future-predictions-accurate-1140775/

I apologize for the audio quality on this episode, not quite sure what happened! But this episode is about more shenanigans that the CIA did in the 50s!

Lexi discusses the nuclear bomb called the DemonCore and how it got it's name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core#:~:text=The%20demon%20core%20was%20a,effort%20during%20World%20War%20II.https://allthatsinteresting.com/demon-core

Kayla goes into the top ten conspiracies as to why the Titanic sank. https://www.history.com/news/titanic-sinking-conspiracy-myths-jp-morgan-olympic https://spyscape.com/article/the-titanics-top-10-weirdest-conspiracy-theories https://blog.pia.org/2021/04/15/did-the-owners-of-the-rms-titanic-commit-insurance-fraud/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/-did-a-german-uboat-sink_b_1413770 https://www.quora.com/Was-the-Titanic-trying-to-win-a-speed-record-when-she-sank-in-1912 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/inquiry-into-titanic-disaster-whitewashed-by-freemason-members-1530084 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coal-fire-may-have-helped-sink-titanic-180961699/#:~:text=Through%20researching%20photos%20and%20eyewitness,%22%20Molony%20tells%20Smithsonian.com. https://physicsworld.com/a/the-perfect-storm/

Lexi dives into the urban legends surrounding the Gonjiam Asylum.

kayla discusses the murders and arson cover up that is the zimmer family and Katherine Brown.

Lexi takes you on a road trip across the globe to the world's creepiest places. https://isladelasmunecas.com/http://www.aokigaharaforest.com/https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspxhttps://thetripgoeson.com/pripyat-amusement-park/https://www.uncovercolorado.com/stanley-hotel-haunted-history/https://www.palermocatacombs.com/https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/11/vlad-the-impalers-thirst-for-blood-was-an-inspiration-for-count-draculahttps://www.discovery.com/exploration/mountains--monasteries-and-yaks--trekking-the-majestic-kingdom-ohttps://shikokutours.com/points-of-interest/tokushima/nagoro-village-of-dolls/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-gates-of-hell-turkmenistanhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hanging-coffins-of-sagadahttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/beelitz-heilst-ttenhttps://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/centralia.htm

This story goes into a twisty turn of events surrounding these two women and a man named Allen LaRue.

The SS Ourang Medan was or was not a ship that existed (or did not) back in the 1940s that was found with bodies that had faces frozen in fear, or it blew up. Lexi tells the curious story of this ghost ship.https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-ourang-medan-ghost-ship/https://allthatsinteresting.com/ss-ourang-medanhttps://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/ourang-medan.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ourang_Medan

LuLaRoe has been known to it's past sellers as a cult or at the very least, a pyramid scheme. In this episode, we will do a deep dive on the online shop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6eujSJ0-RU https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/multi-level-marketing-businesses-pyramid-schemes#:~:text=Businesses%20that%20involve%20selling%20products,MLMs%20are%20illegal%20pyramid%20schemes. https://www.thelist.com/155694/lularoe-the-real-reason-why-women-are-quitting/ https://www.lularoe.com/

Lexi goes into the horrifying history of the Crescent Hotel that is found deep in the Ozarks, including a quack of a cancer center.https://crescent-hotel.com/about/history/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa-eureka-springs-arkansashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_G._Baker

Do you believe in aliens? After this episode, you might. The Hills were a married couple who claimed to have been abducted and tested by aliens one night after their honeymoon.

Lexi goes into two abandoned towns and their stories. https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanokehttps://www.britannica.com/story/the-lost-colony-of-roanokehttps://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Nantinaqhttps://skeptoid.com/episodes/4772

Kayla discusses the Villisca Axe murders and the suspects of who could have done it.

Lexi talks about the history and lore behind the ghost town known as Centralia and the constantly burning fires in the ground. https://www.history.com/news/mine-fire-burning-more-50-years-ghost-townhttps://www.legendsofamerica.com/centralia-pennsylvania/https://screenrant.com/silent-hill-movie-true-story-real-town-history-explained/

Kayla tells three stories that deal with assassinations.

In this episode, Lexi discusses a few cases where a body was confused as a halloween decoration along with going into an urban legend surrounding a mannequin in a bridal shop that may or may not be a human. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article246875587.htmlhttps://www.dailynews.com/2009/10/16/man-found-slumped-over-balcony-of-marina-del-rey-apartment/https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2017/04/12/cochenours-sister-testifies-she-lied-police/100373882/https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/14/jury-still-out-donnie-cochenour-murder-trial/100468716/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9841877https://people.howstuffworks.com/la-pascualita.htm

This story will have you going "what in the world" when you hear the lengths one person would go to make another person's life a living nightmare. Kelli Peters is severely harassed by Jill Easter over a disagreement. book: "I"ll Get You!" - riley f ford and kelli peters

In the Unitd Kingdom, a trailer full of 39 bodies were found. Who were they and what were they doing in there? Listen in as Lexi tells their story.https://news.sky.com/story/essex-lorry-deaths-man-arrested-in-middlesbrough-in-people-smuggling-probe-linked-to-to-deaths-of-39-vietnamese-migrants-12335137https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-57435328https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19013486.grays-lorry-deaths-taxi-driver-brought-vietnamese-victims-continent/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-51735935https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/northern-irish-man-faces-41-charges-over-essex-lorry-deaths-1.4069279https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/27/essex-lorry-deaths-three-released-on-bail

Listen in as Kayla tells three stories about people who solved their own murders. https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Teresita_Basa https://www.mamamia.com.au/teresita-basa-unsolved-mysteries/ https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/teresita-basa-the-filipino-nurse-who-solved-her-own-murder-a2836-20230707-lfrm https://www.grunge.com/743321/how-a-psychic-helped-solve-ashley-howleys-cold-case/ https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2014/04/metro_detroit_psychic_sees_dea.html https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2008/04/05/missing-woman-s-family-left/23747949007/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Barn_Murder

CuiHua was a young girl who was obsessed with weight loss and it may have cost her her life. Listen in as Lexi tells her story. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/17/china/china-influencer-dies-weight-loss-boot-camp-intl-hnk/index.htmlhttps://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3224176/death-156kg-chinese-influencer-who-died-extreme-fitness-boot-camp-sparks-concern-about-popularhttps://www.distractify.com/p/the-biggest-loser-scandalhttps://www.orlandohealth.com/content-hub/rhabdo-the-dark-side-of-intense-workouts

In 1981, a young girl came home to cabin 28 to find her family slaughtered. What happened and what did law enforcement do to help? Listen in as Kayla tells this story.

This case is also known as the Hello Kitty case and goes into the life and murder of a young woman known as Fan Man-Yee and her torture before her death. https://allthatsinteresting.com/hello-kitty-murder-casehttps://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3220596/hong-kongs-hello-kitty-murder-case-when-young-woman-was-killed-and-her-dismembered-body-found-threehttps://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81992&page=1

Kayla discusses ancient medical practices and how they worked (or didn't work) against different illnesses. https://www.history.com/news/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques https://bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning#:~:text=Trepanation%20dates%20back%20to%207%2C000,cave%20paintings%20and%20human%20remains. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/acrodynia#:~:text=Third%20Edition)%2C%202013-,Skin,photophobia%20and%20conjunctivitis%20are%20seen. https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/10/22/mercury-was-considered-a-cure-until-it-killed-you.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_mass https://www.medicaldaily.com/use-poop-medical-treatments-throughout-history-400497 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannibalism https://www.rcn.org.uk/library-exhibitions/Womens-health-wandering-womb#:~:text=In%20the%20ancient%20medical%20world,sex%2C%20both%20physically%20and%20mentally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_womb https://museumofhealthcare.blog/mrs-winslows-soothing-syrup-the-baby-killer/ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23420-mercury-poisoning#:~:text=Inorganic%20mercury%20is%20poisonous%20when,your%20stomach%20and%2For%20throat.

Lexi goes into different urba legends surrounding both well known and obscure video games and their lore. Lavendertown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sOadAaGiq4https://thatoregonlife.com/2018/11/urban-legend-polybius/https://creepypastafiles.fandom.com/wiki/BEN_Drownedhttps://www.theringer.com/2017/3/3/16040930/the-cult-of-zelda-majoras-mask-1b2b2382fb84https://www.lifewire.com/lavender-town-syndrome-1126184https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TheMuseumOfAnythingGoeshttps://collectionchamber.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-museum-of-anything-goes.html

This is the heartbreaking story of the murder of a young girl named Thora Chamberlain. She was walking to a football game and offered a babysitting job and got into the car, and that would be the last that anyone saw her. "The Murder of Thora CHamberlain" - Rod Kackley

Did you know that one man is responsible for saving hundreds of premature babies with his invention of an incubator? This episode dives into the full history of how an amusement park saved babies. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/coney-island-sideshow-advanced-medicine-premature-babieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-pretended-be-doctor-ran-worlds-fair-attraction-saved-lives-thousands-premature-babies-180960200/https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/hall-of-fame/dr-martin-couneyhttps://www.history.com/news/baby-incubators-boardwalk-sideshows-medical-marvels

Lyle and Erik's parents end up murdered and the boys go on a shopping spree with their inheritance afterwards. Do the boys know more than they're letting on? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Men%C3%A9ndez“The Menendez Brothers: The History of the Family Murders that Shocked America” – Zed Simpson

This episode deals with Lexi telling you the story of the man who received the world's most amount of radiation known to man; Hisachi Ouchi. We dive into the causes of the disaster and the fallout that Ouchi had to endure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accidentshttps://science.howstuffworks.com/hisashi-ouchi.htmhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/hisashi-ouchihttps://www.science.org/content/article/experimental-treatment-japanese-radiation-victim

The Turpin family was a family of 15 who experienced horrific abuse towards the 13 children. Their story is told by Lexi and you can click the link below to help them. https://abcnews.go.com/US/turpin-children-young-survivors-abuse/story?id=81262178https://www.today.com/news/news/6-turpin-siblings-file-suit-claiming-horrifically-abused-rescue-rcna39281https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/turpin-family-latest-charges-parents-torture-imprisonment-children-david-louise-news-updates-a8166881.htmlhttps://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/20/the-only-word-i-know-to-call-it-is-hell-turpin-sisters-share-the-details-of-california-familys-house-of-horror/https://abcnews.go.com/US/turpin-sisters-describe-living-house-horrors-thought-die/story?id=81236211https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/bad-behavior/turpin-house-of-horrors-timeline-of-how-13-siblings-suffered-years-of-torture-and-abusehttps://allthatsinteresting.com/turpin-family-children

June and Jennifer Gibbons were a strange pair of twins since they were small children. They never talked and kept to themselves, not letting anyone in until adulthood. https://allthatsinteresting.com/silent-twins https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/12/04/we-two-made-one https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-10-02/silent-twins-movie-true-story-letitia-wright

Lexi discusses the cult background of Celestial Seasonings. https://www.inverse.com/article/10731-cults-conspiracies-and-the-twisted-history-of-sleepytime-teahttps://www.foodandwine.com/drinks/sleepytime-tea-and-little-known-religion-behind-ithttp://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/celestial-seasonings-inc-history/https://celestialseasonings.com/pages/giving-back

This episode dives into the serial killer who also went by The Casanova Killer. This episode mentions sexual assault and child death so be aware before starting. John Paul Knowles started out robbing and burgling people for survival, until he took a turn for murder. Listen as Kayla tells you his full story. Book – "Drop Dead Dangerous" Ryan Green https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/07/08/casanova-killer-man-linked-to-at-least-18-murders-in-1974-started-reign-of-terror-in-jacksonville/

Whittier, Alaska is a small town that is more than your average small town, in that it consists of one major building where everyone lives, works, goes to school, and everything else.https://www.alaska.org/destination/whittierhttps://www.whittieralaska.gov/about-whittier-alaska/https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/wtf/hospital-to-police-station-a-complete-town-in-14-storey-building-550815.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/07/us/whittier-alaska-american-story/http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/review/USA_AK_Port_of_Whittier_3494.php

Kelsey Berreth was a young mother who was taken from her family too soon. The last person to see her alive was her fiance. So what happened? Listen in as Kayla tells her story. https://www.kktv.com/2022/09/21/patrick-frazee-colorado-man-found-guilty-killing-kelsey-berreth-trying-appeal-verdict/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-frazee-sentenced-colorado-mom-kelsey-berreth-gets-justice-a-year-after-thanksgiving-day-killing/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-of-kelsey-berreth-text-messages-between-colorado-mother-and-patrick-frazee/ “The Murder of Kelsey Berreth” – Rod Kackley