Curiosity Killed Nightcat

Episodes

1. 19

   #19 - The Legend of Santa Claus

   The Santa Claus we know and love today was based off the real-life catholic Saint Nicholas. But some of his most famous miracles get left out of the story of Christmas. You're about to find out why. From pickled zombie babies to Civil War propaganda, we're diving deep into the history of Santa...

   Dec 23, 2021

   53m
2. 18

   #18 - The Cold Case of Christine Gallegos - EXTENDED CUT

   In October 1985, an 18-year-old woman was found shot and stabbed to death on a Salt Lake City street. Her murder has remained unsolved for over 35 years. Why? At best, the SLC Police Department wildly mishandled the case and neglected to follow up on even the most simple leads. At worst, they…

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   Dec 3, 2021

   1h 02m
3. 16

   #16 - Serial Poisoner Blanche Taylor Moore

   All this true crime I've been consuming for this podcast has presented quite the problem in my life: I've started to hate men more than ever. They're monsters. And since I'm also on the hunt for a husband, I needed to do something about it. So this week, we'll be featuring our first serial...

   Nov 12, 2021

   39m
4. 17

   #17 - True Crime News Recap - Gabby Petito and Alex Murdaugh

   There has been so much going on in True Crime news! So let's get into two of the biggest cases of the week: 22-year-old Gabby Petito was last seen in Salt Lake City and is believed to have last been in Grand Teton, Wyoming. Her boyfriend drove their camper van all the way back to Florida, but…

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   Sep 17, 2021

   33m
5. 15

   #15 - Serial Cannibal Hadden Clark

   The Clark family was a respectable east coast clan with advanced degrees and enviable careers. Nobody could guess what was going on behind closed doors. Was it the abuse they suffered at the hands of their parents that drove not one BUT TWO of their sons to commit multiple acts of murder and...

   Sep 10, 2021

   58m
6. 14

   #14 - The Legend of the Skinwalker

   Deep in the ancient, native lands of the Americas, semi-human creatures have stricken fear into people's hearts for generations. Skinwalkers may start as human, but what they do to gain their powers turns them into something evil and otherworldly. Let's talk about the ancient Navajo creation myth...

   Sep 3, 2021

   34m
7. 13

   #13 - Serial Killer Scott Kimball

   If your child went missing, would you think your spouse had something to do with it? Do you think that the person you love could be capable of harming their own step-daughter? That's the story of what happened to Lori McLeod who was married to serial killer Scott Kimball. Scott was convicted of...

   Aug 27, 2021

   39m
8. 12

   #12 - Serial Killer Herb Baumeister

   Herb was an all-American family man. 3 kids, a doting wife, successful business.... from the outside looking in, nobody would have guessed that the skeletal remains of 11gay men he murdered were strewn around his backyard. Herb is also believed to have been the I-70 strangler from the 80's in…

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   Aug 21, 2021

   40m
9. 11

   #11 - The Murder of 15-Year-Old Larry King

   Larry had a rough life. He was born to a 15-year-old mom addicted to crack and eventually adopted by an abusive family. Despite all of this, he remained courageous and confident in himself. He came out as gay at 10-years-old and began wearing make-up to school in his early teens. Sadly, when he...

   Jun 25, 2021

   36m
10. 10

    #10 - The Pulse Nightclub Shooting

    This is a special episode of Curiosity Killed Nightcat, dropping early for everyone (not just the patrons). Today marks the 5th anniversary of the shooting and hostage situation at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. A total of 50 people were killed including the gunman. Then we're going to talk about…

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    Jun 13, 2021

    27m
11. 9

    #9 - The Stonewall Uprising

    As we celebrate pride month, let us never forget this: The first pride was a protest led by drag queens of color against police brutality. This is the story of The Stonewall Inn Uprising, the start of the queer revolution. This is a previously recorded episode from June 2020 when the show was...

    Jun 13, 2021

    38m
12. 8

    #8 - Ronnie Lee Gardner

    Since 1976, only 3 prisoners have been executed by a firing squad. All three of them were put to death in Utah. This is one of their stories. Ronnie Lee Gardner was born into an abusive house and lived a childhood so horrible, it might be hard to believe. This unfit childhood set him on a path of...

    Jun 13, 2021

    37m
13. 7

    #7 - Murder of Donnah Winger

    After 6 years of marriage and trying to have a baby, Mark and Donnah Winger finally got the news that there was a baby ready for them to adopt. It was the perfect fairy tale marriage. That is, until Donnah and 3-month-old Bailey have a terrifying encounter with an airport shuttle driver. Days...

    Jun 13, 2021

    30m
14. 6

    #6 - Alta View Hospital Hostage Situation

    In September 1991, Rick Worthington broke into the Women's Center of Alta View Hospital in Sandy, UT with guns and a plan to blow up the entire building. He was furious that a doctor sterilized his wife even though she requested it. During the ensuing 18-hour hostage situation, he held nurses,...

    Jun 13, 2021

    34m
15. 5

    #5 - The Trolley Square Shooting

    In 2007, shoppers at Salt Lake City's Trolley Square Mall were suddenly under attack by a lone gunman. Sulejman Talovic purchased two firearms from a pawn shop and, for reasons still unknown to this day, killed 5 people before getting shot by police. This is the story of the Trolley Square shooting.

    Jun 13, 2021

    28m
16. 4

    #4 - Neo-Nazi Curtis Allgier

    White Supremacist/Neo-Nazi/Proud Skinhead Curtis Allgier was sent by the Utah State Prison to get an MRI done at the University Hospital. What prison staff didn't know at the time, was that Curtis would use this doctor's visit as a chance escape, killing a corrections officer in the process. Even...

    Jun 13, 2021

    20m
17. 3

    #3 - The Murder of John Williams

    John Williams was a beloved restaurant owner and a pillar of the LGBT community in Utah. His murder was a tragedy felt around Salt Lake City. Even worse? He was killed by his husband, a man he had been in love with for over 25 years. What drove Craig to wait for John to fall asleep before setting...

    Jun 13, 2021

    33m
18. 2

    #2 - The Davis Hospital Angel of Death

    After getting hired by Horizon Mental Health to work at the Geriatric Psych Unit at Davis Hospital, Dr. Weitzel's patients began dying at an alarming rate. What the hospital didn't seem to know at the time, is that this doctor had a troubled past and it looks like it followed him to the new job.…

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    Jun 13, 2021

    28m
19. 1

    #1 - The Temple Square Shooter

    Sergei Babarin walked into the genealogical/family research library housed at Temple Square by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But it wasn’t an interest in ancestry that day that brought the Soviet ex-pat to the library. He approached a woman at the front desk, pulled out a .22...

    Jun 13, 2021

    27m