PODCAST · true crime
dark and darling
by xiānna
dark & darling is a true crime lullaby for the damned. this show blends hush-soft horror with venomous storytelling. hosted by xianna, your venom-laced storyteller, each episode unravels real cases with eerie cinematics, brutal honesty, and a little too much personality.this isn’t your average true crime recap. this is a candlelit descent into the stories that haunt us. stitched with sarcasm, obsession, and every “what the fuck” moment the world tried to bury.if you like your nightmares narrated with charm, cruelty, and a soft little smile… welcome home.
Episodes
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the greensburg six
jennifer daugherty just wanted a weekend with friends. instead, she entered a house that would become a chamber of cruelty. in this episode, we trace her final days, the manipulation that pulled her in, and the horror that unfolded behind closed doors. this is the story of trust, betrayal, and…
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the road trip to nowhere
five people. one farm. then a sudden road trip across australia that made no sense. the tromp family fled their home without phones, wallets, or reason. within days, they split up, hiding in fields, stealing cars, and vanishing one by one. was it paranoia, poisoning, or something far darker under...
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the boy in the mat
a silent gym. an upright mat. a boy wedged inside with evidence scattered like whispers around the room. kendrick johnson’s death was labeled an accident, but the scene read like a secret someone tried too hard to hide. •music: @demure_piano •writer/editor/voice: @urlittlemisfit
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stabbed for fun
a 16-year-old girl. a quiet night of babysitting. and two boys who thought murder would make them famous. cassie jo stoddart never stood a chance, but their twisted “horror movie” made sure we’d never forget her. •music: @demure_piano •editor: @thechrisslone •writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit
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righteousness with a trigger finger
a devout man. a perfect family. a house of hymns and gunfire. john list believed god wanted him to kill — and for 18 years, the devil let him get away with it. music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone voice: @urlittlemisfit
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flowers, balloons and a bullet
a quiet florida morning. flowers. balloons. and a smiling clown on marlene warren’s doorstep carrying a gun instead of a joke. this episode unravels the affair, the motive, and the decades-long cover-up behind one of florida’s most surreal murders. jealousy in a wig. betrayal behind greasepaint....
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garden of graves
she ran a quiet home for the elderly and disabled but the rent checks kept cashing long after the tenants disappeared. dorothea puente didn’t just kill for money. she buried her secrets in the garden. literally. music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone writer/voice: @urlittlemisfit
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cradle and coffin
eight months pregnant. excited to meet her baby. and then a knock at the door from the man who promised her love. this is the murder of liese dodd: a brutal act of rage, control, and decapitation that turned a nursery into a crime scene. music: @demure_piano editor: @thechrisslone writer/voice:...
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girl in the box
for seven years, colleen stan lived inside a coffin-sized box under a couple’s bed. this is the story of survival that feels like a nightmare you can’t wake from abduction, control, torture, and the terrifying psychology of a man who called himself “master.” music: @demure_piano editor:...
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the candy man
halloween night, 1974, eight-year-old timothy o’bryan unwrapped a pixy stix that would end his life poisoned by his own father. ronald clark o’bryan wasn’t a monster in a mask; he was the one who tucked his kids in at night, plotting their murder behind a smile. this is the story of greed…
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a wolf in sheep’s clothing
charlie brandt looked like anyone’s quiet neighbor. polite, soft-spoken, always willing to help. but beneath the khakis and cardigans lived something feral. a man who’d been killing for decades, hiding in plain sight while dissecting his victims with surgical precision. this is a story about the...
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down the chute
december 2010. melbourne, australia. 24-year-old phoebe handsjuk falls twenty-three floors down a garbage chute — her foot nearly severed, her phone left upstairs, her blood smeared through the hallway. police called it an accident. her family called it impossible. i call bullshit. ⸻ music:...
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the night never let go
bryce laspisa was driving home to his parents but somewhere between the mountains and the morning, he vanished. his car was found wrecked, his belongings neatly stacked, and his blood still wet on the seat. no signs of a struggle. no signs of bryce. this is a story about a boy on the edge,...
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home sweet homicide
in a quiet illinois neighborhood, the kind of place where everyone waves and lawns stay trimmed, 22-year-old karla brown was supposed to be safe. instead, her murder turned her basement into a crime scene straight out of a nightmare, a puzzle of rage, obsession, and twisted desire. decades later,...
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the devils toolkit
he wasn’t chaos…he was precision. a serial killer with a toolkit, a map, and zero empathy. israel keyes buried kill kits across america like breadcrumbs for the apocalypse, then picked victims at random, just to prove he could. no pattern. no mercy. no motive, just a man who turned murder into a...
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the last word was 'oh sh**'
one spring night in 2008, college student brandon swanson drove off a gravel road in rural minnesota - he vanished while still on the phone with his parents. they heard footsteps and sounds in the distant. then, a single word. "oh sh**". no crash. no struggle. no trace. just a voice swallowed by...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
dark & darling is a true crime lullaby for the damned. this show blends hush-soft horror with venomous storytelling. hosted by xianna, your venom-laced storyteller, each episode unravels real cases with eerie cinematics, brutal honesty, and a little too much personality.this isn’t your average true crime recap. this is a candlelit descent into the stories that haunt us. stitched with sarcasm, obsession, and every “what the fuck” moment the world tried to bury.if you like your nightmares narrated with charm, cruelty, and a soft little smile… welcome home.
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dark & darling is a true crime lullaby for the damned. this show blends hush-soft horror with venomous storytelling. hosted by xianna, your venom-laced storyteller, each episode unravels real cases with eerie cinematics, brutal honesty, and a little too much personality.this isn’t your average true...
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