Killers, Cults and Queens
by Nikki Druce & Cheryl The Queen
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are on a whistle stop tour of the weirdest corners of the universe. They’ll be stopping to learn about the craziest true crime cases in history, spooky paranormal activities, truly bonkers internet mythology, very convincing cults and much much more. So don't be a killer or join a cult... just be a Queen.
Episodes
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He Said an Intruder Murdered His Wife. His Phone Told a Different Story | The Murder Of Ashley Flynn
A husband wakes in the middle of the night to discover his wife has been shot dead in their bed. He tells police an intruder has broken into their home, fired two shots and disappeared into the darkness. But there's just one problem: the evidence doesn't quite add up. In February 2026…
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The Spooky Sleepover: What REALLY Happened to Goldie Hawn on Set?!
On this Spooky Sleepover, Nikki and Cheryl are kick off the start of November with a swift goodbye to the spooky season and are already in the Christmas spirit! The pair chat all things about Cheryl’s upcoming pantomime season in London, they discuss their fav festive sandwiches and the trauma…
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The Woman With 8 Fake Identities Who Died Without a Name | The Isdal Woman PT 2
Who was the Isdal Woman, and why did she go to such extraordinary lengths to hide her identity? In part two of one of Europe's most baffling unsolved mysteries, we're picking up where we left off as investigators begin piecing together the final movements of the unidentified woman found dead in...
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Two Suitcases, Multiple Wigs & A Burned Body… Who Was She? | The Curious Case Of The Isdal Woman
A mysterious woman. A body burned beyond recognition. Two suitcases full of disguises, foreign currency and coded notebooks. And absolutely no idea who she really was. In this episode of Killers, Cults & Queens, Nikki and Cheryl investigate one of Norway's most baffling unsolved mysteries: the…
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The Spooky Sleepover: Nikki’s a MOTHER & Cheryl’s a REAL HOUSEWIFE!
On this Spooky Sleepover, Nikki and Cheryl are live in studio together on the back of recording brand new main cases for you all. Nikki drops the bombshell news that she is now a MOTHER… to two new baby cats! Their names are so cute but more-so, very Nikki Druce. Cheryl spills all the beans on…
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KCQ Mini on Main! Jen Shah - Telemarketing Scam Lands Real Housewife in Prison
In today's minisode we pick up with the woman who's "fighting for her life, not your approval" in part two of our deep dive on perhaps the most controversial criminal Real Housewives star - Jen Shah. You'll know by now that Cheryl and Nikki are addicted to the Real housewives of Salt Lake City…
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KCQ Mini on Main! - The World Of Jen Shah - Real Housewife to Jailbird
What's this? A patreon episode on main? Yes, that's right, it's time for a little treat. Whilst Nikki and Cheryl are getting chapter two of the pod ready for you, enjoy an episode from our patreon mini eps. We'll be back next week as usual with a brand new case but for now, enjoy this bitesized...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Top of The Birthday Charts, Sleeper Trains & Sleeping at Bus Stops
On this Spooky Sleepover, Nikki and Cheryl are back discussing their jam packed week. From Cheryl’s 33rd Birthday celebrations, to the Edinburgh Live show and all the backstage antics to Cheryl’s experience on the Caledonian Sleeper train from Edinburgh to London STRAIGHT after the show in a 25...
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Two Men, Two Lead Masks… And a Mystery That Still Makes NO SENSE
Two men. Two mysterious lead masks. A remote Brazilian hillside. And a case so bizarre that it still has people asking one very big question: were they trying to contact aliens? Welcome to Killers, Cults & Queens, where Cheryl and Nikki investigate one of the strangest unexplained deaths in true...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Creative Slumps, ADHD Bumps, & Hater Chumps, With Robin Ince
🎟️ SEE US LIVE ON TOUR Last stop - Brighton 28th October - tickets: https://cheerfulearful.co.uk Have you ever wondered what a slightly cultured version of The Spooky Sleepover would be? Well, we've finally managed it because this one has poetry by the wonderful Robin Ince. We loved this chat,...
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Borley Rectory Part 2: The Most Haunted House in England? | FT Robin Ince
COME AND SEE US ON TOUR THIS OCTOBER! 15th October - The Monkey Barrel - Edinburgh 28th October - Komedia - Brighton https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/ Was Borley Rectory really the most haunted house in England, or was something far more human going on behind its terrifying reputation? 👻 In Part...
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Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England? | Robin Ince | Part 1
🎟️ SEE US LIVE ON TOUR Edinburgh 15th October Money Barrel - 7-8:30pm and Brighton 28th October - 7-8:30pm - tickets: https://cheerfulearful.co.uk 👻 Is Borley Rectory really the most haunted house in England? Or is there a darker explanation behind one of Britain's most famous paranormal...
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The Spooky Sleepover: What Happened to Christa Pike?
On this Spooky Sleepover, the pair debrief on their weekend at Crime Con, spill the tea on their upcoming live shows and Nikki tells all about the Haunt at Thorpe Parks Horror Night that ended up in a trip to the medical bay. Nikki and Cheryl debrief on the Titanic case and one listener email…
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The Twisted Love Triangle That Ended in Murder - Dolly & Otto
Imagine discovering that your wife has been secretly keeping her lover in the attic… for FOUR YEARS. In this episode of Killers, Cults & Queens, Nikki and Cheryl head back to the 1920s for one of the strangest true crime stories we've ever covered: the bizarre case of Dolly Oesterreich and Otto...
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What REALLY Happened After the Titanic Sank? | Titanic Part 3
The Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 — but what happened after the ship disappeared beneath the Atlantic? In the final part of our Titanic series, Nikki and Cheryl go beyond the famous sinking to uncover what happened to the survivors, the dead, and the wreckage left behind. As survivors waited in...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Murder, Misophonia & the Ice Cream Factory
On this Spooky Sleepover, Cheryl starts off with a massive rant and the pair discuss the unspoken rules of podcasting. Cheryl’s Misophonia couldn’t take ANYMORE podcasters eating on the job! Nikki shows off her spooky new nails and the pair get deep into Spooky Season prep! The pair debrief on…
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Titanic: The Mistakes That Cost Hundreds of Lives | Pt 2
🎟️ SEE US LIVE ON TOUR Edinburgh, London and Brighton tickets, plus London livestream options: https://cheerfulearful.co.uk The Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable. On the night of 14 April 1912, everything changed. In Part 2 of our Titanic series, Killers, Cults & Queens takes you inside the...
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The REAL Story of the Titanic: Building the World's Most Famous Ship | Part 1
The Titanic was the most luxurious ship in the world. But how did the supposedly unsinkable ship go from a floating palace to one of history's deadliest maritime disasters? And what REALLY happened before she ever hit the iceberg? In Part 1 of our Titanic series, Cheryl and Nikki explore the...
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The Spooky Sleepover: JonBenét Updates, DVD’s, Naked Jacuzzi’s
On this Spooky Sleepover, Nikki & Cheryl spill the tea on their upcoming live shows and what to expect. Nikki tells all about her new(ish) portable DVD player that sounds like an aircraft and the pair reflect on the nostalgic DVDs and all their bonus bonanza. The pair debrief on this week’s case…
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JonBenét Ramsey: Patsy, Burke & The Ransom Note | Unsolved Murder | PT 4
COME AND SEE US ON TOUR THIS OCTOBER! 8th October- The Bedford - London (Livestream available if you can't make it in person) 15th October - The Monkey Barrel - Edinburgh 28th October - Komedia - Brighton https://www.cheerfulearful.co.uk/ In the final episode of our four-part series on the…
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Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? The Suspects & Shocking Confessions | Part 3
Who killed JonBenét Ramsey? In Part Three of our deep dive into one of the most notorious unsolved murder cases in modern history, Nikki and Cheryl examine the suspects, theories and bizarre confessions surrounding the murder of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey. From the intruder theory and the…
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The Spooky Sleepover: Dopamine Hits & Nikki Hates Nando’s…
On this Spooky Sleepover, Nikki & Cheryl dive straight into it with their weekly updates. Cheryl has been chasing her shopping Dopamine high ever since she hit the shops with her sister & Nikki spills the beans on her solo trip to the Soho Theatre. The Queens give you all an update on the podcast...
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JonBenét Ramsey: A Suspicious Crime Scene & Shocking Evidence | Part 2
The investigation into the murder of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey continues in Part Two of our deep dive into one of the most infamous unsolved true crime cases in history. In this episode of Killers, Cults & Queens, Nikki and Cheryl return to Boulder, Colorado, in the aftermath of JonBenét's...
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JONBENÉT RAMSEY: A Ransom Note, A Missing Girl & A Deadly Christmas
Christmas Day. A beautiful family home. Presents under the tree. And a six-year-old beauty queen who has no idea that this will be her final Christmas. In December 1996, JonBenét Ramsey was murdered inside her family home in Boulder, Colorado. By the following morning, her mother had discovered a...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Red Flags & Charity Shop Scary Finds
On this Spooky Sleepover, Nikki & Cheryl are back discussing Cheryl’s instagram fail thinking her latest post was an obituary and Nikki is so excited for her building work to finally come to an end. Cheryl also has a special announcement for a TV appearance she has coming up! In a new segment,...
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Killers, Cults and Queens IS BACK with exciting news... 14th September - GET READY!
Calling all true crime obsessives, paranormal princesses, and unsolved mystery addicts – it’s time to get spooky! Join Nikki and Cheryl as they return with exciting news - Killers, Cults & Queens is now going to ALWAYS ON which means no more season breaks and no chance to miss us because we're...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Face Blindness, Rain Shows & Pizza Topping Troubles
On this Spooky Sleepover, Cheryl & Nikki leap straight into September. The divas catch up after the bank holiday madness. Both debrief on their concerts of Sugababes in Chelmsford & Twenty One Pilots at All Points East for Cheryl and Nikki down on the south coast for Victorious Festival. The pair...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Ariana, Coffee Conundrums & Ranking British Classics
THIS WEEKS EPISODE IS A CORKER! YOU’RE NOT READY! On this Spooky Sleepover, Cheryl & Nikki catch up on this week’s antics. Cheryl tells all about her current rants about coffee shop etiquette, and Nikki asks would you use your real name or a fake name when ordering your coffee. Cheryl cannot…
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The Spooky Sleepover: Hoarders Buried Alive, Virgin Dilemmas & Aztec Death Whistles
This week on The Spooky Sleepover, Cheryl & Nikki are back after some technical difficulties & the pair catch up on this weeks antics. Cheryl spills about her clean girl life by de-hoarding her house and what really grinds her gears with it. Nikki has turned Paparazzi and been chasing around the...
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The Spooky Sleepover: A Hotel Fart, Mystery Virus and Pick & Mix Drama...
This week on The Spooky Sleepover, The queens update on the latest KCQ news including the Tour Announcement in October. Nikki tells all about a fart that went astray at a hotel breakfast and Cheryl is patient zero as she has been struck down with a mysterious cold. A impromptu trip to the cinema...
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🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 The Killers, Cults & Queens Live Tour 2026
Ask and you shall receive divas! 💅🏻 For the first time ever, you can experience your favourite Detective Divas LIVE as Killers, Cults & Queens hits the road this October with Cheerful Earful taking you to the spookiest, Scariest & damn right weirdest corners of the world! 👻 With three…
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The Spooky Sleepover: Campsites, Crete Chaos & Canine Mayors
This week on The Spooky Sleepover, Cheryl debriefs on her sun-soaked holiday to Crete, while Nikki survives her very first camping trip and discovers that camping showers are somehow both curious and camp at the same time (if you’ll pardon the pun). The pair also wrap up Season 5 of Killers…
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How The Gangster Grandads of The Hatton Garden Heist Got Caught
A gang of grandads have stolen £14 Mil in diamonds, gold and precious stones but they left no trace behind and now the police have no idea who to go after. As the gang thinks they've gotten away with their mega haul of jewels, they don't realise they're being watched by the most elite fraud unit…
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The Gangster Grandads Of The Hatton Garden Heist - Englands UNBREAKABLE Vault
When the last of the east ends gangsters set their eyes on a seemingly unachievable target, they knew they had their work cut out for them. But these were no ordinary criminals, they were some of the most hardened theives in the game. Responsible for some of the countries biggest heists including...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Masterchef Trauma, Haunted Floor Tiles & Cheryl’s Billionaire Empire
This week on The Spooky Sleepover Cheryl tells us all about her Bree Van De Kamp lifestyle of being the doting housewife of Essex, debriefs on her trauma after cooking in full drag on Celebrity Master Chef and we have a Cat Watch update from Nikki’s neighbourhood watch patrols with some brand new...
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Victims Family Catch The Grindr Killer - Stephen Port
Three bodies of young gay men have been found dead, all within a short distance of each other. These deaths are treated by the police as overdoses when there is quite obviously a pattern emerging which they fail to see. In their pockets are bottles of a drug known as GHB, none of them have a…
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The Serial Killer The Police Ignored - The Grindr Killer - Stephen Port
When a series of young gay men die from supposed drug overdoses, the police take it as given that nothing weird is going on. Despite there being a lot of evidence to the contrary, they fall into the trap of a serial killer who is taking the lives of young men and believe his lies. Using a…
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The Spooky Sleepover: Sweaty Sleep & The Return of Neil The Seal
This week on The Spooky Sleepover Nikki & Cheryl cool off after another heatwave, Cheryl tells all about her crazy 5 days of London Events from Partying with Madonna to falling over in Soho in 6 inch heels & Nikki lets us all know about the updates from Tasmania as a local legend- Neil The Seal…
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How the 9/11 Liar Got Caught - Tania Head - The Woman Who Wasn't There
On September the 11th 2001, the worst terrorist attack of all time happened at the twin towers of The World Trade Centre in Lower Manhattan New York City. The world of Tania Head changed that day, she claimed she was on the upper floor of The World Trade Centre South Tower when the plane hit…
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The Unbelievable Story of 9/11 "Survivor" - Tania Head - 9/11 Faker
9/11 was an event which changed the world forever. On the 9th of September 2001, two planes flew into the twin towers of The World Trade Centre and the devastation left in the wake of the attack was enormous. As the dust settled, ground zero was cleared and a war was launched, there were some...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Compliments, Cooling Off, & Carvery
Welcome to another SPOOKY SLEEPOVER! The girls are glad it's cooler, Nikki has been out getting complimented hand over fist and Cheryl has invested in AirCon. They then catch-up on this weeks episode and discuss the pros and cons of Rajneeshpuram, the cult that wouldnt quit until it had no other...
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The Sex Cult Which Poisoned A Whole Town - Rajneeshpuram
When a religious movement from India rolls into a small town in rural America, no one could predict what was going to happen next. Soon the members would bloom in their thousands and outnumber the original residents of the town. But the mastermind behind the cult, wasn't their leader, it was his...
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The Wild Sex Cult Of Rajneeshpuram That Took Over A Whole Town
A little boy in born in India and from day one, things go awry. His grandparents dote on him and make him feel like the most special child out there. His mother and father are absent and so his baby ego is allowed to go unchecked. This creates an insufferable child who at the age of just 8 years...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Airport Meltdowns, Ice Cream Ranking & Eye Infections
It's time for another SPOOOKY SLEEPOVERRRR - Sweaty edition. Nikki and Cheryl and battling their way through the heat to bring you a bumper show. This week we have cheryls Airport meltdown thanks to some farmers, Nikki is asking the age old summer debate - windows open or windows closed after...
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The Spooky Sleepover: Madonna’s BBL & The Nikki Druce Dream Multiverse
Welcome back to The Spooky Sleepover, your cosy bonus show of Killers, Cults & Queens. This week Nikki & Cheryl catch up on their weekly antics, how Nikki’s husband almost had a near ‘Final Destination’ Fate with a massive plank of wood and why Cheryl just wants to grab her tits and scream from…
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Britains most dangerous prisoner - Joanne Dennehy: The Serial Killer in Broad Daylight
Joanne Dennehy has killed three men in the space of a few days but that's not enough for her...she wants more. After murdering her third victim, she knows time is running out and that the police will soon be on her tail...but before she gets caught, she wants to add a few more victims to her...
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The Twisted Murder Spree of Joanne Dennehy - The British Serial Killer You've Never Heard Of
Joanne Dennehy was a normal girl growing up in Harpenden in the 90's. When she hit pubert, something changed. Joanne went from a calm and mild mannered girl to someone her family didn't rcognise. She got into drink, drugs and boys and started dating an older man. She chose to make herself…
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The Spooky Sleepover: Ghost Hunting, Sandwiches, & Sayings
Welcome to another SPOOKY SLEEPOVER this week Cheryl and nikki have been out on their first ever ghost hunt which was a real life spooky sleepover. Then it's time for their rabbit holes of the week. Nikki is giving us the lore behind some sayings that we use every day and Cherl is taking us…
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Is The Mystery of D.B Cooper Solved?
Somewhere in the night sky near Portland, Oregon, a man is floating into the black. He's just stolen $250,000 in cash and jumped out the back of a commercial airliner. But what happened to him next has perplexed people since the night it happened in 1971. But decades later, are the FBI any closer...
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Why Did D.B Cooper Jump From A Plane Mid-flight And Did He Survive? America's Greatest Mystery
Why Did D.B Cooper Jump From A Plane Mid-flight And Did He Survive? In 1971, a man made headlines after he boarded a plane with a bomb and told the flight attendents to do whatever he asked or else he'd set it off. They obliged and D.B Cooper asked them to get a huge amount of notes delivered to…
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Cheryl and Nikki Druce are on a whistle stop tour of the weirdest corners of the universe. They’ll be stopping to learn about the craziest true crime cases in history, spooky paranormal activities, truly bonkers internet mythology, very convincing cults and much much more. So don't be a killer or join a cult... just be a Queen.
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