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Sinister Sunrise

by Sinister Sunrise

We're three chicks who want to talk about our passions even before the sun rises. We want to make sure you can indulge your sinister side with stories about ghosts, true crime and the human mind!

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Episodes

  1. Episode 157: Skinwalkers & Skinwalker Ranch - To Catch a Predator: UFO Edition

    It's episode 157 and the Sinister Sisters are ending season three with a doozy. Come gather round the campfire! In today’s group episode, Morgan dives into the origin of the skinwalkers and shares firsthand accounts from people who may have crossed paths with these evil witches. Then, Sarah and...

  2. Episode 156: Organ Donor Stories - Parallel Personalities

    It's episode 156 and if you’re not satisfied with your man, the Sinister Sisters have the perfect solution. Get him an organ transplant! In today’s episode, Morgan brings an appiteaser about a recent strange phenomenon spreading on the TikTok sphere where people are randomly finding teeth in…

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  3. Episode 155: The Sullivan Institute - Burning Nuclear Families to the Ground

    It's episode 155 and the Sinister Sisters think communal living is sounding better every day. It’s kind of like a sleepover. Just tell us what to bring! In today’s episode, Sarah travels to 1950s New York for her story on the Sullivan Institute - the cult-like group that convinced individuals to...

  4. Episode 154: Natalee Holloway - Not Calling You a Truther

    It's episode 154 and the Sinister Sisters like to tidy their homes occleasionally. That isn’t a word? Well add it to the dictionary! In today’s episode, Erin travels to Aruba for the puzzling case of Natalee Holloway. The 18-year-old senior mysteriously goes missing on her school trip after…

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  5. Episode 153: Stranded Stories - Everyone Stay Calm

    It's episode 153 and the Sinister Sisters vow to stay on land. We can’t handle maggots or enemas. In today’s group episode, Sarah covers the harrowing story of Terry Jo Duperrault who was stranded at sea after the yacht she and her family were on mysteriously sank. Then, Morgan travels to the...

  6. Episode 152: The Underwater Panther - One Moody Monster

    It's episode 152 and the Sinister Sisters can’t believe they missed the opportunity to quote Tech N9ne last week. Did everyone have their rum? In today’s episode, Morgan covers the Mishipeshu - an Ojibwe water creature that legend says leads trespassers to a watery grave. The half-serpent,...

  7. Episode 151: UAP Hearings - Capital S Serious

    It's episode 151 and the Sinister Sisters wonder if the alien race has their own version of HR? If you couldn’t already tell, this is going to be a wild ride. In today’s episode, resident alien enthusiast Sarah covers the recent UAP hearings and unveils everything the government may be hiding…

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  8. Episode 150: The Bloody Benders Part 2 - I’m the Doozy, It’s Me

    It’s episode 150 and the Sinister Sisters are throwing out hot takes left and right. Up is down, down is up, and Morgan is the Godfather! In today’s episode, Erin continues her story on the Bloody Benders and details every possible theory of the family’s whereabouts and fates after fleeing their...

  9. Episode 149: The Bloody Benders Part 1 - A Family Business

    It’s episode 149 and the Sinister Sisters are nothing if not civil. Is that Sarah’s second favorite C word? In today’s episode, Erin covers part one of her story on the Bloody Benders. Travelers on the Osage-Mission Trail in 1870s Kansas begin to disappear at an alarming rate and the Bender…

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  10. Episode 148: Smiley Face Killers - Seeking Answers

    It’s episode 148 and the Sinister Sisters love all things NOLA. Tarot card readings. Speakeasies. You name it! Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. In today’s group episode, Sarah covers the case of Patrick McNeill whose death led retired detective Kevin Gannon and his colleagues to...

  11. Episode 147: Narcolepsy - Lose the Tips

    It’s episode 147 and the Sinister Sisters would pick living with spirits over cockroaches any day. Wait - we weren’t talking about alcoholic spirits? In today’s flip the script episode, Morgan dives into the chronic sleep disorder narcolepsy, its symptoms, and how difficult it is to diagnose....

  12. Episode 146: The Harpe Brothers - The Frontier Boogeymen

    It’s episode 146 and the Sinister Sisters wonder what could be scarier than river pirates. Trying to survive the Oregon Trail? An open Jumanji board? How about two bloodthirsty frontier serial killers? In today’s flip the script episode, Sarah covers the tale of the Harpe Brothers - the first...

  13. Episode 145: The Curse of Little Bastard - Touched by Fire

    It’s episode 145 and the Sinister Sisters have a thing with teeth. Does anyone else have dreams where all of their teeth fall out? In today’s flip the script episode, Erin is bringing the spooks for her tale of James Dean’s cursed race car - Little Bastard. When James Dean tragically loses his…

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  14. Episode 144: False Confessions - Lumping on the Trauma

    It’s episode 144 and the Sinister Sisters wouldn’t stand a chance in a police interrogation. You’ll find out how quickly we fold. In today’s group episode, Sarah dives into false confessions, the tactics used during an interrogation and the psychology behind setting up an interrogation room.…

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  15. Episode 143: Jared Fogle - Eat Your Ego

    It’s episode 143 and the Sinister Sisters are going on a bumpy journey. Actually, it’s our own personal journey to hell. Bear with us! In today's flip the script episode, Morgan tackles true crime as she covers the story of the horrid Jared Fogel. After becoming the face of Subway and quickly...

  16. Episode 142: The Mysterious Disappearance of Travis Walton - The Flap Is Real

    It’s episode 142 and the Sinister Sisters suggest playing this audio backwards. There may just be a hidden message! In today’s episode, Sarah continues to flip the script by covering a Morgan-themed topic - the disappearance of Travis Walton. Six loggers in Snowflake, Arizona go to the cops to...

  17. Episode 141: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Signing Your Death Certificate

    It’s episode 141 and the Sinister Sisters are thinking about teaching a community college course. Please turn to page one in the sinister syllabus! In today’s episode, Erin flips the script and covers a Sarah-themed topic - The Tuskegee Syphilis Study. In 1932, hundreds of black men diagnosed…

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  18. Episode 140: Whittingham Hospital - The Top is Rotten

    It’s episode 140 and the Sinister Sisters were needing an excuse to say “oi.” The only thing more sinister than our topic is our accents! In today’s group episode, Babs (aka Sarah) dives into the history of Whittingham Hospital and how its patient capacity greatly expanded over a short amount of...

  19. Episode 139: The Squonk - The Most Miserable Cryptid

    It’s episode 139 and the Sinister Sisters are making sinister decisions. We swear we are trying to get our lives together. In today’s episode, Morgan covers Pennsylvania’s state cryptid - the Squonk! Its unpleasant appearance aside, the creature is difficult to track down due to its ability to...

  20. Episode 138: The Stoned Ape Theory - Mushrooms for Kuzco

    It’s episode 138 and the Sinister Sisters always keep an open mind. Can we get behind magic mushrooms and mushroom cults though? In today’s episode, leading asspert Sarah turns back the clock two million years and dives into the Stoned Ape theory. Did our Homo erectus cousins learn how to develop...

  21. Episode 137: The Liebling - Vanished Vessel

    It’s episode 137 and the Sinister Sisters are content staying on land. Who knows what’s in the ocean! In today’s episode, Erin covers the mysterious disappearance of the Liebling and its crew after embarking on a routine fishing trip. Was the shrimp boat taken out by drug dealers? Was the...

  22. Episode 136: Astral Projection - Reaching Middle Earth

    It’s episode 136 and the Sinister Sisters are setting the mood. Grab your crystals, light your candles, turn down the lights and join us as we try to separate our astral body from our physical body! In today’s group episode, Sarah dives into the history of astral projection and the many steps it...

  23. Episode 135: Spirit Photography - A Peek Into a Different Realm

    It’s episode 135 and zero days since the Sinister Sisters’ last podcast recording. Well, not when this episode comes out. We really need a “0 days since last accident” sign for times like these. In today's episode, Morgan gets swept up in her Tik Tok algorithm as she covers the practice of spirit...

  24. Episode 133: Teka Adams - Treacherous Charity

    It’s episode 133 and the Sinister Sisters are thinking about starting a coffee membership. Is that an IV line with coffee in it? In today’s episode, Erin covers the terrifying story of Teka Adams who was abducted and held hostage for days while her attacker attempted to take her unborn child by…

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  25. Episode 132: The Mysterious Death of Tiffany Valiante - A Fatal Freight

    It’s episode 132 and the Sinister Sisters’ Monday night recordings are making them spicy. Devil’s advocates? This one’s for you. In today’s group episode, the sisters tackle another unsolved mystery that may have given them a run for their money. Erin recounts the timeline of 18-year-old Tiffany...

  26. Episode 130: Sigmund Freud - Do You Smell What the Berg is Cooking?

    It’s episode 130 and the Sinister Sisters wonder how the id, ego, and superego would act if they were sorority girls. Here’s to sister superego! In today’s episode, Sarah covers the beginning life and questionable science of Sigmund Freud. Freud went from looking at shit under microscopes to...

  27. Episode 129: The Radium Girls Part 2 - Feel the Radium on Your Skin

    It’s episode 129 and the Sinister Sisters would like you to join us for our new segment - Can it Snacks? Do the snacks you like when you’re drunk taste as good as when you’re sober? It’s time for us to voice our opinions! In today’s episode, Erin finishes her two-part story on the neverending…

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  28. Episode 128: The Radium Girls Part 1 - A Legit Glow Party

    It’s episode 128 and the Sinister Sisters are taking their last lap before they turn thirty. If we can survive Four Loko we can survive anything…right? In today’s episode, Erin covers part one of the infuriating story of the radium girls. Dial-painting was a lucrative business during World War I...

  29. Episode 127: It’s All in the Beans, a Visitation Dream, and the Contradictions Keep On Coming

    t’s episode 127 and the Sinister Sisters welcome you to the Sinister Sinadome! It’s season three. Who’s surprised? In today's episode, Erin covers the case of the Boy in the Box whose identity has remained a mystery for over six decades, a listener whose uncle visits her in her dreams for over a...

  30. Episode 126: Halloween Unsolved Mysteries - It’s the Most Sinister Night of the Year

    It’s episode 126 and the Sinister Sisters are ending season two with a Halloweeny episode! It’s really a grab bag of things. In today’s episode, Sarah covers the disappearance of David Stone who was best man in a wedding he never showed up to and whose body was later found with no signs of foul...

  31. Episode 125: Flipping the Script - Key Weird, Stockholm Spin Off, and Not by the Hair on My Toes

    It’s episode 125 and the Sinister Sisters are bringing it back to the OG recording days. It’s time to flip it and reverse it! In today’s group episode, Sarah covers the mysterious disappearance of Bum Farto who’s name has been plastered on t-shirts and whose story was made into a musical. Then,...

  32. Episode 124: The Murder of Kelly Anne Bates - That Math Don’t Work

    It’s episode 124 and the Sinister Sisters are not good at reading, writing, or computing. We’re basically a live Mad Libs! In today’s episode, Erin covers the horrific murder of 17-year-old Kelly Anne Bates whose 48-year-old boyfriend and abuser James Patterson Smith gruesomely tortured her up to…

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  33. Episode 123: Lizzie Borden - Womanly Strength

    It’s episode 123 and the Sinister Sisters are putting out the right vibes. That may be because of all of the wine they have consumed during this recording though. In today’s episode, Morgan covers the notorious case of Lizzie Borden who was accused of having murdered her father and stepmother…

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  34. Episode 122: Jane Toppan - A Trail of Chaos

    It’s episode 122 and the Sinister Sisters couldn’t have been nurses in the 19th century. Working 10-14 hour days, seven days a week? No, thank you. In today’s episode, Sarah covers one of America’s most sociopathic female serial killers - Jane Toppan. The cards were stacked against her since...

  35. Episode 121: The Bridgewater Triangle - Either You Know or You Don’t

    It’s episode 121 and the Sinister Sisters have an important question to pose. Which came first: the ghosts or the cult? It’s all about perspective. In today’s group episode, Sarah covers the history of the Bridgewater Triangle - a 200 square mile area in Massachusetts where otherworldly sightings...

  36. Episode 120: The Giggling Granny - Put the Prunes Down!

    It’s episode 120 and the Sinister Sisters are meditating today. There’s nothing sinister about meditating. But prunes? Now that’s a sinister dish. In today’s episode, Erin covers the story of Nannie Doss aka the Giggling Granny who found love through Lonely Hearts ads but her relationships were…

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  37. Episode 119: Cryptid Catalog - Something Is Afoot

    It’s episode 119 and the Sinister Sisters are brunching it up and dreaming of flaky biscuits. Don’t worry, the chaos is still here! In today’s episode, Morgan returns to Yosemite National Park to cover a few cryptids that deserved a deeper dive of their own. First, Morgan covers stories of…

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  38. Episode 118: Yosemite National Park - Whole Lot of Waterfalls and Weird Happenings

    It’s episode 118 and the Sinister Sisters have some explaining to do. What had happened was…In today’s group episode, Sarah covers the case of Cary Stayner who made Yosemite his hunting grounds and who may have also believed he was Bigfoot. Then, Erin dives into the mysterious disappearance of...

  39. Episode 117: Depression - The Chemical Imbalance Theory

    It’s episode 117 and the only thing sinister about the Sinister Sisters is their luck. Cue the circus music! In today’s episode, Sarah covers the 12th leading cause of death in the United States - major depressive disorder - which doesn’t occur due to one life event. Specific symptoms have to be...

  40. Episode 116: Flipping the Script - An Imo’s Questioning, Alien Inventory, and a Secret Study

    It’s episode 116 and you know what the Sinister Sisters haven’t had in a while? Pretzels. You know what we haven’t done in a while? Flipped the script! In today’s group episode, Morgan covers the upsetting case of the kidnappings of Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby which hits too close to home. Then,...

  41. Episode 115: Guardian Angels - Buy One Get One

    It’s episode 115 and the Sinister Sisters know no one wants to peak in fourth grade. Everyone needs a glow up. In today’s episode, Morgan covers spirits who are making a list of all our good and bad deeds - guardian angels! Beliefs vary on whether guardian angels are spirits of a past loved one…

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  42. Episode 114: The Toolbox Killers - A Combo We’re Not Eating

    It’s episode 115 and the Sinister Sisters…wait a minute. It looks like there’s been a glitch in the matrix. It’s episode 114 and Erin is already apologetic as she covers the disturbing case of the Toolbox Killers. Two cold-blooded men make a pact where they agree to abduct, torture, and murder...

  43. Episode 113: Schizophrenia - Your Reality Is Not Real

    It’s episode 113 and the Sinister Sisters are watching a simulation but without all of the effects. This is casa de Sarah, not a 4k theater. In today’s episode, Sarah covers a disorder that affects only 1% of the population - schizophrenia. Symptoms vary slightly case by case but people suffering...

  44. Episode 112: Sleepwalking - Brains on Autopilot

    It’s episode 112 and the Sinister Sisters will be shortening their words from now on. With that being said, welcome to the groupsode! In today’s group episode, Sarah dives into the science behind somnambulism, the many factors that may contribute to the act, and the steps you can take to combat...

  45. Episode 111: Bigfoot - Feet Pics, Footprints

    It’s episode 111 and the Sinister Sisters and the ancient astronaut theorist guy have one thing in common: they like to throw out some crazy theories! In today’s episode, Morgan covers a cryptid whose origins and existence is heavily debated to this day - Bigfoot (or who we like to refer to as…

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  46. Episode 110: Richard Chase Part 2 - No One’s Home

    It’s episode 110 and the Sinister Sisters are grabbing their Depends and changing their name to the Sanitary Sisters. We hope you brought your brooms and pads! In today’s episode, we switch the order so Erin can bring you part two of Richard Chase’s sinister life and the murders he committed…

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  47. Episode 109: Richard Chase Part 1 - A Bone to Pick

    It’s episode 109 and the Sinister Sisters are kicking off Gemini season and Sarah’s birthday the only way they know how - with a doozy of a topic that can’t be told in just one sitting! In today’s episode, Sarah dives into the childhood and temperament of convicted serial killer Richard Chase...

  48. Episode 108: The Texas Killing Fields Part 2 - Nowhere Is Safe

    It’s episode 108 and the Sinister Sisters think it would be a lot easier if serial killers had the same distinguishable feature. Show us your belly! In part two of the Texas Killing Fields group episode, Erin covers a trash human being who has been charged with murdering at least four women in...

  49. Episode 107 The Texas Killing Fields Part 1 - Not Tied Up in a Neat Little Bow

    It’s episode 107 and the Sinister Sisters are not fans of Twitter. Does no one else think Peyton Manning would be great at Sims? In part one of today’s group episode, Sarah dives into the history of the foreboding 25 acre stretch of land in League City, Texas known as the Killing Fields due to…

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  50. Episode 106: The Murder of Adolph Coors III - As Cold as a Coors

    It’s episode 106 and the Sinister Sisters’ Wordle game is strong. Not our Quordle game though. Now that shit is hard. In today’s episode, Erin travels to Colorado for the case of Adolph Coors III. The heir to the multimillion dollar Coors Brewing Company fortune goes missing on his way to work…

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