Two Unhinged Trash Pandas

Before the headlines…Before the arrest…Before the suspect had a name…There were mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends who simply never came home.This week, the Trash Pandas head to the lonely stretch of Ocean Parkway where the search for one missing woman unexpectedly uncovered one of the most infamous serial murder investigations in American history. We take a step back from the killer to focus on the women whose lives mattered long before they became known as the “Gilgo Four.”We’ll follow Shannan Gilbert’s terrifying disappearance, the accidental discovery of the burlap-wrapped victims, and the expanding investigation that revealed a much larger and more complex mystery. Along the way, we discuss the heartbreaking stories of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello, while also examining the early investigative failures, public frustration, and the corruption that shook confidence in the Suffolk County Police Department.This isn’t the story of a monster.Not yet.This is the story of the women, the families who refused to stop fighting for them, and the investigation that nearly lost its way before it ever found its suspect.🦝 Mini Creeper File #006: The Circleville Letters📚 Kissy’s Vocabulary Lesson: Lefsoff🍗 Follow the Nugget.

Episode 5: The Sodder Children | A Fire, Five Missing Children, and Decades of QuestionsOn Christmas Eve 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. While most of the family escaped, five children were believed to have perished in the flames.But almost immediately, things stopped making sense.A missing ladder.A cut phone line.Fire trucks that never arrived.No identifiable remains.And reports that some of the children may have been seen alive after the fire.In this episode, we dive into one of America’s most enduring mysteries and explore the evidence, theories, and strange circumstances that have kept people asking the same question for nearly 80 years:What really happened to the Sodder children?Also in this episode, Talitha’s Mini Creeper explores the chilling tale of The Greenbrier Ghost, the only known American murder case in which a ghost allegedly helped bring a killer to justice.🦝 Question Everything.

Episode 4: Brandon Swanson Part 2 | Into the FieldsAfter covering Brandon Swanson’s disappearance, we packed up the Trash Panda Mobile and headed to western Minnesota to see the area for ourselves.In this episode, we discuss our field investigation, the terrain, the rivers and waterways, the scent dog trail, Jeff Hassey’s years of research, and how differently this case feels when you’re standing in the middle of the landscape Brandon walked that night.The deeper we dug, the more questions we found.🌽 Fields.🌊 Water.📞 A phone call that ended in silence.And a mystery that remains unsolved.🦝 Question Everything.This episode discusses the disappearance of Brandon Swanson. If you have information regarding his case, please contact the appropriate law enforcement authorities.

A college student gets lost on a rural Minnesota road, calls his parents for help, and disappears while talking to them on the phone.Nearly 18 years later, we’re still asking the same question: What happened to Brandon Swanson?This week, we cover the story. Next week, we’ll take you along on our own field investigation into the area where Brandon vanished.

A mysterious night in the Ural Mountains. Nine experienced hikers. A campsite abandoned under bizarre circumstances. More than six decades later, the Dyatlov Pass Incident remains one of the world’s most puzzling unsolved mysteries.Join Talitha and Kissy as they dive into the strange events of February 1959, explore the theories, examine the evidence, and inevitably wander off into a few side quests along the way. Plus, a Mini Creeper segment featuring the infamous Rajneesh movement and one of the strangest bioterror attacks in U.S. history.Grab a snack, settle in, and prepare for another journey into the weird, the creepy, and the unexplained.C. U. Next Tuesday. 🦝

Welcome to Two Unhinged Trash Pandas where two midwestern women spiral through true crime, conspiracies, creepy books, daily life and friendship and really just complete nonsense.