The Caligo Effect

Trigger Warning: Poisoning and murder Please Note this episode is my attempt at ASMR. Please take a listen and let me know your thoughts. Best if listened in stereo with 2 headphones. Roberta Elder is a black widow to nth degree. Everyone around her seems to have died. Likely by her hand.

Trigger Warnings: Sexual Abuse, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse are discussed in this episode. This episode follows the life of Diane O'Dell, a woman whose life didn't treat her kindly resulting in covering up the lose of multiple children at the time of childbirth. What are your thoughts on this case? Did she get what she deserved? Music: Pixelbay

Trigger Warnings: Murder & Cheating Do you wear a fitness monitor device or even just a smartwatch? While these devices are extremely useful in day to day uses. These can also assist in helping to solve a murder if one occurs. This is the story of the tragic murder of Connie Dabate. Research Sources: https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-ellington-murder-fit-bit-20170422-story.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/richard-dabate-fitbit-murder-wife-b2148509.html https://lawandcrime.com/crime/connecticut-man-sentenced-to-decades-in-prison-after-fitbit-data-undermines-story-about-wifes-death-in-basement/ https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/ellington-man-to-be-sentenced-after-jury-found-him-guilty-in-murder-of-wife/2854094/ https://www.ctinsider.com/hartford/article/Richard-Dabate-to-be-sentenced-today-in-17381714.php Music Sources: Music by SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras from Pixabay Music by SoulProdMusic from Pixabay

Trigger Warning: Child Abuse, Sexual Assault, Cannibalism, and Murder On this episode of the Caligo Effect, @kingofkilburn and myself discuss the terrible cross country murders of Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole - The Confession Killers. Research Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/henry-lee-lucas-ottis-toole https://listverse.com/2020/02/07/10-sinister-facts-about-killers-henry-lee-lucas-and-ottis-toole/ https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ottis-toole https://www.newsweek.com/true-story-confession-killer-henry-lee-lucas-serial-killer-ottis-toole-1475957 https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/ottis-toole/ Music Sources:   Magnetic_Trailer from Pixabay Music by SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras from Pixabay Music by SoulProdMusic from Pixabay

Trigger Warning: Murder, Sexual abuse, child and unborn murder. A family from a small town is murdered and no one knows who done it, until someone lets it slip about some watermelon. Sources: https://www.kmov.com/2022/01/21/gruesome-murder-an-illinois-family-remains-unsolved-main-suspect-is-executed/ Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/magnetic_trailer-27466606/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=125573">Magnetic_Trailer</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=125573">Pixabay</a> https://american-podcasts.com/podcast/criminology/the-dardeen-family-murders

Trigger Warning: Murder In today's Micro Caligo we are exploring the timeline of events that followed the tragic murders of Abby Williams and Libby German from Indiana as they didn't show up at the designated meet up to be picked up from a local walking trail.

Trigger Warning: Murder, Child Abuse, Spousal Deceit.  Hiya Friends! On today's episode, KingofKilburn from Twitch and I are discussing the senseless murder of an 8 year old boy by his father on one of what is supposed to be the most fun days of the year, Halloween. We travel to Texas to tell you this tale. Always remember to check your Halloween candy before eating it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryan https://murderpedia.org/male.O/o1/obryan-ronald-clark.htm https://www.vice.com/en/article/8ge87v/halloween-killer-ronald-clark-o-bryan-candy-man https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/10/15/poison-pixy-stix-ronald-obryan-was-the-man-who-killed-halloween/ Music by SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras from Pixabay Music by SoulProdMusic from Pixabay

Have you ever wondered where most people's favorite holiday (or well as least mine) of Halloween originated? Well so did I! I reached it and wanted to help you (our listeners) know the background of the holiday as well! Join us as KingofKilburn from twitch and myself step away from the crime to dive into the depths of Halloween origins as well as some out there beliefs on matchmaking! From the Celtic celebration of Samhein to why we started carving jack-o-lanterns. Thanks for listening and we hope that you learn something new! https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/halloween-around-the-world https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions/ Music by SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras from Pixabay Music by SoulProdMusic from Pixabay

Trigger Warning: Murder, Child Abuse and Manipulation If a loved one was ill, how far would you go to ease their suffering. For some it’s bringing them soup and well wishes, while for others they want to end the pain all together for them. In today’s Micro Caligo, a 10-year-old boy was convinced by his stepmother that his father was dying and wanted it all to end.  This is the story of the tragic murder of Robert Breininger. Sources: Murderpedia.com The Toledo Blade childhelphotline @ 1-800-422-4453.

Trigger Warning: Murder, Sexual abuse, child murder. Joining me for today’s episode is my late for dinner brother, Matt. Thank you for joining me today and I hope you are ready to dive into the life and crimes of Herman Mudgett a.k.a H.H. Holmes. “It was a game for Holmes,…He possessed them all and reveled in his possession.” Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/hh-holmes https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enduring-mystery-hh-holmes-americas-first-serial-killer-180977646/ https://practicalpie.com/h-h-holmes-biography/ https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/h-h-holmes-29982.php http://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/holmes.htm https://historycollection.com/18-facts-most-people-didnt-know-about-h-h-holmes/17/ The Chicago Times-Herald. The Chicago Tribune. Eckert, Allan W. The Scarlet Mansion. Little, Brown and Company. 1985. Lane, Brian and Wilfred Gregg, The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Berkley Books. 1992. The New York Times. The New York Herald. Nash, Jay Robert, Bloodletters and Badmen. M. Evans & Co. 1995. - Frank P. Geyer: The Holmes - Pitezel Case (1895) - H. H. Holmes: Holmes'Own Story (1895). - Holmes, the Arch Fiend, or.- a Carnival of Crime (1895). - John Bartlow Martin: 1894. The Case of H. H. Holmes, en Chicago Murders (1945). Borowski, John (Director), H.H. Holmes, America's First Serial Killer (Motion picture documentary), Waterfront Productions, 2004. Borowski, John (2005). Dimas Estrada (editor) The Strange Case of Dr. H. H. Holmes. ISBN 0975918516. Geary, Rick (2004). The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes. Nantier, Beall & Minoustchine. Larson, Erik (2003). The Devil in the White City. New York: Vintage Books. Schecter, Harold (1994). Depraved. New York: Pocket Books. Michod, Alec (2004). The White City. New York: St. Martin's Press. Adams, Cecil, "Did Dr. Henry Holmes kill 200 people at a bizarre "castle" in 1890s Chicago?", The Straight Dope, 1979-07-06. https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/married-to-murderer-h-w-mudgett/

Trigger Warning: Murder Join Megan as she describes the Bath Consolidated Schools disaster in the early 1900s. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster https://www.britannica.com/topic/school-shooting https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/24/bath-consolidated-school-massacre-uvalde/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1927-bombing-remains-americas-deadliest-school-massacre-180963355/

Trigger Warning: Murder, Sexual abuse, child murder. Who is one of the most trusted people in your life? For most people the answer would be their mother or significant other. Now what if that person was the one to remove you from this world in the pursuit of power and wealth. Well in the case of the serial killer Belle Gunness of Indiana her thirst to excel her status upward was the only thing that mattered, and she would do anything to make her life as luxurious as she thought she deserved. Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/belle-gunness https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-gunness https://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/ https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gunness-belle.htm https://laportelibrary.org/at-the-library/explore-local/belle-gunness/ https://historyofyesterday.com/one-of-the-worlds-first-female-serial-killers-belle-gunness-af95d39cc862 https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/172/6/650/4578095 https://www.stayathomemum.com.au/true-crime-series/the-black-widow-belle-gunness-true-crime-month/

Trigger Warning: Murder, Spousal Abuse, Dismemberment One day you’re here and working to better your life, whether it was to make a living or trying to escape a bad situation filled with hostility and abuse. Then the next day your life is snuffed out and you are gone. Imagine that your partner is the one to take you from this world. This is the story of the murders of Return Ward, the first recorded serial killer in Ohio. My husband, RJ, and I explore his life and bring the stories to light of this uncommon case. Sources/References: http://s3.amazonaws.com/cul-hydra/trial/sat2805/pdfs/sat2805.pdf https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat2805 https://www.geriwalton.com/return-ward-ohios-first-serial-killer/ http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/Hist-RichlandVillage.htm https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ward-3950 Gindy, Gayleen E. Murder in Sylvania, Ohio, as Told in 1857: The First Case of Capital Execution in Lucas County, Ohio: Presumed to Be the First Serial Killer Crime in the State of Ohio. AuthorHouse, 2007.

Trigger Warning: Murder, Sexual abuse. Imagine you are out for a walk to get some fresh air or grabbing a ride to the local hang out. Now what if that was the last time anyone ever saw you alive. While this thought is dark and disturbing this is the reality of 8 young women, who were senselessly murdered in the late 1960s. This is the story of the Michigan Murders. Sources/References: The Michigan Murders, Edward Keyes (Pocket, 1976). This is the only full-length nonfiction work devoted to the Collins case, although Collins and all of his victims are referred to under pseudonyms. Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/collins-john-norman.htm  https://aadl.org/taxonomy/term/2670 https://aadl.org/node/84032 https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2019/11/10/michigan-murders-john-norman-collins/3820802002/ https://aadl.org/aapd_pd131 https://fornology.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-rainy-day-murders-who-were-victims.html https://aadl.org/aa_news_19690418-last_hour_theorized_by_police https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2019/11/11/john-norman-collins-michigan-murder-suspects-letters-interviews/2522765001/ https://aadl.org/aa_news_19690611-alice_kalom_serious_likable https://fornology.blogspot.com/2014/04/alice-kaloms-1969-ann-arbor-murder.html https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754233/147 http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Collins,%20John%20_fall,%202007_.pdf Music by: lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay Music by: GuilhermeBernardes from Pixabay

The earth is a place filled with magnificent wonders but also great darkness. This darkness leads to The Caligo Effect. A true crime podcast that dives into this darkness to tell the stories of the victims. Join us on our journey from state to state and country to country. I, Megan, a true crime enthusiast with a criminal justice degree who thought a true crime podcast was a great idea, along with a variety of cohosts (friends and family who have minimal true crime knowledge) will be exploring true crime throughout the United States and beyond. Each episode we will travel to a different state until we hit all 50 states. Then we will journey into the beyond! Our goal is to give the victims a chance to have their stories heard and to give listeners some lesser known cases to listen to. We hope you will join us on our adventure to tell the stories of the true crime throughout the world.