We’re stepping into an unknown world for us this week: the world of horrorcore. In 2009 twenty year old Richard Sam Mccroskey travelled across the country to go to a horrorcore music festival with two girls he had become friends with via Myspace, sixteen year old Emma Niederbrock and eighteen year old Melanie Wells. Richard, Emma and Emma’s best friend Melan ... Show More
Jan 12
The Sleeping Sickness Epidemic (1919-1930)
In late 1916, while treating a group of patients at his psychiatric clinic at the University of Vienna, Dr. Constantin von Economo began noticing the appearance of strange symptoms that he could not account for. At the same time, in France, Rene Cruchet began noticing similarly s ... Show More
52m 36s
Jul 2020
Episode 81 - The Farmville Murders
In 2009 in Farmville, Virginia, 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock struck up an online relationship with an aspiring rapper. The two bonded over their love of music, but Emma didn’t realize that her online boyfriend was a much different person in real life.
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48 m
Jan 2017
#1 - A Quadruple Murder in Mississippi
<p>For our first episode, we look at a quadruple murder in the small town of Sarah, Mississippi.</p> <p>A young, rural Mississippi man does the unthinkable, and pays the ultimate price. Along the way, we learn that kerosene can fuel a town, and to never trust a guy who keeps a mo ... Show More
1h 2m
May 2022
234: What if your joy came with a tragic price?
<p>“To feel like at any moment something tragic could happen put me in a deep, deep cloud as far as who I am, what can I be, and what could I have been.”</p><p> </p><p>Today’s guest requested to remain anonymous. But if you’d like to reach out to him, you can email at <a hre ... Show More
48m 55s
May 2024
#492 - Murder Moves In - Summerville, South Carolina
<p>This week, in Summerville, South Carolina, two women meet in rehab, and one invites the other to live at her house, rent free. This new tenant has a cray past, and present, because she is a meth smoking, pill popping, booze swilling maniac, with an estranged husband, living be ... Show More
1h 10m
Feb 2017
#3 - A Kidnapping & Murder in Raynham, Massachusetts - Part 2
<p>This week, we finish up the story of what was the peaceful, affluent town of Raynham, Massachusetts, until a day in 1978 that changed everything. A monster of a human being becomes the stuff of nightmares with this brutal killing.Along the way, we learn about how ugly cars wer ... Show More
59m 7s
Jan 2017
#2 - A Kidnapping & Murder in Raynham, Massachusetts - Part 1
<p>This week, we check out what was the peaceful, affluent town of Raynham, Massachusetts, until a day in 1978 that changed everything. A monster of a human being becomes the stuff of nightmares with this brutal killing. Along the way, we learn about how ugly cars were in the '70 ... Show More
57m 43s
