• 1 hour 7 minutes
    Episode 280: Murder For God's Will

    On September 29th 2016, 45 year old Elizabeth Wettlaufer voluntarily reported herself as a serial killer to Toronto Police. Wettlaufer injected her victims with fatal doses of insulin because she believed God was telling her to. Her victims were elderly and vulnerable, ranging in age from 75 to 96. 

    12 May 2026, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Episode 279: Harry Houdini
    Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist, renowned as the "Handcuff King" for his death-defying escapes. He became world-renowned for escaping from handcuffs, straitjackets, milk cans, and locked chests, often while submerged in water. While his death was not a direct result of his performances, he had a few terrifying brushes with death and another magician who attempted one of his acts did tragically die on stage when something went wrong.
    5 May 2026, 9:00 am
  • 54 minutes 51 seconds
    Episode 278: Listener Tales!
    In this Listener story episode we discuss almost falling into an upside down volcano, a parent who was held at gunpoint, very creepy characters in Disneyland Paris, and more!
    28 April 2026, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Episode 277: Word Of Life Cult And The Murder of Lucas Leonard

    The Word of Life Christian Church began as a tiny bible study led by self proclaimed prophet, Jerry Irwin. Eventually the bible study progressed into a fully fledged cult with around 80 members at its peak. When the paranoid and power-hungry Jerry Irwin suddenly died, his eldest daughter Tiffanie took his place. As the leader, Tiffanie subjected the group to extreme isolation, control, and abuse which ultimately would result in the brutal murder of 19-year-old Lucas Leonard.

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    21 April 2026, 2:48 pm
  • 46 minutes 22 seconds
    Episode 276: The Familiar Intruder

    On New Year’s Eve in 2020, Morgan Metzer was woken out of sleep to a masked intruder standing in her bedroom doorway. Morgan’s attacker disguised his voice to sound like Batman, however he seemed to know intimate details about her personal life. After the brutal attack, he left her bound, beaten and terrified on her back porch. 45 minutes after the attack, Morgan’s ex-husband Rodney Metzer was the first to find her, still bound with a pillowcase over her head. Rod immediately sprung into action to save the day, calling 911, however Morgan had a feeling that Rodney wasn’t actually the hero in her story - he was the villain.

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    14 April 2026, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Episode 275: Avalanche And A Shattered Pelvis

    In 2003 Ken Jones spent four agonizing days in the frozen wilderness of Romania’s Transylvanian Alps, dragging himself to safety after getting hit by an avalanche that left him with a shattered pelvis and broken femur.

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    7 April 2026, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    Episode 274: The Stanford Prison Experiment
    In 1971, the Stanford Prison Experiment, led by psychologist Phillip Zimbardo, was supposed to be a two week simulation of prison life that aimed to study the psychological effects of power and authority. Student volunteers were randomly assigned to be prisoners or guards and were given instruction by Zimbardo based on their role. Once the experiment began, things very quickly escalated, leading to the study being terminated after only six days. 
    31 March 2026, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Episode 273: Human Hunting on Reddit
    In this Reddit episode we discuss some terrifying stories where people were hunted!
    24 March 2026, 9:00 am
  • 58 minutes 24 seconds
    Episode 272: The Stalking of Eva LaRue
    Actress Eva LaRue and her daughter, Kaya Callahan, were terrorized for nearly 12 years by a stalker who sent violent, threatening letters detailing every horrific fantasy he had. For over a decade both Eva and Kaya were terrified to go anywhere in public since they had no idea who their stalker could be. He promised not only to make their lives a living hell, but also that he was always watching and he'd be there soon. The ordeal, which forced them to move multiple times, was finally solved using the same technology used to identify the Golden State Killer.
    17 March 2026, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Episode 271: Sick Obsession
    Janie Lynn Ridd and her roommate Rachel Booth had been best friends for 25 years, but when Rachel began getting mysteriously sick leading to multiple hospitalizations, she discovered that Janie allegedly tried to purchase an extremely dangerous strain of anti-biotic resistant bacteria to poison her with. And even worse, that wouldn’t have been Janie’s first attempt at Rachel’s life over the past year. 
    11 March 2026, 2:43 am
  • 58 minutes 39 seconds
    Episode 270: Six Days On The Ledge
    In March of 2011, David Cicotello and his brother Louis began what should have been a week-long climbing adventure through No Man's Canyon in southwest Utah. Their journey took an unexpected and tragic turn as a rappelling accident claimed Louis’ life, leaving David stranded on a narrow ledge for 6 days.
    3 March 2026, 10:00 am
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