Brew Crime Podcast

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February 03, 2026Brew Crime News February 2026
Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode falls on February 2026. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
Sources
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-man-accused-desecrating-cemeteries-found-100-human-skulls-rcna253123
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/cape-coral-jewelry-store-robbery-florida.html
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-red-lingerie-allegedly-hid-gun-under-prosthetic-silicone-breasts-it-ugly

https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/new-jersey-dive-bar-donkeys-place-seeks-return-of-stolen-walrus-penis/

https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/nude-louisiana-woman-attacked-cop-who-told-her-to-leave-a-private-pond-trying-to-be-a-mermaid/

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/15/donald-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-hosts-maga-furries-event-not-kidding-26303548/

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/j6ers-where-are-they-now

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/large-black-bear-finally-evicted-from-california-home/ar-AA1TTuIS?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1
• https://www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/bonnie-blue-bangbus-indonesia-sentence-tour-police-273674-20251209
• https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-tricks-russia-paying-500k-bounty-fake-hit-putin-opponent-report
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/26/us-bombs-target-isil-in-nigeria-whats-really-going-on
• https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/minnesota-justin-eichorn-arrested-soliciting-minor
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/canadian-mps-israel-trip-9.7017464
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy875j28k0o

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January 08, 2026 HH08 Roos Hall: The Headless Horseman’s Christmas Eve Delivery
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT travel to the English countryside of Suffolk to explore Roos Hall, a 16th-century Tudor manor and reputedly one of England's most haunted houses. Mike details the sinister history, including the house's past as a site for public executions where a gibbet once stood. Crucially, Mike introduces the spectacular, recurring Christmas Eve haunting: a phantom coach pulled by headless horses and driven by a headless horseman, who arrives at the front door only for a beautiful, ghostly woman to step out before the whole procession vanishes. JT critiques the sheer cinematic drama of the Headless Horseman's holiday arrival, analyzes the extreme consequences of looking into the spectral woman's eyes, and questions the efficiency of a headless driver on Christmas.
Sources
●    Burials & Beyond. (2019,
December 21). The Bramshill House Bride,
or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/⁠
●    Hypnogoria. (n.d.). Door 21 - The Many Hauntings of Roos Hall.
Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.hypnogoria.com/ghosts⁠_of_christmas21.html
●    Moon Mausoleum. (2024, December
11). The Christmas Haunting of Roos Hall
of the Headless Horseman. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://moonmausoleum.com/the-christmas-haunting-of-roos-hall-of-the-headless-horseman/⁠
●    The Paranormal Database. (n.d.). Suffolk Ghosts, Folklore and Forteana.
Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://paranormaldatabase.com/suffolk/sufpages/suffdata.php?pageNum⁠_paradata=1&totalRows_paradata=402
●    The Suffolk Coast. (n.d.). The Suffolk Coast's Most Haunted.
Retrieved October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk/articles/the-suffolk-coasts-most-haunted⁠
●    US Ghost Adventures. (n.d.). The Headless Horseman of Roos Hall.
Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/the-headless-horseman-of-roos-hall/⁠
●    Weird Suffolk. (2020, December
24). Weird Suffolk: The Christmas ghost
at one of Suffolk's most haunted houses. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.eadt.co.uk/lifestyle/21328565.weird-suffolk-christmas-ghost-one-suffolks-haunted-houses/⁠
●    Wikipedia. (n.d.). Bramshill House. Retrieved October 14,
2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramshill⁠_House
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January 05, 2026 HH07 The Crescent Hotel: Quakery, Cadavers, and Cold Spots
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into "America's Most Haunted Hotel," the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mike details the hotel's notorious mid-life crisis when it was taken over by the charismatic but fraudulent "Dr." Norman Baker, who ran it as an experimental cancer hospital in the late 1930s. Mike covers the discovery of hundreds of bottles containing Baker's "cure-all" potions and, grotesquely, human tissue. Crucially, Mike includes the festive, yet chilling, ghost story of the Grand Christmas Tree that was inexplicably moved across the dining room during the holiday season. JT critiques Baker's fashion sense (a white linen suit and purple shirt), breaks down the sheer terror of a hospital using the basement kitchen as a morgue, and analyzes the spirits left behind, from the falling stonemason Michael to the ever-helpful cancer patient Theodora.

Sources
●    Historic Hotels of America.
(n.d.). Ghost Stories - 1886 Crescent
Hotel & Spa. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php⁠
●    Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2021,
September 29). Ghostly Happenings at the
Crescent Hotel. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/ghostly-happenings-at-the-crescent-hotel/⁠
●    US Ghost Adventures. (2022,
January 14). The Crescent Hotel
'America's Most Haunted Hotel'. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-crescent-hotel-americas-most-haunted-hotel/⁠
●    Travel Eureka Springs. (n.d.). America's Most Haunted Hotel - Nightly Ghost
Tours. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.traveleurekasprings.com/crescent-hotel-ghost-stories/⁠
●    Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2023,
August 4). Haunted Hotel History.
Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/about/history/⁠
●    Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). Haunted Hotel. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/things-to-do/ghosts/⁠
●    Smithsonian Magazine. (2018,
October 27). The Charlatan of the Ozarks
Still Looms Over the Haunted Crescent Hotel. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/⁠
●    Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). America's Most Haunted Hotel - Crescent
Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.americasmosthauntedhotel.com/⁠
●    YouTube. (2022, October 31). The truly haunted history of the Crescent
Hotel in Eureka Springs, explored. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuEOBTpRiE⁠
●    Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). Americas Most Haunted Hotel Archives.
Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/tag/americas-most-haunted-hotel/⁠
●    Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2024,
February 15). The Baker Hospital – A
Patient's Story. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/uncovering-the-past/⁠
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January 01, 2026 HH06 Bramshill House: The Bride in the Box and 14 Ghosts
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into Bramshill House in Hampshire, England, reputedly one of the country's most haunted stately homes with over 14 specters. Mike details the house's magnificent Jacobean history, its famous owners (including a Lord Zouche and an
exiled King of Romania), and the legendary ghost: The Mistletoe Bride (or White Lady). Mike covers the tragic tale of the bride who hid in an antique chest during a game of hide-and-seek, only to be found 50 years later as a skeleton in a wedding dress. JT dissects the bride's baffling choice of hiding spot, questions the sheer audacity of being haunted by a 'Green Man' and a 1920s tennis ghost, and reflects on the eternal trauma of a love story ruined by a faulty spring-loaded lid.

Sources
●    Burials & Beyond. (2019,
December 21). The Bramshill House Bride,
or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/⁠
●    Cope Collection. (2018, October
31). The Bridal Chest of Bramshill, or, A
Ghost Tale from the Cope Collection. University of Southampton Special
Collections. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/the-bridal-chest-of-bramshill-or-a-ghost-tale-from-the-cope-collection/⁠
●    House and Heritage. (2018, June
25). BRAMSHILL PARK. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://houseandheritage.org/2018/06/25/bramshill-park/⁠
●    US Ghost Adventures. (n.d.). The Bramshill House Bride. Retrieved
from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/the-bramshill-house-bride/⁠
●    Wikipedia. (n.d.). Bramshill House. Retrieved October 14,
2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramshill⁠_House
●    Wikipedia. (n.d.). Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved
October 14, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend⁠_of_the_Mistletoe_Bough
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29min
December 30, 2025Brew Crime News Year End 2025
Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode will end our 2025 Podcast year! Listen to todays news, once monthly. New episodes back in February. Happy New Year!

Sources
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sophie-kinsella-author-books-behind-132853934.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-recall-petition-approved-9.7001541

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-cair-muslim-brotherhood-declaration-9.7008351

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rfk-jr-hit-articles-impeachment-164336909.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-west-bank-settlements-9.7010575

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2025/12/02/drunk-raccoon-virginia-abc-store-break-in

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/21/bald-eagle-cat-windshield

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html

https://thegrio.com/2025/12/06/trump-admin-removes-mlk-day-juneteenth-fee-free-days-national-parks/

https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/toddler-star-ms-rachel-named-finalist-for-antisemite-of-the-year-amid-gaza-advocacy-stopantisemitism-tucker-carlson

https://www.fox19.com/2025/12/08/ice-agent-arrested-held-no-bond-order-prosecutors-request/

https://coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/childrens-immigration-court/
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December 29, 2025 HH05 The Yule Cat: Fashion Policing to the Extreme
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture to
Iceland to confront the most terrifying holiday figure—one who isn't interested in coal or spanking, but in your wardrobe: the Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn). Mike details the cat's monstrous size ("bigger than a house"), its association as the pet of the man-eating troll Grýla, and the bizarre rule that dictates its victim: anyone who does not receive new clothes before Christmas Eve. JT critiques the sheer absurdity of the cat’s mission as "holiday fashion police," breaks down the underlying economic anxiety of wool-processing, and praises the cat's commitment to high-stakes sartorial enforcement. It’s an episode about horror, high fashion, and the constant fear of wearing last year's socks.
Sources
●    J. M. (2021, December 1). The Yule Cat of Iceland: A Different Kind of
Christmas Tradition. Medievalists.net. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/09/frau-perchta-the-belly-slitter/⁠
●    Nordic Visitor. (n.d.). Christmas in Iceland with the Yule Lads.
Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.nordicvisitor.com/blog/the-13-yule-lads-of-iceland/⁠
●    Smithsonian Magazine. (2016,
December 19). Each Christmas, Iceland's
Yule Cat Takes Fashion Policing to the Extreme. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/each-christmas-icelands-yule-cat-takes-fashion-policing-extreme-180961420/⁠
●    US Ghost Adventures. (n.d.). The Legend of the Yule Cat. Retrieved
from⁠ ⁠⁠https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-legend-of-the-yule-cat/⁠
●    Wikipedia. (n.d.). Yule cat. Retrieved October 9, 2025,
from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule⁠_cat
●    ZME Science. (2024, December 17). The Yule Cat: Forget Santa, Embrace the Dark
Side of Icelandic Christmas. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/yule-cat-christmas-repubz/⁠
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December 25, 2025 HH04 Belsnickel: The Fur-Clad Judge of Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture into the folklore of southwestern Germany and the American tradition of the Pennsylvania Dutch to meet Belsnickel. Mike details Belsnickel's unique role as a pre-Christmas judge who travels alone, dressed in ragged furs, wielding both
a switch and pockets full of treats. Mike also covers the elaborate "Belsnickling" rituals and the character's eventual decline. JT hilariously critiques the sheer psychological terror of the Belsnickel's moral test (especially the "candy scramble"), questions why a figure of moral accountability looks like a runaway woodsman, and analyzes the extreme chaos of a holiday tradition based entirely on the fear of a gentle swat.
Sources
●    Uncharted Lancaster. (2024,
December 6). The Belsnickel: A
Mischievous Spirit of Christmas Past. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://unchartedlancaster.com/2024/12/06/the-belsnickel-a-mischievous-spirit-of-christmas-past/⁠
●    VisitPAAmericana. (2019, December
18). What - or Who - is Belsnickel?.
Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.visitpaamericana.com/blog/post/what-or-who-is-belsnickel/⁠
●    Wikipedia. (n.d.). Belsnickel. Retrieved October 9, 2025,
from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsnickel⁠
●    WITF. (2023, December 20). Who is Belsnickel in Pennsylvania Dutch
Christmas tradition? [The Spark]. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.witf.org/2023/12/20/who-is-belsnickel-in-pennsylvania-dutch-christmas-tradition/⁠
●    Woot & Hammy. (n.d.). Krampus, Santa's Other Little Helper, and
Perchta, Christmas Terrors. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://wootandhammy.com/blogs/news/krampus-perchta-the-christmas-terrors⁠
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December 23, 2025Episode 190 - Murder of Ahmaud Arbery - Hate Crimes
Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Hate Crimes. Mike tells you about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
Sources
●    American Civil Liberties Union of
Georgia. (n.d.). What happened to Ahmaud Arbery?
●    Associated Press. (2020). Ahmaud
Arbery profile.
●    Associated Press. (2020). In his
final days, Ahmaud Arbery's life was at a crossroads...
●    BlackPast. (n.d.). Ahmaud Arbery
(1994–2020).
●    Courthouse News Service. (2021).
Georgia legislature repeals Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law.
●    Equal Justice Initiative (EJI).
(2022). Men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery used racist language in texts.
●    Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB).
(2024). Georgia men who killed Ahmaud Arbery want new trial.
●    PBS NewsHour. (2022). All 3
defendants found guilty of federal hate crimes in Arbery killing.
●    PBS NewsHour. (2022). Analyzing
the federal hate crimes trial for the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
●    PBS NewsHour. (2022). Man who
chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for federal hate crime.
●    PBS NewsHour. (2023). Jury sworn
in for trial of ex-prosecutor accused of shielding Ahmaud Arbery's killers.
●    PBS NewsHour. (n.d.). FBI expert
says defendants in Ahmaud Arbery killing used repeated racial slurs over text.
●    Rothstein, P. F., & Coleman,
R. J. (2024). Prior racist acts and the character evidence ban in hate crime
prosecutions. Georgetown Law Faculty Publications.
●    Stanford Law School. (2022).
Memorandum regarding citizen's arrest laws.
●    Stanford Law School. (2022).
McMichaels murder trial: Ahmaud Arbery killing background memo.
●    U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
(2022). Federal jury finds three men guilty of hate crimes in connection with
the pursuit and killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
●    U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
(2022). Federal judge sentences three men convicted of racially motivated hate
crimes in connection with killing.
●    U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
(2023). Brief for the United States (Case Document).
●    Weldon, R. (2022). Citizen’s
arrest and race. Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 20(1).
●    Wikipedia. (n.d.). Murder of
Ahmaud Arbery.
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December 22, 2025 HH03 Perchta: The Belly-Slitting Christmas Goddess
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture into the chilling, pre-Christian folklore of the Alpine regions to confront Perchta (or Frau Berchta), the dual-natured winter goddess. Mike details her terrifying role as the "Belly-Slitter," who roams the countryside during the Twelve Days of Christmas to enforce social and domestic order. Perchta's punishment for the lazy is grotesque: she cuts open their stomachs, removes their guts, and replaces them with straw and pebbles. JT critiques the sheer insanity of using organ-removal as a domestic punishment, questions the logistics of the
required traditional meal of fish and gruel, and analyzes the extreme measures the Catholic Church took to demonize a goddess who was just a little too focused on tidiness and spinning.

Source
●    Morris, S. (2014, December 22). Perchta and the 12 Days of Christmas (Part
2). Stephen Morris, author. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.stephenmorrisauthor.com/perchta-12-days-christmas/⁠
●    Myth Perchta. (n.d.). Perchta.Tirol. Retrieved October 9,
2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://perchta.tirol/myth.en.html⁠
●    Smithsonian Magazine. (2024,
February 28). Before the Yule Lads
Evolved Into Icelandic Versions of Santa Claus, They Terrorized Children Into
Following the Rules. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/before-the-yule-lads-evolved-into-icelandic-versions-santa-claus-they-terrorized-children-into-following-rules-180948162/⁠
●    VICE. (2018, December 20). Meet Christmas Goddess Perchta, a
Belly-Slitting, Half-Woman Demon. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.vice.com/en/article/perchta-christmas-goddess-demon-woman/⁠
●    Wikipedia. (n.d.). Perchta. Retrieved October 9, 2025, from⁠ ⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta⁠
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December 18, 2025 HH02 The Tomte: Tiny Protector, Enormous Fury
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT take a deep dive into Scandinavian folklore to examine the Tomte (or Nisse), the diminutive, yet fiercely powerful, homestead spirit. Mike details the Tomte's essential job—protecting the farm and livestock—and his simple, non-negotiable
demand: a single bowl of porridge with butter. JT critiques the Tomte's
high-stakes payment contract, analyzes the absurdity of his extreme vengeance (which involves everything from killing livestock to crushing farmers over bad manners), and tracks his career evolution from a homicidal gnome to the modern, jolly Jultomten. It's a hilarious look at a traditional myth that proves the cost of a clean barn might just be your life.

Sources
● Hafstein, V. (2018). The Tomte/Nisse. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Scandinavian Literature and Mythology.
Oxford University Press. Retrieved from⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199580471.001.0001/acref-9780199580471-e-0498⁠
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