In this week’s episode, we swirl our champagne and step straight into the smoke of old Detroit, where legend says a crimson little creature foretells chaos. We’re diving into the history, folklore, and fever dreams behind the infamous Marche du Nain Rouge in Detroit.

Who is the Nain Rouge? A misunderstood trickster? A colonial curse? A tiny harbinger with impeccable timing and terrible vibes? From its first alleged sighting by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in the early 1700s to the city’s modern-day parade that theatrically banishes him each year, we unpack the myth, the history, and the way a city turned its bad luck into a party.

It’s folklore, it’s fire, it’s civic therapy with a splash of sass. Grab a glass and let’s chase the red devil out of town.

Official Parade & Modern Event

• https://www.marchedunainrouge.com

• https://www.facebook.com/marchedunainrouge

Detroit Historical Society & Local History

• https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/nain-rouge

• https://detroithistorical.org/blog/2017-03-23/legend-nain-rouge

Encyclopedia & Folklore References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nain_Rouge

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/marche-du-nain-rouge

Local & Regional Journalism

• https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/03/24/nain-rouge-parade-detroit/99566028/

• https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/the-legend-of-the-nain-rouge/Content?oid=2443976

• https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/14878/the_nain_rouge_and_detroit_s_history_of_bad_luck

Cultural Context & French Colonial Detroit

• https://www.michiganradio.org/post/story-behind-detroits-nain-rouge

• https://www.historydetroit.com/nain-rouge.html

On this episode, we honor lives taken far too soon.

First, we tell the story of Fan Man-Yee, a bright young woman whose disappearance and murder shook her community and left a family searching for answers that never fully came.

Then, we turn to one of the most heartbreaking cases in American history: the Girl Scout Murders at Camp Scott in Oklahoma, where three young girls lost their lives during what should have been a summer of laughter, friendship, and s’mores.

This isn’t about sensational headlines.

This is about remembering who they were.

About the families who never stopped loving them.

And about making sure their names are never forgotten.

Because true crime should never forget the humans at the center of the story.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Kitty_murder_case

2. https://people.com/hell-kitty-murder-hong-kong-11831537

3. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3011932/hong-kong-hello-kitty-murder-meth-paranoia-or-product-violent-decade-and

4. https://filmdaily.co/news/hello-kitty-murder/

5. https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/dental-forensic-doctor-who-handled-hello-kitty-murder-case-says-teeth-can-still-be-used-to-verify-the-identity-of-the-murdered-victim-abby-choi-even-after-cooking/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Girl_Scout_murdershttps://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/kidnappings/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders/https://www.oklahomadaily.news/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders-faqs/https://www.thecoldcases.com/p/a-timeline-of-the-oklahoma-girl-scouthttps://www.kjrh.com/news/40-years-later-the-girl-scout-murdershttps://www.killerqueenspodcast.com/oklahoma-girl-scout-murders/https://discover.hubpages.com/true-crime/1977-Girl-Scouts-Murders-Police-Hope-DNA-Will-Identify-Killer

Love isn’t always sweet. Sometimes it’s controlling. Sometimes it’s obsessive. And sometimes… it’s fatal.
This Valentine’s Week, we dive into the heartbreaking murder of Tara Grant and the shocking, rage-filled story of the Papin sisters. Two cases. Two relationships gone wrong. One unforgettable episode about what happens when love turns dangerous.Sources 

Wikipedia – Murder of Tara Lynn Granthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tara_Lynn_Grant

Murderpedia – Stephen Christopher Granthttps://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/grant-stephen.htm

Daily Press – “10 years pass since Grant murder”https://www.dailypress.net/news/local-news/2017/02/10-years-pass-since-grant-murder/

Michigan Lawyers Weekly – “Grant sentenced in wife’s dismemberment slaying”https://milawyersweekly.com/news/2008/02/25/grant-sentenced-in-wifes-dismembermentslaying/

CNN Transcripts – Nancy Grace coverage of the Grant case and confessionhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ng/date/2007-03-06/segment/01

ClickOnDetroit – “I created closure for myself”: Tara Grant’s children speak outhttps://www.clickondetroit.com/video/local-news/2021/10/07/i-created-closure-for-myself-tara-grants-children-speak-out/

Chilling Crimes – Tara Lynn Grant case overview and community impacthttps://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/tara-granthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_and_L%C3%A9a_Papinhttps://sites.psu.edu/passionblogeliot/2022/02/28/the-papin-sisters/https://blogs.gwu.edu/himmelfarb/2022/07/08/disorder-in-the-court-2-folie-a-deux/https://thecoolbeans.ca/2023/12/26/the-murderous-maids-of-le-mans/

This week, we’re telling two stories about women who refused to stay in their lanes and terrified society in very different ways.

First up: Sharon Kinne. Blonde. Beautiful. Seemingly untouchable. Behind the polished smile was a trail of bullets, dead husbands, and a courtroom saga so wild it feels fictional… except it wasn’t. From suburban Kansas City to an international escape, Sharon’s story is one of manipulation, charm, and a justice system that blinked at exactly the wrong moments.

Then, we ride straight into legend with Calamity Jane. Frontierswoman. Scout. Drunk, brave, grieving, and endlessly misunderstood. Was she a fearless truth-teller or her own best myth-maker? We strip back the dime-novel nonsense to find the real woman beneath the buckskins, the loneliness behind the bravado, and the reason her name still echoes through the Wild West.

One woman killed to protect her image.
One woman became an image to survive.

Two stories. Two reputations. And a reminder that history has never known what to do with women who refuse to behave.

Pour something strong. This one rides hard.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Kinne

• https://kcpolice.org/media/news-releases/kcpd-jackson-county-sheriff-s-office-solve-fugitive-serial-killer-case/

• https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-01-31/independence-woman-sharon-kinne-accused-serial-killer-dead-missing-54-years

• https://rdnewsnow.com/2025/01/31/serial-killer-wanted-in-u-s-and-mexico-lived-in-taber-for-49-years/

• https://apnews.com/article/f100887093f0794b8b50db3989acc28b

 britannica.com/biography/Calamity-Jane-American-frontierswoman nationalgeographic.com/history/article/calamity-jane-legend-reality wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamity_Jane deadwood.com/history/infamous-deadwood/calamity-jane historynet.com/the-calamities-of-calamity-jane cowboystatedaily.com/2024/11/14/the-american-west-calamity-jane-wild-woman-of-the-west

This week’s episode is a double feature in red flags that everyone saw… and no one stopped.
We start with the Powell family case, a slow-burn nightmare filled with control, paranoia, and systems that missed every chance to intervene before tragedy struck.
Then we turn to Jodi Arias, a case where obsession, image-crafting, and manipulation collided in a way that still leaves people arguing years later.
Two cases that prove “it’s complicated” is sometimes the most dangerous phrase in the room.

1. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-5/husband-of-missing-utah-woman-kills-self-and-two-young-sons

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Susan_Powell

3. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-powells-blood-letter-detailing-her-fear-of-husband-found-at-family-utah-home/

4. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/wa-court-reinstates-nearly-100m-verdict-against-state-in-death-of-2-boys/

5. https://dcyf.wa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/reports/CFR3qtr2012.pdf

6. https://www.deseret.com/2012/8/2/20505065/report-washington-social-workers-needed-more-powell-information-from-west-valley-police

7. https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/2023%2004%2020%20WA%20court%20reinstates%20nearly.pdf

8. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/jury-finds-washington-state-liable-in-powell-boys-deaths-awards-98m/

9. https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/social-worker-on-josh-powell-he-exploded-the-3131867.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Travis_Alexander

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jodi-arias

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jodi-arias-a-timeline-of-a-sensational-murder-case/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jodi-arias-trial-timeline-events-arizona-murder-case/story?id=18123295

https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/arias-jodi.htm

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/5-essential-things-to-know-about-the-jodi-arias-case

https://www.abdallah-law.com/blog/how-jodi-arias-was-charged-with-the-murder-of-travis-alexander-and-avoided-the-death-penalty/

https://www.azfamily.com/2026/01/05/jodi-arias-addresses-murder-case-claims-lost-evidence-first-time-years/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/convicted-killer-jodi-arias-signals-fresh-legal-push-more-than-decade-after-guilty-verdict

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Arias:_Dirty_Little_Secret

Two people. Two countries. Two moments in time where everything simply… stops.

Sneha Philip disappears in New York City on September 10th, 2001. Her case becomes forever entangled with the shadow of 9/11, blurring the line between tragedy, possibility, and unanswered questions. Was she lost in the chaos, or did she vanish before the world changed forever?

Years later in England, 14-year-old Andrew Gosden skips school, boards a one-way train to London, and is never seen again. No note. No backpack. No confirmed sightings. Just a quiet exit that has haunted his family and investigators for nearly two decades.

This episode explores two separate disappearances bound by silence, speculation, and the unsettling truth that some people don’t leave behind clues. They leave behind echoes.

What happened to Sneha Philip?
And where did Andrew Gosden go?

Sometimes the most disturbing mysteries aren’t about what we know.

They’re about what we never will.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Sneha_Anne_Philiphttps://charleyproject.org/case/sneha-ann-philiphttps://voicescenter.org/living-memorial/victim/dr-sneha-anne-philiphttps://www.rediff.com/news/report/roll/20080807.htmhttps://www.rediff.com/news/special/snehas-room-has-been-kept-the-same-way-for-the-past-15-years/20160911.htmhttps://truenoirstories.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/sneha-philip/https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-trace-evidence-29076624/episode/028-the-disappearance-of-sneha-48069733/https://thartribune.com/what-the-security-footage-shows-in-the-disappearance-of-dr-sneha-anne-philip/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/sneha-philip-mystery-disappeared-9-11-b1917381.html

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Andrew_Gosden Wikipedia

2. https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-07-10/the-huge-hole-felt-by-family-of-boy-still-missing-after-15-years ITVX

3. https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2025-09-08/appeal-for-teenager-andrew-gosden-who-went-missing-from-doncaster-18-years-ago ITVX

4. https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-gosden-disappearance-two-men-arrested-on-suspicion-of-kidnap-and-human-trafficking-after-boy-14-went-missing-in-2007-12513719 Sky News

5. https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2023-09-20/men-arrested-over-andrew-gosden-disappearance-eliminated-from-inquiry ITVX

6. https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/andrew-gosden-police-send-out-update-on-doncaster-missing-boy-after-false-information-is-spread-5307929 The Star

7. https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-gosden-new-age-progression-image-of-boy-who-went-missing-in-2007-aged-14-11847662 Sky News

8. https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/missing-people-charity-safecall-campaign-andrew-gosden-b2878228.html The Independent

Decades apart, two women were taken from the world in brutally different ways, yet their stories are bound by the same haunting question: how does the truth survive when someone tries to erase it?

In this episode, we examine the unsolved 2012 murder of Faith Hedgepeth, a vibrant young woman whose voice was nearly lost to time, and the chilling 1986 case of Helle Crafts, a mother whose husband believed a wood chipper could destroy the truth.

Spoiler Alert, It couldn’t.

From whispered clues and overlooked evidence to forensic breakthroughs that changed criminal investigations forever, these cases reveal how women’s stories persist even when someone works desperately to silence them.

This is not just about how they died.
It’s about how they were heard.

Official Tip Lines

Chapel Hill Police Department — Faith Hedgepeth Tip Line Phone: (919) 614-6363

This number is staffed by investigators familiar with the case, and callers can speak directly about information related to Faith’s murder.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers Phone (anonymous tips): (919) 942-7515

Crime Stoppers allows people to submit tips confidentially or anonymously.

Website: https://www.chapelhillcrimestoppers.com/ — You can submit an anonymous tip online through their TIP form. Chapel Hill CrimeStoppers

JusticeForFaith.com — The official site maintained by Faith’s family and supporters.

Website: https://justiceforfaith.com/ — This site includes updates on memorials, scholarships in Faith’s name, and contact info for tips (the same official numbers above). Justice for faithThey also list an email contact via the site’s contact form and may provide imagery and hashtags (e.g., #JusticeForFaith, #J4F) for awareness campaigns. Justice for faith

If someone has information related to Faith’s murder, law enforcement requests that they:

1. Call (919) 614-6363 to reach Chapel Hill investigators familiar with the case directly.

2. Call Crime Stoppers at (919) 942-7515 if they want to remain anonymous.

3. Submit tips online through the Crime Stoppers website where available.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Faith_Hedgepeth• https://justiceforfaith.com/• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faith-hedgepeth-unc-student-found-dead-in-her-apartment/• https://www.wral.com/news/local/court-hearing-faith-hedgepeth-jan-2025/• https://abc11.com/post/faith-hedgepeth-unc-hawani-saponi-tribe-indigenous-women/11027779/• https://www.spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2019/09/22/family-remembers--honors-faith-hedgepeth-with-community-service• https://www.wect.com/2021/09/28/durham-das-office-wont-seek-death-penalty-faith-hedgepeths-accused-killer/• https://www.lawandcrime.com/crime/north-carolina-man-arrested-in-brutal-long-mystifying-2012-murder-of-native-american-unc-student-faith-hedgepeth/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Helle_Crafts

• https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/woodchipper_murder/

• https://morbidology.com/the-wood-chipper-murder-helle-crafts/

• https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2018/11/14/the-murder-of-helle-crafts/

• https://www.newtownbee.com/08111999/notorious-crafts-murder-shook-newtown-ten-years-ago/

• https://www.thescarechamber.com/the-woodchipper-murder-of-newtown-connecticut/

• https://www.mrpalermo.com/uploads/9/8/9/6/9896107/_____________woodchipper_case_study.pdf

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murder_convictions_without_a_body

The Keddie Cabin Murders are often described as one of California’s most horrifying unsolved crimes — and for good reason. Four victims. Extreme violence. A crime scene that should have led straight to arrests. Instead, it led to decades of silence.

Then there’s Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Göricke. Killed later the same year. Officially “unrelated.” Investigated separately. Filed away.

In this episode, we unpack what happened inside Cabin 28, what police did in the crucial early hours, and why the investigation veered off course almost immediately. We also revisit the murders of Andrea and Bernd, and ask the uncomfortable question law enforcement seemed determined not to: what if these cases were never meant to be separated?

This is a story about violence, oversight, and the cost of unanswered questions — for victims, families, and a town that never really recovered.

• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keddie_murders
• ​https://www.crimemagazine.com/cold-case-keddie-murders
• ​https://the-line-up.com/keddie-murders-cabin-28
• ​https://lassennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Times04-17-18.pdf
• ​https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/keddie-cabin-murders
• ​https://www.buzzfeed-unsolved.fandom.com/wiki/The_Disturbing_Murders_at_Keddie_

Wikipedia: Murder of Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Görickehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Andrea_Scherpf_and_Bernd_G%C3%B6ricke Wikipedia

UCF Unsolved Case File – Andrea Scherpf & Bernd Görickehttps://www.ucfiles.com/Files/1983/andrea-scherpf-and-bernd-goricke/ Unsolved Case Files Canada

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 311https://www.trailwentcold.com/2023/01/11/the-trail-went-cold-episode-311-bernd-goericke-andrea-scherpf/ Trail Went Cold

Podcast on iHeart: Bernd Goericke & Andrea Scherpf Pt. Twohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-path-went-chilly-80684064/episode/bernd-goericke-and-andrea-scherpf-pt-two--285270936/ iHeart

📺 The Fifth Estate – “Someone Got Away with Murder” (archived timeline)https://archive.today/20120723055359/http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2008-2009/someone_got_away_with_murder/timeline.html Trail Went Cold

📰 Police seek new leads in 1983 murder of two German tourists near Chetwynd (Vancouver Sun archive)https://web.archive.org/web/20190610173730/https://vancouversun.com/news/Police+seek+leads+1983+murder+German+tourists+near+Chetwynd/8512101/story.html

Podcast & Investigative CoverageArchived CBC Documentary & TimelineLocal News 

As the old year dies and a new one staggers into the light, we travel back to industrial Leeds, where desperation was currency and superstition could be weaponized.
This is the story of Mary Bateman, known to history as the Yorkshire Witch, a woman who sold miracles, curses, and hope in tiny paper packets… until one of her promises ended in murder.

In this New Year’s Eve episode, we untangle folklore from fact, examine the life of her victim Rebecca Perigo, and ask an uncomfortable question that still echoes today: when survival depends on belief, who really holds the power?

Because not all monsters wear masks. Some sell cures. And some years end in blood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bateman https://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/blog/prisoner-stories-mary-bateman/ https://www.iapsop.com/ssoc/1809__anonymous___life_and_character_of_mary_bateman_the_yorkshire_witch.pdf https://capitalpunishmentuk.org/mary-bateman-the-yorkshire-witch/ https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1939-0513-110 https://www.mylearning.org/stories/crime-and-punishment-in-leeds/1053 https://the-line-up.com/mary-bateman-yorkshire-witch https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/bateman-mary.htm

In this solo episode, I step into the quiet hills of Pennsylvania’s Hex Hollow, where folklore and fear collided with devastating reality. The 1928 murder of Nelson Rehmeyer is often remembered as a “witchcraft killing,” but that label flattens a far more complicated story. Poverty, superstition, desperation, and community pressure all braided together, with tragic consequences.

Alongside the case, we trace the ancient legend of the Wild Hunt. A ghostly procession said to ride the winter skies, carrying omens, warnings, and echoes of communal guilt. Not as a gimmick, but as a mirror. Folklore doesn’t cause violence, but it often shows us where fear already lives.

This episode is about belief systems, moral responsibility, and what happens when people mistake myth for permission. It’s also a reminder that while legends fade into the mist, the harm done to real people never does.

Listener discretion advised. This episode discusses murder, coercion, and domestic violence.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehmeyer%27s_Hollow

https://www.wgal.com/article/york-county-history-of-the-hex-house/62778197

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2017/10/14/murder-and-witchcraft-incredible-story-york-countys-hex-murder/764018001/

https://unchartedlancaster.com/witchcraft-and-murder-in-hex-hollow/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109023095/nelson_dietrich-rehmeyer

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3145016/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C5%B5n_Annwn

https://starofnature.org/wild-hunt-mythology/

https://fellowshipandfairydust.com/2019/07/01/the-wild-hunt/

https://www.nuggetnews.com/story/2020/10/20/news/the-wild-hunt/31298.htm