The girls cover a gruesome serial killer and the puzzling disappearance of an Army cadet. Alena discusses Andrei Chikatilo, a Russian serial killer, who killed more than 50 people and also enjoyed cannibalism, necrophilia and mutilation of his victims. Ashley unravels the weird disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox, a cadet in the U.S. Constabulary. His interactions with a suspicious "friend", strange behavior changes and no clear motive for disappearance continues to make Cox's story perplexing.

Welcome to Cheers to Fears! Episode 1 discusses two short New York based stories. Ashley covers the eerie 1930 Germond Family Murders. This story has twists and turns, but you'll have to listen to the end to find out how the case unraveled. Alena shares the ghostly story of Gertrude Tredwell. This recluse and spinster is still known to haunt her childhood home with both visitors and employees claiming to have felt her presence.