In the winter of 1957, the rural town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, was thrust into national horror when investigators stepped inside the farmhouse of Ed Gein, only to uncover a nightmarish collection of human remains turned into masks, clothing, and household décor. Gein, a reclusive handyman shaped by an obsessive devotion to his mother and a lifetime of isolation, blurred the line between grief, delusion, and ritual. His crimes would go on to birth some of the most iconic monsters in American film, but the reality was far stranger than fiction. In this episode, we trace the path from Gein’s suffocating childhood to the macabre discoveries that stunned the world, and examine how his Virgo Sun, Sagittarius Moon, and Gemini Rising reflect the unsettling mix of compulsive ritual, moral distortion, and fractured identity that defined the Ghoul of Plainfield.

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“Ed Gein.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2025.

Aamodt, Michael A. “Edward Theodore Gein (Ed).” Radford University Serial Killer Database. Radford University, 2025.

“Ed Gein.” EBSCO Research Starters: History & Criminology. EBSCOhost, 2024.

Montaldo, Charles. “Serial Killer Edward Gein.” ThoughtCo, 8 May 2025.

“Ed Gein: Biography, Crimes & Influence on Modern Horror.” Vedantu, 2025.

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On a December night in 1991, four teenage girls were found bound, gagged, and burned inside an Austin yogurt shop, a crime so brutal it stunned the nation. For years, police pursued a tangled investigation that led to false confessions, overturned convictions, and lingering doubt. Decades later, advances in DNA testing would upend everything, pointing not to the four accused young men, but to an unknown perpetrator whose identity remains elusive. In this episode, we revisit the case that defined a generation of true-crime skepticism, unpack the missteps that derailed justice, and explore how the cosmos of that night mirrored the tension between illusion and truth, a tragic reflection of innocence lost and faith in the system forever shaken.

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ABC News. “Genetic Genealogy, Police Work Credited with Solving 1998 Murders of a Woman and Her Daughter.” ABC News, 5 Oct. 2018.

Associated Press. “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt Murders: The DNA Breakthrough.” AP National Wire, 27 Sept. 2025.

City of Austin. “Austin Police Make Significant Breakthrough in 1991 I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt Murder Case.” AustinTexas.gov, 26 Sept. 2025.

District Attorney’s Office of Travis County. Yogurt Shop Murders Case Resolution Notice. Public statement by District Attorney José Garza confirming DNA match to Robert Eugene Brashers, Sept. 2025.

FBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP). Cross-Jurisdiction Violent Offender Profile: Robert E. Brashers. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Genealogical Forensic Unit Records, 2025.

Greenville News. “DNA and Genetic Genealogy Link Robert Brashers to Zitricki Murder Across Three States.” GreenvilleOnline.com, 5 Oct. 2018.

KFVS-TV. “‘My Father Was a Serial Killer’: Robert Brashers’ Daughter Speaks Out.” KFVS12.com, 5 Feb. 2019.

KUT / Texas Standard Public Radio. APD Confirms Genealogical DNA Match in 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders. Broadcast segment and transcript, 28 Sept. 2025.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Records Archive. Incident Report: Self-Inflicted Gunshot Death of Robert E. Brashers, Kennett, MO, Jan. 1999.

People. “Austin Police Make ‘Significant Breakthrough’ in Murders of 4 Teen Girls at Yogurt Shop, Name New Suspect 34 Years Later.” People.com, 27 Sept. 2025.

The Austin Chronicle. “Case Against Springsteen and Scott Collapses After New DNA Evidence.” Austin Chronicle Archives, June 2009.

The Guardian. Dodd, Vikram. “Men Freed After DNA Fails to Link Them to 1991 Austin Yogurt Shop Murders.” The Guardian, 2009.

The New York Times. “Cold Case Cracked by Genealogical DNA: Texas Yogurt Shop Murders Linked to Serial Offender.” NYT National Desk, 29 Sept. 2025.

The Washington Post. “DNA Testing Links Dead Man to Texas Yogurt Shop Killings, Police Say.” The Washington Post, 27 Sept. 2025.

Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office. Yogurt Shop Homicides: Autopsy File Compilation, Case Nos. 91-12-07-A1 to A4 (including soot inhalation determination for victim Amy Ayers).

WYFF-TV. “Suspect in 1991 Texas Yogurt Shop Murders Tied to 1990 Greenville Killing.” WYFF4.com, 29 Sept. 2025.

In September 2004, London was gripped by a wave of seemingly random violence that left four people dead and two others severely injured. The attacker, 24-year-old Daniel Gonzalez, moved through the city like a horror-film villain come to life, mask on, knives drawn, and an obsession with becoming a “famous serial killer.” Diagnosed with schizophrenia years earlier, Gonzalez had cycled through psychiatric care and warning signs that went unheeded until it was too late. In this episode, we trace the brutal timeline of his two-day killing spree, the chilling writings that revealed his fantasies, and how his chart, anchored by a Cancer Sun and Libra Moon, reflects the desperate need for validation, emotional chaos, and fractured sense of self that spiraled into real-world horror.

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Independent Investigation into the Care and Treatment of Daniel Gonzalez. NHS South East Coast Strategic Health Authority, Department of Health, 2009.

Dodd, Vikram. “Man Guilty of Killing Four People in Two-Day Stabbing Roam.” The Guardian, 16 Mar. 2006.

“Spree Killer 'Like Horror Movie Villain.'” BBC News, BBC, 16 Mar. 2006.

Laville, Sandra. “Killer Who Wanted to Be Freddy Krueger Jailed for Life.” The Telegraph, 17 Mar. 2006.

“Mother Warned Doctors Son Would Kill.” BBC News, BBC, 17 Mar. 2006.

Hansard. Parliamentary Debates (UK House of Commons), vol. 446, 2006. Reference to constituent correspondence regarding Daniel Gonzalez.

Regina v. Gonzalez (Old Bailey Court Records), 2006. Crown Prosecution Service Archive Summary.

Crown Prosecution Service. “Press Statement on Sentencing of Daniel Gonzalez.” CPS Media Briefing, 2006.

“Daniel Gonzalez: Timeline of a Spree Killer.” Evening Standard, 18 Mar. 2006.

“Inside Broadmoor: The Case of Daniel Gonzalez.” Channel 4 Dispatches Documentary Transcript, 2007.

Behind the lace curtains of a modest Sacramento boarding house, Dorothea Puente cultivated the image of a kind grandmotherly caretaker. But in reality, she was orchestrating one of California’s most chilling murder-for-profit schemes. Throughout the 1980s, Puente preyed on the vulnerable, elderly and disabled tenants who trusted her with their lives, while secretly cashing their benefit checks and burying their bodies in her backyard. In this episode, we unravel the haunting timeline of her crimes, explore how she evaded suspicion for so long, and examine her astrological chart. With both her Sun and Moon in Capricorn, Puente embodied cold pragmatism and ruthless ambition, while her Gemini Mars added a calculating, manipulative edge, making her a master at deception, control, and survival.

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“Dorothea Puente.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, last edited 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Puente. Accessed 15 Sept. 2025. 

“Dorothea Puente home and more historic stories.” The Sacramento Bee, 27 Oct. 2024. 

“The People v. Dorothea Montalvo Puente criminal case records.” California Digital Library, Online Archive of California, Center for Sacramento History, oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b85fn5. Accessed 15 Sept. 2025. 

Padock, Richard C., and Carla Norton. “Landlady Guilty in Murders of Three Tenants.” Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 1993. 

“Landlady Guilty in 3 Murders.” The Washington Post, 26 Aug. 1993, d45e4906-5c7e-486a-9737-a2832d953d9d. 

“Oxygen: Who Were Serial Killer Dorothea Puente’s Victims?” Oxygen.com, Gina Tron, 9 Apr. 2021. 

“Dorothea Puente: How California Serial Killer Was Caught.” Oxygen.com, Becca van Sambeck, 15 Apr. 2021. 

Between 1978 and 1990, fear gripped the Soviet Union as one of the most prolific serial killers in history hunted in plain sight. Andrei Chikatilo, a quiet family man and schoolteacher on the surface, was hiding a horrifying secret. Over more than a decade, he murdered and mutilated at least 52 women and children, leaving behind a trail of terror that baffled authorities for years. In this episode, we trace the chilling timeline of his crimes, uncover the failures of the Soviet system that allowed him to continue, and explore the astrological blueprint of Chikatilo’s dark psyche. With his Sun in Libra, Moon in Scorpio, and Venus in Scorpio, Chikatilo’s chart reveals a man torn between outward charm and inner turbulence, marked by obsessive desires, emotional intensity, and a disturbing struggle with intimacy and control.

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Britannica. “Andrei Chikatilo.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 13 July 2025, www.britannica.com/biography/Andrei-Romanovich-Chikatilo. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025. 

Willmott, Dominic, Daniel Boduszek, and Rebecca Robinson. “A Psychodynamic-Behaviourist Investigation of Russian Sexual Serial Killer Andrei Chikatilo.” Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 2017, eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34060/. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025. 

Simkin, M. V., and V. P. Roychowdhury. “Stochastic Modeling of a Serial Killer.” Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 0, 8 Apr. 2014, PMC, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4058389/. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025. 

Randolph, Eleanor. “Russian Convicted of Murdering 52.” The Washington Post, 14 Oct. 1992, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/10/15/russian-convicted-of-murdering-52/61f6deae-7f2c-4a41-a32a-378f1a1e677e/. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025. 

Wigington, Patti. “Profile of Andrei Chikatilo, Serial Killer.” ThoughtCo, 18 Nov. 2019, thoughtco.com/andrei-chikatilo-biography-4176163. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025.

On April 16, 2007, the quiet campus of Virginia Tech was shattered when Seung-Hui Cho carried out one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Armed with two handguns and a history of red flags, Cho killed 32 people before turning the gun on himself. In this episode, we walk through the haunting timeline of that day, explore the years of warning signs, from school interventions to mental health struggles, and examine how Cho’s chart, marked by a Capricorn Sun and Cancer Moonreflected deep internal conflict, emotional repression, and a disturbing detachment from reality.

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“Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech, April 16, 2007: Report of the Review Panel.” Commonwealth of Virginia, Aug. 2007. Virginia Tech Review Panel.

“Seung-Hui Cho.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, last modified 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-Hui_Cho.

“Virginia Tech Shooting.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, last modified 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting.

“Blacksburg, Virginia.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, last modified 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksburg,_Virginia.

“Discover Blacksburg.” Virginia Tech, www.vt.edu/campus-life/discover-blacksburg.html

“Seung-Hui Cho’s Missing Mental Health Records Released.” ABC News, 19 Aug. 2009, abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-tech-shooter-seung-hui-chos-missing-mental-health/story?id=8360586.

He looked like the all-American success story; a former football star drafted by the Green Bay Packers. But behind the athlete persona was a violent predator. Between 1979 and 1981, Randall Woodfield terrorized the Pacific Northwest, committing a spree of robberies, sexual assualts and murders along the I-5 corridor. In this episode, we trace the path from proimising young athlete to cold-blooded killer and examine how his Capricorn Sun, Libra Rising and Cancer Moon reveal a disturbing mix of control, charm and suppressed emotional chaos.

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“INTERSTATE 5 KILLER.” Sports Illustrated Vault, SI Staff, 21 Nov. 2016. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025. 

Fought, Tim (AP). “Police say DNA links murder to ‘I-5 Killer’.” The Spokesman-Review, 9 Feb. 2006. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025. 

“Portland Police Link 3 Deaths To ‘I-5 Killer’.” KCRA (Sacramento), updated 10 May 2012. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025. 

“State v. Woodfield, 62 Or. App. 69 (1983).” Oregon Court of Appeals (opinion hosted at Justia Law), 2 Mar. 1983. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025. 

“Randall Woodfield.” Wikipedia, last updated 2025. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025. (Use cautiously; corroborates arrest date and some minor details; primary facts are sourced above.) 

“Oregon State Penitentiary (notable inmates section).” Wikipedia, last updated 2025. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025. (For brief post-conviction notes only.) 

In 2016, Sherri Papini vanished while jogging near her Northern California home. For 22 days, the country searched, and when she reappeared, bruised and chained, she claimed she’d been abducted by two Hispanic women. But years later, the truth unraveled...the whole thing was staged. In this episode, we walk through the bizarre hoax that fooled the FBI, fueled a media storm, and left a community shaken. We also explore how Sherri’s Gemini Sun, Aquarius Moon, and Taurus Venus shaped her need for attention, emotional detachment, and the carefully constructed version of herself that captured headlines.

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“Sherri Papini Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Lying to Federal Agents about Being Kidnapped and Defrauding the California Victim Compensation Board.” U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California, 19 Sept. 2022. Department of Justice, https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/sherri-papini-sentenced-18-months-prison-lying-federal-agents-about-being-kidnapped-and. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

“Shasta County Woman Arrested for Lying to Federal Agents Regarding Her Kidnapping and Defrauding the California Victim Compensation Board.” U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California, 3 Mar. 2022. Department of Justice, https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/shasta-county-woman-arrested-lying-federal-agents-regarding-kidnapping-and-defrauding. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

Thorbecke, Catherine. “911 Call Logs Shed Light on ‘Super Mom’ Sherri Papini’s Past.” ABC News, 30 Mar. 2017, https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-super-mom-sherri-papini-told-police-daughter/story?id=46477176. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

Stanton, Sam. “Officials Silent on Sherri Papini Case as Old Report Surfaces.” The Sacramento Bee, 30 Mar. 2017, https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article141599034. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

“California ‘Super Mom’ Found Alive, Bound by Road, Sheriff Says” (CBS/AP aggregation). CBS News, 31 Mar. 2017, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2003-allegation-of-self-harm-surfaces-against-sherri-papini-mom-in-kidnap-case/. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

“California Woman Who Faked Her Kidnapping Still Owes More Than $300,000, and Prosecutors Are Coming for It.” Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-27/sherri-papini-who-faked-being-kidnapped-still-owes-300-000-and-prosecutors-are-coming-for-it. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

“Sherri Papini Must Turn Herself In by Nov. 8; Ordered to Pay $309,902 in Restitution.” CBS News Bay Area, 19 Sept. 2022, https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/sherri-papini-facing-prison-time-for-faking-her-kidnapping/. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

“The True Story Behind Hulu’s Perfect Wife.” TIME, 18 June 2024, https://time.com/6987460/perfect-wife-sherri-papini-true-story/. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

Dodd, Johnny. “Is Kidnap Hoaxer Sherri Papini a Liar—or a Victim?” People, 21 May 2025, https://people.com/all-about-sherri-papini-life-now-11739964. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

“Where Is Sherri Papini Now?” People, 3 June 2024, https://people.com/where-is-sherri-papini-now-8657321. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

Stelter, Brian. “‘Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini’ Arrives on Hulu.” TV Insider, 20 June 2024, https://www.tvinsider.com/XXXXX. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

Stanton, Sam. “Papini’s Attorney at Initial Appearance: Michael E. Borges.” Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-04/sherri-papini-arrested. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.

“Defense Memo Quotes from William Portanova.” K-LOVE News, 19 Sept. 2022, https://www.klove.com/news/us-and-world/california-woman-awaits-sentencing-in-elaborate-kidnapping-hoax-36278. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025

In 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted while walking to her school bus stop in broad daylight. For the next 18 years, she was hidden in a backyard compound, held captive by Phillip and Nancy Garrido, and forced to live a life no child should ever endure. In this episode, we follow the harrowing timeline of Jaycee’s kidnapping, the disturbing psychological manipulation she endured, and how she finally regained her freedom. We also explore how her Taurus Sun, Sagittarius Rising, and Sagittarius Moon reflect her unimaginable resilience, quiet strength, and the unbreakable hope that carried her through nearly two decades of darkness.

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California Office of the Inspector General. Special Review into the Actions of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Regarding Phillip Garrido. State of California, July 2011.

Dugard, Jaycee Lee. A Stolen Life. Simon & Schuster, 2011.

Dugard, Jaycee Lee. Freedom: My Book of Firsts. Simon & Schuster, 2016.

Goldman, Russell, and Brian Ross. “Jaycee Dugard Found After 18 Years, Kidnap Suspect Allegedly Fathered Her Kids.” ABC News, 27 Aug. 2009, https://abcnews.go.com/US/jaycee-lee-dugard-found-parents-prepare-life-missing/story?id=8431843.

“Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, last modified 8 Aug. 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jaycee_Dugard.

Ross, Brian. “Jaycee Dugard on Reclaiming Her Life After Being Held Captive 18 Years.” ABC News, 8 July 2016, https://abcnews.go.com/US/jaycee-dugard-reclaiming-life-held-captive-18-years/story?id=40334952.

St. John, Paige. “Parole Agents Visited Garrido Home, but Missed Signs of Dugard.” Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2009, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-31-me-garrido31-story.html.

In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt grabbed a kitchen knife, severed her husband’s penis, and tossed it out the window of her car, and suddenly, their names were everywhere. But behind the tabloid frenzy was a brutal story of alleged abuse, control, and a woman pushed to her breaking point. In this episode, we revisit the explosive timeline, the media circus that mocked Lorena’s trauma, and the courtroom chaos that followed. We also explore how John’s Aries Sun, Leo Moon, and Gemini Rising clashed with Lorena’s intense Scorpio Sun and Moon. Two charts destined for volatility, power struggles, and emotional combustion.

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“Lorena.” Directed by Joshua Rofé, produced by Jordan Peele, Amazon Studios, 2019.

Flynn, Meagan. “Lorena Bobbitt Was a Punchline. Now She’s a Symbol of Survival.” The Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/01/25/lorena-bobbitt-was-punchline-now-shes-symbol-survival.

Salam, Maya. “How We Got to ‘I Believe Her.’” The New York Times, 11 Feb. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/lorena-bobbitt-metoo.html.

Moylan, Brian. “Lorena Bobbitt: A Woman Maligned.” The Guardian, 16 Feb. 2019, www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/16/lorena-bobbitt-amazon-prime-review.

“John Wayne Bobbitt Arrested on Battery Charges.” NBC News, 15 Nov. 2003, www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3627687.