Cryptic Soup Pod

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Colonel Russell Williams, a Canadian monster. He was a former colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force who instead turned into a serial rapist, murderer, and truly bad guy. He has been convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd and Corporal Marie-France Comeau. Russell also pleaded guilty to forcible confinement and the sexual assault of two other women, as well as over 80 counts of breaking and entering and attempted breaking and entering.

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True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/russell-williams-case

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261358214_A_case_study_of_D_Russell_Williams

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/col-russell-williams-timeline-1.913312

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/true-crime-canada-the-case-of-disgraced-former-col-russell-williams-5220628

https://macleans.ca/news/canada/russell-williamss-wife-knew-he-was-a-predator-victim/

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/williams-russell.htm

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the 1989 Prom Night Murders from Northern Indiana. When Jeff Pelley attended his Lakeville Prom everyone suspected that his dad must have changed his mind and let him go… only little did they later find out that Jeff had murdered his family. Revenge? Humiliation? What was the reasoning? Let’s find out together and talk about Jeff Pelley and the Prom Night Murders.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

https://casetext.com/case/pelley-v-state-1

https://www.wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2024-05-01/no-new-trial-for-prom-night-murders-judge-rules 

https://www.wndu.com/2024/04/29/jeff-pelley-convicted-nearly-20-years-ago-prom-night-killer-denied-retrial/ 

https://www.abc57.com/news/convicted-prom-night-murderer-denied-a-retrial 

https://www.in.gov/apps/indcorrection/ofs/ofs?previous_page=1&detail=168287 

Book - The Prom Night Murders: A Devoted American Family, their Troubled Son, and a Ghastly Crime by Carlton Smith

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee for the story of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich. Dellen was cold and calculated, thinking he was going to get away with a triple murder. Laura Babcock was listed as a missing person, Tim Bosma was missing, and Wayne Millard was a suicide. Dellen was innocent right? Just someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, because he wasn’t sloppy enough to make these kind of mistakes… or so he said.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/fifthestate/the-murder-of-tim-bosma-the-devil-had-a-name-1.4248030

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/dellen-millard-murder-appeal-tim-bosma

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/dellen-millard-appeal-1.6780098

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42375159

Book: Dark Ambition: The Shocking Crime of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich by Ann Brocklehurst

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk more about 9-11, and what happened all those years ago. For some it feels like it was still not that far off, but for others they weren’t even born yet, to know the tragedy that struck America. Since 9-11 a lot has changed and last year we covered some of that in our episode. This year, we are going to talk about some other members of the 9-11 rescue teams that need their own shout outs.

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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the senseless murder of Lauren Giddings. Lauren was a law student who was on her way to do big things with her life, before Stephen McDaniel took that light and extinguished it. Stephen was a peeping tom turned murderer who went on to do TV interviews about Lauren’s case… which ultimately seals his own fate. 

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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss the life of Adolfo Constanzo and the Matamoros Cult. Some people call this case the Los Narcos-Satanicos, the Matamoros Cult, the murder of Mark Kilroy, the El Padrino, the Adolfo Constanzo Case... But, no matter what you call it, it’s a lot of information about a deadly cult from Mexico that sacrificed victims for drug smuggling powers all while believing in a dark magic. 

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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they dive deeper into what’s going on at the Olympics. From environmental disasters, to human man lizards? You don’t want to miss this one! 

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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee are going to talk about the following: Werewolf, Werebear, Werehyena, Weretiger. We will see which ones sound believable, where they come from, and just wild stories of transforming “were” creatures go.

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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee because Twisters (2024) came out… so now the internet is abuzz with all things ‘NADOS. We wanted to talk about some of these wild disasters, what has happened, some of the most dangerous ones, and just what is the right protocol.

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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the Snallygaster, the Dwayyo (Maryland Wolf Man) and the beef these two characters might have. One is a flying half reptile half bird, and the other is a hairy half man half wolf creature… and something weird is happening in Maryland to make this Twilight style event newsworthy.

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