Cryptic Soup Pod

Cryptic Soup Pod

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Cryptic Soup Pod episodes

  • Casper the Great Pyrenees (& more!)

    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 a little more of a furry case. We are going to meet Casper, the crime fighting dog. Sounds fun right? Casper is a Great Pyrenees from Georgia who found and killed numerous coyotes that were trying to attack his livestock. Talk about a ruff day on the job. Did you know that dogs play an important role in the true crime community, between cadaver dogs, assisting in crime searches, K-9 units, and more. We give credit to some other really cool dogs that have helped with cases over time!

    Our sources for this weeks episodes:

    • https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/12/16/great-pyrenees-name-casper-fights-off-11-coyotes-killing-8-and-lives/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1KBmDk3bSMwSki6aVwWrjnXLvnyboLku_nRRAr4tRCfiSS5c7CVlBBYaQ_aem_AbEWxvKX9bN9cn7srVyaTUgQiE4lMfLIbqbikjsyg8FDRnQAY1FVTs2p-vaGc31M48Jj7ebIdGR2Wt7RMHk1vNbu#

    • https://mccrawlawgroup.com/blog/vicious-dog-attack-in-coppell-tx-has-life-changing-effect-on-young-woman/ 

    • https://whatwasthatlike.com/2023/03/10/jacqueline-was-attacked-by-dogs/ 

    • 55 min
    • Natalee Holloway

      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 for the mysterious case of Natalee Holloway who went on a class trip and was never seen again. Will we have justice? Or will we be left with even more questions… tune in to find out more. 

      Our sources for this weeks episodes:

      • https://www.crimemuseum.org/help-the-missing/

      • https://www.biography.com/crime/natalle-holloway-murder-timeline

      • https://apnews.com/article/natalee-holloway-extortion-joran-van-der-sloot-1f9335330de758cd7163914b81d0759f 

      • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/03/15/natalee-holloway-case-man-who-claimed-help-joran-van-der-sloot-dispose-teens-body-stabbed-death/427290002/ 

      • https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/natalee-holloway-resource-center/

      • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalee-holloway-fought-like-hell-before-death-mom-says-joran-van-der-sloot-confession/ 

      • https://www.oxygen.com/the-disappearance-of-natalee-holloway

      • https://www.eonline.com/photos/28082/untangling-the-disappearance-of-natalee-holloway

      • https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/-3925483

      • https://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/21/holloway.arrest/index.html


      • 2 hr 2 min
      • Cory & Curtis Lovelace

        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 case of Cory & Curtis Lovelace. Cory was found dead in her bed on Valentine’s Day and instantly everyone jumped to the idea that her husband had murdered her. The only problem, everything about this case had huge plot holes that no one wanted to figure out the answers to. Was Curtis being wrongly accused?

        Our sources for this weeks episodes:

        • https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/curtis-lovelace-wins-45m-lawsuit-against-adams-county-quincy-police 

        • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cory-lovelace-curtis-lovelace-case-did-illinois-mother-die-from-alcohol-abuse-or-was-she-murdered/

        • https://investigatinginnocence.org/curt-lovelace

        • https://www.nprillinois.org/legal/2017-03-28/curtis-lovelace-life-after-a-not-guilty-verdict#stream/0


        • 1 hr 23 min
        • Chris Benoit, the WWE Story

          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 Chris Benoit’s career in the WWE, his life, family, and what happened in the last weekend of his life. Chris is known in the Wrestling Community along with the True Crime Community because of his double murder suicide that ended an entire family.


          Our sources for this weeks episodes:

          • https://www.wrestlinginc.com/992484/the-tragic-life-of-chris-benoit/

          • https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-chris-benoit-death-murdered-family/

          • https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/cm-punk-compares-vince-mcmahon-to-chris-benoit-details-fight-that-led-to-his-aew-termination/

          • https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/chris-benoit

          • https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=574&name=Chris+Benoit

          • https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/us/27wrestler.html

          • https://news4jax.com/news/local/2023/05/10/going-ringside-ep-11-the-chris-benoit-murder-suicide/

          • https://www.si.com/wrestling/2020/03/17/chris-benoit-murder-suicide-dark-side-of-the-ring

          • https://allthatsinteresting.com/chris-benoit-death

          • 1 hr 20 min
          • Stan Romanek, the Extraordinary Story

            Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

            In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the life and crimes of Stanley Romanek. Some people recognize his name from the Netflix Documentary, Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story about his alien abductions and visitations. However, Stanley was also the same person arrested for child pornography in 2014 following his wild and weird claim to fame.

            Our sources for this weeks episodes:

            • Documentary, Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story (Youtube)

            • Book, Answers by Stan Romanek


            • 1 hr 24 min
            • The Kitami Abduction of Yoshiro Fujiwara

              Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

              In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the abduction of Yoshiro Fujiwara back in April of 1974. He claimed some creatures had taken him multiple times to learn more about the human race and make him an important figure in human-alien relations for the future. Not to mention the superpowers they granted him.

              Our sources for this weeks episodes:

              • https://www.cryptopia.us/site/2018/11/kitami-abductors-japan/

              • https://moonlightlore.libsyn.com/abduction-in-kitami

              • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8GHWO4VISQ

              • https://paranormal-strange.fandom.com/wiki/Kitami_Abductors 

              • 54 min
              • Jayme Closs

                Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

                In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the kidnapping of Jayme Closs. Jake Patterson was on a mission to find and kidnap a young girl, and when he saw Jayme he deemed her his conquest. Jake decided to show up at her house with a shotgun, murdering her parents, and then taking Jayme for himself for 88 days.

                Our sources for this weeks episodes:

                • https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/i-cant-believe-i-did-this-accused-jayme-closs-kidnapper-writes-letter-from-jail/89-e1a0eb81-4e41-474c-9800-5aa3672a7883

                • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD65WwlJMnM

                • https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/us/jayme-closs-case-moment-by-moment/index.html

                • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/jayme-closs-missing-girl-barron-wisconsin.html

                • https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/us/jayme-closs-found/index.html

                • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h05cx7iPZkU

                • https://drydenwire.com/obituaries/james-and-denise-closs/ 

                • https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-accused-kidnapping-13-year-wisconsin-girl-killing/story?id=60343911 

                • 1 hr 21 min
                • Kendrick Johnson

                  Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

                  In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the mysterious death of Kenrick Johnson in 2013. Kendrick was seen in footage going into his school gym, only to be found dead a day later by fellow students. Kendrick was found inside a rolled up mat and the circumstances surrounding his death began a trail of questions, however, we got very little in the way of answers.

                  Our sources for this weeks episodes:

                  • https://allthatsinteresting.com/kendrick-johnson

                  • https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/kendrick-johnson-death-gym-mat-documentation-federal-court-update

                  • https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/archives/kendrick-s-final-walk/article_14b87e1a-bf73-5d56-9885-e9fae70f076a.html

                  • https://www.ems1.com/fire-ems/articles/report-dead-teen-in-wrestling-mat-hit-on-neck-AUROt5xTBhX2wVo6/

                  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHI4Zaudbv4

                  • https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/45div4/kendrick_johnsons_death_is_not_an_unresolved/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&rdt=57295

                  • https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/10/09/chilling-photos-show-death-scene-of-teen-found-suffocated-inside-wrestling-mat/

                  • https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-teen-found-dead-inside-a-rolled-up-gym-mat-be43579232dd

                  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-challenged-in-kendrick-johnson-gym-mat-death/

                  • https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/where-was-kendrick/article_cf691611-9bd6-5101-a2f1-960a0a1a7d21.html 


                  • 1 hr 46 min
                  • The Mystery of Natalie Wood

                    Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

                    In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they talk famous Hollywood Actress, Natalie Wood. Find out if your Team Thena, or Team Kylee.

                    Our sources for this weeks episodes:

                    • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Natalie-Wood

                    • https://www.biography.com/actors/natalie-wood

                    • https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/natalie-wood-death-murder-robert-wagner-book

                    • https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a32420871/natalie-wood-death-true-story-timeline/

                    • https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-30/40-years-later-the-mystery-over-natalie-woods-death-endures

                    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrKiD-BPoVE

                    • https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2023/11/29/23919161/natalie-wood-death


                    • 1 hr 8 min
                    • Flatwoods Monster

                      Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. From murders, to crimes, to cryptids, to anything in between, you can learn about what might be going bump in the night.

                      In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the Flatwoods Monster. This cryptid creature was sighted back in 1952 near Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Was this creature a cryptid, just some folklore, or an alien? There was a bright light in the night sky and now people chalk the event up to a potential meteor.

                      Our sources for this weeks episodes:

                      • https://www.history.com/news/flatwoods-monster-west-virginia

                      • https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/

                      • https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2192

                      • https://wvpublic.org/the-w-va-monster-that-crept-into-international-pop-culture/

                      • https://www.smalltownmonsters.com/shop/theflatwoodsmonsterdvd 


                      • 1 hr 2 min

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