Cryptic Soup Pod

Cryptic Soup Pod

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  • Ellen Greenburg

    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 we discuss the weird circumstances that got centered around the Ellen Greenburg case from 2011. Ellen was found stabbed to death with multiple wounds to her head, chest, back, and neck. Her fiance she lived with was at the gym during the time, and the apartment was found to be locked from the inside, which raised lots of questions and no answer. It ended up being ruled a suicide, but nothing about this case seems to point at that.

    Our sources for this weeks episodes:

    • Accident, Suicide or Murder (DocuSeries on Peacock)

    • https://nypost.com/2023/09/14/court-rules-philly-teachers-death-with-20-stab-wounds-as-suicide-slams-deeply-flawed-probe/

    • https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen 

    • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8332995/Parents-27-year-old-teacher-stabbed-dead-say-murder-not-suicide.html

    • https://gavinfish.com/cases/ellen-greenberg/ 

    • https://meaww.com/accident-suicide-murder-ellen-greenberg-philadelphia-stab-19-times-neck-mystery-coverup

    • https://www.inquirer.com/crime/a/ellen-greenberg-death-suicide-homicide-philadelphia-mystery-20190316.html#:~:text=Ellen%20Greenberg%20tries%20on%20wedding,Hotel%20Hershey%20in%20Hershey%2C%20Pa.


    • 1 hr 6 min
    • Sandy Hook School Shooting (Part 2)

      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 talk a lot about Adam Lanza and the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting from 2012. This mass murderer is the deadliest at an elementary school in US history and has rocked the nation ever since. Adam Lanza was a very unique individual who potentially had fallen through the cracks of society with mental illness issues for his whole life, before finally making a decision to not only end his own life, but 20 children and 6 adults with him. This is a two-part series!

      Our sources for this week's episodes:

      • https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunman-kills-students-and-adults-at-newtown-connecticut-elementary-school 

      • https://vault.fbi.gov/sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting 

      • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-20738732 

      • https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/sandy-hook-newtown-shooting-victims-profiles/index.html

      • https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/raising-adam-lanza/?

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rl4HbjTCzE

      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0n44W0Ki0

      • https://www.businessinsider.com/who-were-the-victims-of-the-sandy-hook-shooting-2017-12#the-gunman-also-killed-his-mother-nancy-lanza-52-before-committing-the-massacre-at-the-elementary-school-23 

      • https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/OCA/SandyHook11212014pdf.pdf  

      • Documentary - Just Yesterday: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook by Peacock TV

      • Documentary - Newtown

      • Documentary - Surviving Sandy Hook


      • 1 hr 26 min
      • Sandy Hook School Shooting (Part 1)

        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 talk a lot about Adam Lanza and the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting from 2012. This mass murderer is the deadliest at an elementary school in US history and has rocked the nation ever since. Adam Lanza was a very unique individual who potentially had fallen through the cracks of society with mental illness issues for his whole life, before finally making a decision to not only end his own life, but 20 children and 6 adults with him. This is a two part series!

        Our sources for this weeks episodes:

        • https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gunman-kills-students-and-adults-at-newtown-connecticut-elementary-school 

        • https://vault.fbi.gov/sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting 

        • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-20738732 

        • https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/sandy-hook-newtown-shooting-victims-profiles/index.html

        • https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/raising-adam-lanza/

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rl4HbjTCzE

        • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0n44W0Ki0

        • https://www.businessinsider.com/who-were-the-victims-of-the-sandy-hook-shooting-2017-12#the-gunman-also-killed-his-mother-nancy-lanza-52-before-committing-the-massacre-at-the-elementary-school-23 

        • https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/OCA/SandyHook11212014pdf.pdf 

        • Documentary - Just Yesterday: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook by Peacock TV

        • Documentary - Newtown

        • Documentary - Surviving Sandy Hook

        • 57 min
        • Jyoti Singh and the Nirbhaya Case

          CONTENT WARNING:

          This episode features heavy talk about rape, sexual aggression, and sexual assault, which can be triggering for some listeners. We understand if you would like to skip over this one and we’ll catch you next week.


          Welcome to Cryptic Soup, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the horrific 2012 crime dubbed the “Delhi gang rape and murder” of Jyoti Singh. This case is extremely sad, upsetting, and troubling. If you listen to the end, you will understand why this story MUST be shared.


          56 min
        • Sarah Stern

          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 talk about the horrific murder of Sarah Stern. Sarah was murdered by someone she considered a close friend for $50,000. When Liam McAtasney found out he was getting a much smaller amount than this, he was quick to spill the beans about the entire event, but later pleaded innocence while saying the entire thing was actually a horror movie plot. Still to this day Sarah’s body has not been recovered, and Liam’s parents deem him innocent. 

          Our sources for this weeks episodes:

          • 20/20, Season 41 Episode 26, “Sarah Stern”

          • True Life Crime, "Suicide or Sinister Scheme? The Sarah Stern Case'' by MTV

          • Dateline, Season 27 Episode 33, “The Betrayal of Sarah Stern” by NBC

          • https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2023/02/03/sarah-stern-death-murder-liam-mcatasney-conviction-upheld/69866758007/

          • https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-jersey-man-convicted-murdering-childhood-friend-sarah/story?id=61365934

          • https://abcnews.go.com/US/liam-mcatasney-sentenced-life-parole-murdering-friend-sarah/story?id=63869375

          • https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/sarah-stern-new-jersey-college-student-murder-friend-liam-mcatasney-sentence-court-guilty/1537853/

          • 1 hr 25 min
          • Peter Kürten, the Düsseldorf Vampire

            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 we talk about a sick and twisted man that is better known as Peter Kürten, the Düsseldorf Vampire. Peter was a German serial killer who murdered and sexually assaulted multiple people in 1929. Not only did Peter have a lengthy criminal report, but he also had many weird motives, crimes, and overall tendencies. 

            Our sources for this weeks episodes:

            • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Kurten 

            • https://www.biography.com/crime/peter-kurten 

            • https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/history/kurten/terror_2.html 

            • https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kurten-peter.htm 

            • The Secret Killer (1965)

            • Profiles of the Criminal Mind by BBC

            • The Monster Within: A True Story of Bloodthirst, Brutality and Barbaric Evil by Ryan Green 

            • Peter Kürten: Der Vampir von Düsseldorf  by Erich Schaake (In German, needed to use a translator)

            • 1 hr 13 min
            • Lauren Spierer

              Welcome to Cryptic Soup. Join Thena and Kylee as they the story of Lauren Spierer. Lauren was a college student in Indianapolis at IU when she went out for a night of drinking and fun with friends. The details of the night leave more questions than answers and now the biggest question, what happened to Lauren? At first Lauren was considered a missing case, but nowadays there have been theories of death, murder, accidental overdose, drugging, abduction, trafficking, or was she even a victim of the serial killer Israel Keyes? This case has been cold with lots of tips, suggestions, and theories, but no real answers after over a decade of searching.

              If you know anything about Lauren's case, please call the Bloomington Police Department at 812-339-4477 or email [email protected]

              Let's solve this for the Spierer family and give them the peace they rightfully have deserved all these years.



              48 min
            • Michael Fassbender & Armie Hammer: Dissecting Media & Rumors

              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 some Hollywood names and the media stories that have engulfed them over the years. First up we discuss Michael Fassbender, the Irish Actor, and the 2009-2010 allegations of domestic abuse against Sunawin Andrews. Afterwards we turn the conversation over to Armand “Armie” Hammer to learn about the stories of abuse, rape, sexual assault, cannibalism, times shares, and more.

              Both of these stories are things you may have heard on the internet at one point or another, but now we are trying to condense and share what has happened so you can hear it all at once and decide for yourself if you believe in all of it, none of it, or parts!

              Our sources for this weeks episodes:

              • Michael Fassbender IMDB Page, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1055413/
              • Michael Fassbender, https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-shocking-abuse-allegations-against-michael-fassbender 
              • Michael Fassbender, https://clutchpoints.com/michael-fassbenders-shocking-past-surfaces-online-after-trailer-for-new-movie-drops 
              • Michael Fassbender, https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/michael-fassbender-abuse-allegations-sunawin-leasi-andrews-1201927946/ 
              • Armie Hammer IMDB Page, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2309517/ 
              • Armie Hammer, House of Hammer on Discovery+
              • Armie Hammer, https://www.vulture.com/article/armie-hammer-allegations-career-timeline.html 
              • Armie Hammer, https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/karla-rodriguez/armie-hammer-cannibalism-abuse-controversy 
              • Armie Hammer, https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/armie-hammer-instagram-scandal-b2442752.html 
              • Armie Hammer, https://www.vox.com/culture/22338844/armie-hammer-rape-accusation-effie-cannibalism-explained
              • 1 hr 1 min
              • Tania Head, the 9-11 Survivor

                Welcome to Cryptic Soup, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss what happened on September 11th, 2001 and the way life was changed after. Most people know, have heard about, or lived through these terrorist attacks and remember just where they were and what they were doing that morning, however for Tania Head, she claimed to be one of the people who survived the twin towers. Tania said she was a survivor who went on to create a support group and truly tell a story that shook everyone when the truth was revealed.


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                • 41 min
                • Mary Vincent

                  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 for the amazing survival of Mary Vincent. Mary was hitchhiking her way home in 1978 when she found herself in terrible danger, and the victim of a horrific crime. After being brutally attacked and left for dead, Mary decided this was not the end and she needed to see her attacker meet the fate of justice that he deserved.


                  Our sources for this weeks episodes:

                  • I Survived, Season 3, Episode 1
                  • https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-vincent 
                  • https://keypennews.org/stories/the-heart-of-a-survivor-blood-courage-triumph,6663
                  • https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-25-ls-32048-story.html 
                  • https://www.ranker.com/list/mary-vincent-lawrence-singleton-case/laura-allan 
                  • https://www.murderminute.com/story/mary-vincent
                  • 55 min

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