We’re revisiting one of the wildest and most frustrating cases we’ve ever covered — the disappearance of Crystal Rogers. This is our re-release of the original episode from summer 2023 — before the new arrests, new evidence, and all the shocking updates that came to light this year.

We’ll be back next week with a brand-new follow-up episode covering everything that’s happened since — including the arrests, the trials, and what justice finally starting to look like for Crystal and her family.

Until then, take care of yourself, and maybe don’t date anyone whose family owns a “farm.” Just saying.

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Baby’s First Exorcism! (It only took us forever.) 😈

That’s right, folks. 67 exorcism sessions. Ten months. Starvation. Stigmata. And a courtroom showdown that made international headlines. This case isn’t just tragic—it’s the real-life inspiration behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and it will leave you questioning everything from medical ethics to the power of belief.

Was Anna possessed? Was she failed by modern medicine? Or did something more sinister play out in that small Bavarian village?

👜 This week’s Show and Tell?

So light a candle, pour something holy (or unholy), and settle in for our first-ever demonic possession episode—and one of the most controversial true crime cases in religious history.

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Some monsters don’t need masks—they just need a master key.

This week on Cursewords and Crayons: True Crime, we’re covering the horrific and heartbreaking murder of Lauren Giddings—a bright, compassionate young woman with her entire future ahead of her. Lauren was on the verge of becoming a defense attorney when she suddenly disappeared in the summer of 2011. What began as a missing persons case quickly spiraled into one of the most chilling crimes to ever shake Macon, Georgia.

We’ll walk through the investigation, the red flags, the police interview that went viral for all the wrong reasons, and the tragic reminder that Lauren knew something wasn’t right.

💡 Show & Tell this week: Reflective stickers! Zee’s on a mission to make sure you’re visible out there—because if true crime has taught us anything, it’s that safety is not an overreaction.

So grab a drink, take a deep breath, and join us as we honor Lauren’s life and talk about what it means to listen to your gut, trust your instincts, and look out for one another.

🕯️ As always, we center the victim. Lauren deserved so much more than what happened to her and her story deserves to be told.

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Yeehaw and hell naw, friends—this one’s for the ghost-loving cowpokes. 🤠👻

This week on Cursewords and Crayons, we’re trading crime scene tape for tumbleweeds and heading straight into the haunted heart of the Old West. That’s right—we’re saddling up for a round-up of Old West scary stories: haunted saloons, ghostly miners, outlaw curses, and dusty towns where things still go bump in the night.

If you thought true crime was creepy, wait until you hear what’s lurking in abandoned gold rush hotels and forgotten desert trails. Spoiler alert: the ghosts out here don’t mess around.

We’ve got:

So grab a shot of something strong, maybe don’t look too hard into that mirror, and settle in for a ghost story sesh with your two favorite chaos gremlins.

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Grab your coffee, your to-do list, and maybe a protective charm or two — because this week, Zee’s taking us deep into Appalachian cryptid country! From the heart-stealing Raven Mocker, to the tentacled terror known as the Snallygaster, to the apple-chucking menace called the Albatwitch, we’re ranking these winged (and wing-adjacent) nightmares and deciding which one we’d least want to meet in the dark.

It’s weird, it’s spooky, it’s very us.

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Real-life true crime is horrifying. Fictional mom-assassins? Surprisingly relatable.

This week on Cursewords and Crayons, we're covering a case that's equal parts gruesome, infuriating, and absolutely stomach-turning: the murder of Dawn Marie Viens, a vibrant and hardworking woman whose life was stolen in the most horrific way imaginable—by her own husband, David Viens, who then tried to cover it up in a way that defies belief.

⚠️ Spoiler: There are pressure cookers involved. And not the metaphorical kind.

We’re diving into the timeline, the red flags, the jaw-dropping confession, and the shockingly casual attitude of a man who clearly watched way too many episodes of CSI and thought he could just cook up a crime and walk away.

This episode is raw, rage-inducing, and heavy—but we’re here to process it together with our usual cocktail of chaos, side-eyes, and cathartic yelling.

🍷 And for our Show and Tell this week?

☠️ As always, we bring the rants, the outrage, and the snark. Because if we don’t laugh, we will absolutely start screaming into the void.

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Mushrooms should be sautéed… not suspicious. 🍄

What starts as a quaint family gathering turns into a full-blown homicide investigation involving beef wellington, alleged death caps, and a whole lot of malarky. 

Was it an innocent mistake? A fatal fungus? Or a carefully planned murder hiding behind a dinner party and a side salad? The tea is buzzing, the theories are spicy, and we’re here to dig into all of it—with absolutely no regard for subtlety.

So pour yourself something safe (and maybe double-check the ingredient list), and join us as we deep dive into one of the most bizarre modern true crime stories we’ve ever covered.

💀 As always, we’re bringing you the theories, the sass, and the side-eyes. Because if we don’t laugh, we’ll spiral into the Google rabbit hole of poisonous mushroom identification and we don’t have time for that.

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Rich girl. Mysterious disappearance. Zero answers.

This week on Cursewords and Crayons, we’re throwing it all the way back to 1910—before cell phones, before Dateline, before anyone gave women a shred of independence without a fight. We're talking about the baffling vanishing act of Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold, a New York socialite who went out for a stroll... and was never seen again.

Dorothy wasn’t your average debutante. She had dreams of being a writer, a flair for defiance, and a complicated relationship with her wealthy, uptight family. But when she vanished without a trace on a chilly December afternoon, the real mystery began—one that still stumps people over a century later.

Was it foul play? A planned escape? A family cover-up?

So grab a cup of something cozy (or boozy), crank up your fireplace (or space heater), and join us as we dig into high society scandal, Victorian-era sexism, and one of the earliest true crime cases to absolutely haunt our brains.

🕵️‍♀️ As always, we’re bringing the rants, the receipts, and the chaos. You know the drill.

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We’re digging into the archives for a special re-release this week! Join us as we revisit our episode all about the Beast of Bray Road—Wisconsin’s infamous wolf-like cryptid said to stalk the woods.

Is it a mythical monster? A sick animal? A shaved bear having a really bad day? We go full-on speculation mode in this fun, spooky true-crime-adjacent episode.

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Hitchhiking in the mountains? What could possibly go wrong? Literally everything.

This week on Cursewords and Crayons, we’re headed to the snowy slopes of Breckenridge, Colorado. A picture perfect ski town hiding a deeply disturbing secret. We're talking about the Breckenridge Hitchhiking Murders, a case full of tragedy, unanswered questions, and danger hiding in plain sight.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, several young women disappeared while hitchhiking near this quaint mountain town. Their stories weren’t connected right away but once they were, the chilling patterns couldn't be ignored. What followed was a decades-long hunt for justice full of twists, silence, and horrifying patterns that might still haunt the area.

🚨 Missing persons.

So pour yourself something hot (or hard), zip up your emotional sweatshirt, and prepare for a case that will absolutely make you side-eye every charming mountain town brochure from now on.

🧤 As always, we’re bringing the theories, the snark, and the righteous anger because if we don’t talk about these women, who will?

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