Dawn of Mantis: True Crime, Mysteries and More

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In late February of 2021, nineteen year old Brian Cohee Jr. finally answered the question that had been burning in his mind for months- "what would it feel like to murder someone?". His victim was 69 year old Warren Barnes, a kind-hearted homeless man who was beloved by the community. In part one, we cover Brain's early life, his escalation to murder, and finally the murder itself. 

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In this episode, we continue covering the police investigation and search efforts, a few people of interest and some theories as to what may have happened to Leigh. 

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On the morning of August 27th, 1992, thirteen year old Leigh Occhi was attacked and abducted from her home in Tupelo, Mississippi. She had only been left alone there for an hour by her mother Vicki Felton, yet when Vicki arrived back home all that was left of Leigh were traces of her blood in various locations around the house. 

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In our second and final part of this series, we cover the aftermath of the murders, and how Jim Schnick's bogus story quickly fell apart. 

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In 1987 in the tiny farming community of Elkland, Missouri, seven people in two separate households were slain on the same morning. Police quickly determined all the murders were connected, but the man they initially believed to be the hero of their story wound up being the villain. 

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On January 26th, 2001, Gloria and her family traveled a short distance from their home in Mena, Arkansas to hike the Lover's Leap trail at Queen Wilhelmina State Park. However just a few minutes into the hike, she decided to turn back and wait for everyone else at the park lodge.  But when the rest of the family returned to find Gloria just half an hour later, she was gone, and has never been seen again. 

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On a Spring night in 2015, Brittney Gargol and her best friend Cheyenne Antoine went out to hit a few bars and have a good time. Only Cheyenne returned alive, while Brittney's body was found discarded on a road outside of town the following morning. It would take two years for the truth of what happened that night to finally be revealed. 

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In this episode, Robin joins us in studio once again, this time to discuss "Frozen Dead Guy Days" - an annual festival held in Estes Park, Colorado, known for its quirky and unusual theme. The festival celebrates the story of Bredo Morstoel, a Norwegian man whose body has been cryogenically frozen since his death in 1989. "Grandpa Morstoel" was stored in a shed in Nederland, Colorado for many years, but was later moved to Estes Park when the festival he inspired grew to be more than tiny Nederland could handle. 

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In this episode, Sam's sister Robin was in studio to talk about the peculiar and fantastic event that led to the annual "Emma Crawford Coffin Race" in Manitou Springs, Colorado. 

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In this episode, we cover the story of the woman known as the world's oldest serial killer. From the late 1800s to the 1920s, Baba Anujka created deadly made-to-order concoctions that were used to kill dozens of men in what was then Yugoslavia. 

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