Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Death Over Cocktails! On this weeks episode Keitha will tell us a story about The Viper based on the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book as a light hearted April Fools to Jess. Then Jess will lead us in the rabbit hole that is the internet mystery Cicade 3301! So sit back, and enjoy this weeks episode! Also please rate and review wherever you listen and give us a follow on Facebook and Instagram!
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Keitha's Sources
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

https://archive.org/details/scarystoriestote00

Jess's Sources
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/10/cicada-3301-i-tried-the-hardest-puzzle-on-the-internet-and-failed-spectacularly
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26810414
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/inside-the-strange-world-of-cicada-3301-the-internets-most-mysterious-puzzle-111940/
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a33872/cicada-3301/
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/solving-the-webs-most-elaborate-puzzle/
https://www.fastcompany.com/3026470/what-is-cicada-3301-the-internets-most-notorious-and-elusive-puzzle
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-strange-mystery-of-cicada-3301-one-of-the-most-bizarre-and-elaborate-puzzles-ever/
https://www.gq.com/story/cicada-3301-internet-puzzle
https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/01/09/261091979/can-you-solve-the-internets-most-mysterious-puzzle
https://www.shortyawards.com/7th/project-architeuthis
https://github.com/cicada-solvers/The-Complete-Cicada3301-Archive
https://www.nielsprovos.com/
https://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/

Hey ya'll! This week Jess will be telling us an eerie tale of John Christie the man who during WWII hid the bodies of his victims in the walls of the building he was living in, and you can hear Keitha be throughly creeped out by it. After that Keitha will tell us a mash up of Men in Black stories from history and reddit. Please sit back and enjoy the episode!
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Jess's Sources
[https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Christie](https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Christie) 

[https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/john-christie](https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/john-christie 

[https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/rillington-place-murders](https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/rillington-place-murders) 

[https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/christie.html](https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/christie.html) 

[https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/john-christie-rillington-place-murders-timothy-evans/](https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/john-christie-rillington-place-murders-timothy-evans/)

Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_black

Encounter with Two Different MIB by Many-Practice-936

https://www.reddit.com/r/Experiencers/comments/1l4h6f9/encounter_with_two_different_mib/

Real Life Men in Back Exposed by Malcolm Blackwood

https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/ufos-uaps-and-aliens/real-life-men-in-black?srsltid=AfmBOopn1akASnCcoKJZnYNwUD8CkKyry1AJqg_0p23YBqTxrU_BgdTD

Reed’s Encounter with the Unknown by Normal Kissell

https://sacred-texts.com/ufo/mib_001.htm

Bowie’s Space Oddity Played at Man in Black Birthday, But Who Are They? By Tony Sokol

https://www.denofgeek.com/books/bowie-s-space-oddity-played-at-man-in-black-birthday-but-who-are-they/

The Coin That Disappeared: The Origin of the Men in Black by Will Howard

https://dangerousminds.net/history/the-origin-of-the-men-in-black-myth/

Welcome back ya'll! This week we will be discussing Ireland's true crime and the creepy paranormal! Keitha will be telling us about Veronica Guerin, and Jess will be talking about the mysteries of Caerlaverock Castle! Sit back and enjoy with your most irish drink! Also give us a rate and review! We would love to hear the feedback. Give us a follow on Facebook and Instagram.
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Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Guerin

A Murder That Changed Ireland by CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-murder-that-changed-ireland/

Veronica Guerin by CPJ Newsletter

https://cpj.org/data/people/veronica-guerin/

Veronica Guerin by Freya Dorhan

https://www.womensmuseumofireland.ie/exhibits/veronica-guerin

She Was Cool, She Was Fun, Was Was Lively…She Was Just The World To Me-Son Cathal Remembers Mum Veronica Guerin In Poignant TV Tribute by Darragh McManus

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/she-was-cool-she-was-fun-she-was-livelyshe-was-just-the-world-to-me-son-cathal-remembers-mum-veronica-guerin-in-poignant-tv-tribute/34699962.html

Jess's Sources
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/caerlaverock-castle/

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/caerlaverock-castle/history/

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/caerlaverock-castle/overview/

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/caerlaverock-castle/getting-here/

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/caerlaverock-castle/prices-times/

https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/caerlaverock-castle-p245611

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/caerlaverockcastle

https://www.britainexpress.com/scotland/dumfries/caerlaverock-castle.htm

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Caerlaverock-Castle/

https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/caerlaverock-castle

Hi Ya'll! Thank you for your patience as we try and get everything caught up! But Hey that just means more episodes for you this week! And speaking of episodes this week Jessica will tell us a horribly sad tale of an unsolved murder of Joseph Augustus Zarelli or as the media referred to him befoer identification The Boy in the Box. Keitha will then tell us about the Mothman that hung around Point Pleasent and then bring it home with Houston's very own Batman that terrified a group in the Heights. So sit back, enjoy a cocktail and listen along this week!
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Jess's Sources
https://www.phillypolice.com/news/2022/dec/08/the-boy-in-the-box-identified/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/philadelphia-police-department-identifies-boy-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-boy-in-the-box
https://www.inquirer.com/news/boy-in-the-box-identified-joseph-augustus-zarelli-20221208.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-identified-philadelphia/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boy-box-identified-philadelphia-rcna60962
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-identified.html
https://www.fox29.com/news/boy-in-the-box-identified-joseph-augustus-zarelli
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/61umpa.html
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/61

Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virgina by Gwen Mallow

https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia

Let’s Discuss the Oversexualization of an Appalachian Cryptid: Mothman by Jules Crawley

https://queerkentucky.com/lets-discuss-the-oversexualization-of-an-appalachian-cryptid-mothman/

The True Story Behind The Mothman of West Virgina by US Ghost Adventures

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/31-days-of-halloween/the-true-story-behind-the-mothman-of-west-virginia/

The Mysterious Sightings Of The Houston Batman by Laura Rice

https://www.kut.org/texasstandard/2023-10-25/texas-cryptids-houston-batman-legend-sightings

‘Houston Batman’ Remains Mystery Decades After Reported Encounter 

https://abc13.com/post/houston-batman-remains-a-mystery-65-years-later/2587899/

The Lengend of Mothman by Shayla Klein

https://www.wboy.com/only-on-wboy-com/paranormal-w-va/the-legend-of-mothman-paranormal-w-va/

From Mothman To The Silver Bridge: 13 Months In The life Of A Local Journalist by Eric Douglas

https://wvpublic.org/story/arts-culture/from-mothman-to-the-silver-bridge-13-months-in-the-life-of-a-local-journalist/

What Really Happened The Evening The Silver Bridge Collapsed in 1967? By Marco Margaritoff

https://allthatsinteresting.com/silver-bridge-collapse

Hey ya'll welcome back to another episode of Death Over Cocktails! Get you tin foil hats ready for Keitha's story about the puzzling death/suicide of Ray Rivera and then learn of the strange deaths that seem to occur near water with Jess as she tells us about Mami Wata. Sit back and enjoy as we laugh and speculate wildly about what this world may hold. Also please rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Sources
Keitha's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Rey_Rivera

Why Police Said Rey Rivera’s Death Was A Suicide And Why The Puzzling Evidence Says Otherwise by Natasha Ishak

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rey-rivera

The Rey Rivera Case Has A New and Unsettling Update by Katherine J Igoe

https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a33510156/rey-rivera-case-update-computer/

Unsolved Mysteries: What Happened to Rey Rivera and Has The Case Been Solved? By Katherine Sidnell

https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/unsolved-mysteries-what-happened-to-rey-rivera/

Mystery On The Roof by Unsolved Mysteries

https://unsolved.com/gallery/mystery-on-the-rooftop/

Jess's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_Wata
https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/mamiwata/intro.html
https://www.afrodeities.org/who-is-mami-wata-the-enigmatic-mermaid-water-spirit-of-african-mythology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoyI51WnQ0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBBThj7gk2s
https://www.oriire.com/codex/mami-wata
https://www.houseofgoodfortune.org/bonheur-blog/mami-wata

We thank ya'll so much for the patience this past week, we are back with the last episode of Black History Month. Hope ya'll liked the tales we've told this Black History Month! Of course we've enjoyed talking about them and learning new things in history as we go! To wrap up, this week Jess will tell us about The Grim Sleeper but more importantly she talks about his victims and about the amazing Margaret Prescod! And Keitha will talk about the life of Robert Smalls and how he bravely traveled from the southern confederate run US to the Northern Union US on a boat that he stole! Sit back and enjoy these tales! Please rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Jess's Sources
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-08-la-me-grim-sleeper-20100708-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/us/grim-sleeper-verdict.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/08/grim-sleeper-serial-killer-arrest
https://www.npr.org/2010/07/09/128423369/the-grim-sleeper-serial-killer-arrested
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/prescod-margaret-1946/
https://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/60772
https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/10/us/grim-sleeper-verdict/index.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-10561434
https://eji.org/news/serial-killer-case-exposed-police-neglect/
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-grim-sleeper-victims-20160712-story.html
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/
Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls

The Unstoppable Mr. Smalls by Gerald S. Heing

https://www.historynet.com/unstoppable-mr-smalls/

All for Civil Rights by W. Lewis Burke

https://guides.law.sc.edu/EqualRights/SmallsRobert

The Remarkable Life of Robert Smalls 

https://picturingblackhistory.org/the-remarkable-life-of-robert-smalls/

Captain of the Planter: The Story of Robert Smalls by Dorothy Sterling

Hello Everyone! On this week of Death Over Cocktails Keitha will be coming out of left feild talking about Derrick Todd Lee, a black serial killer who's main area of attacking was the city of Baton Rouge. Jess will then tell us about Plat Eyes another Gullah-Geechee spirit. So sit back and enjoy these two stories of the week! And please rate and review us anywhere you listen to podcasts! And a shout out to our music producer check out his Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coma_cabana/
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Keitha's Sources
Derrick Todd Lee by Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Todd_Lee#References

10 Years Ago DNA Linked Derrick Todd Lee to Serial Killings by Greg Meriwether and Amber Stegall

https://www.wafb.com/story/18985351/dna-linked-derrick-todd-lee-to-serial-killings-10-years-ago/

Timeline of Events: Serial Killer Derrick Todd Lee by Kevin Dupuy

https://www.wbrz.com/news/timeline-of-events-serial-killer-derrick-todd-lee/

Dispite a White Profile, a Black Suspect by ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90604&page=1

Convicted Serial Killer on Lousiana Death Row Dies At Hospital By Phil Gast

https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/us/louisiana-serial-killer-dies

DNA, Deception and Derrick Todd Lee By Alayna Pellegrin

https://ulmhawkeyeonline.com/36500/news/dna-deception-and-derrick-todd-lee/

Suspect Named in Serial Killings By WAFB 9

https://www.wafb.com/story/1294197/suspect-named-in-serial-killings/

Serial Killer Suspect Captured By WLBT3

https://www.wlbt.com/story/1296596/serial-killer-suspect-captured/

Jess's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums_and_Shadows

https://newsone.com/4512697/black-folklore-in-video-haints-of-hodoo-episode-1/

https://fulcolibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/6930b02e8b29ea2800c256de

https://genteelandbard.com/southern-history-haunts-folklore-journal/boo-hags-plat-eyes

https://www.urbanlegendsmysteryandmyth.com/2025/12/the-plat-eye-vengeful-shape-shifting.html

https://www.themoonlitroad.com/the-plat-eye/

https://www.oreateai.com/blog/understanding-haints-the-spirits-of-the-gullah-geechee-tradition/

https://www.blacksouthernbelle.com/www-blacksouthernbelle-com-gullah-geechee-folk-rituals-hoodoo-voodoo-and-conjuring/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(spirituality)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haint_blue

Hey ya'll welcome back to another episode of Death Over Cocktails! This week Jess will tell us about a piece of Houston history that had been hidden and practially erased from time, and Keitha will tell us about a ELizabeth Freeman the woman who sued her ensalver for her freedom and WON! Here is the link for the Freemans Town Conservancy https://houstonfreedmenstown.networkforgood.com/projects/148120-support-the-preservation-and-rebirth-of-freedmen-s-town
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Jess's Sources
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/freedmens-town-houston
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/fourth-ward-houston-texas-1839/
https://houstonfreedmenstown.org
https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/freedmens-town
https://houstonlibrary.org/aahrc
https://www.nps.gov/articles/freedmenstown-houston.htm
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/black-land-loss
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/freedmens-town-history-15621432.php

Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Freeman#:~:text=Elizabeth Freeman ( c.,the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts

Life Story: Elizabeth Freeman by New-York Historical Society

https://wams.nyhistory.org/colonies-and-revolution/the-american-revolution/elizabeth-freeman/

Jury Decides in Favor of Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman By Massmoments

https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/jury-decides-in-favor-of-elizabeth-mum-bett-freeman.html

Who Was Elizabeth Freeman? By Elizabeth Freeman Center

https://elizabethfreemancenter.org/who-we-are/elizabeth-freeman/

How Elizabeth Freeman Sued For Her Freedom—and Won by Abigail Higgins

https://www.history.com/articles/elizabeth-freeman-slavery-case-dred-scott-freedom

Hello Everyone! Thanks for your patience with our editing delays! Happy Black History Month! This week we have a fun and frustrating couple of stories for ya'll! First Keitha will tell us about the much too early death of Tamla Horseford and the confusion surrounding the case...was it a community project to cover up what happened to the beautiful mother of five? Let us know your thoughts! Then Jess will follow up with the skin wearing, energy draining Boo Hags! Sit back and enjoy the episode! Please rate and review us anywhere you can and tell your friends about our podcasts! We woudl really appreciate it!

Keitha's Sources
No Charges in Woman’s Mysterious Death at Adult Slumber Party, Georgia Officials Say by Tanasia Kenney

https://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article253090468.html

‘This Case is Just Beginning’ Tamla Horsford’s Family Releases Full Independent Autopsy Report by Rebecca Lindstrom, Meredith Sheldon, and Gabriella Nunez

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/tamla-horsford-investigation-independent-autopsy/85-a7ad99b5-58f9-4c18-8be8-a0172aa8fbd7

Death of Tamla Horsford

https://grokipedia.com/page/Death_of_Tamla_Horsford

The Case of Tamla Horsford: A Georgia Mother of 5 Dies, Leaving a Trail of Questions, Heartache by Dan MacGuill

https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/02/28/tamla-horsford/

50 Cent and T.I. Demand Investigation Into Death of Tamla Horsford After Review Suggest Possible Homicide by Jose Martinez

https://www.complex.com/life/a/jose-martinez/50-cent-and-ti-demand-investigation-into-tamla-horsford-death

Incident/Investigation Report

https://forsythnews.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/documents/Tamla_Horseford_Crime_Scene_1.pdf

The Death Of Tamla Horsford by Killer Queens Podcast

https://www.killerqueenspodcast.com/the-death-of-tamla-horsford/

Jess's Sources
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/boo-hag/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/gullah-geechee-culture-south-carolina-180976093/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc193701.afc193701_ms01/
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/folklore/
https://digital.sc.edu/islandora/object/uofsc%3A22041

Hey ya'll on this weeks episode Jess will tell about the Hi-Fi murders of 1974, its a brutal one. And Keitha will talk about the Betz Mystery Sphere. Join us with a cocktail or two and listen along with the stories we have for you! Rate and Review us anywhere you listen to podcasts and please follow us on Facebook and Instagram! And a big thank you to https://www.instagram.com/coma_cabana/ for creating our theme music!
Also thank you for everyone's support and patience while we get our audio together! Let us know if you hear any changes on this podcast!

Jess's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_murders

https://www.standard.net/police-fire/2024/apr/25/former-ogden-police-officer-recalls-hi-fi-murders-on-50th-anniversary/

https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/1977/13903.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/utah/supreme-court/1992/843-p-2d-1027.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/07/30/William-Andrews-believed-to-have-been-on-death-row/1212712468800/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim:_The_Other_Side_of_Murder 

Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betz_mystery_sphere

Did aliens drop this mysterious SATELLITE on Earth? By Sean Martin

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/876212/aliens-satellite-betz-family-sphere-ufo-mystery

Just A Ball: Navy; Not So: Its Finders

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=repRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4095,4437862

This Is The Mystery Of The Betz Sphere That Has Puzzled Scientist For Decades by Ali Vaqar

https://wonderfulengineering.com/betz-sphere-makes-place-inexplicable-wonders/

The Mysterious Betz Sphere of For George Island by Bill Delaney

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/the-mysterious-betz-sphere-of-fort-george-island/

The Betz Sphere by Daniel Tarr

https://www.tarrdaniel.com/documents/Ufology/betz_sphere.html