Death Over Cocktails

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

Hi everyone! On this weeks episode of Death Over Cocktails Keitha will be telling us the story of the Phantom of Heilbronn, sounds like a spooky tale and in some ways it is, and Jess will tell us about how a society rooted in racism and enslavment created the tall tale of the White Witch of Rose Hall. Rate and Review us anywhere you listen to podcasts it really helps us out! Also give us a follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/deathovercocktails/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585085818947! Plus don't be shy and send us an email at [email protected]!
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Also as a heads up we are working on bettering our audio, stay tuned for next weeks episode and give us some feedback!

Keitha's Sources
The Phantom of Heilbronn: How Contaminated DNA Sent The German Police On A Wild Goose Chase by Kaushik Patowary

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2025/08/the-phantom-of-heilbronn-how.html

Germany’s Phantom Serial Killer: A DNA Blunder by Claudia Himmerlreich

https://time.com/archive/6946145/germanys-phantom-serial-killer-a-dna-blunder/

Phantom on Heilbronn, Meet the Phantom of Hennepin by Max Houck

https://maxhouck.substack.com/p/phantom-of-heilbronn-meet-the-phantom

The Mystery of the phantom of Heilbronn by Elizabeth Gasiorowski-Denis

https://www.iso.org/news/2016/07/Ref2094.html

Elusive Serial Killer: The Woman Without A Face by Sue Coletta

https://www.suecoletta.com/elusive-serial-killer-the-woman-without-a-face/

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

“DNA bungle’ haunts German Police by The BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7966641.stm

Jess's Sources
https://www.uncommoncaribbean.com/jamaica/white-witch-rose-hall-jamaica/
https://jamaicatravelandculture.com/destinations/st_james/rose-hall/white-witch.htm
https://www.hauntjaunts.net/the-legend-of-the-white-witch-of-rose-hall/
https://www.rosehall.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Palmer_(White_Witch_of_Rose_Hall)

Hey ya'll! Welcome back for another week of true crime and histories mysteries. Jess will tell us the case of the sexual assult of Choi in South Korea and Keitha will talk about the pilot Rafael Pachecho Perez who was used as a microphone by aliens. Join us with a stiff drink and clean your house or something while you listen to this weeks stories! Please rate and review us and follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

Also if anyone out there is expirencing sexual assualt or needs help there are some contacts below you can reach out to:
United States National Sexual Assualt Hotline
1-800-656-4673
Danuri Helpline (South Korea)
(1577-1366)

Jess's Sources
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/toddler-sexually-assaulted-in-bathroom-by-former-galleria-employee-fbi?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://abc13.com/arthur-fernandez-charged-toddlers-sexually-abused-at-the-galleria-mall-kiosk-employee-in-federal-custody/14302727/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/6/11/south-korea-youtube-videos-spark-outrage-over-2004-rape-654
https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-youtube-videos-spark-outrage-over-2004-rape/a-69332315
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-06-06/national/socialAffairs/YouTubers-unveil-identities-of-Miryang-gang-rape-assailants/2063150
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/3437850
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miryang_gang_rape

Keitha's Sources
Rafael Pacheco, the Mexican Pilot Who Transmitted an “Extraterrestrial Message” During a Flight by Gabriela Castillo

https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/rafael-pacheco-mexican-pilot-extraterrestrial-message/

The Day an Alien Spoke Through a Mexican Pilot’s Voice by Armeet Kaur

https://uthtimes.com/hijacked-voice/

The 1976 Disappearance and Reappearance of Rafael Pacheco Pérez by Robert Bitto

https://mexicounexplained.com/the-1976-disappearance-and-reappearance-of-rafael-pacheco-perez/#google_vignette

El extrano ‘mensaje extraterrestre’ que pronuncio un piloto mexicano en 1976 mientras volaba by Josue Huerta 

https://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/el-extrano-mensaje-extraterrestre-que-pronuncio-un-piloto-mexicano-en-1976-mientras-volaba.html

Hope the holidays were good to everyone! Join the girls this week as Keitha talks about a good ole irishman that just wanted a stiff drink and Jess talks about the tragic japanese folklore the Yurei! Also rate and review us wherever you listen! Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram! And most importantly stay safe and stay thristy!

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

The Man Who Wouldn’t Die by Abbot Kahler

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wouldnt-die-89417903/

The Incredible Story of ‘Durable’ Mike Malloy- by Irish Post

https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/incredible-story-durable-mike-malloy-donegal-man-living-new-york-simply-refused-die-169395

The Strange Death of Mike the Durable by Deborah Blum

https://womenincrimeink.blogspot.com/2010/03/strange-death-of-mike-durable.html

Let’s Go To Court Podcast “The Durable Michael Malloy & A Mother Who Took Justice Into Her Own Hands” by Kristin Caruso and Brandi Egan

The Durable Mike Malloy 

https://web.archive.org/web/20180905023039/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/durable-mike-malloy-article-1.226396

Jess's Sources
https://www.metmuseum.org/articles/japanese-ghosts 
https://www.britannica.com/topic/yurei 
https://www.japanesewiki.com/culture/Yurei.html 
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00844/ 
https://www.kabuki21.com/ghost_stories.php 
https://www.tofugu.com/japan/yurei-japanese-ghosts/ 
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/japanese-ghost-stories 
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45434

Happy New Year! We truly are so grateful to have all the listeners supporting us starting this podcast and we can't wait to see you all next year! Join Jess and Keitha this episode with not one but TWO paranormal stories! Decided to keep ya'll on your feet! Jess will start off by talking about aliens attacking a village in the Colares Island and Keitha will talk about an Canadian folklore La Chasse Galerie! Kick back and enjoy starting the new year off with this independent, sexy, paranormal, funny podcast!

Jess's Sources
https://www.ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/colares.htm
https://www.ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/colareswc.htm
https://blackboxufo.com/reports/operation-saucer-brazil-1977/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Prato
https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/colaresrebisso.htm

Keitha's Sources

Wikipedia Page of Chasse-Galerie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasse-galerie

French Canadian Legends- The Witched Canoe

https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194735/http://www.allsands.com/travel/places/thewitchedcano_byu_gn.htm#

Thursday’s Tale: The Legend of the Flying Canoe by Carol

https://carolsnotebook.com/2012/12/27/thursdays-tale-the-legend-of-the-flying-canoe-la-chasse-galerie/

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the girls at Death Over Cocktails! One this weeks episode the girls sip some good soft red blend wine as Keitha tells us a story about how Santa Claus robs a bank in Texas and Jess talks about the Icelandic folklore with mommy issues. Join us this week and sit back, relax, and enjoy the podcast!
Also please rate and leave a review wherever you listen to Podcast it really helps us out!

Keitha's source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Bank_Robbery#:~:text=The Santa Claus Bank Robbery,First National Bank in Cisco.

The Infamous Santa Claus Bank Robbery of 1927 by Walter F. Pilcher

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/santa-claus-bank-robbery

Sinister Santa: A Look at the 1927 Cisco Bank Robbery by John Lumpkin

https://texashighways.com/culture/history/sinister-santa-a-look-at-the-1927-cisco-bank-robbery/

The Santa Claus Bank Robbery by Boyce House

https://archive.org/details/StartlingDetectiveMar1930/page/n13/mode/1up

The Night the Posse Chased Santa by Maggie Van Ostrand

https://texasescapes.com/MaggieVanOstrand/The-Night-the-Posse-Chased-Santa.htm

Jess's Sources
Icelandic Christmas Folklore – Wikipedia
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore
The Yule Lads & Grýla – Guide to Iceland
 https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/the-icelandic-yule-lads-and-gryla
Christmas & New Year Traditions in Iceland (Yule Cat, Lads, Grýla)
 https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/christmas-and-new-year-s-eve-in-iceland
The Yule Lads: Icelandic Christmas Mischief — The First Gates
 https://thefirstgates.com/2012/12/10/the-yule-lads-icelandic-christmas-folklore/
The 13 Yule Lads: Origins & Stories — The Vale Magazine
 https://thevalemagazine.com/2024/11/26/icelands-13-yule-lads-a-mischievous-christmas-tradition/
Iceland’s Terrifying Christmas Trolls (Grýla & The Lads) — The Lineup
 https://the-line-up.com/the-yule-lads-gryla-iceland
Iceland Christmas Traditions Explained — Matador Network
 https://matadornetwork.com/read/iceland-christmas-traditions/
Yule Lads Overview (Culture & Folklore) — Iceland Car Rental Culture Guide
 https://www.gocarrental.is/culture/facts/yule-lads/
Icelandic Christmas Cat (Jólakötturinn) — Reykjavik City
 https://reykjavik.is/frettir/jolakotturinn
The 13 Yule Lads by Name — Arctic Portal (includes historical images)
 https://arcticportal.org/news/icelandic-yule-lads
Modern Icelandic Folklore Beliefs & Sightings (Elves, Spirits, Yule Season)
 https://icelandmag.is/article/icelanders-still-believe-elves-and-ghosts-survey-reveals
Icelandic Ghost Stories (Yuletide-season sightings)
 https://www.icelandreview.com/culture/icelandic-ghost-stories/
Northern Iceland Folklore Regions: Dimmuborgir (Yule Lads’ “home”)
 https://www.northiceland.is/en/other/place/dimmuborgir
Eyewitness Reports Compilation — Paranormal Iceland
 https://paranormaliceland.com/reports/
Icelandic Folklore & National Archive (Primary Source Material)
 https://www.arnastofnun.is/en
Icelandic Christmas Traditions – National Museum of Iceland
 https://www.thjodminjasafn.is/english

Welecome back to Death Over Cocktails! This week join the girls in their tellings of murder mysteries and mourning funerals. Jess will tell us the story of a Cigar Girl in New York that mysteriously was found dead and Keitha will tell a tale about one's mans show to the public that he takes consumer safety seriously by holding a funeral for pizza? Sit back and relax on this weeks episode!
Please rate us and leave a review wherever you listen to Podcast!

Jess's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rogers
https://www.poejournal.com/articles/the-mystery-of-marie-roget
https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2009/09/mary-rogers_05.html
https://www.crimemagazine.com/murder-%E2%80%9Cbeautiful-cigar-girl%E2%80%9D
https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/ccca/the-mysterious-murder-of-cigar-girl-mary-rogers-1841/
https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2013/04/mary-rogers-the-beautiful-cigar-girl/
https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/mary-rogers
https://www.loc.gov/item/2018647862/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a47429/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a46074/ 
https://www.hudsonrivermaritime.org/riverwise/2023/03/30/the-mysterious-murder-of-mar y-rogers/ 

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

Remembering the Great Pizza Funeral of 1973 by Eric Boehm
https://reason.com/2023/02/09/remembering-the-great-pizza-funeral-of-1973/
The Day That Michigan Held a Funeral for 30,000 Pizzas by Cara Giaimo

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/michigan-pizza-funeral
50 Years Ago: How the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral Came to be by Ken Haddad

https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2023/03/06/50-years-ago-how-the-great-michigan-pizza-funeral-came-to-be/

Hello everyone! As the weather gets cooler cozy up and enjoy this weeks stories that the Death Over Cocktail girls have put together for your pleasure! Keitha will be talking about two doctors Valerie McDaniel and Leon Jacobs and the plot for them to kill their exes and Jess will be covering the haunted tale of the Seafield house and the mysterious woman in the window! So cozy up and sip with us! Please rate and review wherever you listen to Podcast! Also if you feel like skipping the true crime story and going straight to the creepy ghost or a story about history feel free to start playing around 1 hour and 7 minutes. (Times may vary slightly due to ads)

Keitha's Sources
https://abcnews.go.com/US/happened-bizarre-murder-hire-plot-led-veterinarians-suicide/story?id=54092867

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston-doctor-leon-jacob-charged-in-murder-for-hire-plot-goes-to-trial/

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/09/28/abuse-domestic-violence-mental-illness-hitman-leon-jacob

https://abc13.com/post/ex-girlfriend-at-center-of-murder-for-hire-plot-i-was-terrified/3241704/

48 Hours Episode Operation Murder

https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/body-cam-video-shows-police-telling-woman-husband-50026019

Jess's Sources
https://www.westwardhohistory.co.uk/seafield-house/ westwardhohistory.co.uk
https://www.bidefordarchive.org.uk/featured-articles?id=5 bidefordarchive.org.uk
https://www.visitwestwardho.co.uk/haunted-history visitwestwardho.co.uk
https://www.higgypop.com/news/help-my-house-is-haunted-the-spooky-house/ visitwestwardho.co.uk
https://www.northdevon.life/landmark/seafeild-house North Devon Life
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/westward-ho-haunted-house-project Crowdfunder UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4kE56T7ot4 YouTube
https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2016/05/lovely-not-haunted-seafield-house-up.html Wreck of the Week
https://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/local-news/1900883/full-plans-revealed-for-renovation-of-iconic-westward-ho-haunted-house.html northdevongazette.co.uk

Welcome back for an extra long episode! No the girls did not do this on purpose, but if you enjoy hearing them then this episode is for you! On this weeks episode Jess will be talking about a deadly cult in Japan that attacked the subway system and Keitha will be talking about the Kellogg brothers, yes the cereal! Sit back and sip with us this week while you wind down from the Thanksgiving craziness! Please rate and review us everywhere you listen to Podcast!

Jess's Sources
BBC News. “Japan executes Aum Shinrikyo cult leader Shoko Asahara.” 6 July 2018.
 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44749382
The Guardian. “Aum Shinrikyo: Inside the doomsday cult that brought terror to Tokyo.” 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/06/aum-shinrikyo-doomsday-cult-japan
National Police Agency of Japan. Report on the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack (1995).
Japan Times. “Victims of sarin gas attacks seek to keep memory alive.” 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/20/national/tokyo-sarin-attack-anniversary/
PBS Frontline. “Aum Shinrikyo and the Tokyo Subway Attack.”
 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cults/primary/japan.html
CNN. “Tokyo gas attack: How Aum Shinrikyo shocked Japan.” 2018.
 https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/06/asia/aum-shinrikyo-japan-executions-intl/index.html
Time Magazine. “Remembering the Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack.” 2015.
 https://time.com/3747356/tokyo-sarin-attack-anniversary/

Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg
https://www.michiganpublic.org/arts-culture/2017-11-28/a-bitter-brotherly-feud-and-how-kelloggs-corn-flakes-reimagined-american-breakfast
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/battle-cornflakes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Keith_Kellogg
https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/john-harvey-kellogg.html
https://scalar.usc.edu/works/early-years-of-ready-to-eat-breakfast-cereal/kelloggs-toasted-cornflake-co
The Book “The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek” by Howard Markel

Happy Thanksgiving from the girls at Death Over Cocktails! Enjoy listening to us while you prep all that yummy Thanksgiving food! This week Keitha will cover the Thanksgiving Day bombing of the Blount family and Jess will cover the Alton Haunted Mental Hospital! Please enjoy and leave a comment and rate us wherever you listen!

Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Roy_Toney
https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/toney-michael-roy.htm
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Inmate-on-death-row-for-Fort-Worth-bombing-freed-1737069.php
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/man-convicted-in-lake-worth-bombing-dies-in-crash/287-411350872
https://www.deseret.com/1997/12/6/19349732/12-year-probe-into-briefcase-blast-at-texas-home-finally-yields-an-arrest/

Vartkessian, E. S., & Tyler, J. P. (2012). Legal and Social Exoneration: The Consequences of Michael Toney’s Wrongful Conviction . Albany Law Review, 75.3, 1467–1498.

Jess's Sources
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/alton-state-hospital-history-illinois-20375740.php
https://madison.illinoisgenweb.org/town_histories/alton_state_hospital.html
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011474474
https://www.peoriahistoricalsociety.org/dr-george-zeller
https://stlghosts.com/the-haunted-alton-state-hospital
https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/americas-most-haunted-hospitals-and-asylums/haunted-alton-state-hospital
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/alton
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1880114/alton-mental-health-center-cemetery