In the wake of a gruesome act, a man named 'Joshua Cooke' etched himself into infamy, coming to be known as 'The Matrix Killer.' The media circus painted a portrait of a kid with a twisted perception of reality, where his own world seemed... unreal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A substitute teacher, after forcing himself on a woman and revealing fantasies about kids, was fired from his job. But only temporarily, returning to work at a middle school only four months later. Then, this happened. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A self obsessed TikTok star, along with her mother, were recently on trial for murder after her mother's affair with one of her fanboys went sour. The two formed a strange revenge plot to get back at him, which quickly got completely out of control. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

All throughout the Satanic panic, people were hit with all sorts of rumors of ritualistic murder cases that turned out to be completely made up. All of these cases, however, were completely real. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

Every month I come across some cases that I really want to talk about but just aren't long enough to be their own videos. So, how about we go through a bunch of them? This one includes some really weird ones. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

There's an old village in Japan that's recently garnered a lot of fame as being a cursed village. With a lot of stories surrounding the area, including that of a man who was burned alive by carjackers, it's no wonder why it's gotten this dark reputation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A woman kept in contact with her mother's killer while he was in prison, gradually warming up to him with the desire to forgive him. Upon his release, she took him in and gave him a job, only to find that he hadn't changed at all. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

When a man pretended to be a woman in order to lure in unsuspecting girls and take advantage of him, he never took into account that he may come across a woman that wasn't exactly stable. That lack of foresight would prove to be the biggest mistake of his entire life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A man online who identified with several troubling extremist groups carried out his horrific plan in Dallas, Texas. His online writings left behind the thoughts of a very deranged man on the edge of a killing spree.
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Every month I come across some cases that I really want to talk about but just aren't long enough to be their own videos. So, how about we go through a bunch of them? This one includes some really weird ones. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support