Fresh Hell Podcast

Spooky Fuckery Month is officially here! And we're kicking things off on the Isle of Man, where, in 1931, the Irving family began hearing strange noises coming from inside the walls of their isolated farmhouse. Meet Gef, the talking, swearing, gossiping, possibly supernatural mongoose who lives behind the walls, spies on the neighbors, sings songs,... Continue Reading →

The plane had crashed. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper had been laid to rest. But the story of The Day the Music Died is far from over. In the fourth and final part of our series, we look at everything that came after February 1959: the investigation into the crash, the questions... Continue Reading →

This week Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper finally come together for the Winter Dance Party...the infamous tour that was badly planned, brutally cold, and exhausting almost from the moment it began. We follow them as the ping-pong across the frozen Midwest in a bus that could barely keep them warm, through breakdowns,... Continue Reading →

playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6weWg42qTGdvmbWZj5Rtfn?si=mRk2RXdpT7G7BJrMRCmbZw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=HYoBjLJpR8ywA February 3, 1959, would become known as “The Day the Music Died”In Part Two of The Day the Music Died, we continue with Buddy Holly’s story as his career takes off, and introduce the youngest musician who would eventually join him on the Winter Dance Party tour: Ritchie Valens. By January 1959, Buddy... Continue Reading →

February 3, 1959, would become known as “The Day the Music Died” But before we get to that frozen field, we need to know the people who ended up on that plane. In Part One, we look at the lives and careers of Buddy Holly and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. We follow Buddy from... Continue Reading →

Heinz Pohlmann has been acquitted, but Rosemarie Nitribitt’s murder is still unsolved. So in our final part, we look at Rosemarie’s famous notebook, the very real wealthy and powerful men in her life, the rumors of blackmail, missing files, a supposed murder tape, and theories ranging from jealous clients to industrial espionage. It' s been... Continue Reading →

When Rosemarie Nitribitt's body was discovered in her Frankfurt apartment, the investigation turned into one of the biggest murder mysteries in postwar Germany. In Part 2, we look at what investigators actually knew, what they only thought they knew, why Heinz Pohlmann became their prime suspect, and why this case remains to be a mix... Continue Reading →

Long before Rosemarie Nitribitt became front-page news, she was just a little girl growing up in poverty. In Part 1, we trace her childhood through orphanages, foster homes, and institutions, and follow her to Frankfurt, where she would soon become one of the most infamous women in 1950s Germany.

Is reincarnation real, and is it possible that people remember a life that ended more than 3,000 years ago? From the time she was a small child, Dorothy Eady insisted that ancient Egypt was her home. As an adult, she left England behind, settled in Egypt, and became known as Omm Sety, earning the respect... Continue Reading →

In the second part we follow Mary through her years on North Brother Island, her legal fight against the city, her release, and the decision that would ultimately send her back into quarantine for the rest of her life.