1850, a 5 year old child is taken from her home in Derry, New Hampshire.1862, 9 year old Lura Vellie Libby does not arrive at her Sunday School. Her body is found the next day near her family’s farm in Maine.1865 in Boston, siblings Isabella and John Joyce leave their grandmothers house in the South End, to play in some nearby woods, and are never heard from again. Their bodies are found in Bussey’s Woods, their injuries are horrific.Northwood, New Hampshire, in 1872, 13 year old Georgina Lovering is murdered, but the killer is close…could he be responsible for all of these terrible crimes?Today Annie discusses Part 1 of this 2 part episode. Could these crimes be connected to those we discussed in Episodes 80&81?

Today we discuss the bizarre and disturbing fate of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos, at the hands of Carl Tanzler, her would be suitor and probably fraudulent doctor, who was also a definitely fraudulent Count. Could he possibly cure the beautiful young Cuban American woman of her tuberculosis, in 1930s Key West?

Today we discuss the trial, the contents of a very mysterious letter, various theories and rumors surrounding the case. We’ll also touch on the ghost of Nell, who may haunting the house near the river, where she had been so happy.

Annie and Johanna talk about the tragic murder of a young woman that took place in Elizabeth City, NC in 1901. Was it a case of intimate partner violence or was someone else the culprit?

In part two we discuss post-war coaster accidents. The catastrophic Battersea Big Dipper Rollercoaster crash in 1972 London that took the lives of five children. In 1986 West Edmonton Mall featured an awesome indoor coaster, called the Mind Bender, which derailed, killing three young adults and forever scarring a fourth. And we look at the incidents involving the Treetop Twister at Lightwater Valley amusement park, which killed one young adult and seriously injured a child before closing.

After ruining Water Parks, bridges and swimming in the ocean, Annie and Johanna are setting out to ruin rollercoasters for you. Learn everything you need to know about the history of the beloved rides and the most horrible rollercoaster accidents.

 

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Owen Parfitt seemed to live a fairly simple life, with his sister, who kept house in the market town of Shepton Millet, not far from Bath and Glastonbury, UK.There were rumors about how he made his money, of course, but as he grew older he began to lose the use of his legs, and his sister cared for him…until one day, in the middle of a conversation with his sister, he vanished, without a trace. Had the devil himself abducted Owen? 

 

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It was in April of 1973 in rural Illinois, when someone, or....something tried to get into the house of Henry McDaniel. What was the hairy, three-legged creature he saw that night?

 

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It was the late 1980s and someone was murdering couples in Germany, with bodies being found on what should be lovely forest paths. Today Johanna concludes the baffling and eerie story of the Göhrde murders, reminding us that you never know what sort of terrible secrets may be buried in the yard…

Johanna tells Annie about the very creepy and disturbing Göhrde murders which took place in Germany in the late 1980s. Who was murdering couples, and was there a connection to a similar case that took place in Wales?

Listen to this episode to hear about the horrible murders of Peter & Ursula Reinold, Ingrid Warmbier & Bernd-Michael Köpping, as well es Gwenda & Peter Dixon. All of these cases stayed unsolved for far too long!