"There are few careers with the same considerations as police work. Not only are we in a position to make life-changing choices, but we also have to live with the consequences of those choices forever. Many people struggle to handle that. Time and time again, we see what happens when people who are clearly unprepared are forced to navigate intense situations. It ends in tragedy."

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanIsTheKing

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/bryany97/

The Bell Witch Cave in Adams, Tennessee is the site of many, many hauntings. It is thought that Ol Kate Batts, the Bell Witch, fled to the sanctuary of the cave in the years she said she would leave the Bell family alone… and in that time she has been seen and heard and felt so many times over the years that it is almost impossible to believe that she isn’t really haunting that cave. So join us for part two of this wild ride…

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

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

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

https://www.bellwitchcave.com

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/tennessee/articles/story-behind-tennessees-bell-witch-cave/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-bell-witch-cave-adams-tennessee

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/haunted-live-examines-the-legend-of-the-bell-witch/

https://eu.tennessean.com/story/life/2021/10/28/bell-witch-cave-haunted-sent-brave-tennessean-staffers-fleeing-1986/8544483002/

https://eu.tennessean.com/story/life/2021/10/28/bell-witch-cave-haunted-sent-brave-tennessean-staffers-fleeing-1986/8544483002/

The Bell Witch is one of the most well known urban legends from the South, regarding a mostly invisible entity that was able to speak, affect the physical environment, and shapeshift and/or may have been clairvoyant and able to be in two places at once. And just to sum up how scary this spirit is, Andrew Jackson once spent the night at the Bell’s farm and was then quoted as saying "I had rather face the entire British Army than to spend another night with the Bell Witch." I guess only visit the Bell Witch if you dare…

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

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

https://www.bellwitchcave.com

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/tennessee/articles/story-behind-tennessees-bell-witch-cave/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-bell-witch-cave-adams-tennessee

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/haunted-live-examines-the-legend-of-the-bell-witch/

https://eu.tennessean.com/story/life/2021/10/28/bell-witch-cave-haunted-sent-brave-tennessean-staffers-fleeing-1986/8544483002/

Andrew Gosden, known by friends and family as “Roo,” lived in South Yorkshire. By all accounts, he was a normal kid - he had a few close friends, was very academically driven but involved in the Church and in other activities like Cub Scouts. He was the kind of kid who was expected to go to Cambridge one day. That all changed in 2007, when he didn’t go to school and instead boarded a train to London. Andrew Gosden was never seen again. But over the years, people have thought they made contact… this story is still unfolding and we will update you when we know more, but for now we hope you enjoy this episode and if you have any information please do share it with the relevant authorities.

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/andrew-gosden-07-019198

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

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-59952786

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-59964588

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/11/two-men-arrested-over-andrew-gosden-disappearance-in-2007

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10393739/Father-missing-Andrew-Gosden-14-says-hes-plagued-nasty-scenarios.html

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/andrew-gosden-dad-reveals-agony-after-police-announce-arrests-over-sons-disappearance-3529665

“She comes by night, in fearsome flight,

In garments black as pitch,

the queen of doom upon her broom,

the wild and wicked witch,

a crackling crone with brittle bones

and dessicated limbs,

two evil eyes with warts and sties

and bags about the rims,

a dangling nose, ten twisted toes

and fold of shriveled skin,

cracked and chipped and crackled lips

that frame a toothless grin.

She hurtles by, she sweeps the sky

and hurls a piercing screech.

As she swoops past, a spell is cast

on all her curses reach.

Take care to hide when the wild witch rides

to shriek her evil spell.

What she may do with a word or two

is much too grim to tell.”

- The Witch by Jack Prelutsky

Stay safe out there. 

With love, 

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ms-witchdance/

https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/houston-mantee-ms/151-witch-dance.html

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mississippi/recarea/?recid=82485

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/mississippi/witch-dance-haunted-campground-in-ms/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/mississippi/unexplained-natural-phenomena-in-ms/?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social

In 1934, Alcatraz was remade/rebranded as the world’s most secure prison… and was made even more cold and secure than its previous island-surrounded-by-cold-and-foreboding-waters made it out to be. The redesign included tougher iron bars, a series of strategically positioned guard towers, and strict rules, including a dozen checks a day of the prisoners. Despite this, from 1934 to when the prison closed in 1963, 36 men tried 14 separate escapes. Nearly all were caught or didn’t survive the attempt. But three men may have made it out…

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape_attempt

https://www.history.com/news/alcatraz-escape-new-evidence-anglin-brothers

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Frank_Morris_and_the_Anglin_Brothers

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/alcatraz-escape-mystery-may-just-solved-facial-recognition-tech/1671220

“London Times, July 20, 1836:

That, early in July, 1836, some boys were searching for rabbits’ burrows in the rocky formation, near Edinburgh, known as Arthur’s Seat. In the side of a cliff, they came upon some thin sheets of slate, which they pulled out.

Little cave.

Seventeen tiny coffins.

Three or four inches long.

In the coffins were miniature wooden figures. They were dressed differently in both style and material. There were two tiers of eight coffins each, and a third one begun, with one coffin.

The extraordinary datum, which has especially made mystery here:

That the coffins had been deposited singly, in the little cave, and at intervals of many years. In the first tier, the coffins were quite decayed, and the wrappings had moldered away. In the second tier, the effects of age had not advanced so far. And the top coffin was quite recent looking.”

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/10-scottish-urban-legends-need-know/

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/mystery-of-the-miniature-coffins/

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/weirdest-theories-creepy-mini-coffins-16326331

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edinburghs-mysterious-miniature-coffins-22371426/

https://thirdeyetraveller.com/burke-and-hare-dolls-edinburgh/

The true crime cases we’ve covered on this podcast have all been horrifying; to even think people would be capable of such monstrosities is a terrible thought. This case is one of the worst I have encountered. We only hope that the victims and their families were able to find some peace.

On April 22, 1974, six men in total, drove in two vans to the Hi-Fi Shop at 2323 Washington Boulevard, Ogden. They came with the intention of robbing the store and killing everyone who got in their way. There were two employees working that night, one teenage boy and his mother, and the father of one of the employees. Only two of them left alive, and suffered horrible traumatic injuries as a result.

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_murders

https://www.ranker.com/list/ogden-hi-fi-facts/jessika-gilbert

https://www.grunge.com/221896/the-untold-truth-about-the-mysterious-murders-of-gilgo-beach/

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1348104

The A75 is a road that stretches a total of 95.4 miles through Dumfries and Galloway. It is just on the Scottish side of the border, the route is notorious for being extremely badly lit. Apparently reports of hauntings date back to 1957… but the most known report is from 1962 when these two brothers were returning home after the week they spent driving around Scotland in their father’s car… so join us this week for a spooky story with just a bit of a true crime tangent :)

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://www.spookyisles.com/scotlands-a75-the-haunted-road/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/uks-most-haunted-roads-scottish-25316203

https://diggingup1800.com/body-snatching-around-the-a75-scotlands-haunted-road/

https://ebooks.visitscotland.com/ghosts-myths-legends/ghost-road/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A75_road

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24655488

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/10-scottish-urban-legends-need-know/

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/8-scotlands-creepiest-haunted-roads-and-bridges-546263

Claudia Lawrence was born in Malton, North Yorkshire in 1974. While her parents were both in the law field, after her early education she went to a local catering college where she qualified as a chef. After working at hotels and restaurants in York, she eventually settled at Goodricke College in the University of York in 2006. While she never had any serious relationships, she did have a very vibrant social life and was quite close with her parents too. Everything was looking great for her, up until Thursday March 19th when she didn’t show up to her 6am shift.. or drinks with her friend after… or anything after that either. To this date, we don’t know what happened to Claudia Lawrence, but we can only hope that her family will one day find closure about what happened to her.

Stay safe out there.

With love,

Saaniya and Maddie x

Sources:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/britains-chilling-missing-persons-cases-23612060

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

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/05/claudia-lawrence-police-find-no-new-clues-in-lake-search

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/claudia-lawrence-case-disappearance-know-17946108

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-58460158

https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/news/north-yorkshire/news/news/2021/september/claudia-lawrence-investigation-searches-at-sand-hutton-gravel-pits-conclude/