Grimly

“We did it, Joe. We did it!” — Kamala Harris, and also us, apparently, because after three episodes, countless suspects, questionable police work, and approximately one million pages of research, we have FINALLY made it to the end of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders. Are we okay? Debatable. But we made it.

In the final installment of our three-part series, we're digging into the troubled investigation, questionable evidence, false confessions, and the suspects who may have been hiding behind the Phantom Killer's mask. From a publicity-loving Texas Ranger to a chilling confession discovered years after the murders, we'll explore the leads that brought investigators tantalizingly close to answers, and the mistakes that may have allowed a killer to escape justice.

We'll also examine the eerie parallels to the Zodiac Killer, what became of the survivors, and how a real-life nightmare inspired a horror movie and became the stuff of legend.

Nearly eight decades later, the Phantom Killer's identity remains a mystery. Was the truth buried in the evidence all along, or did someone get away with murder?

Join us for the conclusion of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders.

The Phantom Killer has already left a trail of bloodshed across Texarkana, and with four people murdered and no suspect in custody, fear is beginning to consume the community. But the nightmare is far from over.

In Part Two of our three-part series on the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, we continue unraveling the terrifying events of 1946. As residents arm themselves and law enforcement scrambles to catch a killer who seems to vanish into thin air, another brutal attack changes everything. This time, the violence comes not to a secluded lovers' lane, but to a quiet farmhouse where a husband and wife are spending an ordinary evening at home.

With a different weapon, a surviving witness, and a crime that breaks the killer's established pattern, investigators are left with an unsettling question: was the Phantom Killer responsible, or was someone else taking advantage of a town already living in fear?

Dead Air: A Creators Collective Audio Anthology - Part 2 

Welcome back, 

When we last left off, our hosts were in a

perilous position, coming to you from an

abandoned radio station with a Halloween

broadcast that had gone awry.

Forced to continue the show (and continue enduring some seriously unsettling tales recorded by their friends in the Collective), the entity on the phone has not only started to make those stories a reality, 

but It has now begun to learn

who they are..

All hopes of escaping alive are starting to

seem lost after Brandon fails to make a

break for it...but will a ghostly host, back

from the past, be the one to save this group

and end this curse once and for all? Or will

things only continue to get worse for our five

podcasters from here?

It’s time to keep the broadcast going, are you ready to tune back in?

Credits: 

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the making of this episode. 

This episode was a collaborative effort of the Creators Collective. 

A special thanks to hosts,

Missy, Emily, Valerie, Brandon, Amanda and Niamh and guest hosts Ale and Tom. 

Episode artwork by Amanda. 

Script by Missy. 

Editing by Niamh, Missy and Emily

And a huge thank you to all our contributing podcasts, 

Do You Dare? Podcast
Grimly Podcast
Canadian Creepies Podcast
Terrorific Podcast 
Down the Crooked Path Podcast
Rowan and Pine Podcast
Tea, Tales and Talks Podcast
Skip or Scream Podcast
Creepy Shit Podcast
Something Strange Podcast
Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen Podcast
Death Kissed Traveller Podcast
Moon Brews Podcast
Macabre Mondays Podcast
Not My Ghost, Not My Problem Podcast 
It Came From The Maritimes Podcast 
And Thick Thighs Creepy Vibes Podcast

If you enjoyed this episode please consider checking out our fellow creators, following them on socials, subscribing, rating and reviewing. 

*Ad included at the beginning of this episode is for The Creators Collective and you can find them and all of the podcasts involved in the creation of this episode by following the link below:

https://linktr.ee/CreatorsCollectivePodcasters

And from all of us at the Collective, 

We wish you a very spooky, very happy Halloween! 

In Part One of our final spooky season series, we're heading to Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas, where a mysterious figure known as the Phantom Killer began a series of brutal attacks that would leave a community living in fear. We'll explore the lives of the victims, the chilling circumstances of the first attacks, and how an ordinary town became the setting for one of America's most infamous unsolved mysteries.

This is Part One of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders.

This week, Missy steps into something a little different as Grimly joins a group of fellow podcasters for a special scripted Halloween anthology. Part One of this two-part event brings together original spooky stories, urban legends, haunted places and things that go bump in the dark, all wrapped inside one increasingly sinister broadcast.

We hope you enjoy this series just in time for spooky season. Without further ado, ladies and ghouls.... DEAD AIR: Part 1. 

Welcome, 

Tonight we come to you from an abandoned radio station for a very special Halloween two part series to broadcast some of the scariest stories, urban legends and real events live on air. 

Five friends have broken in with the plan to create something spectacularly and unforgettably spooky but their night is about to take a twisted turn when something sinister that was lurking within the confines of the building begins to take the forms of the stories they tell… 

They are only given one rule - Don’t stop the broadcast if you want to get out alive. 

Will they finish their show? 

Will they figure out what’s causing all of this? 

Will they make it through the terrifying stories recorded by their friends in the Collective unscathed? 

There’s only one way to find out and that is to tune in with them… 

Credits: 

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the making of this episode. 

This episode was a collaborative effort of the Creators Collective. 

A special thanks to hosts,

Missy, Emily, Valerie, Brandon, Amanda and Niamh.

Episode artwork by Amanda. 

Script by Missy. 

Editing by Niamh, Missy and Emily

And a huge thank you to all our contributing podcasts, 

Do You Dare? Podcast
Grimly Podcast
Canadian Creepies Podcast
Terrorific Podcast 
Down the Crooked Path Podcast
Rowan and Pine Podcast
Tea, Tales and Talks Podcast
Skip or Scream Podcast
Creepy Shit Podcast
Something Strange Podcast
Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen Podcast
Death Kissed Traveller Podcast
Moon Brews Podcast
Macabre Mondays Podcast
Not My Ghost, Not My Problem Podcast 
It Came From The Maritimes Podcast 
And Thick Thighs Creepy Vibes Podcast

If you enjoyed this episode please consider checking out our fellow creators, following them on socials, subscribing, rating and reviewing. 

*Ad included at the beginning of this episode is for The Creators Collective and you can find them and all of the podcasts involved in the creation of this episode by following the link below:

https://linktr.ee/CreatorsCollectivePodcasters

Don’t forget to tune back in next week for part 2! 

This spooky season, we’re heading inside the Old Idaho State Penitentiary. A place marked by executions, riots, solitary confinement, violent deaths, and more than a century of incarceration. We’ll dig into the prison’s history, some of its most infamous inmates, and the ghost stories, unexplained voices, footsteps, and strange encounters that still cling to its sandstone walls.

Some places come with warnings, and some warnings are better left untested.

In this episode, we’re traveling around the world to four places with reputations for something darker than being haunted. From a Thai island where visitors mail stolen stones back after their luck turns bad, to an Italian island surrounded by tragedy, a Czech castle allegedly built over a gateway to Hell, and a remote Canadian wilderness where prospectors vanished or were found dead, each location has earned its own unsettling legend.

Are these places truly cursed, or are we seeing coincidence, danger, history, and folklore tangled together over generations?

In Part 2 of the disappearance of Aaron Hedges, the search shifts into an investigation as authorities begin taking a closer look at the accounts given by Joe Depew and Greg Leitner. Inconsistencies in their story, the delay in reporting Aaron missing, and questions about where they had really been hunting all come under scrutiny. Then, months later, Aaron’s belongings begin turning up miles from where anyone expected him to be, followed by the discovery that would finally reveal his fate. But even with Aaron found, the biggest questions remain: why did he keep moving farther into the mountains, why did he abandon critical gear along the way, and what ultimately prevented him from making it out alive?

In moments of extreme danger, some people report something they can’t explain: the unmistakable feeling that someone is there with them. From frozen mountains and underwater caves to the chaos of September 11th, survivors have described unseen presences that comforted them, guided them, and sometimes seemed to help keep them alive. This week, we’re diving into the strange phenomenon known as Third Man Syndrome and asking whether these mysterious companions are a trick of the brain, a survival mechanism, or something else entirely.