Grotesque Tea

Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised. 

This month, we return to the world of cryptids as we learn about the lore and history of the mysterious and deadly Wendigo of indigenous legend.

Editor's Note: There are passages read that include the word, "Indian," in lieu of, "indigenous peoples," or, "First Nations Peoples." It is an outdated term that does not reflect the views of Grotesque Tea, its host, editor, or followers.

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

https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo

https://www.reddit.com/r/folklore/comments/19ekdla/wendigo_deer/?rdt=63105

https://www.vivianasimos.com/incidental-mythology/the-antlered-wendigo

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/windigo

https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Wendigo_(creature)

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/

https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/more-monsters-deeper-significance-wendigo-stories

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38034155/

https://www.native-languages.org/windigo.htm

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Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised. 

Editor Note: When she referred to Melatonin, she meant Melanin.

With the world embroiled in its second World War, tensions were rising back on the home front. These tensions would boil over into a series of racially charged riots that would later become called, "The Zoot Suit Riots."

Sources Used in this episode:

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots

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

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/zoot-suit-riots-and-wartime-los-angeles

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/zoot/

https://huntington.org/sites/default/files/documents/Collections%20in%20Context_Zoot%20Suit%20Riots.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2023-06-26/the-zoot-suit-riots-80-years-later-essential-california

https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots

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Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised. 

Welcome to our Apple listeners! Grotesque Tea is now on Apple Podcasts!

What happens when cops go bad? What happens when they investigate their own crimes? This month, we look into Juan David Ortiz and the week and a half long murder spree that cost the lives of 4 women in the state of TX.

Sources Used in this episode:

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

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/07/30/juan-david-ortiz-border-patrol-serial-killer/74449578007/

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/eighth-court-of-appeals/2024/08-23-00025-cr.html

https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/border-patrol-serial-killer-laredo-juan-ortiz-19465231.php

https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/6407-juan-david-ortiz

https://apnews.com/article/0d20a9865c7140f6876168e40a6289e8

https://www.ksat.com/topic/Juan_David_Ortiz/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/juan-david-perez-ex-border-patrol-agent-convicted-slayings-four-sex-workers-laredo-san-antonio-texas/

https://www.amazon.com/Border-Patrol-Serial-Killer-Conversations/dp/B0DBH9S3NF

https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Behind-Badge-Horrifying-Twelve/dp/0062962965/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KH7W1P3OMPAD&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lyaADYfel_ChJRAlJIyawK57Vz8g8VvwdppAFGpOrUSpAfUmTZ1RzvKBRy04tBxSqvEsd4AAhQHdtB5ZGuen2b0gz6zKvZMxZa3LwsK-_BK6DPkq-ujkLN7wGnDiBomZnq4HFyOMC5STFevZlIML16W4tQvuDmJsl3Zj7vuvpgG2p7i0Y3EIreLupeUQpxsUcdGgdSqdo7A1h5NDuitCxjgMMZLr8Q8zwzDCp1KkMn4.QDZ6rws_n4TRkB9QSTQto2AUaXboXTNO_i0AWJNrw5I&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+devil+behind+the+badge&qid=1736866034&sprefix=the+devil+be%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1

https://nvhs.org/veteran-experiences-gulf-war-veterans/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA74G9BhAEEiwA8kNfpc3ThhhZsV3eK2Pq0dqD5bTyfv-cag6K_N0_sHtBgGSEyM4-qGZknRoCvKIQAvD_BwE

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Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised. 

Today we are going to Wisconsin to find out about David Spanbauer and his atrocities dating back longer than it should have. I do caution that some of his victims were children.

Sources Used in this episode:

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/spanbauer-david.htm

https://apnews.com/article/0876c0c1c8cd7c250a5aac9849911049

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/374/67/458212/

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/david_spanbauer/1.html

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2014/12/16/spanbauers-crime-spree-still-taking-toll-years-later/20492075/

https://serialkillersblog.home.blog/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96206641/david-frank-spanbauer

https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/SPANBAUER_David_Frank

https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/SPANBAUER_David_Frank#Biography

https://www.angelfire.com/wi3/corajones/news0999a.html

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2018/08/08/investigation-discovery-air-program-death-waupacas-cora-jones-david-spanbauer/921905002/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-feb-24-1960-da/22814311/

https://www.riponpress.com/editorial/editorial-second-third-chances-have-consequences/article_4c583cb5-2424-5a62-aa76-07458c8c35aa.html

https://wickedwe.com/david-spanbauer/#google_vignette

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Disclaimer: Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised.

We are going to kick off 2025 with a look back at one of the largest corporate scandals in US history. We take a look at the rise and fall of Enron. There IS also rumblings that this embattled company may not be so dead? We discuss that, and more in this month's episode, so grab a cup of tea, and kick back as we dip our toes into some white collar crime, with Grotesque Tea.

Sources Used in this episode:

https://apnews.com/article/enron-return-joke-bankruptcy-96e30884234fdc0baef7c11a6bb0c810

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/enron-relaunch-annoucement-the-college-company-23-years-after-bankruptcy/

https://enron.com/

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

https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/02/us/enron-fast-facts/index.html

https://www.amazon.com/Smartest-Guys-Room-Amazing-Scandalous/dp/1591840082/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y8o_xSvkZynZOZmaEyinibTac5mrTjnXHbInfQxeidYpi-xVoWUAOvIBAN58qsmXfuaf_ys3hn050Fm-XHmUl2Nx7dSqmUvQYiT1nRaG7gA07bFJL25IxKhaLTrdvaa9pqh9Yq5XsJZEcsrMwauswgQ-GkYnLpakGnKx4O1IAHrMiajVc_pjvopDc_DYcQqEsETexat-CKdH7kKijqZQOV22E1CrORinhqegXMh0eNY.OOX2O2gafN9LsNBgchB-L8k8PqIWqXx10daSsArSF6M&qid=1733506449&sr=8-1

https://www.investopedia.com/updates/enron-scandal-summary/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron:_The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room

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Hope you're wearing your new clothes or the Yule Cat will get you! In this year's holiday special, we talk about the myth of the Yule Cat. So grab a hot chocolate, curl up under a blanket, and join me as we wrap up the year and learn about this yule time floofer.

Editor's Note: This is also the last episode with this audio quality since she's getting an upgraded microphone for Christmas! She just doesn't know it yet, so shhhhhh

-Painswalker

Sources Used in this episode:

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/23/1221454825/youve-heard-of-santa-maybe-even-krampus-but-what-about-the-child-eating-yule-cat

https://icelandicfolklore.is/the-yule-cat/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/yule-cat-jolakotturinn-iceland

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfWUorR8D60

https://education.turpentinecreek.org/2023/12/09/the-spooky-legend-of-the-yule-cat/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/each-christmas-icelands-yule-cat-takes-fashion-policing-extreme-180961420/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsqOvCJy0ZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lXgRAARFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qy-4jZlzKQ

https://www.howtopronounce.com/icelandic/j%C3%B3lak%C3%B6tturinn

https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/the-yule-cat-of-iceland-a-different-kind-of-christmas-tradition/

https://authorcpmorgan.com/the-jolakotturinn/

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Content Warning: This episode contains adult language, murder, racism, and corruption. Listener discretion, is advised.

Someone knows something. In 1964, during the Freedom Summer in Jim Crow era Mississippi, there were 2 murders that were overlooked and lost to time. Now, decades later, their stories are being told so that they will not be forgotten. This is the story of Charles Moore and Henry Dee. Join us as we explore the long road to justice that winds us from rural Mississippi, all the way to Canada, and meet the people who relentlessly and doggedly dug through corrupt law enforcement and politics, to challenge the KKK and bring the truth into the light.

Sources Used in this episode:

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mississippi-cold-case/

https://web.archive.org/web/20190709123000/http://coldcases.org:80/cases/henry-dee-and-charles-moore-case?

https://ridgenfilm.com/selected-media-mississippi-cold-case-2007/

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sks/season3/someone-knows-something-season-3-dee-moor-transcripts-listen-1.4360239

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

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

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/unresolved/cases/henry-hezekiah-dee

https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/mississippi-marker-honors-2-black-men-killed-by-klan-in-1964/

https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/downloads/neu:m0422z437?datastream_id=content

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/03/klansman-dies-1964-murders

https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/dee-moore-murders/

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sks/season3/who-s-who-in-the-dee-moore-case-1.4360206

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sks/season3/how-the-dee-moore-case-unfolded-1.4360196

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2011/08/03/civil-rights-era-klan-murderer-dies-prison

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16792385

https://coldcaselaw.syr.edu/2010/06/22/dee-moore-vs-franklin-county/

https://material-memory.clir.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2022/05/Student-Voice-5-5-64.pdf

https://www.amazon.com/Stories-African-Americans-Triumph-Resilience/dp/1456656457/ref=sr_1_1?crid=GFLVLHJ8LIU9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gh3oxwuGPX9sdcCRYJ3tdQ.JCuoNz1b4tKnhPTbWAzScQ7LY7XKBidwz3zPjOtJrbU&dib_tag=se&keywords=untold+stories+of+african+americans+triumph+and+resilience+in+natchez&qid=1731700083&sprefix=untold+stories+of+african+americans+triumph+and+resilience+in+natchez%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1

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Content Warning: Bombing, Gambling, Suicide. Listener discretion is advised.

In 1980, there were a few major events that marked the start of the new decade, including the Reagan presidency, Mt. St. Helen's eruption, and Lennon assassination, to name a few. But, there was also a bomb that was delivered to Harvey's Casino in what seemed like a would be plot of an action flick. It had bombs, gambling, revenge, extortion, and a bomb that to this day, remains unbeatable by bomb squad and EOD personnel. So brew a cup, and join us, as we talk about the Harvey's Casino Bombing.

Sources Used in this episode:

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/harveys-casino-bomb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9l2VOqTlLM

https://tahoequarterly.com/summer-2013/the-man-behind-the-bomb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6xYAV2iO0

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite/

https://harveysbombing.com/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8GvDwVqlboiDk6UMuB7C206z4rIjrkRV

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The leaves are changing. A slight chill can be felt on the breeze. The smell of pumpkin spice wafts from the coffee shops. Its spooky season! To celebrate the return of the best time of the year, we are going to read some spooky scary stories to get us in the right mood. So grab a cup of tea, get the couch nice and comfy, turn out the lights, and join me for story-time.

In other news, we have officially joined the Redcircle family of podcasts! This means that our audience base will be expanding to most major podcast host sites. This does mean that you might get some ads, but we'll try to keep them to a reasonable level.

Sources Used in this episode:

The Cadaver Chronicles "A Trying Time," Mark C. Scioneaux

Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire "Attack on University of Lagos, Law Facility," Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

Tales of the Clergy By a Nameless Editor "U Bale Stranger" Mackenzie Hurlbert. "The Lords Below," Michael Paige.

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Warning: Crime, Murder, Rape, Sexual Assault. Listener Discretion is advised.

In Russia in the early 2000s, in Cherepovets a serial killer was on the prowl. With at least 6 confirmed women killed, with suspicion of having killed more, he remains at large.

If you have any info, contact the Russian authorities at:

 8-921-532-89

8-951-732-87-51

Sources Used in this episode:

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

⁠https://www.joeturnerbooks.com/post/the-danilovsky-maniac-russia-s-most-bizarre-serial-killer⁠

⁠https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/10-minute-murder/the-danilovsky-maniac-WxLb1gTY4tG/⁠

⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JhFombZ8OUhC5R5x73VrD⁠

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