Welcome back to Life Is a Prison! Join us as Megan dives into the heavy case of the Villisca Axe Murders, where a family of six and their two young overnight guests were brutally murdered in their home during the early morning hours of June 10, 1912 in Villisca, Iowa. She explores the timeline of the crime, the investigation, the suspects, and why the case remains one of America's most infamous unsolved murders. Megan also shares what it was like spending the night inside the Villisca Axe Murder House, including the dark atmosphere, strange moments, and her firsthand experience staying in one of the country's most notorious haunted locations.

Read The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery, by Bill James: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32919543-the-man-from-the-train

Book your tour or overnight stay at the Villisca Axe Murder House: https://murderhouse.com/visit/

On this episode of Life Is a Prison, Hannah and Megan share sleep paralysis stories, debate Hannah’s mission to bring back DQ Blizzards and Build-A-Bear World, and talk about drowning our Sims in pools and old computer games that raised us. We also talk Noah Kahan’s new album, Megan’s obsession with scary movies and new music, her Baby Boomer mom thinking she's a Gen X, and of course, Euphoria.

This week on Life Is a Prison, Megan leads the discussion with Hannah and special guest Lesli as they dive into the Idaho murder case involving Bryan Kohberger. They walk through the events of that night and remember the four victims—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin—while breaking down the investigation and the many questions that followed.

It’s a heavy and emotional case, but with thoughtful conversation, a few moments of levity, and plenty of “how is this real?” reactions, they try to make sense of a tragedy that deeply impacted a community and captured the nation’s attention.

This week on Life Is a Prison, Hannah and Megan debate whether that was actually Jim Carrey, reminisce about riding the bus together growing up, consider getting Hannah baptized (?), wonder if Mt. Everest is haunted, and check in on our boy Punch.

This week on Life Is a Prison, Megan dives into a case that has fascinated her for years: the infamous Sallie House. In 1992, newlyweds Tony and Debra Pickman moved into the Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas—only to claim something inside the home began tormenting them. Scratches, attacks, and the spirit of a little girl known as ‘Sallie the Man Hater.’ But was it truly the ghost of a child… or something far more sinister hiding behind her name?

Order Debra Pickman’s book The Sallie House Haunting: A True Story:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sallie-house-haunting-debra-lyn-pickman/1019633092

We’re back after a month! Did you miss us? This week on Life Is a Prison, Hannah unpacks why TikTok tarot readers magically appear when we’re down bad, how long the talking stage can legally last before it becomes a situationship, and how to meet people in real life in a world that would rather we all just download another dating app.

This week on Life Is a Prison, Megan takes us back to the 1800s for some good old Western fun—except this is the kind of fun that ends in frontier horror. Saddle up as we explore the terrifying story of America’s first serial killer family: the Bloody Benders.

Watch the documentary: Evil Kin: The Bloody Benders
Read the book: All the Blood We Share: A Novel of the Bloody Benders of Kansas by Camilla Bruce
https://a.co/d/fs1T27K

Read the book: Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier by Susan Jonusas
https://a.co/d/eqwQJOk

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This week on Life is a Prison, Hannah and Megan discuss what went well for them in 2025, the things they can’t stand, moments when loved ones give advice you don’t want to hear, and their songs of the week. Cheers to 2026!

This week on Life Is a Prison, Megan dives into the infamous Conjuring case, what happened to the Perron family, and Ed and Lorraine Warren’s involvement.

Read Andrea Perron's books, "House of Darkness House of Light" Volumes 1, 2, and 3: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GG5W7YF/ref=x_gr_bb_series?caller=Goodreads&tag=x_gr_bb_series-20&binding=paperback

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