In November 1928, a quiet Pennsylvania farming community was shaken to its core when a respected local man was brutally murdered in his own home—stabbed, beaten, and set on fire. His killers claimed he was a witch, casting spells that had cursed their lives. What followed was a chilling descent into superstition, folk magic, and fear — a murder born not of greed or hatred, but of a deep belief in hexes, curses, and dark rural lore. This is the story of the Hex Hollow Witch Murder.

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In November 1928, a quiet Pennsylvania farming community was shaken to its core when a respected local man was brutally murdered in his own home—stabbed, beaten, and set on fire. His killers claimed he was a witch, casting spells that had cursed their lives. What followed was a chilling descent into superstition, folk magic, and fear — a murder born not of greed or hatred, but of a deep belief in hexes, curses, and dark rural lore. This is the story of the Hex Hollow Witch Murder.

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In August 2016, an ordinary Australian family of five vanished without warning, abandoning their phones, passports, and sense of reality. What began as a quiet road trip spiralled into a bizarre journey of fear, paranoia, and confusion — a mass psychosis that would leave one missing, one hospitalized, and a nation asking: what happened to the Tromps?

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/312661/tromp-children-relieved-dad-found,-but-confused

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/riana-tromp-speaks-about-bizarre-road-trip-in-first-interview/news-story/85f38069f07f5375803656cdd0b32c5f

https://www.mamamia.com.au/tromp-family-road-trip

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bradesposito/tromp-family-road-trip

https://vocal.media/criminal/the-vanishing-of-the-tromp-family

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In August 2016, an ordinary Australian family of five vanished without warning, abandoning their phones, passports, and sense of reality. What began as a quiet road trip spiralled into a bizarre journey of fear, paranoia, and confusion — a mass psychosis that would leave one missing, one hospitalized, and a nation asking: what happened to the Tromps?

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/312661/tromp-children-relieved-dad-found,-but-confused

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/riana-tromp-speaks-about-bizarre-road-trip-in-first-interview/news-story/85f38069f07f5375803656cdd0b32c5f

https://www.mamamia.com.au/tromp-family-road-trip

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bradesposito/tromp-family-road-trip

https://vocal.media/criminal/the-vanishing-of-the-tromp-family

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Part 3. In 1959, the icy slopes of Russia’s Ural Mountains became the stage for one of the most chilling cold-case mysteries in modern history when nine experienced hikers vanished in the dead of winter. What rescuers found weeks later—bodies scattered, tents shredded from within, and strange injuries defying logic—hinted at a night of terror shaped by forces neither natural nor entirely understood.

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https://dyatlovpass.com

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00120-0

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-may-have-solved-dyatlov-pass-incident-180976957/

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08sy0fb/the-dyatlov-pass-incident

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Part 2. In 1959, the icy slopes of Russia’s Ural Mountains became the stage for one of the most chilling cold-case mysteries in modern history when nine experienced hikers vanished in the dead of winter. What rescuers found weeks later—bodies scattered, tents shredded from within, and strange injuries defying logic—hinted at a night of terror shaped by forces neither natural nor entirely understood.

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https://dyatlovpass.com

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00120-0

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-may-have-solved-dyatlov-pass-incident-180976957/

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08sy0fb/the-dyatlov-pass-incident

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In 1959, the icy slopes of Russia’s Ural Mountains became the stage for one of the most chilling cold-case mysteries in modern history when nine experienced hikers vanished in the dead of winter. What rescuers found weeks later—bodies scattered, tents shredded from within, and strange injuries defying logic—hinted at a night of terror shaped by forces neither natural nor entirely understood.

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https://www.history.com/news/dyatlov-pass-incident-soviet-hiker-deaths

https://dyatlovpass.com

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00120-0

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-may-have-solved-dyatlov-pass-incident-180976957/

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08sy0fb/the-dyatlov-pass-incident

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In 2013, the corridors of Los Angeles’ infamous Cecil Hotel became the backdrop for one of the most perplexing mysteries of our time when Elisa Lam, a young Canadian tourist, vanished under suspicious circumstances. Her disappearance, captured in bizarre elevator surveillance footage, hinted at a surreal struggle with forces both human and otherworldly.

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https://www.travelchannel.com/articles/inside-los-angeles-infamous-cecil-hotel

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https://crimenews.com/was-elisa-lam-murdered-revisiting-her-mysterious-death-13-years-later

https://crimenews.com/how-pablo-camilo-was-thrust-into-an-elisa-lam-death-theory

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In 2013, the corridors of Los Angeles’ infamous Cecil Hotel became the backdrop for one of the most perplexing mysteries of our time when Elisa Lam, a young Canadian tourist, vanished under suspicious circumstances. Her disappearance, captured in bizarre elevator surveillance footage, hinted at a surreal struggle with forces both human and otherworldly.

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https://www.travelchannel.com/articles/inside-los-angeles-infamous-cecil-hotel

https://crimenews.com/elisa-lam-elevator-video-at-cecil-hotel-spawned-wild-theories

https://crimenews.com/was-elisa-lam-murdered-revisiting-her-mysterious-death-13-years-later

https://crimenews.com/how-pablo-camilo-was-thrust-into-an-elisa-lam-death-theory

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CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of extreme violence, torture, and murder. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

In 1999, inside a small apartment in Hong Kong, a nightmare unfolded behind closed doors. A young woman, Fan Man-yee, vanished—her fate unknown until investigators uncovered something horrifying. A plush Hello Kitty doll. A decaying human skull. And a story so brutal it defied belief.

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https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3220596/hong-kongs-hello-kitty-murder-case-when-young-woman-was-killed-and-her-dismembered-body-found-three

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

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-68-the-hello-kitty-murders-the-tragedy-of-fan-man-yee/id1255334566?i=1000463079334

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pow1kbIiKcs

https://medium.com/@nikyoung/the-hello-kitty-murder-28c994a9af52

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1l6GNCWUy9HJRDV5miPsSl

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