Sinister Sunrise

It's episode 157 and the Sinister Sisters are ending season three with a doozy. Come gather round the campfire! In today’s group episode, Morgan dives into the origin of the skinwalkers and shares firsthand accounts from people who may have crossed paths with these evil witches. Then, Sarah and Erin cover the history of skinwalker ranch and tell unsettling tales of unexplained phenomena that has been happening on the ranch for nearly a century. When the bugs go silent, that’s when you know. 

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: 

Erin’s sources: (The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch - Series on Hulu); (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-advocate/22782760/);(https://www.thealiencon.com/newsletter-archives/secret-of-skinwalker-ranch-the-sherman-encounters/?cmpid=email-aliencon-newsletter-2023-0411-04122023&om_rid) Sarah’s sources: Hunt for the Skinwalker 

Morgan’s sources: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR7yfW4L/

https://easttennessean.com/2023/01/23/not-deer-not-going-to-the-woods/

“The hunt for the skin Walker” by Colm Kelleher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOJV9Hr3jvc - Jon Solo

The VERY Messed Up Origins of Skinwalkers | Native American Folklore Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g358lzU28ic - The Occult Report

Skinwalker Origin Story: The dark history

It's episode 156 and if you’re not satisfied with your man, the Sinister Sisters have the perfect solution. Get him an organ transplant! In today’s episode, Morgan brings an appiteaser about a recent strange phenomenon spreading on the TikTok sphere where people are randomly finding teeth in their homes. For the main course, Morgan dives into incidents where transplant patients’ personalities resemble the donor they received their organs from. Recipients reportedly feel younger, become immune to past allergies, have aversions to food they once loved, and even present with fears they didn’t have before their transplant. Something has changed.

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

It's episode 155 and the Sinister Sisters think communal living is sounding better every day. It’s kind of like a sleepover. Just tell us what to bring! In today’s episode, Sarah travels to 1950s New York for her story on the Sullivan Institute - the cult-like group that convinced individuals to abandon the nuclear family dynamic and adopt an alternative lifestyle where therapy sessions were mandatory, sleepovers were encouraged, and rules were to be followed without exception. Take a cult, turn it on its head, and it’s still a cult. 

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: The Sullivanians by Alexander Stille | New Yorker article, “The Upper West Side Cult That Hid in Plain Sight” by Jessica Winter, Published June 14, 2023 |  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a43978597/the-sullivanians-book-alexander-stille/ 

It's episode 154 and the Sinister Sisters like to tidy their homes occleasionally. That isn’t a word? Well add it to the dictionary! In today’s episode, Erin travels to Aruba for the puzzling case of Natalee Holloway. The 18-year-old senior mysteriously goes missing on her school trip after leaving a bar with three local men. What the investigation lacks in evidence it makes up for in a shady suspect. 

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: 

(https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/natalee-holloways-disappearance-remains-unsolved-15-years-timeline/story?id=67135012);(https://www.wvtm13.com/article/natalee-holloway-van-der-sloot-peru-alabama-disappear/44120997):(https://www.biography.com/crime/natalle-holloway-murder-timeline);(https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/01/natalee200601);(https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/transcript-joran-van-der-sloot-goes-on-the-record-part-1);(https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/transcript-joran-van-der-sloot-goes-on-the-record-part-2); (https://www.foxnews.com/story/transcript-joran-van-der-sloot-goes-on-the-record-part-3);(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FJRr1AwBw) 

It's episode 153 and the Sinister Sisters vow to stay on land. We can’t handle maggots or enemas. In today’s group episode, Sarah covers the harrowing story of Terry Jo Duperrault who was stranded at sea after the yacht she and her family were on mysteriously sank. Then, Morgan travels to the Amazon for her story on Juliane Koepcke - a teenager who miraculously survived not only a plane crash but multiple days in the rainforest alone. Erin ends with the shocking tale of the Robertson family who against all odds survived at sea for over a month after their ship was capsized by killer whales. Resilient is an understatement. 

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: 

Erin’s sources: (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/22/shipwreck-lucette-sailing);(https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-18877090);(https://nmmc.co.uk/2022/05/the-50th-anniversary-of-the-robertson-family-rescue/) 

Morgan’s sources: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.9news.com.au/article/8d5ea207-6dd3-4a88-9d18-a52194566cb0

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliane_Koepcke

https://youtu.be/eDyTyszVyCM?si=YIQG0cb80CkMpIET

It's episode 152 and the Sinister Sisters can’t believe they missed the opportunity to quote Tech N9ne last week. Did everyone have their rum? In today’s episode, Morgan covers the Mishipeshu - an Ojibwe water creature that legend says leads trespassers to a watery grave. The half-serpent, half-feline monster possesses immense power and protects copper at all costs, but is the creature really all that bad? What’s in the pipes?

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.9news.com.au/article/8d5ea207-6dd3-4a88-9d18-a52194566cb0

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliane_Koepcke

https://youtu.be/eDyTyszVyCM?si=YIQG0cb80CkMpIET

It's episode 151 and the Sinister Sisters wonder if the alien race has their own version of HR? If you couldn’t already tell, this is going to be a wild ride. In today’s episode, resident alien enthusiast Sarah covers the recent UAP hearings and unveils everything the government may be hiding from the public. Three testifiers recount their personal UAP sightings and claim the government has access to not only downed unidentified crafts, but also may be in possession of nonhuman biologics. Just like an onion, there are layers. 

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: 

Podcast: Down the rabbit hole: episode “July 2023 Post Hearing Anysis.” Released 8/2/2023. 

Podcast: Stuff they Don’t Want You to Know “UFOS and Congress.” Released 8/9/2023

Podcast: WEAPONIZED “The UFO Hearing, WhT Happens Next?” Released 8/1/2023 

TV Series: unidentified: inside americas ufo investigation, episode 1 & 2

CSPAN: hearing on unidentified Aerial Phenomna, july 27, 2023 

Online article: (https://oversight.house.gov/release/national-security-subcommittee-to-hold-hearing-on-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena%EF%BF%BC/); https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-hearing-congress-uap-takeaways-whistleblower-conference-david-grusch-2023/)

It’s episode 150 and the Sinister Sisters are throwing out hot takes left and right. Up is down, down is up, and Morgan is the Godfather! In today’s episode, Erin continues her story on the Bloody Benders and details every possible theory of the family’s whereabouts and fates after fleeing their cabin. Were the Benders framed? Were they murdered in cold blood? Did they join the circus? The options are endless. 

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: 

Erin’s sources: (Investigation Discovery’s Evil Kin S02E02);(https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/);(https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bloody-benders);(https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/bloody-benders-true-story-kate-bender-crimes-susan-jonusas.html);(https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-bastardized-story-of-the-bloody-benders-a203fb0e419a);(https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/);(https://www.morningsun.net/stories/bloody-bender-mystery-to-be-revisited,74153)

It’s episode 149 and the Sinister Sisters are nothing if not civil. Is that Sarah’s second favorite C word? In today’s episode, Erin covers part one of her story on the Bloody Benders. Travelers on the Osage-Mission Trail in 1870s Kansas begin to disappear at an alarming rate and the Bender family comes under scrutiny when their home and makeshift inn is found abandoned and bloody. When in doubt, drink something that’s crisp. 

Follow us on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/sinistersunrisepodcast/?hl=en)

Have a personal story or a topic recommendation? Send it to our email! ([email protected]) 

If you are enjoying the podcast and want to show your support please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sinister-sunrise/id1498268800) 

If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used: 

Erin’s sources: (Investigation Discovery’s Evil Kin S02E02);(https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/);(https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bloody-benders);(https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/bloody-benders-true-story-kate-bender-crimes-susan-jonusas.html);(https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-bastardized-story-of-the-bloody-benders-a203fb0e419a);(https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/);(https://www.morningsun.net/stories/bloody-bender-mystery-to-be-revisited,74153)

It’s episode 148 and the Sinister Sisters love all things NOLA. Tarot card readings. Speakeasies. You name it! Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. In today’s group episode, Sarah covers the case of Patrick McNeill whose death led retired detective Kevin Gannon and his colleagues to theorize that the young man hadn’t accidentally drowned, but instead had been murdered by a band of serial killers terrorizing the Midwest. Then, Erin dives into the case of Lucas Homan who, almost ten years later, accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River after leaving a bar but who Gannon believes met with foul play. Morgan ends the episode covering the mysterious death of Dakota James - the most recent victim of this theory and the facts of his case will leave you scratching your head. The dogs are upset about these deaths too.

Morgan’s sources: (Smiley face killers: The Hunt for Justice) 

Sarah’s sources: (https://fordhamobserver.com/38079/recent/features/fordham-murder-case-resurfaces-after-22-years/);(https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/kevin-gannon/);( https://positivelypittsburgh.com/smiley-face-killer-fact-or-fiction/);(Podcast: Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know, Episode: Smiley Face Murder Conspiracy, Released January 24, 2020); (https://nypost.com/2008/04/29/killer-gang-drowns-40-sleuths/)

Erin’s sources: (https://www.oxygen.com/smiley-face-killers-the-hunt-for-justice/crime-time/luke-homan-possible-homicide);(https://www.oxygen.com/smiley-face-killers-the-hunt-for-justice/crime-time/luke-homan-new-evidence);(https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/10/29/in-wisconsin-the-tragedy-of-drinking-and-drowning/d7ac4c4c-3be0-4ad4-8750-cadfe75fe76d/);(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KdVnrhgps2fbPDSVZfWFhULELsFacIrwGgG2Si4InpY/edit);(https://archive.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/28295744.html/);(https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/columnists/mark-stewart/2019/01/23/stewart-legacy-brookfield-centrals-luke-homan-worth-remembering/2639939002/)