No theme. No cohesion. Just two hosts, two wildly different crimes, and a whole lot of questions. Get ready for a cold-blooded cocktail of cases.

You can check out We're All Just Pretending here!

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6abc Action News - "Hearing continues in Ellen Greenberg case as family pushes for autopsy review"
Deadline - "As Ellen Greenberg's Parents Vie To Reopen Case Of Her Suspicious Death, ABC News Studios, Elle & Dakota Fanning & Blackfin Investigate For Hulu"
CNN - "Despite 20 knife wounds and 11 bruises, Ellen Greenberg's death was ruled a suicide. The pathologist just changed his mind"
A&E - "Ellen Greenberg's Mysterious Death: Could Someone Be Capable of Stabbing Themselves 20 Times?"

Canada Unsolved - "MISSING: the Jack Family - 08/02/1989 - Prince George, B.C."
The Strand - "The vanishing Jack Family"
CBC - "Missing since 1989: Age-progressed photos show what Jack family might look like today"
The Province - "Vanishing Act"
CTV News - "'Tragic and haunting memory': B.C. family had been missing for 30 years"

The dark web isn't just for buying dubious socks. This week, we dive into the cases where the internet wasn't just a search tool—it was the weapon, the hunting ground, and sometimes, the motive. Screens turn deadly.

You can check out the Vocal Fries Podcast here!

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The Australian Women's Weekly - "My little girl was killed by an internet predator"
ABC News - "Man found guilty of murdering Carly Ryan"
ABC News - "Father, son 'made up false IDs to kill teenager'"
The Carly Ryan Foundation
The Advertiser - "SA Parliament introduces new laws targeting predators who lie about their age online to children"
ABC News - "Ryan's convicted killer launches appeal"
SBS - "How a mother turned her grief at her daughter's murder into a cyber safety crusade"
All About Cookies - "Catfish Capitals: These Are the Places You're Most Likely To Fall Victimto a Catfishing Scam"

abc News - "Lottery winner's convicted killer speaks out from behind bars"
People - "Lottery Winner Trusted Her to Write a Book About Him. Instead, She Killed Him and Took the Money"
WUSF NPR - "Abraham Shakespeare"
Oxygen - "A Multi-Million Dollar Mystery: Was A Lottery Winner's Sudden Wealth Motive for Murder?"
abc News - "How amateur web sleuths helped solve the case of missing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare"
NBC News - "Fla. lottery winner led problem-filled life"

Australia's story isn't just one of pioneers and platypuses—it's also a story of a nation's darkest deeds. From the quiet suburbs to the vast, unforgiving wilderness, we're uncovering the true crimes that shocked a continent and redefined a country's idea of safety.

You can check out the High Expectations podcast here!

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Bentahm Science - "Catherine & David Birnie"
ABC News - "Sharon Fulton's husband blamed notorious serial killers David and Catherine Birnie for wife's 1986 disappearance, inquest told"
Serial Killer Calendar - "David and Catherine Birnie: The Bonnie and Clyde of Australia"
Medium -- "Twisted Couples: David and Catherine Birnie"
Alchetron - "David and Catherine Birnie"

Julian Knight - The Hoddle Street Massacre - "Chronology of Julian Knight's Life"
ABC - "Hoddle Street killer won't be forgotten"
The Age - "Confrontation with a killer"
Aussie Criminals - "Julian Knight - The Hoddle Street Massacre"
The Sydney Morning Herald - "Angry victims reject Knight's apology"
Victorian Reports - "R v Knight [1989] VicRp 62; [1989] VR 705 (10 November 1988)"

We've all had a bad day, but these people took their frustrations to a whole new level. Join Vicky and Rachel as they explore the shocking—and surprisingly creative—cases of ordinary folks who turned to homemade explosives to settle scores, get rich, or just make a statement.

You can check out Murder and Such here!

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FBI - "Harvey's Casino Bombing"
The New York Times - "F.B.I. Says Casino Bombing Figure Considered Coast Bank Extortion"
The Record-Courier - "40 years ago, Tahoe casino bombing was biggest in U.S. history"
The Atavist Magazine - "A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite"
The New York Times - "Federal Grand Jury Indicts 6 in Bombing of Casino at Tahoe"

State Library Victoria - "The day that shook Russell Street"
National Trust - "Russell Street Bombing Exhibition"
Informit - "The Russell Street Bombing 30 years on"
Ergo - "Russell Street Bombing"
eMelbourne - "Russell Street Bombing"
Monument Australia - "Constable Angela Taylor"

One killer is scary. Two? That's a whole new level of terror. Join Rachel and Vicky as they delve into the chilling accounts of two of history's most intriguing criminal pairs.

You can check out the Not Fade Away Podcast here!

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The Detective's Notebook - "Serial killer sisters"
Alcatraz East Crime Museum - "The Black Widows of Liverpool"
Murderpedia - "Catherine Flannagan"
H-Net Online - "Sisters in Crime"
Crime Museum - "The Black Widows of Liverpool"

The New York Times - "A Quest for Revenge"
Victorian Paris - "Murder Most Horrible: The Bloody Trunk Case"
Fiction and Film for Scholars of France - "Stranger than Fiction: Steven Levingston on Murder, Mesmerism, and Forensics in Fin-de-siècle Paris"
The Lineup - "A Body and a Bloody Trunk: The Infamous Gouffé Case of 1889"
Brief Case - "The Disturbing & Horrifying Case of Gabrielle Bompard" (YouTube)

Crime isn't all big cities and bustling streets. In the wide-open spaces of South Dakota, from the Black Hills to the Badlands, some of the most chilling cases are hidden in plain sight. This week, Vicky and Rachel are exploring the dark side of the Mount Rushmore State, where secrets are buried as deep as the prairie soil.

You can check out Murder Road Trip here!

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Daily Capital Journal - "The human monster: How a suspected serial killer was arrested in Stanley County"
The Billings Gazette - "Suspected Murderer Kunnecke Once Lived In Idaho"
Deseret Evening News - "Career of a Criminal - William Kunnecke Under Arrest for Murder of His Sheepherder"
Omaha Daily Bee - "Kunnecke's Trail of Blood"
Omaha Daily Bee - "Kunnecke Held for Murder"
The Salt Lake Herald - "Dakota Murder Mystery"
The Citizen-Republican - "Life Term Convict Makes His Escape"
Philip Weekly Review - "German 'Lifer' Now in Mexico?"

South Dakota News Watch - "'Kids look to adults:' Responding to child trauma 50 years after Gitchie Manitou murders"
Argus Leader - "Survivor speaks 40 years after Gitchie Manitou murders"
Dakota News Now - "Throwback Thursday: History of the 1973 murders at Gitchie Manitou"
Argus Leader - "What we know about the 1973 Gitchie Manitou mass murder where 4 teenagers were killed"
Ottumwa Radio Group - "Tune into the Past with Ottumwa Radio: Gitchie Manitou Murders"

Vanished into thin air. This week, Rachel and Vicky dig into the baffling cases where people disappear without a trace, leaving more questions than answers.

You can check out 600 Second Saga here!

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Medium - "A Decade of Unanswered Questions Surrounding Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers"
All That's Interesting - "Inside The Final Days Of Kris Kremers And Lisanne Froon And The Eerie Photos They Left Behind"
LAD Bible - "Sobering story of two tourists who vanished before camera was found and left behind disturbing clues"
UNILAD - "Friends who vanished while hiking left disturbing photo evidence on their phones"
Strange Outdoors - "The disturbing deaths of Kirs Kremers and Lisanne Froon on their La Pianista Hike in Panama"
Celina Koh Blogs - "Blog #1: The Tragic Disappearance of Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers"

Springfield Police - "Three Missing Women"
Medium - "The Crazy Case of the Springfield Three: Where Are They?"
Newsweek - "Three Women Vanished. More Than 30 Years Later, No One Knows What Happened"
KY3 - "'The Springfield Three': 32 years since the disappearance of Suzie Streeter, Sherill Levitt, and Stacy McCall"
FBI - "The Springfield Three - Springfield Missouri"
Springfield News-Leader - "Three Missing Women: Ten Years Later - Part 1 of 5"
Ozarks First - "Decades-Old Evidence May be Future of Missing Women Case"
Springfield News-Leader - "Pokin Around: 3 missing women; here, then suddenly nowhere"

From the shores of Lake Erie to the rolling Appalachian foothills, Ohio's seen its share of darkness. This week, we dig into a Buckeye State case that'll make you say, 'Only in Ohio...' A special thank you to this week's guest, Caitlin Escobedo! You can learn more about her and Esco Birth and Family here!

You can check the Book vs. Movie Podcast here!

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The Dead History - "James Ruppert: The Easter Sunday Massacre"
UPI - "James Ruppert, 48, described as a paranoid psychotic who..."
AP - "Man who killed 11 relatives in Easter shooting dies at 88"
Daily News - "The 1975 Easter massacre: Uncle Jimmy Ruppert kills his family"
WCPO Cincinnati - "Living in a murder house: Hamilton mom copes with her home's dark past"
American Hauntings - "The 'Easter Sunday Massacre': Horror and Hauntings of a Holiday Nightmare"
The New York Times - "A Motive Is Sought in Slaying of 11 in a Family in Ohio"
The New York Times - "Killer of 11 Is Given 11 Life Sentences"
Journal-News - "No parole for James Ruppert in Easter mass murder"

Explore With Us - "The Disturbing Case of the House of Horrors Killer | Documentary" (YouTube)
Court News Ohio - "Death Penalty Upheld for Man Who Killed Two Women in Ashland"
abc News - "A killer confession: Detective details 33-hour interrogation to get Ohio murderer to tell all"
A&E - "The Detective Who Got Serial Killer Shawn Grate to Confess on Life After The Biggest Interrogation of Her Career"
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction - "Shawn M Grate"
All That's Interesting - "Shawn Grate, The 'House Of Horrors' Killer Who Terrorized Ohio"
TIME - "Man Linked to at Least 5 Women's Deaths Is 'Obviously a Serial Killer,' Sheriff Says"

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned... and so have they. Join Rachel and Vicky as they uncover the shocking true crimes committed by those sworn to righteousness.

You can check out the We're All Just Pretending Podcast here!

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The New York Times - "Gerald Robinson, Priest Convicted of Killing Ohio Nun, Dies at 76"
Cleveland.com - "Ohio priest Gerald Robinson, convicted of strangling nun and stabbing her 31 times, dies in prison"
Bishop Accountability - "A Family Remembers Its Sister"
The Blade - "Slain nun's piety obscured in details of bizarre death"
Getty Images - "Margaret Ann Pahl"

Daily News - "'Holy-crazy' priest who dumped body parts in Hudson is only chaplain to get the chair in U.S."
Digital Collections - "People of the State of New York v Hans Schmidt [Trial #3228]"
Ephemeral New York - "A Priest, a maid, and a Second Avenue murder"
All That's Interesting - "The Gruesome Crimes Of Hans Schmidt, The Only Catholic Priest Ever Executed In US History"
The Evening World - "Hans Schmidt, Slayer of Anna Aumueller, Faces Death Chair"
The Sun - "Schmidt Tells Tale of Shielding Muret"

When your world shrinks to a single room, and your life is in someone else's hands. We delve into the harrowing true stories of individuals who have been caught in the ultimate nightmare: being a hostage.

You can check out the Vocal Fries Podcast here!

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Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma - "The Joseph Palczynski Story"
Boston University - "Joe Palczynski: One Failure of the Mental Health System"
The Sun - "Hostages safe; fugitive killed"
The Washington Post - "Surrender Fell Through, Lawyer Says"
Los Angeles Times - "Woman Accused of Buying Guns Used in 4 Killings"
The Baltimore Sun - "The tale of Joseph Palczynski's victims"

AL.com - "Photos from the Midland City Hostage crisis in February 2013"
CBS News - "Saving Ethan: The FBI's race against the clock to rescue kidnapped Alabama boy"
CBS 42 - "In 2013, the eyes of the world were on Alabama's 'Boy in the Bunker'"
WDHN - "9-years-later: 'Boy in the Bunker' incident"
WSJ - "A Stolen Boy, an Angry Loner, an Underground Bunker"
CBS News - "Inside the FBI's real-life mission to save a young boy kidnapped and held hostage by a gunman"
AL.com - "Man behind Alabama hostage standoff, Jimmy Lee Dykes: Paranoid, poor and particular"