Trigger Warning: Murder

Join Megan as she describes the Bath Consolidated Schools disaster in the early 1900s. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster https://www.britannica.com/topic/school-shooting https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/24/bath-consolidated-school-massacre-uvalde/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1927-bombing-remains-americas-deadliest-school-massacre-180963355/

Trigger Warning: Murder, Sexual abuse, child murder.

Who is one of the most trusted people in your life? For most people the answer would be their mother or significant other. Now what if that person was the one to remove you from this world in the pursuit of power and wealth. Well in the case of the serial killer Belle Gunness of Indiana her thirst to excel her status upward was the only thing that mattered, and she would do anything to make her life as luxurious as she thought she deserved.

Sources:

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/belle-gunness

https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-gunness

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/

https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gunness-belle.htm

https://laportelibrary.org/at-the-library/explore-local/belle-gunness/

https://historyofyesterday.com/one-of-the-worlds-first-female-serial-killers-belle-gunness-af95d39cc862

https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/172/6/650/4578095

https://www.stayathomemum.com.au/true-crime-series/the-black-widow-belle-gunness-true-crime-month/

Trigger Warning: Murder, Spousal Abuse, Dismemberment

One day you’re here and working to better your life, whether it was to make a living or trying to escape a bad situation filled with hostility and abuse. Then the next day your life is snuffed out and you are gone. Imagine that your partner is the one to take you from this world. This is the story of the murders of Return Ward, the first recorded serial killer in Ohio. My husband, RJ, and I explore his life and bring the stories to light of this uncommon case. Sources/References: http://s3.amazonaws.com/cul-hydra/trial/sat2805/pdfs/sat2805.pdf https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat2805 https://www.geriwalton.com/return-ward-ohios-first-serial-killer/ http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohrichla/Hist-RichlandVillage.htm https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ward-3950 Gindy, Gayleen E. Murder in Sylvania, Ohio, as Told in 1857: The First Case of Capital Execution in Lucas County, Ohio: Presumed to Be the First Serial Killer Crime in the State of Ohio. AuthorHouse, 2007.

Trigger Warning: Murder, Sexual abuse.

Imagine you are out for a walk to get some fresh air or grabbing a ride to the local hang out. Now what if that was the last time anyone ever saw you alive. While this thought is dark and disturbing this is the reality of 8 young women, who were senselessly murdered in the late 1960s. This is the story of the Michigan Murders.

Sources/References:

The Michigan Murders, Edward Keyes (Pocket, 1976). This is the only full-length nonfiction work devoted to the Collins case, although Collins and all of his victims are referred to under pseudonyms.

Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/collins-john-norman.htm 

https://aadl.org/taxonomy/term/2670

https://aadl.org/node/84032

https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2019/11/10/michigan-murders-john-norman-collins/3820802002/

https://aadl.org/aapd_pd131

https://fornology.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-rainy-day-murders-who-were-victims.html

https://aadl.org/aa_news_19690418-last_hour_theorized_by_police

https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2019/11/11/john-norman-collins-michigan-murder-suspects-letters-interviews/2522765001/

https://aadl.org/aa_news_19690611-alice_kalom_serious_likable

https://fornology.blogspot.com/2014/04/alice-kaloms-1969-ann-arbor-murder.html

https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754233/147

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Collins,%20John%20_fall,%202007_.pdf

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The earth is a place filled with magnificent wonders but also great darkness. This darkness leads to The Caligo Effect. A true crime podcast that dives into this darkness to tell the stories of the victims. Join us on our journey from state to state and country to country.

I, Megan, a true crime enthusiast with a criminal justice degree who thought a true crime podcast was a great idea, along with a variety of cohosts (friends and family who have minimal true crime knowledge) will be exploring true crime throughout the United States and beyond. Each episode we will travel to a different state until we hit all 50 states. Then we will journey into the beyond!

Our goal is to give the victims a chance to have their stories heard and to give listeners some lesser known cases to listen to.

We hope you will join us on our adventure to tell the stories of the true crime throughout the world.