The Wicked Ones Podcast

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in a makeshift grave, in the woods…trapped, where no-one could hear you?

Listen in as The Wicked Ones Podcast hosts Tara & Jen, discuss the terrifying story of what Michelina Lewandowska had to endure.

The Wicked Ones Podcast hosts, Jen & Tara discuss a story this week that may leave some of you wondering what really happened the day that newlywed, Tina Watson, drowned while scuba diving on her honeymoon. Was it truly an accident caused by negligence and inexperience or was it murder?

We’ll let you decide if the husband “did it” or not. However, we have a feeling that once you hear about the many shameful & wildly inappropriate actions taken by Gabe Watson throughout this story, it will leave you with a very bad taste in your mouth.

Listen in and decide where you stand. If you’re up for it, write in and tell us! We’d love to hear your thoughts too.

The Wicked Ones Podcast Hosts Tara & Jen discuss the heartbreaking story of 16 year old Emma Jane Walker. Emma was a bright, kind, beautiful girl with her whole life ahead of her. A life that was tragically cut short in a way that no one saw coming. Was it a deadly, misguided stunt planned by her football player ex-boyfriend to try and win her back… or was it cold blooded murder?

Teen dating violence is an issue that deserves attention. 1 in every 5 high school students report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. (According to the Journal of the American Medical Assoc.). 1 in 3 girls in the U.S. is a victim of dating violence…a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence.

The Wicked Ones Podcast hosts, Jen and Tara discuss the story of Jen Spry. Spry was only 8 years old when she became the victim of human trafficking, but wouldn’t realize it for decades. Human trafficking isn’t all the same. Listen in and learn, we sure did.

- “No one ever came looking, because I never went missing.” - Jen Spry

The Wicked Ones Hosts, Tara & Jen dive into the world of self help & discover that sometimes there’s a fine line between following a group that will benefit your life and waking up one day to discover that you might be in a cult.

Unfortunately, many highly intelligent, hard working, people with an entrepreneurial spirit and motivated drive in life to continuously better themselves, sometimes find that the leaders in the self help industry aren’t always what they seem.

In this story…we are high-lighting a fallen self-help guru and those who put their faith in a man that, sadly, didn’t seem to have their best interest at heart. That individual is James Arthur Ray…and this is the story of the “Spiritual Warrior” retreat he lead in Sedona, AZ that had a very tragic ending when 3 people lost their lives in his makeshift sweat lodge.

The Wicked Ones Podcast hosts Jen & Tara discuss a side of Bikram Yoga that most may not know about…and it’s not pretty. The practice of Bikram yoga itself may have genuinely changed lives and here in the U.S. it certainly became an intense study among many in the fitness realm…almost cult-like in it’s practices. So who was this guy that traveled from India to L.A. & introduced to the world this very strict, regimented, incredibly HOT…both socially & literally form of yoga? Well…he’s a douche. We said it…you read that right…and we mean it.

We may not be talking murder this week, but the things this disgusting predator was able to get away with, being in this immense position of power will haunt you just the same. The women he violated and took advantage of…their stories deserve to be heard. They were here before #metoo & it is our hope that this episode will bring awareness to others that may not have the courage to speak out against those in power. All of these stories deserve to be heard and these bastards that think they are above reproach need get what’s coming to them.

On a lighter note…A very young #jasonbateman & #justinebateman attended #bikramyoga classes with their father...and his thoughts are hilariously noteworthy as usual!! Find out how Jason Bateman REALLY feels about Bikram Yoga in his interview with Letterman. You won’t regret it, we promise!

https://youtu.be/GzEBAZFKUls

The Wicked Ones Podcast hosts Tara & Jen discuss the heartbreaking tragedy that occurred in West Webster, NY on Christmas Eve in 2012. This story is one of the tougher ones we’ve had to cover. It involves a crazed gunman/ex-convict, the destruction of a once peaceful lakeside neighborhood, the ambush of several first responders & the revision of a law that will hopefully keep killers behind bars where they belong.

The Wicked Ones podcast hosts, Jen & Tara dive into the Italian Hall disaster where many lives were senselessly & tragically lost on Christmas Eve in 1913 at a gathering for the children of a mining community in Michigan’s copper country. Jen takes us back and shares with us what life & work conditions were like in these small communities created specifically for miner’s & their families. She focuses on the challenges they faced and the culmination of events that ultimately led to the loss of 73 lives that fateful December day that will never be forgotten in the city of Calumet.

This tragedy, a result of people standing up for their rights for fair treatment would not be the first, nor the last of its kind. Unfortunately, the fight for fair treatment and equality in society is a battle many are still fighting today.

The Wicked Ones Podcast hosts Tara & Jen get all the feels with case. You definitely wouldn’t have seen this one coming. Listen in as we discuss a 40 year old cold case that baffled investigators for generations. You’ll be holding your breath with every twist and turn. From the falsely accused to the police department that never stopped inching forward despite the odds & the victim herself who would end up helping to leave behind DNA evidence that would eventually bring her killer to justice.

If you haven’t realized by now, we get VERY excited about all of the new technology with DNA evidence and the use of genealogy to solve cold cases. To all of the assholes out there that thought they got away: Are you tired yet? Well, sit tight…they’ll be coming for soon enough and you better believe that all of us in the true crime community will be cheering them on.

The Wicked Ones podcast hosts Jen & Tara discuss the chilling murder & haunted history behind the Los Feliz Murder House located at 2475 Glendower Place in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. What started out as an evening that could have inspired the setting of a Norman Rockwell holiday painting quickly turned into a hellish nightmare for the Perelson family. We may never fully understand the tragic events that unfolded that December night in 1959, but many believe that the house itself is haunted. Strange happenings in and around the sprawling Spanish style home have occurred & although the home has changed owners a few times in the last 60 years…no-one has actually, for one reason or another, been able to live there.