This Podcast Doesn't Exist

On a snowy night in February, 2004, a young woman disappeared without a trace...YIKES! Tune in as Emma tells Shannon the spooky and sad story of Maura Murray and the many theories behind what could have possibly made her vanish. 

Sources: 

-Billy Jensen writing in 2014 about internet sleuthing in the case: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/01/28/maura-murray/4/

-Our mother source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Maura_Murray

- The Maura Murray Missing site, still active: https://www.mauramurraymissing.org/about.html

-True Crime Addict on Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/True_Crime_Addict/Vd7aCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

-True Crime Garage, on Stitcher

This week Shannon tells Emma about the Tennessee Children's Home Society and the awful, evil, scary lady, Georgia Tann, who kidnapped, scammed, and abused children and families in the early decades of the 1900s. There are families still waiting for an answer and people realizing that their stories are eerily similar to the horrors of the Society, so listen along and freak out with both of us! 

Sources:

The Bermuda Triangle is rumored to be a vortex where ships and planes go missing and might just be a portal for extra-terrestrial beings to join us here on earth. Of all the "notable incidents" that occur within the triangle's bounds, the disappearance of Flight 19 in 1945 is the most famous. Were the pilots plucked from the air by aliens? Were they thrown off course by magnetic forces? Or was it just human error and a crash into the ocean? Maybe the triangle is the site of Atlantis! Join us in this (more rambly than usual) episode on the scariest part of the ocean.

Sources:

The Basics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19

Some theories: https://www.liveabout.com/theories-of-the-bermuda-triangle-2593654 and https://www.theweek.co.uk/95557/bermuda-triangle-five-theories-on-the-mysterious-disappearances and https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/5-famous-mysterious-stories-of-the-bermuda-triangle/

Actual historians writing about the Bermuda Triangle: https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/bermuda-triangle#section_2

We all know Shakespeare’s plays, but do we actually know the man? This week we explore the theory that Shakespeare is not at all who he says he is. Was he merely a player? Or a woman? Or even the QUEEN OF ENGLAND?! Come expound on all the possibilities with us! 

Sources: 

-Shakespeare conspiracy

-Inside the Weird World of Shakespeare Conspiracy Theories

-Was Shakespeare a Woman?

-"Who really wrote Shakespeare?" by Robert McCrum (who looks like the most dour middle-aged Englishman you can think of)

-Christopher Marlowe

-Did Shakespeare write his plays?

-Francis Bacon Society

-Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Was Shakespeare

Why did Sarah Winchester build an insane house in San Jose, California? Was it because she believed she was cursed? Or did she just like architecture? Maybe she was rich-people-eccentric? The Winchester Mystery House is one of the U.S.'s most notoriously haunted homes. Or is it? This week we talk about all the possible reasons the house was built, and what, or who, remains in it. 

The 360 tour for $9Shakespeare, Bacon, and Masons, Oh My!

Neil the Necromancer

Zak Bagans taunting ghosts

Secrets from Mental Floss and People

Was the most famous and prolific rapper of the ninety's murdered, or is he actually alive, traveling the world, and putting out music on Soundcloud? In this (our very first!) episode we dive into the life and potential death of Tupac and whether or not Kamala Harris knows the truth.  

Sources: 

Rolling Stone

Kamala Harris knows things

Forty facts you didn't know about Tupac 

Michael Nice's claims

Hello new friends! We are Emma and Shannon, the hosts of This Podcast Doesn't Exist. We can't wait to have you join us each week for a new spooky, scary, or downright oddball case that has no answers. We'll explore all the stories and theories for each, and maybe find the answers along the way. See you soon!