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A single olive.
 Two pints of mint chip ice cream.
 A feast no one touched.
 And a slice of pecan pie “saved for later”…

Tonight, we’re stepping out of the shadows of true crime and into the prison cafeteria for a special Veil of Echoes Mini-Sode: a deep dive into 12 of the strangest, saddest, and most unhinged last meals ever requested on death row.

We explore the final plates of:

• John Wayne Gacy
• Aileen Wuornos
• Timothy McVeigh
• Ted Bundy
• Victor Feguer (the single olive)
• Peter Kürten (The Düsseldorf Vampire)
• Ricky Ray Rector
• Thomas Grasso (SpaghettiOs complaint)
• Gary Gilmore (“Let’s do it.”)
• Lawrence Russell Brewer (the meal that ended last meals in Texas)
• Steven Michael Woods Jr.
• Velma Barfield

Some meals were symbolic…
 Some unsettling…
 Some almost poetic.

But each one tells a story.

Our Black-Eyed Children episode drops Friday.
 Until then… keep your ears open.
 And the veil closed.

📚 SHOW NOTES — SOURCES USED

Sources:
• Death Penalty Information Center — Last Meals Database
• Murderpedia entries on: John Wayne Gacy, Aileen Wuornos, Timothy McVeigh, Ted Bundy, Victor Feguer, Peter Kürten, Ricky Ray Rector, Thomas Grasso, Gary Gilmore, Lawrence Russell Brewer, Steven Michael Woods Jr., and Velma Barfield
• Associated Press Archives
• Oklahoma Department of Corrections — Execution Records
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Final Meal Procedures
• Biography.com — Serial Killer Profiles
• The Crime Museum — Famous Last Meals
• Britannica — Execution History & Case Summaries

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A barefoot woman. A locked metal collar. A broken chain dragging behind her in the dark.
 This is where David Parker Ray’s empire of terror finally began to unravel.

In Part Two of our most chilling case yet, we follow the escape of survivor Cindy Vigil, the frantic 911 call, the police response, and the shocking discovery inside the trailer Ray called his Toy Box.
What investigators found would ignite one of the most disturbing true crime cases in American history:

• Surgical tools
• Hand-built torture devices
• A gynecological chair bolted to the floor
• Restraints, diagrams, journals
• Audio recordings of Ray’s “instructions”
• Evidence of accomplices… and hints of many more victims

We break down the arrests, the interrogations, Cindy Hendy’s confession, the involvement of Dennis Roy Yancy, Jessie Ray’s role, the missing women connected to Elephant Butte, and the truth behind Ray’s journals — which suggest decades of abductions long before the escape that exposed him.

 Listener discretion is strongly advised.

This is Part Two of our deep dive into David Parker Ray.
 Part One is available now.

⭐ ✨ THIS WEEK ON VEIL OF ECHOES

Wednesday: Last Meals — Death Row Edition (A darkly playful Thanksgiving mini-episode)
Friday: Black-Eyed Children (New Paranormal Episode)

⭐ SOURCES & REFERENCES

Books:

• Consequences: The Criminal Case of David Parker Ray — J.E. Sparks
• Cries in the Desert — John Glatt
• Slow Death (also published as Chamber of Horror) — Jim Fielder
• David Parker Ray: The Toy Box Killer — Alex Roca

Articles & Reports:

• History.com — Evidence of Murder Is Uncovered in New Mexico
  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-22/evidence-of-murder-is-uncovered-in-new-mexico
  
  
• Official website of survivor Cindy Vigil — https://www.cynthia-vigil.com/
  
  
• FBI Case Notes & Public Records
• Local New Mexico reporting archives (Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte)

Court Records & Legal Filings:

• State of New Mexico v. David Parker Ray
• Testimonies of Cindy Vigil, Jessie Ray, Cindy Hendy, and Dennis Roy Yancy

Additional Public Domain Material:

• Interviews, transcripts, and law enforcement summaries related to the case.

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Her cry was never meant for the living.
 On the quiet edges of Ireland’s folklore, one voice has haunted bloodlines for generations—
 the voice of the Banshee.

Tonight, we step into the mist,
 into the keening wail that has echoed across centuries,
 and into the encounters—ancient and modern—
 that leave families certain
 they were visited by something watching from beyond.

In this cinematic deep dive, we explore:
 • The origins of the Banshee (Bean Sidhe — the Woman of the Fairy Mound)
• How her form changes with the death she mourns
• Historical accounts dating back to the 1400s
• Modern encounters too eerie to ignore
• Theories on what she truly is: fae messenger, ancestral mourner, grief echo, or something older

If you hear her cry… it’s already too late.

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⭐ SHOW NOTES 

In this episode:
We explore the chilling Irish legend of the Banshee—
a supernatural mourner whose cry is said to herald the death of someone you love.
Through folklore, historical documentation, eyewitness accounts, and modern interpretations,
we uncover the truth and terror behind one of Ireland’s oldest death omens.

Segments:
00:00 — Cold Open: The Woman at the Glass
06:00 — Title Card + Intro
08:30 — Segment One: Origins of the Banshee
14:00 — Segment Two: Forms & Lore
21:00 — Segment Three: Historical Sightings
28:00 — Segment Four: Modern Encounters
36:00 — Segment Five: What Is She Really?
43:00 — Outro + Teaser: David Parker Ray Part II

Content Warning:
This episode discusses themes of death, folklore, and supernatural encounters.

⭐ SOURCES USED 

• Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry — W.B. Yeats
• The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures — John & Caitlín Matthews
• Irish Ghosts and Hauntings — Tony Locke
• National Folklore Collection of Ireland (Dúchas.ie)
• Lady Fanshawe’s 1642 memoir (documented Banshee sighting)
• “The Washer at the Ford” — Celtic mythology archives
• Irish Central, “The Legend of the Banshee”
• University College Dublin Folklore Studies
• Mayo, Clare, Cork & Limerick local oral histories
• Modern encounter reports from regional archives & community submissions

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For decades, the deserts of New Mexico hid one of America’s most sadistic predators in plain sight.
 Behind the walls of a small, unmarked trailer…
 in a quiet lakeside town…
 David Parker Ray built a room designed for torture, control, and pure domination — a place his victims called the Toy Box.

In Part I, we pull back the veil on David Parker Ray’s early life, the environment that shaped him, the disturbing signs everyone missed, and the women whose voices were dismissed again and again.
 And then… we follow the horrifying abduction and escape of Cindy Vigil — the survivor who would shatter Ray’s system forever.

This is one of the darkest cases we’ve ever covered.
Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Step through the veil… if you dare.

⭐ SHOW NOTES

In This Episode:

• Ray’s childhood, family dynamics, and early warning signs
• His growing obsession with domination and control
• The drawings and “blueprints” that foreshadowed the Toy Box
• His military experience and mechanical skill development
• His move into isolation in Mountainair
• The ignored victims before Cindy Vigil
• How Ray met Cindy Hendy — and how she became his accomplice
• The escalating violence leading to 1999
• The abduction, torture, and incredible escape of Cindy Vigil
• Cliffhanger ending leading into Part II

Content Warning:

This episode contains disturbing themes including torture, abduction, sexual violence, and psychological manipulation. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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⭐ SOURCES USED

Books

• Consequences: The Criminal Case of David Parker Ray — J.E. Sparks
  A detailed account of the investigation, trials, and Cindy Vigil’s escape.
• Cries in the Desert — John Glatt
  An in-depth narrative covering Ray, Cindy Hendy, and multiple survivors.
• Slow Death (also published as Chamber of Horrors) — Jim Fielder
  A comprehensive look into Ray’s crimes, psychology, and the aftermath.

Additional Research & Archival Sources

• FBI case notes and public records
• The New York Times — “Sex-Torture Chamber Is Found in New Mexico”
• KRQE News 13 investigative archives
• Albuquerque Journal digital archives
• Court documents, hearings, and survivor testimonies
• Biography.com — David Parker Ray
• Crime Museum (crimemuseum.org)
• History.com — “Evidence of Murder Is Uncovered in New Mexico”
• Oxygen Documentary Appearance (Cindy Vigil interview)

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Nine hikers fled into the frozen night… but the truth didn’t flee with them.

In Part II of The Dyatlov Pass Incident, we peel back the ice to examine every unsettling theory buried beneath the snow:
avalanches, secret Soviet weaponry, radiation, extraterrestrial sightings, KGB involvement, paradoxical hypothermia, creature encounters, and the whispers that still haunt the Ural Mountains today.

What chased them into the dark?
 What silenced them before they reached safety?
 And why has this case remained one of the most chilling mysteries of the last 65 years?

Join Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay as we dive into the theories the mountain refused to let go.

🔮 Eerie. Cinematic. Unforgettable.
Welcome back to Veil of Echoes.

📘 SHOW NOTES 

In this second and final chapter of our Dyatlov investigation, we break open the case files, autopsy reports, classified documents, and modern analyses to explore every major theory ever proposed — and the chilling evidence behind them.

In this episode, we cover:

❄️ The Final Search & Autopsy Findings

• Strange injuries
• Torn tent
• Barefoot tracks
• Radiation traces
• Missing soft tissue
• Incomplete official reports

🧊 The Leading Theories We Unpack

• Avalanche & Slab Avalanche Models
– Pros, cons, and modern scientific simulations

• Katabatic Winds & Snow Sheet Pressure

• Paradoxical Undressing & Hypothermic Confusion

• Soviet Weapon Testing & Military Coverup
– Parachute mine explosions
– Rocket debris
– KGB involvement
– Sealed files

• UFO & Orange Fireball Sightings
– Eyewitness accounts
– Orb phenomena

• Yeti / Creature Encounters
– Footprint analysis
– Feral humans / Mansi interactions

• Infrasound & Panic Theory
– The “fear frequency”

• Radiation Exposure & Contaminated Gear

• Criminal Attack or KGB Interference
– Missing pages
– Inconsistencies in statements
– Why files were classified

🌨️ Modern Re-Investigations

• 2019 Russian reopening
• “Avalanche official ruling” and scientific pushback
• Drone- and 3D-model-supported research
• Ongoing mystery

🕯️ Closing Reflection

We honor the nine hikers, what they loved, why they climbed, and why the mountain still remembers their names.

🔗 SOURCES USED

Primary Sources & Research:

• DyatlovPass.com — Case Files & Theories
   https://dyatlovpass.com/
  
  
• History.com — Theories About the Dyatlov Pass Incident
   https://www.history.com/articles/dyatlov-pass-incident-soviet-hiker-death-mystery
  
  
• Weekly Spooky — Dyatlov Pass Theories
   https://www.weeklyspooky.com/blog/dyatlov-pass-theories/
  
  
• Case Archive PDFs (Autopsy summaries, photographs, search documents)
• 2019 Investigative Committee Report — Russian Federation Reopening of Case
• National Geographic / Scientific Avalanche Modeling Resources (Slab avalanche study)
• Eyewitness accounts of “orange fir

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“It sits at the end of a gravel road outside Port Coquitlam… a stretch of farmland that looked ordinary from the highway — until the truth clawed its way to the surface.”

In this haunting deep dive, Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay pull back the curtain on one of Canada’s darkest chapters — the case of Robert “Willie” Pickton, the pig farmer who preyed upon Vancouver’s most vulnerable.
 From a childhood steeped in cruelty to the horrifying discoveries unearthed on his family farm, this episode explores how silence, neglect, and systemic failure allowed a monster to thrive in plain sight.

The trio also remembers the women whose names deserve to be spoken louder than his ever will — Sarah, Brenda, Mona, Andrea, Georgina, and so many more. Their stories matter.

🎧 Listen now — and step carefully. The veil remembers.

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💬 If You Need Help or Someone to Talk To

If you or someone you know is in danger or struggling, please reach out — you are not alone.

• Canada: Talk 4 Healing (Indigenous Women’s Helpline) — 1-855-554-HEAL
• Canada: 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline — dial 988 (24/7)
• U.S.: National Domestic Violence Hotline — 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
• U.S.: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — dial 988 (24/7)
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG) Support Line — 1-844-413-6649

Every voice deserves to be heard. Every life deserves to be remembered.

📚 Sources & References

• On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women – Stevie Cameron (2010)
• The Pig Farm – CBC Documentary (2010)
• Pickton’s Mother Was a Key Influence – Toronto Star, Jan 26, 2007
• Pickton Case Trial Records – Supreme Court of British Columbia (2007)
• CBC News, The Guardian, and Vancouver Sun archives (2002–2024)
• Missing Sarah: A Memoir of Loss – Maggie de Vries (2003)
• RCMP Missing Women Task Force Summaries (2002–2007)

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Nine friends. One mountain. No return.

In February 1959, nine hikers set out across Russia’s Ural Mountains on a winter expedition led by Igor Dyatlov. Weeks later, rescuers uncovered their tent — ripped open from the inside. Footprints led barefoot into the blizzard… and what they found in the snow defied all logic.In Part I — The Nine Who Vanished, Veil of Echoes unravels the haunting early days of the Dyatlov Pass expedition — from the hikers’ preparation and final diary entries to the discovery of their bodies and the mystery that froze the world in fear.🎧 Join Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay as they journey across the Mountain of the Dead — where science, superstition, and silence collide.

🔮 Part II — Theories From the Cold drops next Friday.

⚠️ Content Warning:
This episode contains detailed discussion of death, hypothermia, and post-mortem injuries. Listener discretion is advised.—Sources & Show Notes

• Dyatlov Foundation Archives — translated expedition diaries & investigation records (dyatlovpass.com)
• Russian State Archive of the Sverdlovsk Region (1959 case files)
• Kuntsevich, Yuri. Dyatlov Pass: The Untold Story of the Lost Expedition. Dyatlov Foundation, 2019.
• Tempalov, Lev Ivanovich. Field Notes and Testimonies from the Dyatlov Search Party, 1959.
• BBC Future (2019) “The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass.”
• National Geographic (2021) “What Happened to the Hikers at Dyatlov Pass?”
• Smithsonian Magazine (2020) “The Dyatlov Pass Incident: How Nine Hikers Met a Tragic and Baffling End.”
• The Guardian (2019) “Russia Reopens Investigation into 1959 Dyatlov Pass Deaths.”
• Mountain Voice Documentary (2021) The Dyatlov Pass Files, Oknyom Media.
• Mansi Oral Histories (1989–2002), Ural State Historical Museum.

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Until next time… keep your ears open, and the veil closed.

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In 2002, detectives in Ferguson, Missouri, uncovered a nightmare hidden behind an ordinary smile.
 Maury Travis—a polite waiter, soft-spoken neighbor, and former college student—was living a double life.
 Down in his basement on 1001 Ford Drive, he built what investigators later called a house of tapes: a place where fear, control, and performance intertwined.

Known to the press as “The Street Walker Strangler,” Travis targeted women along St. Louis’s streets and filmed their final moments.
When he mailed a taunting letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his arrogance became his undoing.
The digital trail led police straight to him—and to the tapes that would reveal everything.

But this story doesn’t end with his death.
 Years later, new forensic teams are still giving names back to the women he took, and the house on Ford Drive continues to carry the weight of what happened beneath its floorboards.

🎙️ Veil of Echoes tells this story not to glorify a killer, but to remember those the world ignored.
Because even in the darkest rooms, there are still echoes waiting to be heard.

🔗 Listen Now

Veil of Echoes: Ep. 14 - Maury Travis: The House of Tapes
Streaming on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and everywhere you listen.

🕯️ Works Cited / Sources

• ABC News Primetime (2002): “Serial Killer’s Home Movies”
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (2002–2003) archives
• CBS News (2003): “Woman Renting Suspected Serial Killer’s Home to Move Out Early”
• FOX 59 News (2003): “Woman Sees Home on TV, Learns Deadly Secret” — interview with tenant Catrina McHaw
• St. Louis Public Radio (2025): “Illinois State Police, SIUE Students Identify Three Unnamed Serial Killer Victims”
• FBI Case Summaries — Maury Travis Investigation

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🏚️ On November 13, 1974, the peaceful town of Amityville, New York, awoke to the unimaginable—six family members found murdered inside their home on Ocean Avenue. A year later, another family moved in… and claimed they weren’t alone.Was it madness? Possession? Or something far older than both?

In this episode, Veil of Echoes descends into The Amityville Horror — a story where true crime bleeds into the paranormal, and the line between faith and fear vanishes. From the DeFeo murders to the haunting of the Lutz family, we unravel what really happened inside the house that watches.

🕯️ Episode XIII – The House That Watches

🎧 Veil of Echoes — A True Crime & Paranormal Podcast
True Crime Mondays | Paranormal Fridays 🔮 
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Show Notes

• Cold Open: “The House That Watches” — told from the perspective of the Amityville house itself.
• Segment One: The DeFeo Murders — the night that changed 112 Ocean Avenue forever.
• Segment Two: The Lutz Haunting — twenty-eight days of terror that blurred fact and faith.
• Segment Three: Truth or Hoax — where psychology, skepticism, and belief collide.
• Closing Reflection: Some houses remember… and some refuse to forget.

 🕯️ Written and narrated by Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay.

Sources Cited

• People v. Ronald DeFeo Jr. – New York Supreme Court, 1977.
• Suffolk County Police & DA Reports, Amityville Homicides (1974–75).
• Jay Anson. The Amityville Horror. Prentice-Hall, 1977.
• Ric Osuna. The Night the DeFeos Died. iUniverse, 2002.
• Hans Holzer. Murder in Amityville. Doubleday, 1979.
• Ed & Lorraine Warren. Graveyard: True Hauntings from an Old New England Cemetery. St. Martin’s Press, 1992.
• Gerald Brittle. The Demonologist. Graymalkin Media, 1980.
• Channel 5 News, New York (1976) – Amityville Investigation Footage.
• Shock Docs: The Amityville Horror House – Discovery+, 2021.
• History.com & Smithsonian Magazine features on Amityville (2017–2019).
• Rolling Stone – “The True Story Behind the Amityville Horror,” 2015.
• Skeptical Inquirer Vol. 23, No. 2 (1999).
• Skeptoid Podcast, Episode #40, 2007.

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When the veil thins and the fire still burns, Halloween becomes more than costumes and candy—it becomes remembrance.

In this Veil of Echoes Halloween Special, Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay travel back to the ancient fires of Samhain, uncover the forgotten rituals that shaped All Hallows’ Eve, and share the eerie folklore that still lingers in every carved pumpkin and flickering candlelight.

But not all the night’s stories belong to ghosts.
 From The Candy Man’s poisoned Pixy Stix to the Napa Valley Halloween murders, we revisit the real crimes that turned superstition into fear—and fear into legend.

Gather by the fire for strange facts, dark history, and Halloween trivia that will test how much you really know about the night the dead remember.

🕯️ New true-crime episodes every Monday
👻 Paranormal tales every Friday
🎃 Happy Halloween, Veil Walkers.

🧩 Show Notes / Segment Guide

0:00 – 2:15 The Hook — “The Night the Dead Remember”
2:15 – 5:10 Halloween Night Special Intro
5:10 – 11:00 The History of Halloween
11:00 – 20:00 Strange & Creepy Halloween Facts & Superstitions
20:00 – 33:30 The True Crimes of Halloween Night
33:30 – 45:00 Creepy Halloween Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
45:00 – 50:00 Halloween Trivia by the Fire
50:00 – End Until the Veil Closes (Outro)

📚 Sources Cited

• History.com – “The Origins of Halloween and Samhain” (2023)
• Smithsonian Magazine – “Strange Halloween Superstitions and Facts” (2022)
• National Geographic – “Halloween: From Pagan Festival to Trick-or-Treat” (2020)
• Britannica – “Samhain and All Hallows’ Eve Traditions” (2022)
• Mental Floss – “13 Creepy Halloween Facts” (2019)
• LiveScience – “The Real Origins of Halloween” (2023)
• Biography.com – “Harry Houdini’s Death on Halloween Night” (2022)
• Crime Library Archives – “The Liske Family Murders” (2011)
• Texas Monthly – “The Story of Sister Tadea Benz and Johnny Garrett” (2019)
• NBC News – “The Real Candy Man Case: Ronald O’Bryan and the Pixy Stix Murder” (2014)
• Associated Press / Reuters – “Halloween Night Murders in Napa” (2005)
• Celtic Heritage Society – “Samhain: Fire Festivals and Traditions”
• American Folklife Center, Library of Congress – “Halloween Customs and Beliefs”
• Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Cornwall – “Medieval Soul Nights and Masking Traditions”

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