In 2007, a 9.8 meter catamaran was found drifting off the north-eastern coast of Australia, and the circumstances surrounding it are so bizarre that it’s been compared the Mary Celeste.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_II

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/09/australia

https://web.archive.org/web/20070423053735/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070420/wl_nm/australia_yacht_dc_2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6574547.stm

https://www.smh.com.au/national/cruel-sea-refuses-to-give-up-its-secrets-20070505-gdq2gw.html

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/kazii#google_vignette

https://www.smh.com.au/national/mystery-of-kaz-iis-missing-crew-20070421-gdpygg.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste

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We’re putting out as many of your spooky stories as we can to celebrate our favorite time of year! Here’s another round of listener emails- we love them.

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This week Kara is giving us a round-up of spooky, scary stories from South Carolina!

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Sources:  

https://americanghoststories.com/2010/01/31/third-eye-man-columbia-sc/

https://colatoday.6amcity.com/the-legend-of-the-third-eye-man-it-gets-gutsy

https://mostlyghosts.com/the-third-eye-man-of-usc/

https://www.gandbmagazine.com/article/2024/04/legends-and-lore-the-haunted-heart-of-columbia-south-carolina-jeffreys

https://visitoconeesc.com/stumphouse-park/ 

https://carolinaodyssey.com/south-carolina/stumphouse-mountain-tunnel/#google_vignette

https://www.wyff4.com/article/sc-ghost-story-the-unfinished-railroad-tunnel-stumphouse-tunnel/45668340

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/south-carolina/haunted-tunnel-sc

https://www.scetv.org/stories/2019/ghosts-and-legends-stumphouse-tunnel

https://cityofbishopvillesc.com/the-lizard-man/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp

https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/beware-the-lizard-man

https://www.wral.com/story/locals-share-spooky-story-of-rain-soaked-hitchhiker-in-walhalla-sc/20515471/

https://www.wyff4.com/article/ghost-story-the-walhalla-hitchhiker/41547346

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/the-story-of-a-haunted-south-carolina-road-and-a-vanished-hitchhiker/3066996/

https://ground.news/article/ghost-story-the-walhalla-hitchhiker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gray_Man_(ghost)

https://www.counton2.com/haunted-history/haunted-history-the-gray-man-of-pawleys-island/

https://www.southernliving.com/the-gray-man-hurricane-pawleys-island-6531004

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Meet Laurie Cabot, the official witch of Salem, and all around incredible woman.

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Sources:  

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Cabot

https://www.lauriecabot.com/about

https://libguides.salemstate.edu/home/archives/blog/Laurie-Cabot

https://www.salemdaughtersofdarkness.com/post/seven-baddass-women-of-salem-laurie-cabot-the-official-witch-of-salem

https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/a-salem-legend/

https://ournewenglandlegends.com/new-england-legends-extra-laurie-cabot-the-official-witch-of-salem/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/09/13/a-cauldron-of-controversy/1bd6dd24-602c-4f20-b273-4a9a0acb2cb9/

https://people.com/archive/salems-official-witch-laurie-cabot-finds-grave-errors-in-eastwick-vol-27-no-26/

https://web.archive.org/web/20120212002822/http://www.boston.com/yourtown/salem/articles/2012/02/09/laurie_cabot_salems_official_witch_closes_up_shop_after_40_years/?page=2

https://www.lauriecabot.com/classes

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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Is this our favorite round of listener emails? Maybe.

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Sources:  

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-man-found-dead-17165727.php

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Homicide-or-suicide-Man-s-death-a-mystery-3219748.php

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-mystery-a-case-for-murder/

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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In 2007, Hugue De la Plaza was found stabbed to death in his home, doors bolted from the inside, with no sign of an intruder. Police called it a suicide. The thing is, the murder weapon was nowhere to be found.

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Sources:  

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-man-found-dead-17165727.php

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Homicide-or-suicide-Man-s-death-a-mystery-3219748.php

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-mystery-a-case-for-murder/

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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You’ve heard us mention Folie a Deux before, but this week Kara’s doing a deep dive into the psychiatric syndrome also known as shared psychosis or shared delusional disorder.

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Bridget_Cleary 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0956848915/?tag=casefile-20

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/disturbed-twins-eriksson-murder-m6-21576116

https://greennwhite.org/folie-a-deux-the-bizarre-tale-of-sabina-and-ursula-eriksson/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_and_Sabina_Eriksson

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/541rx7/the_curious_case_of_ursula_and_sabina_eriksson/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_David_Coughlin

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20100174.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20140110083832/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/killer-Sabina-Eriksson-ended-Stoke-Trent-stab-Glenn-Hollinshead-death/story-12570387-detail/story.html#

https://web.archive.org/web/20140111185624/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/woman-free/story-12531980-detail/story.html#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0957154x08094236#:~:text=Folie%20%C3%A0%20plusieurs%20is%20a,plusieurs%20from%20nineteenth%2Dcentury%20Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%E2%80%93Hulme_murder_case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burari_deaths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_and_L%C3%A9a_Papin

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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It’s time for another round of ghost stories submitted by our favorite people—you guys! Enjoy.

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Listener Emails 

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

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In 1991, the bodies of four teenage girls were discovered inside the yogurt shop where two of them had worked. The quadruple murder is still unsolved.

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Austin_yogurt_shop_killings

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/crime-reporters-notebook-wfaa-reporter-recalls-covering-horrifying-yogurt-shop-slayings-four-teen-girls/287-a055b892-37f3-44a5-9e09-32e0c755d9cd

https://people.com/more-than-30-years-inside-unsolved-yogurt-shop-murders-4-teens-7693495

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yogurt-shop-murders-are-two-never-identified-customers-key-to-solving-austin-texas-case/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/yogurt-shop-murders-texas-families-mark-32-years-since-unsolved-killings-of-four-girls

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/yogurt-shop-murders-austin-solved-theories-dna-update

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-yogurt-shop-murders-austin-texas-families-investigators-haunted-by-unsolved-case/

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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Back in the 1940s, someone was running around Mattoon, Illinois gassing people.

We aren’t mature enough to cover stories like this.

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattoon,_Illinois

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7498816/#:~:text=Psychologic%20symptoms%20include%20denial%2C%20numbing,ones%20and%20declining%20physical%20health.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/american-home-front-after-world-war-ii.htm

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/seabee/explore/online-reading-room/Publications/quonset-hut-manuals0.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-gasser-of-mattoon

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser

https://www.eiu.edu/localite/gasserhome.php

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/column-mad-gasser-of-mattoon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon

All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. 

If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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