Appalachian Mysteria

About Appalachian Mysteria

A crime journalism podcast series focused on unusual horrors in the hills and hollers of Appalachia. Created and hosted by Kendall Perkinson and Sarah James McLaughlin. Season 1 - Mared & Karen: The WVU Coed Murders Season 2 - Big Savage: The Death Of Alexander Stevens Season 3 - Outlandish Season 4 - Listener Suggestions

Publisher

Kromatic Media

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 May 2017

Latest episode

28 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

98 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2025

   Unfinished Business | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep 7

   Joan Ann Charlton was the first of her family to attend college. Three weeks into her freshman year at Frostburg State University, she was brutally murdered in the campus arboretum. This episode tracks three generations of college students, from 1980s Frostburg to current-day Morgantown, each story centering around the memory of one 19-year-old woman who seems perpetually on the cusp of being forgotten. But it’s also about how Appalachian college students are laying entirely new ...

2. 

   14 Oct 2025

   Updates: New Season! / No More Ads / Facebook Deleted / Big Savage on YouTube

   Four big updates from the Mysteria Crew. Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders (available on Amazon) Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel (@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube) Kromatic Media

3. 

   17 Dec 2024

   Away in a Hangar: A Christmas Special

   This short Christmas special tells the story of a Pennsylvania Santa Claus (and his chauffeur) who definitely ended up on the naughty list in 1983. Taking listeners from the top of the tallest skyscraper in Pittsburgh to a backwoods hangar in West Virginia, this episode throws our own rules to the wind with a solved case, zero interviews, and way too much humor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

2,701 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

819 ratings

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