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Chasing the Dark: Where True Crime Meets the Paranormal

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Featured on Amazon Music, Chasing the Dark: Where True Crime Meets the Paranormal is an immersive true crime and paranormal podcast that investigates what other shows refuse to touch — the cases where the evidence runs out and something stranger begins. Most true crime podcasts stop at the courtroom. Most paranormal podcasts stop at the ghost story. Chasing the Dark doesn't stop. Every episode goes deeper into unsolved murders, cold cases, haunted locations, and the darkest chapters of human history — following the evidence wherever it leads, even when it leads somewhere science can't explain. Some episodes are pure true crime: meticulous, research-heavy investigations into real criminal cases, missing persons, serial killers, and wrongful convictions. Some episodes are pure paranormal: deep dives into haunted places, unexplained phenomena, and encounters that defy every rational framework. And some episodes are both — because the most disturbing cases in history don't always fit neatly into one category. No other podcast in the true crime or paranormal space operates at this level of research while holding both worlds together inside a single, immersive narrative. The storytelling is dark. Deliberate. Built to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up — not through cheap jump-scare audio or sensationalism, but through detail. The kind of specific, documented, uncomfortable detail that makes you stop and ask: what do I actually believe? If you've burned through every episode of Serial, Crime Junkie, My Favorite Murder, Casefile, and Supernatural with Ashley Flowers — and you still want more — Chasing the Dark was built for the gap you've been feeling. It lives at the intersection of real criminal investigation and genuine paranormal inquiry, and it takes both with equal seriousness. Listeners come for the unsolved cases. They stay because the episodes keep rewriting what they thought they knew. Topics explored across the series include: unsolved homicides, cold case investigations, true crime mysteries, haunted locations, paranormal activity, unexplained disappearances, criminal psychology, occult history, real ghost stories, urban legends with criminal roots, and infamous crimes with paranormal connections. Whether you're a dedicated true crime fan, a paranormal enthusiast, or someone who finds themselves searching "unsolved mysteries" at 2am — this is the show your algorithm has been trying to find you. New episodes available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeart Radio, Pocket Casts, and Podchaser. Follow Chasing the Dark now. Because once you start asking the questions this podcast asks, you won't be able to stop — and you won't want to. ---

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Episode thumbnail for The Boys Who Vanished: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

July 30, 2026

The Boys Who Vanished: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

<p>The Boys Who Vanished: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders | Chasing the Dark</p><p><br></p><p>You’ve seen The Changeling. You think you know what happened during the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders.</p><p><br></p><p>You don’t.</p><p><br></p><p>In 1928, on a remote stretch of California desert, children disappeared and Gordon Stewart Northcott built a world of lies around the Wineville Ranch. When Walter Collins vanished, his mother Christine Collins fought a system that refused to believe her — a fight that became one of the most infamous true crime stories in California history.</p><p><br></p><p>The film tells her story.</p><p><br></p><p>Chasing the Dark tells everything else.</p><p><br></p><p>Host Renee takes you from Northcott’s childhood in Canada to the ranch where investigators uncovered the truth, following Sanford Clark’s testimony, Jessie Clark’s courage, the investigation, Northcott’s trial, and his execution in 1930.</p><p><br></p><p>But even after the verdict, questions remained.</p><p><br></p><p>How many victims were there really?</p><p>What happened to Walter Collins?</p><p>And how much truth did Gordon Northcott take with him?</p><p><br></p><p>This is a true crime and paranormal storytelling podcast built for listeners who need the story told right: dark, detailed, and completely in the room with it. If you’ve been searching for the true story behind The Changeling, the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, or historical true crime with real atmosphere — Chasing the Dark is where you stop searching.</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is proudly sponsored by Pharaon.com.</p><p><br></p><p>Built for Nursing Students.</p><p><br></p><p>Pharaon. Study smarter today. Save lives tomorrow.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to Pharaon.com for supporting independent storytelling and helping make Chasing the Dark possible.</p><p><br></p><p>⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of child abduction, child abuse, sexual assault, incest, and murder. Listener discretion is strongly advised.</p><p><br></p><p>Listener Takeaways</p><p><br></p><p>* Sanford Clark’s testimony and Jessie Clark’s courage helped expose the crimes hidden at Wineville Ranch.</p><p>* Gordon Northcott’s changing confessions left the true number of victims unknown.</p><p>* Christine Collins never received a definitive answer about what happened to Walter Collins.</p><p>* The real haunting of Wineville is not a ghost story, but the absence left behind by children who were never brought home.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources & References</p><p><br></p><p>Case & Historical Records</p><p><br></p><p>* Gordon Stewart Northcott — convicted of murder, sentenced to death, executed at San Quentin Prison on October 2, 1930.</p><p>* Sarah Louise Northcott — pleaded guilty to the murder of Walter Collins and received a life sentence.</p><p>* Sanford Clark — key witness whose testimony exposed the crimes at Wineville Ranch.</p><p>* Jessie Clark — Sanford’s sister whose 1928 visit helped uncover the truth.</p><p>* Walter Collins — missing March 10, 1928, age 9, from Los Angeles.</p><p>* Lewis Winslow (12) and Nelson Winslow (10) — missing May 16, 1928, from Pomona, California.</p><p>* Unidentified victims connected to the Wineville case records.</p><p><br></p><p>Location History</p><p><br></p><p>* Wineville, California — renamed Mira Loma in 1930 following the murders.</p><p>* Original Northcott ranch property — chicken coops removed; original house remains standing as a private residence.</p><p><br></p><p>Film</p><p><br></p><p>* Changeling (2008), directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins.</p><p><br></p><p>🎵 Music & Sound Credits</p><p><br></p><p>Music featured in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p>* “Darkest Child” — Kevin MacLeod</p><p> Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0</p><p> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p><p>* Additional music by Universfield</p><p> Licensed through Pixabay under the Pixabay Content License.</p><p><br></p><p>Sound effects:</p><p><br></p><p>* Sound effects sourced from Pixabay and used under the Pixabay Content License.</p><p><br></p><p>Special thanks to the composers and sound designers whose work helped bring Chasing the Dark to life.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Chasing the Dark on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you listen.</p><p><br></p><p>Until next time… stay aware of the quiet… because sometimes it’s not the silence… it’s what you start noticing in it.</p>

Episode thumbnail for The Villisca Axe Murders: 8 Killed, Never Solved | The Haunted House on East Second Street

June 25, 2026

The Villisca Axe Murders: 8 Killed, Never Solved | The Haunted House on East Second Street

<p><strong>The Villisca axe murders remain one of America’s most chilling unsolved crimes. On the night of June 9th, 1912, eight people — the Moore family and two young houseguests — were killed in their sleep in a quiet home in Villisca, Iowa. More than a hundred years later, the case is still unsolved, and the Villisca axe murder house is now considered one of the most haunted locations in the Midwest. This episode of Chasing the Dark covers the full true crime story and the paranormal activity people report inside the house today.</p><p>We sit with both threads of that night: the 1912 crime that was never solved, and the darkness people say never left the house on East Second Street. We walk through the town as it was, the family as they were, and the unbearable, deliberate calm of what was done after midnight — the covered faces, the sealed windows, the locked doors. We follow the contaminated crime scene and the investigation that was lost before it began, the suspects whose names never went away — state senator Frank F. Jones, William Mansfield, and the Reverend George Kelly — and the traveling-killer theory that links Villisca to a cluster of railroad-adjacent family murders around 1912.</p><p>Then we cross into the paranormal: the EVP recordings, the cold spots, the footsteps, and the reports from inside the Villisca axe murder house — alongside the honest, skeptical counter-explanations. And we sit with the detail that unsettles people most: why the haunting, if it is one, seems to retrace the exact path the killer walked.</p><p>This is a story about a family. Josiah and Sarah Moore. Their children — Herman, Mary Katherine, Arthur Boyd, and Paul Vernon. And two girls who only meant to stay the night, Lena and Ina Stillinger. We tell it the way we tell every story here: carefully, honestly, and with their names kept attached to who they actually were.</p><p><br></p><p>⚠️ Listener Discretion Advised: This episode discusses the murders of children and contains descriptions of violent crime.</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>Show Notes</p><p><br></p><p>Case: The Villisca Axe Murders</p><p><br></p><p>Location: Villisca, Iowa</p><p><br></p><p>Date: June 9–10, 1912</p><p><br></p><p>Victims:</p><p><br></p><p>* Josiah Moore (43)</p><p>* Sarah Moore (39)</p><p>* Herman Moore (11)</p><p>* Mary Katherine Moore (10)</p><p>* Arthur Boyd Moore (7)</p><p>* Paul Vernon Moore (5)</p><p>* Lena Stillinger (11)</p><p>* Ina May Stillinger (8) (Wikipedia⁠)</p><p><br></p><p>In This Episode:</p><p><br></p><p>* The final hours before the murders</p><p>* Discovery of the crime scene</p><p>* The bizarre clues left behind</p><p>* Why the mirrors were covered</p><p>* The mystery of the dimmed oil lamp</p><p>* Reverend George Kelly and his shocking confession</p><p>* The theory of a traveling serial killer</p><p>* Connections to other axe murders across the Midwest</p><p>* Why the case remains unsolved</p><p>* The haunting legacy of the Villisca Axe Murder House (Wikipedia⁠)</p><p><br></p><p>Sources & Further Reading:</p><p><br></p><p>* Contemporary newspaper reports</p><p>* Historical court records</p><p>* Research by Edgar V. Epperly</p><p>* The Villisca Axe Murder House historical archives</p><p>* Case analyses and historical investigations (Wikipedia⁠)</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>MUSIC & SOUND CREDITS</p><p>All music and sound effects used under the Pixabay Content License unless otherwise noted. With thanks to the artists whose work shaped the sound of this episode:</p><p>Music</p><p> • AtlasAudio — atmospheric drones and tension beds</p><p> • Universfield — dark crime, melancholic, and dark ambient backgrounds; “Dark Music Box Tension”</p><p> • leberch — “Psychological Horror”</p><p> • Denis Pavlov — mournful lament / grief score</p><p> • SenorMusica81 — “Cinematic Dark Ambient – Guarded Stillness”</p><p>Sound design</p><p> • AberrantRealities — deep whoosh / atmospheric effects</p><p> • DRAGON-STUDIO — wind and nature textures</p><p> • freesound_community contributors — various foley and atmospheric effects</p><p><br></p><p>Giving credit keeps this work freely available to independent creators. </p><p><br></p><p>If you’re a creator, please support these artists.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to Chasing the Dark</p><p>Where True Crime Meets the Paranormal.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow, rate, and share the podcast to help more listeners discover the darkness lurking beneath history’s most chilling mysteries.</p><p><br></p>

Episode thumbnail for Do Demons Actually Exist? Rikki Rockett and Tracy Weigh In: Whispers After Dark

May 27, 2026

Do Demons Actually Exist? Rikki Rockett and Tracy Weigh In: Whispers After Dark

<p><strong>Do demons actually exist — or are we filling the dark with something we can't name? </p><p><br></p><p>In this 70-minute episode of *Chasing the Dark*, two guests — Rikki Rockett and Tracy — sat down with me to share personal paranormal experiences so unsettling, neither one can explain them away. Their encounters happened at different times, on different days, with zero overlap. And yet the questions they're left with are almost identical.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode moves through the full spectrum of belief — from residual hauntings that replay trauma like a broken record, to the heated debate around haunted artifacts and whether objects can carry something dark inside them. Are spirits real? Are demons real? Do they exist in the way religion and folklore have always insisted — or is something else entirely happening in those moments when the air shifts and the room goes wrong? Rikki and Tracy don't claim to have all the answers. What they have are experiences that science hasn't closed the door on yet.</p><p><br></p><p>If you've ever questioned what you saw, what you felt, or what followed you home — this one is for you. The paranormal isn't always loud. Sometimes it lives in the details you can't stop thinking about. Press play, and decide for yourself.</p><p><br></p><p>*Follow Chasing the Dark on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts so you never miss an episode — until next time… stay aware of the quiet… because sometimes it's not the silence… it's what you start noticing in it.*</p>

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Featured on Amazon Music,

Chasing the Dark: Where True Crime Meets the Paranormal is an immersive true crime and paranormal podcast that investigates what other shows refuse to touch — the cases where the evidence runs out and something stranger begins. Most true crime podcasts stop at the courtroom. Most paranormal podcasts stop at the ghost story. Chasing the Dark doesn't stop. Every episode goes deeper into unsolved murders, cold cases, haunted locations, and the darkest chapters of human history — following the evidence wherever it leads, even when it leads somewhere science can't explain. Some episodes are pure true crime: meticulous, research-heavy investigations into real criminal cases, missing persons, serial killers, and wrongful convictions. Some episodes are pure paranormal: deep dives into haunted places, unexplained phenomena, and encounters that defy every rational framework. And some episodes are both — because the most disturbing cases in history don't always fit neatly into one category. No other podcast in the true crime or paranormal space operates at this level of research while holding both worlds together inside a single, immersive narrative. The storytelling is dark. Deliberate. Built to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up — not through cheap jump-scare audio or sensationalism, but through detail. The kind of specific, documented, uncomfortable detail that makes you stop and ask: what do I actually believe? If you've burned through every episode of Serial, Crime Junkie, My Favorite Murder, Casefile, and Supernatural with Ashley Flowers — and you still want more — Chasing the Dark was built for the gap you've been feeling. It lives at the intersection of real criminal investigation and genuine paranormal inquiry, and it takes both with equal seriousness. Listeners come for the unsolved cases. They stay because the episodes keep rewriting what they thought they knew. Topics explored across the series include: unsolved homicides, cold case investigations, true crime mysteries, haunted locations, paranormal activity, unexplained disappearances, criminal psychology, occult history, real ghost stories, urban legends with criminal roots, and infamous crimes with paranormal connections. Whether you're a dedicated true crime fan, a paranormal enthusiast, or someone who finds themselves searching "unsolved mysteries" at 2am — this is the show your algorithm has been trying to find you. New episodes available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeart Radio, Pocket Casts, and Podchaser. Follow Chasing the Dark now. Because once you start asking the questions this podcast asks, you won't be able to stop — and you won't want to. ---

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