A podcast covering dark and devious real life events throughout history. Join Chris and Patrick as they discuss murders, missing people, cold case files, conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and more.
On January 2, 1935 a man identifying himself as Roland T. Owen checked into the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. After a brief stay punctuated with odd behavior, the man never checked out alive. Stranger still, there was no man named Roland Owen from the address he listed as his home. This led authorities toward two mysteries: who killed this man and what was his real identity?
5 Feb 2026
Episode 151: Ed Gein "The Mad Butcher of Plainfield"
Patrick is out this week with an injury so Chris is tackling a heavy hitter solo this time around. Ed Gein, who fashioned strange handicrafts from the skin of his victims is one of the most bizarre and legendary tales from the history of true crime. In the wake of the Ryan Murphy series "Monster" that dramatizes the life of Ed Gein that came out in 2025, this is a summary look at the whole story. The source for this episode was "Deviant" by Harold Schechter.
11 Jan 2026
Episode 150: The Highly Debated Death of Phoebe Handsjuk
On December 2nd, 2010, Phoebe Handsjuk plummeted 12 stories down a garbage chute in her apartment building located in Melbourne, Australia. She survived the fall, but would not her injuries. It was clear how Phoebe had died, but how did she fall down the chute in the first place? At her own accord, or did someone else drop her ill intentions? To this day, there are still questions unanswered and loved ones who live on in her legacy.
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