Two roommates Tori and Taylor Shay tell stories of all things murderous, paranormal and terrifying that goes on in the dark. A criminology and sociology major sit down and discuss true crime cases and all of the horror in between. Both Tori and Tay have worked as victim's advocates and discuss crime from a victim's perspective and discuss the real causes of crime. Sit down, relax, and beware the figures in the dark.
On this week's episode Tay talks about the harrowing abduction of Carolynne Watson. After being abducted when out on a picnic in the woods with her boyfriend Julian Buchwald, she and him spend the next six days naked, terrified, and lost in the woods trying not to be found by their abductor. However when they are rescued police find who was the culprit and it is not at all who they expected. Content Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence, kidnapping, and domestic violence. Please listen with care.
Thank you to this week's sources:
https://medium.com/obscure-horror/teen-and-her-boyfriend-were-abducted-by-a-satanic-cult-and-left-in-the-woods-or-were-they-cfc77fc50a2f (https://medium.com/obscure-horror/teen-and-her-boyfriend-were-abducted-by-a-satanic-cult-and-left-in-the-woods-or-were-they-cfc77fc50a2f)
https://www.yourtango.com/news/what-happened-julian-buchwald-and-carolynne-watson-after-he-staged-abduction-get-her (https://www.yourtango.com/news/what-happened-julian-buchwald-and-carolynne-watson-after-he-staged-abduction-get-her)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLzD7IrZq70 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLzD7IrZq70)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-25/gippsland-appeals-kidnap-sentence/2855750 (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-25/gippsland-appeals-kidnap-sentence/2855750)
21 Nov 2023
Salvador Dali: Inspiration of a Serial Killer?
On this week's episode Tay tells us a little bit about the murders of three young girls near the train station that inspired Salvador Dali and the conspiracy theories about his works influencing a potential serial killer. Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence, murder, and body mutilation. Please listen with care.
Thank you to this week's sources:
https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/04/18/four-grisly-murders-one-salvador-dali/ (https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/04/18/four-grisly-murders-one-salvador-dali/)
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/mar/09/features11.g23 (https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/mar/09/features11.g23)
15 Nov 2023
The Haunted Bridges of the East Coast
This week Tori brings you three stories about haunted bridges on the East Coast of the US. She talks about the stories and hauntings of Maggie's Bridge in Seaford Delaware, the Bunny Man Bridge in Burke County Virginia, and The Sachs Covered Bridge in Gettysburg PA. Sit back, relax, and beware of the figures in the dark.
Thanks to this weeks sources:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/10157796100638811/ (https://www.facebook.com/notes/10157796100638811/)
https://chesapeakeghosts.com/maggies-bridge-woodland-de/ (https://chesapeakeghosts.com/maggies-bridge-woodland-de/)
https://ghosts.fandom.com/wiki/Maggie%27s_Bridge (https://ghosts.fandom.com/wiki/Maggie%27s_Bridge)
https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/bunny-man-bridge-virginia/ (https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/bunny-man-bridge-virginia/)
https://pastlanetravels.com/haunted-bridge-in-gettysburg/ (https://pastlanetravels.com/haunted-bridge-in-gettysburg/)
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