Wait...That Really Happened?

About Wait...That Really Happened?

Hey hey, welcome to this one woman show discussing women in history, true crime, and conspiracy. Whether you have an itch to learn about interesting things, or you need to fill the time of a 30 minute car ride, I've got you covered. If you like what you hear, please follow my podcast and look me up on instagram @thesocialbutterflywtrh.

Publisher

The Social Butterfly

Category

true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Aug 2024

Latest episode

7 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Apr 2026

   Episode Eight: The Choc Family Disappearance

   Sourceshttps://people.com/3-family-members-disappeared-bloody-scene-suspects-arrested-11903759 (https://people.com/3-family-members-disappeared-bloody-scene-suspects-arrested-11903759)https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2026/02/19/cultural-barriers-may-complicate-search-missing-choc-family (https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2026/02/19/cultural-barriers-may-complicate-search-missing-choc-family/) https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/the-choc-family (https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/the-choc-family) https://weartv.com/news/local/blood-missing-mattress-and-phones-left-behind-in-theodore-familys-chilling-disappearanc (https://weartv.com/news/local/blood-missing-mattress-and-phones-left-behind-in-theodore-familys-chilling-disappearance)https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/02/13/man-pleads-not-guilty-theodore-family-disappearance-case/ (https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/02/13/man-pleads-not-guilty-theodore-family-disappearance-case/) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po1nDX9RTEo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po1nDX9RTEo) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014704117#:~:text=Abstract,convictions%20as%20measures%20of%20cri (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014704117#:~:text=Abstract,convictions%20as%20measures%20of%20crime) https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS20844 (https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS20844) https://mynbc15.com/news/local/mobile-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-location-in-theodore (https://mynbc15.com/news/local/mobile-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-location-in-theodore) https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/02/03/911-call-reveals-new-details-search-missing-theodore-family/ (https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/02/03/911-call-reveals-new-details-search-missing-theodore-family/) https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/03/02/victims-dna-found-inside-home-center-mobile-county-kidnapping-case-judge-sends-case-grand-jury/ (https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/03/02/victims-dna-found-inside-home-center-mobile-county-kidnapping-case-judge-sends-case-grand-jury/)

2. 

   2 Mar 2026

   Episode Seven: The Petit Family Murders

   Sources: https://apnews.com/general-news-d0c2bbd0f2fa46d3873049dae8df66c5 (https://apnews.com/general-news-d0c2bbd0f2fa46d3873049dae8df66c5) https://youtu.be/RUnOwCK9lOQ?si=3Aq5hwVFoDWUgFJN (https://youtu.be/RUnOwCK9lOQ?si=3Aq5hwVFoDWUgFJN) https://youtu.be/SBeEktttKDU?si=dsU0Qu9sVaLTuBaa (https://youtu.be/SBeEktttKDU?si=dsU0Qu9sVaLTuBaa) https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/mass/cheshire-murders/1.html (https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/mass/cheshire-murders/1.html) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Petit) https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/FROM-THE-WEEKEND-Register-Person-of-the-Year-11611370.php (https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/FROM-THE-WEEKEND-Register-Person-of-the-Year-11611370.php) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/petit-family-murders-i-just-snapped-says-stephen-hayes-convicted-in-deadly-conn-home-invasion/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/petit-family-murders-i-just-snapped-says-stephen-hayes-convicted-in-deadly-conn-home-invasion/) https://people.com/cheshire-home-invasion-murders-petit-family-inside-case-8649003 (https://people.com/cheshire-home-invasion-murders-petit-family-inside-case-8649003) https://portal.ct.gov/despp/press-releases/2007/update----post-mortem-examinations-completed-on-victims-of-cheshire-murderarson-case?language=en_US (https://portal.ct.gov/despp/press-releases/2007/update----post-mortem-examinations-completed-on-victims-of-cheshire-murderarson-case?language=en_US) https://abcnews.com/US/petit-family-killer-steven-hayes-oyster-suicide-plan/story?id=16695542 (https://abcnews.com/US/petit-family-killer-steven-hayes-oyster-suicide-plan/story?id=16695542) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut#:~:text=Cheshire%20(%2F%CB%88t%CA%83%C9%9B%CA%83%C9%99r%2F%20CHEH%2Dshurr)%2C%20is%20a,population%20of%20Cheshire%20was%2028%2C733 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut#:~:text=Cheshire%20(%2F%CB%88t%CA%83%C9%9B%CA%83%C9%99r%2F%20CHEH%2Dshurr)%2C%20is%20a,population%20of%20Cheshire%20was%2028%2C733). https://www.courant.com/2010/10/16/steven-hayes-a-life-in-and-out-of-prison-3/ (https://www.courant.com/2010/10/16/steven-hayes-a-life-in-and-out-of-prison-3/)

3. 

   9 Dec 2024

   Episode Six: The Menendez Brothers

   True crime experts discuss the shocking Menendez brothers case, exploring the motives, investigation, and trial of this infamous sibling murder case.

4. 

   30 Sept 2024

   Episode Five: Jolly Jane, The Nurse Serial Killer

   Sources:https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/jolly-jane-toppan-killer-nurse-obsessed-deathz (https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/jolly-jane-toppan-killer-nurse-obsessed-death/)https://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/lowells-ties-to-jolly-jane-massachusetts-female-serial-killer/ (https://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/lowells-ties-to-jolly-jane-massachusetts-female-serial-killer/) https://southcoastmurdersmysteries.weebly.com/jane-toppan.html (https://southcoastmurdersmysteries.weebly.com/jane-toppan.html) https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682133.html (https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682133.html) https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/toppan-jane.htm (https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/toppan-jane.htm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Toppan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Toppan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropine)https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-mental-science/article/abs/case-of-moral-insanity-with-repeated-homicides-and-incendiarism-and-late-development-of-delusions-amer-journ-of-insanity-vol-lxi-no-2-1904-stedman/26481172FE433C56FD66E2B3DC5C741B (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-mental-science/article/abs/case-of-moral-insanity-with-repeated-homicides-and-incendiarism-and-late-development-of-delusions-amer-journ-of-insanity-vol-lxi-no-2-1904-stedman/26481172FE433C56FD66E2B3DC5C741B)https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM190407211510301 (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM190407211510301)https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/10/early-american-serial-killers/ (https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/10/early-american-serial-killers/)https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Toppan,%20Jane%20-%202005.pdf (https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Toppan,%20Jane%20-%202005.pdf) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107093427/alden_p-davis (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107093427/alden_p-davis)https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/strychnine/basics/facts.asp (https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/strychnine/basics/facts.asp)

5. 

   16 Sept 2024

   Episode Four: Who Are The Freemasons?

   A secret society from the Middle Ages- from political power to sacred rituals, the Freemasons have been the subject of mystery and conspiracy for centuries. Sources:https://www.history.com/news/freemasons-facts-symbols-handshake-meaning (https://www.history.com/news/freemasons-facts-symbols-handshake-meaning)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builders_Square (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builders_Square) https://www.britannica.com/topic/Freemasonry (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Freemasonry)https://www.history.com/news/third-party-politics-anti-masonic (https://www.history.com/news/third-party-politics-anti-masonic)https://www.history.com/news/freemason-secrets-revealed (https://www.history.com/news/freemason-secrets-revealed)https://www.history.com/news/secret-societies-freemasons-knights-templar (https://www.history.com/news/secret-societies-freemasons-knights-templar)https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/trumps-orb-image-proved-to-be-a-revelation/579619/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/trumps-orb-image-proved-to-be-a-revelation/579619/)https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/freemasons-history-conspiracy-secret (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/freemasons-history-conspiracy-secret) https://masonicshop.com/encyclopedia/topics/entry/?i=4386 (https://masonicshop.com/encyclopedia/topics/entry/?i=4386) https://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20210724_205600_Freemasonry_History/start/480/end/54 (https://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20210724_205600_Freemasonry_History/start/480/end/540)

6. 

   9 Sept 2024

   Episode Three: Does Brooklyn's Newton Creek Have A Serial Killer?

   Three bodies of young men discovered within a year of each other with strikingly similar circumstances. Is it coincidence, or is there a new serial killer in Brooklyn? Sources: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4J9B7WizVbRgrbvBEDOeII (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4J9B7WizVbRgrbvBEDOeII)https://www.bkmag.com/2023/03/30/avant-gardner-liquor-license-issues/ (https://www.bkmag.com/2023/03/30/avant-gardner-liquor-license-issues/)https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/dad-of-dead-man-found-in-ny-creek-looks-for-answers-after-goldman-sachs-analyst-suffers-eerily-similar-death/ (https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/dad-of-dead-man-found-in-ny-creek-looks-for-answers-after-goldman-sachs-analyst-suffers-eerily-similar-death/) https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/2024/2/7/biden-thanks-black-americans-for-their-support-1144 (https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/2024/2/7/biden-thanks-black-americans-for-their-support-1144) https://nypost.com/2023/08/01/body-pulled-from-water-near-where-goldman-sachs-analyst-went-missing/ (https://nypost.com/2023/08/01/body-pulled-from-water-near-where-goldman-sachs-analyst-went-missing/)https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/john-castic-karl-clemente-death-brooklyn-mirage-b2386769.html (https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/john-castic-karl-clemente-death-brooklyn-mirage-b2386769.html) https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/john-castic-goldman-sachs-body-found-b2385911.html (https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/john-castic-goldman-sachs-body-found-b2385911.html) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown_Creek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown_Creek) https://www.themarysue.com/why-are-tiktok-theories-flying-about-an-nyc-serial-killer/ (https://www.themarysue.com/why-are-tiktok-theories-flying-about-an-nyc-serial-killer/)

7. 

   2 Sept 2024

   Episode Two: The Missing Persons Case of Paola Miranda Rosa

   Missing for almost 3 years, Paola Miranda Rosa disappeared the morning of December 18th, 2021 in Osceola County, Florida. Sources: https://www.gofundme.com/f/5gbf8y-missing-person-reward (https://www.gofundme.com/f/5gbf8y-missing-person-reward) https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/paola-miranda-rosa-5-months-since-central-florida-woman-went-missing (https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/paola-miranda-rosa-5-months-since-central-florida-woman-went-missing) https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/we-want-her-home-sister-of-missing-woman-frantic-for-clues-in-her-disappearance (https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/we-want-her-home-sister-of-missing-woman-frantic-for-clues-in-her-disappearance) https://charleyproject.org/case/paola-marie-miranda-rosa (https://charleyproject.org/case/paola-marie-miranda-rosa) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=108481048372698&set=pb.100076324095476.-2207520000&type=3 (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=108481048372698&set=pb.100076324095476.-2207520000&type=3) https://www.wftv.com/news/local/photos-video-show-missing-osceola-county-woman-wading-wekiva-river-before-disappearance/E7QTRP7YNFE7BHUKXWMFUJRTAI/ (https://www.wftv.com/news/local/photos-video-show-missing-osceola-county-woman-wading-wekiva-river-before-disappearance/E7QTRP7YNFE7BHUKXWMFUJRTAI/) https://www.osceolasheriff.org/press-release-update-missing-person-paola-miranda-rosa/ (https://www.osceolasheriff.org/press-release-update-missing-person-paola-miranda-rosa/) https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/paola-miranda-rosa-1-year-since-osceola-county-woman-vanished (https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/paola-miranda-rosa-1-year-since-osceola-county-woman-vanished) https://missingpersonscenter.org/missing-persons-directory/missing-adults/paola-marie-miranda-rosa/ (https://missingpersonscenter.org/missing-persons-directory/missing-adults/paola-marie-miranda-rosa/) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-Xctk_mz0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-Xctk_mz0) https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2021/12/30/sister-of-missing-osceola-woman-criticizes-search-effort-in-interview-with-miya-marcano-foundation/ (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2021/12/30/sister-of-missing-osceola-woman-criticizes-search-effort-in-interview-with-miya-marcano-foundation/) https://visitgilchristcounty.com/otter-springs/ (https://visitgilchristcounty.com/otter-springs/)

8. 

   26 Aug 2024

   Episode One: The 587th and 588th Female Aviation Regiments of WWII

   A small group of female aviators taking on the Nazis in WWII. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/125th_Guards_Bomber_Aviation_Regiment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/125th_Guards_Bomber_Aviation_Regiment) https://www.wrightmuseum.org/2020/11/16/the-587th-bomber-aviation-regiment/ (https://www.wrightmuseum.org/2020/11/16/the-587th-bomber-aviation-regiment/) https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history) https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/women#:~:text=Women%20Soldiers&text=Her%20all%2Dfemale%20battalion%20of,Kerensky%20Offensive%20in%20July%201917. (https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/women#:~:text=Women%20Soldiers&text=Her%20all%2Dfemale%20battalion%20of,Kerensky%20Offensive%20in%20July%201917.) http://thefemalesoldier.com/blog/marina-raskova (http://thefemalesoldier.com/blog/marina-raskova) https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/red-air-force-heroines-the-night-witches/ (https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/red-air-force-heroines-the-night-witches/) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_Army_(Soviet_Union)#:~:text=The%2046th%20Army%20was%20a,helped%20capture%20Maykop%20and%20Krasnodar. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_Army_(Soviet_Union)#:~:text=The%2046th%20Army%20was%20a,helped%20capture%20Maykop%20and%20Krasnodar.) https://aircrewremembered.com/soviet-night-witches-pilots.html (https://aircrewremembered.com/soviet-night-witches-pilots.html) https://www.rbth.com/history/336020-how-soviet-women-fought-germans (https://www.rbth.com/history/336020-how-soviet-women-fought-germans)

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