All Episodes - Rotten Mango

The hottest clubs in New York City were run by Michael. He knew how to throw a party - serving cat food as appetizers, performances of women pulling Christmas lights out of - well, you know where. 

A rotating wheel of 6 cow tongues for anyone to “rub” up against. This was the place to be. 

But when rumors started circling that Michael had injected one of his friends with Drano and dismembered him in his bathtub… nobody believed it. Or maybe they didn’t want to? Because the party must go on. 



Source: "Party Monster" by James St. James - wow... this book is a first-hand account of the whole scene, the environment, but also the crime. Really fantastic read that goes far more in-depth! 
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You’ve booked a room in a nice hotel that everyone calls “The Castle.” You quickly realize things are not what it seems here. 

Doors with spikes attached. Vaults filled with acid. Secret peepholes in the rooms. Staircases that start and stop out of nowhere. 

You see the “elasticity machine” it’s supposed to stretch your body so you can be taller. The owner wants to create a new race of giants… 

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The hardworking FBI agent was on his way to a meeting when he noticed the large crack on the passenger window of his car. How is he going to explain that?

He had a lie for the large wound on his hand. What about the deep scratches all over his neck? Surely he could come up with something. 

Now the only thing left to take care of - was the decomposing body in his trunk. 

Nothing an FBI agent can’t handle.



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“What’s the last thing you ate?” the doctor asked. 

All 16 of them responded the same - “human flesh.”

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Most people collect ordinary things - paintings, books, baseball cards. But what if you could collect your darkest desires? Two men decide they will collect women to be held captive in their torture bunker. 

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When you step into this Walgreens it feels like any other - aisles filled with cosmetics, household goods, and a pharmacy. The employees are kind but they’re harboring their own dark secrets. 

The store manager has a deadly liking for underage girls. 

Another employee is plotting the murder of 3 people. 

But is this really more sinister than your local Walgreens? 

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She died twice on that 12 story bridge. 

The first time - she was thrown off the bridge by two men in hopes of killing her. This would be the only way their night of sick torture would stay secret. 

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A man with a briefcase entered the cockpit of Western Flight 701. The man tells the pilots there are 2 bombs on the plane and a grenade in his suitcase. 

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A family of 4 is startled awake by two masked men - they tell them that everything is going to be okay. We just want money - that’s all. 

Slowly for the next 7 hours - it becomes clear that’s not all they want. The 11yr old daughter was assaulted. The mother was assaulted and strangled. The house engulfed in flames - all while the police were standing outside. 

“A thief in the night. I’ve come to steal NOT your jewels and money. But your personal safety, privacy, and security. I violate your inner asylum of intimacy.” - Cheshire Home Invader / Killer.



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They knew something was different about their family. The sisters saw it. They had guests doing chores - completely nude - in the house. Guests being duct-taped to the walls.

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Dear Mr. John Wayne Gacy… 

That’s how it all started… One letter to the “Clown Killer” who was responsible for 33 murders of young boys - and Jason was hooked. 

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Why do so many people go missing in National Parks? Alien conspiracy theory? Government experiments? Or just lost in nature? 

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There is international panic on the fate of the missing British Airways flight attendant… and the crazy leads don’t make it any easier for police. 

She was sold to the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia). 

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A Japanese Hostess Club - purchase a table by the hour - female hostesses will come and sit with you the entire time. They pour your drinks, light your cigarette, flirt with you, and stroke your ego. 

There’s an unspoken law that all the flirting - was nothing but a fantasy. 

But when a British Airways flight attendant disappears while working at a hostess club - a question arises… 

Was her abduction someone’s fantasy?



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You look out your window - the landlord has dug up another large hole in the backyard… they’re always doing strange gardening projects late at night. 

You walk into the kitchen - there’s that smell again… the landlord says it’s new fertilizer but the smell is distinct. 

There are usually 8 tenants but once in a while, one will disappear without notice… what really is going on in this house?



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Did you know pigs will eat anything?

The Pickton Pig Farm - was isolated, private, had its own slaughterhouse equipped with commercial freezers, and hundreds of very hungry pigs. 

For where 49 women get murdered…  

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A massive 3 story sanatorium in the isolated woods of Washington. The whispers about what goes on in there - I heard she buries another patient every single day. If you walk past it the scary doctor might snatch you, lock you in a room, and starve you to death. 

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A family begged their community to help find their missing 16 year old daughter. #FindBecky started trending on social media. Nobody was prepared to find out that - 

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Ellen could hear her 8-year-old daughter splashing around in the bath with her barbies. Thankfully her son was fast asleep - another long exhausting day as a single mom. 

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The Richardson family was found viciously murdered in the middle of the night… The police are gathering clues when they realize that a family member is missing.

The 12-year-old daughter… where is she? Has she been abducted? Did she escape? Was she killed? Is her body somewhere else? Time is ticking...



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She was driven off the main road where she was assaulted, disemboweled, and left for dead. 

Against all odds, she managed to survive this attack. But that was just the beginning of a diabolical crime...



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She was held captive for 24 years in the secret basement of the house that she grew up in. During her captivity she gave birth to 7 children - all in the dark with nothing but a pack of diapers and a pair of scissors. 

For 24 years there were two families residing in one house. 

The “family above” lived a normal life. Celebrating holidays. Taking pictures. 

The “family below” lived a life with no sunlight, mold on the walls, and torment beyond imagine.





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Who would ever suspect a sweet little grandma with the best-baked goods in town of having a sinister past?

She was a doting grandmother, wife, daughter, and a “domestic goddess.” But once in a while, she would add a special ingredient to her baked goods resulting in the death of her loved ones. After 11 funerals - nobody suspected the grieving grandma. 

Do you trust your grandma?





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Two friends go fishing - instead of fish they catch:

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The press claimed she had a “perfect score” on the Psychopath Test - making her the most psychopathic woman in South Korea. 

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5 men board 5 different Tokyo subway trains at the same time. Each of them are carrying plastic bags filled with poison.

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They met in High School and became popular and inseparable. One of them was even voted “Miss Irresistible.” 

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The CandyMan and his 2 assistant killers are ramping up their serial murders...



29 boys go missing from the same small town.

Where are the police?

And who finally takes down Willy Wonka?

It all ends with one last party.



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The “CandyMan” is what all the little boys called him. He was a candy factory owner who passed out free candy to all the kids. 

In the same small town of Houston Heights 29 boys go missing in the span of a few years… 

At a time where it felt like nobody could be trusted - the CandyMan seemed like a wholesome adult figure. But you know where this story goes.



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A cult in Korea heard the saying “eat the rich” and they decided to do just that. Literally. They turned their victims into side dishes for their Korean BBQ.

Is this about the ever-growing wealth gap or are they just a sinister cult looking for blood? 



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From the outside - they’re perfect. Wealthy, educated, compassionate, veteran, with 5 children in a blended marriage. 

When Kathleen is found dead at the bottom of the staircase - all of the Petersons' family secrets come to light. We have more questions than ever…

IF she fell (like Michael Peterson claims) why was there blood soaking the floor & walls? Why did Michael delete personal emails right after he found out his wife died? Why do people believe an owl (the bird) killed Kathleen? 

And what about the other woman in Michael’s life found at the bottom of a staircase? 





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A convicted murderer - sentenced to life in prison - decides to start publishing children’s books, short stories, and even a memoir. The elite literary community soaks in every word and praises him for becoming a reformed man in prison. 

They even start a petition to the President of Austria to let this reformed man out and walk the streets amongst us! 

Once released - it’s his second chance to do the things he’s always wanted to do! Become a serial killer. 





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Guests of the Cecil Hotel started complaining about water quality issues - their tap water was brown and had a strange taste to it... 



They sent a maintenance man to go check on the water tanks on the roof that only staff had a key to - as it was a restricted access area and armed. 



There he found the body of Elis Lam in one of the water tanks. She had been missing for 3 weeks. How did she get up there? Why was she in the water tanks? What about the elevator footage? Things just get stranger from here...









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When a law student goes missing - you can’t help but suspect everyone in her class. Was this law school jealousy, a love triangle, or a random crime?

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A woman falls feet first down a 12 story trash chute to her death. The police are quick to determine it's a suicide or accidental death. 



But there are still more questions than answers:

1. How did she fit herself into a garbage chute that has an opening the size of a laptop?
   
2. Why were her jeans pulled down below her knees?
   
3. Who is her boyfriend and why are people suspicious of him?
   
   
   
   The deeper you go into the case the less you feel like you know...

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The famous soap maker was giving away free soaps & tea cakes from her beloved soap shop. 

The neighbors were ecstatic to take home their luxurious bars of soap that they got for free and couldn't wait to test them out... 



They wouldn't know till it was too late that the Soapmakers recipe included the bodies of her victims. 

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Two serial killers operating in the same state with the same goal - to be the next Ted Bundy. "A superstar" one says. 



They both have a thing for beheading women and staging the crime scene to look as if the victim's head is staring at her own headless body. 

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Melissa was sick of telling her teenage son to clean his room. For the past week, there had been a disgusting stench coming from it. 



She had a theory - his waterbed was leaking and was causing the smell. She lifted it up hoping to find the source. But instead, she found a dead little girl. 

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They saw their dad as a "Half God" - the product of Lucifer mating with humans. 

They followed his every command whether it was - marrying him, fathering children with his daughter, having sexual relations with their own siblings, or even killing people who learned of his secrets. 



He led the FBI on a massive manhunt that would ultimately lead to the unraveling of his secret cult. 

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She told all of her friends that she was pregnant. People started getting suspicious when they realized she was so close to her due date but hadn't even started showing yet. 



But Lisa had a plan. She would go visit an unsuspecting pregnant friend and cut the unborn baby from her womb. 



Welcome to the first-ever minisode! 

We will have long episodes, as usual, every Wednesday + the new additional mini-episodes on Sundays! 

I hope you guys like the new schedule! 

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Cheerleading tryouts at this junior high school become deadly once a mom hires a hitman to literally "knock out" the competition. 

What's a couple of dead people when your daughter has the chance to be a cheerleader? 



We also cover the story of the Blood Countess. One of the most prolific female serial killers who has claimed the lives of over 600 victims. 

She believed the secret to youth was to take baths... full of blood. 

Blood baths. 

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A 15-year-old hitchhiker catches a ride with a sweet "grandpa looking man." She was excited to go home but he had plans of his own. His plans resulted in her with both her arms amputated and thrown off a cliff. 



On the other side of the world, another girl got on a bus after visiting the movies with a friend. She would be found tossed off the bus clinging on for her life. 



Some of the darkest cases I've covered but it's been highly requested and we need to keep these stories alive. Get your tissues ready - it's gut wrenching. 

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She wakes up in a room with no memory of where she is and even who she is... What's even more alarming is that her kidnapper tells her that she will only survive this if she falls in love with him. 



Anytime the kidnapper believes it isn't going as expected he drugs up the victim and resets her memory once more...



Today's episode is a Baking A Mystery which is a completely fictional story! If you are only into true crime no worries we post every single Wednesday! 

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Police are called out about clogged drains underneath a house in London... doesn't really sound like detective work. 



BUT it soon becomes apparent that the drains have been clogged with human remains. Someone inside the house has been flushing human remains down the toilet. (Remember Jeffrey Dahmer?)



The police think they're about to arrest a murderer but little do they know they've got a serial killer on their hands. 

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A deaf & mute horror writer is staying isolated in the cabin so that she can focus on her manuscript. 



A serial killer happens upon her house and decides to make her his next victim. Can she outsmart him? How will she escape? 



After all, he has the advantage. He can hear her. 



Today's episode is part of the Baking A Mystery series and is a completely fictional story! But it's got an intense mystery for you!  

If you are only interested in true crime, no worries we will be back every Wednesday! 

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Korean YouTubers decide to explore the most haunted place in South Korea... Gonjiam - an abandoned mental asylum where there are rumors of patients who were driven to madness and eventually murdered by the evil hospital director. 



The YouTubers are live-streaming their entire experience inside the haunted place and slowly... one by one... they go missing.



Today's podcast episode is a Baking A Mystery! It is a completely fictional story! If you are only into true crime don't worry we post every single Wednesday!  

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A slumber party filled with responsible football moms whose kids all play football together... when they wake up one of them is dead in the backyard. 



When the police start investigating things start getting weirder...

A woman tries to bribe the police with Dunkin Donuts gift cards (yes, you read that right).

A boyfriend in law enforcement kept accessing Tamla's investigation file unlawfully. 

And that's just the tip of this murky, confusing, mysterious iceberg of a case. 

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The body of a deceased CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company goes missing from the morgue before it can be autopsied. The police find mounting evidence that the husband has a lot of motive to murder his wife and then steal her corpse so all evidence of the murder will be gone. 



The husband also finds mounting evidence that his wife is not dead at all... and maybe she walked out of the morgue?

GREAT READY FOR THE MOTHER LOAD OF PLOT TWISTS



*This is a Baking A Mystery so it's based on a fictional story and not a true crime case! If you're only into true crime don't worry we post every Wednesday here! 

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A serial killer who only kills other murderers. He has killed over 60 drug dealers, murderers, molesters, and fellow serial killers in some of the most brutal ways. 



Fun Fact: He's a free man today. 



Is he the real-life Dexter? Is this vigilante justice? 

Or is he just as sick and twisted as all the other serial killers out there? 

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She was tortured with bleach till her skin fell off - and then her friends lit her on fire. 

Another girl had her knees crushed by her boyfriend so she could never run away. 



Frequently spoken about alongside Junko Furuta's case... these two cases are some of the vilest cases of torture we've researched. 



We also do a quick dive into where torture even started (the CIA gets involved). It's an intense one. Buckle up. 

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