The Midnight Train Podcast
Jonathan Sayre & Logan Sayre
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The dark comedy podcast for the true crime, supernatural, and conspiracy fan with a sense of humor.
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May 16, 2023
Cruise Ship Passenger Disappearances. (This Is My Nightmare, Folks.)
Yep. Cruise ships are fun, right? Well, for most people, they are a vacation set at sea toward a fantastical destination. However, for some, a cruise is nothing more than a nightmare come to life. These are only a few of the stories about those that have disappeared from cruise ships with little to no answers.
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Apr 25, 2023
The Great Amherst Mystery (Paranormal Nightmare or Simply Hullabaloo?)
This week, the train takes us to Nova Scotia and a crazy story about a young lady, um... I mean a guy who wrote a book about a young lady that seemed to have attracted some ghosts. Was it legit or was it just a ploy to make money? You decide!
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Apr 12, 2023
The Search For The Holy Grail. (And Veiny Hammers)
The Holy Grail. A cup. A chalice. A metaphor for someone's womb? All we know is, those high stepping fellows sure had a "thing" for it.
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Mar 29, 2023
The Icebox Murders (Unsolved and Unbelievable)
"However, glancing around the 'fridge, something in the lower drawer drew their attention. There, where the carrots, celery, and other vegetables lay, were the decapitated heads of Fred and Edwina."
Yep, that happened. An elderly couple was brutally murdered, bled out and cut into pieces. Then sliced up and put into a refrigerator with their son being the prime suspect. Yet, he disappeared, never to be heard from again, or was he involved in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy?
WHAAAATTT??
Grab your good stuff and take a solid swig, this is going to be a crazy ride.
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Mar 21, 2023
Killer Kids (These kids are NOT alright)
Some of the most infamous serial killers of the 20th century—Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy—are names that we are all familiar with. These murderers' heinous deeds have been the basis for numerous films, books, and television series. However, the public knew that although the killers might have had psychological issues, they were still adults who had committed some of the most brutal murders on their victims.
But what if the murderers weren't adults? Many of us struggle to comprehend why someone would commit murder because it is considered a horrible and unfathomable act. Arguably the worst thing one person can do to another. Some of us even forget there is no set age at which one might commit murder. Some teenagers and young adults target their victims, ruthlessly and viciously taking their lives, often without showing any regret and in ways that are hard for us to understand. Today we will discuss killer kids whose tales keep you awake at night. From frying a victim's flesh and poisoning their family to slashing their neighbors and killing for "fun," these killer kids did it all.
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Mar 7, 2023
The Human Brain Part 2 (The Drunken Sequel.)
Oh, Boy! Here it is! The follow up to our brain busting "The Human Brain, Part 1" and we needed to inebriate ours to get it out to you.
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Mar 1, 2023
The Human Brain Part 1 of 2 (After This, Yours Might Hurt.)
It's the human brain. That beautiful thing under your hat that does SO much for your entire body and life! We're going to discuss it's parts, what they do, how they THINK it works and some other pretty crazy stuff, including tests done that were'nt exactly cool. Strap on your helmets and let's get BRAINY!
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Feb 21, 2023
The Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short (She Deserved Better)
We finally decided to do this case and it's infuriating. We want to know how you feel. Who was the murderer?
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Feb 14, 2023
Creepy Italy (The Boot That Kicks Butt)
Italy! So much history and more drama to fill a dozen catacombs. We dive into this beautiful country's past and a lot of its creepy spots. Buckle up, passengers! It's time to get Strisciante!
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Feb 6, 2023
Lake Shawnee Amusement Park (Kid Ghosts & Burial Grounds, the Perfect Recipe)
This week, we take the train to Mercer County, West Virginia, here in the states. It was an amusement park. However, before that it was a Native American burial ground. Then, some kids were unalived. Nope, it's not the plot of a horrible 80's horror movie, it's the Lake Shawnee Amusement Park. Is it haunted by the spirits of those that lost their lives on the land? Well, the recipe looks good and you can STILL go check it out and make your own connections.
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Jan 17, 2023
Alcatraz and It’s Many Escapes. (They Made It, right?)
Alcatraz! The inescapable island fortress! Well, maybe. Let us know what you believe after this episode. Plus, we have an update on the whole "Satan, Mustache and Isaiah fiasco."
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Jan 3, 2023
Bella in the Wych Elm (Which Wych is Witch?)
"Who put Bella in the Wych elm?"
Graffiti with this question was on the walls surrounding the area where a young woman's body was found shoved into the trunk of a tree.
With more questions, and more notably more theories, than answers, we're all left wondering:
"Seriously. Who the f put Bella in the Wych elm??"
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Dec 20, 2022
Titanic and Her Conspiracies. (Happy Holidays!)
We all THINK we know the story of the RMS Titanic;
Maiden voyage. "Unsinkable." Iceberg. So many people lost to the dark abyss.
What if it wasn't so cut and dry? What if... the conspiracies... at least one of them... are true?
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Dec 13, 2022
PATREON BONUS TEASER: (F That Guy Episode 10. Thomas Loden Jr)
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There's so much more where this came from and will continue for the foreseeable future, because they can't stop us!! MUHUHAHAHAHA
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Dec 7, 2022
The Lost Colony of Roanoke. (Everybody Wants Some.)
What in the sassafras happened to the colonists at Roanoke? Did they just find cooler people than the English folk that seemingly left them there to die? Was it aliens? What's with the silver cup and who the hell was John White?
Let's dive into another historically mumble mouthed episode and see where the nonexistent tracks lead us!
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Nov 22, 2022
Stonehenge. (Merlin Totally Rode A Glacier)
Yep! We're talking about the mysterious STONEHENGE! Monolithic, glorious and... what the hell is it? Did aliens create a musical instrument? Is it a gateway to the center of hell? Is it Mother Earth's "special spot"?
Let's discuss!
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Nov 7, 2022
How To Perform An Autopsy (We Wouldn’t Be Eating If We Were You)
Ever sit around and wonder, "Hmm... how do they perform an autopsy?" Well, we knew you have so we decided to CUT right to it and DISSECT the process.
WARNING!
Don't eat anything right before or during this episode. You'll thank us later.
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AUTOPSY VIDEOS
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Oct 31, 2022
Halloween Spooktacular Special 2022
Happy Halloween!
This year we decided to recite paranormal stories from our passengers, as well as some stories from some of our podcast friends;
The Phantom Jukebox Podcast
Happy Hour Podcast
Yuh Like That? Podcast
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Oct 25, 2022
The Satanic Panic (The Devil’s In The Mass Hysterical Details)
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Yep....as recently as THIS YEAR (2022), there have been issues with Satanic rituals and everything involved with it. The question is, and always will be... is/was it real?
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Oct 17, 2022
Creepy Russia (Hold On To Your Space Rope)
Creepy Russia.
We dive deep into the history of Russia before getting creepy and telling you some of the countries most unnerving tales, just in time for the Halloween season.
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Oct 10, 2022
Scotland’s Bible John (Zealot Serial Killer or... not?)
Bible John is an unidentified, alleged serial killer who is thought to have murdered three young women between 1968 and 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland. Was this murderer an over zealous religious redeemer, two killers playing the odds, a police officer or something else?
Climb aboard and let's dive into the story of "Bible John."
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Oct 5, 2022
Japan’s ”Unit 731”. All The Torture, None Of The Guilt
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Units 731 is a hardcore metal band formed in Pittsburgh, PA, in 2005. The band combines death metal, hardcore, and slam to create a heavy and chaotic sound for which Pittsburgh bands are notable. Influences include Dying Fetus, All Out War, Irate, and Built Upon Frustration.
Ok, wait… wrong notes. Um… ok, here it is. The Unit 731 we're here to talk about is short for Manshu Detachment 731. It was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that participated in lethal human experimentation and the production of biological weapons during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. Unit 731 was based in the Pingfang district of Harbin, the largest city in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Manchukuo's government was dissolved in 19…
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Sep 27, 2022
Our History of Swear Words. (Sorry, Mom)
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Do you happen to swear? Is it something you happen to do when you stub your pinky toe on the coffee table? What about when you've just finished dinner and you pull that glorious lasagna out of the oven, burn yourself and then drop your Italian masterpiece on the floor, in turn burning yourself once again? Odds are that if you’re listening to this show, you have a rather colorful vernacular and aren’t offended by those that share in your “darker” linguistic abilities. Those dramatic and often harsh, yet exceedingly hilarious words, have a pretty amazing history. Were they written in manuscripts by monks? Or, did we find them used by regular people and found in prose like the names of places, personal names, and animal names? Well, could they tell us more about our medieval past other than just that sex, torture, plagues and incest was all the rage? Let’s find out!
Fuck
Let’s start with our favor…
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Sep 20, 2022
The Illuminati. (Someone Just Wanted To Fly.)
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The Illuminati
So, you're standing amongst the council, being tried by a jury of a higher order. Your crime; Being the most dangerous person across the multiverse. You look shockingly at Mordo, Richards, and the other members of this definitive group of beings as you defend your alleged crimes, for you are facing the… Illuminati!
Or some shit like that.
We are exploring the super, double extra wannabe cult or the underground rulers of everything evil, depending on your take after today, the "Real Illuminati." At first, we’ll dive into what they SAY IS THE REAL STORY OF THE ILLUMINATI Wink Wink! (Be we all know the truth) and then we’re going to jump right in to what mainstream media (which is controlled by the illuminati) says are “conspiracies”. Strap on your tinfoil hats, Passengers! We’re going for a ride!!
The term "Illuminati" refers to several genuine and imagined organizations. However, the term histori…
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Sep 14, 2022
Vigilante Justice - What Goes Around Comes Around. Sort Of.
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Imagine the scene:
A serial murderer is guided by a specific “code” that kills only those who are guilty. He has access to crime scenes as a blood splatter analyst for the Miami police, gathering information and analyzing DNA to confirm a target’s guilt before killing them.
Sound familiar? It should, it’s the premise of the TV show, “Dexter.”
Ah, yes, Dexter. I love that show. We figured we would talk about the life of Dexter even though Logan, of course, has never seen it. Jk.
Obviously, murder is never acceptable, right? It’s the worst crime we can commit against one another, right? But what if, someone who didn’t believe in the “thou shall not kill” premise decided to murder someone you love? What if someone raped or beat someone you love? What if a child was purposefully abused, raped, or arguably worse, murdered? Does that horrendous situation change the…
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Sep 7, 2022
Reincarnation or ”Tarnation” If You’re A Cowboy
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When you die and are brought back as a cowboy, call that reintarnation. That's right folks, we are gonna get pun-iful in today's episode as we dive deep into the life and times of Reincarnation. We’ve all heard about the tales, myths, pseudo-science factuals, testimonials, and first hand accounts of reincarnation. Is it real? Is this tabloid conjecture? Are we stuck in an everlasting cycle until we break free and reach enlightenment? Do we need to join the Flatliners in order to find out? Well, let's go over everything we know and maybe, some things you don't know.
For those of you who don't know what Reincarnation is, or maybe, just don't understand what it is; the Latin root of the word "reincarnation" literally translates to "ente…
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Sep 1, 2022
The Servant Girl Annihilator (Your Jack the Ripper is Showing)
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We’ve all heard the story of Jack the Ripper, right? Hell, we did a two-parter on the case not too long ago. You know the story. Some crazy person, running around hacking up people, disemboweling them, and nobody knows who it was. You know, that old chestnut. There were other cases similar to the Jack the Ripper case, like the Vallisca ax murders, the Hinterkaifeck Murders, and quite a few more that we’ve covered right here on the Midnight Train.
Well, this story is right in line with those unsolved atrocities and… it happened before Jack the Ripper decided to go all willy nilly and mutilate a bunch of poor women.
The Servant Girl Annihilator, also known as the Austin Axe Murderer and the Midnight Assassin (which is my favorite for obvious reasons), was a still, as of yet, unidentified serial killer who preyed upon the city of Austin, Texas, between 1884 and 1885. The…
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Aug 26, 2022
The Grim Reaper and Death.
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The Grim Reaper
Nothing in life is guaranteed, except for death and taxes, as the old adage goes. We boldly circle April 15th in red on our calendars so that it stands out like a swollen thumb. Of course, there is also the Internal Revenue Service here in the US, which has taken in over 3 trillion dollars in taxes from over 250 million taxpayers and felt that we aren’t paying enough and hired 87,000 more agents and gave them powers much like a government police force including lethal force. But we don’t need to be on that soap box today.
What about death, though? The other certainty of being human is, for most of us, not quite as certain. Biologists define death as the complete cessation of all life processes, which eventually take place in all living organisms. Sadly, that description doesn't provide a clear picture. It doesn't describe what death feels like. How will you feel…
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Aug 17, 2022
The Most Dangerous Gangs; Part One of...
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So thank you to a beautiful and wonderful listener, we decided to do an addendum to our top police stings and follow it up with the top most dangerous mobs/gangs of all time.
La Cosa Nostra
One of the biggest threats to American civilization from organized crime is the Cosa Nostra, sometimes referred to as the "Mob" or the "Mafia," which sprang from the Sicilian Mafia. The term "La Cosa Nostra," used by the US government, and "Cosa Nostra" by its members literally translates to "this thing of ours" or "our thing." This international organization of criminals, made up of many "families," is committed to combating crime and defending its members. These organized and major racketeering activities are being carried out by these crime families or groups, which are connected by kinship or by conspiracy. A wide range of illicit activities, including as murder, extortion, drug trafficking, government cor…
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Aug 11, 2022
Suicide Pilots
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A pilot who intentionally crashes or attempts to crash an aircraft in an attempt to commit suicide, often with the intention of killing other people on board or on the ground, is said to have committed suicide. This is occasionally referred to as a murder-suicide. It is known to have caused some commercial aviation crashes and is likely to have contributed to others. In general, it is challenging for crash investigators to pin down the pilots' intentions since they occasionally take deliberate actions to obstruct recordings or other inquiries. Pilot suicide is therefore sometimes impossible to establish with absolute certainty.
Unless there is strong evidence that the pilot was actually committing suicide, investigators do not classify aircraft events as suicide. This proof could come in the form of suicide notes, prior suicide attempts, suicide threats, or a history of mental illness. Eight deaths were determined to be suicides in a study of pilot sui…
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Aug 5, 2022
”Hell’s Belle” Gunness, aka Lady Bluebeard, aka ”The La Porte Ghoul”
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Belle Sorenson Gunness was initially born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth; November 11, 1859, Selbu, Norway – April 28, 1908?, Lwas a Norwegian-Americ
Standing six feet tall (183 cm) and weighing over 200 pounds (91 kg), she was a massive, physically strong woman.
Early years
Gunness' origins are a matter of some debate. Most of her biographers state that she was born on November 11, 1859, near the lake of Selbu, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, and christened Brynhild Paulsdatter Størset. Her parents were Paul Pedersen Størset (a stonemason) and Berit Olsdatter. She was the youngest of their eight children. They lived at Størsetgjerdet, a very small cotter's farm in Innbygda, 60 km southeast of Trondheim, the largest city in central Norway (Trøndelag).
An Irish TV documentary by Anne Berit Vestby aired on September 4, 2006, tells a common, but the unverified story about Gunness' early life. The story holds that, in 1…
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Jul 29, 2022
Crazy Sting Operations
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A sting operation is a deceitful operation used by law enforcement to apprehend criminals in the act of trying to commit a crime. In order to obtain proof of a suspect's misconduct, a typical sting involves an undercover law enforcement officer, investigator, or cooperative member of the public acting as a criminal partner or prospective victim and cooperating with a suspect's activities. Journalists for the mass media occasionally use sting operations to film and disseminate footage of illegal conduct.
Sting procedures are prevalent in many nations, including the United States, but are prohibited in others, like Sweden and France. Certain sting operations are prohibited, such as those carried out in the Philippines where it is against the law for police enforcement to act as drug traffickers in order to catch purchasers of illegal substances.\
Examples
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Jul 22, 2022
Creepy Uganda
Creepy Uganda
So Logan and I saw that we were rising through the ranks of Uganda's listeners for the show and thought: “Hey! We should show our love and support to these wonderful people”. So, in order to do it right, we are going on a trip! To Creepy Uganda.
Aside from rituals, ancient vengeful deities, and some rather haunted locations found throughout the wonderful country, there's actually quite a few beautiful areas that, as a tourist, would be something to see! Beautiful Lakes, Mountains and rich cultures are just some of the many things that are strewn about Uganda. So without further adieu, Let’s Get Creepy.
The East African nation of Uganda, formally the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked nation. Kenya borders the nation on the east, South Sudan on the north, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, Rwanda on the south-west, and Tanzania on the south. A sizable piece of Lake Victoria, which Tanzania, Kenya, and the rest of the country share, is located in th…
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Jul 14, 2022
The F’n Electric Chair
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An American-developed method of execution known as the "electric chair" involves strapping the condemned individual to a specially constructed wooden chair and electrocuting them using electrodes attached to their head and leg. Alfred P. Southwick, a dentist from Buffalo, New York, proposed this form of execution in 1881. It was developed during the 1880s as a purportedly merciful substitute for hanging, and it was first used in 1890. This technique of execution has been utilized for many years in the Philippines and the United States. Death was first thought to arise from brain injury, but research in 1899 revealed that ventricular fibrillation and ultimately cardiac arrest are the main causes of death.
Despite the fact that the electric chair has long been associated with the death sentence in the United States, lethal injection, which is generally regarded as a more compassionate mode of execution, has replaced the electric chair as the preferred met…
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Jul 6, 2022
The Setagaya Family Murders
Welcome back passengers! Tonight we dive deep… too deep.. Into our bread and butter… we are diving back into unsolved murders. Hold on to your skivvies and make sure you have a drink and a magnifying glass because we are gonna talk about the Setagaya Murders. Bum bum buuuuuuummmmmmmmmm!!!!!!
Typically, New Year's Eve is a happy occasion. It indicates that things are changing and making room for something new. It's a time to rejoice in a brand-new beginning, typically with your family and close friends.
This day, known in Japan as Omisoka, is regarded as one of the most significant ones of the year. There are traditions and conventions connected, which are often observed. In Japan, New Year's is regarded as the most prestigious celebration, unlike in America where it is frequently associated with revelry and midnight kisses.
The holiday season, however, was permanently tarnished by a tragic occurrence that happened around the turn of the century. For almost 20 years, what happene…
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Jul 2, 2022
World UFO Day Special: A Weird Ass UFO Story
Yep! It's World UFO Day and we wanted to drop a special for you and, BOY, is this special!
LOOK TO THE SKIES, TONIGHT!
To all of our American listeners, have a safe and awesome Fourth of July and enjoy the celebration of the US's independence.
Don't lose any fingers.
CHOO CHOO, YOU SEXY BASTARDS!
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Jun 28, 2022
The Antikythera Mechanism (Nerd Overload)
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Well since last week's episode left Logan up at night with nightmares and I still can't get the stains out of my shorts; we have decided to make this week's episode a little more on the lighter side. So we are diving deep into the wonderful world of politics! You got it, today we are going to discuss The Biden Administrations wonderful and brilliant plans and maybe even get an interview with Brandon himself! HA like that would ever happen. Fuck those guys. We are actually talking about the Antikythera Mechanism, and the mysteries surrounding it.
The Antikythera mechanism is a hand-powered orrery( a mechanical model of our solar system) from Ancient Greece that has been dubbed the world's first analog computer since it was used to forecast celestial locations and eclipses decades in advance. The ancient Olympic Games' four-year cycle, which was akin to an Olympiad, could also be followed using this method.
In 1901, wreckag…
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Jun 21, 2022
The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
Ep. 159
Exorcism Of
Annaliese Michel
Do you believe in the devil? Demons? Do you think the devil or demons can possess your body? Does that shit creep you out and keep you up at night? Well, if it does… you're gonna love today's episode! If you've ever seen the exorcism of Emily Rose, you'll at least know this story. The movie was based on the subject of today's episode. It's gonna get kinda crazy today as we discuss the exorcism of Annaliese Michel!
Some of you may already be familiar with this story, as it's been discussed on other podcasts and continues to be a pretty famous story in the world of exorcisms, demons, and possessions.
Annaliese Michel was born on September 21, 1952, in Leiblfing, Bavaria, West Germany. She was born into a very religious Roman Catholic family. She attended Mass twice weekly with her family and was described as "a vibrant, pretty girl on her way to becoming a gorgeous woman. She had shining black hair, an open, honest face, and a stunning smile."…
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May 31, 2022
Unsolved: The Chicago Tylenol Murders
Today on the train we figured we'd go back to the land of unsolved true crime as we like to do, on occasion. So, as with all these unsolved true crime episodes, we like to bring these crimes back into the limelight and bring the stories back into the conversation. Once these stories stop getting talked about any chance of solving them goes by the wayside. This one is a strange one for sure. We're talking a look at what are called the Chicago Tylenol murders.
The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. To date, no suspect has been charged or convicted of the poisonings.
The incidents led to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter substances and to federal anti-tampering laws. The actions of Johnson & Johnson to reduce deaths and warn the public of poisoning risks have been widely prai…
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May 26, 2022
Man-Eating Animals
Ep. 157
Man Eaters
Tonight we're gonna talk about something everyone loves, something everyone needs, and something both Moody and myself know quite a bit about…that's right platonic love between two males…wait, wrong podcast… actually it's ……FOOOOOOOD!!
I know what you're thinking… "Jon, how is that creepy?" Well let me tell you how it is creepy, it's creepy when humans are on the menu. Today we are talking about man eaters. And no.. Not the Hall and Oates classic. We're talking about animals who put humans on the menu!
Throughout time humans have come to be thought of as the top of the food chain. For the most part we are because we have no real natural predators aside from ourselves. But this can change when humans encroach on an animal's territory. There are several reasons animals can attack humans. Not all attacks turn into man eating scenarios but it is important to understand why animals attack.
* Perceived Threat or Fear
Most animals face the threat of pre…
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May 17, 2022
What Happened to the Sodder Children?
Welcome aboard for another crazy episode! Today on the train we step into a familiar world…or should we say .. Worlds? A couple episodes ago we did some mass disappearances and you know we love some true crime so today we sort of combine the two. You see, for the mass disappearances episode there was one case that kept popping up. Now this was interesting to us because we've had that particular case on our list of shows to do for some time now. We figured this would be a good time to go ahead and finally do it. Today we are talking about the disappearance of the Sodder children.
The incident happened on Christmas Eve in 1945 in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George and Jenny Sodder lived with 9 of their 10 children. At the time, the oldest son was off fighting in WW2. The night of the incident, Jennie was awoken three times.
First, at 12:30 a.m., she was awoken by a phone call during which she could hear a woman’s voice she didnt recognize asking for a name she didn’t know, as we…
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May 10, 2022
Creepy Portugal
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This week we're taking the train across the pond for another creepy adventure. That's right, we are doing one of our creepy episodes! It's been a while so we figured it was time. This week we are headed to what some people say is one of the top scariest countries in the world! Not only that…we know we have some awesome listeners here. This week we are headed to creepy Portugal! We are gonna try our best to find the coolest, creepiest places for you guys. I'm just going to assume there's going to be a bridge in here someplace. So without further Ado.. Let's fucking rock and roll!!!
So first up we're gonna do a little history lesson. Will keep it somewhat sorry and sweet since if we got into the complete history of a country of the age of Portugal, it would be an entire episode on its own. To get there history of this country we went to the source, portugal.com and an article written by Goncarlo Costa.
The history of Port…
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May 3, 2022
Unexplained Mass Disappearances. Where’d They Go?
Ep. 154
Unexplained Mass Disappearances
Today we're talking about unsolved stuff…but in a different way. We're talking about unexplained mass disappearances. How can large numbers of people just disappear without a trace? Where'd they go? Why'd they go? Did somebody make them leave? Bigfoot again? Aliens? Supernatural? Chainsaw? We may never know….but that won't stop us from discussing, speculating, and inevitably making really bad jokes on today's episode. So all aboard bitches let's roll!
Let us begin back…back…waaaaay back in 1918. We're talking about the USS Cyclops. Aside from having a great name, it fits the bill on mass disappearances. USS Cyclops (AC-4) was the second of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I. A collier is a fancy name for a big ass coal cargo ship. The USS Langley, the first aircraft carrier in the US Navy, was a converted collier. This was actually the second ship to bear the name Cyclops. She…
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Apr 27, 2022
The Nantiinaq; Portlock, Alaska and Other Ghost Towns
Portlock Alaska
& Other haunted ghost towns
Today we're talking about a ghost town in Alaska that is rumored to have been abandoned because of…. Wait for it….a killer bigfoot!! dun dun duuuuuuuuuuun!!! We're going to look at Portlock Alaska and after that maybe take a look at other haunted and creepy ghost towns!
History of Portlock:
As per wikipedia
Portlock is a ghost town in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern edge of the Kenai Peninsula, around 16 miles south of Seldovia. It is located in Port Chatham bay, after which an adjacent community takes its namesake. Named after Nathaniel Portlock, Portlock was established in the Kenai Peninsula in the early-twentieth century as a cannery, particularly for salmon. It is thought to have been named after Captain Nathaniel Portlock, a British ship captain who sailed there in 1786. In 1921, a United States Post Office opened in the town. The population largely consisted of Russian-Aleuts, indigenous people of the Aleutia…
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Apr 19, 2022
Narrenturm & Beechwood Insane Asylums
Ep. 152
Narranturm &
Beechwood Asylums
Today we're going back to some of our creepy roots. We're gonna visit a couple Asylums!!! First, we're going to look at Narrenturm asylum, and then we'll head to Beechwood Asylum! After that, we'll just hop right into the business!
"Narrenturm" in (Austrian/older) German translates as 'fools' tower,' or more accurately: 'lunatics' tower!
The Narrenturm was indeed the world's first building especially designed, in 1783, for "keeping" such mentally ill "patients" locked up in a central facility. It was finished in 1784, and the first patients were admitted soon after.
Treatment in those days was minimal to non-existent, so the 250 or so inmates in the 28 cells branching off each of the circular corridors on each of the five floors were indeed more or less simply "incarcerated" here. It was little more than a "loony bin," then emphasizing the word "bin." Still, it was argued that this was better than letting the patients roam around freely with…
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Apr 12, 2022
Jack the Ripper Part 2. Like Seriously. Who Was This guy?
Ep.151
Pt.2
Ripper suspects
This week in part 2…. Suspects in the jack the ripper case… there's a ton…like pretty much everyone alive at the time of the murders…and maybe some that weren't…who knows. So here we frigging go!
Montague John Druitt:
Although there may not be any concrete, scientific evidence against him, the Jack, The Ripper murders in London's East End ended after Druitt's suicide convinced one London detective (Melville Leslie Macnaghten) that Druitt was, in fact, Jack The Ripper himself.
Montague John Druitt, son of prominent local surgeon William Druitt, was a Dorset-born barrister. He also worked as an assistant schoolmaster in Blackheath, London, to supplement his income. Outside of work, his primary interest was cricket.
He played alongside the likes of Francis Lacey, the first man knighted for services to cricket. His numerous accolades in the game include dismissing John Shuter for a duck. The England batsman was playing for Bexley Cricket Club at…
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Apr 5, 2022
Episode 150! Who Was Jack the Ripper? Part 1
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London in 1888:
Victorian London was not a happy place to be, and the facts speak for themselves. Prostitution was rife, poverty and crime were prevalent, and 19th-century housing was barely habitable. Finding work in 1888 was extremely difficult for the residents of Whitechapel, feeding into the cycle of poverty and depravity.
Soot and smoke generally filled the air, and there were still grazing sheep in Regent's Park in the mid-Victorian period — it was said that you could tell how long the sheep had been in the capital by how dirty their coats were. They went increasingly from white to black over days.
The nights were riddled with gas lamp-lit streets and dark, foggy alleyways.
The city was steeped in poverty and all manner of crime and disease.
Many children were seen as a strain on their parents' resources, and it is believed that two in ever…
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Mar 28, 2022
What Are the Archives of Terror?
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Archives of terror
Archivos del Terror were found on december 22, 1992 by a lawyer and human rights activist, strange how those two titles are in the same sentence, Dr. Martín Almada, and Judge José Agustín Fernández. Found in a police station in the suburbs of Paraguay known as Asunción.
Fernandez was looking for files on a former prisoner. Instead, stumbled across an archive describing the fates of thousands of Latin Americans who had been secretly kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the security services of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay with the help of our friendly neighborhood CIA. Known as Operation Condor.
“Operation Condor was a U.S. backed campaign of political repression and state terror involving intelligence operations and assassination of opponents.”
Let’s go back a ways toward the beginning. One day, a young guy, wanted to…
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Mar 22, 2022
Who was the Texarkana Moonlight Murderer?
The Texarkana Moonlight Murders
Were a series of murders in the spring of 1946 where 8 people were attacked, 5 of which murdered. Similar to the Zodiac and the Monster of Florence, the attacker focused on male/female couples. Also similar to those cases, the attacker has never been caught.
OK, first off, what the hell is Texarkana? You’re probably thinking “that’s not a state I’ve ever heard of.” and you, passenger, would be correct.
Texarkana began as a railroad and lumber center and is considered the two county area between Texarkana, Arkansas in Miller County and Texarkana, Texas in Bowie County and according to the US Office of Management and Budget, the Texarkana metropolitan statistical area (or MSA) has the area with around 137,000 people living in it, as of the 2020 census.
The Red River Army Depot and Lone Star Ammunition Plant seemed to drive the jobs to the area, mainly due in part to that little skirmish called World War 2, in the 1940’s.
It was founded in…
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Mar 8, 2022
Simo Hayha, ”The White Death”
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Simo Hayha
Let’s talk about Finland
officially called the Republic of Finland.
The country’s name was said to be found on three runestones.
has about 168,000 lakes and 179,000 islands.
Helsinki is capital
As for weather, In Helsinki, the summers are comfortable and partly cloudy and the winters are long, freezing, snowy, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 17°F to 71°F and is rarely below -3°F or above 79°F.
Member of the EU
338,455 square kilometres (130,678 sq mi) with a population of 5.5 million people.
Helsinki is capital
According to an American study, an average of 7,000 rifle-caliber shots were required to achieve one combat kill during the First World War. During the Vietnam War this number had increased to more than 25,000. So, for Simo Häyhä’s more than 505 kills, more than 13,550,000 bullets would have been needed in Vietnam.
Simo Was born December 17th, 1…
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Mar 1, 2022
MK Ultra. Yeah, That Happened.
MKULTRA/PROJECT ARTICHOKE/SPELLBINDER
* MKULTRA- What is it
* Code name given for the illegal experimentation done on humans
* Done by the C.I.A.
* Aim was to develop procedures and drugs to weaken individuals during interrogations and produce confessions
* Brainwashing and psychological warfare
* Use of LSD
* Numerous methods to manipulate subjects’ mental states and brain functions through high doses of psychoactive drugs and other chemicals, electroshock, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isoloation, and verbal and sexual abuse, as well as other forms of torture.
* Preceded by Project Bluebird and Project Artichoke. We’ll discuss these later on.
* MKULTRA background
* According to author Stephen Kinzer, who is a former New York Times correspondent, who also wrote several books and writes for multiple newspapers and news agencies.( Kind of hard to get an unbiased opinion when one guy writes for most of the news.) Kinzer wrote that the CIA project “was a con…
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Feb 22, 2022
Who Is The Monster of Florence?
A little about Florence, Italy.
* It is the Capital of Tuscany, in Central Italy. Built on both sides of the Arno river.
* Florence was Founded as a roman military colony in the first century bce.
* Florence’s vernacular became the italian language
* Noteworthy celebrities that flourished here were Leonardo da Vinci, Filipp Brunelleschi, Niccolò Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Dante, and Galileo.
* Some famous buildings that reside here are the Baptistery of St. John, the Gothic Duomo, and the Uffizi Gallery.
* Economy is largely based around tourism… duh duh duuuuuuuuun.
What happened
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* Between 1968 and 1985, 14 to 16 people were murdered in florence italy, in what leading criminologists and police officials have declared as one of the most puzzling crimes of their time.
* Mostly all couples
* First Known victims were Antonio Lo Bianco and his Sardinian lover Barbara Locci
* Killed on August 21, 1968
* Small town near florence
* Locci’s 6 year old s…
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Feb 15, 2022
Women Pirates!
Research borrowed from:
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/were-there-female-pirates
https://www.piratesquest.co.uk/top-10-famous-female-pirates/
Mentalfloss.com
https://www.badassoftheweek.com/teuta
There have been dramatic Tales of women sailing the open oceans and seas throughout history. Most of these legends began from the Golden Age of Piracy (1650 to 1720). However, there are stories of female pirates dating back thousands of years.
According to history, women weren't permitted to stay on ships once they had set sail. Sailor superstitions thought that women on merchant and military vessels were bad luck and could mean disaster at sea.
The presence of women was believed to anger the water gods, which might cause storms, violent waves, and weather. Others thought that women would just distract the male sailors at sea and fall victim to harassment and even violence.
Women weren't allowed to hold jobs at sea until the 20th Century. Some women would disguise themselves as m…
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Feb 8, 2022
Skin Walkers?
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https://www.legendsofamerica.com/navajo-skinwalkers/
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The Uinta Basin is a section of the Colorado Plateaus province, part of the enormous Intermontane Plateaus division. It is also a geologic structural basin in eastern Utah, east of the Wasatch Mountains and south of the Uinta Mountains.
For as long as humans have lived in the Uintah Basin, they’ve seen strange things in the sky. In the 1970s, Utah State professor Frank Salisbury wrote a detailed, profoundly investigative book about hundreds of UFO sightings seen in the basin, called “The Utah UFO Display: A Biologists Report.”
However, the weird stuff goes way beyond strange flying anomalies. For 15 generations, indigenous tribes, including the Utes, have referred to this ridge as being “in the path of the skinwalker.”
In the Nava…
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Feb 2, 2022
The Keddie Cabin Murders
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In July of 1979, Glenna Susan "Sue" Sharp and her five children, John, fifteen, Ohhhhh Sheila, fourteen, Tina, twelve, Ricky, ten, and Greg, five, left her home in Connecticut after separating from her abusive husband, James Sharp, and their excessively turbulent marriage. She decided to take her children to northern California, where her brother Don lived. She began renting a small one-bedroom trailer formerly occupied by her brother at the Claremont Trailer Village in Quincy. Obviously, the cramped trailer wasn't working for the family so, the following fall, she moved to house #28 in the rural Sierra Nevada resort town of Keddie.
The resort was having financial troubles and had converted its once massively successful cabins into low-income housing. The house was much larger than the trailer and had become available when Plumas County's then-sheriff, Sylvester Dou…
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Jan 26, 2022
Creepy Ireland
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Creepy Ireland
Today's episode is on Creepy Ireland. To kick it off right, we wanted to say "top of the mornin' to ye '’' but seeing as how that's just a silly Hollywood invention, we are instead going to say "A hundred thousand welcomes."
Before we get into the meat and potatoes of this episode, I reached out to a friend of ours, Katie, who’s father is directly from Ireland. I asked her to see if he had any sort of creepy interactions over there. She also reached out to a cousin who lives over there and I received this message, this morning:
Oh boy I hit the jackpot reaching out to my cousins in Ireland I had no idea about this but here’s her message.
Ohhh some that I've heard, well as it happens 😅 Our cousin Sibeal, your cousin too (Shib-ale) her dad is part of PSI Ireland, Paranormal Study Investigations they have a whole Facebook/Tiktok following so he could have some good stuff
Yes, they have a website and ev…
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Jan 18, 2022
The Shocking History of Execution.
Tonight we are going to tell you a tale. A superb tale. A tale as old as time that takes us from the beginnings of civilization until today. This tale will thrill you and chill you. It may elicit feelings of dread and sadness. It may make you angry. At times it may make you uneasily laugh like the friend at school that was kicked in the balls but couldn’t show his weakness. It's a subject that people continually argue about and debate with savage ferocity. Tonight we are talking about executions! We'll talk about the methods and the reasons behind executions throughout the years. Then we'll talk about some famous executions, as well as some of the more fucked up ones. And by fucked up, we mean botched. Bad stuff. This episode isn't meant to be a debate for or against executions but merely to discuss them and the crazy shit surrounding them. So with all that being said, Let’s rock and roll!
Capital punishment has been practiced in the history of virtually all known societies and p…
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Jan 11, 2022
Pro Wrestling Deaths
Today we're entering the world of sports. That's right, we're talking about everyone's favorite sport… Curling! Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite rocks, also called stones, across the ice curling sheet toward the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the center of the house after each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends…
Um...What the fuck.. Fucking Moody… This is why we can't trust him to do research while hunting Sasquatch in Canada… Hold on, let me find the right notes… Son of a bitch, where are they…
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Jan 4, 2022
What happened to the Jeff Davis/Jennings 8?
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Hello, you crazy, beautiful bastards. And happy new year. We hope your Christmas or whatever holiday you chose to celebrate was a great one. As you probably know, we took the week off to be with our families, and this week we're back with another banger, as the cool kids say. We are hopping back into the dark, twisted world of UNSOLVED true crime—the best and only way to serve that horrible cold dish. We know you guys love that shit, and so do we. Of course, not in a weird "sitting alone in front of my computer masturbating to unsolved terrible crimes" sort of way, but in more of a "gee-whiz Mr. Wilson, that's interesting, I'd like to learn more" kind of way. And with that out of the way, let's get into today's episode on the Jennings 8!
The Jennings 8, sometimes also referred to as the Jeff Davis 8, is a series of unsolved murders in Jefferson Davis Parish in Louisiana between 2005- 2009. And for those of you wondering, no, Moody wasn't living there…
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Dec 24, 2021
A Midnight Carol (Rerelease) Our take on the Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol
Due to popular demand, we've decided to rerelease our epic remake of the the Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol".
WARNING! This isn't exactly PG so listener discretion is always advised.
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Dec 21, 2021
Christmas Disasters
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This week is our Christmas special here on the train. First, we've covered Krampus, Christmas killings, and ghost story Christmas traditions. Then, in keeping with our tradition of crazy Christmas episodes, today, we bring you some crazy Christmas disasters! Christmas isn't immune to crazy shit going on, from natural disasters to fires. Not only that, we're giving you guys a pretty good dose of history today. So with that being said, let's get into some crazy Christmas stuff!
While this first topic isn't necessarily a disaster in the usual sense, it definitely caused nothing but problems. And yes, it's a disaster. In 1865 on Christmas Eve, something happened that would change things for many people in this country and still causes grief to this day. While most people in the u.s. were settling down for the night with their families, leaving milk out for Santa, and tucking the kids in for the night,…
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Dec 14, 2021
Mary Shelley, The Birth of Frankenstein
We've all heard the story of "Frankenstein's Monster." A bat shit crazy scientist wants to reanimate dead tissue and basically create a fucking zombie baby… BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GET FUCKING ZOMBIES! Anyway, Dr. Frankenstein and his trusty assistant, Igor, set off to bring a bunch of random, dead body parts together, throw some lightning on the bugger and bring this new, puzzle piece of a quasi-human back to "life." At first, the reanimated corpse seems somewhat ordinary, but then flips his shit and starts terrorizing and doing what I can only imagine REANIMATED ZOMBIES FUCKING DO!
Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in Somers Town, London, in 1797. She was the second child of the feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft and the first child of the philosopher, novelist, and journalist William Godwin.
So, she was brought into this world by some smart fucking people. Mary's mother died of puerperal fever shortly after Mary was born. Puerperal fever…
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Dec 7, 2021
The Michigan Lake Triangle. Was it aliens?
We're going back to the creepy, mysterious, and strange this week. We're heading up to Lake Michigan, where tons of ships and planes have gone missing, and other odd things have occurred in what is known as the Lake Michigan triangle. Full disclosure, being from Ohio, the only reason we are covering this is that it's not the actual state of Michigan, just a lake that was unfortunately cursed with the same name. So we'll only discuss the state if we absolutely have to. We kid, of course.. Or do we… At any rate, this should be another interesting, fun, historically jam-packed episode full of craziness! So without further ado, let's head to lake Michigan!
So first off, let's learn a little about Lake Michigan itself because, you know, we like to learn you guys some stuff!
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third-largest by surface area after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Lake Michigan is the larg…
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Nov 23, 2021
The Banana Massacre - Yep, bananas. Happy Thanksgiving 2021
So we're gonna get into something a bit different this week. Not really truecrime, not unsolved, but definitely crazy. This is another one we got from a listener that we had no clue ever happened. While the official death toll of this incident is usually put at around 45, some estimates say it could be up to 2000. Those bodies are said to either have been dumped in the sea or buried in mass graves. So what was the incident about you ask? Well, long story very short… Bananas. We're gonna dive into what is simply known as the Banana massacre, a crazy tale of a government squashing a banana strike with excessive force and what came after. Buckle up guys, here we go!
Before we start, I want to acknowledge the great sources of info for this episode. 90% of the information on this week's episode came from two amazing sources that had tons of info that we couldn't find anywhere else. First a paper by Jorge Enrique Elias Caro and Antonino Vidal Ortega on the website scielo.org was our sourc…
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Nov 18, 2021
Unsolved: The Springfield Three
Tonight we are taking the train back to true-crimeville. Unsolved as per the usual, the case, or cases if you will, also has a crazy connection to one of our own here in the midnight train family. First we are going to talk about the Springfield 3. The Springfield 3 is an unsolved missing persons case that began on June 7, 1992, when friends Suzanne "Suzie" Streeter and Stacy McCall, and Streeter's mother, Sherrill Levitt, went missing from Levitt's home in Springfield, Missouri. Then we are going to roll into a talk about a giant hunk of shit named Larry Dewayne Hall. And in our discussion of Mr. Hall we shall get to the personal connection to us at the train! So without further ado… Let’s get into today's episode!
29 years ago Suzie Streeter, 19, her mother Sherill Levitt, 47, and her friend Stacy McCall, 18 disappeared without a trace from their central Springfield home. Authorities have gathered many theories to explain what could have happened. Some people have even gone as f…
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Nov 11, 2021
Cursed Movies
In a world, where the midnight train podcast is at the top of the podcast game, one thing has the power to destroy everything they have worked for. This week their world will come crumbling down as everything they've achieved will be tested and possibly destroyed due to the madness that is (dun dun duuuuuuuunnnnn) cursed Movies!!!
Tonight on the midnight train we are combining two of our favorite things…. This podcast and lots and lots of beer…YEAH! Oh wait, we do that every week… Oh, that's right, it’s this podcast and….moooovies!! But… In true midnight train fashion, we can't just talk about movies…. We're gonna talk about cursed movies!!! That's right we are going to look at movies that for one reason or another have led to tragedy during and after the movies were made! Everything is on the table from health issues like cancer, accidental deaths while filming, people going crazy after filming, and just about everything else you can think of. Should be a fun and creepy…
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Nov 4, 2021
Creepy Antarctica
Grab your parkas, put on those winter boots, don't forget those big ol mittens and hang out with us tonight as we head to the place where the coldest temperature on earth has ever been recorded, a mild -89.2°C (-128.6°F). Maybe we should bring swim trunks instead, eh? Well, aside from the coldest temps known anywhere, there is also possibly Nazis, maybe a hole to the center of the earth, a blood waterfall, and giant sea spiders with legs ranging up to 70cm, and for those of you who aren't sure if that's big or not cus we’re a bunch of archaic buttholes that don't do metric… It's big.. Like close to 28 inches big… oh and how could we forget… the Penguins!! Lots of penguins! Well, if you haven't figured it out yet, we're heading to Antarctica! We're going to be discussing the continent and find out a little about it and then we'll talk about some creepy natural things going on and of course creepy conspiracies. It should be a fun one so let's get going!!!
So let's learn a litt…
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Oct 27, 2021
The Exorcism of Roland Doe. Halloween 2021
Happy Halloween you beautiful bastards… Well… in a couple of days, but this is our Halloween episode so keep it or leave it. We've got some pretty crazy and creepy stuff going on today. Let's get into it!
Do you guys believe in demons? Possession? Are you afraid that at some point in your life a being from hell or possibly another plane of existence could enter your body and wreak havoc on your body, mind, and soul? That they could possibly even kill you or cause injury or death to someone you know? What must it be like to not be in control of your own being? Well, we're gonna discuss all of that today while talking about perhaps the most famous possession incident out there. The one that inspired what many think it's one of, if not the, scariest horror movies ever. Today we are discussing the possession and Exorcism of Roland Doe, also sometimes referred to as Robbie Manheim. While there are many versions of what happened, we will try to stay as close to what is thought to be the…
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Oct 21, 2021
The Bedlam Asylum... um...Bethlem Royal Hospital. OLD AF.
Today we are taking the train to a wonderful little building… Actually scratch that… This place was once so crazy( no pun intended) that its nickname became a common word. The definition of the word is "A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails. " The word is Bedlam. The place is Bethlehem Royal Hospital. The hospital is considered the first lunatic asylum. The word "bedlam" is derived from the hospital's nickname. Bedlam is a bastardization of the word bethlem, which in turn was a corruption of the name Bethlehem. Although the hospital became a modern psychiatric facility, historically it was representative of the worst excesses of asylums in the era of lunacy reform. We're gonna get into all that craziness tonight and see what kind of "Bedlam" actually went on there.
Bethlem Royal Hospital's origins are unlike any other psychiatric hospital in the western world. As a formal organization, it can be traced to its foundation in 1247, during the reign of K…
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Oct 13, 2021
The British Columbia Foot Problem
Today on the train we're switching up gears a bit. Tonight we are discussing British Columbia's foot problems. Did you know that the most common foot problem in British Columbia and actually the world is athlete's foot? Well it's true! The feet are made of up 26 bones each, making them one of the most intricate areas of the body. Nevertheless, according to the College of Podiatry, a person will walk an estimated 150,000 miles in their lifetime, roughly the equivalent of walking around the world six times. Improper footwear, diabetes, and aging are some of the chief contributors to foot problems. Bunions are another of the biggest four problems. Bunions are abnormalities of the feet that cause a bump to develop on the large toe joint. This can cause the big toe to turn slightly inward. Doctors call bunions “hallux valgus.”
Women are more likely to have bunions due to increased pressures from narrow footwear. Wait...I think I got the wrong notes… What are we talking about? Oh… S…
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Oct 7, 2021
The Oakland County Child Killer AKA The Babysitter Killer
Today's episode is taking us back to the world of unsolved true crime. This episode deals with pretty tough stuff so consider this your trigger warning as the episode does talk about the killings of young children.
We are heading to the state of Michigan for this one. Oakland county to be exact. Oakland county is part of the metropolitan Detroit area, located northwest of the city. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,274,395, making it the second-most populous county in Michigan, behind neighboring Wayne County. The county seat is Pontiac. The county was founded in 1819 and organized in 1820. Oakland County is among the ten highest income counties in the United States with populations over one million people. The county's knowledge-based economic initiative, coined "Automation Alley", has developed one of the largest employment centers for engineering and related occupations in the United States. This county would spawn a serial killer. From February 1976 to March 1977 four ch…
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Sep 28, 2021
Creepy Germany
Guten abend meine freunde! Heute machen wir eine reise nach deutschland. Welche Seiten werden wir sehen? wen werden wir treffen? Wird Jon das lesen können? Ich denke, wir werden es herausfinden!
Anyways, for those of you that don't speak German… Well you'll never know what we said there, and for those of you that do, Moody's German is rusty and we're sure Google's help in translating was probably off, so hopefully it wasn't too ridiculous. At any rate, today on the train we are back to our creepy series, and if you're remotely intuitive, you'll already know we are heading to the great country of Germany! The country that gave us some amazing inventions like the hole punch, the mp3, the coffee filter, and everyone's favorite...Fanta...and all the other crazy and cool shit they've given the world! All of that cool stuff aside, we are looking at some other stuff that Germany is giving to the world… Creepy shit! So without further ado, let's get into it!
Let's start with a cryptid l…
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Sep 22, 2021
Hollow Earth Shenanigans
Hollow Earth Theory
Well hello there passengers, and welcome to yet another exciting day aboard the MidnightTrain. Today we delve deep into the mysterious, creepy, possibly conspiratorial world that is our own. What do I mean by that? Well we are digging our way to the center of truth! Today, we learn about Hollow Earth… and for the flat earthers out there… you’re gonna wanna hang out for a minute before you dip outta here… also fuck you.
(Cinematic trailer voice) In a World where there exists people who think the world is a flat piece of paper with trees growing out of it and a big guy who flips the piece of paper over to switch between day and night. One man wants to change that idea. His name… is Edmund Halley. Yes that Halley. The one known for the comet he discovered. But before we explore more about him and his findings, let's discuss what led us to this revolutionary hypothesis.
So besides idiots who believe the earth is flat, I mean stupid-endous personalities, t…
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Sep 14, 2021
Haunted Phone Calls & Evil Phone Numbers
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Tonight we're going to discuss phone calls. Yay… Phone calls. Att, T-Mobile, Boost, Sprint, you know all the big ones. Oh wait… That's the bonus episode. We're actually talking about creepy phone calls, ranging from the seemingly paranormal to the downright strange. Are some phone numbers cursed? Should we call some from Logan’s phone right here on the show? Can dead people make phone calls to the living? Would you want dead people t…
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Sep 7, 2021
The Stanley Hotel
Today we are taking a cross country train ride to the great state of Colorado. On a side note fuck John Elway for crushing our childhood hopes and dreams. Anyway, off to Colorado we go… And yes it's for the weed… Well partly. It's also to visit a landmark known to scores of horror movie fans the world over. The Stanley Hotel! Why, you ask? Cus it's creepy, possibly haunted and because we can do whatever the fuck want… It's our show, even if we do get snubbed by our local entertainment paper for best local podcast. Jerks. But we digress. Today's episode is about a hotel but it starts with a man. Freelan Oscar Stanley. And with that we dig into the history and creepiness of the Stanley hotel!
Freelan Oscar Stanley was born, along with his twin brother Frances Edgar Stanley, On June 1st 1849 in Kingfield Maine. Although their family was not wealthy, education was highly valued and knowledge of science, poetry and music were encouraged from a young age. In 1859, At the age of nine,…
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Aug 30, 2021
The Honolulu Strangler (He Totally Did It.)
Today we're taking the train to a land of paradise. Warm climate, great surf, beautiful women, and…. the Honolulu Strangler? That's right we're taking a trip to Hawaii and the land of unsolved murders. You know how we like our unsolved crimes here at the midnight train! So without further ado… Let's get into what we do know about the case and see if we can solve it like we do with so many other things.
So the Honolulu Strangler was a serial killer who was active between 1985-1986. He tortured and killed 5 women. The five victims were found with their hands bound behind their backs, sexually assaulted and strangled. The strangler’s victims ranged in ages between 17 and 36 and came from different walks of life. The police had several suspects including one that… Well… is most likely the killer but… You know, the police let him go. Well get to him in a bit. First we are going to discuss the victims and then the few suspects they had. There's not a huge amount of information o…
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Aug 25, 2021
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