Suspects & Spirits

What started as an online romance between two 18-year-olds quickly turned into a web of lies, fake identities, and increasingly questionable decisions.

Back in 2005, Thomas Montgomery, a 46-year-old former Marine, had been posing as an 18-year-old on a site called Pogo. During this time, he developed a deeply inappropriate relationship with a young, beautiful 18-year-old high school student named Jessi, who went by the screen name T...

High in the mountains of Estes Park, Colorado, sits one of America's most infamous haunted hotels. The Stanley Hotel may be best known as the inspiration behind Stephen King's The Shining, but its ghosts have created a reputation all their own.

This week, we're checking into Room 217. We’ll explore the Stanley's history, its connection to Stephen King, how this hotel made its way into pop cultur...

In 1986, 29-year-old Sherri Rasmussen was found brutally murdered inside her Los Angeles home. While investigators blamed a botched burglary, Sherri’s family repeatedly pointed toward someone much closer to the couple.

For 23 years, the case went cold. Until DNA evidence revealed that Sherri’s killer wasn’t a random burglar at all. This was someone from her husband’s past who had spent deca...

Deep in County Offaly, Ireland, sits a centuries-old castle with a history of betrayal, murder, and enough paranormal activity to earn it a reputation as one of the most haunted castles in the world. 👻🏰 This week, we’re heading inside Leap Castle, where a priest was allegedly murdered by his own brother during Mass in a place called the “Bloody Chapel.” Visitors here have reported ghostly children, phantom...

It's mail time! 💌👻 This month, we've got UFOs, a glitch in the matrix, a creepy kid who somehow knew things they could not have possibly known, and a haunted house with a hell slide, Satan’s ball pit, and one very unfortunate trip to the emergency room. Then we're heading to Santa Fe, Texas, where one listener had an unexpected house guest from the Civil War era... and of all the ghosts you could end up with, a Confederate ...

On the morning of April 12, 1981, 14-year-old Sheila Sharp walked home from a sleepover and opened the door to Cabin 28. Inside, she discovered a horrific scene: her mother, Sue, her brother, John, and his best friend, Dana, had been brutally murdered. Somehow, Sheila’s two younger brothers and their friend had survived the night and were still sleeping peacefully in a nearby bedroom. But her 12-year-old sister, Tina, w...

What if one of the gateways to Hell was hiding in a tiny Kansas cemetery?

This week, we're heading to Stull Cemetery, a quiet rural graveyard with one hell of a reputation. For decades, legends have claimed that this cemetery is home to one of the Seven Gateways to Hell...a place where Satan himself supposedly appears twice a year.

Today we dig into the real history of Stull. We will learn...

Here we go again... and this time, it's even messier.

As detectives began closing in on Jodi Arias' road trip, her carefully crafted story started to unravel and change. And with each new version, investigators uncovered more evidence that prosecutors argued pointed to premeditation. In Part 2, we'll examine the recovered camera photos, the rental car, extra gas cans, phone records, and the timeline that ultimately dismantled her al...

Buckle up, True Crime Coven... it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

In June 2008, 30-year-old Travis Alexander was found brutally murdered in the shower of his Mesa, Arizona home. The investigation quickly became one of the most infamous murder cases in modern true crime history.

In Part 1, we'll listen to the chilling 911 call, explore the backstories of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias, how they met, and how their relationship spiraled into ...

Deep within Ohio's Zaleski State Forest lies the abandoned Moonville Tunnel, a crumbling railroad passage with a history as dark as the shadows inside it. Once part of a bustling mining town connected by the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, the tunnel witnessed tragic accidents, deadly train collisions, and the slow disappearance of an entire community.

But according to local legend... not everyone left. This w...

In September 1958, Fernando Rios traveled to New Orleans as a tour guide. After a night in the French Quarter, he accepted an invitation from a college student, unaware of what awaited him in a nearby alleyway—an encounter that ended in robbery, a brutal beating, and one of the most controversial murder trials in the city's history.

Join me as we uncover Fernando's forgotten story, explore the anti-LGBTQ cli...

Can a painting hold a piece of someone's soul... or has some artwork simply fallen victim to decades of terrifying folklore?

This week, we're stepping inside the world's most infamous "allegedly" haunted paintings. From a portrait blamed for devastating house fires across Britain to the mysterious painting a family claims unleashed shadow figures, unexplained noises, and nightmares after hanging it in their home, these stories have ...

Ghouligans! It's Suspects & Spirit's first revisit episode. While I am busy (hopefully) not dying on a horse or on a boat, you can listen to this old-timey case that never sat right with the people of Peasenhall. Whether you've been here since the beginning or you're just now tuning in, enjoy the very bad audio and editing skills from Episode 3.

Today, we revisit a mystery that has plagued a quiet English village for over a cent...

Dear Diary,

Spotted: one remote farmhouse on the Isle of Man... and one unbelievably chatty mongoose with enough gossip to ruin everyone's day.

This week on Suspects & Spirits, we're diving into the bizarre legend of Gef the Talking Mongoose; a furry little menace who claimed to be "extra clever," eavesdropped on the neighbors, roasted people for fun, and somehow convinced paranormal investigators to take him seriously.

Think Gret...

It’s baaaackkk! Today is the last Friday of June, Ghouligans. Which means not only are we getting closer to spooky season (yay!), but we are back with another round of Boo's Clues! Where your spooky, hilarious, and downright questionable life choices take center stage.

This month we're hearing from listeners who played those cursed games I told you to NEVER play! There are also cameos from gambl...

Newly married and seemingly ordinary, Benjamin "BJ" and Erika Sifrit looked like any other couple enjoying Memorial Day weekend in Ocean City...until two vacationers vanished after a night out.

In this episode, we unravel the murders of Joshua Ford and Martha "Geney" Crutchley, the chilling events inside the Sifrits' condo, the dumb mistakes that led to their downfall, and the evidence that shocked a jury.

Join me as we dive into the...

Remember playing Bloody Mary at sleepovers? Standing in a dark bathroom with your best friends, trying not to laugh while secretly hoping something wouldn't happen? Well... Bloody Mary can step aside, because we're diving into five cursed games that make chanting into a mirror look like child's play.

From being hunted through your own home by the Midnight Man, to wandering the eerie hallways of your subconscious in Red Door, Yellow...

We're back, True Crime Coven... and it only gets worse.

In Part 2, we unravel the final four murders that earned Ed Kemper the nickname "The Co-Ed Killer." We'll examine his chilling escalation, the motives that may have fueled his crimes, the body language displayed during his interviews, and the psychology that continues to fascinate criminal profilers decades later.

Was Edmund Kemper the product of a deeply troubled upbringing, or...

In 1972, young women began disappearing across California. Investigators searched for answers while the culprit hid in plain sight for over a year...drinking with police officers, charming everyone around him, and growing increasingly dangerous.

This week, we are taking a deep dive into the the making of the Co-Ed Killer.

Before Ed Kemper became one of America's most notorious serial killers, he was a troubled teenager with a violent...