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New moon, Who Dis? (30 Minute Twilight: New Moon)

Ok fiends, so many of you enjoyed the first "thirty minute movie" installment of Twilight that we decided to share the next film in the saga with the whole class. 
In this wild (normally patrons only) series Holly and Leslie summarize a movie in thirty minutes in a frenzied game of hot potato. Here's how it works: the girls set the timer for five minutes and trade back and forth telling the story until 30 minutes has elapsed and hopefully the whole story has been told. During the narration you'll also get their thought, weird observations and frequent frustrations. It's a good time. If you like this episode, join our Patreon to get access to a whole catalogue of 30 minute horror movies! 
Things have been so heavy and scary the past few weeks we decided to have a little laugh. Enjoy!
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Girls Don’t Hitchhike (The Highway Of Tears)

From 1970 until present day 73 women and girls have gone missing or turned up dead on Canada’s highway 16, otherwise known as the highway of tears. A disproportionate number of these women and girls are indigenous. Most of their cases remain unsolved. Most of their faces remain unseen. 
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police assembled a task force in 2005 in the hopes of solving 18 of these cases.
The name of the task force is E-Pana.
18 is not enough. But it’s a start. We could never endeavor to tell all of their stories today, we've told as many as we could and in time we will tell more. We also start to unravel the cultural genocide of indigenous people that has been going on in Canada and the United Stated for hundreds of years, and trace the generational trauma that is deeply rooted in the horror of residential schools.
 
May 5th is Red Dress Day, so wear your red in honor of the missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and 2 spirit people. For more on the red dress project, click the link below. 
 
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Finding Cleo Podcast
Who killed Alberta Williams Podcast
Red dress project
Ways to help
https://www.amnesty.ca/what-we-do/no-more-stolen-sisters/
https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw
https://www.csvanw.org/mmiw/
 
Affiliated Links
Legends of the Iroquois (Myths and Legends)  (Leslie read the Song of the Hermit Thrush tale from this book)
 
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Halfoween 3 (Revenge of the Hosts)

Happy Halfoween fiends! Normally Holly and Leslie take this opportunity to tell stories about their worst fears, but this year they decided to use YOURS! We compiled quite the list from our listeners, and from that list your hosts surfaced 4 tales so terrifying, they're sure to have you sleeping with the lights on. Leslie shares the stories of Cleveland's 1986 Balloonfest disaster, The strange death of of Jose Rey Escobedo, and a creepy crawly story that is too disturbing to summarize, you'll have to listen for yourself. Holly tells us the story Edward Paisnel, the masked rapist and home invader known during his 14 year reign of terror as "The Beast of Jersey." Good Luck fiends, we hope you make it through this one without screaming...
 
 
 
 
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Fly on the Wall (The murder of Annie Le)

Annie Le was a brilliant scientist studying for here PHD at Yale University.  She had infinite potential and her whole life ahead of her until she disappeared inexplicably, just 5 days before her wedding. A few days later she was found dead in the most terrifying and unbelievable of places. 
 
 
 
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Again or Never (The Disappearance of Daniel Robinson)

Daniel Robinson was a bright, ambitious, 24 year old geologist with an extremely promising life ahead of him, so when he disappeared without a trace, leaving everything behind, even the clothes on his back, his family was left with a huge puzzle to solve and one simple request from the public "Please help find Daniel" 
Shadowed in the missing white girl syndrome wake of Gabby Petito's disappearance Daniel's case just gets more perplexing with every detail that is uncovered. With a story that rival's Elisa's Lam's for mystery and complexity, it's hard to believe that is wasn't on the cover page of every news outlet. Ultimately, Daniel's family simply wants his case to get the attention is deserves so that one day they might be able to bring him home, we want that for them too. 
 
From the website "Please Help Find Daniel" run by the Robinson family:
Daniel Robinson was last seen the morning of June 23, 2021 leaving his worksite in Buckeye, AZ. He was last seen the morning of June 23, 2021 leaving his worksite in Buckeye, AZ. He was driving his 2017 blue-grey Jeep Renegade and is believed to have headed west, deeper into desert terrain.
On Tuesday, July 19, 2021, Daniel’s vehicle was found by a rancher a little over two and a half miles from the worksite in a remote part of the desert. On that day, the Rancher reported the vehicle to Buckeye Police Department who later did a search by ground and drone.  The vehicle was recovered; Daniel was not found.
 
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On The Street Where You Live (Megan Kanka / Megan’s Law)

It is estimated that 460,000 children per year go missing in united states, and that one out of every ten thousand of those children is murdered.
 Nearly 700,000 incidences of child sexual abuse were reported in the united states in 2021, but it is estimated that 80 % of actual incidences go unreported… which means the real number is more like 3.5 million.
Lastly, it is estimated that one in four girls and one in nine boys in the United States will fall victim to sexual abuse before they turn 18.
Megan's Law is a federal law in the United states that requires law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders.
Every law with a name has a person behind it. This is the story of Megan's Law. 
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2nd Annual St. Paddy’s Day Live Campfire Stories! (Irish Two Truths and a Lie, with John Rattacasa))

Recording of our March 17th Live stream campfire stories event! Our friend John Joined us for some Irish fun and a spooky game of two truths and a lie! Play along with us as we weave tales of Irish haunted lore, True Crime and mythological creatures all while enjoying a good Irish Whiskey and the company of our fiends who tuned in live.
*This was recorded with no mics, equipment or soundproofing, just a laptop and YouTube live. It's not glitchy or difficult to understand but if you're wondering why it lacks the polish we usually take pride in providing, that's why. 
 
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Six Loops and Hellfire (The Legend of Darkey Kelly)

"Today Copper Alley will mourn its best mistress, and wives the town over will breathe a small sigh. Today is a sad day for vandals and misfits, today Darkey Kelly is going to die"
Happy St Patrick's Day Fiends! This year we bring you the dark and stormy Legend of Darkey Kelly, A brother owner and murderess who was hanged and burned at the stake (that's right, hanged AND burned at the stake) for sacrificing her baby in a deal with the devil. 
Dorcas AKA "Darkey" Kelly's story takes us into the brothels of eighteenth century Dublin, down the poverty stricken gutters known as "Hell" behind Copper Alley, through the rich hunting dens of the mysterious Hellfire Society, deep into the woods near St. Stephens Green and along the narrow cobblestone road to the Gallows where a crowd has gathered to watch the most notorious execution of it's time. Pour yourself a Guinness Slammer and leave some treats our for the fairies, because we have a wild one for you this year!
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This two part podcast special is THE top source for information on Darkey Kelly, these guys went into every newspaper and historical record available in Dublin to find the true story that had been wrapped in years and years of legends. They really did the damn thing.
No smoke Without Hellfire Podcast
 
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Harsh Mistress (Delphine LaLaurie)

On April 10th 1834 a fire broke out at 1140 Royal Street in the city of New Orleans. The estates mistress, local socialite Delphine Lalaurie was attempting to retrieve her most valuable possession in a hysterical daze. Meanwhile, a crowd had formed to behold the spectacle, and sensing nothing had been done to stop it, they sprang into action. Soon the police and fire department arrived, and what they discovered in that house would go down as one of the most gruesome scenes in US history. The actions carried out by Madame Delphine therein haunt the land underneath her historic manse to this very day. This week we explore cruelty, entitlement, the history of the enslaved people of Louisiana, and just for good measure, the youngest doctor ever. 
 
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Jazz It Up (The Axeman of New Orleans)

This week Leslie tells us the tale of the Axeman of New Orleans, who was possibly an American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana, and surrounding communities, including Gretna, from May 1918 to October 1919. However, similar murders occurred as early as 1911 that may hold some connection. He mainly targeted Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans. The Axeman was never identified, and the murders remain unsolved. But one thing is for certain, the Axeman was fond of Jazz Music. 
 
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The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story by Miriam C. Davis
 
Axman Jazz (Don't Scare Me Papa)
 
 
 
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