Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they dive deeper into what’s going on at the Olympics. From environmental disasters, to human man lizards? You don’t want to miss this one!

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://www.today.com/news/sports/ryan-lochte-now-rcna163329

• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/marfan-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20350782

• https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/olympics/ryan-lochtes-has-12-olympic-medals-heres-why-none-are-displayed-his-house/77-30bd842a-b0f9-4a2d-acfa-034f0751b94c

• https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2658792-ryan-lochte-suspended-by-us-swimming-usoc-after-rio-incident-details-reaction

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/totally-unacceptable-gender-identity-dispute-surrounding-boxers-lin-yu-rcna164995

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/dan-wolken/2024/08/03/imane-khelif-olympics-womens-boxing/74660033007/

• https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-boxing-gender-4b6eb881cce9c34484d30c68ad979127

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/05/imane-khelif-algerian-boxer-speaks-out/74669981007/

• https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/dutch-child-rapist-steven-van-de-velde-boos-paris-olympics#:~:text=A%20convicted%20child%20rapist%20competing,game%20with%20partner%20Matthew%20Immers.

• https://sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sex-offenders-have-no-place-at-the-games/

• https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240729_10/

• https://www.businessinsider.com/paris-olympics-sex-offender-child-rape-steven-vandevelde-dutch-volleyball-2024-7

• https://www.business-standard.com/sports/olympics/convicted-child-rapist-competes-in-paris-olympics-2024-why-it-is-not-okay-124072900723_1.html

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee are going to talk about the following: Werewolf, Werebear, Werehyena, Weretiger. We will see which ones sound believable, where they come from, and just wild stories of transforming “were” creatures go.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/werewolf

• https://www.britannica.com/art/werewolf

• https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf

• https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Werebear

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werehyena

• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Weretiger

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee because Twisters (2024) came out… so now the internet is abuzz with all things ‘NADOS. We wanted to talk about some of these wild disasters, what has happened, some of the most dangerous ones, and just what is the right protocol.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/tornadoes

• https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/tornado.html

• https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/types/

• https://www.weather.gov/lmk/tornadoesfaq
  

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the Snallygaster, the Dwayyo (Maryland Wolf Man) and the beef these two characters might have. One is a flying half reptile half bird, and the other is a hairy half man half wolf creature… and something weird is happening in Maryland to make this Twilight style event newsworthy.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-the-snallygaster

• http://folklore.lumberwoods.org/snallygaster.html

• https://www.snallygastermuseum.com/about-5

• https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Dwayyo

• https://legendsofamerica.com/dwayyo/

• https://bygonemaryland.com/2016/10/20/the-dwayyo-dont-mess-with-it/

• https://new-cryptozoology.fandom.com/wiki/Dwayyo

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the 2021 murder of Gabby Petito. This case took the world by storm with lots of coverage, theories, and followers that claimed they knew Brian Laundrie was to blame. In the end, things were just as gruesome as we all though, and sadly there was a lot that should have been done differently in this case.

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Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://www.gabbypetitofoundation.org/about-us

• https://www.gabbypetitofoundation.org/gabbys-story

• https://people.com/gabby-petito-parents-say-alive-today-police-handled-traffic-stop-differently-8641227

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-case-story-deaths/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/settlement-reached-gabby-petito-laundrie-families-rcna139905

• https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/us/brian-laundrie-gabby-petito-parent-depositions/index.html

• https://gavinfish.com/cases/gabby-petito/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss the death of Jaleayah Davis. On November 19th, 2011 Jaleayah was found dead, decapitated on the side of an interstate with her car still running. Rumors went flying about what could have happened, but the authorities believed it to be an accidental death that circulated around alcohol… What do you think happened?

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://gavinfish.com/cases/jaleayah-davis/

• https://www.facebook.com/p/Justice-for-Jaleayah-100088685604776/

• https://reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/16gakd4/has_a_there_ever_been_any_additional_news/?rdt=34483

• https://wegotthiscovered.com/true-crime/what-happened-to-jaleayah-davis-a-deep-dive-into-her-mysterious-death/

• https://www.change.org/p/michael-f-bennet-justice-for-jaleayah-davis

• https://medium.com/@daisyaspencer4/the-death-of-jaleayah-davis-b4f96e25073c

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss a child against child murder. Tristyn Bailey was only 13-years-old when she was senselessly murdered by a 14-year-old fellow classmate, Aiden Fucci. Fucci’s reasoning? He just wanted to know what it felt like to murder someone.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://tristynbailey.com/about-the-fund

• Autopsy Report: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/20996650/incident-report-from-ofc-kurt-hannon.pdf

• https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/tristyn-bailey-memorial-foundation-florida-law/77-48be1a2c-4515-405d-9b6c-feec4720099c

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/bill-signed-law-protects-families-014537343.html

• https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2023/03/23/aiden-fucci-florida-murder-killing-tristyn-bailey/70040639007/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-sentenced-life-prison-fatally-stabbing-florida-cheerleader-114-rcna76550

• https://abc7chicago.com/aiden-fucci-mom-crystal-smith-sentence-tristyn-bailey-update/13243248/

• https://nypost.com/2023/03/24/florida-teen-aiden-fucci-sentenced-to-life-for-vicious-stabbing-of-tristyn-bailey/

• https://people.com/crime/aiden-fucci-life-prison-stabbing-tristyn-bailey/

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/aiden-fucci-mother-sentenced-tampering-evidence-cheerleader-tristyn-bailey-murder

• https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/03/24/will-aiden-fucci-be-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-tristyn-bailey/

• 
  https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/05/16/tristyn-bailey-foundation-helps-pass-law-blocking-release-of-minors-crime-scene-photos-videos/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. Crimes, cryptids, cons, and beyond. There is always something new to dive into.

In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the case of Claire and Helen Miller. Claire was just a child when she murdered her older sister who was in no position to fight back. Claire, once a rising Tiktok star may have suffered a mental break to lead her actions into murder.

Our sources for this weeks episodes:

• https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/claire-miller-pleads-guilty-but-mentally-ill-in-sisters-stabbing-death-update/article_b7e3f45e-bea4-11ed-ae5f-ff4dc9d21719.html

• https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/claire-miller-sentencing-guilty-plea-homicide-helen-miller/521-51fa4e94-3892-4ab7-9764-b15faf68ae11

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/claire-miller

• https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/lancaster/news/pa-tiktoker-who-admitted-to-killing-her-wheelchair-bound-sister-learns-her-fate-da/858650/

• https://nypost.com/2022/07/01/pennsylvania-girl-claire-miller-wouldve-killed-sooner-if-it-meant-mcdonalds-breakfast/