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  • 166: The Abduction of Alison Botha

    166: The Abduction of Alison Botha
    Feb 5 2026

    TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

    This week Kim tells Denae the insanely graphic, yet inspiring story of Alison Botha

    Sources:

    Morbid: Attempted murder of Alison Botha

    Murder with my husband

    https://womenforchange.co.za/take-action/parole-of-alison-bothas-rapist/

    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-10-14-the-woman-who-refused-to-be-a-victim-alison-botha-fights-for-her-life-a-second-time/

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  • 165: Denver Rideshare Creep

    165: Denver Rideshare Creep
    Jan 29 2026

    This week Denae tells Kim about the creepiest rideshare driver in Denver!

    Sources:

    NBCNews.com Former Denver rideshare driver sentenced to 290 to life for assaulting a dozen women by Phil Helsel March 7, 2025

    John Pastor-Mendoza Convicted of Sexually Assaulting and Kidnapping Numerous Women While Posing as a Ride-Share Driver – Denver DA

    'We all survived the same monster': Survivors of rideshare driver found guilty of kidnapping, assault speak

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  • 164: Aileen Wuornos

    164: Aileen Wuornos
    Jan 22 2026

    This week Kim covers the most prolific female serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

    Sources:

    https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a69219126/how-many-people-did-aileen-wuornos-kill/

    https://capitalpunishmentincontext.org/node/77455

    Monster

    https://www.britannica.com/question/How-was-Aileen-Wuornos-caught

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    36 m
  • 163: Yogurt Shop Murders

    163: Yogurt Shop Murders
    Jan 15 2026

    This week Denae tells Kim the abysmal story of the Yogurt Shop murders.

    Sources:
    Significant Breakthrough Made in 1991 I Can't Believe It's Yogurt Murders | AustinTexas.gov 09/29/25

    The Austin, Texas, yogurt shop murders: Families, investigators remain haunted by unsolved case - CBS News By Erin Moriarty Ruth Chenetz, Stephanie Slifer, Anthony Venditti 12/12/25

    DNA helps solve 'haunting' yogurt shop quadruple killings more than 3 decades later - ABC News By Emily Shapiro 09/29/25

    Crime Junkie Podcast Infamous: Yogurt Shop Murders

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    42 m
  • 162: The Yacht Murders

    162: The Yacht Murders
    Jan 8 2026

    This week Kim tells Denae about Jackie and Thomas Hawks and how their beautiful life was ended so callously

    Sources:

    Murder with my husband episode 279

    Dateline ‘the last voyage’

    Killafornia dreaming episode #14

    48 hours the dark voyage

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    47 m
  • 161: Tommy Knockers and The Slide Rock Bolter

    161: Tommy Knockers and The Slide Rock Bolter
    Jan 1 2026
    For the first episode of the year Denae concludes her Colorado Cryptids Series with The Slide Rock Bolter and Tommy Knockers!

    Sources:
    Colorado Silver Boom - Wikipedia

    Knocker (folklore) - Wikipedia

    Tommyknockers of the Western Mines – Legends of America

    NOT ALONE IN THE MINES: The legend of Colorado's "Tommyknockers" - Denver Gazette by Piper Russell Oct. 6, 2025

    Tommyknockers — Astonishing Legends

    Slide-Rock Bolter | Cryptid Wiki

    Slide-Rock Bolter | Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods "The Slide-Rock

    Bolter" from The Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods (1910) by William T. Cox

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  • 160: Joshua Maddux

    160: Joshua Maddux
    Dec 24 2025
    This week Kim tells Denae the story about a body found in a chimney.

    Sources:

    True crime all the time

    Mile higher podcast

    https://medium.com/@nikyoung/how-did-joshua-maddux-die-in-the-chimney-of-an-abandoned-cabin-7502be457cb7

    Coffeehouse crime

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  • 159: Lafayette Vampire

    159: Lafayette Vampire
    Dec 18 2025
    This week Denae continues her Colorado cryptic theme and gives us another story of the Lafayette Vampire!

    Sources:
    The Lafayette Vampire November 30, 2024 by Doug Conarroe

    www.lafayettehistory.com/the-lafayette-vampire/

    Spanish flu - Wikipedia

    Vampire Grave of Lafayette - Atlas Obscura by Devin Woodall

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