Episodes

  • 157: Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping

    157: Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
    Nov 20 2025
    This week Kim tells Denae about one of the biggest kidnapping in US history that has one of the best case scenario outcomes.

    Sources:

    48 hours podcast: Live to tell: Chowchilla bus kidnapping


    https://www.cityofchowchilla.org/300/1976-Bus-Kidnapping


    https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/


    https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/health/chowchilla-childhood-trauma

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    50 mins
  • 156: Hypnotizing Principal

    156: Hypnotizing Principal
    Nov 15 2025
    This week Denae tells Kim the incredibly strange story of a principal who hypnotizes students.

    Sources:
    CBSNews.com Fla. school settles bizarre lawsuit over hypnotized students, suicides

    NBCNews.com Hypnotist principal faces questions after suicides by Mitch Stacy

    heraldtribune.com True crime TV series explores deaths of 3 North Port teens hypnotized by principal. How to watch By Melissa Perez-Carrillo

    Report Details How One Principal Hypnotized Students For Years : The Two-Way : NPR by Eyder Peralta

    https://www.afterall.com/obituaries/BrittanyPalumbo

    journal.ie Three students were 'hypnotised to death' by their school principal in Florida by Ronan Duffy

    https://www.afterall.com/obituaries/WesleyMckinley

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    35 mins
  • 154: P.I. Mom's sabotage

    154: P.I. Mom's sabotage
    Nov 6 2025
    This week Denae tells Kim about the show that never was P.I. mom's.

    Sources:

    Netflix Trainwreck: PI Moms

    People.com P.I. Moms Stars Slam Actor Carl Marino For Ruining Reality Show with Sting Operation: 'So Many People Were Affected'
    By Raven Brunner Published on July 22, 2025 09:00AM EDT

    Chris Butler (private investigator) - Wikipedia

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    43 mins
  • 153: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    153: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    Oct 29 2025
    The Mavens are back! Happy Halloween! This week Kim tells Denae a chaotic retelling of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".

    Sources:

    The legend of sleepy hollow by Washington Irving. 1820

    The legend of sleepy hollow by Disney 1949

    Sleepy Hollow (1999)

    CBS this morning ‘tracing the haunting roots of the legend of sleepy hollow’

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    31 mins
  • 152: The Lake Bodum Murders

    152: The Lake Bodum Murders
    Jun 21 2025
    This week Kim tells Denae about the mysterious circumstances of the Lake Bodum murders.

    Sources:

    ODFM: season 13, episode 6 lake bodum


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bodom_murders


    Casefile: Lake bodum podcast
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    49 mins
  • 151: Runaway Train Music Video

    151: Runaway Train Music Video
    Jun 13 2025
    This week Denae tells Kim about Soul Asylum's Runaway Train music video that found missing children.

    Sources:
    slate.com Did the “Runaway Train” Music Video Really Save 21 Kids? By Nick Keppler

    ‘We found 21 missing kids’: Soul Asylum on making Runaway Train | Music | The Guardian By Dave Simpson

    Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song) - Wikipedia

    People.com 11 Kids From 'Runaway Train' Video Still Missing By Elaine Aradillas

    Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (Official HD Video)

    truecrimesocietyblog.com The Missing, Murdered and Reunited of Runaway Train by Lozzy
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 150: Ghost Town: St. Elmo

    150: Ghost Town: St. Elmo
    Jun 4 2025
    This week Kim tells Denae about Colorado ghost town, St. Elmo.

    Sources:

    Tale of two cities


    It’s history YouTube


    St. Elmo – The Story of Annabelle


    Footprints of the frontier
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 149: Russian Soldiers Turned to Stone and Philadelphia Experiment

    149: Russian Soldiers Turned to Stone and Philadelphia Experiment
    May 29 2025
    This week Denae tells Kim some stories about government secrets.
    Sources:
    23 Soviet troops turned to stone by aliens? CIA memo unearths Cold War mystery - The Economic Times

    CIA.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005517761.pdf

    kyivpost.com Did Soviet Soldiers Turn to Stone in Alien Encounters, According to CIA?

    YouTube OneIndiaNews: VIDEO: 'ALIENS Attack Turned Soldiers To STONE' | Declassified CIA Files Shocking Witnesses Report
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    58 mins