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Shel Anderson and Kierra Dotson are cute…but mostly twisted. Join them each week as they share their takes on history, pop culture, true crime, and whatever else they find on the internet.

Shel Anderson & Kierra Dotson


    • Oct 31, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 48 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Doll Heads

    Secret Internet World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 36:35


    Happy Halloween from your favorite "Fall" Heads! This week we dive deep into the story of two 12-year-olds inspired to kill by the fictional internet character Slender Man. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.    

    Cat-tivity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 48:59


    Double the true crime this week on Doll Heads! Kierra shares the story of a disturbing triple murderer that involves a leaf obsession and homemade diapers. Shel retells a recent 20/20 episode of a murder solved after 30 years of investigation. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.    

    Texarkanada...?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 46:39


    This week the girls go back to their true crime roots with the tales of the Hollywood Ripper and the Phantom Slayer. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.    

    Happy Birthday to Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 45:37


    The girls are back with their own topics. Kierra recounts the story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose chartered flight crashed in the Andes in 1972 and Shel reminds us of one of the first mass shootings in US History, the Luby's Massacre. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    That's Bunny

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 40:11


    This week the girls tackle the Elizabeth Smart story.  Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.    

    Reckless and Won-Ton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 40:43


    Shel & Kierra cover the suicide of Conrad Roy III and trial that investigated his long-distance girlfriend's role in his death via texting.    Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Conspiracy Theorists are a Conspiracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 53:37


    This week on Doll Heads, Shel gets "extra"terrestrial with the history of Area 51 and Kierra tells the story of the affluent and murderous Menendez brothers.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Squirrel on Meth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2019 39:04


    On this episode Shel tells a blue (but not sad) story about a family in Kentucky with a genetic mutation that turns their skin blue and Kierra takes aim at the story of serial killer Sharon Kinne aka "La Pistolera”.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Not a Good Recipe for Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 41:22


    This week the girls venture outside of the US. Shel takes us to Germany with the story of the Munich massacre, a Palestinian terrorist attack on Israeli Olympic team members at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich. Kierra then heads "Down Under" with the story of two young backpackers who were viciously assaulted by a man on a deserted beach in an area known as Salt Creek.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Floors is OUT layers is IN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 32:27


    The girls dive into the roots of Pride Month with a look at the Stonewall Riots, and a closer look at the life of someone who was there- Stormé DeLarverie. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Bits & Pits

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 50:46


    Shel and Kierra are back at it again with the tale of NXIVM, a modern-day sex cult, and the story of an attempted hijacking of a FedEx plane. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    The Desire to Kill Was Brewing Inside Him

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 56:43


    On this episode, Kierra shares what can happen when family secrets remain untold with the story of American serial killer Charlie Brandt and Shel shares the dark side of humanity as she dives into the Stanford Prison Experiment.  Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Little Zapple

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 49:44


    On this episode Shel begrudgingly tells the story of "Co-Ed Killer" Ed Kemper and Kierra walks us through the mystery of the body in room 348.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Black Dogs, Red Cats, Yellow Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 45:01


    This week Shel and Kierra put the "Salem Witch Trials"...to trial? Sure. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    The Nightmare Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 48:23


    This week on Doll Heads Shel tells the highly disturbing story of David Parker Ray, also known as the Toy-Box Killer, and Kierra takes us deep into a tragedy in Utah's Nutty Putty Cave.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Alter Ego

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 43:47


    This week on Doll Heads Shel talks about the life of political activist and writer Emma Goldman, and Kierra recounts the story of an American woman after she was kidnapped by Somali pirates. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Cold Case of Treasure

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 36:45


    This week Kierra talks about the 2017 unsolved double murder of Delphi, Indiana teens Abby and Libby, and Shel gives us all hope with the story of Forrest Fenn, a former Vietnam fighter pilot and art dealer, and his buried treasure in the Rockies. Got a tip on the Delphi murder case? Email Abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or call the tip line at 844-459-5786. Read Forrest Fenn's poem with clues to the treasure:As I have gone alone in thereAnd with my treasures bold,I can keep my secret where,And hint of riches new and old.Begin it where warm waters haltAnd take it in the canyon down,Not far, but too far to walk.Put in below the home of Brown.From there it's no place for the meek,The end is ever drawing nigh;There'll be no paddle up your creek,Just heavy loads and water high.If you've been wise and found the blaze,Look quickly down, your quest to cease,But tarry scant with marvel gaze,Just take the chest and go in peace.So why is it that I must goAnd leave my trove for all to seek?The answers I already know,I've done it tired, and now I'm weak.So hear me all and listen good,Your effort will be worth the cold.If you are brave and in the woodI give you title to the gold. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Dirt Avalanche

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 32:25


    On episode 32, Shel tells of the Mt Saint Helens eruption of 1980 and Kierra celebrates Black History Month with the story of Claudette Colvin, the teenage Rosa Parks.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Spoiler Alert: It's Princess Diana

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 42:04


     This week Shel and Kierra discuss the "People's Princess" Diana, Princess of Wales and the events surrounding her death.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    So Much Sects

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 32:31


    This week on Doll Heads Shel tells us about the Branch Davidian Waco tragedy and Kierra talks about a New Mexico city with a secret police posse.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Are They Both Named Barbara?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 30:09


    This week Kierra tells a surprisingly lesser known true story about former President George H.W. Bush (RIP) and Shel discusses America's deadliest school massacre to date.     Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Booz Allen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019 43:44


    Shel and Kierra are back from the break with an in-depth look at Edward Snowden, and a missing person case that will leave you guessing. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    An Evil Smelling Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 33:35


    This week Shel shares the story of an emergency room visit gone wrong (when do they ever go right?) with the story of "The Toxic Woman of Riverside" and Kierra enlightens us with something history books left out -- a big cheese party at the White House.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Killed Them All, Of Course

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 36:36


    Kierra and Shel undertake the story of alleged killer and multi-millionaire Robert Durst (aka “The Jinx). Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Platinum and Pugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 51:19


    In true “cute but twisted” fashion this week Kierra cover the murders of Tom and Jackie Hawks and Shel tells the love story of King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Chief of Disguises

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 0:41


    Thanks to the CIA you can hear this week’s podcast on Instagram

    Respect The Ocean

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 43:44


    Shel shares the experience of 12-year-old Victor Israelsson after the 2004 tsunami that hit Thailand. Then Kierra discusses the infamous escape from Alcatraz.  Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    We've All Had a Bad Roommate

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 40:47


    In the spirit of Halloween, Kierra goes very dark with her twisted tale of Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento" while Shel shares details of the mysterious disappearance of the Sodder Children. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    MKUltra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 30:26


    Kierra and Shel uncover some of the most shocking events that happened during the CIA mind control program known as MKUltra. 

    Oh My Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 37:16


    Kierra and Shel discuss urban legends and the story of Lobster Boy, the carnival worker involved in one too many murder plots. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    It Gets Even Wilder

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 33:53


    On this episode Shel shares the dramatic murder investigation of 13-year-old Yara Gambarisio and Kierra talks about the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the life of the “Girl With No Name.” Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.  

    Crotch Knife

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 39:42


    This week on Doll Heads, Kierra tells the story of Chuck Morgan (who sounds a lot like a Breaking Bad character), and Shel takes listeners on the twisted journey of Tad Cummins and Elizabeth Thomas.   *Warning: We fast forward through a long boring Bible verse on purpose, but here's what it said if you're curious* Ecclesiastes 12 New International Version (NIV) Remember your Creator    in the days of your youth,before the days of trouble come    and the years approach when you will say,    “I find no pleasure in them”—2 before the sun and the light    and the moon and the stars grow dark,    and the clouds return after the rain;3 when the keepers of the house tremble,    and the strong men stoop,when the grinders cease because they are few,    and those looking through the windows grow dim;4 when the doors to the street are closed    and the sound of grinding fades;when people rise up at the sound of birds,    but all their songs grow faint;5 when people are afraid of heights    and of dangers in the streets;when the almond tree blossoms    and the grasshopper drags itself along    and desire no longer is stirred.Then people go to their eternal home    and mourners go about the streets. 6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,    and the golden bowl is broken;before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,    and the wheel broken at the well,7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,    and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.    “Everything is meaningless!” Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Treacherous

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 53:11


    This week Shel tells of Yeomni Park's treacherous escape from North Korea, and Kierra goes into detail about the treacherous last days of the Lost Girls of Panama.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Who Doesn't Love A Bad Boy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 34:22


    This week Kierra and Shel combine forces to tell the story of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, the inspration for the film Natural Born Killers.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Those Dang Olympians

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 37:22


    This week on Doll Heads Kierra talks about an unsung hero of September 11th, Rick Rescorla. Shel goes back to where it all began with the story of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Prosecutie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 40:35


    This week on Doll Heads Shel dives deep into the true story behind the Lizzie Borden nursery rhyme, and Kierra tells of a town that came together to show their hatred of Ken Rex McElroy.     Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Luau, Lu-WOW

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 43:43


    This week Kierra tells the story of two women held captive by their own parents and Shelby's POW story takes a suprisingly positive turn.   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.

    Where's Your Horse?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 46:03


    This week Kierra goes way back and shares the story of Deborah Sampson, a hero of the American Revolution and Shel tells the incredible survival story of outdoorsman Aron Ralston in Canyonlands National Park. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    That's When I Go Camping

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 45:32


    This week Shel and Kierra explore the disappearance and probable murder of Susan Cox Powell. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    A Story About A Girl Named Lucky

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 55:56


    On this episode of Doll heads, we chat about the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman and the subsequent OJ Simpson trial. We then discuss the story of Juliane Koepcke who survived 11 days in the Peruvian rainforest after a tragic plane crash. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    Missionary Adventure Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 39:54


    On this episdoe of Doll Heads Kierra tells the story of baby-stealer Georgia Tann and Shel shares the tale of Indiana Jones wannabe and Machu Picchu discoverer Hiram Bingham.  Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    Aunts, Uncles, Randoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 64:54


    This week on Doll Heads we cover the life and tragic death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, and talk about why wild west outlaw Elmer McCurdy got a lot more interesting after he died. TRIGGER WARNING: This episdoe discusses topics of suicide, drug use, and sexual assault. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 1-800-273-8255   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    Let’s Paint Grandpa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 54:53


    This week Kierra tells about funeral practices around the world and Shel shares the life story of a 60-year-old that will put your swimming skills to shame.   TRIGGER WARNING - This episode contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors.   RESOURCES - Rainn.org or call 800-656-HOPE   Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    Unknowingly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 36:20


    On this episode of Doll Heads, Kierra covers the life of the woman deemed "Miss Unsinkable" and Shelby recounts The Roaming Rapists' Oklahoma crime spree.    Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    A Word That Looks Like Lettuce

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2018 41:28


    This week Kierra tells us why you should never trust a classified ad with the story of Belle Gunness and Shel tells the hopeful tale of the Robertson family, who survived a series of unfortunate events at sea. Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    You're In An Air Mattress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 40:13


    Shel and Kierra examine the life of a chicken that lived way too long without a head and the space race between the Soviet Union and the U.S.  Intro music by Housewarming Party. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    Strategically Placed Birthmarks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2018 44:29


    In this week's episode, Shel & Kierra explore an assortment of stories about reincarnation and relive the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis.   Intro music by Housewarming Party.   Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content. 

    In The Refuge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 69:24


    In their first episode, Shel and Kierra talk about the Chilean mine rescue and the ghost ship, Mary Celeste.    Intro music by Housewarming Party.   Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more cute and twisted content.       

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