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Hot Cup Cold Case, a true crime podcast, is hosted by married couple Rachael and Brant Russell. Every couple weeks, they pour themselves a hot cup of caffeine and surprise each other with strange cases of cold-blooded crimes and unsolved mysteries. Every episode contains two things guaranteed to kee…

Rachael and Brant Russell

  • Sep 18, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 46m AVG DURATION
  • 23 EPISODES


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Listeners Stories Volume 02

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 34:52


Rachael and Brant sit down with a young mom who shares some of her most frightening experiences, as well as share a couple real life horror stories submitted by the people who lived them. Subscribe, rate, and review us! And for even more things to keep you up at night, subscribe to our Patreon at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com, or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast.

The daddy and daughter in the woods with a rifle

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 40:54


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of a real life 'Scruff McGruff' who helped detectives solve a murder, and a house for sale in Missouri that you might want to "lockdown." Episode Dossier: Maria Spencer, Frank Spencer, Scruff McGruff Subscribe, rate, and review us! And for even more things to keep you up at night, subscribe to our Patreon at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com, or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast.

The dark truck in the abandoned parking lot with an 8 minute head-start

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 30:54


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of an unsolved abduction that occurred only a few miles from Rachael's childhood home, and a group of teenagers who were filming a Tik Tok video when they accidentally discovered a suitcase containing human remains. Episode Dossier: Amber Hagerman, Randonautica Tik Tok Suitcase Subscribe, rate, and review us! And for even more things to keep you up at night, subscribe to our Patreon at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com, or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast.

The weeping widow in 2013 with a 'sudden passion'

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 37:58


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of another woman named Frances Hall, who also killed her husband, who was also having an affair. And an Ebay conspiracy that goes all the way to the top! Episode Dossier: Frances Hall, Bonnie Contreras. Subscribe, rate, and review us! And for even more things to keep you up at night, subscribe to our Patreon at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com, or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast.

The Iron Widow in 1922 with a mansion full of Henrys

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 36:11


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of a reverend's fatal love affair with a singer in his church choir, and a thief who forgot something personal at the scene of the crime.  Subscribe, rate, and review us! And for even more things to keep you up at night, subscribe to our Patreon at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com, or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast. Episode Dossier: Edward Wheeler Hall, Frances Hall, Eleanor Mills

The wrestler in a fight to the death with a merciless creed

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 26:47


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of a champion wrestler who challenged his best friend to a fight to the death, and a woman who attempted to escape a jailhouse holding cell while everyone just sat and watched. Subscribe, rate, and review us! For even more things to keep you up at night, subscribe to our Patreon at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com, or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast. Episode Dossier: Salvador Sanchez

The man in the Snapchat video with four deadly words

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 30:42


Rachael and Brant watch their neighbor get arrested, while pouring over the case of two young girls who managed to secretly record their killer, and a total "Stan" who recently broke into Eminem's house. Episode Dossier: Delphi Murders, Abigail Williams, Liberty German. Subscribe, rate, and review us! For even more things to keep you up at night, subscribe to our Patreon at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com, or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast.

The angry driver in the rearview mirror with a knife

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 43:13


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of a wanted murderer who may have faked his own death, a woman who solved the murder of her best friend, and a man who was caught trying to break back into prison. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus, find even more at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com. Or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast. Episode Dossier: Adam Emery, Angela Samota

Introducing the 'Red Eye' episodes

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 9:17


Rachael and Brant pour over the strange details of a secret project they've been working on, and realize Disney's 'Onward' is actually loosely based on their real life. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Find even more at hotcupcoldcasepodcast.com. Or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast.

The caller in the next town with a babysitting opportunity

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 58:19


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of a family haunted by a 6-second phone call, a woman known as the 'Black Widow' (no, not Scarlett Johansson), and a hospital worker that really sucks at his job. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: Margaret Ellen Fox, Stacey Castor the Black Widow Listen to Zach Williams Live from Harding Prison on our YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtX2dat1UVQ&list=PLF8q1OVz7ypsSACKohm0miwzPfjBw7qsA)

The professor in the library with a knife

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 52:19


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of a young girl who was murdered among the book stacks of a university library, an award-winning journalist who reported the news of his own murders, and a pair of thieves that mistook human remains for heroine. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: Betsy Aardsma, Vlado Taneski

The doomsday preppers in the suburbs with a divine mission

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 58:37


Rachael and Brant pour over a series of suspicious deaths and disappearances surrounding a couple of doomsday preppers, a 36-year-old cold case that was recently solved with the help of an ancestry website, and a mayoral candidate for Colorado Springs who tried to snatch a newborn baby. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, Julie Fuller

The road in the woods with a buried secret

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 48:38


Rachael and Brant pour over the case of a small town girl who vanished in the woods, a master of disguise known as 'The Man With A Thousand Faces', and the real life Flynn Rider (from Disney's 'Tangled') who wasn't happy with his wanted poster. Episode Dossier: Asha Degree, Jacques Mesrine French rap artist PNL's song 'Porte De Mesrine'  is inspired by Jacques Mesrine. Listen here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip_g9FrrYl0&list=PLuSGhU7vLgxbA0Wc1we-_8ARtQOgRoD4c&index=218)

'The Octopus' in the desert with a revolver

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 50:38


Rachael and Brant pour over a series of strange events surrounding the mysterious death of an undercover agent, a hospital orderly with a pocket full of poison, and a thief who stole a wheelchair from a handicapped woman. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: Charles Morgan, Donald Harvey the Angel of Death

The bad feelings in the house with a broken light

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 66:06


Rachael and Brant pour over a series of suspects in the case of three missing women, a French man who escaped prison with a little help from Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a robber who left his phone number for police. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: The Springfield Three, Michel Vaujour

Listeners Stories Volume 01

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 48:29


Rachael and Brant sit down with a young woman who shares some of her most frightening experiences, as well as read through a couple real life horror stories submitted by the people who lived them. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night.

True confessions of a 911 operator

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 45:58


Rachael and Brant sit down with a former 911 operator who shares some her most memorable phone calls, from strange U.F.O. sightings to hearbreaking homocides. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night.

The watcher in the windows with bad blood (Part 2)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2019 51:16


Rachael and Brant continue pouring over a series of haunting letters from 'The Watcher', a police officer who claims she accidentally murdered her neighbor, and a man who ate his own underwear to avoid arrest. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: The Watcher House, Amber Guyger, Botham Jean

The watcher in the windows with bad blood (Part 1)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 58:33


Rachael and Brant pour over a series of haunting letters from an unknown sender, a woman who claims she accidentally murdered her neighbor, and a wanted man who trolled police on Facebook. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: The Watcher House, Amber Guyger, Botham Jean

The dying words in a mad man's mouth with a mysterious meaning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 58:16


Brant, Rachael, and Kelsey pour over several theories surrounding the mysterious death of a notable literary figure, a serial killer who told the press what he wanted to be called, and a legless fugitive who went on the run. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: Edgar Allen Poe, BTK, Richard Lynn Rader

The screams in the fields with no help for miles

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 54:26


Rachael and Brant pour over decades of strange disappearances along a Texas highway, a Purple Heart recipient who also received 45 years in a federal penitentiary, and a young girl in a Brazilian prison who is not at all what she seems. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: The Texas Killing Fields, Richard Floyd McCoy, D.B. Cooper

The stalker in the parking garage with an obsession

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 60:35


Brant, Rachael, and Kelsey pour over a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious stalker, a criminal enterprise of body snatchers involving… Zach Galifianakis?... and a man crossing international borders with a suspiciously muscular physique. Subscribe, rate, and review us! Plus find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: Dorothy Jane, The London Burkers, The Body Snatchers, John Bishop, Thomas Williams, Michael Shields, James May

The man in seat 18C with a bomb

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 61:52


Brant, Rachael, and Kelsey pour over the only unsolved case of air-piracy in the United States, a crazy-eyed murderer living right in their backyard, and a jailhouse escapee who returned hours later. Subscribe and review us! And find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube @hotcupcoldcasepodcast for even more things to keep you up at night. Episode Dossier: D.B. Cooper, Tara Lynn Grant, Stephen Grant

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