Mystery Murdery Thingy

In Episode 99, Mario fulfills a fan request and covers the baffling and tragic death of Kenneka Jenkins in Chicago in 2017. Kenneka was found in a freezer in an unused kitchen a hotel in Rosemont, IL. Chloe covers the Bricca family murder, which was a horrific murder of an entire family in Cincinnati, OH in 1966.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 98, Chloe covers the multifaceted mysteries surrounding the double homicide of Alan Leppard and Brenda Long in Kent, England in the early 1990's. Much about these tragic killings remains very much mysterious. Mario finishes his two-parter on the infamous Monster of Florence killings, which terrorized the Tuscan countryside between 1974 and 1985. He focuses on the long running investigation and the two main theories that have emerged over the decades.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 97, Mario begins a personal two-parter on one of the most gruesome and infamous series of killings in Italian true crime history, The Monster of Florence. In the first part, he details the crimes themselves including some horrifying details of the Monster's modus operandi. Next time he'll cover the massive investigation that ensued. Chloe covers a baffling double homicide committed by Teri Deneka who killed herself in 2014. While her acts are not in question, her motive and other important details surrounding her crimes are still a confounding mystery.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 96, Chloe details the mysterious disappearance of the famed mystery writer Agatha Christie whose whereabouts were unknown for over a week in December 1926. The real reason behind her absence remains a mystery. Mario talks about the mysterious Masaccio, a seminal artist of the early Italian Renaissance. He may have been murdered but much about his life and death remains very much mysterious.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 95, Mario covers the brutal murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge in Sri Lanka in 2009 who was a leader of the independent press and may have been killed for his outspoken views. Chloe talks about the gruesome slaying of Shirley and Russell Dermond, an elderly couple living near Lake Oconee, GA, in 2014.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 94, Mario talks about another unsolved serial killer, the Volga Maniac who was active in the Volga and Ural regions of Russia in 2012-2013 and may be active again. Chloe covers a confounding missing person case, the disappearance of Ben McDaniel while underwater cave diving in Vortex Springs in 2010.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 93, Chloe discusses the so-called Death Valley Germans case. In 1996, a family of four German tourists went into Death Valley and never came out. She explores what's been found out and what remains a mystery. Mario continues his two-parter about the many mysteries surrounding rare diseases. This time he talks about some of the people helping to solve these mysteries and the mysteries surrounding a number of rare cancer cases in Waycross, GA in the mid-2010s. Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 92, Mario covers the tragic universe of mysteries surrounding rare diseases. After covering some basics, he focuses on the stories of the people dealing with rare diseases and conditions. Chloe finishes her two-parter on the gruesome killing of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley who was murdered in broad daylight in 1970s St. Augustine, FL. She focuses, in Part II, on the trial and an even more mysterious murder months after the first.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 91, Mario ends a personal two-parter while Chloe starts one. Mario finished his series on murder in Alaska by detailing what's widely considered the worst mass murder in modern Alaska history, the killing of eight people aboard the Investor in Craig, AK in 1982. Chloe begins her telling of the gruesome slaying of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley in St. Augustine, FL in 1974. She focuses on Athalia's life and killing in part I.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 90, Mario begins a two-parter on unsolved killings in Alaska. In Part I, he digs into the mysterious death of John Pezzenti, Jr. who was a well known wildlife photographer found dead in his home in 2007. He also covers a number of unsolved killings in the Mountain View neighborhood of Anchorage between 1997 and 2018. Chloe talks about the baffling case of an unknown woman found dead in a double-locked room in the Oslo Plaza Hotel in 1995. She checked in under false information and to this day no one knows who she was or why she died.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 89, Chloe explores the mysterious death of Gary DeVore, a Hollywood writer who died under very mysterious circumstances. She centers on a theory that involves the Gary's relationship to the CIA. Mario covers a classic unsolved serial killer, the Denver Strangler who haunted the area around Market Street for many years starting in 1894. Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 88, Mario briefly covers the infamous White Mischief murder, which involved the killing of Lord Erroll, a member of the hedonistic Happy Valley set in WWII-era Kenya. He was found dead on the morning of January 24th 1941 and no one was ever convicted of his killing. Chloe tells us about the confounding series of unsolved extortion schemes attributed only to the Monster with 21 Faces. She delves into the mystery surrounding the intentions of the unknown persons behind this series of crimes in 1980s Japan.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 87, Chloe discusses the sometimes violent history of sleepwalking. Although it's been studied since at least the 19th century much about it remains mysterious. Mario digs into the question of life on Jupiter's moon Europa. Its subsurface worldwide ocean may harbor life and Mario describes how that could actually work and when we may find out.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 86, Mario describes the mysterious history of Roopkund Lake, aka Skeleton Lake, a macabre site in remote northern India strewn with the remains of hundreds of humans, some 1200 years old. Recent analysis has only deepened the mystery of what exactly happened to all of these people in the remote Himalayas. Chloe covers the tragic disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, a local tv anchor who went missing on June 27th 1995. While some suspects have arisen over the years, the case remains very cold.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 85, Mario discusses the baffling, mysterious and infuriating situation surrounding Lyme disease and related illnesses in America. He covers some fundamental questions about the diagnosis and definition of Lyme disease and an intriguing theory as to why Lyme has become endemic in America. Chloe talks about the cryptic history of the Amber Room, an almost priceless series of amber panels created hundreds of years ago and lost after WWII.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 84, Chloe completes her personal two-parter on the mysterious figure Treva Throneberry who has gone by many different names and whose intentions are very mysterious. Mario covers the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Robert and Jeanne-Cora Smit who were killed in their home in Springs, South Africa in 1977.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 83, Mario covers some of the highlights from the mysterious and fascinating life of the man known as Johnny Roselli. He began life with a different name in Italy and ended up being mysteriously killed in 1976 after becoming one of the biggest mobsters in America. Chloe begins the very cryptic tale of Treva Throneberry and ends with a big cliffhanger.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 82, Mario discusses a mysterious radioactive cloud of Ruthenium 106 that drifted over Europe in the fall of 2017. It was determined that it posed no harm to people or the environment in Europe but it was never determined from where it came or what caused it. Chloe tells us about 17 cryptic coffins found in Scotland in the 19th century. She details some theories as to who made them and why.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 81, Mario and Chloe continue a two-parter of murder mystery on the African continent. Mario covers an unknown serial killer in South Africa and the killing of a gay and lesbian activist in Sierra Leone. Chloe covers a cryptic plane fire and crash that killed 159 people in 1987.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 80, Mario begins a two-parter on murder mysteries in Africa. In part I, he details two murder mysteries that are quite different except that they both involve single female victims: Eunice Olawale and Careen Chepchumba. Chloe tells us about the cryptic history of the Zion Cemetary in Tampa Bay, FL. Zion used to be an African-American cemetery but is now built over. Just what happened to all the bodies buried there in the early 20th century is very much mysterious.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 79, Chloe explores another locked room mystery - our first since our very first episode - the mysterious and grisly death of Ellen Greenberg in 2011, which was ruled a suicide but very well might have been a homicide. Mario digs into the Band of Holes, a series of almost 6000 man-made holes in the Pisco Valley of Peru. No one knows exactly why, when or by whom they were made. And they're very near the Nazca Lines.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 78, Mario explores the fascinating life and mysterious death of George Musalas Colvocoresses who sailed all over the world as a member of the US Navy and was murdered in Bridgeport, CT in 1872. Chloe tells us about Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen whose conviction for the murder of his wife is somewhat mysterious.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 77, Mario digs into the mysterious figure of Moe Berg who was a longtime catcher in Major League Baseball but also a WWII era spy. Much about Moe remains mysterious, including what, exactly, he was doing for the last twenty years of his life. Chloe explores the cryptic disappearance of Rico Harris, a promising basketball prospect who led a tragic life and ended up disappearing in California in 2014.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 76, Chloe explores another mobster mystery with the mysterious murder of Bugsy Siegel in 1947 Hollywood. Mario talks about the mysterious figure Ned Ludd and the riotous 19th century history surrounding him and a couple of other mysterious characters.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 75, Mario explores the shadowy world of Black Cube, a private intelligence service providing "business intelligence" and "litigation support services" to the people, companies and countries wealthy enough to afford them. Chloe tells us about the legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall. She unpacks the real and fantastical concerning the Jamaican plantation surrounding Rose Hall and it's famous 18th/19th century resident, Annie Palmer, who supposedly still haunts the grounds.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 74, Mario digs into another astronomical mystery: the origin of the Moon. He focuses on a few modern hypotheses as to how our only natural satellite came to be. Chloe explores the mysterious death of Jonathan Luna, a lawyer who may have been killed in Lancaster County, PA in 2003.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 73, Mario explores the mysterious figure behind a dark web hit man hoax web site and the intrepid internet demystifier who exposed him. Chloe tells us about the mysterious sinking of the Brillante Virtuoso, an oil tanker that went down in 2011 near the coast of Yemen.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 72, Chloe details the Bre-X scandal, which involves a gold mine in Busang, Indonesia and the mysterious death of Michael de Guzman in 1997. Mario explores the cryptic activities of the Chinese government in the northwest province of Xinjiang, which include, reportedly, the detention of as many as a million people in internment camps.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 71, Mario digs into three astronomical mysteries, focusing on a star, a planet and a possible planet. Chloe describes some cases of a weird phenomenon called the Devil's Footprints, which happened in the mid-19th century in Devon, England.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 70, Mario details the mysterious killing of Henry Weston Smith, an early preacher in Deadwood, SD in the mid-19th century. Chloe details a possible serial killer who preyed mostly on woman with red hair for several decades including in Kentucky and Tennessee.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 69, Mario discusses the tragic and mysterious assassination of union leader Chea Vichea in 2004 Cambodia. Chloe details the mysterious escape of three prisoners from the fabled Alcatraz prison in 1962.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 68, Mario talks polar mysteries with the stories of the Zeleny Yar necropolis, an ancient and mysterious Siberian burial ground, and the mystifying death of Rodney Marks at the South Pole in 2000. Chloe details the baffling medical mystery known as Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS). Sufferers of FAS suddenly, and sometimes irreversibly, start speaking in a foreign accent.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 67, Chloe details the fascinating and baffling case of the Vyapam Scam. This academic cheating scandal unfolded in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh between about 2009 and 2013 and may have involved dozens of deaths. Mario talks about the assassination of Clarence 13X, aka Allah, the Father. He was the founder of the Five Percent Nation, an idiosyncratic cultural movement started in 1960s New York. Allah was assassinated in 1969 and no one knows who did it.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 66, Mario discusses the mysterious medical condition known as hyperthymesia or Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). Patients with HSAM can recall every detail of every day of their lives since childhood but no one knows why. Chloe details the mysterious disappearance of Donald Mackenzie in 2010 who went missing while searching for Noah's Ark on the fabled Mount Ararat.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 65, Chloe explores the death of Edgar Allan Poe in mid-19th century Baltimore under exceedingly mysterious circumstances. Mario completes a personal two-parter on Midwestern murder with a major serial killer in mid-70s Michigan: the Oakland County Child Killer.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 64, Mario and Chloe unpack some of the many murdery mysteries in the Midwest of the United States including two disappearances in small town Wisconsin, a horrific mass murder in Indiana, a 19th century shooting in Springfield, Illinois and others.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 63, Mario talks about the very mysterious cold case involving the murder of Sheldon Kliman in small-town Wisconsin in the mid-80s. Chloe tells the story of a few prominent theatre ghosts!Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 62, Mario discusses the fascinating but tragic life and mysterious death of Marsha Mehran, a world-famous author dead by 36. Chloe tells us about the Jeff Davis 8, women who were killed in and around Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana between 2005 and 2009.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 61, Mario discusses another history mystery: whether there was PreColumbian Transatlantic contact. He reviews a number of possible contacts with varying degrees of mysteriousness. Chloe details the very mysterious missing persons cases surrounding the cryptic cult The Truth Fellowship.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 60, Chloe talks about cryptic world of glitter focusing on the mystery of the unknown major purchaser of glitter. Mario discusses the disturbing and unsolved signal intrusion by a fake Max Headroom in Chicago in 1987.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 59, Mario completes his two-parter on the universe of tragic mysteries surrounding cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in North America. In part II, he unpacks the "why" focusing on three sets of factors to explain how these heinous crimes could go so unnoticed for so long. Chloe continues her discussion of sleep and dreams with a few more dreamy topics. These topics include the purpose of sleep, lucid dreaming and nightmares.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 58, Mario and Chloe start their own respective two-parters. Chloe starts her dive into the world of dreams by reviewing some of the intriguing and mysterious theories about why we dream. Mario begins to tackle a difficult, heavy topic by reviewing the who, what and when of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls of North America.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 57, Mario discusses one of the most impactful cases in modern Chinese true crime history: the poisoning of Zhu Ling, a rising star student at Tsinghua University until she was poisoned in 1994/1995. Chloe digs into the mysterious disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston at sea off the coast of South Carolina in 1812.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 56, Mario finishes his personal two-parter on the ancient marvel of engineering known as the Antikythera Mechanism. In Part II, he covers the research since 1983 and ponders the true purpose and maker of the mysterious device. Chloe talks bad science focusing on cold cases where the wrongly accused were victims of bad forensic science. They end with some very heartwarming good stuff in the news.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 55, Mario and Chloe dive into some history mysteries. Chloe kicks us off by detailing the ancient engineering marvel of the hanging coffins of China, Indonesia and the Philippines. Mario starts a personal two-parter on the mysterious and intriguing Antikythera Mechanism. In part I, he covers the discovery and early research into the mechanism.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 54, Mario takes us through a survey of the many Abominable Snowmen of the world. They range from the mountains of Nepal to the backwoods of Arkansas and take many names including Yeti, Bigfoot and Skunk Ape. Chloe tells us about one of the weirdest and most gruesome mysteries we've covered: the mysterious mutilation of cattle and wild animals.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 53, Mario and Chloe finish up their two-parter on one of the coldest of cold cases: the murder of JonBenét Ramsey. This episode they focus on the investigation, suspects and theories of the case.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 52, Mario and Chloe tackle one of the biggest murder mysteries of all time: the murder of JonBenét Ramsey on Christmas night in 1996. In the first of a two-parter they detail the timeline of the crime and talk about some of the people and issues surrounding this tragic case.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 51, Mario details three of the biggest and most tragic mysteries in post-WWII Japan. All happened in the summer of July 1949 and all were connected to the Japanese National Railway. Chloe talks about the killing of Samantha Koenig in 2012, which is among a number of crimes purportedly committed by Israel Keyes all over the country.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 50, Mario finished up his personal two-parter on the many misadventures of the CIA. This week he focuses on the CIA's involvement in Congo in 1960 and the Iran/Contra Affair. Chloe details the mysterious murder by strychnine of Patsy Wright in 1987.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 49, Mario and Chloe continue the political theme. Chloe starts us off with an unusual mystery about a kidnapped thoroughbred race-horse named Shergar. Mario details some of the attempted and successful coups assisted by the CIA.Thanks for listening y’all! We super appreciate it!Mario & ChloeTeam Mystery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.