Return to Snakeland

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Satan. Murder. Teenage sex. High school. Suicide. Heavy Metal. Mental illness. Punk Rock. Teen angst. Sexual predators. Mass hysteria. 1985.

Jason Gusmann & Aaron O'Brian


    • Jan 1, 1970 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES


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    Episode Fourteen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 72:26


    Season One finale, in which we ask the big questions.

    Episode Thirteen Point Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 34:14


    In which we briefly explore some new information about Kathy Herold's murderers and other potential conspirators.

    Episode Thirteen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 61:13


    In which we explore a culture which allowed multiple sexual predators to thrive in the Kenmore West Senior High School teaching staff.

    Episode Twelve

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 72:24


    In which we find the rumors and hearsay in the Kathy Herold case more useful than the accepted “facts”.

    Episode Eleven

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 49:09


    In which we examine the psychological underpinnings of the Satanic shadow show (Part Two)

    Episode Ten

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 53:44


    In which we examine the prolonged hysteria of the American Satanic Panic (Part One)

    Episode Nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 76:41


    In which we interview Joe Cannizzaro, a survivor of Green Jello, Snakeland and Kenmore NY in the 1980s.

    Episode Eight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 56:52


    In which we examine the cultural history of Kenmore, NY, in 1985-1986. (Part Two).

    Episode Seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 53:07


    In which we examine the cultural history of Kenmore, NY, in 1985-1986. (Part One)

    Episode Six

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 50:43


    (Part Two) In which we share the continuation and conclusion of the John Justice murders.

    Episode Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 41:47


    (Part 1) John Justice murders his whole family in the shadows of Snakeland. Then kills a bystander afterwards in Kenmore, NY, 1985.

    Episode Four

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 59:06


    In which we discuss the inordinately high number of teenage suicides that haunted Kenmore West Senior High School throughout the 1980s.

    Episode Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 68:47


    In which we discuss the re-opening of the Kathy Herold cold case in 2007, and the accompanying assumption that has dogged the investigation ever since.

    Episode Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 58:15


    In which we discuss the murder of Kathy Herold and its connection to Snakeland in Kenmore, NY, 1985.

    Episode One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 51:41


    In which which we learn what Snakeland was and how it relates to murder, teenage suicide and Satanism in Kenmore, NY, 1985.

    Teaser Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 1:15


    What is Snakeland? An abandoned grain elevators where teenage kids went to party. A place where rumors of Satanic rituals took place. In 1985 a 15 year old girl was murdered in Snakeland. Her murder still goes unsolved.

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