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- Nov 1, 202520 min
The Napa Valley Halloween Murders: Adriane Insogna, Leslie Ann Mazzara and Lauren Meanza
On Halloween night in 2004, the quiet town of Napa, California was shaken by something far darker than tricks or treats. Inside a small home on Dorset Street, two young women were brutally murdered. Their roommate, escaped into the night. What began as an ordinary evening turned into one of the most haunting crimes the town had ever seen.At first, police were baffled. There were no signs of forced entry, no clear motive, and no sense of who could have committed such a personal and violent act. But as days passed and evidence surfaced, it became clear the killer wasn’t a stranger in the dark—he was someone much closer to home.In this episode, we revisit the Napa Valley Halloween Murders, exploring the fear, betrayal, and chilling discovery that turned a night of celebration into a nightmare.Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a chilling story you'd like to share? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Young, Nikki Oct 17, 2025 The Napa Halloween Murdershttps://medium.com/@nikyoung/the-napa-halloween-murders-90f0d6521f0cUnseen It only took 4 minutes: The Napa Valley Halloween Massacre | The Cases of Leslie, Adriane & Laurenhttps://youtu.be/QAEosSmAmYI?si=_jlX-Dq6l81xt1gHNational Crime Scene Cleanup Sept. 19, 2023 The Napa, CA Halloween Killing Remembered 20 Years Laterhttps://www.crimescenecleanup.com/napa-ca-halloween-massacre/LaRosa, Paul 2007 "Nightmare in NAPA : the wine country murders"https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007296752-s.htmlhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36743450/adriane_michelle-insognahttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129901915/leslie_ann-mazzara
- Oct 18, 202518 min
The Missing Hikers Of Panama: Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon
In April 2014, two Dutch students, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, arrived in the mountain town of Boquete, Panama, full of excitement and curiosity. They were adventurous, optimistic, and eager to explore the beauty of Central America. On April 1st, they set out for what was supposed to be a short afternoon hike on the Pianista Trail. Hours later, their host family’s dog returned home alone. Kris and Lisanne never did.What followed was one of the most chilling mysteries in modern true crime, a trail of eerie photographs, desperate emergency calls that never connected, and personal belongings discovered deep in the jungle weeks later. How did two experienced young women vanish so completely on a well-traveled path? And what really happened in those final hours high in the Panamanian rainforest?Join me as we trace their steps, examine the evidence, and explore the countless theories—ranging from tragic accident to something far more sinister—surrounding the disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon. Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a chilling story you'd like to share? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Crow, Stephen, March 6, 2025 A Decade of Unanswered Questions Surrounding Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremershttps://medium.com/@downwego89/a-decade-of-unanswered-questions-surrounding-lisanne-froon-and-kris-kremers-5a0a3e8b3710Serena, Katie June 17, 2023 Inside The Final Days Of Kris Kremers And Lisanne Froon And The Eerie Photos They Left Behindhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/kris-kremers-lisanne-froonMacabre Mondays Podcast https://macabremondays.com/episodes/death-of-kris-kremers-lisanne-froon/April 6, 2024 The disturbing deaths of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon on their La Pianista Hike in Panamahttps://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/kris-kremers-lisanne-froon
- Nov 1, 202427 min
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Happy Halloween listeners!After recently taking a little trip upstate to Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow I thought no better time to discuss the infamous legend of the Headless Horseman and how it came to be. Strap in because you are in for some history, a spooky tale and the origins of the frightening spirit the Irish call the Dullahan. Thank you all for tuning in and please do not forget to like and subscribe wherever you listen! Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a chilling story you'd like to share? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Dullahan Tactics, January 2023https://www.themonstersknow.com/dullahan-tactics/https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/washington-irvingLambardi, Esther January 30, 2020 Biography of Washington Irving, Father of the American Short Storyhttps://www.thoughtco.com/washington-irving-biography-735849"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving: FreeSchool Abridged Classic - COMPLETE Audiobookhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUtviuiDMg&t=697sThe Original Headless Horseman | Monstrumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S91lr1mnF3oMusic:"Spacial Harvest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Awkward Meeting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Zombie Chase" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Oct 13, 202427 min
Double Feature - The Hanging Outlaw & The Living Doll of Key West
In today’s episode, we are going to be doing something a little different. We will cover two bone chilling short stories that are so beyond creepy that it’ll be almost hard to believe and will leave you never looking at mannequins the same way again.The first story is called The Hanging Outlaw about a hanging fun house wax figure that has a gnarly history and the second story is called The Living Doll of Key West about a radiologist that finds his obsession in a one-sided love affair and takes it a little too far. Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a chilling story you'd like to share? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Kashcheeva, Anna, April 2020 In Bed with Death: A Story of a Man Who Lived with the Body of His Loved One for Seven Yearshttps://birdinflight.com/en/world/20200416-carl-tanzler.htmlHaptis, Emmanuel October, 2028 Meet Carl von Cosel, the Man Who Slept Next to His Crush's Corpse for 7 Yearshttps://www.kqed.org/pop/106807/meet-carl-von-cosel-the-man-who-slept-next-to-his-crushs-corpse-for-7-yearsJohnson, Cara August, 2023 The Disturbing True Story Of Carl Tanzler And The Corpse He Dug Up And Lived With For Seven Yearshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/carl-tanzlerHarrison, B. (1996). Undying Love: The True Story of a Passion That Defied Death. St. Martin’s True Crime Classics.Dowd, Katie December, 2022 The unbelievable true story of the real body found in a California funhousehttps://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/unbelievable-true-story-of-elmer-mccurdy-16507858.phpElmer McCurdy: The Wild West Outlaw Who Became a Mummyhttps://youtu.be/LscVH6HSmZI?si=ZC7Kkihzq2HdCZTdThe Dead Gunslinger Corpse used as a Movie Prophttps://youtu.be/Hq1HOcOogmU?si=zUIazfB49baynUxXhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-man-gawking/Music:"Awkward Meeting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Zombie Chase" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- May 17, 202423 min
The Disappearance of Asha Degree
In the early hours of Feb. 14, 2000 in Shelby, NC a 9 y.o. girl named Asha wakes up wakes up, gets dressed, straps on her book bag leaves the home while her parents and older brother had been asleep. To this day, family and investigators are still unsure of Asha's whereabouts. If you have any information of the whereabouts and disappearance of Asha Degree, you can reach out to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, 704-484-4822, the FBI at 1-800-CALL FBI or tips.fbi.gov. Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a chilling story you'd like to share? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources: Moorhouse,Drusilla, March 2024 The Strange Disappearance Of 9-Year-Old Asha Degreehttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/north-carolina-asha-degree-disappearance_n_66031499e4b006c3905722caThe Uncovered Podcast https://uncovered.com/cases/asha-degreehttps://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/fbi-charlotte-search-for-asha-021324.mp4/viewVANISHING ACT: THE STORY OF ASHA DEGREE'S DISAPPEARANCEhttps://www.andthentheyweregone.com/blog/vanishing-act-the-story-of-asha-degrees-disappearanceMusic:"Despair and Triumph" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Clean Soul" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Zombie Chase" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Sep 23, 202330 min
"The Family" Australia's Most Notorious Cult (Part 2)
In part two of "The Family",It is the 1970s now and Anne Hamilton-Byrne has gone from creating her own cult to getting her followers and worshipers to steal children to have for her own. Anne and her husband Bill would have the help of doctors and nurses working at Anne's psychiatric ward to steal 14 children. 14 more would later join this group of children from the followers giving birth hand handing them over. Horrendously enough, these 24 kids would undergo the worst treatment at a designated property Anne called Uptop. Listen and learn about the terrible story that made this cult be deemed one of the worst that Australia has ever seen. Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a chilling story you'd like to share? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Haworth, Abigail , November 2016 Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister culthttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/20/growing-up-with-the-family-inside-anne-hamilton-byrnes-sinister-cultStice, Joel , March 2023 Inside The Family Cult, The Australian Doomsday Group Started By A Yoga Teacherhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/the-family-cult-anne-hamilton-byrneGlassman, Thea , December 2018 , 6 of the most infamous cults in historyhttps://www.insider.com/most-infamous-cults-in-history-2018-8Doku, The Cult Of Familyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UxQU7acAVk&t=91sDr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, Yoga: Its Origin, History and Developmenthttps://yoga.ayush.gov.in/Yoga-History/Johnston, Chris, The Morning Herald , Family Ties https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/family-ties/Toward a new world orderhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Cold-War/Toward-a-new-world-orderThe Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis#:~:text=The%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis%20of,came%20closest%20to%20nuclear%20conflict.
- Sep 18, 202331 min
"The Family" Australia's Most Notorious Cult (Part 1)
In the mid-1960s, an Australian yoga teacher by the name of Anne Hamilton-Byrne had wanted a fresh new start. In doing this she found peace in yoga, nothing bad about that. Although, fast-forward to years later and this woman would have started what would be Australia's most notorious cults through simply becoming a yoga teacher. In part one find out what horrors that Anne had to commit in order to convince her followers she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Social Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a story you'd like to share with us? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Haworth, Abigail , November 2016 Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister culthttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/20/growing-up-with-the-family-inside-anne-hamilton-byrnes-sinister-cultStice, Joel , March 2023 Inside The Family Cult, The Australian Doomsday Group Started By A Yoga Teacherhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/the-family-cult-anne-hamilton-byrneGlassman, Thea , December 2018 , 6 of the most infamous cults in historyhttps://www.insider.com/most-infamous-cults-in-history-2018-8Doku, The Cult Of Familyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UxQU7acAVk&t=91sDr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi, Yoga: Its Origin, History and Developmenthttps://yoga.ayush.gov.in/Yoga-History/Johnston, Chris, The Morning Herald , Family Ties https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2017/family-ties/
- Sep 8, 202329 min
The Murder of Vanessa Guillén
Army Specialist, Vanessa Guillén was a 20 year-old bright young woman that loved serving her country and being the best version of herself that she could be. One day on April 22, 2020 to her base at Fort Hood in Texas had requested that she come in on her day off to assist her squadron. Unfortunately, this would be the last time Vanessa would be seen alive. A wonderful light to world failed by her U.S. Military base at the hands of her murder Aaron Robinson and his accomplice, Cecily Aguilar.National Sexual Assault Hotline: Confidential 24/7 SupportCall: 800.656.4673orChat Online: online.rainn.orgSocial Media:Instagram: @wtlgopodcastTikTok: @wtlgopodcastYoutube: @WTLGOpodcastHave a story you'd like to share with us? Email us any of your feedback and inquiries: wtlgoinquiries@gmail.comSources:Documentary: I am Vanessa GuillenBy Christina Carrega and Luis Martinez ,July 14, 2020 Timeline: What to know about missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillenhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-missing-fort-hood-soldier-vanessa-guillen/storyid=71597714https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/86bc0d9f5865bb76d4e63cc111b785b6/Vanessa%20Guillen%20filing.pdfBy Johnny Diaz, Maria Cramer and Christina Morales ,Nov. 30, 2022 What to Know About the Death of Vanessa Guillenhttps://www.nytimes.com/article/vanessa-guillen-fort-hood.htmlBy Noah Minnie , August 14, 2023Cecily Aguilar sentenced to 30 years in Vanessa Guillen casehttps://abcnews.go.com/US/cecily-aguilar-sentenced-30-years-vanessa-guillen-case/story?id=102253300By Daniel Johnson , May 10, 2023, The Messed Up History At Fort Hoodhttps://www.grunge.com/300377/the-messed-up-history-of-fort-hood/By David Bryant , July 28, 2021 , Former Army captain who worked with Vanessa Guillen criticizes Army investigations https://kdhnews.com/military/former-army-captain-who-worked-with-vanessa-guillen-criticizes-army-investigations/article_38fb04b0-efda-11eb-b8f6-23c93ae93fa1.html
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