This week, dive into the unsolved mystery that's plagued England for nearly a century! Lady tells us the story of the young woman, "Bella," whose decomposing remains were found in the center of a tree. Who put her there? Why was she there at all? And most importantly, who even is Bella? Let's dive in to this classic unsolved mystery! Sources Cited: Armitage, Rebecca, and Lucia Stein. “When Four Boys Found a Woman inside a Wych Elm, It Sparked a Series of Wild Theories.” ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2023, www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-07/mystery-over-who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm-/102171844 BBC News. “Disease Killing ‘Europe’s Oldest’ Elm Tree.” BBC News, BBC, 29 July 2021, www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58013952 Coleman, M (ed.). (2009). Wych Elm. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-906129-21-7. Haywood, Bob. “60-Year Link to Bones Riddle; Skeleton Found at ‘witch’ Death Spot.” The Free Library, 12 June 2005, www.thefreelibrary.com/60-YEAR+LINK+TO+BONES+RIDDLE%3B+Skeleton+found+at+’witch’+death+spot.-a0133177420 Holder, Bev. “Iconic Bella Graffiti on Hagley Monument Mysteriously Changed.” Stourbridge News, Stourbridge News, 30 Nov. 2020, www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/18909712.iconic-bella-graffiti-hagley-monument-mysteriously-changed/ Hunt, Amber, and Emily G. Thompson. “Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?” CrimeReads, 25 Feb. 2019, crimereads.com/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/ IWM. “What Life Was like in Britain during the Second World War.” Iwm.Org.Uk, www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-life-was-like-in-britain-during-the-second-world-war Accessed 20 May 2025.  Jacob George Strutt (1822). Sylva Britannica. p. 66. Full text of expanded 1830 edition. Josefjacobs.info. “Bella in the Wych Elm – The Mysterious Anna from Claverley (a.k.a. Una Hainsworth).” Josefjakobs.Info, 12 Jan. 2018, josefjakobs.info/2018/01/bella-in-wych-elm-mysterious-anna-from.html Kane, Hannah. “The Cursed Spy Who Was the Last Person to Be Executed at the Tower of London.” My London, 8 Dec. 2021, www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/spy-executed-tower-of-london-18286103 "La main de gloire, & ses effets" [The Hand of Glory, and its effects] (in French). Chapter 45. Retrieved March 15, 2015. Lockley, Mike. “Revealed after 75 Years: The Face of Bella in the Wych Elm.” Birmingham Live, 25 Feb. 2018, www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271 Staveley-Wadham, Rose. “‘who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm?’ – An Unsolved Murder Mystery Seventy-Seven Years On.” The British Newspaper Archive Blog | Amazing Finds and News from over 300 Years of Historical Newspapers, 4 Apr. 2019, blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2019/04/04/who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm/ Connect with us!  Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast YouTube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Cover art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  PNGtubers made by the fabulous Rae Chuu at artchuu.carrd.co or vgen.co/raechuuarts All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Alana tells us all about the chilling case of Jean Hilliard, a young woman who miraculously survived being frozen alive. It's our very first survivors case, but even still, the events of the night she was frozen (and even more so what it took to bring her back) are not for the faint of heart. Warning ahead, our forecast calls for the blood skeeves. Sources Cited: Enger, John, and Minn Lengby. “Frozen. Thawed. Not Dead: Jean Hilliard’s Amazing Minnesota Story.” MPR News, MPR News, 25 Jan. 2018, www.mprnews.org/story/2018/01/25/jean-hilliard-northern-minnesota-frozen-survived. Fosston Public Schools, www.fosston.k12.mn.us/. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025. Glover, Maury. “Minnesota’s ‘Frozen Woman’ Alive and Well Decades Later.” FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, 3 Mar. 2022, www.fox9.com/news/minnesotas-frozen-woman-alive-and-well-decades-later#:~:text=zero%20air%20temperature.-,In%201980%20Jean%20Vig%20became%20stranded%20and%20nearly%20froze%20to,fell%20asleep%2C%22%20she%20said. McRae, Mike. “Decades Ago, a Woman Survived Being ‘Frozen Solid’. Here’s the Science.” ScienceAlert, 2 Aug. 2022, www.sciencealert.com/a-woman-survived-being-frozen-solid-decades-ago-here-s-the-science.  “Minnesota’s ‘Frozen Woman’ Alive and Well Decades Later I KMSP FOX 9.” YouTube, YouTube, 2 Mar. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLzbxEocWAI&ab_channel=FOX9Minneapolis-St.Paul. “Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 8, Episode 10 - Full Episode.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 May 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9bmMzPTA4c&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime.  Connect with us! Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Youtube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Trigger Warnings: Cannibalism and Child Murder at 30:01 Do you know the Muffin Man? You will after this! The Spookery Spirits have gifted Lady her very first dealers choice, so you know it's going to get spooky! In this dark tale, Lady tells us all about the infamous Drury Lane Dicer, England's alleged first documented serial killer. Grab a muffin and gather round, you're in for a treat! The Skinny Toe Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6PaYwxSYyM Sources Cited: Bebbington, Gillian (1988) [1972]. Street Names of London. Batsford. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7134-5449-9. Begg, Paul; Fido, Martin; Skinner, Keith (1996). The Jack the Ripper A–Z (3rd ed.). London: Headline. ISBN 0747255229. Brown, Matt. “Who Was the Muffin Man Who Lived on Drury Lane?” Londonist, 30 Jan. 2024, londonist.com/london/history/muffin-man Eldridge, Alison. "Why Is a Baker’s Dozen 13?". Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Mar. 2017, https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-a-bakers-dozen-13 Accessed 20 May 2025 Finn, Ralph L. (1963). No Tears in Aldgate. London: Robert Hale. Hiestand, Heather. Baking in Victorian England, 3 July 2013, englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2013/07/baking-in-victorian-england.html I. Opie and P. Opie, The Singing Game (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985), pp. 379–82. K. F. Kiple, and K. C. Ornelas, The Cambridge World History of Food (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), p. 1224. “The Muffin Man.” Uncyclopedia, Uncyclopedia, 23 Mar. 2008, en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/The_Muffin_Man Tilstra, Elisabeth. “Mary Ann Cotton: England’s First Serial Killer.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 6 Dec. 2017, www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-ann-cotton-englands_b_8339314 Wiggins, Dan. “Popular Nursery Rhyme Inspired by London Killer Who Lured Kids to Their Deaths.” My London, 10 Apr. 2021, www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/terrifying-london-serial-killer-who-20350753 Williams, Samuel. Life High and Low. by the Author of the Greeks, Pigeons, Fashion, to Night ... Embellished with Humorous Coloured Plates. 8th ed., Pr. for J.J. Stockdale, 1819. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Life_high_and_low_By_the_author_of_the_G/matYAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22muffin+man%22&pg=PA202&printsec=frontcover Zipes, Jack (2013). "Abandoned Children ATU 327A―Hansel and Gretel". The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales: From the Brothers Grimm to Andrew Lang. Hackett Publishing. pp. 121ff. ISBN978-1-624-66034-4. Connect with us! Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Youtube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Spookery, we are so back! That's right, after two whole years, Lady and Alana are back to dust off the shelves, and herald in a whole new season of Spookery Stories! Our Spookery Hosts cover how Spookery works, when the rest of Season 2 will release, and select their categories to get this show on the road! Season 2 is truly going to be a season to remember. Join us next week for Lady's Dealers Choice, which promises to be an amazing adventure... Once she picks which case to do of course! Connect with us!  Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Twitter is @SpookeryPodcast YouTube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Trigger Warnings this episode: Animal Cruelty at 72:40 Here it is, our Season 1 Re-cap, Part 2, and our final episode for season 1! This is a spoiler heavy episode where we go over each episode this season, so if you haven't already, please go listen to Season 1 first! Thank you to everyone who joined us this season, your love and support means more than you know! Episode 9 and 10: The Hinterkaifeck Murders is at 5:39 Episode 11: The Bermuda Triangle is at 25:28 Episode 12: The Burial of Michelina Lewandowska is at 45:58 Episode 13 and 14: The Co-Ed Killer, Ed Kemper is at 54:50 Episodes 15 and 16: Rajneeshpuram is at 62:40 Episode 17: The Monte Cristo Homestead is at 76:29 Shout outs this episode: Shout out to our wonderful friend Psyrolz who continues to make MIND-BLOWING art, and always knows the right thing to say! https://www.instagram.com/psyrolz/ Connect with us!  Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Twitter is @SpookeryPodcast Youtube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!   Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

It's finally here, our Season 1 Re-cap, Part 1! This is a spoiler heavy episode where we go over each episode this season, so if you haven't already, please go listen to Season 1 first! Thank you to everyone who joined us this season, your love and support means more than you know! Episode 1: History of the OUIJA Board is at 2:44 Episode 2: Pyrokinetic Poltergeist Phenomena is at 16:27 Episode 3: The Erdington Murders is at 28:49 Episode 4: Unseen, Unknown, Unheard; The Atrocities of Anne Hamilton-Byrne is at 36:00 Episodes 5, 6, and 7: The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde is at 58:29 Episode 8: The Tale of the Tailypo is at 72:25 Shout outs this episode: Huge shoutout to Chris Johnston for his work on "The Family" Cult. Please check out his book "The Family: The Shocking True Story of a Notorious Cult" that he co-wrote with the fabulous Rosie Jones. Shout out to Gina DeNoFa for her AMAZING Tailypo Retelling, availlable here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FRlimHHY1g&t=1s Shout out to SkekLa on instagram for some SPECTACULAR Tailypo Art! https://www.instagram.com/p/CtG9Z7wu8f-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D Shout out to our wonderful friend Psyrolz who continues to make MIND-BLOWING art, and always knows the right thing to say! https://www.instagram.com/psyrolz/ Connect with us!  Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Twitter is @SpookeryPodcast Youtube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Trigger warnings this episode: Child Abuse as 45:00 and Animal Cruelty at 54:59 The season may be almost over but Alana is just getting started! Join us again down-under and Alana tells us all about the Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, New South Wales. Built in the newly established town, it quickly became one of Australia's biggest haunted locations. But there's more to this old homestead than a few happy haunts and spooky mysteries. Behind it's brick facade lies a rich history of lore and context that's sure to send a chill down your spine! Sources Cited: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Junee, New South Wales, Australia.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 16 Dec. 2016, https://www.britannica.com/place/Junee Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184820158/christopher-william-crawley: accessed 30 April 2023), memorial page for Christopher William Crawley (1841–14 Dec 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184820158, citing Junee Cemetery, Junee, Junee Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Lyn Hamilton (contributor 49102595) Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184820147/elizabeth-lydia-crawley: accessed 30 April 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Lydia Carr Crawley (1841–12 Aug 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184820147, citing Junee Cemetery, Junee, Junee Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Lyn Hamilton (contributor 49102595) La Fond Films™ Productions. “History - The Monte Cristo Documentary.” The Monte Cristo Documentary - The Documentary-Series about Australia's Most Haunted House, 18 Mar. 2023, https://montecristodoc.com/the-house/ Mitchell, Simone. “$195-a-Night Hotel That 'Smells like Death'.” Escape, Escape.com.au, 10 Aug. 2021, https://www.escape.com.au/destinations/australia/nsw/195anight-hotel-that-smells-like-death/news-story/904f35ab18c9c4eb65e7e3aea8f37ff8.  Monte Cristo Homestead. “Www.montecristo.com.au.” Www.montecristo.com.au, 16 Nov. 2022, https://www.montecristo.com.au/ Sonja. “Monte Cristo Homestead.” The Little House of Horrors, 16 Sept. 2020, https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/monte-cristo-homestead/ Connect with us!  Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Twitter is @SpookeryPodcast Youtube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!        Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Hold onto your butts, it's about to get wild. Lady tells us all about the Cult that set up shop in Oregon, Rajneeshpuram. This Cult quickly built up a commune, amassed a following, then proceeded to hold Oregon hostage for 3.5 years. In this episode, we talk about the cult's change of power, it's numerous attempts to stay in power, and it's eventual downfall. Just...  don't eat during this episode ok? Sources Cited: Abbott, Carl (February 1990), "Utopia and Bureaucracy: The Fall of Rajneeshpuram, Oregon", Pacific Historical Review, University of California Press  Bansal, Kuvam. “5 Interesting Facts You Need to Know before You Watch Netflix's New Documentary on Ma Anand Sheela.” Vogue India, Vogue India, 13 Apr. 2021, https://www.vogue.in/whats-new/content/ma-anand-sheela-interesting-facts-netflix-documentary-trailer-searching-for-sheela Carter, Lewis F. Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram: A Community without Shared Values. Cambridge University Press, 2010 Carus, W. Seth. Bioterrorism and Biocrimes: The Illicit Use of Biological Agents since 1900. Center for Counterproliferation Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, 2002 FitzGerald, Frances. “I-Rajneeshpuram.” The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 15 Sept. 1986, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/09/22/i-rajneeshpuram Gordon, James S. The Golden Guru: The Strange Journey of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The Stephen Greene Press, 1988 Harris, Michelle. “Here's What Netflix Left out of 'Wild Wild Country'.” Portland Monthly, Portland Monthly, 15 June 2022, https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2018/11/here-s-what-netflix-left-out-of-wild-wild-country MacLeod, Andrew. “Residents of the Tiny Town of Antelope Failed Thursday... - UPI Archives.” UPI, UPI, 15 Apr. 1982, https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/04/15/Residents-of-the-tiny-town-of-Antelope-failed-Thursday/1736387694800/ Mullan, Bob. Life as Laughter: Following Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983 Oregonian/OregonLive, Kristi Turnquist | The. “Netflix Documentary on Rajneeshees in Oregon Revisits an Amazing, Enraging True Story.” Oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2018, https://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2018/03/netflix_documentary_on_rajnees.html Oregonian/OregonLive, The. “Immigration Problems Plague Rajneesh, Followers (Part 19 of 20).” Oregonlive, 19 July 1985, https://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/1985/07/immigration_problems_plague_ra.html Vedant, Satya. The Awakened One: The Life and Work of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Harper & Row, 1982 Way, Maclain and Chapman Way, directors. Wild Wild Country. Netflix, 16 Mar. 2018, https://www.netflix.com/watch/80145242?trackId=255824129. Accessed 2023 Wollaston, Sam. “Growing up in the Wild Wild Country Cult: 'You Heard People Having Sex All the Time, like Baboons'.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 24 Apr. 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/24/wild-wild-country-netflix-cult-sex-noa-maxwell-bhagwan-shree-rajneesh-commune-childhood Connect with us!  Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Twitter is @SpookeryPodcast YouTube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!        Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Hold onto your butts, it's about to get wild. Lady tells us all about the Cult that set up shop in Oregon, Rajneeshpuram. This Cult quickly built up a commune, amassed a following, then proceeded to hold Oregon hostage for 3.5 years. In this episode, we talk about the cult's founding, it's rise to power, and how it got it's hooks into Oregon. It's a wild wild ride, so pack a lunch, we're going to Oregon. Sources Cited: Abbott, Carl (February 1990), "Utopia and Bureaucracy: The Fall of Rajneeshpuram, Oregon", Pacific Historical Review, University of California Press  Bansal, Kuvam. “5 Interesting Facts You Need to Know before You Watch Netflix's New Documentary on Ma Anand Sheela.” Vogue India, Vogue India, 13 Apr. 2021, https://www.vogue.in/whats-new/content/ma-anand-sheela-interesting-facts-netflix-documentary-trailer-searching-for-sheela Carter, Lewis F. Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram: A Community without Shared Values. Cambridge University Press, 2010 Carus, W. Seth. Bioterrorism and Biocrimes: The Illicit Use of Biological Agents since 1900. Center for Counterproliferation Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, 2002 FitzGerald, Frances. “I-Rajneeshpuram.” The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 15 Sept. 1986, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/09/22/i-rajneeshpuram Gordon, James S. The Golden Guru: The Strange Journey of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The Stephen Greene Press, 1988 Harris, Michelle. “Here's What Netflix Left out of 'Wild Wild Country'.” Portland Monthly, Portland Monthly, 15 June 2022, https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2018/11/here-s-what-netflix-left-out-of-wild-wild-country MacLeod, Andrew. “Residents of the Tiny Town of Antelope Failed Thursday... - UPI Archives.” UPI, UPI, 15 Apr. 1982, https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/04/15/Residents-of-the-tiny-town-of-Antelope-failed-Thursday/1736387694800/ Mullan, Bob. Life as Laughter: Following Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983 Oregonian/OregonLive, Kristi Turnquist | The. “Netflix Documentary on Rajneeshees in Oregon Revisits an Amazing, Enraging True Story.” Oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2018, https://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2018/03/netflix_documentary_on_rajnees.html Oregonian/OregonLive, The. “Immigration Problems Plague Rajneesh, Followers (Part 19 of 20).” Oregonlive, 19 July 1985, https://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/1985/07/immigration_problems_plague_ra.html Vedant, Satya. The Awakened One: The Life and Work of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Harper & Row, 1982 Way, Maclain and Chapman Way, directors. Wild Wild Country. Netflix, 16 Mar. 2018, https://www.netflix.com/watch/80145242?trackId=255824129. Accessed 2023 Wollaston, Sam. “Growing up in the Wild Wild Country Cult: 'You Heard People Having Sex All the Time, like Baboons'.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 24 Apr. 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/24/wild-wild-country-netflix-cult-sex-noa-maxwell-bhagwan-shree-rajneesh-commune-childhood Connect with us!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Twitter is @SpookeryPodcast Youtube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!       Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Trigger Warnings this episode: Necrophilia at 9:50, Description of Injury and Necrophilia at 27:32, and Cannibalism at 45:38. Alana wasn't messing around when we said High Profile! Meet Ed Kemper, one of the first cases of criminal psychology! Ed Kemper was a monster through and through, claiming 10 lives, including members of his own family. On top of the high kill count, Kemper committed unspeakable acts upon his victims, all while hiding in plain sight. It's a rough one, but an important one, if anything just to make fun of Big Ed... In this episode we cover Kemper's final 4 victims, his arrest, and the legacy his crimes left behind. A bittersweet end to a terrible tale.  Sources Cited: Biography.com Editors. “Edmund Kemper.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 25 May 2021, https://www.biography.com/crime/edmund-kemper.  Bourgoin, Stéphane. L’Ogre De Santa Cruz. Méréal, 1998.   Cheney, Margaret. The Coed Killer, Walker, New York, 1976, pp. 38–39.  Dimitropoulos, Stav. “Why Would Serial Killer Ed Kemper Help the FBI Understand Other Serial Killers?” A&E, 11 Feb. 2021, https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/edmund-kemper-serial-killers-helping-fbi-interviews.  Falco, Christine. “Edmund Kemper Stories.” Edmund Kemper Stories, 5 Mar. 2023, https://edmundkemperstories.com/.  Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147766266/edmund-emil-kemper: accessed 02 April 2023), memorial page for Edmund Emil Kemper Jr. (27 Apr 1919–19 Jan 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147766266; Buried or Lost at Sea; Maintained by Wiltstilt13 (contributor 46817261). Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147766266/edmund-emil-kemper: accessed 02 April 2023), memorial page for Edmund Emil Kemper Jr. (27 Apr 1919–19 Jan 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147766266; Buried or Lost at Sea; Maintained by Wiltstilt13 (contributor 46817261).  Murray, Emerson. Murder Capital of the World: The Santa Cruz Community Looks Back at the Frazier, Mullin, and Kemper Murder Sprees of the Early 1970s. Emerson Murray, 2021.  Ressler, Robert K., and Tom Shachtman. Whoever Fights Monsters. St. Martin's, 2002.   Schechter, Harold. The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers. Ballantine Books, 2004.  UAGC Staff Member. “The Grit, Glamour, and Gall of Criminal Profiling.” UAGC, 10 Dec. 2021, https://www.uagc.edu/blog/the-grit-glamour-and-gall-of-criminal-profiling#:~:text=While%20the%20general%20practice%20of,the%20bureau's%20official%20Behavioral%20Analysis.  Vronsky, Peter. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters. Berkley Publishing Group, 2004.  West, Don. “Kemper Tapes Relate Grisly Details.” The San Francisco Examiner, 31 Oct. 1973.   West, Don. Sacrifice unto Me the 21 Santa Cruz Murders. Pyramid Communications, 1974.   Connect with us!  Spookery is available where ever you get your podcasts!  Instagram is @SpookeryPodcast Twitter is @SpookeryPodcast YouTube is @SpookeryPodcast  Send us a Gmail at SpookeryPodcast@gmail.com for your own spooky stories, corrections, and additions to any of our content! Art was created by the amazing Rhian Perry at https://www.instagram.com/digipaw1/?utm_source=qr&igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg%3D%3D  All music is from the Epidemic Sound Library.  Until next time, Stay Spooky!      Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.