141. Documentary Review: Alabama Snake

Surprise! This episode is about YOU! New research is finally emerging about the true crime genre and the consumer community. We discuss the evolution of the genre, the impact different types of true crime has on listeners, and where the research is heading. University of Colorado ...  Show more

This week, our vintage case is that of The Greystone Mansion! This live recording comes to you in the format of our show performed on May 20th, 2023, Macabre Mansions + Haunted History: An L.A. Podcast Event at the Heritage Square Museum. We are joined by the L.A. Meekly podcast ...  Show more

October 4, 1991, Scottsboro, Alabama. A woman calls for an ambulance in the middle of the night saying she’s been bitten by a poisonous rattle snake. When they get her into the ambulance, she tells them that her husband, a snake-handling local preacher, had used his snakes to try ...  Show more

In a small Alabama church, faith meant more than prayer. It meant picking up a live rattlesnake and trusting God to spare you. But when Pastor Glenn Summerford’s wife was bitten twice, the truth slithered into view. On this episode of "Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes," we in ...  Show more

Florence, Alabama. 1988. A preacher has an affair. A woman is murdered. One death cascades into more, stretching across decades and leaving no one untouched — victims, bystanders, perpetrators, and those just trying to help. Eventually, the consequences lead to the center of a ho ...  Show more

My Child Shares DNA With A Serial Killer; A Less Crimey True Crime Story; Welp... That Was Close; Stranger Danger; Printer Access in the Afterlife?; and The True Story that gave my 8th Grade English Teacher NightmaresClick here to submit your odd but true stories.Click here to si ...  Show more