EP151: They Came Through the Mirror: The Real Candyman Murder [SPOOKYPEDIA]

EP151: They Came Through the Mirror: The Real...

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EP185: Mormon Sex in Chains: Joyce McKinney

Former beauty queen, ex-Mormon, and alleged “love-obsessed” Joyce McKinney flew across the world, handcuffed her ex-lover to a bed in rural England, and forced him into what the British press dubbed “sex in chains.” But beneath the campy headlines and late-1970s media circus was ...  Show more

EP184: Waffle House Massacre: The Taylor Swift-Obsessed Shooter

On April 22, 2018, a partially naked young man named Travis Reinking opened fire with an AR-15 rifle at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee, killing four innocent people and injuring others. He had a documented history of erratic behavior, including delusions that Taylor Swift w ...  Show more

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