Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the well known case of “The Dyatlov Pass Incident”. Nine hikers went out into the Ural Mountains, attempting a level 3 hike, hoping to return home in about 16 days, only none made it back. There have been over 75 theories about what happened to maim and kill these hikers, ranging from military, aliens, KGB, natural disasters, murder, infrasound, to so many more. However, over sixty-five years later we still have questions with a closed case and a lot of doubters.
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Our sources for this episode:
https://dyatlovpass.com/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved
https://www.history.com/articles/dyatlov-pass-incident-soviet-hiker-death-mystery
https://www.discovery.com/shows/expedition-unknown/episodes/mystery-of-dyatlov-pass
Dyatlov Pass by Alan Baker
Death of Nine: The Dyatlov Pass Mystery by by Launton Anderson
https://sanperdidotradingco.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-dyatlov-pass-incident.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass
https://www.rbth.com/history/332434-official-cause-of-death-of-the-dyatlov-group
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/europe/dyatlov-pass-incident-scli-intl/index.html
https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/night-of-horror-russia-closes-case-on-dyatlov-pass-mystery/
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the sad story of Chris Watts murdering his pregnant wife, Shan’ann Watts, and their two children, Bella and Cece. Chris hoped that people would think his wife took the children and ran away, but luckily there was some damning evidence that quickly surfaced to put this monster behind bars. Netflix had a special in 2020, “American Murder: The Family Next Door'' but they left out some things that we really think you need to hear. Are you ready to hate Chris even more?
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Our sources for this episode:
Documentary - Chris Watts: Truth & Lies of a Family Disappearance by A&E
Documentary - American Murder: The Family Next Door by Netflix
Documentary - Suburban Nightmare: Chris Watts by Tubi
Docu Series - Beyond the Headlines: The Watts Family Tragedy by Hulu
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the life and crimes of Joanna / Joanne Dennehy. This woman was a wild example of someone who was ruthless, did not respect life, and had no moral compass. Joanne went on a murder spree that left us speechless, being dubbed the Peterborough Ditch Murders with the help of her two henchmen.
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss Caleb McGillvary (otherwise known as Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” who took the internet by storm. We heard his story, the quite unusual tale… but what was real? Why did he end up in prison if he was helping people? Was Kai a normal guy or was there something else wrong that led him into becoming a murderer?
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss one of Australia’s most notorious crimes, still unsolved to the date. Mr. Cruel was a particularly scary man who was breaking into homes in the 80’s and 90’s to abduct, rape, assault, harm, young girls. This case is a little graphic and hard to handle with it having mentions of children, but it is a case that NEEDS talked about and solved. The families need closure.
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Our sources for this episode:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8c5f843543b740bc96d972e9519ea122
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-new-profile-of-mr-cruel-who-may-have-been-a-burglar-before-he-was-a-killer-20240704-p5jr1e.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mr-cruel
https://whoismrcruel.wordpress.com/
https://whoismrcruel.wordpress.com/lower-plenty-attack/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10569225/Masked-child-killer-Mr-Cruel-terrified-city-abducting-young-girls-homes-three-decades-ago-raped-elderly-nun-years-earlier-loose.html
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Nicholas Barclay, the 13-year-old child who went missing from San Antonia, Texas. The family was mourning the loss when miraculously three years later, someone turned up. Supposedly Nicholas was found in Spain! Only problem, it was not Nicholas and instead was “the chameleon”, an imposter from France.Frédéric Bourdin was the person pretending to be the lost teen, and this is that story.
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Our sources for this episode:
https://historicflix.com/frederic-bourdin-historys-greatest-imposter/
https://www.grunge.com/460699/frederic-bourdin-the-crazy-true-story-of-a-serial-impostor/
https://historybyday.com/human-stories/the-true-story-of-a-missing-boy-and-his-imposter/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss Daniel Perez, the mysterious murder of Patricia Hughes, money appearing out of thin air, and how this might be just what you think it is… a cult. Daniel Perez was the leader who began and ran the Angel’s Landing Cult in Kansas that had some severely questionable themes behind it, sometimes it is better left not knowing I think.
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Our sources for this episode:
DocuSeries - "Angel's Landing" on Deadly Cults, S2E2 on Oxygen
Article - Angel's Landing survivor recalls escaping deadly cult in new doc: ‘It didn’t take long for things to turn’ by FOX News
Article - Horrifying cult led by 'centuries-old angel' with sick sex abuse at its heart by Cult Education Institute
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as we discuss Anthony "Tony" Carleo, the man who (almost) pulled off one of Las Vegas’s Casino heists. Tony not only robbed the Suncoast Casino but also went about robbing the Bellagio. The Bellagio Bandit almost got away with it… till he made some silly mistakes.
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Our sources for this episode:
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/bellagio-bandit-sentenced-to-3-to-11-years-in-robbery/
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/23/bellagio-bandit-gets-3-11-years-15-million-chip-he/
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/bellagio-bandit-sentenced-to-3-to-11-years-in-robbery/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bellagio-bandits-flops-caused-own-arrest/
This might be the funniest episode we've ever recorded...
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss Wendigos and where the lore and legends came from, how to kill one, how to create one, and everything in between. We even discuss their role in popular culture and how they have changed over time.
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Our sources for this episode:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the death of Shani Louk. Shani was attending the Nova Music Festival when she heard the Red Color go off. Shani had seconds to react before Hamas militants invading the festival, attacking, burning, raping, kidnapping, and murdering attendees.
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Our sources for this episode:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/middleeast/shani-louk-dead-israel-intl/index.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/now-she-can-rest-murdered-hostage-shani-louks-parents-thankful-to-have-a-grave/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-hostages-shani-louk-a37e4fd656b46be36c4c659a9c2aac7d
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/europe/parents-german-israeli-woman-whose-body-found-gaza-thankful-have-grave-2024-05-18/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67260093
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/world/middleeast/shani-louk-german-israel-woman-hamas-dead.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-defense-forces-hostages-bodies-recovered-hamas-gaza/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67046444
https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/news/shani-louk-kidnapped-at-israeli-music-festival-found-dead/
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the McCarthy Alaska Massacre that occurred one fateful day. It was a normal Tuesday Mail Day when Lou Hastings, a deeply disturbed man with a bad plan, cost the lives of almost half the residents of his community. For what though, just so he could keep his wilderness dream?
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the heist of Transylvania University in 2004. Four students created a plan to steal some rare books from the schools Special Collection in the Rare Books Room, selling them for millions of dollars. Only problem? Well, there were a lot actually. Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Eric Borsuk, and Chas Allen II were not as smooth as they thought they were.
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Our sources for this episode:
Book - American Animals: A True Crime Memoir Paperback by Eric Borsuk
Book - Mr. Pink The Inside Story of The Transylvania Book Heist by Chas Allen
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/15/inside-the-2004-6-million-transy-book-heist-and-how-they-got-caught.html
https://www.transy.edu/1780/2020/09/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures/
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article212180224.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/02/transy-book-heist?srsltid=AfmBOoq7CCVxnBFhXtGw5xoWvCgeiaFK4NGOgcgm2i39Rj7rbkAHHrLu
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the mystery that is the life and death of Cindy James. Cindy and her husband separated and four months later she started receiving harassing phone calls, stalkers, attacks, and more. The police didn’t believe Cindy, and ultimately she was found dead. What happened to Cindy James? Was this Munchausen Syndrome or a stalker turned murder?
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Hyungje Bokjiwon (also known as Brothers Home). Brothers Home was an “internment camp” in South Korea following WWII and the Korean War. Many members of the internet have said it was the visionary basis of the Netflix show Squid Game. However, the truth behind this place is far worse, it was instead a brutal detention centre that held thousands of people while exploiting their human rights.
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee Kylee to learn about the exorcism of Anna Elisabeth "Anneliese" Michel that took place in Germany back in the 1970’s. This case inspired films such as “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and the nightmares of numerous people. Anneliese was said to be inhibited by six demons that caused her to spiral in a severe way, and ended ultimately in her death. Who was at fault for her death in the end though, because the courts would say this is a case of manslaughter.
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the rise to fame of boyband, One Direction. We discuss the overworked careers they had, and how that affected some of them for the worse. These struggles continued for some of the members, specifically Liam Payne who spoke out about his addictions and struggles. In 2024 Liam died far too soon, at only 31 years old, and many people wondered if the struggles were part of the reasoning.
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the great clown scare that took place in 2016. Some people call it the clown sightings of 2016, others liken it to more of a hoax than a real story. What occurred to make everyone fall into a pit of hysteria about clowns back then?
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Our sources for this episode:
https://www.themaryword.com/post/the-great-clown-panic-of-2016
https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/12/13122196/clown-panic-hoax-history
https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/world/creepy-clown-sightings-global/index.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/its-catching/201610/the-great-clown-scare-of-2016
Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, (NO SPOILERS WE PROMISE!) join Thena and Kylee to discuss the behind-the-scenes and dark secrets that tormented The Wizard of Oz. From cast changes, accidental burnings, interesting wardrobe choices, the mistreatment of cast, asbestos, and more. The film is still a work of art, but did you know of all the things that almost made it into a disaster?
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about an urban legend of when a stranger calls. Was the call actually coming from inside the house? Was it based on a true case, perhaps the story of Janett Christman? Let’s figure it out together.
PS: Kylee is very sorry for the delay on this episode. It should have been posted on Thanksgiving but time got away with planning the holiday.
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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about a young kid with an appetite for any and all wildness. Colton Harris-Moore was known as the Barefoot Bandit, and he was stealing planes, hotwiring cars, living in the woods, and having the police follow a wild trail of clues. What was the reasoning behind all this?
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