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Explore this chilling true crime story of Baba Anujka, a healer turned deadly legend at the edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Discover the chilling true crime story of Lainz angels of death in Vienna's geriatric centre and the hidden crimes within.

A hospital should be the safest room in the city, so how did a bustling Vienna geriatric centre become a hunting ground on the night shift? We follow the chilling path of four auxiliary nurses who slipped from care into killing, and the small, bureaucratic blind spots that let their crimes hide inside routine.

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Two mysteries, one restless question: how far will fear carry a story? We mark Halloween by walking two grim paths, through the Pendle witch trials of 1612 and out to the storm-beaten Flannan Isles, where three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace. Along the way, we unpack how belief, law, and isolation turn everyday details into legends that refuse to fade.

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A city built on stone and certainty watched its streets turn into a stage. In the hot summer of 1518, a woman in Strasbourg began to dance, mechanical, relentless, and impossible to stop, and within weeks hundreds followed, their feet torn and faces locked in pain. We trace how a single, baffling act became a public crisis, and why officials, doctors, and priests each tried to tame it with wildly different tools.
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In June 1912, the small town of Villisca, Iowa, awoke to a nightmare. Eight people, including six children, were found brutally murdered inside a quiet white house on East 2nd Street. The doors were locked, mirrors were covered, and more than a century later, the question still echoes: who wielded the axe that night?

Join us as we follow the trail of one of America’s most haunting unsolved murders, through the tangled investigations, shifting suspects, and eerie aftermath that still lingers in the town of Villisca today.

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Suarez, Michel. - The Villisca Murders Axe, Sleep, Repeat

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders

Villisca Axe Murder House Official Site – https://www.villiscaiowa.com

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James, Bill & McCarthy James, Rachel. – The Man from the Train

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A peaceful pond, a morning walk, and a horror scene no one expected: toads swelling, twitching, and then bursting along the water’s edge. We follow the 2005 Hamburg mystery from sensational headlines to a grounded, unsettling explanation that blends animal intelligence with fragile biology. What begins as a “Frog Plague” turns into a forensic journey through missing organs, precise wounds, and a defensive reflex gone catastrophically wrong.
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A brilliant lawyer vanishes in Brasov, and suddenly an entire country is asked to decide what justice looks like without a body. We follow the case of Elodia Marilena Ghinescu from the final hours of routine calls to the first glow of luminol in a too‑clean apartment, through mountain ravines, media studios, and finally a crowded courtroom where fragments of evidence meet an aching absence.

Along the way, we confront the force of media in post‑EU Romania, where OTV turned a missing person into nightly theater with psychics, reenactments, and a mock courtroom that blurred truth and spectacle. That pressure helped keep the case alive, and may have shaped public judgment long before a verdict. The result: a conviction that many see as overdue accountability and others view as a dangerous precedent. What remains unresolved is the heart of the story: a mother without a grave, a son with a name everyone knows, and a silence that outlasts the sentence.

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Some mysteries don't just perplex us, they haunt us across centuries. The Mary Celeste stands as perhaps the most infamous ghost ship in maritime history, her empty decks still whispering questions that have no answers.

When the Mary Celeste departed New York harbor in November 1872, Captain Benjamin Briggs had his wife Sarah and two-year-old daughter Sophia aboard, along with seven experienced sailors. Their cargo hold contained 1,701 barrels of industrial alcohol bound for Genoa, Italy. It should have been a routine Atlantic crossing.

On December 4th, another vessel spotted the Mary Celeste drifting aimlessly about 400 miles east of the Azores. What they discovered upon boarding has baffled investigators ever since: a perfectly seaworthy ship with no living soul aboard. The crew's belongings remained in place. The child's toys sat undisturbed. Food supplies were plentiful. The cargo remained virtually intact. Only the lifeboat was missing.

Join us as we follow this strange trail that reminds us some questions may never be resolved. Leave a rating or review if you enjoyed this maritime mystery, and don't forget to follow us on social media or support us on Patreon for exclusive content. Until next Tuesday, stay curious!

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