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Small Town Mysteries

Kate, Christine, and Rachael

3 lifelong friends who like to dish on true crime and the kind of drama that only small towns can provide 💀

true crime documentary

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22:28

The Entity

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/10/21

Send us a text The 1970s and 80s was a hotbed of excellent paranormal horror films – The Exorcist, the original Amityville Horror, Halloween, Carrie, Eraserhead, Dawn of the Dead, Suspiria, Invasion of the Body Snatchers…. I could go on. It was quite the era of film – and remarkably, some of these legendary tales are based on true stories. One of the lesser known films of this era is The Entity. It’s sort of your run-of-the-mill poltergeist film: single mother, claims she’s being attacked an...

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21:31

The Hammersmith Ghost

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/10/14

Send us a text Today on STM I’m taking it back to the early 1800s and the village of Hammersmith, located in foggy London. Nowadays, Hammersmith is a populated area within the Greater London area, home to almost 200,000 people . In December of 1803, However, the village only had about 5,500 inhabitants - the perfect setting for local gossip to run amok. And amok it ran! Tales of an ominous specter were spreading among the village. It was described as a white-shrouded figure that w...

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34:54

The Haunted Dybbuk Box

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/10/13

Send us a text The Dybbuk box first gained popularity in 2003, after a man by the name of Kevin Mannis posted the Dybbuk box for sale on ebay. He claimed that the Dybbuk box was haunted and was causing a lot of strange and supernatural things to happen to both him and his family. Sources: 1) https://jewitches.com/blogs/blog/the-deal-with-the-dybbuk?srsltid=AfmBOooiwzKe-kwg8ZBK2fCzzIa10aX_7PbGLT9DV-QiFa2KlCeknEQl 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance_in_Judaism 3) https://www...

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24:54

The Death of the Greenbrier Ghost

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/09/30

Send us a text Hello and welcome to Small Town Mysteries, spooky season edition! This October we’re bringing you some truly bizarre cases – ones that we think simply scream Supernatural…are they truly the works of ghosts and phantoms? Are these crimes caused by otherworldly beings…or are humans the most depraved creature of all? I’m Kate, here with Christine and Rachael, bringing you our the first episode of our annual Spooky Season Series, The Death of Zona Shue…also known as the Greenbrier ...

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34:57

The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/09/29

Send us a text On a Monday morning in February 1986, in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sherri Rasmussen’s life came to a violent end. Sherri, a young nurse, was found dead in her condo. She had been brutally beaten and shot three times. Following this discovery, the Los Angeles Police Department quickly labeled the case as a botched burglary. But to Sherri's father, Nels, this felt wrong. He had a suspect in mind from the very beginning, one he had even told police about. A woman w...

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20:36

The Tragic Murder of Wendy Tamagne

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/09/20

Send us a text On July 4, 2016, David Isaiah Goodwin (age 25) murdered Wendy Tamagne (age 37) and then dismembered her body and shoved her remains into trashbags. Sources: 1) https://wcti12.com/news/local/deliberations-finish-jury-begins-discussion-of-sentencing-for-david-godwin 2) https://www.wnct.com/news/david-godwin-sentenced-to-death-justice-has-been-served/ 3) https://www.jdnews.com/news/murder-suspect-to-be-returned-to-carteret-county-to-face-charges/article_3d2ca89e-a450-5...

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The Life and Crimes of William Felix Vail

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/09/10

Send us a text Sometimes on this podcast, or in true crime in general, there’s discussion over so-called “black widows,” or women who have had multiple husbands die mysteriously, with the implication that they were responsible for those deaths. But that’s not why we’re here today. Today, we’re going to talk about a bluebeard – yes, a man rather similar to a black widow, whose wives or partners mysteriously died. Support the show

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The Kidnapping of Kari Swenson

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/09/02

Send us a text Over 40 years ago, on July 15th, 1984, in the rugged wilderness of the Madison Range in Montana, 22-year-old Kari Swenson went missing. Kari was a recent Montana State University graduate and rising star in the world of biathlon, a sport that combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting. One sunny morning in July, Kari went for a run on a scenic forest trail. She was actually hoping to see a grizzly bear during her run, as it was an animal she’d always wanted to see. ...

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26:21

The Death Cap Mushroom Murders

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/08/26

Send us a text One unhinged person murders their in-laws and the sister of her mother-in-law via death cap mushrooms. Sources: 1) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3ngr2n3vo 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leongatha_mushroom_murders 3) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-02/police-charge-erin-patterson-mushroom-poisoning-deaths/103056694 4) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/30/erin-patterson-mushroom-poisonings-murder-trial-ntwnfb 5) https://www.skynews.com.a...

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The Boy Under the Billboard

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/08/17

Send us a text On May 13, 1998, the body of a woman was found on the side of I-85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. On September 25 of the same year, the body of a young boy was found underneath a billboard off of I-85 in Mebane, North Carolina. The bodies were found about 3 hours away from each other – in different months, in different stages of decay, even in different states. But more than 20 years later, the truth would come out – connecting these bodies, their lives, and their deaths, once...

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The Disappearance of Melanie Metheny

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/08/05

Send us a text In the summer of 2005, Melanie Metheny’s family had a cookout. For Catherine Moles, it's a vivid memory of her niece, Melanie, then 20, doting on her three-year-old son, Ryan. Catherine remembers Melanie as "very, very watchful," and "very protective." The cookout was just a small glimpse into Melanie's world: her kids were everything to her. But little did Catherine know that the cookout would be one of the last times that she saw Melanie. On July 19, 2006, just a year later, ...

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29:18

The Laurel Creek Axe Murders

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/07/29

Send us a text On September 21, 1909, six members of the Meadows family were murdered and had their log cabin set on fire. George and Lydia Meadows, as well as their children: Will, Noah, and Lafayette, and Lydia's mom, Elizabeth, were all hit in the head with an axe or hatchet. Sources: 1) https://blueridgetruecrime.substack.com/p/death-rides-a-fast-train-the-laurel?open=false#%C2%A7an-unsettling-development 2) https://www.oocities.org/rmbaker66/jstsmrdr.html 3) https://www.appal...

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27:01

The Witless Murders of Daniel Wozniak

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/07/23

Listen to Kate talk about how truly witless this man was! Sources: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Wozniak_(murderer) 2) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/theater/inspired-by-true-events-true-crime-play.html 3) https://abcnews.go.com/US/community-theater-actors-final-performance-chilling-confession-double/story?id=63181588 4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_(musical) Support the show

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21:41

Tony Parsons

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/07/19

Today, Christine talks about a person whose mission to complete a charitable act ended in tragedy. We are going to uncover the truth that was buried in the remote Scottish Highlands for three, long years. This is the story of Tony Parsons. Sources: 1) https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-66614488 2) https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-56927878 3) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/25/drink-driver-killed-cyclist-on-remote-scottish-ro...

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24:49

The Historical Meeks Family Murders

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/07/08

Today we are going back in time to the 1890s to talk about the murder of the Meeks Family. Sources: 1) https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2011/04/meeks-family-murder.html 2) https://sullivan.mogenweb.org/meeksmurders.html 3) https://www.hannibal.net/archive/article/history-in-hannibal-folktale-relates-towns-horror-over-meeks-family-murders/article_78cc9a66-7ce1-521a-a5e6-10c7363aa413.html 4) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61610270/delora-meeks 5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Co...

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30:50

The Tylenol Murders

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/06/18

Over the course of just two days, so began a panic that ultimately led to the deaths of at least 7 people directly, and more from copycats – and borderline hysteria that would change the pharmaceutical industry forever. Sources: 1) https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/09/30/the-tylenol-murders-40-years-ago-an-infamous-chicago-area-crime-took-these-7-lives/ 2) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 3) https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/15/us/tylenol-figure-is-convicted.html...

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23:40

The Mystery of The Mary Celeste

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/06/10

On December 5th, 1872, about 400 miles off the coast of the Azores, crew members on the British ship Dei Gratia spotted a ship adrift in the sea. The Captain of the ship was shocked to find that the unguided ship was the Mary Celeste, which had departed from NYC eight days before him, and had been well past-due to have arrived in Genoa, Italy. A small crew was sent to the ship. Below deck, items had been tossed around, and crewmen’s belongings were still in their quarters. The only lifeboat o...

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33:48

The Murder of Patricia Richmond

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/06/03

This week, we talk about the murder of Patricia Richmond. This case will throw you for a loop! Sources: 1) Murder in the Heartland, Season 3, episode 3: Beautiful Mess 2) https://www.yampavalleyfh.com/obituary/5151291 3) https://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/24/man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-cousins-fiance-in-routt-county/ 4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts 5) https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/clark/ Support the show

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23:14

The Murder of Vickie Edge

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/05/27

An online connection that Vickie Edge thought was fate, turns out to be a nightmare. Sources: 1) https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/vickie-edge-owner-of-destin-day-spa-murdered-by-man-she-met-online/ 2) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/vickie-edge-allegedly-murdered-by-boyfriend-jerry-odum 3) https://www.wkrg.com/video/family-remembers-murder-victim-vickie-edge/5754161/ 4) https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/murder-confession-video-jerry-geisler-odum-b2480750.h...

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21:28

The Kidnapping of Bobbi Parker

Small Town Mysteries ·

2025/05/20

When Bobbi Parker vanishes one day, her family is concerned. She was thought to be taken by an inmate under her care. However, over a decade later, the mystery begins to unravel, and let's just say that everything is not as it seems! Sources: 1) https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Bobbi_Parker 2)https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/f6nhp0/bobbi_parker_sufferer_of_stockholm_syndrome_or/ 3) https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobbi-parker 4) https://www.nbcnews.com/dateli...

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