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Down the Crooked Path

Amanda Joy: true crime, mysteries, supernatual and folklore podcaster

Welcome to "Down the Crooked Path," where the shadows of history, folklore, and mystery converge. Hosted by Amanda Joy, this podcast explores the world’s most chilling tales and unanswered questions, from unsolved crimes and eerie legends to the dark corners of human nature. Each episode delves deep into the stories that haunt small communities, challenge our understanding, and push us to question the forces beyond our comprehension. Whether it’s tracing forgotten lore, unraveling strange

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50:21

The Yuba County Five: The 1978 Disappearance

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2026/10/08

On February 24, 1978, five friends left a college basketball game in Chico, California and never came home. Days later their car was found abandoned on a remote mountain road in the Plumas National Forest, seventy miles in the wrong direction. Four of the men were eventually found dead. The fifth, Gary Mathias, was never found at all.In this episode:The night of the game and the drive that went seventy miles off courseThe abandoned Mercury and Joseph Schons, the stranger stranded on the same road

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40:23

The Mysterious Death of Netta Fornario

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2026/10/02

In November 1929, a young London occultist named Norah "Netta" Fornario traveled to the remote, wind-swept Scottish island of Iona. Deeply embedded in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn lineage and Alpha et Omega temple, Netta was searching for a "thin place"—a geographic portal where the earthly veil drops and nature spirits can be summoned. Days later, she was dead.Was she the victim of a catastrophic psychic feud? Did she successfully open a gateway to interdimensional UAPs or the mythical

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49:37

The Highgate Vampire Hysteria

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2026/09/24

Step into the overgrown, foggy paths of London's historic graveyard as we uncover one of the most bizarre chapters in modern vampire lore. In the early 1970s, a media-fueled frenzy gripped the city, transforming a local ghost hunt into a full-blown paranormal media circus. At the center of this unexplained mystery were two rival researchers, David Farrant and Sean Manchester, whose bitter obsession with tracking down the elusive Highgate vampire sparked a Fifty-Year War.From midnight cemetery raids

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53:03

Haunted Quebec Cross over with Canadian Creepies

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2026/09/17

This week on Down the Crooked Path, we are stepping aside from our usual chapter to bring you a special crossover episode from our Thursday segment on the Canadian Creepies Podcast!Your host Amanda Joy teams up with her frequent partner-in-creepy, Valerie, to wander down a distinctly French-Canadian path. Quebec is legendary for its European charm, cobblestone streets, and stunning landscapes—but beneath that beautiful surface lies a deeply rooted history of dark folklore, tragic history, and

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31:31

The Hammersmith Ghost Case

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2026/09/10

In the winter of 1803, a terrifying specter held a small English village in a state of total mass panic. Long before the Victorian era, witnesses were already reporting chilling encounters with a phantom lurking in the pitch-black lanes, leaping out from behind tombstones, and physically assaulting residents. The paranormal terror grew so intense that armed citizen patrols took to the streets to hunt down the entity. But on January 3, 1804, a tragic case of mistaken identity ended in a brutal,

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48:59

The 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders: PT2

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2026/09/03

In Part 2 of our true crime deep dive into the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders, we look past the initial nationwide panic and focus directly on the aftermath, the primary suspects, and the intense manhunt that gripped Illinois. We break down how the newly formed Tylenol Murders Task Force scrambled to track down who was slipping lethal doses of potassium cyanide into Extra-Strength capsules. The trajectory of the investigation completely shifts when an anonymous extortion letter demanding $1 million is

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34:44

The 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders: PT 1

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2026/08/27

The security of daily life vanished over a few terrifying days in late September 1982. What started as a localized nightmare in the suburbs of Chicago quickly exploded into a nationwide panic, fundamentally changing the way we look at household items forever. In this episode, we trace the heartbreaking chronological timeline of the seven Chicago victims, the frantic street-level responses, and the corporate crisis that followed. But just when investigators thought they were dealing with a regional

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34:25

The Hex Hollow Murder

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2026/08/20

On November 27, 1928, in Rehmeyer’s Hollow, Pennsylvania, three men brutally murdered 60-year-old folk healer Nelson Rehmeyer. Believing Rehmeyer had cast a fatal curse, John Blymire and his accomplices hunted him down to steal his copy of the traditional healing text Long Lost Friend and break the spell.In this episode, we dive into the chilling 1928 "Hex Murder" of York County, Pennsylvania. We explore the rich, complex traditions of Pennsylvania Dutch "powwowing" (folklore healing) and how a

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27:03

Teresita Base: The voice from the grave

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2026/08/13

Teresita Basa was a Filipina immigrant living in Chicago in 1977, known for her quiet routine and her work as a respiratory therapist at Edgewater Hospital. She was studying music at Loyola University and taught piano from her apartment, keeping a small circle and a steady life. On the night of February 21st, a fire in her 15th‑floor unit led to the discovery of her death, and early signs pointed toward a staged scene with very few clues to work from. Detectives spent months trying to make sense of

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42:09

Dr. Christie's Kentucky Goblin Emails

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2026/08/06

This episode focuses on the later material connected to the Hellier investigation, including the occult references that surfaced and the theories that formed around the case. It also includes a look at how similar descriptions of these small figures have appeared across different years and locations, long before the Christie emails.Find Down the Crooked Path on TikTok and Instagram at @downthecrookedpath. Find the Creators Collective on Instagram at @spookysquad.

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24:15

Canadian Creepies Cross Over: The mysterious Barbe Halle

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2026/07/30

This week on Down the Crooked Path, we’re stepping aside from our usual chapter and sharing one of our Tuesday segments from the Canadian Creepies podcast. It’s filling in for our regular episode while we work on what’s coming next, and it fits naturally into the crooked world we’ve been building.We’re bringing you the story of Barbe Hallay. Born around 1646, she was a young settler in 17th‑century New France and became the focus of what is considered the earliest recorded case of alleged demonic

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36:16

The Kelly Hopkinsville Encounter: the Kentucky Goblins

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2026/07/23

The Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter remains one of the most detailed multi‑witness creature reports in American folklore. Eleven people described small, silver beings moving around the Sutton farmhouse for hours, returning even after police and military left the property. Theories range from territorial owls to escaped carnival primates to a small extraterrestrial scouting party. No physical evidence was ever recovered, and the family never changed their story.Check me out on TikTok and Instagram at

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24:04

Canadian Creepies Edition: Project Magnet

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2026/07/16

This week, Down the Crooked Path is taking a short pause while we celebrate a busy week of milestones and good chaos. We’ll be back next week with fresh stories, strange history, and more crooked paths to wander.Today’s mini‑episode covers Canadian Project Magnet — the government’s mid‑20th‑century investigation into UFOs, aerial anomalies, and unexplained phenomena. We touch on what the project was, why it was created, and the legacy it left behind in Canadian paranormal research.Follow us on

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36:04

Flatwoods Monster: The 1952 Encounter

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2026/07/09

On this episode, we walk through the 1952 Flatwoods encounter in Braxton County, West Virginia. We cover the eyewitness accounts from the May family and Eugene Lemon, the reported crash on the hill, the physical symptoms described by the boys, and the immediate media attention that followed. We look at the government response, including National Guard involvement, Project Blue Book’s on‑site investigation, and the conflicting claims about recovered materials. We break down the major theories: the

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41:39

The Keddie Cabin Murder

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2026/06/18

A grounded look at the Keddie Cabin murders, the 1981 crime that left investigators with conflicting evidence, missing records, and a case that continues to raise questions more than four decades later. This episode covers the known timeline, the recovered evidence, the documented investigative errors, and the modern re‑examination that brought new leads back into focus. All details are sourced from publicly available reporting, law enforcement statements, and archived case materials.Follow us on

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41:36

The Aberfan Tragedy and The Premonitions Bureau

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2026/06/11

This episode looks at the reports that came in before the Aberfan disaster. It covers the dreams, warnings, and statements people made before the collapse, and the way these reports were collected and reviewed. The episode also goes through the early work that led Dr John Barker to focus on premonitions and the question of whether a warning can ever stop an event.Find us on TikTok and Instagram at @downthecrookedpath.You can also find the Creators Collective on Instagram at @spookysquad.

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37:26

The Haunting of Sallie House

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2026/06/04

In this episode, we go through the historyconnected to the Sallie House, the claims that built the story, and the details that followed the Pickman family after they moved in. We cover the background of the property, the origins of the “Sallie” name, the reports that came out of the house in the 1990s, and the parts of the story that never matched the records. We also include the theories that formed around the case, the role local tourism played in keeping the legend alive, and the questions that

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38:19

The Pazuzu Algarad Case

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2026/05/28

In this episode we walk through the case of Pazuzu Algarad, a story shaped by neglect, untreated mental illness, and a community that missed every warning sign. We look at the victims, the failures that allowed the violence to continue, and the impact on the people who lived around that house on Knob Hill Drive. This is not a story about the occult. It is a story about what happens when systems break down and no one steps in.We cover the timeline of the investigation, the pleas from Amber Burch and

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22:43

Canadian Creepies Edition: The Curse of Bird Rock Island

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2026/05/21

This week, we’re pulling from our Tuesday segment on the Canadian Creepies podcast and heading out to Bird Rock off the coast of Quebec — a place with more trouble than landmass. The lighthouse out there has a long history of bad luck, disappearances, and one story that locals still talk about in lowered voices. Keep in mind, this is a rock barely big enough to stand on, yet somehow it managed to collect more tragedy than most towns.We walk through the early shipwrecks, the lighthouse keepers who

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39:46

The Lost Franklin Expedition

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2026/05/14

In this episode, we look at the Franklin expedition, the search efforts that followed, and how both ships were finally found in the Arctic. We walk through the discoveries of Erebus and Terror, the role of Inuit knowledge, and the strange stories that kept circling long after the expedition vanished.Find us on Instagram and TikTok: @downthecrookedpath Send your stories or suggestions to: crookedpathsocials@gmail.comShout‑out to the SpookySquad Creators Collective on Instagram — a group of indie

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