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Cosmic Crimes

Cosmic Crimes Podcast

Join Hannah and JoAnna on Cosmic Crimes, where chilling true crime tales intertwine with astrology. Each episode, we dive into a haunting case and then explore the birth charts and astrological influences of those involved. Could planetary alignments or cosmic events have played a role in the crime? Discover the intersection of fate and free will as we blend gripping narratives with celestial insights. Sometimes, the truth isn"t just stranger than fiction—it"s written in the stars. The Cosmic Crimes

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S2 Ep20: Andrea Yates- The Clear Lake Mother

Cosmic Crimes ·

2026/03/26

On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family bathtub, a crime that stunned the public and forced a closer look at untreated mental illness, postpartum psychosis, and the pressures inside her home. Her story traces a path from a high‑achieving, rule‑following child and nurse, to a deeply religious wife and mother whose world narrowed into caretaking, isolation, and escalating psychiatric crises. By the time of the murders, the gap between how her life looked from the outside

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S2 E19: Isakin Drabbad - The Skara Cannibal

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2026/03/20

On November 9, 2010, Isakin Drabbad killed his girlfriend in Skara, Sweden, after a childhood marked by instability and time spent in institutional care. He grew up moving through fractured environments, with little sense of steadiness, and that background followed him into adulthood as isolation, drug use, and escalating violence took over. The details of his life point to someone shaped early by disconnection, then pulled deeper into chaos until the violence became impossible to

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01:28:44

S2 E18: Jeffrey Epstein - Inside the Inner Circle

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2026/03/13

Jeffrey Epstein built his power through quiet introductions that opened doors to extraordinary influence. A conversation on a flight led to a partnership with billionaire Leslie Wexner, anchoring him in the upper tiers of American business. From there, his reach expanded into political and global networks, intersecting with figures like Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and Ehud Barak. Behind the scenes, he managed fortunes, coordinated private travel, and positioned his Caribbean estate

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01:15:08

S2 E17: Ghislaine Maxwell

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2026/03/05

Ghislaine Maxwell's story begins with dynastic power and a father whose empire defined her sense of worth. Raised in privilege and pressure, she learned early that proximity to influence could function like armor. After her father's death and the collapse of his fortune, she repositioned herself inside Jeffrey Epstein's inner circle, using social fluency and pedigree to bridge the gap between high society and his hidden operations. By the time headlines caught up, she stood at the center of

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01:33:22

S2 E16: Jeffrey Epstein

Cosmic Crimes ·

2026/02/26

In the rarefied world of wealth, influence, and private islands, Jeffrey Epstein built an empire on secrecy, manipulation, and access. For years, he moved through elite social circles with an air of authority and confidence, cultivating powerful connections while hiding a predatory double life that targeted vulnerable girls and young women. The shocking allegations, arrests, and eventual fallout exposed a network of enablers and a pattern of abuse that raised disturbing questions about power,

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01:01:48

S2 E15: Erin Michelle Caffey

Cosmic Crimes ·

2026/02/19

In the quiet town of Alba, Texas, a brutal crime in 2008 exposed the darkness that can grow behind youthful innocence. Sixteen year old Erin Caffey appeared to be the embodiment of small town promise, bright, charismatic, and deeply rooted in her church community. Beneath that image, resentment and obsession built over time until they erupted into an unthinkable act, the orchestration of her own family's murder. As investigators untangled the case, they uncovered a chilling blend of teenage

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S2 E14: Chris Watts

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2026/02/12

In the summer of 2018, an image of suburban normalcy shattered in Frederick, Colorado. Behind the trimmed lawns and smiling family photos, Chris Watts led a double life that spiraled into one of the most haunting domestic crimes in recent memory. When Shanann Watts and their two young daughters vanished, the search quickly turned inward, unraveling a web of lies and carefully managed appearances. As investigators closed in, the truth revealed a chilling contrast between outward calm and inner

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01:06:24

S2 Ep13: The Cecil Hotel

Cosmic Crimes ·

2026/02/07

For nearly a century, the Cecil Hotel stood at the center of downtown Los Angeles, accumulating a history of death, instability, and unanswered questions. Long before it became synonymous with viral mystery, the building was marked by suicides, violent crime, and transient lives colliding in one place. In 2013, the disappearance and death of Elisa Lam brought renewed attention to the hotel, transforming it into a modern symbol of fear, speculation, and unresolved grief. In this episode, we examine

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01:12:10

S2 Ep12: Jim Jones

Cosmic Crimes ·

2026/01/29

In November 1978, the remote settlement of Jonestown in Guyana became the site of one of the deadliest mass deaths in modern history. Jim Jones, the charismatic leader of the Peoples Temple, had spent years cultivating loyalty, control and fear among his followers before leading more than 900 people to their deaths in a coordinated act of murder and coercion. What began as a movement built on promises of equality and community gradually transformed into an environment of isolation, paranoia, and

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S2 Ep11: Albert Fish

Cosmic Crimes ·

2026/01/22

In the early decades of the 20th century, a series of disappearances and deeply disturbing crimes slowly converged around one man hiding behind the appearance of a frail, elderly drifter. Albert Fish targeted society's most vulnerable, moving through boarding houses, neighborhoods, and families with calculated patience while leaving devastation in his wake. His arrest revealed a pattern of extreme sadism, long-standing compulsions, and violence that spanned decades, shocking even seasoned

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S2 Ep10: Israel Keyes

Cosmic Crimes ·

2026/01/15

In the early 2010s, investigators uncovered a serial killer whose crimes defied traditional patterns and challenged the limits of criminal profiling. Israel Keyes operated across the United States for years, carefully planning abductions, sexual assaults, and murders while leaving behind almost no forensic trail. He buried "kill kits" years in advance, selected victims at random, and avoided familiarity that might connect one crime to another. In this episode, we trace Keyes's methodical escalation,

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01:11:31

S2 Ep9: Dean Corll - The Candy Man

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2026/01/08

In the early 1970s, Houston became the setting for one of the most disturbing serial murder cases in American history. Dean Corll, known locally as the "Candy Man", used his access to teenage boys and the trust of their families to conceal a prolonged pattern of abduction, assualt, and murder. With the help of two teenage accomplices, Corll lured dozens of victims to his home and other locations, where the violence escalated unchecked for years. The case only came to light after one of those

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01:32:31

S2 Ep8: Ed Kemper - The Co-Ed Killer

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2025/12/18

In the early 1970s, California was shaken by a series of abductions and murders that would later be traced to Ed Kemper, an intelligent, articulate man whose calm demeanor masked escalating violence. Kemper targeted young women he picked up while hitchhiking, committing six murders before turning his rage toward his mother and her friend in a final act that stunned investigators. When he ultimately called police to confess, his cooperation and unsettling composure challenged traditional ideas about

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01:32:17

S2 Ep7: H.H. Holmes – The Devil in the White City

Cosmic Crimes ·

2025/12/11

In the 1890s, Chicago's booming South Side became the backdrop for one of the most infamous criminal legends in American history. H. H. Holmes, born Herman Webster Mudgett, cultivated the persona of a polite, educated businessman while quietly engineering a web of fraud, manipulation, and murder. Though newspapers later sensationalized his so-called "Murder Castle," the truth is more unsettling. Holmes exploited trust, opportunity, and the anonymity of a growing city to carry out his crimes. In this

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01:30:58

S2 Ep6: Robert Hansen – The Butcher Baker

Cosmic Crimes ·

2025/12/04

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Anchorage, Alaska, was stalked by a predator hiding in plain sight. Robert Hansen, a quiet baker, devoted father, and seemingly ordinary member of the community, was secretly hunting women in the wilderness, kidnapping them, assaulting them, and releasing them into the remote woods before tracking them like game. For years, his crimes went unnoticed, protected by his reputation and the harsh, isolated landscape he knew better than anyone. In this episode, we follow the

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01:46:39

S2 Ep5: Ted Bundy

Cosmic Crimes ·

2025/11/27

In the 1970s, a wave of disappearances swept through the Pacific Northwest as Ted Bundy, seemingly intelligent, ambitious, and disarmingly charming, lived a double life that concealed one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. To friends and colleagues, he was a law student with political aspirations; to investigators, he became the elusive predator responsible for a multistate trail of abductions, murders, and brazen escapes. In this episode, we chart Bundy's progression from his

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01:53:02

S2 Ep4: Paul Michael Merhige – The 2009 Thanksgiving...

Cosmic Crimes ·

2025/11/20

In 2009, a Florida family gathered for what should have been a warm, ordinary Thanksgiving, until the night erupted into one of the most devastating family massacres in modern true-crime history. Paul Michael Merhige, long described as the "golden child" with a quiet brilliance and a history of untreated mental illness, arrived at his relatives' home in Jupiter with a calculated plan he had concealed for years. Before the night was over, four family members were dead. In this episode, we trace the

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01:52:03

S2 Ep3: Ed Gein – The Ghoul of Plainfield

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2025/11/13

In the winter of 1957, the rural town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, was thrust into national horror when investigators stepped inside the farmhouse of Ed Gein, only to uncover a nightmarish collection of human remains turned into masks, clothing, and household décor. Gein, a reclusive handyman shaped by an obsessive devotion to his mother and a lifetime of isolation, blurred the line between grief, delusion, and ritual. His crimes would go on to birth some of the most iconic monsters in American film,

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01:54:07

S2 Ep2 Robert Eugene Brashers – The Yogurt Shop Murderer

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2025/11/06

On a December night in 1991, four teenage girls were found bound, gagged, and burned inside an Austin yogurt shop, a crime so brutal it stunned the nation. For years, police pursued a tangled investigation that led to false confessions, overturned convictions, and lingering doubt. Decades later, advances in DNA testing would upend everything, pointing not to the four accused young men, but to an unknown perpetrator whose identity remains elusive. In this episode, we revisit the case that defined a

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01:32:55

S2 Ep1 Daniel Gonzalez – The Freddy Krueger Spree Killer

Cosmic Crimes ·

2025/10/30

In September 2004, London was gripped by a wave of seemingly random violence that left four people dead and two others severely injured. The attacker, 24-year-old Daniel Gonzalez, moved through the city like a horror-film villain come to life, mask on, knives drawn, and an obsession with becoming a "famous serial killer." Diagnosed with schizophrenia years earlier, Gonzalez had cycled through psychiatric care and warning signs that went unheeded until it was too late. In this episode, we trace the

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