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  • 101. Ashes & Lye: A Murder at Mayfield Cottage

    101. Ashes & Lye: A Murder at Mayfield Cottage
    Jun 17 2025
    On a fog-soaked evening in March 1879, the quiet streets of Richmond hid a secret. A lone woman stepped out of church and vanished into the mist. Days later, her ivy-draped cottage stirred with odd signs—a stranger wearing her clothes, selling her belongings, and tending a fire that burned far too long. Acrid smoke curled into the sky as whispers spread and the river yielded a grim discovery. Something terrible had happened behind those walls, and the truth was just beginning to surface. Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material Old Bailey Proceedings Online: Kate Webster British Newspaper Archive: The Illustrated Police News The Guardian: Human Skull Found in David Attenborough’s Garden Murderpedia: Kate Webster The Richmond Murderess: The True Story of Kate Webster, Leonard Low Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 m
  • 100. Lore & Legends | The Shadow Over Point Pleasant: The Mothman

    100. Lore & Legends | The Shadow Over Point Pleasant: The Mothman
    Jun 15 2025
    In the late 1960s, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, becomes the epicenter of a chilling mystery when residents report sightings of a winged, red-eyed creature dubbed the Mothman. Beginning with a terrifying encounter by two young couples in the abandoned TNT Area, the phenomenon sparks widespread fear and fascination, drawing in journalist John Keel, whose investigation shapes a seminal book. The narrative weaves through the town’s economic struggles, the era’s paranormal craze, and global mythological parallels, while scientific skepticism challenges the creature’s existence. Through festivals and museums, Point Pleasant transforms the Mothman into a cultural icon, exploring themes of belief, fear, and human storytelling in a modern myth that endures. Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material Chronicling America - The Point Pleasant Register (1966–1967) Newspapers.com - The Point Pleasant Register (1966–1967) Chronicling America - The Athens Messenger (1966–1968) Newspapers.com - The Athens Messenger (1966–1968) National Transportation Safety Board - Silver Bridge Collapse Report (1970) West Virginia Department of Natural Resources - Wildlife Records (1960s) Environmental Protection Agency - TNT Area Assessment (1972) Mothman Museum - Official Site Mothman Festival - Official Site Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 1 m
  • 99. Something in the Water: What Happened to Mary Rogers?

    99. Something in the Water: What Happened to Mary Rogers?
    Jun 10 2025
    She was young. Beautiful. Familiar to the city’s restless men and sharp-eyed journalists. By day, she sold cigars in a little shop on Broadway—just a girl behind the counter. But when her body surfaced near Hoboken, facedown and bruised, she became something else entirely: a cautionary tale, a public spectacle, a mystery. Mary Rogers was given many names. The Beautiful Cigar Girl. The Muse of Broadway. A siren lured to ruin. And long before we had podcasts or detective dramas, her story captivated a nation hungry for scandal. It drew in reporters, moral crusaders—and one very famous writer who believed he could solve her case from the page. Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder – Daniel Stashower The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers: Sex and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York – Amy Gilman Srebnick Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder of Mary RogersThe Mysterious Death of Mary RogersThe Life of Mary RogersThe Mysterious Murder of “Cigar Girl” Mary Rogers, 1841The Mystery of Marie Rogêt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 m
  • 98. Lore & Legends | The Haunting of the Banff Springs Hotel

    98. Lore & Legends | The Haunting of the Banff Springs Hotel
    Jun 9 2025
    In the heart of Banff National Park, where the Canadian Rockies rise in jagged splendor, the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel stands as a monument to both grandeur and mystery. Known as the "Castle of the Rockies," this Scottish baronial masterpiece, with its limestone turrets and oak-paneled halls, has welcomed travelers since 1888. For Sam McCauley, a bellman whose warm smile and lilting Scottish accent have greeted guests for decades, the hotel is more than a workplace—it’s a home, a sanctuary, and a keeper of secrets. Yet, beneath its opulent surface lies a darker history, one woven with tales of tragedy that have left spectral imprints on its stones. From a bride’s fatal fall to a child’s lost laughter, the hotel’s hauntings are as iconic as its architecture, and Sam’s journey through these events binds him to the Castle’s eternal soul. Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material Banff Haunted Hotel - Mystery at the Banff Springs The Haunted History of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel The Haunted Banff Springs Hotel, Canada Ghostly Tales of the Banff Springs Hotel The Ghosts of Fairmont Banff Springs Haunting Legends of Fairmont’s Banff Springs Hotel The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Is the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Actually Haunted? Banff Springs Hotel, Canada’s Famous Resort Banff Springs Hotel | The Canadian Encyclopedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 31 m
  • 97. Unidentified: The Mystery at Falcon Lake

    97. Unidentified: The Mystery at Falcon Lake
    Jun 3 2025
    In the spring of 1967, amateur prospector Stefan Michalak emerged from the woods near Falcon Lake—burned, disoriented, and terrified. What he claimed he saw deep in the Manitoba wilderness would spark one of Canada’s most famous UFO investigations. A strange craft. A searing light. And a silence that felt like it was watching him. What happened in those woods remains unexplained. But the scars it left were very real. Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material Stefan Michalak’s Story: No Aliens Required by The Iron Skeptic Falcon Lake incident is Canada's 'best-documented UFO case,' even 50 years later by Darren Bernhardt The Falcon Lake Incident by Lyndon Froese Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 m
  • 96. Lore & Legends | Aokigahara: Japan's Suicide Forest

    96. Lore & Legends | Aokigahara: Japan's Suicide Forest
    Jun 1 2025
    It's a different episode of Lore & Legends today - one that factually explores Aokigahara Forest, Japan’s “Suicide Forest,” tracing its evolution from a natural wonder at the base of Mount Fuji to a global symbol of tragedy. Spanning its geological origins from the 864 CE eruption, 19th-century emergence as a suicide site, and peak suicide rates in the early 2000s, this episode examines economic crises, cultural attitudes, and media influences like Seichō Matsumoto’s Kuroi Jukai that amplified its notoriety. Learn about Japan’s suicide prevention efforts, including national policies and Aokigahara-specific measures like drone patrols, alongside the forest’s role as a tourist destination attracting both nature enthusiasts and “dark tourists.” Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material Aokigahara Forest - Wikipedia CNN: Suicide in Japan's Aokigahara Forest (2009) Aokigahara: Suicide Forest - IMDb Aokigahara: Suicide Forest - WatchDocumentaries Suicide Prevention in Japan - WHO Aokigahara Forest - National Geographic Inside Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’ - CNN (2018) Japan's Suicide Forest: 33 Creepy Facts - Best Life National Suicide Prevention Policy in Japan - Injury Prevention The General Principles of Suicide Prevention Policy - PubMed The Creepy Confines of Aokigahara - All That’s Interesting Real Stories From the Japanese Suicide Forest - Bustle Sea of Trees: Poetic Gateways to Aokigahara - Tokyo Poetry Journal Aokigahara Forest - Japan National Tourism Organization Suicide Data and Trends in Japan - Tokyo Mental Health Excess Suicides in Japan Post-Pandemic - ScienceDirect Drones Deployed to Aokigahara for Patrol - The Asahi Shimbun From Tragedy to Tourism - Life360 Aokigahara: A Dark Tourism Spot - Travel Tomorrow Macabre Tourism in Japan - ResearchGate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 m
  • 95. BONUS | In the Crooked Tree: The Cold Case of Bella in the Wych Elm

    95. BONUS | In the Crooked Tree: The Cold Case of Bella in the Wych Elm
    May 30 2025
    Spring, 1943. In the quiet woods of Hagley, four boys stumble upon something no child should ever find—a skull, staring out from the hollow of a wych elm. Her hand is missing. Her name is unknown. But soon, questions begin to bleed through the brickwork of Birmingham and beyond: Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? In this bonus episode of Macabrium, we unravel one of England’s most eerie and enduring mysteries. Was Bella a spy tangled in wartime secrecy, a victim of dark ritual, or something else? Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material Who Put Bella In the Wych Elm? - CrimeReads Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? | Tales of History and Imagination A Digital Reconstruction Reveals the Face of Famed Murder Victim 'Bella in the Wych Elm' Revealed after 75 years: The face of Bella in the Wych Elm - Birmingham Live The Unsolved Mystery of Bella in the Wych Elm - Historic Mysteries Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? The Unsolved Murder That Still Haunts Britain - The Guardian Bella in the Wych Elm: A Midlands Murder Mystery - BBC News The Strange Case of Bella in the Wych Elm - Strange Remains Who Put Bella In the Wych Elm? - Stuff You Should Know | iHeart ‘Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?’: Espionage, Witchcraft, and other Theories - Curious Archive BBC investigator asks museums for help tracing remains of murder victim ‘Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?’: Espionage, Witchcraft, and other Theories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 m
  • 94. Blackstrap Surge: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

    94. Blackstrap Surge: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
    May 28 2025
    It began with a sound—low, then rising. A groan like steel bending under a terrible weight. Then came the rush. Not of water, but something thicker. Darker. A wall of molasses, fifteen feet high, traveling at the speed of a freight train. It shattered buildings, snapped beams like twigs, and swept horses, wagons, and people into its syrupy current. In mere moments, a neighborhood was drowned in sweetness… and death. They called it the Great Molasses Flood. Some said on hot summer days, the scent still lingers in the air, clinging to the city like a ghost. But what really caused a tank to explode with such fury? Was it poor engineering—or a corporate cover-up? And why does this sticky disaster still seep into Boston’s memory more than a century later? * This episode's audio has been updated to reflect the correct timeline of the Cold War and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thank you for your understanding as we strive for historical accuracy! Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Episode Reference Material The Great Molasses Flood by Susan Donnelly Without Warning, Molasses in January Surged Over Boston by Edwards Park 12 Killed When Tank of Molasses Explodes by The New York Times Anarchists, Horses, Heroes: 12 Things You Didn’t Know about the Great Boston Molasses Flood by Spencer Bull The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 killed 21 After 2 million gallon tank exploded by Ben Kesslen 100 Years Ago Today: Molasses Crashes Through Boston’sNorth End by Archives and Records Management of the City of Boston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 m
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