A Sprinkle of Sugar, A Dash of Murder

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and The Exorcist (1973) were both critical and commercial hits at the time of their theatrical runs. They are both remembered today as Oscar winning/ nominated films and one of the bests of their genres. But they have also gone down in history as two 'cursed films' because of the tragic, bizarre and mysterious deaths and circumstances that occurred on and off their sets. We also share a recipe for chocolate cake that James Dean eats in his iconic film.

This week is a weird one! In the 1580s, in Bedburg, Germany, a strange string of tragic events was occurring. The town was haunted by religious persecution, Black Plague, invading armies... and women, children and cattle being killed by a murderous werewolf. Or was it?

Israel Keyes was caught in 2012 for an 18 year old girl's murder in Anchorage, Alaska. This week we go over the search for Keyes throughout a few states and the trail of other mysterious murders attributed to him.

In 2018, a seventeen year old girl jumped out of a window in her own home to escape her abusive parents David and Louise Turpin. This week we discuss the Turpin's strange life and how they came to keep their 13 children captive for decades.

Serial killer Gordon Northcott was born in Canada in 1906. He would grow up to move to Wineville, California and bring a string of terrible events to the USA. His story is full of disappearing children, bizarre lies and a mother/son murdering duo. Some of the events in this case also inspire the 2008 film, The Changeling. Along with the facts, we give a recipe to a Canadian dish, poutine!

This week we are covering an infamous case from Australia! Katherine Knight is one of Australia's most gruesome killers.  We go over her tumultuous childhood, abusive relationships and everything that led to the brutal murder of her boyfriend John Price. As always, we share a recipe as well!

This week we cover the last episodes (3 and 4) of Netflix's documentary series, 'The Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer'. Join us to find out how detectives Gill Carrillo and Frank Salerno, along with San Francisco PD and amazing group of civilians, put an end to a summer of terror in L.A ,1985.

Netflix's new documentary series 'The Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer' covers the infamous Night Stalker case that haunted L.A. in 1985. This week we cover episodes 1 and 2 of the show and go over our thoughts on the the case and the documentary while sharing a recipe for minty mango mojitos.

Belle Gunness arrived in Chicago in 1881 and began a long history of crime and murder that would later give her the nicknames 'Hell's Princess' and 'Lady Bluebeard'.  Her farm in La Porte, Indiana became known as the murder farm but her end is a very bizarre and puzzling mystery to this day. This week we go over this insane case and share a recipe for chocolate turtles!

This week we cover the case of the two murderous brothers, Bryan and David Freeman. We discuss how they made the drastic change of coming from a loving, religious home to killers in the 90s. We share a recipe for a fun, tasty drink as well!