Trigger warning: dismemberment is mentioned in this episode In 1935, in the town of Moffat, a young woman was out on a walk with her Mother and noticed a bundle wrapped in cloth, which on first glance looked like nothing much, but on further investigation, there were over 70 different body parts wrapped in cloth and newspaper scattered all around the area. Many historians describe it as one of the first truly modern forensic investigations. We also talk about what were ...
Jul 22
1 hr 1 min
* This episode has a few audio issues, but we know you dont listen to MM&M for perfection so we know you'll love it regardless. This is down to the fact probably that it was not edited by our beloved editor Erin. Early on the morning of New Year's Day in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood in 1963 2 young boys out looking for golf balls got more than they bargained for when they discovered the half-naked body of a man partially covered by his clothes which had been thrown over t...
Jun 25
55 min
Come down a rabbit hole with us and listen to the intriguing tale of the Rabbit Wars of St Andrews as told by Cheryl! This story takes us all the way back to 1797 and includes no less than 900 rabbits and the selling of the famous St Andrews Golf Course. Trigger warning - Rabbits will get hurt in this episode You might have guessed, but this is a slightly lighter episode than our recent episodes. In the words of Cheryl "It's Downton Abbey with significantly mo...
May 22
44 min
This month, Marti is covering the Luna Park Ghost Train fire in Sydney in 1979, it's one we've wanted to cover for so long because it's not covered by many podcasts, and it's such a sad, interesting story with so many layers.. We also talk about theme park disasters and rollercoasters, Cheryl's disastrous note-taking in the dark, how we're such babies when it comes to scary shit and horror & childrens tv in the 80s - and yes we talk commercials again! Sources for this episode ...
Apr 12
1 hr 17 min
It's Cheryl's first story on the podcast, and she goes in hard, covering the horrible disappearance and death of Corrie McKeague in 2016 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Sources for this episode: BBC News FindCorrie.co.uk The Guardian newspaper website Wikipedia We also cover vintage commercials, what we've been watching ( as always! Some things never change! ), the history of Dunfermline, Pokémon adventures, the wrong pronunciation of words, in our opinion, and what was going on...
Mar 23
57 min
We're back!! Thank you for your patience whilst we took a break and rejigged a little, and now we're back, and Cheryl is joining the Mums Mysteries & Murder team - this is our first episode together, and it's a cracker! In this episode, we get to know our new co-host Cheryl a little better, and we cover the incredibly sad catfishing murder of Carly Ryan back in 2006, who changed the laws in Australia around online intent. Sources for this episode include: The Carl...
Feb 21
1 hr 5 min
It's still Christmas, and we have an announcement to make.... Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/ You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmyster...
Dec 28, 2025
35 min
In our Christmas episode, we are absolutely delighted and terrified to be joined by Kerrie, one-half of North Edinburgh Nightmares. We chat about historical Scotland, ghostly haunts and stories, the Edinburgh dungeon and faeries, a darker type of Christmas, creepy dolls and mannequins and folklore in Scotland, amongst other things. You can find out more about North Edinburgh Nightmares and Kerrie's work at https://northedinburghnightmares.wordpress.com/home/ Follow Kerrie on Insta...
Dec 14, 2025
1 hr 11 min
This is our live episode recorded at Cumbernauld Library as a part of their Killers & Coffee sessions with Dawn from Scottish Murders And we are covering the tragic case of the murder of Barry Oldham & Barry Wallace in December of 1999. Trigger warning for this episode: we do touch on decapitation, and if you're Scottish, you might not want to hear me pronounce so many Scottish names wrong! Sources for this ep are: Sources - limbs in the loch - catching a killer - c...
Nov 25, 2025
51 min
It's our Halloween Special And we're absolutely delighted to have Wayne back from Eerie Edinburgh to talk all things ghostly happenings, banshees, witches and Scotland - all of our favourite subjects. And the best bit - Wayne answers listeners' questions.... Wayne also covers the story of the Haunted Bathroom... To hear more from Wayne, head to https://eerieedinburgh.com/ Check out his YouTube channel - which we highly recommend, they are like mini films at https://eerieedin...
Oct 30, 2025
58 min
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