Can being on drugs be a viable defense for murder? Travel to Canada with ODFM for this creepy Halloween day story complete with a zombie and a psycho killer.
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Darkcast Network Holiday Special: Naughty and Nice
Feeling festive this holiday season, Darkcast Network has compiled an extra special episode featuring both ‘Naughty’ and ‘Nice’ holiday tales from a selection of podcasters. Pour yourself a tall glass of eggnog and fill your ears with bite-sized stories shared by indie podcasters from the dark side while you wrap up some last minute gifts.
Feed Drop: Cause of Death
We’re on a podcasting holiday this month, so we’re taking this opportunity to share some of our favorite podcasts with you! We’ve talked a lot about how we’ve found such a cozy home on the Darkcast Network, and how we’ve met so many new friends and found so many great shows since we joined. This week we’re sharing an episode from the Cause of Death podcast, which we have raved about on our show. In particular, we enjoyed the Zombie Apocalypse episode, and we hope you love it just as much!
New Murder Merch Launched!
Just in time for holiday shopping, we’re pleased to announce the launch of our new line of Murder Merch!
You may have seen new tees, stickers, and totes at our booth at the PNW True Crime Fest, and now all of our goodies are available for sale in our online shop.
Darkcast Halloween Sleepover
Everyone's entitled to one good scare on Halloween but the podcasts of the Darkcast Network have enough scares to fill any trick-or-treat sack in this special episode -- No razor blades, we promise!
Featuring spooky stories told by the hosts of Murder Murder News, Sinister Story Hour, Beyond the Rainbow, Cause of Death, Octoberpod AM, Rogue Darkness, Over the Fence, and Horrifying History.
The true story behind ‘The Haunting in Connecticut’
The Haunting in Connecticut is a 2009 supernatural horror film about a family that decides to relocate to be closer to the doctors of their ill child. After moving in, they begin to have supernatural experiences in the home. The movie is based on the story of the Snedeker family.
The Most Terrifying Things To Happen On New Year's Eve That Will Make You Rethink Going Out
While many enjoy the thought of celebrating a new year and look forward to all of those special things you only do on New Year's Eve, for others, it becomes a New Year's Eve nightmare. New Year's Eve crimes are nothing new - people have committed every crime from petty acts of vandal to straight up mass murder; not everyone is set on making goals for positive changes in the new year.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Missing Messiah
In 2008, the baby Jesus was stolen from a nativity scene from the lawn of a community center in Wellington, Florida.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Santa's Spree
Just before Christmas in 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons began a murder spree that claimed the lives of 14 memebers of his family and 2 strangers over the course of several days. Ronald invited his 7 children and their partners over for a holiday dinner, with a plan to systematically murder all of them.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Christmas with the KKK
On Christmas night 1951, civil rights activists Harry and Harriette Moore were bombed in their home by the Florida Ku Klux Klan. The Moore’s were known for having started the Brevard County Chapter of the NAACP in 1934, and later the Florida State branch.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Holiday Spirit
In 2011, a man was arrested for decorating a neighbor’s house for Christmas…while on bath salts. Terry Trent, a man from Dayton, OH, got high on bath salts and was apparently filled with the holiday spirit.
10 Christmas Horror Movies You Can Stream Right Now
You can only watch It’s a Wonderful Life and White Christmas so many times before your brain starts to crumble like a weeks-old gingerbread house. That's where Christmas horror films come in handy. Instead of the same old holiday movie-watching routine, try something that's both festive AND freaky. Grab some spiked eggnog and enjoy!
12 Crimes of Christmas: Tragic Traditions
On Christmas day 1929, the Lawson family was getting ready for Christmas in Stokes County, North Carolina. They were a family of 9 with the father, Charlie, age 43, Fannie, the mom, age 37, 17 year old Marie, 16 year old Arthur, 12 year old Carrie, 7 year old Maybell, 4 year old James, 2 year old Raymond, and a baby, Mary Lou.
12 Crimes of Christmas: A Petrifying Package
On Christmas Eve, 2008, Bruce Jeffery Pardo knocked on the door of his former in-laws’ home while dressed in a Santa suit and holding a gift-wrapped package. When an eight-year-old girl answered the door, Pardo blasted her with a semiautomatic handgun. Then, the unhinged Santa entered the Covina, Los Angeles home and began indiscriminately firing through the crowd of festive partygoers.
12 Crimes of Christmas: A Robbery at Santacon
In 2014, a man dressed as Santa robbed a bank in San Francisco while attending an event called Santacon.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Santa Robs a Bank
On December 23, 1927, a gun-toting Santa Claus and his three bandits robbed the First National Bank of Cisco, Texas before setting off on a wild, week-long chase with the police. Although the costume was donned by a decidedly young and lanky man, the image of the beloved Christmas hero allowed this Santa to distract the bank patrons while his bandits filed into the building undetected.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Santa for Halloween
In 2017, a bad Santa Claus wreaked havoc on his friends during a Halloween party the he was hosting.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Ice Cold Frosty
In 2011, a man dressed as Frosty the Snowman was arrested after fighting with police and kicking a police dog at a Christmas parade.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Bad Santa 2
In late November, 2005, an east London man was stabbed to death in his bed by an intruder dressed in Santa gear. Sikander Shaheen, 25, was struck repeatedly by the killer, who appeared to have gained entry to Shaheen’s shared house in Green Grove Road without any sign of forced entry or struggle.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Bad Santa
On Christmas Day, 2011, Aziz Yazdanpanah dressed as Santa Claus and gathered with his extended family in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine. While everyone was opening presents, Yazdanpanah fatally shot his estranged wife, their two teenage children and three other relatives before turning the gun on himself.