Wildplantsx Crime and Mystery: Recent Episodes
Phoenix Dow
Hello, world and those inhabiting it! I will be making podcasts occasionally featuring my friends, Gracie.Mae, Tanner, and sometimes a special guest, about true crime cases, mysteries, unsolved cases and who knows what else involving the strange things on and around this planet. Many if not all of these cases cover topics that may not be comfortable or appropriate for younger viewers and I request you get adult permission / supervision while joining me here for these videos, unless you are 18 years of age or older. (Full videos Versions of episodes are on my youtube channel Wildplantsx)
On May 31, 2014, in Wisconsin, United States, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, decided they had to lure their friend Payton Leutner into a forest and then proceeded to stab her 19 times in an attempt to appease the fictional character Slender Man.
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This episode is a walk through of the infamous Alcatraz prison and three men who managed to escape and then seemingly vanish into thin air. Their combined brain power and creativity got them out of their cells, but did it ever get them to freedom? The world doesn't have any answers to this day.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wildplantsx/support
SS Morro Castle was an American ocean liner that caught fire and ran aground on the morning of September 8, 1934, en route from Havana, Cuba, to New York City, United States, with the loss of 137 passengers and crew. The cause of the fire was never solved.
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Tall tales and scary stories have long made a large portion of being a sailor a more interesting career. From pirate tales, to misadventures on the open ocean. It seems like every port, sea, and shore has its own fair amount to talk about. This case is no exception. This episode is covering an infamous account of a "ghost ship" who's lack of official documentation only adds to the mystery of what happened aboard this seemingly unsinkable ship. No one has been able to find official documentation of its creation, crew, or cargo to date, but there is documentation of other ships finding this vessel or receiving S.O.S signals from one claiming to have the same haunting name.
This episode covers what lead to The Peoples Temple church (a cult by now a days standards) to end up having the horrors that followed the creation of a 'agricultural community' ran by Jim called Jonestown, in South America. This episode is part two of the two part series I made to cover this heart wrenching case. This episode does feature mass loss of life including children. If you aren't comfortable with such emotionally heavy topics, please do not make yourself watch this episode.
This episode covers the basics of who Jim Jones was, why he was so interested in religion, how he gained followers, and what lead to The Peoples Temple church (a cult by now a days standards) to be made. This is only part one of a two part episode series covering the horrors that followed the creation of a 'agricultural community' ran by Jim called Jonestown, in South America.
This episode goes into detail on the timeline and trial of the borden family murders, and some reasons on why the younger daughter, Lizzie, was never found guilty of these infamous crimes.
To this day it is unknown who truly did commit these murders, however there is a numerous amount of speculation on who would have wanted to and why they were committed. This case was immediately swarmed by media and newspaper coverage in the late 1800's and that itself fed into a large pool of speculation.
This is a description of the case and investigating what happened to a 22 year old woman named Elizabeth Short, and who some potential suspects in her case were. To this day the brutal untimely taking of her life is considered an unsolved/ cold case.
Tommy Lynn Sells is a notorious American serial killer who claimed to have murdered over 70 people by the time he was apprehended. In this video we will cover not only his early life and crimes, but also the events leading up to his murders, along with acknowledging his victims and those who survived his brutality.
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