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  • Trailer: Christmas Around the World

    Trailer: Christmas Around the World
    2025/10/27
    Hey there Holiday fans:

    Have you ever wondered what Christmas was like, not just in your neck of the
    woods, but in Western Europe, the Nordic countries, Africa, the Middle East,
    even India? Introducing Christmas Around the World, a new podcast coming
    this holiday season. With Christmas Around the World, I take a look at not just
    how Christmas is celebrated everywhere, but other holidays like Kwanza,
    Hannukah, Navaratri, Diwali and many more.

    Did you know that the movie Krampus from 2015 was based on a real Austro-Bavarian devil monster character from the 1500s? He came to collect all the naughty children to take
    back to his mountain lair to kill and eat. A kind of anti-Santa Claus that the
    modern day character of the Grinch was based off of? Or that during Diwali,
    the Hindu harvest festival of lights that is celebrated around the globe, more
    than $300 million dollars per year is spent on fireworks alone? Imagine
    celebrating Christmas on the sand with a barbeque and a picnic playing
    beach volleyball like they do in South Africa. Did you know while most Biblical
    scholars agree that at least one of the Three Wise Men came from the Middle
    East to worship Jesus, that one or more of them could have been from China
    or India ? There also is no consensus that they were three in number, some
    debate there could have been 2, 4, 8 or even 12 Kings who made the journey.
    And Did you know that instead of a jolly, Santa Claus type being the figure
    representative of the season, both Italy and Iceland revere a good and an evil
    witch, respectively ?

    Learn about all of this and so much more like decor, food, religions and the holiday traditions that make the world go round during the very best time of the year. I will also be featuring interviews with special guests from around the globe who can tell us, in their own words, what
    special Christmas, religious, solstice and harvest festival holidays are like for
    them. Christmas Around the World premieres Tuesday, November 4th with a
    new episode every Tuesday. Available wherever you get your podcasts. And
    for more holiday mystery fun don’t forget to check out all three seasons of The
    Evergreen Murders with The Evergreen Murders: A Mackenzie Monroe
    Christmas Mystery, Murder at Mistletoe Manor and Return to Evergreen.
    Trilogy available wherever you get your podcasts.
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    4 分
  • Maine: The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins

    Maine: The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins
    2025/10/20
    By the age of 17, Krystal Lee Higgins of Harrington, Maine, had been through more than most kids. She and her brother and sister were put into foster care when they were young and Krystal had been emancipated from her parents at only 16 years old. In August of 2004, right before she was due to start her senior year of High School, was living with a friend and was holding down two jobs. But on August 7, 2004, when she was supposed to have a fun night out with friends, her life was cut tragically short.
    Krystal's car was found submerged by a boat dock 5 days later and Krystal was found floating facedown in the same river one week after she disappeared. While the coroner pronounced her death an accidental drowning, others weren't so sure. Years later, two mysterious letters would turn up in the town, asking its residents to re-think everything they knew about the case.

    Show Notes:

    https://darkdowneast.com/krystalleehiggins-pt1/

    https://darkdowneast.com/krystalleehiggins-pt2/
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    26 分
  • Louisiana: The Death of Danny Schneider

    Louisiana: The Death of Danny Schneider
    2025/10/06
    On April 13, 1999 at around 9 pm, Danny Schneider Jr., 20, told his parents and sister he was going to study at a friend's house in Chalmette, Louisiana, about a 20 minute drive from New Orleans. In reality, Danny was actually going to buy drugs in the seedy 9th Ward. On April 14, at around 2 am, Dan and Annie Schneider were awakened by a knock at their door telling them their son was dead. He had been shot in the head.
    Dan Schneider would take on his son's case, relentlessly seeking justice for him. His quest would lead him down a long, dark and winding road full of drug dealers, drug addicts, a false informant, a real eyewitness, illegal pill mills and a pediatrician-turned narcotics dealer doctor who was almost single-handedly helping along the country's opioid crisis.

    Show Notes:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11600174/
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    25 分
  • Kentucky: The Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson

    Kentucky: The Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson
    2025/09/23
    The Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson are discussed.

    Show Notes:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cincinnatis-crime-vault-beyond-the-broadcast/id1641626489

    https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-cincinnatis-crime-vault-be-101295692/episode/5-the-brutal-stephenson-murders-and-111015211/

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-tip-sters-true-crime-podcast/id1335317858
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    18 分
  • Kansas: The Brazen Killing of Kelsey Smith

    Kansas: The Brazen Killing of Kelsey Smith
    2025/09/08
    On June 2nd, 2007, at 6:30 p.m.,18-year-old Kelsey Smith went to the local Target in Overland Park, Kansas, to buy a gift for her boyfriend, John. Kelsey had just graduated from High School days earlier, was planning on going to Kansas State University in the fall, and was planning on studying veterinary medicine. She and John had been dating for about six months.
    Once inside the Target store, she called her mom, Missy to ask where she might find gift wrap. Missy told her and Kelsey hung up the phone. At 7:30 John showed up at her house to take Kelsey on a date but Kelsey still was not home. Concerned, her father Greg and sister Lindsay set out to look for her. Eventually, at around 10 p.m. that evening, the worried father and sister found her car parked across the street from the Target at a Macy's store. There was still no sign of Kelsey.
    Until June 6th, in a wooded area some 20 miles away in Grandview, Missouri, two hikers found her body. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled with her own belt. What transpired to determine her killer would involve a non-cooperative phone company, more than 40 surveillance cameras, and one incredible citizen tipster.

    Show Notes:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4219070/
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    20 分
  • Iowa: The Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook

    Iowa: The Abduction and Murder of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook
    2025/08/25
    On Friday, July 13th, 2012, in the tiny town of Evansdale, Iowa, two cousins and best friends, Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10 set off on their bikes. Their grandmother told them to be back in an hour for lunch, but by late afternoon, the girls still had not returned. Concerned, family members called police who searched a nearby lake, where they found the girls' discarded bikes, but there was still no sign of the girls.
    The case went cold until almost six months later, in December of that year, a hunter found the remains of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook. The girls had been abducted and murdered. The police had a few suspects, but the case remains cold to this day. If you have any information on the murders of Collins and Cook please call the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at 515-725-6010 or email them at dciinfo@dps.state.ia.us.

    Show Notes:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33035689/
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    25 分
  • Indiana: David Camm and Richard Hoagland

    Indiana: David Camm and Richard Hoagland
    2025/08/11
    The cases of David Camm and Richard Hoagland are discussed.

    Show Notes:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mystery-on-lockhart-road/id1464919521?i=1000463343241

    https://www.andthentheyweregone.com/episodes/episode-514-re-release-richard-hoagland
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    31 分
  • Illinois: The Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen

    Illinois: The Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen
    2025/07/29
    The disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen and the suicide of Amy Frye Pitzen in Rockford, Illinois is discussed.

    Show Notes:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJqFMVT-S8
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    29 分