89. Cicada 3301 - The Internet’s Greatest Mystery

In this episode Payton dives into the case of Franklin Delano Floyd, a notorious criminal involved in a series of violent crimes, including abductions, assaults, and murders. Links: https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband Case: Sources: The Girl in the Picture Netflix documentary  A Beautiful Child by Matt Birbeck Yahoo! Entertainment - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/girl-picture-did-franklin-delano-143217500.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF0L0vpOTz2LsY2QgeuLQjzmfS-X9uh8ZAwnL2rTufJpIT0H_ReWcKWgF9awg_dXt18AXyAhm_BbI4mazEhcFiJVJsnn_olclt4YaTwDJQ1YDODQH4jBLbWRj72PZoE-nfTyiE4FJ_bNDg25CBqnOHoqvNA4IwJfymJ68wczp7La  The Supreme Court of Florida - https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/362934/file/03-35_init.pdf Tampa Bay Times - https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2023/01/31/franklin-floyd-netflix-girl-in-the-picture-florida-death-row/  Variety - https://variety.com/2022/film/news/girl-in-the-picture-unanswered-questions-suzanne-sevakis-michael-franklin-floyd-1235314054/ Esquire - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a40548719/girl-in-the-picture-franklin-delano-floyd/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores the eerie case of a haunted house in New York's Greenwich Village, known as the most haunted spot in the area. Links: https://linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband Case Sources: Spindrift: Spray From a Psychic Sea - by Jan Bryant Bartell NYC Ghosts - https://nyghosts.com/the-house-of-death/  6 Sq Ft NYC - https://www.6sqft.com/how-a-greenwich-village-brownstone-became-known-as-the-house-of-death/  Boroughs of The Dead - https://boroughsofthedead.com/the-most-haunted-house-in-greenwich-village/   Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation - https://www.villagepreservation.org/2016/10/19/the-house-of-death/  Fright Find - https://frightfind.com/house-of-death/  Vanity Fair - https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1988/5/what-lisa-knew  New York Post - https://nypost.com/2017/11/01/notorious-child-killer-still-living-in-harlem-and-shows-no-remorse/  https://nypost.com/2012/10/28/terror-on-10th-street/  Slate - https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/10/hedda-nussbaum-joel-steinberg-abuse-trial-anniversary.html Crime Library - https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/1.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/2.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/3.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/4.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/5.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/6.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/7.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/8.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/9.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/10.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/11.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/12.html https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/lisa_steinberg/13.html  Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74654140/jannis-muriel-bartell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the case of Sophie Lancaster, a woman who found herself in a horrifying attack in Lancashire. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources- Real Stories Docu Series: Murdered for Being a Goth Girl - https://youtu.be/ZcLMVk5bjbY BBCNews.com - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-61093939 Independent.co.uk- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-guilty-of-goth-murder-801435.html LancashireTelegraph.co.uk - https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/1612606.couple_left_badly_beaten_in_skate_park/ Wikipedia.com - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster#cite_note-1 RossendaleFreePress.co.uk - https://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/local-news/young-couple-fighting-lives-after-1709148 TheGuardian.com - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/mar/13/ukcrime TheTimes.com - https://www.thetimes.com/article/goth-killing-trial-extracts-from-the-999-call-960kcqzdclk TheIsLancashire.co.uk - http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1643390.mostviewed.skatepark_youth_may_face_murder_charge.php Medium.com - https://medium.com/crimebeat/kicked-to-death-for-being-different-the-story-of-sophie-lancaster-37d328ef697d LeiscesterMercury.co.uk - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/killer-who-beat-sophie-lancaster-3835137 DailyMail.co.uk - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10714117/Sophie-Lancasters-campaigning-mother-dies-suddenly-hospital.html SophieLancasterFoundation.com - https://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/ Report-it.org.uk - https://www.report-it.org.uk/alternative_sub_cultures DailyStar.co.uk - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/horrifying-injuries-goth-girl-beaten-26488833 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the unknown when dozens of soldiers all witness strange lights followed by memory gaps and other strange occurrences. Links: linktr.ee/intothedarkpod Incident at Fort Benning by John Vasquez and Bruce Stephen Holms The Truth Denied - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWgFTgeMak&list=PL5jxaxj_ufKTwZwPinnjPwJ5KRgY7GKTy&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pII3uggqbU&list=PL5jxaxj_ufKTwZwPinnjPwJ5KRgY7GKTy&index=4   Fox 5 Atlanta - https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/jimmy-carter-ufo-sighting  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this case, Payton delves into the disappearance of Rosa Chacon, a woman who vanished after getting into a rideshare. As her family searches for answers, they are met with a devastating and shocking discovery that changes everything. Links: linktr.ee/intothedarkpod Case Sources: CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/vigil-balloon-release-rosa-chacon/ ABC 7 Chicago - https://abc7chicago.com/rosa-chacon-chicago-missing-body-found-little-village/12968837/ https://abc7chicago.com/little-village-chicago-missing-women-azreya-lomeli/12992526/  Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/19/rosa-chacon-open-homicide-case/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/03/18/family-community-gather-for-what-would-have-been-22nd-birthday-of-missing-little-village-young-woman-found-dead-in-west-side-alley/  https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/03/05/a-migrants-dream-cut-short-womans-killing-in-chicago-prompts-guatemalan-community-to-band-together-speak-out-on-dangers-of-migrating-north/  CWB Chicago - https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/medical-examiner-undetermined-ruling-rosa-chacon-death-chicago.html WGN TV - https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/vigil-to-mark-anniversary-of-little-village-woman-found-dead-in-laundry-cart/ https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/woman-21-missing-from-little-village-since-january-family-says/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD1p2wNpSAs&t=259s  People - https://people.com/crime/15-year-old-goes-missing-in-chicago-after-2-women-found-dead-in-same-area/ Block Club Chicago - https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/23/after-young-women-murdered-and-girl-goes-missing-on-southwest-side-neighbors-beg-police-for-answers/ The Independent - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/rosa-chacon-missing-chicago-woman-body-found-b2304142.html Law & Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/body-of-missing-illinois-woman-found-tied-up-wrapped-in-sheet-and-discarded-in-shopping-cart-in-chicago-alley/ New York Post - https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/missing-chicago-woman-rosa-chacon-found-dead-in-shopping-cart/ National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/quickreport?missingName=Azreya%20Lomeli&img=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.missingkids.org%2Fphotographs%2FNCMC2022440c1.jpg&posterUrl=%2Fposter%2FNCMC%2F2022440%2F1  Family of Rosa Chacon - https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-rosa-chacon  Investigation Discovery - https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/chicago-woman-who-went-missing-after-taking-uber-ride-has-been-found-dead McInerney Central Chapel - https://memorials.chapelc.com/rosa-chacon/5160953/ Compact Mag - https://www.compactmag.com/article/chicago-s-rebuke-to-defund/  WTTW News - https://news.wttw.com/2023/03/25/little-village-residents-demand-answers-police-cases-missing-and-murdered-young-women  ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-2-women-dead-teen-missing/story?id=98083888  Little Village Community Council - https://www.facebook.com/lvcommunitycouncil/posts/unfortunately-another-young-lady-is-reported-missing-in-little-village-this-will/601495268687350/  Aurora Illinois Police Department - https://www.facebook.com/AuroraILPolice/posts/update-101220-304-pm-azreya-has-been-located-and-is-safe-thank-you-for-sharing-a/3383818555017201/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Payton delves into the enigma of Cicada 3301, a cryptic online puzzle that challenged only the world's most skilled hackers. Who was behind it, and what was its purpose? Links: linktr.ee/murderwithmyhusband Rolling Stone - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/cicada-solving-the-webs-deepest-mystery-84394/amp/  Medium - https://medium.com/@talktorahul.b/what-is-cicada-3301-mystery-74de69dba653   Virginia Tech Magazine - https://www.archive.vtmag.vt.edu/sum15/ology.html   The Face - https://theface.com/life/cicada-3301-the-codebreakers-still-working-on-the-internets-strangest-mystery  The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/10/cicada-3301-i-tried-the-hardest-puzzle-on-the-internet-and-failed-spectacularly   GitHub - https://github.com/scream314/cicada3301/blob/master/liber_primus.md  ScreenRant - https://screenrant.com/dark-web-true-story-cicada-3301-internet-mystery/   Uncovering Cicada - https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/How_the_solved_pages_of_the_Liber_Primus_were_solved  Nox Populi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8iP5VOclQ&t=13s  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores a series of mysterious deaths occurring within hospitals. When autopsies reveal that patients have been poisoned by someone inside the facility, it triggers a full-scale police investigation. Case Sources-  WCPO Cincinnati - https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/inmate-charged-in-cincinnati-angel-of-death-donald-harveys-fatal-prison-beating  https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/her-dad-died-at-the-hands-of-a-serial-killer-in-cincinnati-now-she-wants-others-to-learn-more-about-his-life  Fox 19 - https://www.fox19.com/2019/09/24/he-just-liked-killing-donald-harvey-convicted-murders/  Cardinal Scholar - https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/6e1ddae6-7792-47b0-8928-70e40a513539/content   Kentucky Historical Institutions - https://kyhi.org/2021/03/04/the-marymount-hospital-serial-killer/  Crime Library - https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/1.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/2.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/3.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/4.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/5.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/6.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/7n.html  https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/8.html  Time Magazine - https://time.com/archive/6710121/lethal-doses-police-probe-34-deaths/ The News Journal - https://www.thenewsjournal.net/whitley-knox-native-gets-life-in-prison-for-killing-angel-of-death-serial-murderer/#google_vignette  Oxygen - https://www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/season-1/episode-5/videos/license-to-kill-bonus-donald-harvey-admits-to-murdering  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores three officially confirmed UFO videos, delving into the intriguing footage acknowledged by the U.S. government. Links: linktr.ee/intothedarkpod CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tic-tac-ufo-sighting-uap-video-dave-fravor-alex-dietrich-navy-fighter-pilots-house-testimony/  History - https://www.history.com/videos/uss-roosevelt-gofast-ufo-declassified-video https://www.history.com/news/ufos-near-nuclear-facilities-uss-roosevelt-rendlesham  CNBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO_M0hLlJ-Q  Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/normalizing-ufos-retired-us-navy-pilot-recalls-tic-tac-encounter-2021-06-25/  PBS News Hour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlrz84nEXtk  US Department of Defense - https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/  New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/pentagon-ufo-videos.html  The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/11/i-study-ufos-and-i-dont-believe-the-alien-hype-heres-why  Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/12/18/former-navy-pilot-describes-encounter-with-ufo-studied-by-secret-pentagon-program/  Popular Mechanics - https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a32289669/navy-official-release-ufo-videos/  https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a30538203/navy-ufo-video-investigation/  https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29771548/navy-ufo-witnesses-tell-truth/  NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-confirms-videos-did-capture-ufo-sightings-it-calls-them-n1056201  CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/pentagon-ufo-videos/index.html  New York Magazine - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-and-a-with-navy-pilot-chad-underwood.html  Supercluster: https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/the-growing-uap-narrative-still-lacks-hard-evidence  Rev: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/house-holds-hearing-on-ufos-and-government-transparency-transcript  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores the chilling case of a murderer who may have drawn inspiration from a world-renowned horror film. MERCH: https://mwmhshop.com/ Case Sources: Justia Law - https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/48/247.html Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-24-me-669-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-14-mn-686-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-11-me-896-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-23-me-963-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-25-me-1347-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-04-me-5098-story.html  The Ledger - https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19840913&id=5jROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3406,5325543  UPI - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/15/A-convicted-killer-who-said-drugs-and-the-movie/8683471934800/  Stanford Law School - https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-boyer-33625  McClatchy DC - https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article75150457.html  The Orange County Register - https://www.ocregister.com/2015/07/17/death-penalty-upheld-for-man-who-killed-fullerton-couple/  Daily Star - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/real-life-michael-myers-stabbed-28169438 Statista - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346792/popularity-horror-movie-genre-age-group-united-states/ Yahoo! Life - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-scary-movies-good-mental-040000683.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF0L0vpOTz2LsY2QgeuLQjzmfS-X9uh8ZAwnL2rTufJpIT0H_ReWcKWgF9awg_dXt18AXyAhm_BbI4mazEhcFiJVJsnn_olclt4YaTwDJQ1YDODQH4jBLbWRj72PZoE-nfTyiE4FJ_bNDg25CBqnOHoqvNA4IwJfymJ68wczp7La American Film Market - https://americanfilmmarket.com/what-the-data-says-producing-low-budget-horror-films/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton delves into the mysterious death of Ben Renick, a snake breeder found dead in his warehouse. Was his death the result of a snake's deadly strike, or was there a more sinister plot at play? Case Sources-  CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ben-renick-snake-breeder-murder-timeline/  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ben-renick-missouri-reptile-breeder-murdered-lynlee-renick-48-hours/  People - https://people.com/crime/ben-renick-murder-wife-lynlee-convicted/  Columbia Missourian - https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/snake-breeders-wife-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-for-her-husbands-murder/article_6a1a22a8-7d40-11ec-bcdd-73506d104f79.html  KSDK 5 On Your Side - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/dateline-special-montgomery-county-snake-breeder-murder-ben-renick/63-2b4e43d5-ae25-4365-970e-1e8bd8fb00ed ABC 17 News - https://abc17news.com/news/top-stories/2023/01/31/man-convicted-in-ben-renick-murder-claims-key-witness-testimony-hearsay/ Law & Crime Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJJOh0j6Zc  13 KRCG - https://krcgtv.com/news/local/appellate-court-denies-appeal-from-man-convicted-of-murder-of-montgomery-county-snake-breeder-ben-renick-lynlee-michael-humphrey  World of Ball Pythons - https://www.worldofballpythons.com/breeders/ben-renick/ WebMD - https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-7277/percocet-oral/details Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices