143. The Murder Castle - The True Story of H.H. Holmes

On this episode, Payton explores the dark story of H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, and his deadly Murder Castle. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: H.H. Homes: The True History of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer Library of Congress - https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-h-h-holmes  EBSCO - https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-h-holmes  History - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-7/a-serial-killer-is-hanged  Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes Crime Museum - https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/ The West End Museum - https://thewestendmuseum.org/history/era/immigrant-neighborhood/h-h-holmes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two teens go searching for some Halloween fun but what they found was a real-life nightmare. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50063364  The Trace - https://www.thetrace.org/2022/11/yoshihiro-hattori-webb-haymaker-brady/ Health First Consulting - https://healthfirstconsulting.com/blog/this-innocent-mistake-cost-my-friend-his-life-page-under-construction/ The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/22/gun-control-japanese-mother-march-for-our-lives-campaign-parkland-students Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A horror film became a blueprint for murder when Allan Menzies claimed he was chosen by a vampire queen. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-ate-friend-s-head-89133.html The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/16/ukcrime.kirstyscott  https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/30/2  https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/oct/26/ukcrime  UPI - https://www.upi.com/Archives/2003/10/08/Scottish-vampire-guilty-of-murder/6301065585600/ https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2003/10/08/Scottish-vampire-guilty-of-murder/44301065637321/  Collier - https://collider.com/queen-of-the-damned-murder-allan-menzies/ Telegraph - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1443666/Vampire-murderer-is-jailed-for-life.html The Times - https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/i-watched-vampire-film-100-times-and-it-made-me-want-to-kill-lq9p8spxm9j  BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2638385.stm https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66478360  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3168520.stm  The Scotsman - https://www.scotsman.com/news/body-found-in-shallow-grave-2507615  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the true crime case that inspired the classic slasher hit Scream.  Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: The Making of a Serial Killer by Danny Harold Rolling and Sondra London Shock Docs: Scream: The True Story  -- documentary WFSU Public Media - https://wfsu.org/gavel2gavel/transcript/pdfs/01-625.pdf  FFP Law - https://ffplaw.com/notable-case/the-gainesville-student-murders/  Justia US Law - https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1997/83638-0.html   All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/danny-rolling-gainesville-ripper Shreveport Times - https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2022/01/12/scream-movie-documentary-danny-rolling-serial-killer-gainesville-ripper-hometown-shreveport/9126171002/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reality is the real horror. Every Monday, poet and paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong unearths the chilling true stories behind the world’s most terrifying legends. From haunted dolls to cursed houses, each episode of Twisted Tales reveals the disturbing real-life events that inspired horror’s biggest blockbusters and the ones too twisted to make it to screen. Some stories are stranger than fiction. These are darker. New episodes every Monday. Twisted Tales is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Listen here: https://link.podtrac.com/listentotwistedtales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton unravels the chilling history and dark legends surrounding the world’s most cursed doll. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: The Little House of Horrors - https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/annabelle-the-demonic-doll/ Boston Ghosts - https://bostonghosts.com/annabelle-the-haunted-doll/ i95 - https://i95rock.com/annabelle-doll-left-connecticut-museum-heres-whats-happening-now/ NBC News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Rric-i6NI CT Insider - https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/annabelle-missing-rumor-warren-occult-museum-ct-20346806.php New England Society for Psychic Research - https://tonyspera.com/annabelle/ National Museum of Play - https://www.museumofplay.org/toys/raggedy-ann-and-andy/ USA Today - https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2025/05/25/annabelle-new-orleans-plantation-fire/83743565007/ All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/annabelle-doll New York Post - https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/us-news/paranormal-investigator-dan-rivera-dies-on-annabelle-haunted-doll-tour/ Yahoo! Entertainment - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/annabelle-doll-handler-dan-rivera-021708827.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the chilling case of Jennair Gerardot, a woman pushed past her breaking point when betrayal shattered her world. Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: People - https://people.com/crime/mark-gerardot-wife-killed-mistress-suicide-backup-plan/  Delaware Online - https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/04/23/one-year-ago-former-ud-officials-murder-makes-national-headlines/3547748002/  ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-involved-2018-love-triangle-murder-suicide-case/story?id=65366893  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0RtxihTFyI  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXn4al0z-8A  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb1tplNz-AA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCY0mzb1DM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DloWsfpug  Heavens Law Firm - https://heavenslawfirm.com/court-rules-in-favor-of-meredith-chapmans-ex-husbands-life-insurance-claim/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton explores the unsettling case of a soldier whose death on base raises far more questions than answers. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: The Silent Truth – feature film Stanford University - https://exhibits.stanford.edu/saytheirnames/feature/lavena-johnson  St. Louis Public Radio - https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2015-07-19/10-years-later-a-soldiers-family-still-grieves-and-questions-the-armys-version-of-her-death  Law Offices of David P. Sheldon, PLLC - https://www.militarydefense.com/tag/lavena-johnson-foia-case/ United States Army Criminal Investigation Command - https://www.cid.army.mil/Portals/118/Documents/FOIA-Privacy-Act/CRC_Johnson-Lavena.pdf  Democracy Now - https://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/23/suicide_or_murder_three_years_after Fox 2 Now - https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/family-of-pfc-lavena-johnson-asks-her-date-of-death-to-be-changed/ RAND - https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TLA746-2/handbook/resources/data-on-sexual-assault-in-the-military.html  Military Times - https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-spc-kamisha-j-block/2984017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a woman is found dead in her front door, detectives scramble to uncover who could be behind the shocking crime - only to encounter a man who chillingly referred to himself as “Michael Myers”. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: People - https://people.com/man-killed-pregnant-girlfriend-learns-fate-connected-three-others-murders-11680948  Shelby County District Attorney’s Office - https://www.scdag.com/news-releases/self-proclaimed-serial-killer-joshua-dotson-sentenced-to-additional-159-years-for-triple-homicide-total-sentence-now-totals-261-years-for-five-murders  NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-serial-killer-likened-michael-myers-gets-250-years-total-pri-rcna192585  USA Today - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/17/joshua-dotson-tennessee-serial-killer-sentenced/78975182007/  WREG Memphis - https://wreg.com/news/memphis-murder-suspect-added-to-tennessees-most-wanted-list/ https://wreg.com/news/local/serial-killer-pleads-guilty-to-3-more-murders/  https://wreg.com/news/friends-of-19-year-old-shooting-victim-demand-justice/  https://wreg.com/news/man-shot-dead-in-south-memphis-suspect-on-the-run/  https://wreg.com/news/murder-suspect-now-in-custody-after-deaths-of-four-people-claims-innocence-in-facebook-posts/  Fox 13 Memphis - https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/i-m-a-serial-killer-memphis-man-admits-to-additional-murders-during-trial-testimony/article_1551a612-618e-11ef-a746-6bd99d935bd2.html  https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/memphis-man-found-guilty-for-murder-of-girlfriend-unborn-child-lawyer-says/article_347fc9e4-60bf-11ef-809f-5fb5296a7c89.html  https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/no-remorse-judge-sentences-self-proclaimed-serial-killer-to-100-plus-years/article_5e4126a4-97a3-11ef-a976-4347d4330784.html  Action News 5 - https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/10/31/man-who-called-himself-michael-myers-during-trial-sentenced-102-years-murders-pregnant-girlfriend-unborn-baby/ U.S. Marshals Service - https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-task-force-looking-first-degree-murder-suspect  WKRN - https://www.wkrn.com/news/crime-tracker/memphis-fugitive-on-tbi-most-wanted-list-captured-near-nashville/  Butler and Quinn - https://www.butlerandquinn.com/blog/should-you-testify-in-your-own-defense/  Law and Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-am-michael-myers-man-who-called-himself-a-serial-killer-while-testifying-in-own-defense-for-murdering-pregnant-girlfriend-is-sentenced-on-halloween/  AOL News - https://www.aol.com/tennessee-serial-killer-called-self-235215133.html Psychology Today - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201805/why-many-serial-killers-crave-public-notoriety Serenity Funeral Homes - https://www.serenityfuneralhomememphis.com/obituaries/Reginald-Maurice-Anderson?obId=14801811#/obituaryInfo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the quiet Australian countryside, Kelly Cahill experienced something that would change her life forever. What began as a simple night drive quickly turned into one of the most chilling and unexplained encounters ever reported. The mystery of what she saw still haunts investigators to this day. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Encounter by Kelly Cahill ABC News Australia - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-26/ufo-abduction-book-kelly-cahill-encounter-eumemmering-australia/12661498  Star Mail - https://ferntreegully.mailcommunity.com.au/opinion/2022-03-04/alien-abduction-in-the-hills-fact-or-fiction/  The Sydney Morning Herald - https://www.newspapers.com/image/120105838/?match=1&terms=%22Kelly%20Cahill%22  The Age - https://www.newspapers.com/image/123055121/?match=1&terms=%22Kelly%20Cahill%22  https://www.newspapers.com/image/122858164/?match=1&terms=%22Kelly%20Cahill%22  The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/05/short-term-memory-illusions-study Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices