Winchester Mystery House: The True Story Behind California's Most Haunted Mansion
In this episode of Secrets, Spells & Shadows, I explore the real story behind California's Winchester Mystery House. Sarah Winchester, widow of rifle magnate William Winchester, spent 38 years and $5 ...
29 Aug 20257min
The Excedrin Poisoner: Stella Nickell’s Cyanide Murder Plot
What if painkillers were laced with poison to hide a murder? In 1986, Stella Nickell spiked Excedrin with cyanide to kill her husband for a $176k insurance payout, but her plan claimed innocent lives....
21 Aug 20257min
The 1969 Grimoire Disappearances - A Cursed Object That Makes People Vanish
What happens when you touch a cursed object? In 1969 Birmingham, three people found out - and disappeared forever. This vintage mystery begins when a leather grimoire with eternally wet ink appears in...
14 Aug 20256min
The Smurl Haunting - 7 Years of Hell in Pennsylvania
February 1985. West Pittston, Pennsylvania. The Smurl family's duplex at 330 Chase Street becomes ground zero for one of America's most violent hauntings. What starts with flickering lights escalates ...
7 Aug 20257min
The Philadelphia Experiment - What Really Happened to USS Eldridge (Exorcista)
October 1943. The US Navy makes a destroyer vanish. Not just from radar - from reality. Four minutes later, USS Eldridge returns with sailors screaming, embedded in solid steel. The Navy called it "Pr...
24 Juli 20257min
The Curse of King Tut – 22 Deaths That Shocked The World (EXORCISTA)
November 1922. A dusty door opens. Air hisses out. The candle flame bends toward gold that hasn't seen light in 3,000 years. Then people start dying. Lord Carnarvon drops dead. Cairo goes dark. A cobr...
17 Juli 20256min
The Mercy Brown Vampire Panic – When New England Burned Hearts for Medicine (EXORCISTA)
In 1892, Rhode Island townspeople opened Mercy Brown's grave, found fresh blood in her corpse, and performed a ritual straight from medieval folklore. They burned her heart and made her tuberculosis-s...
9 Juli 20258min
