Episode 260: The Flatwoods Monster

With his swarm of bees and bloody hook, the title character of 1992’s Candyman fueled nightmares for film audiences. But the true story that inspired some of the film’s grittier elements was a living nightmare for those who endured it, proving that sometimes the scariest threat is a broken system that fails its most vulnerable. This week’s episode is The Murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy - The True Story Behind Candyman. Click here for this week's show notes. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Please click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Our Full Moon Energy Tour ends on Oct. 17 in Dallas!  Join us in person at the Texas Theatre or join from anywhere via the global streaming event, exclusively on the Moment platform. Get your tickets now! In-Person: https://sinisterhood.com/liveshows Streaming Event: https://moment.co/sinisterhood Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Go to Quince.com/creepy for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.

9 Okt 20241h 41min

A Local Axe Murderer; The Time My English Teacher, Candy Crush, And Donald Trump Almost Got Us All Killed; We Went Screaming in the Night; My Aunts' Recollections of Ken McElroy; Demon's Road - The Big Fat "NOPE!"; and My Therapy Guinea Pig. Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Our Full Moon Energy Tour ends on Oct. 17 in Dallas!  Join us in person at the Texas Theatre or join from anywhere via the global streaming event, exclusively on the Moment platform. Get your tickets now! In-Person: https://sinisterhood.com/liveshows Streaming Event: https://moment.co/sinisterhood

4 Okt 20241h 23min

From the Garden State to the Golden state, and from deep down in a Scottish Loch all the way down under, this week's episode is Best of Cryptids! Click here for this week's show notes. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Please click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Our Full Moon Energy Tour ends on Oct. 17 in Dallas!  Join us in person at the Texas Theatre or join from anywhere via the global streaming event, exclusively on the Moment platform. Get your tickets now! In-Person: https://sinisterhood.com/liveshows Streaming Event: https://moment.co/sinisterhood Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code CREEPY

2 Okt 20241h 51min

Millions in gold, dozens of people who claim it’s theirs, and the one man who may know where it’s hidden is refusing to talk. A years-long jail sentence hasn’t been enough for him to reveal the location of the sunken treasure that was already found once. Will the loot - or its finder - ever see the light of day? This week's episode is Tommy Thompson, Fugitive Treasure Hunter. Click here for this week's show notes. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Please click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Our Full Moon Energy Tour ends on Oct. 17 in Dallas! Join us in person at the Texas Theatre or join from anywhere via the global streaming event, exclusively on the Moment platform. Get your tickets now! In-Person: https://sinisterhood.com/liveshows Streaming Event: https://moment.co/sinisterhood Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Get 10% off your first order sitewide with code CREEPY at OSEAMalibu.com. You’ll get free samples with every order, and free shipping on orders over $60.

27 Sep 20241h 6min

Rest in peace Marcellus Williams. A Real Housewives husband convicted. The Utah author mom's preliminary hearing. The allegations against Diddy. This week's episode is True Crime Headlines Special Edition. Click here for this week's show notes. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Please click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Visit CBDistillery.com and use code CREEPY for 20% off.

25 Sep 20241h 48min

Walmart Child Bride?; I Know What I Heard...; Do I have a Doppelganger?; I Saw Something I Can’t Explain in Mousehold Woods, Norfolk, UK; Almost Chainsaw Massacred; and Either the Worst Lucid Dream Ever or an Alien Abduction Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at MINTMOBILE.com/sinisterhood

20 Sep 202457min

The events that transpired on July 10, 1981 and their aftermath have become the stuff of legends. Fodder for tabloids and made for TV movies, the truth has eluded authorities even to this day as the town remains silent. But the incident’s impact on those involved is clear to this day. This week’s episode is The Killing of Ken Rex McElroy - Part 3. Click here for this week's show notes. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Please click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Go to Zocdoc.com/CREEPY and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today -Shop SKIMS Bras at SKIMS.com. Now available in 62 sizes (30A - 46H).

18 Sep 20241h 14min

This Is Why You Don’t Leave Bubba Gump's Shrimp Company; My 4th Grade Teacher Tried Recruiting Me into her Cult; 2016 Creepy Clown Experience… Kind Of; The Day I Accidentally Stopped a Bank Robbery; Mountain Lion Encounters?; and The Reappearing Ring Click here to submit your odd but true stories. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Head over to AthenaClub.com to get their already-affordable Razor Kit for 30% off with code CREEPY at checkout.

13 Sep 20241h