Show Notes
Episode 156: Crashing Out: The Case of Mackenzie Shirilla
Katelyn and Sophie discuss the case of Mackenzie Shirilla and the murders of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan.
Katelyn’s Sources:
nbc4i.com, people.com, Reporting from WKYC Channel 3, time.com, esquire.com, Netflix’s The Crash, Mean Girl Murders (Season 2 Episode 7- Under the Influence), Killer Cases (Season 4 Episode 12- Murder on Wheels)
Episode 155: Licensed to Kill: All About Executioners
Sophie and Katelyn discuss history’s most mysterious figure, the executioner.
Sophie’s Sources:
Franz Schmidt (executioner) Wikipedia, Constitutio Criminalis Carolina Wikipedia, High, Middle and Low Justice Wikipedia, historyonthenet.com, zmescience.com, smithsonianmag.com, The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century by Joel F. Harrington
Episode 154: Peter, Peter, Cult Leader
Katelyn and Sophie discuss the murders of Antoinetta McKoy and Jadon Higganbothan.
Katelyn’s Sources:
Oxygen’s Dying to Belong Season 1 Episode 5, Killer Instinct Podcast Episode 375, oxygen.com, abc7news.com (7/5/13), abc7news.com (6/26/13)
Episode 153: The Mummies Return
Sophie and Katelyn discuss the mummies on the hills of Papua New Guinea.
Episode 152: Cover Up for God
Katelyn and Sophie discuss the murder of Irene Garza committed by Father John Feit.
Episode 151: Brain-Stealing Boneanza
Sophie and Katelyn discuss a variety of bones and brains that ought not to be where they are.
Sophie’s Sources:
cnn.com, delcoda.com, wset.com, Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia) Wikipedia, theguardian.com, abc7news.com
Episode 150: The Murder of Emmanuel Haro
Katelyn and Sophie discuss the murder of 7-month-old, Emmanuel Haro in Yucaipa, California.
Katelyn’s Sources:
usatoday.com, ktla.com, latimes.com, abcnews.go.com, abc7.com, rivcoda.org
Episode 149: Vampire Lesbian Phantasmagoria
Katelyn and Sophie discuss Tracy Wigginton, the "Lesbian Vampire Killer," and 18th century theaters, known as Phantasmagoria.
Katelyn’s Sources:
Episode 241 of Killer Instinct with Savannah Brymer, news.com.au, Tracey Wigginton Wikipedia, murderpedia.org
Sophie’s Sources:
Episode 148: Adriana Smith: Giving Birth After Death
Sophie and Katelyn discuss the death of Adriana Smith and the “birth” of her child.
Sophie’s Sources:
Adriana Smith Pregnancy Case Wikipedia, Georgia House Bill 481 Wikipedia, clevelandclinic.org, the-independent.com, bu.edu, US Department of Labor blog, bioethicstoday.org, theguardian.com, nbcnews.com (6/17/25), nbcnews.com (6/28/25), abcnews.go.com, atlanta.capitalbnews.org, Adriana Smith Funeral Program
Episode 147: Jack the Ripper Revealed Pt. 2 The Killer Unmasked!
Sophie and Katelyn discuss the modern day theories surrounding the Jack the Ripper murders.
Sophie’s Sources:
support.ancestry.com, britannica.com, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, allthatsinteresting.com, Catherine Eddowes Wikipedia, Aaron Kosminski Wikipedia, whitechapeljack.com, vice.com, cbsnews.com, forbes.com, jack-the-ripper.org (Aaron Kosminski), jack-the-ripper.org (The DNA and the Shawl), science.org, smithsonianmag.com