Severed | True Crime Podcast

Mar 23 2025 69 ep. 63 mins 3

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Severed is a podcast that explores true crime to paranormal cases with a concise format and in-depth analysis. Severed Streaming and Severed Strange Stories are commentary-only spinoff shows that cover your favorite Netflix docuseries and strange stories from the digital dumpsters of drama.

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Paranormal: The Sallie House

Mar 23 2025 77 mins

We explore narratives of a child ghost haunting The Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas. We dive into the Finney family history and discuss Debra Pickman’s ghost memoir, The Sallie House: True Story, which outlines her year-long accounts of living with “Sallie” and the alleged ghost’s temperamental attitude and violent attacks on her husband, Tony Pickman. We conclude with the

Streaming: Luigi Mangione

Mar 16 2025 78 mins

We examine the brazen and hyperpolarized case of Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old who premeditated, plotted, and pulled the trigger of his self-designed, 3D-printed ghost gun on 50-year-old Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, on December 4, 2024. We present a nuanced timeline leading up to the murders, theorize about why the UPenn graduate would commit the crime, and explore

Strange Stories: Gross-ery Store

Mar 09 2025 47 mins

We discuss 23-year-old content creator Kelli Tedford and her participation in (and recording of) public urination in the Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene, NH, and the surrounding area spanning four years. We investigate whether Tedford was inspired–and participated in–a sub-culture of public pissers or those who provide content on platforms like TikTok and OnlyFans. CW | TW: This

True Crime: Pastor Eli Regalado

Mar 02 2025 54 mins

We discuss the egregious and incomprehensible defrauding of members of Victorious Grace Church by Pastor Eligio (Eli) Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, by establishing a worthless cryptocurrency, INDXcoin, in 2024. We explore the levels of rhetorical manipulation and outright greed by weaponizing the Christian faith for profit, as Pastor Regalado claimed that God told him to

Streaming: Lorena Bobbitt

Feb 23 2025 88 mins

We discuss the case timeline of the four-part docuseries Lorena (2019) and comment on the intersectionality bias in the media and the volatile events surrounding the infamous severing of John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis on June 23, 1993. CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details about sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, penile amputation, a

Streaming: Long Island Lolita

Feb 16 2025 50 mins

We discuss the infamous Long Island Lolita case as re-told through the documentary Amy Fisher: Kill for Me (2021). We give a brief bio and overview of Amy Fisher, the Buttafuocos, and the obvious media bias and perpetuation of sensational to “slutty” tropes. CW | TW: This episode discusses sex with an underage teen (or statutory rape), graphic details of an attempted murder,

Strange Stories: Au Pair Affair

Feb 09 2025 45 mins

We discuss the 2023 double homicide in an affluent neighborhood in Herndon, Virginia, in which 23-year-old Brazilian au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães and her 39-year-old married lover, lured in Joseph Ryan, who had a profile on the fetish website FetLife, to restrain Banfield’s wife, Christine, for rough sex. Meanwhile, Ryan was being framed for the murder of Christine Banfield.

Strange Stories: Racquetball Romance

Feb 02 2025 55 mins

We discuss the scintillating details of ex-porn star-turned-racquetball instructor Robert Baker and his affair with Monica Sementilli, the wife of renowned hairstylist Fabio Sementilli, that led to his murder. We unravel the scandalous details of their 18-month affair, sexually-charged jailhouse letters, and this obsessive desire to murder in the name of love and a potential $1.6 m

Strange Stories: Lured in the Psych Ward

Jan 26 2025 52 mins

We discuss the numerous patient sexual abuse, assault, rape, negligence, and endangerment cases of Acadia Healthcare and nationwide subsidiary facilities for children, teens, and adults with mental illness to opioid addictions. We begin with the New York Times exposé and deep dive into the case from the Indianapolis local press, which reported gross negligence and inhumane facilit

Streaming: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey | Part 2

Jan 19 2025 59 mins

We conclude our two-part discussion of the JonBenét Ramsey case based on the streaming episode of Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey. We talk about media spectacles, the sexualization of pageant children and depictions of youth in the media, and the biases for and against the Ramsey family. CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details of child sexual abuse and murder. Lis