Severed | True Crime Podcast

Nov 17 2024 51 ep. 62 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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Strange Stories: Wicked Website

Nov 17 2024 47 mins

We discuss the recent Mattel misprint on Wicked-branded packaging for its line of Glinda and Elphaba dolls. Using a pun-charged and humorous perspective on the adult website, we explore the magical mayhem of a misprint and speculate on whether this was an intentional marketing ploy or poor proofreading. CW | TW: This episode discusses a wicked, wicked misprint by Mattel. Drew had

Streaming: This is the Zodiac Speaking (2024)

Nov 10 2024 99 mins

We explore Netflix’s new true-crime docuseries, This is the Zodiac Speaking (2024), to discuss whether Arthur Leigh Allen could be The Zodiac, though DNA (and other evidence) previously ruled him out as a suspect. We perform a language analysis on the first Zodiac letter and an accompanying envelope for visual clues and inconsistent patterns in his handwriting, as we try to pierc

#TBT: Boo-ze & Busted: The Conjuring House

Nov 06 2024 32 mins

We update listeners on the recent DUI arrest of The Conjuring House owner, Jaqueline Nuñez, in the days following Police Chief Stephen Lynch’s rejection of her application to renew her business license that would have allowed her to continue offering overnight accommodations for visitors to the purportedly “haunted” house. Nuñez previously fired Brian Dansereau, a former em

Strange Stories: Dunkin' Danger

Nov 03 2024 44 mins

We roll up to a Dunkin’ drive-thru to deliver a case about needless and hapless assault on a pregnant woman, by 28-year-old, William Rodriguez, in East Haven, Connecticut. Rodriguez attempted to carjack the hapless, 4-month-pregnant woman, before sinking his teeth into a munchkin medic’s hand, while receiving treatment for the crime he perpetrated on innocent bystanders. It’s

Streaming: Woman of the Hour (2024)

Oct 27 2024 74 mins

We discuss the recent directorial debut of Anna Kendrick in Woman of the Hour (2024) on Netflix. We explore the dating game television subgenre, 1970s dating culture, The Dating Game TV show as a metaphor for the predatory murders of serial killer, Rodney Alcala, and Kendrick’s depiction of the real-life Sheryl Bradshaw, as we note the differences between acting and performance c

Strange Stories: Missing in the Pine Barrens

Oct 20 2024 81 mins

We review key details along the timeline of 38-year-old Danielle Lopez, a missing NJ woman, on a camping trip to Brendan T. Byrne State Forest Campground in the Pine Barrens. We discuss the last-known Lopez sighting by a couple and their GoPro camera as she walked along Lost Lane, a dirt road in Penn State Forest, where police later found her 2008 blue Hyundai hatchback disabled on

Streaming: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)

Oct 13 2024 106 mins

We discuss the nine-part Netflix series, Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024), or Ryan Murphy’s spin on the oft-dramatized retelling of the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home. We talk about this homoerotic iteration of the Menendez brothers, as the series positions them as thirst traps, in a sensationally-charged–and borderline histri

Strange Stories: Coca-Cola Confessions

Oct 06 2024 39 mins

We sift through the white powdery substance at the bottom of Lisa Bishop’s Coca-Cola can to find that her husband, 71-year-old, Alfred Ruf, in alleged connection with his stepdaughter from his wife’s previous marriage, and her female friend, were conspiring to incapacitate and/or kill Bishop for group sex and the payout from a life insurance policy. The price of Molly and money

Streaming: American Nightmare (2024)

Sep 29 2024 59 mins

We discuss the three-part Netflix docuseries, American Nightmare (2024), about a 2015 home invasion and kidnapping. We parse the facts about the targeted couple, Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins, as their story seems stranger than fiction and perhaps might be another cliched version of Gone Girl. CW | TW: This episode discusses home invasion, kidnapping, and rape. Listener discretio

Strange Stories: Nudist Ranch Murders

Sep 22 2024 42 mins

We undress the facts of a homicide involving two elderly nudists in San Bernardino, California, whose remains were unearthed beneath their neighbor’s home in the Redlands. From bare ass to bare bones, we strip down all the details from raunch to ranch. CW | TW: This episode discusses nudism, violence, attempted suicide, and murder. We talk about all things from bare ass to bare