Severed | True Crime Podcast

Dec 15 2024 55 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: Eggnog Explosion

Dec 15 2024 47 mins

We discuss (with minimal egg-aggeration) the curious and combustible case of the eggnog explosion at a Totowa, NJ, pharma lab in August 2014. The blast tore through three stories and blew out the back of the building from a reported mechanical failure. We toast to the lives spared and only minor injuries. CW | TW: This episode discusses a vat of explosive eggnog, and, no, we haven

Streaming: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (2021)

Dec 08 2024 76 mins

We discuss the ostentatious Christmas display of Jeremy Morris, a.k.a. “Mr. Christmas” or the “Christmas Lawyer” in the documentary, ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas (2021). He was federally banned from decorating the outside of his home in Idaho and writ large. We consider the way(s) he weaponized his legal acumen against the West Hayden Estates HOA and sub-division over

Strange Stories: Serial Killer Santa

Dec 01 2024 40 mins

We discuss the “merry” murderer, Bruce McArthur, as he played Mall Santa for those in Toronto’s Gay Village in 2018. Self-employed landscaper and Old Saint Nick-turned-serial killer disposed of his victims’ skeletal remains in planters around Toronto. Don’t miss the Grinchiest of killers, as the gift of gore keeps on giving. CW | TW: This episode discusses murder and the

Streaming: Murder, Center Stage (2024)

Nov 24 2024 63 mins

We discuss the four-decades-long, unsolved homicide of Sigrid Stevenson, a 25-year-old, graduate student at The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College). We detail the brutality of her sexual assault and crime scene details; we provide updates on the college’s memorial and a Cold Case Squad reinvestigating homicide. CW | TW: This episode discusses sexual assault an

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