The Darker Side of Life Podcast

Feb 25 2025 121 ep. 70 mins 697

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Your go-to for ghost stories, true crime, aliens, the unsolved and everything else in the dark .

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The Death of Ellen Greenberg

Feb 25 2025 89 mins

Ellen Greenberg was found in her Philadelphia apartment in the middle of a 2011 snow storm with 20 stab wounds to her body, including 10 to the back of her neck. It seemed to many to be an obvious homicide. The Medical Examiner's eventual "revised" ruling in the manner of Ellen's death would shock many and send her parents on a quest for justice for their daughter. Fourteen years l

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Krampus

Dec 24 2024 26 mins

Half demon, half goat. The anti-Santa. Punisher of bad children. Krampus has had many roles through the years and has developed quite the reputation. Who is this Christmastime figure whose folk tradition thrives today throughout the world?

The Sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland

Nov 26 2024 45 mins

She wasn't as famous as the Titanic, but the RMS Empress of Ireland was an important part of life for so many traveling from Canada to Europe and the crew that worked on her. But on her first journey of the season in May 1914, tragedy struck The Empress of Ireland, sending her sinking from under her passengers before many would even know what was happening.

Hoia Baciu - Romania's Most Haunted Forest

Oct 29 2024 42 mins

Happy Halloween from The Darker Side of Life! Light those Jack O' Lanterns and follow me into Hoia Baciu, Romania's most haunted forest. You never know what you might see when you step into the trees. Sources: https://hoiabaciuforest.com/en/, https://www.jhmoncrieff.com/haunted-travel-romanias-hoia-baciu-forest/, https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/romania/hoia-baciu-haunte

Engineering Disasters

Sep 24 2024 63 mins

Engineers are held to a code of ethics that will "hold paramount" the safety and health of the public. But what happens when that code is forgotten? Or worse, flat out ignored? Sources: YouTube AdventureMe "What Remains of the Battersea Funfair?", MyLondon.com. BBC.com, Wikipedia, NASA.gov, KMBC.com., NPR.org, InterestingEngineering.com, onlineethics.org

The Disappearance of Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers

Aug 27 2024 151 mins

On April 1, 2014, Dutch friends Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers set out to hike a popular trail in Boquete, Panama. The two friends were vacationing together in the small tourist town, finding adventures around Boquete until they would start their volunteering jobs at a local school. When the women didn't return from their hike on the El Pianista trail, a frantic search would uncove

An Exciting Announcement!

Aug 03 2024 10 mins

Hello there, listeners! You might have thought we dropped off the face of the earth over the last year. But The Darker Side of Life is back with an announcement and some changes going forward.

Phoebe Handsjuk

May 16 2023 51 mins

On December 2, 2010, Phoebe Handsjuk spent a day home at the apartment she shared with her boyfriend in Melbourne, Australia. It had been a rough week for her. By the end of the day, Phoebe's body would be found in a lower level garbage room of the apartment building, where investigators say she managed to fit down an extremely narrow garbage chute from the 12th floor. Officials ru

Conspiracies of the Denver International Airport

May 02 2023 63 mins

You might think the only thing going on at Denver International Airport is people heading out on vacation. Think again. Because when it comes to DIA, there might be more going on than meets the eye.