The Darker Side of Life Podcast

Jan 28 2025 120 ep. 70 mins 694
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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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No January Episode

Jan 28 2025
I'll be back in February!

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.

The Murder of Russell and Shirley Dermond

Apr 18 2023 61 mins  
In May of 2014, Georgia couple Russell and Shirley Dermond were invited to a party at a friend's house, but failed to show up. Days later, friends became worried after no contact was made with the couple, both in their 80s, since then. When someone went to check on them, they found Russell's decapitated body in the garage and Shirley was missing. What happened on that day is still