We Would Be Dead

Mar 06 2025 220 ep. 91 mins 95
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We are Holly & Leslie, the hosts of We Would Be Dead. A weekly true crime podcast that finds humanity in the darkness, humor in the history, and the devil in the details. Above all else we recognize that if we had to walk a mile in any of the stories that we tell, we would be dead.

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A Tragedy of Errors (The Murder of Abraham Shakespeare)

Mar 06 2025 127 mins  
This is the story of Abraham Shakespeare, the man who won the lottery then disappeared. This case is a rags to riches story, a mysterious disappearance, an episode of Catfish and a murder mystery all rolled up into one. This case case has so many twists and turns that we cab't even summarize it, you just have to hear it to believe it. Click To Learn More Hulu Documentary: Web of De

Ravenous (Swift Runner & The Wendigo) [REBROADCAST EPISODE 91]

Feb 27 2025 78 mins  
Hey fiends! This week's rebroadcast goes out to all our Yellowjackets fans! If you're knee deep in fan theories but you're unfamiliar with the Wendigo, you need to give this episode a listen! If you have no idea what I'm talking about...listen anyway, this episode is one of our best! Be prepared to sleep with the lights on for a while though, because this is a scary one! __________

One Sneaker (The Disappearance of Mark Himebaugh, Part 2)

Feb 20 2025 106 mins  
It's our 200th episode (part 2) , so today we will be covering our number one most requested case, The Disappearance of Mark Himebaugh. On November 25th 1991, Mark disappeared from the Sunray Beach neighborhood in Del Haven NJ. The only evidence search teams ever found was his left sneaker. He has been missing ever since. Anyone with Information regarding the disappearance of Mark

One Sneaker (The Disappearance of Mark Himebaugh, Part 1)

Feb 06 2025 70 mins  
It's our 200th episode, so today we will be covering our number one most requested case, The Disappearance of Mark Himebaugh. On November 25th 1991, Mark disappeared from the Sunray Beach neighborhood in Del Haven NJ. The only evidence search teams ever found was his left sneaker. He has been missing ever since. "In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on

Antimatrimony (The Murder of Charles Bravo)

Jan 23 2025 99 mins  
Tighten up your corsets and starch those high collars because this week we’re going old timey! The mystery of who killed Charlie Bravo has captured the minds of both armchair and career detectives, as well as numerous true crime authors for over a century. This case has it all, money, accents, love affairs, victorian pseudoscience and a murder most foul. On April 18th, 1876 Char

The Man, The Myth, The Monster (Count Dracula) [REBROADCAST OF EPISODE 133]

Jan 09 2025 110 mins  
This week we are rebroadcasting our episode on Count Dracula! The Nosferatu craze has gotten ahold of us too. Enjoy! ----------- There is much about the myth of the vampire that science will never understand. They crawl from their graves, blood running from their mouths trailing mist in search of innocent victims to join them in monstrosity. They are alluring in their terror and te

Lost in Flames (The disappearance of the Sodder children)

Jan 02 2025 116 mins  
On Christmas Eve 1945 in the quiet little town of Fayetteville West Virginia, Jennie Sodder awoke just after one in the morning to find her little farm house filled with smoke, flames licking the walls of her husband's office. She rushed to wake and alert her husband and 9 children. It was clear that they needed to escape quickly. Once out on the lawn Jennie saw her husband, two da

Haunted (A Christmas Carol) [REBROADCAST]

Dec 24 2024 112 mins  
We promised we aren't becoming a rebroadcast podcast haha. We will be back soon with a brand new episode! Until then, enjoy our holiday spooky cheer with another best of Christmas WWBD episode!-----------There is no phrase one can utter that draws a more visceral christmas response, than Bah, Humbug. And so it is with great joy and depth of feeling that this holiday season we bring

You Have to Want It (The Tragedy of JonBenét Ramsey) [REBROADCAST EPISODE 94]]

Dec 12 2024 142 mins  
Hello Fiends! With the new Netflix documentary, "Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey", we thought we should rebroadcast our coverage of the case! We will be back next week with an all new episode! ----------"People ask me all the time how I think of such dark stories every week. Well, I say, I just take any scenario and think of the worst possible outcome. It’s there if you wa

Believe (The Origins of Santa) [REBROADCAST EPISODE 95 ]

Dec 05 2024 94 mins  
To start off the holiday season we are sharing one of our favorite episodes from a few years ago, in which we ruin Santa for you. ENJOY!--------We’re back once again to ruin Christmas! This year we’ll explore the dark and fascinating origins of everyone favorite jolly gift giver, Santa Claus. We’ll explore where our modern Santa came from and meet his merry gang of elves, rei