Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

• 344. MURDER: The Göhrde Murders

  In the summer of 1989, two couples were brutally murdered in the same forest weeks apart—terrifying a region and baffling investigators for decades. Was the suspected serial killer who later took his own life responsible… or is someone else still out there? Sources: https://www.zeit.de/zeit-verbrechen/2018/01/goehrde-morde-lueneburg-serienmorde-aufklaerung-birgit-meier/komplettansicht https://www.abendblatt.de/region/article128207306/Das-grosse-Raetsel-um-den-Goehrde-Moerder.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6hrde_murders https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/11qof4r/the_g%C3%B6hrde_murders/ https://medium.com/%40mromysteries/the-haunting-true-story-of-the-g%C3%B6hrde-double-murders-9124f9e88a81 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/birgit-meier-murdered-mother-heart-190300935.html TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate. If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Find her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  Get to know us better! Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram  Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Theme music: Chloe’s Lullaby by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 343. MAGIC: Celebrating Kupala Night

  Today we’re talking about the magical midsummer celebration of Kupala Night—a Slavic holiday rooted in fire, water, love, and nature. From bonfire leaps to mythical fern flowers, we dig into its history, folklore, and how you can celebrate it today! Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Want WMMM Merch? Check out the podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com   Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Sources:   https://www.learnreligions.com/ivan-kupala-day-4771822 https://slavorum.org/kupala-night-the-magical-slavic-celebration-of-summer/ https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/328912-ivan-kupala-russian-traditions https://folkways.si.edu/midsummer-kupala-night-slavic-ritual-celebration/article/smithsonian https://ukrainian-recipes.com/ivan-kupala-night-traditions.html https://paganpages.org/emagazine/202 All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 342. MYSTERY: The Great Silence

  If intelligent life is likely, why haven’t we found any? We’re diving into the Fermi Paradox, the unsettling theories behind the Great Silence, and what our loneliness in the universe might really mean. Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Want WMMM Merch? Check out the podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com   Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our sponsors!  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at www.betterhelp.com/wmmm and get on your way to being your best self. Sources:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox https://www.seti.org/fermi-paradox-0 https://www.space.com/25325-fermi-paradox.html https://www.britannica.com/story/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens https://www.planetary.org/articles/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens https://www.livescience.com/fermi-paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow%21_signal https://www.seti.org/wow-signal-lingering-mystery-or-natural-phenomenon https://earthsky.org/space/wow-signal-explained-comets-antonio-paris/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-wow-signal-seti-mystery-might-at-last-be-solved/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/29990417/wow-signal-space-neutron-star-magnetar-origin/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_radio_burst https://www.space.com/fast-radio-bursts https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-scientists-pin-down-origins-fast-radio-burst-0101 https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/01/21/astronomers-thought-they-understood-fast-radio-bursts-a-recent-one-calls-that-into-question/ https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-finds-weird-home-of-farthest-fast-radio-burst/ https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/01/first-fast-radio-burst-traced-to-old-dead-elliptical-galaxy/ https://www.space.com/science-astronomy/fast-radio-burst-frb-dead-galaxy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby%27s_Star https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/ring-around-tabbys-star/ https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/mysterious-star-kic-8462852 https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/is-tabbys-star-a-swarm-of-extraterrestrial-structures https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/alien-megastructure-not-cause-behind-most-mysterious-star-universe https://www.sci.news/astronomy/kic-8462852-binary-system-09311.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere https://www.space.com/dyson-sphere.html All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 341. MYSTERY: Who Killed Hazel Drew?

  A beautiful young woman, a secluded pond, and a century-old mystery. The murder of Hazel Drew still fuels rumors, ghost stories, and even inspired Twin Peaks. Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Want WMMM Merch? Check out the podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com   Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Sources:   https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-hazel-drew-murder-1908/34914127/ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/348779377/ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179943510/ https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/how-an-unsolved-1908-murder-inspired-local-lore-13654073.php https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/hazels-brutal-murder-was-all-but-forgotten-until-she-inspired-twin-peaks/2017/05/10/b0d064a4-31dd-11e7-8674-437ddb6e813e_story.html https://www.livescience.com/unsolved-murder-inspired-twin-peaks-book https://litreactor.com/columns/the-strange-case-of-hazel-drew https://nypost.com/2022/01/01/murder-that-inspired-twin-peaks-solved-100-years-later-book/ https://www.unionesarda.it/en/world/after-113-years-the-case-of-hazel-drew-solved-the-mystery-that-inspired-quot-twin-peaksquot-px3r5wjd All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 340. MURDER: The Trials that Inspired Chicago

  This one’s all about the two real- life murder trials that inspired the Broadway hit musical, Chicago. Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Want WMMM Merch? Check out the podcast store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com   Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast  Sources:   https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/history-behind-musical-chicago-1920s-crime-and-vaudeville https://www.historymatterscelebratingwomensplaysofthepast.org/playwrights/view/Maurine-Dallas-Watkins https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2643233 https://chicagology.com/notorious-chicago/beaulahandbelva https://www.chicagohistory.org/true-crime-beulah-annan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurine_Dallas_Watkins All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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