Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

On New Year’s Eve 1997, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope boarded a yacht in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds after missing their ride back to shore. By morning, they had vanished—launching one of the country’s most debated murder cases.

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Ben_Smart_and_Olivia_Hope
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-timeline-of-events/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-case
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-case
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/scott-watson-parole-hearing-decision/https://www.paroleboard.govt.nz/decisions
https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/cases/r-v-watson
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/107745722/scott-watson-appeal-bid
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/451385/scott-watson-supporters-seek-royal-commission
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gerald-mcneilly-testimony-scott-watson-trial/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/ben-smart-olivia-hope-trial-jailhouse-informanthttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/scott-watson-denies-confession-to-inmate/

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Dorothy Kilgallen was an American journalist and TV personality who was investigating the assassination of JFK when she reportedly died of an accidental drug overdose. 

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kilgallen

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dorothy-Kilgallen

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/appendix5.html

https://time.com/archive/6813826/reporters-50000-word-leak/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/dorothy-kilgallen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories

https://youtu.be/VYDaqto22NY?si=-ynfi0nYb0M6NCv4

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In 1969, University of Michigan law student Jane Mixer was found murdered in a cemetery in Denton Township after responding to a ride-share ad home for spring break. 

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Sources:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Mixer
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/mi-court-of-appeals/1364596.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2005/04/gary_brown_convicted_in_1969.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2004/10/man_charged_in_1969_sl.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2010/03/gary_brown_appeal_denied_in_1969_jane_mixer_case.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2007/20070426-c267822-59-267822-opn.html
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35629649/jane-mixer-case-dna/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Murdershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Norman_Collinshttps://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/collins-john-norman.htm
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2009/07/40_years_later_the_michigan_murders.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. 

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**This was originally published on the Patreon in March 2024**

Have you heard of Lavinia Fisher, America’s first female serial killer? Maybe we need to pay a little more attention to her story before we start throwing titles around.

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Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/lavinia-fisher

https://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/fisher-lavinia.htm#google_vignette

https://chstoday.6amcity.com/lavinia-fisher-charleston-sc

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. 

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Twenty-four-year-old Rebecca Coriam was a crew member aboard the Disney cruise ship Disney Wonder when she vanished in 2011 while the ship was sailing off the coast of Mexico. Despite surveillance footage showing her shortly before she disappeared, no clear explanation for what happened has ever been confirmed.

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Sources:  

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/23/rebecca-coriam-disney-cruise-mystery

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20905530

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/21/rebecca-coriam-disney-wonder-cruise-ship-disappearance

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/family-fight-find-truth-rebecca-11007098

https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/8937027.rebecca-coriam-missing-cruise-worker-cover-up-claims/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/four-years-after-disney-crew-member-vanished-sea-her-family-n333251

https://jonronson.com/articles/lost-at-sea/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rebecca-coriam-disney-cruise-ship-2522768

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 F

acebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need. 

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