Nightshades

Nightshades

A podcast exploring unsolved mysteries and true crime with a dash of humor. We're your hosts Ashley, Wendy and Mike and we look forward to you tuning in each week to hear what we have in store for you!

Episodes

June 14, 2025 62 mins

Special guest alert - it's Parker! You've heard her research out of our mouths, now hear it out of hers as she takes us through the discovery of the multiple bodies and victims of the Long Island Serial Killer. After the late, determined and powerful Mari Gilbert demanded police search for her daughter Shannan - Suffolk County police deployed one officer and his dog to comb the area along Ocean Parkway for any signs of her ...

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It's June, which means happy PRIDE to all of our LGBTQ+ besties. We love you and the world is a much better place with you in it.

This episode we're bringing to you the brutal and devastating murder of beloved drag queen, Ronica Reed. Known outside of drag he was Jamie Carroll, a sweet and kind man whose life wasn't perfect but did not deserve to come to an end.

One cold night in December of 2009 in the historical town of Old Louisv...

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We are so back after a brief hiatus!

Join Ashley for a solo journey this episode where she tells the story of the death of Shannan Gilbert, a 24-year-old woman who went missing in May of 2010.

Shannan was working as an escort in New York when she disappeared in May of 2010 after booking a client in Oak Beach, Long Island. In an extensive efforts to find Shannan, police would ultimately wind up finding several remains scattered along...

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April 13, 2025 39 mins

This week we decided to take a break between WTAF?! and offer you a palate cleanser. Tune in as Ashley tells Mike about Dudleytown, CT and Icelandic Witch Trials!


Sources:

New Page — AmericanHauntings (americanhauntingsink.com)

https://galdrasyning.is/


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What the Actual Fuck?! Join us this week as Ashley tells Wendy about the murder of Mari Gilbert in part 1 of 3 stories that intertwine. Harness up and buckle in because this is one hell of a ride.

Content Warning: Graphic murder, child abuse, assault, and animal cruelty.


**SPECIAL THANKS to Parker for bringing us this weeks story!**


Sources:

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2016/07/25/stabbing-was-cause-of-ellenville-womans-

death-s...

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March 24, 2025 26 mins

Join us this week as Mike tells Ashley the story of Mark David Chapman and the assassination of John Lennon. For this episode Parker sat down with her mom, Nancye (pronounced Nancy, the E is because she's extra) and got a first hand account of Nancye's brush with Mark David Chapman years before he would go on to murder Beatles member John Lennon.


***Shout out to our amazing researcher and writer Parker for putting together this ...

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March 19, 2025 37 mins

The world is on fire, and so are we! Buckle in and settle down, this week we're discussing the disappearance of Veronica Kaye and the tragic yet mysterious story of "The Christmas Tree Lady".


**Special thanks to Parker for her fantastic research on Veronica Kaye, and Wendy for her research on Joyce Summers.


Sources:Family, police search for answers in Caledon cold caseOPP still aim to solve 1981 slaying of Veronica Kaye | To...

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March 5, 2025 31 mins

On this week’s episode Mike and Ashley discuss “The TubeSock Killings” and “The Disappearance of Brian Shaffer”


Special thanks to Tom Martin for providing this week’sstories.

Sources:

Mineral,Washington murders - Wikipedia

‘Mommywas in the trees’: The Tube Sock Killings | by Tim Gruver | Medium

https://614now.com/2024/hot-topics/at-18-year-anniversary-brian-schaffers-disappearance-

remains-a-mystery

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di...

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February 21, 2025 37 mins

Welcome back! This is the second half of the mysterious disappearance and murder of The Frog Boys.

Don't worry, it's unsolved and surely will drive you crazy trying to figure out what happened. Thanks for listening!


**SPECIAL THANKS to Parker for her outstanding research on this one for us!

ONLINE SOURCES: 

https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/how-forensic-scientists-find-a-dead-body-and-how-microbes-can-help

https://w...

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February 20, 2025 40 mins

The title will make sense in part 2, trust us...

Told in 2 parts, Ashley tells Wendy the harrowing tale of "The Frog Boys".

In South Korea 5 young friends, amidst massive political change on a national holiday, take advantage of a day off of school and set out on an adventure. In March of 1991 , Woo Cheol-Won (13), Jo Ho-Yeon (12), Kim Yeong-Gyu (11), Park Chan-In (10), and Kim Jong-Sik (9) would disappear - never to be seen again.

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In this episode, we delve into a tragic story from our hometown. The story of Shanda Sharer, a young girl whose life was brutally cut short in 1992 at the hands of a group of teenage girls. The gruesome murder shocked both the community and the nation, raising difficult questions about bullying, obsession, and the darker sides of adolescence. We explore the events leading up to her death and the motivations of her attackers that fa...

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January 20, 2025 31 mins

Join us this week as Mike tells Ashley of the Loretto Church Staircase, built by a stranger who rolled into town after 9 days of prayer to Saint Joseph.

Stick around as Ashley tells Mike about The Chicken Coop Murders, specifically the disappearance of Walter Collins - the inspiration for 2008 film The Changeling.


Shoutout to Tom Martin for finding these stories for us week to week.

Sources:

https://www.lorettochapel.com/?srsltid=...

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January 13, 2025 22 mins

It's a solo sesh this episode. Tune in as Ashley tells the story of the bizarre disappearance of Stacy McCall, Suzanne Streeter, and Sherill Levitt aka The Springfield Three.The disappearance is unsolved and the case remains open. If anyone has any information please contact the Springfield Missouri police department, or FBI.Shoutout to our researcher Tom Martin for putting the details of this case together.


Sources:

https://www....

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In the early evening of April 10, 1997 panic set in when Jeffrey Smith realized his wife wasn't where she was supposed to be. Having flown to Philadelphia for a conference, Jeffrey and his wife Judy were to attend a cocktail party in their hotel after a day of sightseeing for Judy and moderating for Jeffrey. Jeffrey had no idea that morning was actually the last time he'd ever see Judy again.

5 months later the scattered remains of...

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January 5, 2025 28 mins

**Content warning!** Danny Rolling's reign of terror includes multiple sexual assaults, which may be difficult for some listeners. The Gainesville Ripper, Danny Rolling, committed a series of gruesome murders in Gainesville, Florida, in 1990. This episode will explore his early life, psychological issues and motivations behind his violent actions. We'll discuss the crimes and capture of Danny Rolling, and how it ultimately led to...

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December 30, 2024 23 mins

On the night of August 22, 1998 16-year-old Tera Lynn Smith told her 11-year-old sister, Sierra, that she was going for a quick jog and would be back in 20 minutes. Tera never came back home that night and her whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.

If anyone has any information about Tera’s case they can contact the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office at 530-245-6135.


Sources:

Family pushing for justice in 1998 disappearance of daug...

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Nothing says happy holidays like chestnuts roasting over an open spontaneous human combustion and a dash of syphilis zombies of the Italian Renaissance. Some sit crooked with us as Mike and Ashley bring you some not so merry and bright tales.


Research courtesy of Tom Martin!

https://vocal.media/criminal/the-bewildering-christmas-human-combustion-of-matilda-rooney

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

https://www.youtube.com/wa...

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December 24, 2024 60 mins

In this episode Ashley takes Wendy on a deep dive in to one of the most chilling, confounding mysteries of the 20th century - the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Exploring the tale of 9 experienced hikers who set out on a seemingly routine trek in the Ural Mountains of Soviet Russia in 1959, only to meet a tragic and inexplicable fate. Buckle up, it's our first hour long episode but trust us when we say, you're going to want to hear this!


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This week Mike tells Ashley the story of 3 lighthouse keepers of the Flannan Isles Light House who disappeared without a trace. One of many of Scotland's mysteries, we may never know where these 3 men disappeared to.

Ashley tells Mike the tale of the mysterious disappearance of Granger Taylor. A man whose fascination with mechanics and outer space would lead him to believe he was destined to voyage with extraterrestrials, only neve...

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December 10, 2024 27 mins

In the heart of California, five friends embark on a fateful trip that takes a dark turn when they mysteriously vanish without a trace. As the search unfolds the haunting truth of their disappearance emerges, forever altering the lives of those they left behind. This episode Ashley tells Wendy about the Yuba County Five.


As always, shout out to our researcher Tom Martin for bring us the stories to share with you each week!

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