Mysterious Mavens

Mysterious Mavens

Denver natives Kim and Denae swap stories of true crime, creepy events, and mostly all things spooky!

Episodes

May 22, 2025 50 mins
This week Kim tells Denae about the supposed curse of the movie Poltergeist. 
Sources:

Biography.com
The ‘Poltergeist’ Curse: Inside the Mysterious Cast Deaths and Set Oddities By Micah White

True Crime Cast: How Many Casting Crew Members Died from Poltergeist YouTube video 

Disgraceland Podcast: Poltergeist Curse 

Tragic story of Poltergeist movie as multiple actors died shortly after i...
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This week Denae tells Kim about the Hausjärvi Gravel Pit Murders in Finland.

Sources:
Hausjärvi Gravel Pit Murders - Wikipedia

Buzzfeed.com 27 Extremely Dark True Crime Stories From Countries Outside The United States by Crystal Ro

Scandinavian Crimes Podcast: Unsolved Murder: The Hausjarvi Gravel Pit Murders

YouTube: Kadonneet: Maarit Haantie


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May 7, 2025 80 mins
This week Kim tells Denae about the curse of the Glee TV show. 

Sources: 
True Crime & Cocktails: Glee Curse

The Price of Glee Docuseries Explores 'Curse' of the Show | TIME.com by Moises Mendez II

The Price of Glee Documentary

ew.com Lea Michele addresses backlash from 'Glee' costars, says she's done personal reach-outs by Maureen Lee Lenker
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April 30, 2025 51 mins
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April 23, 2025 64 mins
This week Kim shares how an episode of the Jenny Jones Show resulted in a violent crime.

Sources:
Dark Side of the 90s: Episode 1

Sinisterhood: Jenny Jones Crush Murder Part 1 & 2

Morbid: Jenny Jones Murder

YouTube: Crime A to Z 

Google AI “Gay Panic Defense”


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April 16, 2025 86 mins
This week Denae tells Kim about the infamous Norwegian Black Metal Murders. 

Sources: 

Lords of Chaos, movie 2018

TheGuardian.com 'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past By Alex Godfrey

TheGuardian.com Norway's most notorious musician Varg Vikernes to be released from prison. By Sean Michaels

Euronymous - Wikipedia

May...
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This week Kim tells Denae about the 15th richest man in Canada, who turned up dead in his home with his wife. 

Sources: 

Crime Junkie

Murder with My Husband podcast

The Fifth Estate YouTube 


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April 1, 2025 28 mins
This week Denae tells Kim about the Black Forest House, the most haunted house in Colorado. 

Sources: 
Black Forest, Colorado—One of the World's Most Haunted Places (ourcommunitynow.com) By Magalie Noebes

THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BLACK FOREST, COLORADO – Jacob Floyd's Ghosts and Monsters (wordpress.com)


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This week Kim tells Denae about a 33 year old woman who mysteriously disappeared. 

Sources: 
True Crime Society Podcast: Cassidy Rainwater

KY3.com TIMELINE: The death and disappearance of Cassidy Rainwater in Dallas County, Mo. by By Joey Schneider, Marina Silva and Frances Watson

That Chapter YouTube 


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March 12, 2025 59 mins
This week Kim tells Denae about the super creepy haunted doll, Harold. 
Sources: 
Paranormal Fears: Harold the Doll Part 1&2

Cursed Dolls | The Evil Wiki

WordPress.com: Harold the Haunted Doll
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March 5, 2025 53 mins
This week Denae tells Kim the classic true crime story of Jack The Ripper and how it was very recently solved. 

Sources: 

Unsolved Mysteries Volume 4 Episode 1

TheNewsNationNow.com Jack the Ripper's identity revealed after DNA match, historian says By Patrick Djordjevic

Who was Aaron Kosminski? Historian Claims DNA Identifies Jack the Ripper - Newsweek By Jenna Sundel

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February 26, 2025 50 mins
This week Kim tells Denae about a yoga instructor killer. 

Sources: 
True Crime All The Time

Dateline "The Night Time Stopped"


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February 19, 2025 66 mins
This week Denae tells Kim the crazy story of a woman who was kidnapped and forced to impersonate Aretha Franklin. 

Sources: 
The Counterfeit Queen of Soul | Smithsonian By Jeff Maysh

Criminal Podcast: The Impersonator

Vickie Jones - Wikipedia


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February 12, 2025 67 mins
Today Kim tells Denae the twisted tale of a woman who posed as a high schooler and middle schooler. 

Sources: 
NBCBoston.com: A Timeline of the Shelby Hewitt Case By Mary Markos

Timesuck podcast with Dan Cummins: Episode 434: Shelby Hewitt: The 32 Year Old Seventh Grader
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February 6, 2025 63 mins
This week Denae tells Kim about Grand Junction, Colorado killer Brian Cohee Jr.
 Sources:
Unilad.com article New true crime doc on murderer Brian Cohee is leaving people 'unable to sleep' after watching by Niamh Shackleton

The People V Brian Cohee: Sentencing Hearing | KREX5 FOX4

The Daily Sentinel A Look Back: Cohee Trial Top Crime Story of 2023 by Sam Klomhaus
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January 29, 2025 54 mins
This week Kim tells Denae about some young girls who attempted murder, claiming Slender Man needed a sacrifice. 

Sources:
Beware of the Slenderman Documentary

Morbid Podcast: The Slender Man Stabbing

Strange and Unexplained Podcast: Slender Man


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January 15, 2025 62 mins
This week Kim tells Denae the sad story of murder victim, Micaela Constanzo. 

Sources:
Morbidology: Episode 10

Manner of Death: Homicide Episode 1

That Chapter Podcast/YouTube

ThoughtCo.com The Murder of Micaela Costanzo by Charles Montaldo

Toni Fratto | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers


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This week Denae tells Kim about the burning of the last "witch" in Ireland, Bridget Cleary. 

Sources: 

Murder of Bridget Cleary - Wikipedia

County Tipperary - Wikipedia

The Haunting True Story of Bridget Cleary’s “Changeling” Murder - Atlas Obscura By Sarah Durn

wildernessireland.com Irish Folklore, Myth & Legend: The Fairies By Dawn Rainbolt

Lore: Season 1 Episode 3 Bl...
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