This might be the funniest episode we've ever recorded...

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss Wendigos and where the lore and legends came from, how to kill one, how to create one, and everything in between. We even discuss their role in popular culture and how they have changed over time.

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True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the death of Shani Louk. Shani was attending the Nova Music Festival when she heard the Red Color go off. Shani had seconds to react before Hamas militants invading the festival, attacking, burning, raping, kidnapping, and murdering attendees.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/middleeast/shani-louk-dead-israel-intl/index.html

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/now-she-can-rest-murdered-hostage-shani-louks-parents-thankful-to-have-a-grave/

• https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-hostages-shani-louk-a37e4fd656b46be36c4c659a9c2aac7d

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/europe/parents-german-israeli-woman-whose-body-found-gaza-thankful-have-grave-2024-05-18/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67260093

• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/world/middleeast/shani-louk-german-israel-woman-hamas-dead.html

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-defense-forces-hostages-bodies-recovered-hamas-gaza/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67046444

• https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/news/shani-louk-kidnapped-at-israeli-music-festival-found-dead/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the McCarthy Alaska Massacre that occurred one fateful day. It was a normal Tuesday Mail Day when Lou Hastings, a deeply disturbed man with a bad plan, cost the lives of almost half the residents of his community. For what though, just so he could keep his wilderness dream?

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• DocuSeries - Alaska Ice Cold Killers episode "Frozen Terror" on Discovery Channel
• Article - The End of the Road in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Spring of 1998 edition by Kevin Coughlin
• Article - After Murder Rampage, A Test of Survival by the Washington Post

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the heist of Transylvania University in 2004. Four students created a plan to steal some rare books from the schools Special Collection in the Rare Books Room, selling them for millions of dollars. Only problem? Well, there were a lot actually. Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Eric Borsuk, and Chas Allen II were not as smooth as they thought they were.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• Book - American Animals: A True Crime Memoir Paperback by Eric Borsuk

• Book - Mr. Pink The Inside Story of The Transylvania Book Heist by Chas Allen

• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/15/inside-the-2004-6-million-transy-book-heist-and-how-they-got-caught.html

• https://www.transy.edu/1780/2020/09/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures/

• https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article212180224.html

• https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/02/transy-book-heist?srsltid=AfmBOoq7CCVxnBFhXtGw5xoWvCgeiaFK4NGOgcgm2i39Rj7rbkAHHrLu

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the mystery that is the life and death of Cindy James. Cindy and her husband separated and four months later she started receiving harassing phone calls, stalkers, attacks, and more. The police didn’t believe Cindy, and ultimately she was found dead. What happened to Cindy James? Was this Munchausen Syndrome or a stalker turned murder?

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• Book - The Deaths of Cindy James by Neal Hall
• Book - Who Killed Cindy James Mass Market Paperback by Ian Mulgrew
• https://unsolved.com/gallery/cindy-james/
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/cindy-james
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-ozzie-says-they-have-m/77580511/
• https://newspaperarchive.com/brandon-sun-feb-19-1991-p-49/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-phoenix-star-phoenix-saskatoon/77579488/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-march-24th-1990/77575803/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Hyungje Bokjiwon (also known as Brothers Home). Brothers Home was an “internment camp” in South Korea following WWII and the Korean War. Many members of the internet have said it was the visionary basis of the Netflix show Squid Game. However, the truth behind this place is far worse, it was instead a brutal detention centre that held thousands of people while exploiting their human rights.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52797527
• https://apjjf.org/2023/6/kim-et-al
• https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/12/10/secrets-of-south-koreas-house-of-horrors-hidden-in-australia
• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/world/asia/korea-abuse-brothers-home.html
  

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee Kylee to learn about the exorcism of Anna Elisabeth "Anneliese" Michel that took place in Germany back in the 1970’s. This case inspired films such as “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and the nightmares of numerous people. Anneliese was said to be inhibited by six demons that caused her to spiral in a severe way, and ended ultimately in her death. Who was at fault for her death in the end though, because the courts would say this is a case of manslaughter.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• Book - The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel by Felicitas D. Goodman
• Book - Lessons Learned: The Anneliese Michel Exorcism: The Implementation of a Safe and Thorough Examination, Determination, and Exorcism of Demonic Possession by John M. Duffey
• Book - The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel by Felicitas D Goodman