Cryptic Soup Pod

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  • Welcome to Cryptic Soup, an after-dark podcast filled with nightmares that haunt the daylight. Murders, crimes, cons, cryptids, and anything in between. Join the conversation and learn about what might be going bump in the night!
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Episodes
  • The McCarthy Massacre
    Feb 6 2025

    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
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The Transy Book Heist & American Animals
    Jan 30 2025

    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

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Mystery of Cindy James
    Jan 23 2025

    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/
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    2 hrs and 7 mins

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