Buzzed and Baffled

Episode 59: Hell's Belle

This week, we're digging up the story of Belle Gunness—the seemingly ordinary farm widow who may have turned her Indiana property into one of America's most prolific murder scenes. Belle promised lonely hearts love, companionship, and a fresh start. What many of them got instead was a one-way trip to her farm and a suspiciously timed disappearance. Was she a ruthless serial killer? A criminal mastermind who faked her own death? Or the world's most aggressive practitioner of life insurance optimization? As the body count rises and the mystery deepens, Nicole and Kyla follow the trail of missing suitors, buried secrets, and enough red flags to cover the entire Midwest. So grab your shovel, keep an eye on your bank account, and maybe think twice before answering personal ads from strangers. This is Episode 59: Belle Gunness — Love, Lies, and the Farm from Hell.

Episode 58: A Town Called Nope

In 1665, a small English village made a decision that would echo through history. When the bubonic plague arrived in the village of Eyam, carried in a shipment of cloth from London, the residents faced an impossible choice: flee and risk spreading the disease, or stay and face it together. In this episode, Nicole has graciously decided to let Kyla keep the crown for one more week. Not because Kyla earned it, but because Nicole enjoys a good charity program. Join us as we uncover one of history's most haunting examples of community, courage, and survival in the face of unimaginable loss.

Episode 57: Before They Found Him

In Episode 57 Kyla is coming for Nicole's crown for "Worst Story". m Bruce wasn’t your typical serial killer mastermind. He was less “criminal genius” and more “guy who definitely owns a van with extension cords in it.” The kind of man where, if he offered you a drink, you suddenly remembered you had somewhere else to be for the rest of your life. And the wildest part? He might have gotten away with everything… if he hadn’t basically defeated himself in the dumbest possible way imaginable. Which honestly puts him in the rare category of serial killers brought down by what can only be described as aggressive incompetence. So lock your doors, maybe avoid mysterious basements in suburban Illinois, and join us as we discuss one of the strangest cases where the killer, the crime scene, and the accidental self-own all happened in the same night.

Episode 56: The Devil Wears Leggings

Kyla’s starting to notice a pattern: somehow her episodes are always the ones that get “lost.” Corrupted audio. Missing files. “Technical difficulties.” Very convenient. This week, while Kyla launches a full internal investigation into possible podcast sabotage, we unpack the chaotic saga of Brittany Dawn — from fitness influencer fame to lawsuit fallout to the world’s fastest influencer rebrand. Between scam allegations, apology videos with suspicious lighting, and Kyla accusing Nicole of deleting episodes to silence her truth, this may be the closest the podcast has ever come to a congressional hearing.

Episode 55: Bean Town!

Episode 55 is officially un-lost. . . again? After being buried deeper than a bootleg bottle in a Chicago basement, this long-forgotten episode has resurfaced—and just in time for one of the most infamous bloodbaths in true crime history: the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. We’re talking gangsters, machine guns, bad decisions, and even worse disguises. But that’s not the only thing worth celebrating… because somehow, against all odds, Kyla is turning 40 today. That’s right—while we’re diving into organized crime chaos, Kyla is entering her own era of… slightly more organized chaos. So grab a drink (legally, like adults), settle in, and join us for an episode that’s been waiting in the wings almost as long as Kyla’s been alive. Episode 55: the lost one, the bloody one, and unfortunately for Kyla—the birthday one.