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22- The Murder of the Clutter Family

31 min · 13. maj 2026
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Settle into the cozy town of Holcomb, KS with Scoot and Hatter for a lovely afternoon of an unsuspecting burglary turned dark as they uncover the twisted events that took place in the Clutter family farm. Was it really just a burglary gone wrong, or a deep seeded sinister plot conspired years in the making? Tune in and find out! 0:00 Introduction: A seemingly peaceful town 0:50 Clutter family malicious murders discovered 03:53 Case breakthrough from surprising source: an inmate from the Kansas Penitentiary 08:10 Taken hostage in their own home: Leave no witnesses 12:07 Stolen joy ride heading towards death row 16:34 Unlikely and strange friendship brewing 20:43 Controversial last words before execution 24:33 Rough backgrounds doesn't mean excusable actions 30:02 Interested in sharing your own thoughts? Email us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com 30:31 Outro & bloopers Resources: https://legendsofkansas.com/clutter-family-murders/ https://www.gcpolice.org/254/Clutter-Family-Murders https://www.aetv.com/articles/the-clutter-family-murders-the-story-behind-in-cold-blood https://www.newspapers.com/topics/crimes-mysteries/clutter-family-murders/ https://www.historyhit.com/culture/the-real-story-behind-in-cold-blood-truman-capotes-true-crime-masterpiece/ https://themobmuseum.org/blog/sixty-years-later-in-cold-blood-murders-still-resonate/ https://crimearchives.net/1959_clutter/html/bios.html https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/the-clutter-family-murders#google_vignette https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-the-brutal-murders-that-inspired-a-foundational-work-in-the-true-crime-genre-180985238/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/perry-smith https://theamericanreader.com/24-january-1965-truman-capote-to-perry-smith/ (The American Reader link) https://crimereads.com/how-truman-capote-was-destroyed-by-his-own-masterpiece/ https://medium.com/bedcloud/the-destructive-bond-between-capote-and-smith-558929e4127a Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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episode 29- The Horrific Happenings and Hauntings of the Lalaurie Mansion artwork

29- The Horrific Happenings and Hauntings of the Lalaurie Mansion

Joins us on todays episode where scoot takes us on a journey of the Lalaurie Mansion in Louisiana, from its incredibly dark past with Delphine Lalaurie torturing enslaved people, to the current spirits that have stayed in the home, with chains dragging along the floor, and phantom screams. this is an incredibly dark and tragic episode so please proceed with caution! thank you for listening and we will see you on Thursday https://ghostwalks.com/articles/madame-lalaurie-ghost-new-orleans (Ghost City Tours) https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mad-madamme-lalaurie https://neworleansghosttour.com/lalaurie-mansion/ https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-cities/new-orleans-most-haunted/the-ever-so-infamous-and-haunted-lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.americanghostwalks.com/the-haunted-lalaurie-mansion-new-orleans https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/lalaurie-mansion-1832/ https://hauntedhistorytours.com/blog/a-step-into-darkness-the-haunting-tale-of-the-lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-10/a-torture-chamber-is-uncovered-by-arson https://allthatsinteresting.com/lalaurie-mansion https://prcno.org/what-really-happened-at-the-lalaurie-house/ https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-new-orleans/lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.frenchquarterphantoms.com/blog/the-real-story-behind-the-lalaurie-mansion-new-orleans-most-haunted-home https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1492 https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/lalaurie-mansion https://www.legendsofamerica.com/lalaurie-mansion/ https://www.neworleanslegendarywalkingtours.com/blog/womens-history-month-madame-delphine-lalaurie https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/madame-lalaurie/ https://hauntedhistorytours.com/blog/madame-delphine-lalaurie-the-infamous-mistress-of-horror-in-new-orleans/ https://64parishes.org/entry/delphine-lalaurie https://www.lagaleriehotel.com/blog/the-lalaurie-mansion-the-chilling-story-behind-nola-s-most-haunted-house https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/c4st4w/working_at_the_lalaurie_house/ (Reddit Story) Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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episode 28- Scared Stiff: The History and Hauntings of Two Notoriously Haunted Waters artwork

28- Scared Stiff: The History and Hauntings of Two Notoriously Haunted Waters

Have you ever wondered exactly how daunting and dangerous water could be? Join Scoot as she takes you to Lake Lanier where you can swim alongside the human remains and possibly make the lake your new home in a sunken house boat. Or perhaps you'd like to join Hatter in the Manchac swamp where you can have your fortune told by the local voodoo priestess by song, but be warned because you may witness the destruction of your beloved town. Don't miss this hauntingly horrific episode about two very separate bodies of water, but both equally terrifying 0:00 Intro: The dark history before Lake Lanier’s existence 08:56 Forced mass relocations for the lake’s excavation 13:04 Multitudinous misfortunes of unsuspecting bystanders and horrifying discoveries of human body parts 22:47 The lady in blue can be spotted roaming the shore endlessly searching for her lost limbs  28:30 The once thriving and bustling town of Frenier where the edge of doom all began 31:31 The eerie tunes predicting your fate 34:53 Devastating aftermath of Julia’s premonitions 39:57 Have you seen the cabin speculated to still remain or heard the distant singing? Email us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com  44:21 Outro Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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episode 27- "The Worst Scoundrels To Ever Infest Kansas": The Bloody Benders artwork

27- "The Worst Scoundrels To Ever Infest Kansas": The Bloody Benders

Feeling weary after a long day traveling in a rickety wagon? Stop into a cozy little house and forget your worries with a simple seance ritual; or so you think. Join us on today's episode as Hatter takes us on a messy ride to the Osage trails multitudinous murders of unsuspecting travelers, succumbing to the charms of a sweetly dubious Kate Bender and her devious family 0:00 Settling back into the frontier with this intro 03:44 Benders arrive to conduct seance business with some pretty weird mannerisms 12:13 Too many disappearing travelers for the Osage trails taste 18:15 The Bender’s constant evasion from the law concerning their heinous crimes 26:14 Conflicting narratives of incarceration or executions of the Benders 31:07 Unknown family origins and shocking discoveries of who they truly are 35:55 Share your thoughts at investigatingwithus@gmail.com and help us debunk the way complete strangers could conspire together 37:40 A sneak peek into our next episode & outro Resources: Kansas Historical Society  Legends of America  Richmond, Kansas: A History of the Sunflower State  Zink, Wicked Kansas  Smithsonian Magazine https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-benders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders https://web.archive.org/web/20111010080847/http://www.flexassistant.com/images/Benders.pdf https://legendsofkansas.com/labette-county-kansas/ https://kualumni.org/stories/bloody-benders-property/ https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/ https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/ https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106 https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/kate-bender/11980 https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/ Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

31. maj 202638 min
episode 26-Cryptids Unraveled: Sinkhole Sam and Beaman Monster artwork

26-Cryptids Unraveled: Sinkhole Sam and Beaman Monster

Dig deep into today's episode with us as we uncover the secrets of what truly happened with the rumor of sinkhole Sam and the possible offspring of a 12 foot gorilla known as the Bayman Monster. Hatter tells us the tragedies of sinkholes and the creature that may lurk below and slither above, and Scoot takes us on a wild ride to the countryside investigating circus train derailments 0:00 Kicking off the intro with some interesting sinkhole facts and stories 08:02 Sinkhole Sam makes his slithery debut 13:30 Monster hunters swarm the site expecting an encounter 16:12 Dig deeper with us into the snake theory as we conclude sinkhole Sam 20:00 Giant gorilla's escape from the circus train derailment 23:04 Mysterious timeline doesn't add up: Bizarre sightings of the beast 26:57 A hunter’s horrifying experience with the monster 29:02 Sorority prank or legitimate creature? Share your final thoughts with us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com 32:32 Outro https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-beaman-monster [https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-beaman-monster] https://flinthillsparanormal.com/cryptozoology/kansas-cryptids/cryptids-kansas-beaman-monster/ [https://flinthillsparanormal.com/cryptozoology/kansas-cryptids/cryptids-kansas-beaman-monster/] https://1428elm.com/2023/01/31/call-of-the-cryptid-beaman-monster-gorilla-wolf-coyote-missouri/ [https://1428elm.com/2023/01/31/call-of-the-cryptid-beaman-monster-gorilla-wolf-coyote-missouri/] https://themercury.com/opinion/columns/off-the-beat-the-colorful-cryptids-of-kansas/article_a38d69ce-461f-5606-a271-e2ad799a6739.html [https://themercury.com/opinion/columns/off-the-beat-the-colorful-cryptids-of-kansas/article_a38d69ce-461f-5606-a271-e2ad799a6739.html] https://101theeagle.com/not-mo-mo-missouris-other-bigfoot-known-as-the-beaman-monster/ [https://101theeagle.com/not-mo-mo-missouris-other-bigfoot-known-as-the-beaman-monster/] https://www.circusesandsideshows.com/circus_train_wrecks.html [https://www.circusesandsideshows.com/circus_train_wrecks.html] https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/kansas/4-cryptids-in-kansas [https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/kansas/4-cryptids-in-kansas] https://contacting2109.com/the-beaman-monster-escaped-circus-gorilla-mates-with-local-bigfoot/ [https://contacting2109.com/the-beaman-monster-escaped-circus-gorilla-mates-with-local-bigfoot/] https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/2008/02/27/monster-tales-alive-in/21518630007/ [https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/2008/02/27/monster-tales-alive-in/21518630007/] https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/11m63mk/the_beaman_monster_is_a_cryptid_ape_reported_from/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/11m63mk/the_beaman_monster_is_a_cryptid_ape_reported_from/] (Reddit story) Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

27. maj 202632 min
episode 25- The Perplexing Kidnapping of Nell Donnelly artwork

25- The Perplexing Kidnapping of Nell Donnelly

Imagine this: you're a successful business woman during the great depression with your family waiting for you to come home after work, but you do not show up one night. You're snatched from the driveway of your own home and whisked away to an unfamiliar place forced to transcribe a ransom note. Join your hosts today as this episode throws us a severe curve ball in the case 0:00 Terrifying introduction 01:08 Building her designing business creating a target on her back 06:09 The devious trap is set into motion 11:11 Lawyer takes action when her absence is made known 13:17 One does not simply mess with the mob 17:20 Panic-stricken perpetrators located abroad 19:24 Clutch your pearls in this scandalous revelation in the case 24:28 Finale that will leave you shooketh to the core: we may be attending therapy after this. Join us at investigatingwithus@gmail.com 28:57 Outro and bloopers https://pendergastkc.org/names/lazia-john-f [https://pendergastkc.org/names/lazia-john-f] https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/mob-saved-kidnapped-nell-donnelly-reed [https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/mob-saved-kidnapped-nell-donnelly-reed] https://kchistory.org/blog/nelly-gone-kcq-traces-kidnapping-nell-donnelly [https://kchistory.org/blog/nelly-gone-kcq-traces-kidnapping-nell-donnelly] https://pendergastkc.org/articles/kidnapping-nell-donnelly [https://pendergastkc.org/articles/kidnapping-nell-donnelly] https://research.fashionconservatory.com/blog/nelly-dons-unexpected-legacy [https://research.fashionconservatory.com/blog/nelly-dons-unexpected-legacy] https://atomicredhead.com/2023/03/29/the-tale-of-nell-donnelly-fashion-icon-rescued-by-the-mob/ [https://atomicredhead.com/2023/03/29/the-tale-of-nell-donnelly-fashion-icon-rescued-by-the-mob/] https://iandrummondvintage.com/blogs/fashion-history/the-incredible-true-story-of-the-woman-behind-nelly-don?srsltid=AfmBOoq4YnyZ_mklv2iES2sdQYW9-ptgZ_W7M14gOzH-MpOl_5pQW4WV [https://iandrummondvintage.com/blogs/fashion-history/the-incredible-true-story-of-the-woman-behind-nelly-don?srsltid=AfmBOoq4YnyZ_mklv2iES2sdQYW9-ptgZ_W7M14gOzH-MpOl_5pQW4WV] https://kchistory.org/this-week-kc-history/strange-bedfellows [https://kchistory.org/this-week-kc-history/strange-bedfellows] https://mhctc.missouri.edu/collection/nelly-don/ [https://mhctc.missouri.edu/collection/nelly-don/] https://www.kansascity.com/news/your-kcq/article255215101.html [https://www.kansascity.com/news/your-kcq/article255215101.html] https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/nell-donnelly-reed/#:~:text=The%20company%20survived%20the%20Great,the%20children%20of%20her%20employees [https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/nell-donnelly-reed/#:~:text=The%20company%20survived%20the%20Great,the%20children%20of%20her%20employees]. https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/exhibit/nelly-don/#:~:text=Nell%20Donnelly%20Reed%2C%20born%20Ellen,study%20at%20Lindenwood%20College%2C%20Missouri [https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/exhibit/nelly-don/#:~:text=Nell%20Donnelly%20Reed%2C%20born%20Ellen,study%20at%20Lindenwood%20College%2C%20Missouri]. https://www.kctv5.com/video/2025/12/16/this-day-history-kansas-city-fashion-designer-nellie-don-is-kidnapped/ [https://www.kctv5.com/video/2025/12/16/this-day-history-kansas-city-fashion-designer-nellie-don-is-kidnapped/] Send us your stories at investigatingwithus@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

24. maj 202630 min