Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast

S4 Ep19: Episode 178: Perplexing Playback- Hellfire Farm

While Kaydra catches up from a weekend with family, enjoy this re-mastered playback of the story that first got Kaydra into the paranormal! The terrifying story of Heol Fanog, AKA Hellfire Farm.  ------ WAYS TO SUPPORT & CONNECT: Join the Patreon [https://patreon.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] for perks and ad free episodes! Hit that follow button, drop a 5 star review, and spread the word!!! Buy Kaydra a coffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] and get a shoutout! Merch! [https://www.bonfire.com/store/perplexity-mystery-podcast/] Be sure to tag us on Instagram in your merch! Subscribe to the YouTube channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@perplexitymysterypodcast] Website [https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/] Follow Perplexity on Instagram and TikTok @PerplexityMysteryPodcast. Have a story to tell or want to request a topic? Email Kaydra at PerplexityMysteryPodcast@gmail.com [https://gmail.com/] ------ Episode keywords: Heol Fanog, Hellfire Farm, paranormal podcast, exorcism, demonic possession, cursed house, haunted house, haunted locations, paranormal stories, true horror stories, dark history, weird history, supernatural, mystery podcast, scary stories

S4 Ep18: Episode 177: Mirrors- History, Folklore, & Hauntings

Today, we venture inside mysterious gateways. We step through the glass, and gaze beyond our own reflection. Around the world for thousands of years, these objects have been feared, covered, shattered, and whispered to. Some say they’re capable of trapping souls. Others claim they reveal hidden truths, and bring good luck, or bad. It depends on who you ask. From ancient superstitions to ghostly reflections – today we are discussing one of the most ordinary, yet powerful objects in our homes. Today’s episode is all about mirrors! ------ WAYS TO SUPPORT & CONNECT: Join the Patreon [https://patreon.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] for perks and ad free episodes! Hit that follow button, drop a 5 star review, and spread the word!!! Buy Kaydra a coffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] and get a shoutout! Merch! [https://www.bonfire.com/store/perplexity-mystery-podcast/] Be sure to tag us on Instagram in your merch! Subscribe to the YouTube channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@perplexitymysterypodcast] Website [https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/] Follow Perplexity on Instagram and TikTok @PerplexityMysteryPodcast. Have a story to tell or want to request a topic? Email Kaydra at PerplexityMysteryPodcast@gmail.com [https://gmail.com/] ------ SOURCES: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/psychomanteum-mirror-gazing/ [https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/psychomanteum-mirror-gazing/] https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/mirrors-superstition-mythology-psychology-sanity [https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/mirrors-superstition-mythology-psychology-sanity] https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/14/mcelheny.php [https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/14/mcelheny.php] https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/04/through-glass-darkly-mirrors-myths-and.html [https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/04/through-glass-darkly-mirrors-myths-and.html] https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-haunting-of-the-myrtles-plantation/ [https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-haunting-of-the-myrtles-plantation/] https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-haunted-mirror [https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-haunted-mirror] https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-houses/villisca-axe-murder-house/ [https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-houses/villisca-axe-murder-house/] ------ Episode keywords: Mirrors, haunted mirror, Bloody Mary, Bela Lugosi, cursed games, mirror box, mirror magic, paranormal podcast, psychomanteum, mirror gazing, myrtles plantation, haunted locations, villisca axe murders, superstitions, mirror superstitions

S4 Ep17: Episode 176: The Kentucky Meat Shower & the Oakville Blobs

Today we’re looking up to the skies, rolling up our sleeves—and maybe grabbing an umbrella..because things are getting weird overhead. Imagine glancing up one afternoon only to find… meat. Falling. From. The. Sky. Or wandering through your neighborhood as gelatinous blobs drift down like strange raindrops an alternate dimension.  History is filled with bizarre meteorological moments that challenge both science and sanity. But today’s stories will have you thinking the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is actually possible. So let’s get into it. Today’s perplexing episode is all about strange things that have fallen from the sky, The Kentucky Meat Shower and the Oakville Blobs. ------ WAYS TO SUPPORT & CONNECT: Join the Patreon [https://patreon.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] for perks and ad free episodes! Hit that follow button, drop a 5 star review, and spread the word!!! Buy Kaydra a coffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] and get a shoutout! Merch! [https://www.bonfire.com/store/perplexity-mystery-podcast/] Be sure to tag us on Instagram in your merch! Subscribe to the YouTube channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@perplexitymysterypodcast] Website [https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/] Follow Perplexity on Instagram and TikTok @PerplexityMysteryPodcast. Have a story to tell or want to request a topic? Email Kaydra at PerplexityMysteryPodcast@gmail.com [https://gmail.com/] ------ SOURCES: https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/kentucky-meat-shower-mystery/ [https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/kentucky-meat-shower-mystery/] https://www.weku.org/kentucky-arts-culture/2026-03-06/kentucky-meat-shower-150th-anniversary-draws-hundreds-to-bath-county [https://www.weku.org/kentucky-arts-culture/2026-03-06/kentucky-meat-shower-150th-anniversary-draws-hundreds-to-bath-county] https://www.hollyhillandco.com/stories-recipes/meat-shower [https://www.hollyhillandco.com/stories-recipes/meat-shower] https://www.wkms.org/sounds-good-conversations/2024-02-20/uncommon-history-brent-taylor-on-the-1876-kentucky-meat-shower-in-bath-county [https://www.wkms.org/sounds-good-conversations/2024-02-20/uncommon-history-brent-taylor-on-the-1876-kentucky-meat-shower-in-bath-county] https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-kentucky-meat-shower [https://davebarry.substack.com/p/the-kentucky-meat-shower] https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article314895873.html [https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article314895873.html] Season 5 Episode 20 “Unsolved Mysteries” https://www.kuow.org/stories/return-of-the-blobs-sw-washington-revisited-by-decades-old-gooey-mystery [https://www.kuow.org/stories/return-of-the-blobs-sw-washington-revisited-by-decades-old-gooey-mystery] https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/ [https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/] https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-were-the-oakville-blobs [https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-were-the-oakville-blobs] https://medium.com/@ajhotz23/do-not-ask-the-1994-oakville-blobs-711bd8631fa8 [https://medium.com/@ajhotz23/do-not-ask-the-1994-oakville-blobs-711bd8631fa8] https://www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717 [https://www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717] https://www.rd.com/list/weird-things-fallen-from-sky/ [https://www.rd.com/list/weird-things-fallen-from-sky/]------ Episode keywords: Weird history, Kentucky Meat Shower, Oakville Blobs, germ warfare, unsolved mysteries, Kentucky history, Washington history, mystery podcast, unsolved, funny history, true stories, weird science, weather, paranormal podcast, unsolved podcast

INTRODUCING: Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River

Introducing the new long form investigative podcast from the team behind Missing in Hush Town, Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River. Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts and catch new episodes each Monday. Apple Podcast Link [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secrets-beyond-the-sacramento-river/id1834249620] Spotify Podcast Link [https://open.spotify.com/show/3gCS5ru5jLGsn2VC3JZeFu?si=e704da72adb14102]  Episode 1: Send Recovery On September 9th, 2023, at 9:45 PM, a 911 call was made. A witness reported a white sedan sitting on River Road in the Sacramento Delta. Moments later, that same car began to move—rolling slowly from a stop, turning down an embankment, and disappearing into the Sacramento River. Emergency response was called. But what happened next, doesn’t make sense. Within hours, the call was downgraded. Medical was cancelled. No confirmed search took place the following day. Two days later, a dive team finally located the vehicle. Four days later, Jeff Anderson was pulled from the bottom of the river—just 500 feet from where the car entered the water. His car was: -upside down - in park. Keys in his pocket. His body in the back seat. His phone was never recovered. And in the months after his death—someone attempted to access his accounts. Authorities ruled it an accident. We disagree.  In this first chapter of Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River, we walk you through the night Jeff Anderson lost his life—using dispatch calls, witness statements, and official reports—to uncover one question: What happened to Jeff Anderson? Subscribe wherver you get podcasts.  Hosts Jen Rivera & Jules Thorp  Produced in cooperation with Jeff Anderson's family.

S4 Ep16: Episode 175: UNSOLVED- Bethany Markowski & Jeff Anderson: An Interview with Jules Thorpe

Kaydra's friend, Jules, co-founder of Fire Eyes Media, returns to the podcast to shed light on 2 cases she has been researching for the past 2 years. Jules works closely with the families and believes these cases are solvable. These are the stories of 11 year old Bethany Markowski and 40 year old Jeff Anderson.  https://bethanymarkowski.com [https://bethanymarkowski.com/] https://missinginhushtown.com [https://missinginhushtown.com/] https://fireeyesmedia.com/shows [https://fireeyesmedia.com/shows]------ WAYS TO SUPPORT & CONNECT: Join the Patreon [https://patreon.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] for perks and ad free episodes! Hit that follow button, drop a 5 star review, and spread the word!!! Buy Kaydra a coffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/perplexitymysterypodcast] and get a shoutout! Merch! [https://www.bonfire.com/store/perplexity-mystery-podcast/] Be sure to tag us on Instagram in your merch! Subscribe to the YouTube channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@perplexitymysterypodcast] Website [https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/] Follow Perplexity on Instagram and TikTok @PerplexityMysteryPodcast. Have a story to tell or want to request a topic? Email Kaydra at PerplexityMysteryPodcast@gmail.com [https://gmail.com/] ------ Episode keywords: Bethany Markowski, Jeff Anderson, unsolved podcast, unsolved, disappearance, true crime, true crime podcast, Missing in Hushtown, Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River, victims first, California crimes, unsolved mysteries, Tennessee crimes, missing person, Tennessee missing persons, California missing persons