Ep 3: The Vanishing of Owen Klinger

Ep. 5: The YOGTZE Case: Madness or Murder?

In 1984, a German engineer scribbled six cryptic letters on a scrap of paper — YOGTZE — and fled into the night. Hours later, he was found naked, injured, and moments from death in a crashed car. His final words pointed to shadowy figures that have never been identified. Was this the unraveling of a fragile mind… or the silencing of a man who knew too much? In this episode of Mama Mysteries, & Midnight Murders, Julia Rose unravels one of Europe’s strangest unsolved cases — part true crime, part folklore, and entirely haunting. Grab a blanket, light a candle, and join us for a story that lingers long after the last word.

Ep 4: Vanished in the Mojave

In July of 2019, 69-year-old Barbara Thomas stepped just few paces ahead of her husband during a short walk in California’s Mojave Desert. In the wide-open landscape, under a blazing summer sun, she should have been visible for miles. But in a matter of moments—she was gone. Despite massive searches by air and ground, no trace of Barbara has ever been found. Was it the unforgiving desert heat, a sudden medical emergency, an abduction, or something stranger tied to the Mojave’s eerie folklore? In this episode of Mama, Mysteries & Midnight Murders, Julia Rose explores Barbara’s life, the search that followed, the contradictions in her husband’s account, and the theories that still haunt this case.

Ep 3: The Vanishing of Owen Klinger

On an ordinary October evening in Portland, 18-year-old Owen Klinger walked away from his college campus — and vanished. Surveillance cameras captured fragments of his journey, but what happened after remains clouded in mystery and heartbreak. In this episode of Mama, Mysteries, & Midnight Murders, I’ll guide you through Owen’s final known steps, the theories that haunted his family and community, and the painful discovery that followed. Together, we’ll explore how a promising life intersected with unanswered questions — and why this case still lingers in the hearts of many. Join me, Julia Rose, as we sit together in the quiet of the night to remember Owen and reflect on the strange and the sensational.

Ep 2: The Spider-Man of Denver

He thought he was alone. But the house whispered otherwise. Footsteps in the dark. Voices through the walls. Shadows that never left. For nine months, neighbors believed the home was haunted. But the truth was far more terrifying… This is the story of The Spider-Man of Denver.

BONUS: 15 Months Erased

This short bonus episode is here to celebrate the launch of Mama, Mysteries, & Midnight Murders and give you a little something extra before our regularly scheduled Wednesday release. In February 1978, 23-year-old college student Steven Kubacki vanished while skiing along the frozen shores of Lake Michigan. His skis and poles were found abandoned, footprints leading onto the ice… and then nothing. He was presumed drowned—until 15 months later, when Steven suddenly reappeared in Massachusetts, alive, with no memory of where he had been. Was it amnesia? A fugue state? Something stranger in the so-called Michigan Triangle? Tonight, we step into the snow and into one of America’s most chilling mysteries.