Mums Mysteries & Murder

In this month's episode, Effie takes us through the extraordinary life and almost death of Maggie Dickson born in 1702, a fishhawker living in Musselburgh, abandoned by her husband Maggie had a difficult life, but that's nothing compared to her ( almost death.) Sources for this episode are: Edinburgh Reporter Beheaded podcast  The Hanging of Maggie Dickson - Book Clan Broonfield - on YouTube  The Scotsman The National Library of Scotland  Shows we talked about - Christopher Wilder - The Beauty Queen Killer  Forrest Fenn's Treasure Hunt on Netflix - highly recommend both  Flowers in the attic - The Origins on Channel 5 if you're in the UK  They also have the heaven series, the dollanger children AND My Sweet Audrina  The insane book Marti mentioned halfway through is called -  Careless People A Story Of Where I Used To Work power.greed.madness.  by Sarah Wynn-Williams  you can buy it from Rare Bird Books  https://rarebirdsbooks.com/products/careless-people?_pos=1&_psq=sarah-wynn-&_ss=e&_v=1.0 We also talk about Effie's tradition of The Shining & Steven King, Effie's adventures with a Blimp (Yes, thats actually a real thing!) how difficult it was to be a woman in the 1700's & way too much chat about bath bombs and the beginnings of Lush!  Send us a text - we'd love to hear your thoughts about this episode & if there are any cases youd like us to cover please get in touch [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1834450/open_sms] Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/ You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder And we would love it if you could give us a cheeky review & subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.

Trigger warning This episode contains themes of sexual abuse, child murder & suicide. This month Marti covers the Wanda Beach murders which happened in 1965 in Cronulla Sydney, when two young teenage girls caught the train to the beach with their siblings and never came home. The murders of Christine Sharrock & Marianne Schmidt. We also talk about one of Australia's most prolific serial killers. We of course also talk about what we are watching, his Highness Micheal Sheen, lone shoes & weird things found on beaches! Were going to Crimecon in September! You can grab your ticket at a discount price using the promo code Mums10 https://crimeconuk.seetickets.com/event/crimecon-manchester-2025/etc-venues/3246001 Sources for this episode are: ABC News  Crime InvestigationAustralia documentary  7 News Spotlight  Chris Wilder The Snapshot Killer  Casefile - Episode 1 The Wanda Beach Murders  Listverse  Send us a text - we'd love to hear your thoughts about this episode & if there are any cases youd like us to cover please get in touch [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1834450/open_sms] Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/ You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder And we would love it if you could give us a cheeky review & subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.

We're back for 2025!!!! Did you miss us?  We're kicking off the year with the devastating murder of 16-year-old Elaine Doyle who lived with her Mum, Dad and brother - a very normal Scottish family, living in Greenock on the west coast of Scotland.   Until, in 1986 when their lives were turned upside down when Elaine was brutally murdered.  Sources for this episode are: BBC Scottish Murders Podcast Crimepod Guardian Newspaper Greenock Telegraph  Sky Murdertown doc We also talk about knife crime *trigger warning Greggs hot food tax - did you know this was a thing?  The pronunciation of Celtic  The first documented case of CCTV  and blue light discos  Check out Fox Box Detectives https://www.foxboxdetectives.co.uk/ Exciting News!! We're attending Crimecon Manchester as content creators! Come meet us and chat all things true crime!  A gorgeous lunch is included and refreshments all day - we have to say the food is amazing if Crimecon Glasgow is anything to go by.  Use your exclusive code Mums10 Head to: https://crimeconuk.seetickets.com/event/crimecon-manchester-2025/etc-venues/3246001   Send us a text - we'd love to hear your thoughts about this episode & if there are any cases youd like us to cover please get in touch [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1834450/open_sms] Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/ You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder And we would love it if you could give us a cheeky review & subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.

For our final episode of 2024  and our 50th episode!!!! We're bringing you an intriguing mystery from Australia which is all about shared psychosis so this episode might not be for everyone, if you don't feel in a place to listen to this episode right now please give this one a miss. On Monday 29 August 2016 Mark Tromp and his wife Jacoba got into a car for a “tech-free road trip” with their three adult children Riana, 29, Mitchell, 25, and Ella 22.   They headed north in Ella's car only to turn up one by one a week later having travelled more than (995 miles) and ended with a police investigation and two of the family members in psychiatric care. One investigating police officer from the Silvan district described it as "the most bizarre case I've seen in 30 years". We also talk about Christmas, ( a lot ) Santa warning for this episode, though if you have anyone young enough to believe in the magic of Christmas, they probably shouldn't be listening to this podcast!  The Gilmore Girls, Wham - standard, road trips and imaginary friends..  Sources for this episode are: BBC News  Listverse  Mamamia  Send us a text - we'd love to hear your thoughts about this episode & if there are any cases youd like us to cover please get in touch [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1834450/open_sms] Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/ You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder And we would love it if you could give us a cheeky review & subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.

For our November episode, Effie is covering a Scottish mystery, something we've never touched on before but glossed over.  UFO's!!   Bonniebridge is a little town, it's a small town, that just looks like your average British town about 4 miles west of Falkirk in central Scotland but its harbouring a very strange secret....   It has had the largest number of UFO sightings in the world! Just sit back and take that in!    So much so that since 1992 there have been 300 incidents reported every single year! 36% of locals have seen something unusual in this area known as the Falkirk triangle.....  We also talk about the usual stuff - Halloween, our thoughts on the Menendez brothers, what we've been watching of course, how we're too lazy to see the northern lights, Effie's end of the world experience and how long ago the 90s were...  Sources for this episode are: Bonniebridge UFO capital of Scotland documentary The government silenced us documentary  The Herald Newspaper The Daily Mail newspaper Paranormal files Scotclans.com BBC radio.com   We'd love to hear your thoughts on aliens and this episode.  Are you a believer? Send us a text - we'd love to hear your thoughts about this episode & if there are any cases youd like us to cover please get in touch [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1834450/open_sms] Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/ Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!) Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/ You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder And we would love it if you could give us a cheeky review & subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.