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Appalachian Mysteria
A crime journalism podcast series focused on unusual horrors in the hills and hollers of Appalachia. Created and hosted by Kendall Perkinson and Sarah James McLaughlin. Season 1 - Mared & Karen: The WVU Coed MurdersSeason 2 - Big Savage: The Death Of Alexander StevensSeason 3 - Outlan...
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Updates: New Season! / No More Ads / Facebook Deleted / Big Savage on YouTube
Four big updates from the Mysteria Crew.
Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders
(available on Amazon)
Kendall's Appalachian...
Away in a Hangar: A Christmas Special
This short Christmas special tells the story of a Pennsylvania Santa Claus (and his chauffeur) who definitely ended up on the naughty list in 1983. Ta...
Wild Updates: Cases Solved! Suspect Killed! Gravestone Stolen!
In one month, the killers of Julie Williams, Lollie Winans and at least two victims of the Colonial Parkway murders are identified. Bill Thomas joins...
The Sunnyside Rapist (part 2)
In the second of this 2-part series, Jack Edward Hawkins is put on trial without physical evidence for three assaults committed by the Sunnyside rapis...
The Sunnyside Rapist
Fifteen years after the events of Season 1 (The WVU Coed Murders), Morgantown women are faced with a new predator: a rapist so meticulous and organize...
Hell’s Square Mile, Part 3
In the last of this 3-part series, we examine Mabel’s top suspects in the murder of Walter Curnutte. Years later, Tim and Becky discover an entirely n...
Hell’s Square Mile, Part 2
After Walter Curnutte’s murder, his sister Mabel takes on the case, recording interviews, writing letters to powerful officials, and hiring a private...
Hell’s Square Mile, Part 1
This is the beginning of a 3-part story about one square mile of the West Virginia mountains. The story winds its way through a savage war between Ind...
Burning Questions
A WVU alum working for the state prosecutor’s office suddenly finds herself on the scene of a very personal tragedy that could be much more sinister....
Unattended Death Part 2
Arthur's phone is tracked down, and we listen to audio of a Morgantown detective interviewing three students who headed out on the town with Arthur th...
Unattended Death Part 1
This two-part special introduces the life and death of Arthur Bagenda, an international student at WVU who drowned in a ditch within sight of the Morg...
Bonus- Cradle Will Rock
A child's grave explodes after 63 years underground. As Morgantown police and reporters gather around the coffin, they are shocked to find that his co...
Outlandish Extra: Oubliette
In this episode, we take a step back in time to the week Cathy Thomas and Becky Dowski were murdered in the first of several Colonial Parkway murders....
Trailed
As Appalachian Mysteria finished covering the story of Julie and Lollie, author Kathryn Miles completed her own book about the murders. In this episod...
Abandoned Summit
Darrell Rice is released from prison, but the publicity of his indictments makes a normal life elusive. The FBI plans a summit to examine other possib...
Strategic Reasons
Forensic evidence throws the upcoming trial of Darrell Rice into upheaval, and an unexpected conclusion leads to yet another indictment. Several of ou...
All Wrong, All the Time?
We examine key evidence in the pre-trial hearings of Darrell Rice: jailhouse informants, the audio recording that gave rise to hate crime charges, a s...
Survival Mode
Kara Robinson makes an escape, putting all the information she memorized to good use. Evonitz goes on the run. Kara talks to us about the complex ethi...
Death Notice
The Attorney General of the United States announces the indictment of Darrell Rice. We review the life story of the serial killer responsible for the...
Kindness and Fear
As murders and abductions haunt Lignum, Rt 29, and Shenandoah National Park, three children are taken from their front yards less than 30 miles away. ...
Once Upon a Time in the West
We investigate claims that the Park Service has a history of transferring troubled rangers. An NPS whistleblower explains a coverup culture within the...
Exploring Substantial Similarities
Eight Years Earlier: The Navy undertakes “purges” of lesbians from its ranks. The first of Virginia’s Colonial Parkway murders looks eerily familiar....
1996
Someone is pulling over dozens of women on a road just 15 miles from Skyline Drive. Alicia Reynolds disappears. At least three bodies turn up in a sma...
It Felt Like The World Exploded
A massive hunt for Julie & Lollie's killer begins. Some demand a hate crime investigation, drawing parallels to the attack of another lesbian couple h...
Raveling Out
The unsolved murder of a young couple in Shenandoah National Park shakes the gay and lesbian communities. One year later, a bicyclist is assaulted in...
Season Three Trailer - Outlandish
A lesbian couple is found brutally murdered near the Appalachian Trail. As authorities build the first federal hate crime prosecution in the nation's...
Fitting the Crime Part 2 - Testing Truth
The conviction of Glen Woodall begins to look suspicious as a rookie lawyer ushers West Virginia into a new era of DNA testing. Prosecutors fight the...
Fitting the Crime Part 1 - A Town On Edge
As ice storms sweep over Huntington, WV, a masked rapist is stalking the mall. After two abductions, suspicion falls on a nearby grave-digger with a c...
Meet the Minds Behind Appalachian Mysteria Part 2
In a special two-part episode, the president of Jam Street Media, Matty Staudt, sits down with creators of Appalachian Mysteria, Kendall Perkinson, an...
Meet the Minds Behind Appalachian Mysteria Part 1
In a special two-part episode, the president of Jam Street Media, Matty Staudt, sits down with the creators of Appalachian Mysteria, Kendall Perkinson...
Yelling in my Car: A Specialist Critique of Big Savage (Season 2)
After the Mysteria crew receives a concerned email from a professional working on sexual assault issues, we invite her on the show to critique Season...
An Important Update
A lot has happened since the season finale of Big Savage, including Megan Shaffer’s appeals, the unfortunate death of Alexander’s father, and a scanda...
Closure is the Cruelest Word | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
A stranger approaches Teresa as the jury deliberates. The verdict is finally delivered, and we speak with two jurors about the discussion and debate t...
Manner of Death | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
Two medical examiners take the stand. Megan finally takes the stand to testify about the entire ordeal, closing out the trial.
Sarah & Geoff's b...
Unanswered, Unasked | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
Kromatic Media sets legal precedent in Maryland by obtaining Megan's 911 call from the morning Alex was found dead. Jay and Tristan – Alex's father an...
Personal Revelations | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
Sarah and Kendall get personal, Alex's therapist takes the stand, and a stranger testifies about finding Alex on her doorstep one week before High Roc...
The Third Interview | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
Three defense witnesses all make a claim that could swing the jury's opinion. But is there any evidence? One of those witnesses helps to arrange a thi...
A Trial Begins | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
The trial of Megan Shaffer begins with testimony from Steven Moon. We examine Megan's slightly shifting story of what happened that night. Sarah, Ke...
Folie à Deux? | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
In this episode, we try to find out who Alex & Megan really were. The second case file discovered by reporters makes the whole situation even more con...
A Significant Event | Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens
Two “extremely close friends” perform a ritual on a clifftop in Savage River Forest. By morning, only one is still alive. Big Savage: The Death of...