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I’m Ivy, and this is Echoes and Oddities — a storytelling podcast that explores the strange, forgotten, and true stories from history. These are the kinds of tales that sound too odd to be real and linger in your mind long after you’ve stopped listening.
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Jane Doe #59: The Unsolved Murder of Reet Jurvetson (opens the original)
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For 46 years, the young woman found murdered near Mulholland Drive in 1969 was known only as Jane Doe #59. Her case became surrounded by theories about Charles Manson and the violence gripping Los Angeles at the time—but her real story began thousands of miles away. Reet Silvia Jurvetson was 19 years old when she left Canada for California, apparently following a mysterious young man known as John or Jean. Just weeks later, she was dead. In this episode of Her Strange Hour , Ivy Monroe traces Re
The “Doctor” Who Starved Patients to Death | Linda Hazzard (opens the original)
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Linda Hazzard had no medical degree, yet Washington legally licensed her to practice medicine. Her treatment was extreme fasting — tiny amounts of broth and juice, harsh massages, hot baths, and daily enemas that could involve gallons of water. Patients became dangerously thin. Some died. And while several were growing weaker, Hazzard gained access to money, jewelry, property, and estates. In this episode of Her Strange Hour , we’re looking at the real story of the woman known as the Starvation
Who Was Bonnie Nettles? The Woman Behind the Heaven’s Gate Cult (opens the original)
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Everyone remembers Marshall Applewhite. But Heaven’s Gate began with two leaders. Meet Bonnie Nettles — the nurse, mother, and spiritual teacher Applewhite believed outranked him. We’re uncovering how she helped build the group, why followers trusted her, and how her death in 1985 changed everything that came after. I really like this package because Heaven’s Gate is doing the heavy lifting for recognition , while Bonnie provides the “wait, WHO?” factor. And the thumbnail now delivers the provoc
The Girl Police Missed Beneath Their Feet | Ruth Cruger & “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes (opens the original)
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Police searched the building where 18-year-old Ruth Cruger had last been seen. They found nothing. Four months later, another search uncovered what they had missed — Ruth was buried beneath the basement floor. But that second search might never have happened without Grace Humiston, a lawyer and investigator who refused to accept the direction Ruth’s case had taken. Her work would earn her one unforgettable nickname: “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes.” In this episode of Her Strange Hour , we follow Ruth’s d
The Woman Who Scheduled Her Husbands’ Deaths: Tillie Klimek (opens the original)
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Several of Tillie Klimek’s husbands became sick and died. Then one survived. When doctors found arsenic in Joseph Klimek’s body, investigators began looking into Tillie’s past. They reopened old graves, questioned her neighbors and uncovered stories about mourning clothes, a discounted coffin and a woman who seemed to know exactly when death was coming. But Tillie was convicted of only one murder. So how many of the deaths connected to her were real poisonings—and how much of her reputation was
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