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Kat dives into the real stories that sound made up — from strange history and psychology to unsolved mysteries, true crime, urban legends, and the weird corners of the internet. Thoughtful, funny, and just the right amount of unhinged.
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Herb Baumeister & Fox Hollow Farm (Part 2): Indiana’s Serial Killer and the I-70 Strangler Mystery (opens the original)
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Herb Baumeister looked like a successful Indiana businessman, husband, and father of three. But behind his family's Westfield estate—Fox Hollow Farm—investigators uncovered approximately 10,000 human bones and bone fragments belonging to an unknown number of men. In this episode of Kat Has Questions, we take a deep dive into the life and suspected crimes of Herb Baumeister: his early life, marriage to Julie Baumeister, Sav-A-Lot thrift stores, the disappearances of men from Indianapolis's LGBTQ+
Herb Baumeister & Fox Hollow Farm (Part 1): Indiana’s Serial Killer and the I-70 Strangler Mystery (opens the original)
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Herb Baumeister looked like a successful Indiana businessman, husband, and father of three. But behind his family's Westfield estate—Fox Hollow Farm—investigators uncovered approximately 10,000 human bones and bone fragments belonging to an unknown number of men. In this episode of Kat Has Questions, we take a deep dive into the life and suspected crimes of Herb Baumeister: his early life, marriage to Julie Baumeister, Sav-A-Lot thrift stores, the disappearances of men from Indianapolis's LGBTQ+
Mica Miller: The Disturbing True Story Behind Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife (opens the original)
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On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller was found dead at Lumber River State Park in North Carolina. Her death was officially ruled a suicide.But in the months before she died, Mica had been trying to leave her husband, Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller. She had contacted police about harassment, reported tracking devices on her vehicle, and told officers she was afraid for her life.Now, Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife has brought renewed attention to Mica’s story — but the case
Gypsy Rose Blanchard: Dee Dee’s Abuse, the Murder Plot & Nicholas Godejohn (opens the original)
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For most of her life, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was known as a severely ill, wheelchair-dependent young woman whose devoted mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, cared for her around the clock.Then Dee Dee was found stabbed to death inside their Springfield, Missouri home—and Gypsy was discovered more than 500 miles away, walking beside her secret boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn.In this episode, we go back to the beginning of the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case: the illnesses Dee Dee claimed her daughter had, the unnece
The Roofman: The McDonald’s Robber Who Escaped Prison and Lived in Toys “R” Us | Jeffrey Manchester (opens the original)
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He cut holes through McDonald’s roofs, politely held employees at gunpoint, escaped from prison underneath a truck—and then secretly lived inside a Toys “R” Us.Jeffrey Manchester became known across the country as “The Roofman” after a bizarre string of rooftop robberies in the late 1990s. But getting caught was only the beginning.After escaping a North Carolina prison in 2004, Manchester created a hidden life in Charlotte that sounds almost impossible: baby monitors used for surveillance, night
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