Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery

In 19th-century Australia, ghostly figures began terrorizing communities, lurking in the shadows, frightening unsuspecting victims, and sometimes doing far worse than simply giving someone a scare. Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery⁠ Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast⁠ Sources:   https://prov.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/media/provenance2014_waldron.pdf https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2014/playing-ghost https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-21/ghost-hoaxing-on-victorias-goldfields/12571526 All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/⁠ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For centuries, a human skull has been kept inside an English manor house, with one very specific warning: never remove it.  Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Sources:   https://heritage.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/Monument/MDO24642 https://dorsetlife.co.uk/the-guttridge-files-bookshelf-skulduggery/ https://www.ww2.opcdorset.org/BettiscombeFiles/Bettiscombe.htm https://screamingskulls.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-bettiscombe-skull.html https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/bof/bof08.htm https://www.thedicamillo.com/house/bettiscombe-manor/ https://mysterioustimes.co.uk/2026/08/26/the-screaming-skull-of-bettiscombe-who-was-she/ All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 1920s, Helene Adelaide Shelby had a heck of an idea: what if, instead of a typical detective interrogating suspects, we had a skeleton do it? Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Sources:   https://bronzeicon.com/articles/66-the-voice-from-hell/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/criminal-confession-skeleton-patent https://hyperbate.fr/mort/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US1749090A/en https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e4/19/8a/b151c2156a3fb4/US1749090.pdf https://bigthink.com/the-past/criminal-confession-skeleton/ All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TRIGGER WARNING: sexual assault Why didn't she report it? Why did she keep talking to him afterward? Why didn't she just leave? We ask these questions about survivors of sexual assault all the time. But when even a conviction doesn't guarantee meaningful consequences, and the very things someone does to stay safe can be used to question their credibility, the answers become a lot more complicated. This week, we're examining what happens when survivors seek justice, and why so many never do. Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Sources:   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/06/stanford-sexual-assault-case-victim-impact-statement-in-full https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chanel-miller-reads-her-entire-victim-impact-statement-she-wrote-to-address-brock-turner-60-minutes-2019-09-22/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/06/father-stanford-university-student-brock-turner-sexual-assault-statement https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/26/brock-turner-stanford-sexual-assault-victim-testimony-laugh https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/austin-wilkerson-released/ https://www.illinoiscourtscommission.gov/case-details?id=121 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christopher-belter-rape-probation-victim-mm/ https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/cv2_4.pdf https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12081761/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39548865/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-university-rape-allegations-chi-phi-fraternity-details/ https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-jane-doe-police-interview-transcript/ https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-district-attorney-campus-police-interview/ https://apnews.com/article/556db045600f8d5aa274f913bb5270a5 https://apnews.com/article/e5d3182af81fff6efc86d700516e171a https://apnews.com/article/259e923dc2fb581f6565b0c4969c4397 https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/cornell-hires-ex-justice-dept-official-yates-review-rape-claims-response-2026-10-06/ https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/10/faq-edited-cornell-removes-statement-that-all-investigatory-information-was-shared-with-da-in-alleged-chi-phi-gang-rape https://people.com/cornell-rape-case-man-accused-wants-letitia-james-removed-12164196 All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1324 Ireland, a wealthy woman finds herself at the center of accusations involving suspicious deaths, sorcery, demons, and a bishop who will stop at nothing to bring her down.  Need more WMMM in your life? Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/witchesmagicmurdermystery Our Youtube Channel has longer versions of our episodes, with less editing and more outtakes: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast Sources:   https://www.dib.ie/index.php/biography/kyteler-kettle-keyetler-dame-alice-a4617 https://www.dib.ie/biography/le-poer-arnold-a4734 https://www.historyireland.com/the-sorcery-trial-of-alice-kyteler-by-bernadette-williams/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-anthology-of-british-medieval-latin/trial-of-alice-kyteler-on-a-charge-of-witchcraft/5FA4D52302F1D53D699A7E4018C5D35A https://celt.ucc.ie/published/L100011/text150.html https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/irish-historical-studies/article/abs/select-document-florence-newtons-trial-for-witchcraft-cork-1661-sir-william-astons-transcript/F4548374C6140B71F50F8257D6315DBC https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/social-life-in-britain-from-the-conquest-to-the-reformation/superstitions-and-marvels/74D250392B86FF1B113346315563C69C https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/narratives-of-sorcery-and-magic/9EEB481CC28816A0ABA84FE6DC35CDD4 All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:                  Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram              Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices