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Author: Marti & Effie

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We're two Mums living in Edinburgh who are obsessed with true crime and mysterious happenings, so obsessed we decided to start a podcast! Each month we take turns to tell stories from our homelands - Effie Scottish born and bred where haggis is NOT actually an animal and Marti from the land down under where no prawns have ever been thrown on a barbie, it needs to be said! So, if you want polished, professional true crime then this is not for you, maybe try Casefile. But if you love true crime and mystery like us & you can't stop talking about it, give us a listen! Its not big or clever but it is entertaining. 

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We love Erin's choice of sad music - please don't listen to this until youve listened to our announcement episode If you're not based in the UK, you might not find it as funny as us, but we had to share. 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 Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://w...
An Announcement

An Announcement

2025-12-2835:44

It's still Christmas, and we have an announcement to make.... 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 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 I...
In our Christmas episode, we are absolutely delighted and terrified to be joined by Kerrie, one-half of North Edinburgh Nightmares. We chat about historical Scotland, ghostly haunts and stories, the Edinburgh dungeon and faeries, a darker type of Christmas, creepy dolls and mannequins and folklore in Scotland, amongst other things. You can find out more about North Edinburgh Nightmares and Kerrie's work at https://northedinburghnightmares.wordpress.com/home/ Follow Kerrie on Insta...
This is our live episode recorded at Cumbernauld Library as a part of their Killers & Coffee sessions with Dawn from Scottish Murders And we are covering the tragic case of the murder of Barry Oldham & Barry Wallace in December of 1999. Trigger warning for this episode: we do touch on decapitation, and if you're Scottish, you might not want to hear me pronounce so many Scottish names wrong! Sources for this ep are: Sources - limbs in the loch - catching a killer - c...
It's our Halloween Special And we're absolutely delighted to have Wayne back from Eerie Edinburgh to talk all things ghostly happenings, banshees, witches and Scotland - all of our favourite subjects. And the best bit - Wayne answers listeners' questions.... Wayne also covers the story of the Haunted Bathroom... To hear more from Wayne, head to https://eerieedinburgh.com/ Check out his YouTube channel - which we highly recommend, they are like mini films at https://eerieedin...
We know so many of you have been intrigued by the Erin Patterson case in Australia and have been chatting with us about your thoughts, so when we approached Tam from True Crime Bookcase who attended the trial in Australia recently and is an Erin Patterson guru we were delighted she was up for chatting with us on the podcast. Tam runs the Instagram account True Crime Bookcase - If you love reading about True Crime, you need to start following her - we've gotten so many brilliant recommen...
This was a special live recording at Airdrie Library for their Killers & Coffee series back in July with Dawn from Scottish Murders. Trigger warning: We do discuss suicide in this episode. In this episode, Dawn tells the heartbreaking story of the murder of Aileen Printie in Edinburgh back in 1981. Aileen was found murdered in her bedroom, discovered by her Mum and sister in August of 1981 in the Longstone area of Edinburgh. She was only 31 years old. We also...
Trigger warning: In this episode, we talk a lot about suicide. Please skip this episode if you're not in the right place to listen. Discussions of homophobia in Australia in the 80s is also heavily featured, so please take note. We are covering the murder of Scott Johnston - Born in California on the 27th of November 1961 - he had such a promising future ahead of him, until he moved to Australia in the 80s. We also talk about what we're watching to lighten the mood, Au...
This month, Effie tells the story of British Military Hero Sir Robert Victor Goddard and the unusual events that plagued his very dramatic life. Sources for this episode are: the book Flight Towards Reality by Sir Robert Goddard. We also talk time slips, Daniel Radcliffe's time travelling, the unbelievable responsibility of teenage boys in wartime, health and safety - don't worry, it's more exciting than it sounds, Effie's "gift" and disappearing ghost cars! Oh yes, it's a very ...
This month Marti is covering a request from our good friend Wayne over at Eerie Edinburgh whose advert you will have heard at the top of the episode. It's a slightly different one for Marti, its a very vintage story based in 1826, in Campbelltown, a small city located on the outskirts of Sydney where a young man sees a ghost, but the ghost isn't just any ordinary ghost.... We'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.. We also talk about what we've been reading: I Foun...
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 ...
The Wanda Beach Murders

The Wanda Beach Murders

2025-03-2101:23:00

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...
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 W...
The Tromp Family Mystery

The Tromp Family Mystery

2024-12-1801:17:05

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...
The Falkirk Triangle

The Falkirk Triangle

2024-11-1157:46

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 30...
Trigger warning* There is a lot of chat in this episode around suicide so if this episode is not for you, or you're not able to listen just now please give this episode a miss. Sources for this episode are: ABC News Office of the state coroner inquest report Brisbane 2013 Daily mail interview with Robert Reid investigative journalist Australian true crime podcast Episode A convenient murder-suicide https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yhwWkmlqIXHKTS8KUrk4Y?si=6wg6...
This month Effie is covering an Aberdeen case from back in 1983. George Murdoch, also known as Dodd, a taxi driver in the area, a family man, much loved by the community who was brutally murdered at the age of 58. Sources for this episode are: BBC News The Scottish Sun Sky News STV documentary Unsolved Who is the cheese wire killer - podcast We also chat random bus stop altercations, road rage cone throwing, which weapon we would choose if we had to murder someone, w...
* Warning * In this episode, we talk about school shootings in Dunblane Scotland and in the US, we also talk about violence against young children and gun laws. If this episode is not for you, please give this episode a miss. The sound is not fantastic on this episode, we were having a few issues with Effie's microphone, so please bear with us. We were lucky enough to meet N Leigh Hunt at Crimecon in Glasgow and he had a huge effect on us both, so we felt so honoured when ...
It's our 3rd Birthday!!!!! Thank you for listening to us talk a lot about random things! And to "celebrate" Marti is covering the tragic and horrendous death of Dianne Brimble onboard the cruise ship P & O Pacific Sky in 2002. Dianne Brimble aged 42 and her 12-year-old daughter Tahlia boarded the ship, along with Dianne’s sister, Alma Wood, and Alma’s daughter, Kari Ann. All four girls shared a cabin for the 10-day cruise. A cruise they had saved for 2 years for, it was ...
In this episode Effie is covering the Scottish Witch Trials and we cover myths and lots of other witchy stuff! The Scottish Witchcraft Act was introduced in 1563 and followed on from trials that had taken place across Europe. We are delighted to be bringing you this episode as we've had so many requests for the witch trials! We also talk about tarring people and putting them in barrels, Jeremy Clarkson, annoying Tik Tokers and what we've been watching! Sources for this episode are:...
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