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Part two of the Mainline Murders picks up right where we left off: with the deeply unsettling inventory found in Susan Reinert's car, including a blue comb engraved with the 79th Reserve Command, the very same unit served by her own principal. Who was Dr. Jay Smith, really?On paper, Principal Jay Smith was a decorated Army colonel, a man who'd carpooled with John Eisenhower and earned a doctorate. Behind that carefully curated image was a much darker story: a daughter lost to heroin addiction who vanished without a trace, a basement that read like a fever dream, a homemade gun range, and an arrest that earned him the nickname the Prince of Darkness.But Dr. Smith is only part of the picture. This episode also takes a long, uncomfortable look at Bill Bradfield — English teacher, serial love-bomber, and the man who would become the unlikely thread connecting everything. With five women in his orbit (yes, five), a failing arts-and-crafts store dragging him deep into debt, and a series of increasingly unhinged confessions to his young colleague about mafia hit lists and silencer demonstrations in broad daylight, Bill is spinning a web so elaborate it almost sounds like bad fiction. Almost. Because somewhere in the middle of all of it is Susan Reinert's name. And the clock is ticking."That's Genevieve. And that's Kaitlyn."Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday?Join our Patreon to support the show!

This week, we’re back with a blind read. We don’t do any research beforehand and refuse to peek at spoilers, so we have no idea how this ends! This is a CalMatters investigative piece called “The Man Who Unsolved a Murder” by Anat Rubin. It covers a six-year-old boy named Willie Cook who vanished from a small Northern California logging town in 1976.What starts as a cold case kidnapping quickly unravels into something messier: a witness whose story keeps shifting, a confession that a leading expert calls psychological torture, a defense investigator who starts pulling one thread and can't stop, and a question that haunts every layer of this story: what happens when the system designed to find the truth is built to skip that part?"That's Genevieve. And that's Kaitlyn."Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!SourcesRubin, A. (2025, June 5). The man who unsolved a murder. CalMatters.https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/06/public-defense-investigators/

We’re sharing Reddit's creepiest "Not a Ranger, But..." forest encounters. These search-and-rescue stories prove that humans—not monsters—are the woods' true terror. Anyone surprised? (Not us.) We cover bowhunters stumbling on meth labs disguised as campsites, kids vanishing mid-hunt only to reappear mud-soaked with zero memory, and rangers chasing "wolves" that lead to hidden bodies.​We laugh-cry through trail cam blunders, time-loss blackouts, and "fuzzy figures" haunting family hikes. This episode hammers home why we never stray off-trail without backup.​“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!Sourceshttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4a8xt/comment/f9eoecs/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_buttonhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7vnlzy/comment/dtv8bvz/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7vnlzy/comment/dtum6gu/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_buttonhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7vnlzy/comment/dtv6qss/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_buttonhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4a8xt/comment/f98waa5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

In 1979, a devoted mom, Susan Reinert, and her kids, Karen (12) and Michael (10), vanished after a routine Cub Scout pickup—only for Sue’s brutalized body to turn up crammed in her car’s wheel well days later. By all accounts, Sue seemed to be living the all-American life. In this episode, we dive into her relationship with her college-sweetheart-turned-ex-husband, Ken, and the events leading up to her disappearance and murder. We truly can’t get over how badly this investigation was fumbled. This Pennsylvania nightmare—inspired a book and TV movie—stays unsolved 46 years later. “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!SourcesSchwartz-Nobel, L. (1987). Engaged to murder. Viking.​Costopoulos, W. C. (1996). Principal suspect: The true story of Dr. Jay Smith and the Main Line murders. Camino Books.​Stevenson, S. (Host). (n.d.). The main line murders [Audio podcast series]. Unresolved. https://unresolved.me/the-main-line-murders

EP 118 wraps up our three-part Silk Road Blind Read. Silk Road was a secret, dark website that sold drugs like an online eBay, run by a mystery boss called DPR (Dread Pirate Roberts). In this finale, FBI agent Tarbell travels to Iceland to raid a data center and grab Silk Road's hidden server after spotting a leaked IP address.​We yell through DPR's growing fear from his diary, his sloppy security mistakes (like ignoring server alerts), and agent Force's dangerous undercover work as "Nob," whom DPR has grown to trust a bit too much: he starts chatting about murder on forums. The tension peaks as DPR unravels: feds show up at Ross Ulbricht's San Francisco door, Force risks it all in secret talks, and agents rebuild the site to spy inside, revealing DPR's beginner code and $7M yearly earnings.​This episode covers the big arrest: Silk Road's hidden tech fails, DPR's ego trips him up, and his secret double life crashes down. It’s a wild ride—with a twist ending.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!SourcesPart 1: Bearman, J. (2015, April 29). The untold story of Silk Road, part 1. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/Part 2: Bearman, J. (2015, May 13). The untold story of Silk Road, part 2: The fall. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2015/05/silk-road-2/

Silk Road's paranoia escalates as the feds close in. DPR casually prices out a hit on a flipped insider while his undercover handler Force stages a brutal (fake) bathtub torture for the sting. What was once a libertarian dream has morphed into a dark web nightmare.As far as blind reads go, this one truly had us on the edge of our seats. We couldn’t look away as Silk Road’s empire crumbled from the inside. “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!Source:https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

We're kicking off the Silk Road series—a massive dark web drug market run by a mysterious boss called DPR. We start with Curtis Green, a Utah grandpa and pain pill user who worked customer service for the site, getting raided by SWAT while covered in cocaine powder from a fake package (his tiny chihuahuas go wild).​Then we flashback to Ross Ulbricht: a smart former Eagle Scout and physics student who drops out, experiments with psychedelics, discovers Bitcoin, and secretly builds Silk Road from his laptop—a hidden online "eBay" for drugs using anonymous Tor tech. We review his early struggles: coding the site solo, dodging hackers, lying to friends/girlfriends about his "Bitcoin startup," and growing it into a $1B+ sales empire.​This episode covers Silk Road's wild rise—DPR's rules (no child porn or fakes, but anything else goes), Bitcoin enabling global drug sales, and feds scrambling to catch him. The fall's coming next.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!Source:https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

We’re exploring parallel lives. Like, souls splitting across timelines, Horcrux-style oversouls living multiple earthly lives at once. We break down four wild theories from Reddit deep dives, from quantum jumping to realms where your higher self lives an entire life while your body lies stationary on Earth.​If you’ve ever felt déjà vu hit different or met a “soul family” stranger, these tales will have you side-eyeing your furniture. We debate carbon monoxide vs. cosmic weirdness, because sometimes the scariest parallel is the one staring back from your own life.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

This episode drops the hammer on David Grann’s “True Crime” Blind Read, picking up mid-book with Bala’s sadistic, philosophy-fueled torture porn that’s less “literature” and more “confession disguised as art.” We unpack Amok’s noose-tightened murders, “white gloves of silence,” and Bala’s smug insistence that it’s all just postmodern wordplay—while detective Wroblewski turns his squad into literary sleuths, assigning chapters like it’s homework from hell.​This finale is a masterclass in how a “perfect crime” meets its match in dogged facts over slippery philosophy. If you love seeing pretentious creeps get cornered by their own words, don’t miss the payoff.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/02/11/true-crime

David Grann’s 2008 New Yorker masterpiece “True Crime” is a Polish whodunit that starts with a strangled woman and ends in a courtroom where fiction and murder collide. We dive into the case of Jacek Wroblewski, a cop turned amateur detective who becomes obsessed with a violent novel by a smug philosophy bro named Krystian Bala, convinced its twisted details mirror an unsolved killing.​What unfolds is pure mind-melt: Bala’s pretentious Nietzsche obsession, his internet auction site bragging, and a story so meta it blurs the line between art and confession—leaving us gasping, theorizing, and questioning every “sophisticated fiction” excuse along the way. Bala comes off as the ultimate insufferable smart guy who thinks he’s above consequence, but as the clues stack up, we can’t stop asking if Wroblewski’s hunch is genius or madness.​This one’s for anyone who loves a literary rabbit hole that turns into a real-life nightmare. How far will someone go to prove “it was just a book?”“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!Source: “True Crime” by David Grann, The New Yorker (Feb 11, 2008): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/02/11/true-crime

In this final part, we revisit the Lutz family’s own words through their 1979 Good Morning America interview, then pull back the curtain to examine the contradictions, missing details, and the carefully crafted public image that made Amityville a media monster.​From there, we dig into what investigators, psychics, and skeptics uncovered behind the scenes: parapsychic Ron Mangravite’s claim that the house was soaked in ritual magic, Lorraine Warren’s belief that someone inside the home was acting like a magnet for dark energy, and the way George Lutz’s “regular guy” persona starts to crumble under closer scrutiny. We also bring in the perspective that’s usually ignored—the experience of Kathy’s son Danny—whose memories of abuse, manipulation, and spiritual chaos complicate the neat little “haunted house” narrative the public was sold.​ Where is the line between possession, performance, and plain old human darkness? “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

This week’s episode is pure Merry Crisis energy in the best way: cozy chaos, seasonal depression, and holiday horror stories all rolled into one. We pull together Reddit confessions, off-the-rails family traditions, and a couple of bite-sized true crime tales that prove the holidays are less “Hallmark movie” and more “why is Santa staring at me like that?” If you need an excuse to put on noise-canceling headphones and hide from your kids, in-laws, or capitalism in general, this one’s your festive escape hatch.​“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!SourcesReddit Story: “Guy I’m Seeing Legitimately Thinks Santa Is Real (r/TrueOffMyChest).”

This Blind Read had us absolutely feral (in the best way). We thought we were dealing with a classic “mysterious tormentor” case and instead got hit with psych letters, birdhouse cameras, BTK-adjacent clues, and some of the wildest investigative whiplash we’ve had in a while. Every time we thought we knew who “The Poet” was, the story yanked the floor out from under us again.We pick the case back up with Ruth Finley being harassed. It’s ramping up, and the threats feel way too close to home. The question stops being “Who’s doing this?” and turns into “How far can an obsession go?” We’re talking psycholinguists, surveillance vans, and a reveal that made both of our jaws literally drop mid-read. This one scratches the itch if you love cases that feel unsolvable.It’s twisty, it’s unsettling, and it left us asking whether “the monster” was ever where anyone thought to look.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

We’re blind-reading Corey Mead’s article, "The Poet," set in late 1970s Wichita, Kansas. The city is already on edge due to the active BTK Strangler when Ruth Finley, a quiet telephone company employee, begins receiving menacing phone calls from a stranger who knows a traumatic secret from her past: she was branded by a "sex maniac" as a teenager in 1946. As the harassment escalates from letters to physical confrontations, the stalker—who eventually dubs himself "The Poet"—taunts Ruth and her husband Ed with crude, rhyming letters and public messages in the newspaper classifieds. Police, including Lieutenant Bernie Drowatsky, struggle to determine if they are hunting a copycat or if Ruth is the next target of BTK.Join us for part one of this baffling case as we discuss the resilience of Ruth Finley, the investigative hurdles of the 1970s, and the terrifying mystery of a stalker who operates like a ghost.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

We’re trading historical gratitude for the absolute dumpster fire of modern family gatherings. In Episode 108, we serve up a chaotic platter of listener-submitted nightmares that prove blood isn't always thicker than gravy. We’re exploring everything from a violent brawl between aunts nicknamed "Jailbird" and "Moonpie" involving a carving fork to a sentimental wedding video that abruptly cuts to NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt’s funeral. It’s a crash course in how quickly a holiday feast can turn into a crime scene.So, before you stress about your bad turkey leftovers or political arguments at the dinner table, tune in for a reminder that it could be so much worse. “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

Buckle up, because today we’re wading into one of the internet’s strangest rabbit holes: feral people.What does that term really mean? We explore everything from Appalachian legends — backwoods creatures, cave-dwelling clans, and “wrong turn” horror stories — to folklore and psychology.In this episode, we’ll balance spooky Reddit tales with sobering real-life cases: children raised in isolation, adults who reject modern society, and the fine line between myth and survival.How does isolation reshape the human brain? We explore why rural myths often hide deeper social truths and what separates “living off the grid” from being truly feral. It’s a good reminder that every legend starts somewhere real.⚠️ Content Warning: Mentions of child abuse, neglect, isolation, and violence.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

Bless Kait for showing up on antibiotics and a prayer. After two weeks of chaos (and a possible case of strep), we are diving back into the most cursed address in American true crime: 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York.Last time, we left off with the DeFeo family found murdered in their beds. With Butch DeFeo’s confession echoing through Suffolk County, a new family moves into the now-infamous home: George and Kathy Lutz. They’re just trying to start fresh, but what follows over the next 28 days becomes one of the most debated hauntings in history.As we retell the Lutz family’s descent into terror, we pull apart the line between trauma, psychosis, and the paranormal. As the story spirals toward priests, psychics, and the arrival of Ed and Lorraine Warren, one question remains:Was the Amityville Horror a haunting… or a haunting of the mind?⚠️ Content Warning: Includes discussion of family violence, child death, and paranormal experiences tied to real trauma.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

You’ve heard the phrase “the devil made me do it.” But what happens when someone uses it to explain one of the most infamous family murders in American history?We dig into the real events behind The Amityville Horror — the gruesome 1974 murders that inspired a best-selling book, a Hollywood franchise, and decades of ghost stories. But before the hauntings and horror-movie jump scares, there was a family: the DeFeos.We unravel the disturbing home life behind the glossy façade of 112 Ocean Avenue, a mansion gifted by old New York money, ruled by abuse, addiction, and control. From Big Ronnie’s violent temper to Butch DeFeo’s spiral into heroin and paranoia, we trace how a toxic family dynamic became the foundation for a massacre. And when the gunfire finally shattered that “perfect” suburban home, the real horror had only just begun.⚠️ Content Warning: Domestic violence, child abuse, substance abuse, and graphic descriptions of homicide.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

Welcome back, campers! (And happy spooky season.) This week, we’re tossing the script out the window and diving into real-life horror stories that sound straight out of a movie. From near-death escapes to paranormal close calls, these are the true tales that make you turn the radio down, lock the doors, and whisper, “Did that really just happen?”In this chaotic, wing-it episode, our counselors read their way through Reddit and TikTok threads filled with the internet’s most unbelievable “I survived” moments. From a haunted house that fights back to escaping attempted abductions, it’s a mix of the terrifying, the tragic, and the downright miraculous.⚠️ Content Warning: Includes discussion of abduction, sexual assault, child endangerment, domestic violence, self-harm, and graphic survival accounts.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

Spooky season is here, campers. This week, we’re heading straight into local legend territory. Nestled in the backroads of Collinsville, Illinois, just past the world’s largest ketchup bottle, lies a string of graffiti-covered railroad underpasses known as the Seven Gates of Hell. For decades, bored teens, paranormal investigators, and the morbidly curious have driven these roads at night, hoping to glimpse something beyond the veil — and sometimes claiming they did.In this episode, we explore:🪦 The Legend of the Seven Gates — how a series of abandoned train trestles became Illinois’ own portal to the underworld.👻 Gate-by-Gate Lore — residual hauntings, disembodied voices, and the hellhounds said to chase trespassers through the woods.🩸 Real History Beneath the Myth — from Collinsville’s coal mining past to the documented 1918 lynching of John Prager, the KKK’s presence in Southern Illinois, and how a century of violence and panic shaped local folklore.🐐 Satanic Panic & the “Death House” — stories of animal sacrifice, rituals between gates three and four, and why urban legends about cults took hold in the 1970s and ‘80s.🚗 Acid Bridge — the “bonus” gate where teens on LSD allegedly met a fiery end, ghost cars appear out of nowhere, and a motorcycle club called the Sons of Satan reportedly held gatherings.We also read firsthand listener stories — from phantom cars to hellhound encounters — and dig into why certain places attract myths in the first place. Was it all just teenage rebellion, or is there something darker hiding in the woods?⚠️ Content Warning: Mentions of racial violence, lynching, animal harm, cult activity, and unsolved murder. Listener discretion is advised.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

In Part II of our coverage of SC's Rose Petal Murder.....the investigation into the fatal stabbing of 41 year old Vet Tech Christina Parcell gets far more complicated than anyone expected. In Part I, we unpacked the tangled relationships, custody battles, and harassment campaign that painted a disturbing picture of Christina's ex-bf and the father of her daughter in the months leading up to her murder. Now, in Part II, the story takes a bizarre turn.In this episode we dive into all 2 and a half hours of her murderer 's confession (31 year old piano prodigy Zachary Hughes)...and y'all...it's MESSY af. Was Zachary Hughes a genuinely a good guy who got in way over his head or a deluded narcissist with a savior complex? Was Christina everything he claimed? We're diving DEEP to get the answers for ourselves and you campers....so don't miss this episode!!!SOURCES:Zach Hughes Full Testimony:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElGKJn8hVMhttps://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/02/20/prosecution-calls-pianist-cold-blooded-killer-defense-says-he-acted-save-child/https://www.courttv.com/news/sc-v-zachary-hughes-rose-petal-murder-trial/20/20 Season 47 Episode 26: The Rose Petal Murderhttps://www.fitsnews.com/2025/01/09/rose-petal-murder-the-four-key-players/https://www2.greenvillecounty.org/scjd/PublicIndex/PIImageDisplay.aspx?ctagency=23002&doctype=D&docid=1647544336899-966&HKey=548473824384117437574556757837410012171112971066872561181031157985114113797479122110791204384748199https://abcnews.go.com/US/rose-petals-blade-pianist-confesses-womans-2021-stabbing/story?id=120794402https://www.fitsnews.com/2025/02/14/testimony-reveals-twisted-timeline-behind-brutal-rose-petal-murder/⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of child custody disputes, CSA allegations, graphic violence, and disturbing courtroom testimony. Listener discretion is strongly advised.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

We're sure y'all already know what horrible things have been happening these last couple of weeks... including but not limited to: yet another school shooting & the cold-blooded murder of a peaceful political activist. But there's always Jake Gyllenhaal being Jake Gyllenhaal; so there's still some love and light in the world. We talk about it all today.In this episode, we cover: Multiple school shootings, the Naval Academy incident that led to a tragic misunderstanding, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.An incredible survival story: Angela and Cade Johnson, forced into marriage as teens by a polygamist cult, who later escaped, reconnected, and fell in love on their own terms.Jake G. gifts a lucky duck to a kid and continues being attractive beyond all reason.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

100 episodes, campers. We can hardly believe it. To mark the milestone, we’re taking you deep into one of the most shocking and twisted cases we’ve ever covered: The “Rose Petal” Murder of Christina Parcell in Greenville, South Carolina….which actually had VERY little to do with roses. On October 13th, 2021, 41-year-old veterinary tech and mother to a 9 year old daughter Christina Parcell was found brutally stabbed 35 times in her home — with dozens of rose petals and leaves scattered eerily around the crime scene. The discovery set off a complex investigation that unraveled secrets of custody battles, manipulation, obsession, and a trail of harassment that stretched across years and even continents. In the end—it led police to a man who NO one saw coming—and whose reasons he gave for the cold-blooded murder were just as shocking as the crime itself. This is Part 1.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes graphic violence, child custody disputes, stalking, harassment, and disturbing details about the murder. Listener discretion strongly advised.The details:That Morning: Ring doorbell cameras captured a figure carrying roses approaching the Parcell home.The Victim: Christina was a devoted mother, veterinary technician, and sister whose kindness touched coworkers and friends.The Fiancé: Bradley Post, 65, retired multimillionaire, and first on the scene. Did he know more than he was letting on?The Sister’s POV: Tina Parcell’s unwavering suspicion and her close bond with Christina.John Mello: Christina’s ex, Amy’s father, and a man whose obsessive behavior, accusations, and eventual move to Italy raised every red flag.The Harassment Campaign: how Christina’s past was weaponized against her when pornographic images and escort ads were mailed to friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors.This is Part I of our two-part deep dive into the Rose Petal Murders. In this first installment, we lay out the tangled web of relationships, custody battles, and escalating threats that set the stage for Christina’s violent death. Part II will unravel the investigation, the shocking arrest, and the trial that followed.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

The Villisca Axe Murders didn’t just end with the brutal crime of 1912; the house itself has lived on with a legacy of hauntings, morbid tourism, and unanswered questions. In this final part of our deep dive, we trace how the infamous little white farmhouse became a historic landmark, a paranormal hotspot, and a site of both fascination and fear.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode covers graphic violence, child victims, unsettling hauntings, and self-harm. Listener discretion strongly advised.In This Episode:Darwin and Martha Linn saved the Villisca house from demolition and restored it to its 1912 state.Cold spots, whispers, shadowy figures, and the infamous attic door that seems to move on its own make the house a paranormal hotspot.Firsthand stories from skeptics-turned-believers who experienced footsteps, tugged clothing, toys moving, and even doppelgänger encounters inside the house.The 2014 Stabbing Incident: caretaker Johnny Houser recounts the night a ghost hunter stabbed himself inside the home, sparking questions about whether something in the house preys on the vulnerable.We explore the theories of residual hauntings, collective trauma, and why so many visitors leave convinced the house is steeped in dark energy.Despite this, we honor the victims: Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children, and the Stillinger sisters, Lina and Ina, whose lives were cut short in a tragedy that should never be forgotten.While the crime remains unsolved, the legacy of the Villisca Axe Murder House lives on — both as a preserved historical site and as one of America’s most notorious paranormal destinations. Would you dare spend the night?“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

June 10th, 1912. A quiet Iowa town woke to the discovery of one of the most gruesome crimes in American history. Eight people — including six children — were found brutally murdered in their beds. Over a century later, the case remains unsolved, clouded in speculation, small-town gossip, and a legacy of hauntings that still terrifies visitors today.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode covers graphic violence, child victims, sexual assault, and disturbing crime scene details. Listener discretion is strongly advised.In this episode:The neighbors grew suspicious the morning after when the Moore home stayed eerily quiet.Marshal Hank Horton’s chilling words: “My God, Ross, there’s somebody murdered in every bed.”The crime scene was chaos. From a bloody axe to a 3-pound slab of bacon, bizarre details were left behind.Two hundred townspeople trampled through the Moore home, contaminating evidence and turning tragedy into spectacle.From family feuds to traveling preachers, we begin unraveling the tangled web of accusations.Early newspaper reports fueled hysteria with claims of hidden killers, watch chains, and even “photographs of the murderer in the victims’ eyes.”This is Part I of our deep dive into the Villisca Axe Murders — one of the most infamous unsolved cases in true crime history. Part II will explore the haunting legacy of the Moore house and the paranormal phenomena that still draw ghost hunters and skeptics alike.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

Have you ever locked eyes with someone who looked exactly like you? Or heard the old superstition that seeing your double means death is near? This week, we’re pulling back the veil on one of folklore’s creepiest figures: the doppelgänger.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes themes of death, folklore, paranormal encounters, and unsettling psychological experiences. Listener discretion advised.After weeks buried in BTK, we needed a palate cleanse… so naturally, we went for haunted history, Reddit rabbit holes, and stories that’ll make you side-eye your reflection.From ancient Egyptian soul doubles to chilling Reddit encounters of people meeting sinister versions of their loved ones, we trace the lore of doppelgängers through myth, literature, and spine-tingling real-world accounts. Even Abraham Lincoln makes an appearance in the lineup of unsettling sightings.If you thought “celebrity lookalikes” were the whole story, think again. Doppelgängers have always carried a darker meaning—and these tales might just keep you up tonight.“That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.”Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled📧 Contact: [email protected]🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts.New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show!

We’ve made it, campers—the conclusion of the BTK saga. In this final chapter, we watch the seemingly ordinary father and church leader Dennis Rader unravel, thanks in part to someone far closer to him than police could have imagined.From his last known murder in 1991 to his arrest in 2005, we trace Rader’s brazen communications with police, the meticulous cat-and-mouse strategy of Lt. Kenneth Landwehr’s task force, and the mistake that finally ended BTK’s decades-long reign of terror: a purple floppy disk.Along the way, we hear about Rader’s disturbing “projects,” his abuse of power as a compliance officer, and the FBI-backed media tactics designed to draw him out. The investigation’s turning points—DNA from a pap smear, Home Depot surveillance, and a cereal box with a creepy payload—culminate in one of the most famous takedowns in true crime history.Dennis Rader is now serving ten consecutive life sentences at El Dorado Correctional Facility. The real story, though, may be his daughter Kerri’s extraordinary journey from survivor to advocate for trauma recovery and victims’ rights.Sources:A Serial Killer’s Daughter by Kerri RawsonBind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK by Roy Wenzl, Tim Potter, L. Kelly, and Hurst LavianaInside the Mind of BTK by John Douglas and Johnny Dodd"That’s Genevieve. That’s Kaitlyn."We're the sisters-in-law, best friends, and true crime storytellers behind Camping Is Canceled, serving today's episode with dark humor, compassion, and a solemn nod to survival.Listen Now — wherever you get your podcasts. Join us every Friday. For bonus stories, no ads, and Thursday drops, subscribe to our Patreon.

There’s just that much horrible shit happening in the world. First up: a Southwest Airlines passenger found guilty of groping the woman next to him mid-flight has the audacity to call it “flirting.” Sir, no. Spoiler: the jury took only 30 minutes to convict him. We would’ve taken three.Next, we unpack the devastating case of Carol Maltesi, a model and sex worker in Italy who was brutally murdered by a man she met through OnlyFans. The story itself is gut-wrenching, but the victim-blaming that followed made it even worse.From there, we dive into the takedown of one of the FBI's Most Wanted: Michael Pratt, co-founder of the GirlsDoPorn trafficking ring. He pleaded guilty to sex trafficking after years of luring women under false pretenses, threatening them, and posting their videos online. Justice is finally being served, and we hope he enjoys gen pop.We also cover the chilling, real-time story of a politically motivated shooting in Minnesota that left two lawmakers dead.To close things out, we offer one last reason never to relax again: a 14-foot, 1,600-pound great white shark named Contender is casually cruising off the coast of North Carolina. We repeat: he is right there. "That’s Genevieve." "And that’s Kaitlyn."Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and Reddit rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.Instagram: @campingiscanceled TikTok: @campingiscanceledContact: [email protected] Bulletins are exclusive — only on PatreonLoving this content? Subscribe to Camping Is Canceled on Patreon and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Welcome back, campers. It’s another chaotic, creepy week in the woods, and we’ve got a full Camp Bulletin to prove it. From lead-laced school lunches to harrowing survival stories and a possible serial killer flying under the radar, this one’s got it all. Buckle up.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of poisoning, animal attacks, overdose, homicide, and suspected serial crimes.In this episode, we cover:A horrifying case where over 200 children were exposed to dangerous levels of lead after inedible paint was used to decorate school food. Spoiler: the chef is under investigation, the kids are okay (physically), but the trauma is real.A Connecticut hiker saves her German shepherd, Phoenix, from the jaws of a mother bear… with nothing but a water bottle and raw determination. A GoFundMe to help cover vet bills is linked below.The body of a 29-year-old man was discovered wrapped in a tarp near a donation bin in Pasadena, CA. While police suspect drugs, his family says he deserves more than just a footnote.Six (now possibly seven) women have been found dead in suspicious circumstances across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Police say “don’t jump to conclusions,” but… we’ve got questions.Marine biologist Sunshine Stewart was found dead after going paddleboarding in Maine. Her death has been ruled a homicide, and details remain scarce. Her friends and family need answers—and support.A grieving family adopts a dog who looks exactly like their late pup… only to find out via DNA test that he’s not just similar … he’s literally the dad. Cue the waterworks.Remember, campers: the world’s a scary place. Have courage. Stay kind (of a bitch). And get yourself a pee funnel."That’s Genevieve." "And that’s Kaitlyn."Follow us on Instagram + TikTok: @campingiscanceled. And send us case requests to [email protected]!📌 Show LinksHelp Phoenix Heal GoFundMeShaves Adams Memorial GoFundMe🎧 Listen NowNew episodes drop every Friday. Follow, rate, and review to support independent creators—and if you want ad-free episodes, behind-the-scenes chaos, and bonus content, join us on Patreon.

Welcome to the Camp Bulletin: where cute baby giggles meet existential terror. This week, we cracked open a bottle of Reddit’s darkest forest lore, with spine-snapping tales from real-life search and rescue teams. But first, we extend our love and support to everyone impacted by the Texas floods. Donate to Texas Flood Relief by clicking this link.We head to the woods (because, of course, we do). From ghost loops and ear-popping dread to invisible staircases and blurry men with no eyes, this episode will have you hugging your flashlight and rethinking that camping trip.This week’s wilderness warnings include:A four-year-old disappears … and her cries are stuck on a loop.A child reappears after two weeks with no dirt, no trauma, and a story about the "Fuzzy Man."Unexplained staircases deep in the forest ... and what happens when you climb them.Something pretending to be a mountain lion stalks a ranger. It isn’t.⚠️ Content Warning: Mentions of missing children, death, supernatural themes, animal attacks, and disturbing imagery.Sources:Reddit stories by u/searchandrescuewoodsDonate to Texas Flood ReliefStay out of the woods, campers. And, if you see a staircase in the trees, run. We'll be back early August with the final installment of our BTK series. "That’s Genevieve." "And that’s Kaitlyn."Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and Reddit rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor.Instagram: @campingiscanceledTikTok: @campingiscanceledContact: [email protected] Bulletins are (typically) exclusive — only on PatreonLoving this content? Subscribe to Camping Is Canceled on Patreon and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.