Rotten Mango

Most people collect ordinary things - paintings, books, baseball cards. But what if you could collect your darkest desires? Two men decide they will collect women to be held captive in their torture bunker. The men started gathering all their weapons of torture - power drills, clamps, gags, and pliers… the last thing they needed was a video camera. Because they were going to film it all. The snuff film director, the collector, and the serial killer. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When you step into this Walgreens it feels like any other - aisles filled with cosmetics, household goods, and a pharmacy. The employees are kind but they’re harboring their own dark secrets. The woman in cosmetics had inappropriate relations with a German Shepherd and her ex boyfriend refuses to get rid of the incriminating pictures. The store manager has a deadly liking for underage girls. Another employee is plotting the murder of 3 people. But is this really more sinister than your local Walgreens? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

She died twice on that 12 story bridge. The first time - she was thrown off the bridge by two men in hopes of killing her. This would be the only way their night of sick torture would stay secret. The second time - 19 years later. The same bridge. The same spot. The same 120 feet fall. Are the events connected? How does someone die twice? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A man with a briefcase entered the cockpit of Western Flight 701. The man tells the pilots there are 2 bombs on the plane and a grenade in his suitcase. For 20 hours - a couple terrorized the entire flight in hopes of having their demands met. They wanted $3 million dollars in cash, 5 parachutes, a woman on trial for murder to be handed over to them, and a flight to Vietnam. And for decades they got away with it - because the sky is the limit. Source: "The Skies Belong To Us" - by Brendan I. Koerner (honestly, one of my favorite books ever and this episode does not even come close to how thorough, entertaining, and gripping this book was. 10/10 must read) Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A family of 4 is startled awake by two masked men - they tell them that everything is going to be okay. We just want money - that’s all. Slowly for the next 7 hours - it becomes clear that’s not all they want. The 11yr old daughter was assaulted. The mother was assaulted and strangled. The house engulfed in flames - all while the police were standing outside. “A thief in the night. I’ve come to steal NOT your jewels and money. But your personal safety, privacy, and security. I violate your inner asylum of intimacy.” - Cheshire Home Invader / Killer. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

They knew something was different about their family. The sisters saw it. They had guests doing chores - completely nude - in the house. Guests being duct-taped to the walls. They had a man jumping from their roof onto his bare feet over and over again. Until his legs broke. Even all this pain - was nothing compared to the humiliation and psychological torture taking place… what was really going on here? Who would finally tell? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dear Mr. John Wayne Gacy… That’s how it all started… One letter to the “Clown Killer” who was responsible for 33 murders of young boys - and Jason was hooked. For months he developed relationships and even visited with John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, and Charles Manson. He wanted to get inside their heads - but what happens if they get inside his first? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why do so many people go missing in National Parks? Alien conspiracy theory? Government experiments? Or just lost in nature? In this case - it’s none of the above. It’s a serial killer that leaves a trail of bloodshed and a decapitated head bobbing in a stream in Yosemite. Once they catch the killer that’s when the real mystery begins - wasn’t his little brother a national hero? Didn’t they make TV shows about this family? How did one brother become America’s sweetheart and the other America’s heartless serial killer? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

There is international panic on the fate of the missing British Airways flight attendant… and the crazy leads don’t make it any easier for police. She was sold to the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia). An adult film producer claims his colleague kidnapped her for producing a snuff film. The police finally get their first good lead - they knock on the suspect’s door and open up a can of worms. Why is his dog frozen? What are all the videotapes? How many victims does he really have? *Please listen to Part 1 first (#61) Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A Japanese Hostess Club - purchase a table by the hour - female hostesses will come and sit with you the entire time. They pour your drinks, light your cigarette, flirt with you, and stroke your ego. There’s an unspoken law that all the flirting - was nothing but a fantasy. But when a British Airways flight attendant disappears while working at a hostess club - a question arises… Was her abduction someone’s fantasy? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You look out your window - the landlord has dug up another large hole in the backyard… they’re always doing strange gardening projects late at night. You walk into the kitchen - there’s that smell again… the landlord says it’s new fertilizer but the smell is distinct. There are usually 8 tenants but once in a while, one will disappear without notice… what really is going on in this house? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Did you know pigs will eat anything? The Pickton Pig Farm - was isolated, private, had its own slaughterhouse equipped with commercial freezers, and hundreds of very hungry pigs. The farm was well known by locals for many things - mainly the smell that radiated from it… but soon it would be known by the whole world. For where 49 women get murdered… Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A massive 3 story sanatorium in the isolated woods of Washington. The whispers about what goes on in there - I heard she buries another patient every single day. If you walk past it the scary doctor might snatch you, lock you in a room, and starve you to death. Sounds like campfire scary stories? But what if it’s not. What if this is one of America’s worst female serial killers? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A family begged their community to help find their missing 16 year old daughter. #FindBecky started trending on social media. Nobody was prepared to find out that - A 16 year old schoolgirl had been brutally murdered in her own room, decapitated, dismembered, and placed into suitcases. Not long after 6 people were arrested - 2 of them are family members. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ellen could hear her 8-year-old daughter splashing around in the bath with her barbies. Thankfully her son was fast asleep - another long exhausting day as a single mom. But what if things didn’t have to be this way? Ellen calmly walked over to the bathroom, plugged in her hairdryer… and threw it in the bathtub where Stacy was playing... Plop. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Richardson family was found viciously murdered in the middle of the night… The police are gathering clues when they realize that a family member is missing. The 12-year-old daughter… where is she? Has she been abducted? Did she escape? Was she killed? Is her body somewhere else? Time is ticking... Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

She was driven off the main road where she was assaulted, disemboweled, and left for dead. Against all odds, she managed to survive this attack. But that was just the beginning of a diabolical crime... Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

She was held captive for 24 years in the secret basement of the house that she grew up in. During her captivity she gave birth to 7 children - all in the dark with nothing but a pack of diapers and a pair of scissors. For 24 years there were two families residing in one house. The “family above” lived a normal life. Celebrating holidays. Taking pictures. The “family below” lived a life with no sunlight, mold on the walls, and torment beyond imagine. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Who would ever suspect a sweet little grandma with the best-baked goods in town of having a sinister past? She was a doting grandmother, wife, daughter, and a “domestic goddess.” But once in a while, she would add a special ingredient to her baked goods resulting in the death of her loved ones. After 11 funerals - nobody suspected the grieving grandma. Do you trust your grandma? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Two friends go fishing - instead of fish they catch: BDSM leather masks, ropes, handcuffs, knives, and bondage equipment. Could this be the aftermath of a really crazy party? OR was it something more sinister? A case filled with intimate text messages between the killer and victim, bloodlust, and a raging psychopath. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The press claimed she had a “perfect score” on the Psychopath Test - making her the most psychopathic woman in South Korea. Why did all her loved ones go blind? Why did all her husbands end up dead? And why did she try to burn down an entire hospital? How much is too much coincidence? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

5 men board 5 different Tokyo subway trains at the same time. Each of them are carrying plastic bags filled with poison. At exactly 8 AM - peak rush hour - they will release the poison to thousands of passengers who are stuck in the trains breathing in the lethal gas. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

They met in High School and became popular and inseparable. One of them was even voted “Miss Irresistible.” Best friends forever & ever they said - but when four of them are found brutally murdered you have to wonder if someone close to them was involved… Secrets between friends are sometimes the darkest ones. One of them is a Pretty Little Liar. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The CandyMan and his 2 assistant killers are ramping up their serial murders... 29 boys go missing from the same small town. Where are the police? And who finally takes down Willy Wonka? It all ends with one last party. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The “CandyMan” is what all the little boys called him. He was a candy factory owner who passed out free candy to all the kids. In the same small town of Houston Heights 29 boys go missing in the span of a few years… At a time where it felt like nobody could be trusted - the CandyMan seemed like a wholesome adult figure. But you know where this story goes. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A cult in Korea heard the saying “eat the rich” and they decided to do just that. Literally. They turned their victims into side dishes for their Korean BBQ. Is this about the ever-growing wealth gap or are they just a sinister cult looking for blood? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

From the outside - they’re perfect. Wealthy, educated, compassionate, veteran, with 5 children in a blended marriage. When Kathleen is found dead at the bottom of the staircase - all of the Petersons' family secrets come to light. We have more questions than ever… IF she fell (like Michael Peterson claims) why was there blood soaking the floor & walls? Why did Michael delete personal emails right after he found out his wife died? Why do people believe an owl (the bird) killed Kathleen? And what about the other woman in Michael’s life found at the bottom of a staircase? Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A convicted murderer - sentenced to life in prison - decides to start publishing children’s books, short stories, and even a memoir. The elite literary community soaks in every word and praises him for becoming a reformed man in prison. They even start a petition to the President of Austria to let this reformed man out and walk the streets amongst us! Once released - it’s his second chance to do the things he’s always wanted to do! Become a serial killer. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Guests of the Cecil Hotel started complaining about water quality issues - their tap water was brown and had a strange taste to it... They sent a maintenance man to go check on the water tanks on the roof that only staff had a key to - as it was a restricted access area and armed. There he found the body of Elis Lam in one of the water tanks. She had been missing for 3 weeks. How did she get up there? Why was she in the water tanks? What about the elevator footage? Things just get stranger from here... Source Notes @ rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When a law student goes missing - you can’t help but suspect everyone in her class. Was this law school jealousy, a love triangle, or a random crime? What if one of these very law students wrote about how to commit the perfect crime? Is this a situation of How To Get Away With Murder? Source notes on rottenmangopodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A woman falls feet first down a 12 story trash chute to her death. The police are quick to determine it's a suicide or accidental death. But there are still more questions than answers: How did she fit herself into a garbage chute that has an opening the size of a laptop? Why were her jeans pulled down below her knees? Who is her boyfriend and why are people suspicious of him? The deeper you go into the case the less you feel like you know... Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The famous soap maker was giving away free soaps & tea cakes from her beloved soap shop. The neighbors were ecstatic to take home their luxurious bars of soap that they got for free and couldn't wait to test them out... They wouldn't know till it was too late that the Soapmakers recipe included the bodies of her victims. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Two serial killers operating in the same state with the same goal - to be the next Ted Bundy. "A superstar" one says. They both have a thing for beheading women and staging the crime scene to look as if the victim's head is staring at her own headless body. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Melissa was sick of telling her teenage son to clean his room. For the past week, there had been a disgusting stench coming from it. She had a theory - his waterbed was leaking and was causing the smell. She lifted it up hoping to find the source. But instead, she found a dead little girl. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

They saw their dad as a "Half God" - the product of Lucifer mating with humans. They followed his every command whether it was - marrying him, fathering children with his daughter, having sexual relations with their own siblings, or even killing people who learned of his secrets. He led the FBI on a massive manhunt that would ultimately lead to the unraveling of his secret cult. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

She told all of her friends that she was pregnant. People started getting suspicious when they realized she was so close to her due date but hadn't even started showing yet. But Lisa had a plan. She would go visit an unsuspecting pregnant friend and cut the unborn baby from her womb. Welcome to the first-ever minisode! We will have long episodes, as usual, every Wednesday + the new additional mini-episodes on Sundays! I hope you guys like the new schedule! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Cheerleading tryouts at this junior high school become deadly once a mom hires a hitman to literally "knock out" the competition. What's a couple of dead people when your daughter has the chance to be a cheerleader? We also cover the story of the Blood Countess. One of the most prolific female serial killers who has claimed the lives of over 600 victims. She believed the secret to youth was to take baths... full of blood. Blood baths. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A 15-year-old hitchhiker catches a ride with a sweet "grandpa looking man." She was excited to go home but he had plans of his own. His plans resulted in her with both her arms amputated and thrown off a cliff. On the other side of the world, another girl got on a bus after visiting the movies with a friend. She would be found tossed off the bus clinging on for her life. Some of the darkest cases I've covered but it's been highly requested and we need to keep these stories alive. Get your tissues ready - it's gut wrenching. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

She wakes up in a room with no memory of where she is and even who she is... What's even more alarming is that her kidnapper tells her that she will only survive this if she falls in love with him. Anytime the kidnapper believes it isn't going as expected he drugs up the victim and resets her memory once more... Today's episode is a Baking A Mystery which is a completely fictional story! If you are only into true crime no worries we post every single Wednesday! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Police are called out about clogged drains underneath a house in London... doesn't really sound like detective work. BUT it soon becomes apparent that the drains have been clogged with human remains. Someone inside the house has been flushing human remains down the toilet. (Remember Jeffrey Dahmer?) The police think they're about to arrest a murderer but little do they know they've got a serial killer on their hands. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A deaf & mute horror writer is staying isolated in the cabin so that she can focus on her manuscript. A serial killer happens upon her house and decides to make her his next victim. Can she outsmart him? How will she escape? After all, he has the advantage. He can hear her. Today's episode is part of the Baking A Mystery series and is a completely fictional story! But it's got an intense mystery for you! If you are only interested in true crime, no worries we will be back every Wednesday! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Korean YouTubers decide to explore the most haunted place in South Korea... Gonjiam - an abandoned mental asylum where there are rumors of patients who were driven to madness and eventually murdered by the evil hospital director. The YouTubers are live-streaming their entire experience inside the haunted place and slowly... one by one... they go missing. Today's podcast episode is a Baking A Mystery! It is a completely fictional story! If you are only into true crime don't worry we post every single Wednesday! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A slumber party filled with responsible football moms whose kids all play football together... when they wake up one of them is dead in the backyard. When the police start investigating things start getting weirder... A woman tries to bribe the police with Dunkin Donuts gift cards (yes, you read that right). A boyfriend in law enforcement kept accessing Tamla's investigation file unlawfully. And that's just the tip of this murky, confusing, mysterious iceberg of a case. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The body of a deceased CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company goes missing from the morgue before it can be autopsied. The police find mounting evidence that the husband has a lot of motive to murder his wife and then steal her corpse so all evidence of the murder will be gone. The husband also finds mounting evidence that his wife is not dead at all... and maybe she walked out of the morgue? GREAT READY FOR THE MOTHER LOAD OF PLOT TWISTS *This is a Baking A Mystery so it's based on a fictional story and not a true crime case! If you're only into true crime don't worry we post every Wednesday here! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A serial killer who only kills other murderers. He has killed over 60 drug dealers, murderers, molesters, and fellow serial killers in some of the most brutal ways. Fun Fact: He's a free man today. Is he the real-life Dexter? Is this vigilante justice? Or is he just as sick and twisted as all the other serial killers out there? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

She was tortured with bleach till her skin fell off - and then her friends lit her on fire. Another girl had her knees crushed by her boyfriend so she could never run away. Frequently spoken about alongside Junko Furuta's case... these two cases are some of the vilest cases of torture we've researched. We also do a quick dive into where torture even started (the CIA gets involved). It's an intense one. Buckle up. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

77 minutes of absolute psychological torture, murder, and loss. His youngest victim was 8 months old. This might be one of the saddest cases we cover. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

He took something from his first victim - one of her feet. He kept it in the freezer and used it to model his collection of high heels. A collector of sorts - feet, breast, high heels, and underwear from unsuspecting women for over a decade but his dream was to have a collection of women in his freezer. Did he make his dream come true? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Korean movie "The Call" that has been highly requested is finally here! This is what happens when a serial killer keeps calling you asking for favors. It's a really intense one so buckle up! Today's episode is a Baking A Mystery! This is a fictional story and did not happen in real life. If you are only interested in true crime (don't worry) we have episodes every single Wednesday and I'll see you then! Let me know if you've seen this movie before! It's insane. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Daisy's Destruction - the 1-hour long video with 3 adults torturing an infant (18-month-old Daisy) was released onto the dark web in 2012. To most of us, it sounded like an urban legend, but to a lot of twisted people in the world, it was worth the $10,000 viewing price. Today's episode enters the world of the dark web "Pedo-Empire" and you would never believe who's behind the screen. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.