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A podcast full of stories... true crime, disasters, survival tales, paranormal. We've got it all!
Episodes
True Crime (Mostly) - Halloween Episode
Trigger Warnings: child abuse/sexual abuse, child murder, matricide, substance use, rape, decapitation, homophobia, suicide, death penalty/execution, mentally impaired inmatesYou can contact us by email at triggerwarning411@gmail.comSources…
Survival - The Mucutuy Children
Trigger Warnings: Plane crash, Death of children's mother, brief and non-descriptive mentions of domestic abuse and child sexual abuse, discussions of fighting between militia groups, military forces, and indigenous peoples, brief mention o…
Mystery - Locked Room Death of Greg Fleniken
Trigger Warnings: Death, description of injuries, discussion of irresponsible gun handling, alcohol useEpisode: When Greg Fleniken doesn't contact his wife per his usual routine, she grows concerned and asks his coworkers to check on him. H…
Disaster - Eschede Train Crash
Trigger Warnings: Train derailment and crash, people trapped (claustrophobia), bridge collapse, very brief mention of injuries, death of passengersEpisode: Bev (and a special guest host) takes us back to 1998 when Germany's Intercity Expres…
Misc. (True Crime) - Cases That Changed Everything
Trigger Warning: murder of a child, murder, rape/sodomy of an adult, criminal rightsEpisode: Doing something a little different today: Bev tells the stories of three cases that changed laws or created news ones, bringing changes to the U.S…
Survival - Vesna Vulovic
Trigger Warnings: Death, bodily injuries, bombingEpisode: How does a 22 year old flight attendant get put in the record books in 1972? Survive falling from cruising altitude! Bev and Diz DO NOT recommend following her example. But we do rec…
Spooky - Arkansas Hauntings
Trigger Warnings: death penalty, hangings, death of livestock, death of pets, the tearing asunder of human beings, suicideEpisode: A variety of haunted places in Arkansas, including a federal building, a battleground, and a cemetery. But th…
True Crime - Diane Schuler (True Crime we wish was a Mystery)
Trigger Warnings: death of children, suicide, cheating partner, alcoholism, drug use, fatal traffic crashEpisode: Diz brings us the sad case of Diane Schuler and the car crash that killed eight people in 2009. At the time, it was considered…
True Crime - Murder of Rowan Ford
Trigger Warnings: Murder of a child, rape/sexual assault of a child, child neglect, drug useEpisode: Nine-year-old Rowan Ford goes missing from her home in November 2007 leaving her small community stunned. After a week long search, her bod…
Survival - Angela Hernandez
Trigger Warnings: Severe Injuries, Brief discussion of drowning (but no drowning takes place)Episode: Angela Hernandez starts a long drive to visit her sister but a horrific accident leaves her struggling to survive. But survive she did! Di…
True Crime - Steve Carter / Marx Barnes and Carlina White
Trigger Warnings: Child abandonment, adoption, kidnappingEpisode: Imagine going to a website and finding a picture of yourself as a baby. But the website isn't Facebook - it's a website for kids who have been missing since they were infants…
Disaster - Hurricane Juan and the Killer Floods of 1985
Trigger Warnings: Flooding, Drowning, Animal DeathsEpisode: Hurricane Juan starts off in the Gulf of Mexico wreaking havoc on the coastline of the U.S. and then heads north. After meeting up with some other rain systems, it stalls and creat…
True Crime - Carroll Edward Cole, Serial Killer
Trigger Warnings - Child abuse, animal abuse, child death, drowning, murder, strangulation, polygamyEpisode: Carroll Edward Cole started out with the world stacked against him. But that gave him no excuse to become an asshole and murderer. …
Survival - Matthew Reum
Trigger Warnings: Childhood trauma/abandonment, Adoption, Traffic accident, claustrophobia, Suicidal thoughts and attempts, severe injury leading to amputationEpisode: Matthew Reum has plans for Christmas when he sets out for home on Decemb…
Mystery - The Disappearance of Joan Risch
Trigger Warnings: possible death, assault, brief mention of abortionToday's Episode: Joan Risch is a mother of two and a happy housewife in October of 1961 when she suddenly vanishes. The timeline of her last day is well known but then that…
Special Episode - Christmas in July Compilation
Trigger Warnings are listed before individual storiesA compilation of Christmas true crime, disaster, dumb criminals, and regular criminals. Sources:https://historynavigator.org/2019/12/21/the-italian-hall-disaster-and-the-copper-strike-of-…
Disaster - I35W Mississippi River Bridge Collapse
Trigger Warnings: Brief mentions of death by drowning, fire, and crushing, Death of a child, Death of an unborn child, Environmental Pollution, Eyewitness accounts of traumatic events, ClaustrophobiaToday's Episode: The collapse of a major …
True Crime - Double Murder in Great Falls, Montana in 1956
Trigger Warnings: Murder, Descriptions of Injuries, Sexual AssaultYoung couple Patty and Dwayne had only been dating for about a month when their bodies were found brutally murdered on a frigid day in January 1956. The case very quickly wen…
Mystery - Death of Rey Rivera
Trigger Warnings - Missing person, mention of suicide, conspiracy theories regarding secret societies, discussion of mental health conditions, descriptions of injuriesWhen Rey Rivera goes missing one evening out of the blue, his wife and fa…
Mystery - The Disappearance of Dennis Lloyd Martin
Trigger Warnings: Disappearance of a child, theories about his disappearance including discussions of abduction and deathSources:https://web.archive.org/web/20170709150118/http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/martin_dennis.htmlhttps://www…
** Sunday Release ** Spooky - Arizona Hauntings
Trigger Warnings: since this involves stories of hauntings everything mentioned is very brief, but I wanted to warn you anyway. Trigger warnings include: suicide, death of children, murderWant to get in touch? E-Mail us at triggerwarning411…
True Crime - Hillsville Massacre
Trigger Warnings: very brief mentions of child marriage. Otherwise, gun violence in the early 1900's. Movie moments shouldn't lead to a massacre but that's what we have here. A rom-com-esque moment at a dance leads to a bloody mess at the C…
Survival - Sharon Patyk Komlos
Trigger Warnings: Gun violence, rape, kidnapping, description of injuries, divorce, physical disabilityIn 1980, Sharon Komlos has a job she loves, a happy marriage, and three children she adores in their new home in Boca Raton, Florida. Sh…
SEASON TWO PREMIER! Disaster - Peshtigo Fire
Tigger Warnings: Fire, death, death of families - including children, death of animals, environmental destructionIn 1871, on the same night as The Great Chicago Fire, another fire raged through a small town in Wisconsin. Though it wiped out…
SEASON FINALE! True Crime - The Long Island Serial Killings
Trigger Warnings - Death, Dismemberment, Domestic Abuse, Death of a childIt started way back in 1993 but the full extent of the terrible crimes didn't come to light until much later. Young women, murdered, and their bodies discarded in vari…
True Crime - Murders of Antonio and Dawn Armstrong
Trigger Warnings: murder of parents, brief mention of arson, brief mention of mental health issues, brief mention of missing personWhen ex-NFL star Antonio Armstrong Sr. and his wife, Dawn, are murdered in their own bedroom, the police and …
**Sunday Bonus Episode** Mystery - The Disappearance of the Crew of The Mary Celeste
Trigger Warnings: Missing persons, Presumed death of child and adults, Ship AdriftThe Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic in 1872. The ship was completely intact and seaworthy, leading to a mystery that invites theory and speculat…
True Crime - Murder of Becky Bliefnick
Trigger Warnings: brief description of method of murder, brief mention of possible child abuseBecky Bleifnick is a 41 year old mother of three when she's found shot to death in her own home in February of 2023. Who would have motive to kill…
Survival - Jose Salvador Alvarenga
Trigger Warnings: lost at sea, consumption of uncooked animals, cannibalism is mentioned in passingWhen two fisherman find a prime fishing spot one day in November of 2012, they ignore an incoming storm and wait too long before heading to s…
**Sunday Release!** Disaster - Union Carbide (Part 2)
TRIGGER WARNINGS: racism, mass death, death of children, death of families, descriptions of death by gasWe continue our story of Union Carbide Corporation. The company brought us products that led to more convenience in modern life; but al…
Disaster - Union Carbide (Part 1)
Trigger Warnings: Cancer, Racism, Corporate Greed, Work-Related DeathsUnion Carbide produced everything from asbestos to steel to antifreeze and their profits proved it. But sometimes a company's bottom line becomes their main focus and the…
True Crime - Murder of Karen LeClair
Trigger Warnings: description of method of murder, brief mention of body decomposition, adulteryA lovely Independence Day boat ride for the LeClairs ends in tragedy when Karen LeClair falls overboard and her husband is unable to save her. …
BONUS EPISODE - Hauntings by State - Alaska
Trigger Warnings - child death, ghosts, paranormal eventsOur hauntings by state series continues with Alaska! We didn't plan on giving you a True Crime that took place in Alaska on Wednesday followed immediately by paranormal goings-on ther…
True Crime - The Mass Murder of The Investor Family and Crew
Trigger Warnings: death of children, death of family, burned bodiesIn the small town of Craig, Alaska, people gather to watch as a fancy fishing boat burns in the water about a mile from town. At first it's a spectacle - something unusual t…
True Crime - Camm Family Murders
Trigger Warnings: death of children, brief mentions of child sexual abuse, descriptions of injuries to childrenIn September 2000, a small Indiana town is shocked when a young mother and her two children are found dead in their own home. The…
Mystery - U.S.S. Cyclops Disappearance
Trigger warnings: We don't really know because no one knows what happened to the U.S.S. Cyclops on its final voyage back to the United States from Brazil during WWI. Did it get sunk by a German U-Boat? Was there a mutiny? Did a Bermuda Tria…
Disaster - The Surfside Condo Collapse
Trigger warnings: death of 98 people, child deaths, climate change, animal death mentionedIn 2021, the small community of Surfside, Florida held its collective breath as rescue workers searched for the residents of Champlain Towers South. T…
Mystery - The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst
Trigger Warnings: war, spies, missing person, remains of human bodyDiz brings us a real head-scratcher! Benjamin Bathurst was on his way home from a dangerous mission as a spy. The worst of it was behind him... but then he disappeared. The …
Survival - Tales of Survival and Good Samaritans (Compilation!)
Trigger warnings: discussion of injuries, death, near-death, alone in the wildernessA handful of stories of people surviving dangerous situations, despite the odds against them. Also, a little hope: tales of other people helping out perfect…
Disaster - Libby Montana Asbestos Cloud
Trigger Warnings: environmental and human poisoningLibby Montana was a small mining town near the Idaho border. Many of the residents were employed by the local mine, which thrived for decades. But the mine owners ignored the health of the …