Macabre Mondays
Welcome to Macabre Mondays! Where mystery meets the macabre. Some people start their week with coffee. We (mainly Ale) prefer ghosts, mysteries, and things that go bump in the night. Join Alejandra, a lifelong storyteller with a fascination for the strange, the sinister, and the spooky as she shares chilling tales with her husband Tom, who's hearing them for the first time. There's a little bit of marriage, mystery, and some mayhem — all in a weekly escape into the darker side of life.
Episodes
43. La Mataviejitas: The Monster of Mexico City
Between 1998 and 2006, Mexico City was haunted by a terrifying mystery, dozens of elderly women found strangled in their own homes. When police finally uncovered the truth, it shocked the world: the killer wasn’t a man, but Juana Barraza, a…
Chapter 13: Threshold / 13 Nights of Macabre (Finale)
In Chapter 13: Threshold, morning comes to the Marrow house. The air warms. The lavender remembers itself. And the final rule, Let go when asked by name, has been honored. With the ledger in hand, she writes her own line, returning what the…
Chapter 12: Owed / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 12: Owed, she finally asks by name. When the house writes its final rule — Let go when asked by name — everything begins to unravel. The red door unlocks from the inside, the mirror breathes, and the little girl on the other side…
Chapter 11: The Kept Hour / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 11: The Kept Hour, midnight takes hold. Upstairs, a realtor and his daughter walk the same hallway, unaware of the house’s patience below. In the nursery, the cataloger faces her reflection — two versions of herself split by a si…
Chapter 10: The Ledger Below / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 10: The Ledger Below, she follows the stairs into the house’s hidden nursery, a place that remembers every name ever borrowed. Rows of cribs and a box lined with antique keys wait in the dark. Each key bears a name, each name mar…
42. The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs: Janett Christman
Before it became a campfire story, it was a real nightmare.In 1950, thirteen-year-old Janett Christman accepted a last-minute babysitting job on a stormy night in Columbia, Missouri. Hours later, a frantic phone call came into the police st…
Chapter 9: Returns / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 9: Returns, the house begins to pull her deeper. A clear marble rolls from beneath the red door, reflecting both halls overlapped — as if time itself has started to fold. Through the crack, a staircase appears, curving down into …
Chapter 8: The Other Hall / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 8: The Other Hall, the house draws its boundary. Through the widening seam, the cataloger sees the mirrored corridor come alive — its air colder, its laughter smaller, its promises softer. When a child’s hand reaches from the blu…
Chapter 7: Angle of View / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 7: Angle of View, the hall begins to move. No matter where she stands, the red door shifts back to the center of her vision, the house adjusting her like a subject in a frame. As she places the three marbles across the threshold,…
Chapter 6: Static / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 6: Static, the count begins. Children’s voices whisper numbers through the baby monitor, stopping at thirteen as the house shifts its focus. A new marble appears — dark as ink, threaded with silver — showing what moves beneath th…
Chapter 5: Borrowed Names / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 5: Borrowed Names, the house speaks through lullabies and photographs. The cataloger discovers a baby monitor whispering the tenth rule — Return what you borrow. When she lifts the hallway runner, the past returns a photo that sh…
Chapter 4: House Rules / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 4: House Rules, the ledger is opened. Every rule in the Marrow house has been written by careful hands, and every name belongs to someone who may never have left. The cataloger finds her own name signed among the others and begin…
Chapter 3: The Knock / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 3: The Knock, the red door answers.The voice behind it is too familiar to be a stranger — and too wrong to be real. As new rules appear on the frames, a marble rolls from the crack beneath the door, carrying an image of the hallw…
41. Sylvia Likens: The House of Unthinkable Cruelty
⚠️ TW: This episode contains descriptions of severe child abuse, torture, and violence that may be disturbing to some listeners. Listener discretion is strongly advised.In October 1965, 16-year-old Sylvia Likens was found lifeless in the ba…
Chapter 2: Frames / 13 Nights of Macabre
In Chapter 2: Frames, the Marrow house begins to take notice.The cataloger hears her childhood nickname whispered through the hall, and the photographs start to shift, capturing scenes that haven’t happened yet. When the reflection in the g…
Chapter 1: The Showing / 13 Nights of Macabre
Welcome to 13 Nights of Macabre, one haunting story told across thirteen nights.In Chapter 1: The Showing, a late-night cataloger enters the abandoned Marrow property to document what was left behind. But the walls remember. The frames whis…
40. Listener Confessions PT. 2
Can you believe it?! 40 episodes of Macabre Mondays! We love all of you, our listeners.🖤To celebrate 40 episodes and in honor of October, we have our second ever Listeners Confessions! Real stories from you and the creepiest corners of the…
39. The Amityville Horror: The True Story Behind America’s Most Famous Haunting
A quiet house. A brutal family murder. A haunting that captured the world’s imagination.In 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were killed inside their Long Island home. Just a year later, the Lutz family moved in — and fled after 28 days…
38. The Icebox Murders: Houston’s Chilling Cold Case
📍 Location: Houston, TX → Montrose neighborhood → Driscoll Street🧵 What We Cover in This Episode: Who Fred and Edwina Rogers were and their troubled family life The gruesome discovery inside their Montrose home Why their son Charles immed…
37. Mind Games and Mysteries with Joe Diamond
This week on Macabre Mondays, we sit down with Joe Diamond, America’s Greatest Mind Reader, for a conversation that left us speechless more than once. Known for his uncanny ability to tap into the thoughts of strangers and reveal the imposs…
36. Hadley House Party Murders: Tyler Hadley’s Chilling Crime
📍 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida🧵 What We Cover in This Episode: Who Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley were Tyler Hadley’s troubled childhood and history of drugs, crime, and mental health struggles The brutal double homicide on July 16, 2011 T…
35. La Llorona’s Haunting Legend
📍 Location: Mexico City, MX → Guatemala → Central America → Colombia → Worldwide🧵 What We Cover in This Episode: Her Aztec origins in the goddess Cihuacóatl and the omens recorded in the Florentine Codex. The classic tale of María, the mo…
34. Columbine Shooting: Remembering the Lives Lost & Survivors Pt.2
⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses school shootings, violence, and loss. Listener discretion is strongly advised.This episode covers: Remembering the 13 whose lives were lost and who they were beyond the tragedy Survivors’ stories a…
33. Columbine High School Shooting: Timeline & Aftermath PT. 1
⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses school shootings, gun violence, and graphic details of loss of life. Listener discretion is advised. The background of the shooters and their plans The morning of April 20, 1999 The cafeteria bombs…
32. The Gypsy Rose Blanchard Story PT. 2
The relationship between Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Nicholas Godejohn takes a darker turn. Picking up right after their first secret encounter, we follow their escalating online and in-person communications, the disturbing fantasies they shar…
31. The Gypsy Rose Blanchard Story PT. 1
Before the headlines. Before the Facebook post. Before the murder. There was just a girl in a wheelchair, a devoted mother, and a pink house built on secrets. In Part 1 of this jaw-dropping case, we dive into the early years of Dee Dee and …
30. Annabelle the Haunted Doll
She may look like a sweet, stitched-up Raggedy Ann doll but Annabelle’s history is anything but innocent. This week on Macabre Mondays, we dive deep into the true story behind one of the most famous haunted objects in history. You’ve seen h…
29. Tonda Dickerson: The Lottery Curse
Winning the lottery should be the ultimate dream.. but for Tonda Dickerson, it became a nightmare. In 1999, a simple gift from a friendly regular at Waffle House turned into a $10 million jackpot that brought lawsuits, IRS battles, and a ki…
28. Mysterious Death of Mitrice Richardson
After a strange night at an upscale Malibu restaurant, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson was arrested, then released just after midnight with no phone, no wallet, and no way to get home. She vanished into the hills and nearly a year later, her…
27. Legends That Haunt the Garden State
This week, we’re heading into familiar territory… but not the version you see on postcards. Ale shares three of the Garden State’s (New Jersey) most chilling legends! Stories whispered around bonfires, passed down through generations, and s…
26. Slender Man Stabbing
Photos of Today's Episode.🕯️ Case: The Slender Man Stabbing📍 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin🕰️ What We Cover in This Episode: The eerie origins of Slender Man and how creepypasta culture grew online How Anissa Weier introduced Morgan Geyse…
25. Listener Confessions!
It’s our 25th episode—and we’re celebrating with a very special edition of Macabre Mondays: our first-ever listener stories episode! 🎉From haunted houses and eerie encounters to cuban folklore that gave us CHILLS, these spine-tingling stor…
24. Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders / PT. 2
🕯️ Case: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders📍 Location: Camp Scott – Locust Grove, Oklahoma🕰️ What We Cover in This Episode: The background of Gene Leroy Hart The search through Cookson Hills and key cave discoveries The flashlight, red lens…
23. Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders / PT. 1
June 1977. Camp Scott had just opened its gates for the summer. Three young Girl Scouts—Lori Farmer, Denise Milner, and Michele Guse—were settling into their first night under the stars. But by morning, the quiet of the woods was shattered.…
22. Vanishing of Lars Mittank
In 2014, 28-year-old Lars Mittank was vacationing with friends on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. But after a strange bar fight and a mysterious injury, Lars began to act paranoid—convinced he was being followed. Just hours before his flight ho…
Cruise Cabin 13: Into the Bermuda Triangle
Welcome back to Cruise Cabin 13, our special series reserved for ocean-bound episodes recorded while we’re cruising the high seas. In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into the legend of the Bermuda Triangle—a region of the Atlantic Ocean …
20. Lululemon Murder: The Brutal Killing of Jayna Murray
Two coworkers. A quiet store. A wealthy town where nothing ever seems to go wrong—until it does. What happened inside a Lululemon store in Bethesda, Maryland in 2011 left detectives speechless, and a community shaken. This is the story of J…
19. The Escape From Alcatraz
In 1962, three inmates vanished from America’s most secure prison—Alcatraz.Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin carved through concrete with stolen spoons, crafted a raft out of raincoats, and left behind hauntingly lifelike d…
18. The Boy in the Box: Americas Unknown Child
In 1957, the body of a young boy was found in a cardboard box on the edge of the woods in Philadelphia. He was malnourished, bruised, and alone—no name, no identity, and no one came forward to claim him. For over 60 years, the world would o…
17. Inside the Haunted Mind of J.D. Barker
Step inside the haunted mind of NYT bestselling author J.D. Barker... if you dare. 🏚️👻This week on Macabre Mondays, we sit down with the master storyteller behind The Fourth Monkey and Something I Keep Upstairs to uncover the chilling ins…