Web Crawlers

by Earios · · ·

Self-proclaimed comedians Ali Segel and Melissa Stetten discuss unsolved mysteries, creepy cults, paranormal experiences and everything in between. “They maintain a loose, upbeat dynamic as they fall down rabbit holes, which means listeners can comfortably dip their toes into the deeply unsettling and unexplained, but won’t walk away feeling, well, haunted.” (Vanity Fair, 2020) Support this show at http://supporter.acast.com/webcrawlers

Ghislaine’s bail hearing and secret husband, a witchcraft murder in Kalamazoo, the killer who Melissa knows might be getting out of prison due to COVID 19, “Pervert Park” the trailer park in Florida for pedophiles, and the Radium Girls. — EMA...
EMAILS: A listener’s experience with a killer who pretended to be mute, smell sensitivity, and a cheesy dream. VOICEMAILS: A dank meme, a sleepover request for Ali, ball lightning, Jeb questions Melissa’s Canadian husband, and a listener suggests Ali b...
In 1920’s Los Angeles, a mother/daughter duo of sixty-year-old May Otis Blackburn and her 24-year-old daughter Ruth started a cult called Blackburn with the goal of swindling members out of money. The cult had bizarre rituals, and was connected to myst...
NEWS STORIES: Dutch torture chambers discovered by FBI, Museum of Ice Cream company meltdown, Thandie Newton’s rough experience with Tom Cruise and his super zits, Ghislaine on suicide watch, and whatever happened to Elisha Cuthbert? — EMAIL US: Webcra...
EMAILS: A honk honk coincidence with Canadian geese, a listener’s relative is the Easter Bunny murderer, a theory on why Alexander Acosta dresses his daughters oddly, a listener was in a Nicolas Cage movie, a dead body found in a field, Australian Min ...
In August 1951, residents of the small French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit suddenly started having terrifying hallucinations. Some people imagined lions and tigers were coming to eat them, a man jumped out of a window thinking he was a dragonfly. At le...
BREAKING NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is arrested today. She is accused of recruiting, grooming, and sexually abusing underage girls as part of a years-long sex trafficking ring. What will hap...
EMAILS: A listener’s father had lunch with John Wayne Gacy, a listener wants to rescue their sister from a cult, a haunted bathroom, Elizabeth Bathory, and teens on TikTok found a dead body in a suitcase using Randonautica. VOICEMAILS: A list...
Murder of Richard Oland June 30, 2020
On July 7, 2011, the body of 69 year old Richard Oland was found in the office of his investment firm in New Brunswick, Canada. Discovered by his personal assistant, Richard had been bludgeoned to death. He was the CEO of Moosehead Breweries, a pillar ...
EMAILS: A woman-led cult called Blackburn that was accused of poisoning members. Nicolas Cage purchased his tomb in New Orleans because of a curse. A misplaced winning lottery ticket. The gruesome murder of Odessa Carey by her daughter who decapitated ...
Psychic, astrologer, and animal communicator Jessica Lanyadoo from Ghost of a Podcast joins the show today to communicate with the Web Crawlers pets. Ali’s dog Asher has some opinions about wearing bowties, and the men in Ali’s life. Melissa’s cat Prof...
H.H. Holmes was one of America’s first serial killers who confessed to killing 27 people, although that number could be as high as 200. Many victims were said to be killed in his “Murder Castle” which was a building in the south side of Chicago that wa...
Nicolas Cage is a fascinating person. He collects shrunken pygmy heads, he bought a $300,000 dinosaur skull that turned out to be stolen, in 2011 Dog the Bounty Hunter bailed him out of jail, and he once slept in Dracula's castle. Producer Maria...
Listener voicemails: A spooky Bridgewater Triangle encounter and a message all the way from the UK. Listener emails: A truck driving grandpa death, Amelia Earhart monument, Sopranos connection, chili sauce catastrophe, a hitchhiking uncle avoiding a kn...
The Source Family June 16, 2020
In the 1960's, James Baker, soon to be known as Father Yod, moved to Los Angeles and opened a health food restaurant called The Source. Through vegan food and teaching Kundalini yoga, he managed to amass a trusty following of young LA hipsters. To...
Louise Peete was an infamous convicted murderer who gained notoriety for leaving a string of suicides by wealthy ex spouses in her wake. She was executed in 1947, only the second woman in California to be put to death by the state. Also, one of the hou...
Warriena Wright matched with Gable Tostee on Tinder in 2014. They met up for a date in Australia’s Gold Coast. Later that night, Warriena fell 14 stories to her death. The case would have been a complete mystery were it not for Gable recording over 3 h...
Missing: Johnny Gosch June 9, 2020
Johnny Gosch was 12 years old when he disappeared on his paper route in Iowa in 1982. There were five witnesses but the local police and FBI horribly mismanaged the investigation and they eventually declared there was no crime. His mother is convinced ...
Check out this deep dive into the disappearance of Amelia Earhart from another Earios show: THE ALARMIST PODCAST Subscribe to The Alarmist on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen!
MAILBAG & Papa Roach June 5, 2020
Listener emails about: A creepy woman with backward feet, an email link that opens to a father’s obituary, a scary encounter with the Australian tinder killer, a thwarted attack with a switchblade, Paris Syndrome, the Hodag, and a Papa Roach friendship...