S03E03: Baking gone wrong, cookies with hubris, animals who enjoy sugar.
A crazy tale of baking gone wrong that ends up with a monstrous creation brought down by an animal who wants sugar.
Cold Case Files: Happily Ever After?
Elissa and Morissa, two distant cousins, take on legendary cases previously accepted to never be solved.
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S03E02: Bullying, fitting in, standing up for what you believe in.
Morissa watched a recent documentary about a woman in school who was bullied because she had jaundice. After some soul-searching, a little support from her roommate, she realized it was not worth trying to change herself to fit in.
S03E01: Treason, adoption, feigned execution, stripped of power.
A veeeeery long time ago this guy named Ikkor adopted a kid and it ended ... not well.
S02E24: Banishment, bullying, pet-tending, revenge.
We're slowing down CCF: HEA and spending time on other other podcast, Big Brain Jews. Look it up!
S02E23: Alopecia, annoyances, misbehavior.
Would you be OK with hurting yourself in your endeavors to hurt others?
S02E22: Treachery, deceit, betrayal, and marriage
What starts as a case of simple deceit turns into betrayal and ends in marriage.
S02E21: Greener pastures, (internet) trolls.
A family tries to get to greener pastures but faces down with a monster.
S02E20: Spies, parricide, cannibalism.
You've heard of sins of the father-- what about sins of the mother? Lots of family drama in this one.
S02E19: Treachery, rise to power, fall from grace.
In a world where treachery looms and the fate of an entire people hangs in the balance, join us for an epic journey through ancient lands. Unveil the secrets of a powerful ruler, a vengeful figure, and a righteous hero who rises to greatness. As sini
S02E18: Immortality, fraud, a big con.
Have you ever wanted immortality? In this episode we explore the recipe.
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S02E17: Geronticide, talking wild animals, psychological manipulation, and an unlikely hero known only by the focus on her clothing.
Rebroadcast of S01E07. We should be back next week with a new episode!
A girl known only by her unique clothing (for the time period) has a fateful encounter with a wild animal who wreaks havoc on her family. What ensues is a battle of wits which en
S02E16: Extreme narcissism, talking to inanimate objects, murder for hire, unlikely allies, and a litany of crimes inflicted on the innocent.
Rebroadcast of S01E06.
Jealousy and greed fuel a series of heinous crimes. A woman's extreme narcissism drives her to commission the murder of her innocent stepdaughter.
S02E15: An alcoholic dad, toxic masculinity, a mysterious stranger good at alchemy, and giving away babies again.
Rebroadcast of S01E04.
Mo and Elissa discuss a bizarre happening that doesn't have a lot of heavy crime. The girl of an alcoholic father forces her to do an impossible alchemical task but she's aided by a mysterious stranger whom she pays with jewel
S02E14: Child abandonment, forest survival, homicide, cannibalism, witchcraft, and an improbable house.
A rebroadcast of our 2nd episode.
Elissa has found a strange case where everyone's behavior is criminal-- including the police. Step-mothers strike again as two children get abandoned to fend for themselves in the forest. They stumble upon a house o
S02E13: Step-family abuse, self-mutilation, and a grab for the title of queen.
A rebroadcast of our debut episode.
In this episode, we've got an orphaned girl who has to deal with her abusive step-family who will do anything to rob her of her inadvertent rise to royalty as the queen.
S02E12: Fishy birth origins, a revenge killing, resurrection.
Lots of alchemy in this one! A brother gets revenge for his slain sibling and manages to resurrect some people.
S02E11: Little naked guys, a failing business, a sketchy arrangement.
Are gnomes real? No way! As usual, these ones make stuff but the guy who finds them isn't so scrupulous.
S02E10: Kids for dinner, a mother's efforts to save them, a dubious surgery.
A mother goes to great lengths to rescue her kids from being dinner by engaging in questionable surgery.
S02E09: Dubious birth story, coerced zoophilia, living off the land.
This is a bite-sized Cinderella story. But with animals.
S02E08: Kidnapping, murder, 'tis the season.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! NOTE: there will be no episode next week as we're all taking some time off.
This week, it's the opposite of Santa; and he brings more than coal to bad children.
S02E07: Solving holiday riddles.
The case of a guy who outsmarted a bunch of people over the course of the Hanukkah holiday.
S02E06: Nature at its worst, well-prepared livestock.
We begin with Yorkie farts. What could go wrong?
S02E05: Medical malpractice, murders, dubious credentials.
The violent birth of medicine! Probably.
S0204: Weird maze, misplaced love, tribute sacrifice, bestiality.
The maze comes full circle and a guy goes nuts on people who make fun of his wife.
S02E03: Vigilante justice, murderous adventures, gruesome aggravation.
Brush up on your Greek and do not attempt to play a drinking game with the amount of murders in this episode.
S02E02: Engineer explains flight, arguments for a flat earth, case debunked.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry for the crappy audio of Elissa's dad-- he was calling on a phone via his hearing aid and ... well ... it wasn't ideal.
Anyway, in this episode, Elissa and Mo discuss the intricacies of flight, wax, and a flat earth.
S02E01: Superstition, ghost stories, weaponized vegetables.
A really, really superstitious guy meets a ghost on his way home and ends up the victim of fast-moving vegetables.
EP27: More (successful) political infighting, crazy sea voyage, really valuable wool.
A guy usurps the throne from his brother, then gathers a bunch of dudes who sail the seas and have dubious encounters-- all in pursuit of ... wool?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry about Elissa's audio; she was visiting and we only had a crappy gamer headset mi
EP26: Hallucinogens, Google in Greece, accidental incest.
This case was nuts! Some guy got his mom pregnant (not realizing it was his mom). Mo and E also found out that they had Google a very long time ago.
EP25: A failed coup, political and familial infighting, violent tactics.
Mo and E go waaaay back in this week's episode and touch on the political machinations at a grand scale.
EP23: Violent envy, slung stones, a talented healer.
A couple of friends play a weird game that ends up violent because of envy. The hurt one meets a woman who turns out to be an amazing healer.
EP22: Guy finds trouble while out sailing, using alcohol to get info, throwing rocks at apes, murder or self-defense?
Same guy from last week gets into trouble while out sailing again.
EP21: Sea voyages, greed, wanderlust, perjury about marine life.
A guy seeks fortune (as one does) on the high seas and works his way up. During his journeys, he has run-ins with the sea wildlife that he potentially mis-represents.
EP20: Hellish betrothal, misrepresented groom, unheeded warnings, and a strange way to present evidence.
A princess gets conned into what could have been a cannibalistic experience but ends up escaping after witnessing a brutal murder. Back home, nobody believes her weird tale until she presents some pretty macabre evidence.
EP19: Vengeful violence, viking justice, and a murderous monster.
Third-hand evidence about a violent guy who gets revenge and slays a monster.
EP18: Fake royalty, a necessary marriage, an unusual vesting process.
In a time without DNA, how do you actually know if someone is royalty or not?
EP17: Cursed clothing, a new queen, a deal with a witch, retribution.
A king saves his own skin by making a deal with a witch. He tries to mitigate the risks of the fine print. Clothing that causes a weird curse with some really specific terms but they mostly figure it out.
EP16: Defrauding royalty, a long and complicated con, debate around civil or criminal.
Elissa finds a story of the granddaddy of all cons, affecting a town from the poorest all the way to the top, with the ultimate mark being royalty. Amazingly, they get away with it! Was it a civil crime, just playing on his narcissism, or was it actu
EP15: Blatant case of the "affluenza defense," trespassing, destruction of property.
Ever heard of the affluenza defense? Elissa and Mo make the case this week and present all of the evidence-- but it's up to you to decide!
EP14: Spoiled royalty, talking amphibians, stressful friendships, and exaggeration about heart surgery.
Another unsolved case from the Grimm's. An overly-expensive toy brings the daughter of royalty together with a speaking amphibian who starts to make some creepy demands. His excuse is he was the victim of sadistic heart surgery.
EP13: Family business woes, an untouched treasure, organized crime, premeditated self-defense
What starts with a simple disagreement over the inheritance of the family business leads to a cave full of treasure, retribution from the local organized crime ring, premeditated self-defense (if that is a thing), and a rags-to-riches conclusion.
EP12: Desolate farmers, poor deal-making, theft from a sky castle, giganticide.
A poor farmer sets out to sell his livestock at the market but ends up being conned by the buyer into purchasing seeds purported to have special properties. One thing leads to another and this farmer begins stealing to make ends meet. The escalation
EP11: Bubonic plague, humane rodent disposal, contract breach with extreme punitive results, child trafficking.
A case from 1284 Germany focusing on a professional rat-catcher who set himself apart by using a very humane and unique method of drawing out the rats and disposing of them in the river-- all of this without ever touching them! He had a contract with
EP10: Extreme laziness, booze, a mysterious disappearance, potential insurance fraud.
This week, Elissa and Morissa take on a potential insurance fraud case of a guy who allegedly fakes his own disappearance from his family and society only to re-emerge 20 years later.
EP09: Dubious contracts, a bottle with interesting properties, a blacksmith who doesn't understand contracts.
We tackle our oldest case yet! In this one we focus on the contract law between a blue-collar worker and some sort of magical being found inside furniture who strike a deal. Morissa also gives an update an what she's found about the Darling family.
EP08: Kidnapped, brush with a gang, racist pirates, herpetophobia, and a woman with wings.
Orphan boy kidnaps some kids from London to a place without technology. There, they are forced to join a gang and battle a band of racist pirates led buy a man with severe herpetophobia. While serious crimes, there isn't any murder-- so that's good,
EP07: Geronticide, talking wild animals, psychological manipulation, and an unlikely hero known only by the focus on her clothing.
A girl known only by her unique clothing (for the time period) has a fateful encounter with a wild animal who wreaks havoc on her family. What ensues is a battle of wits which ends with her nearly dying were it not for a roving hunter.
EP05: Mother's day special! Forest witchcraft, child abduction, cookies, and a named hut with legs.
Tucked away in the dark, ominous woods lurks a sinister dame with a beak-like schnoz and teeth as hard as steel. Her abode is a freakish shack propped up on chicken legs, scurrying about like it's alive. Some whisper that she possesses supernatural a
EP06: Extreme narcissism, talking to inanimate objects, murder for hire, unlikely allies, and a litany of crimes inflicted on the innocent.
Jealousy and greed fuel a series of heinous crimes. A woman's extreme narcissism drives her to commission the murder of her innocent stepdaughter.
EP04: An alcoholic dad, toxic masculinity, a mysterious stranger good at alchemy, and giving away babies again.
EDITOR'S NOTE: We got the audio right!
Mo and Elissa discuss a bizarre happening that doesn't have a lot of heavy crime. The girl of an alcoholic father forces her to do an impossible alchemical task but she's aided by a mysterious stranger whom she
EP03: Child trafficking, chattel trade for food, false imprisonment, accidental royal intervention.
PRODUCER'S NOTE: We're aware that there's a god-awful echo on poor Elissa and we apologize-- fixing it was beyond our editing skills. Next time we're using a different tool(s) so shouldn't have this problem so stick with us and we'll only get better.
EP02: Child abandonment, forest survival, homicide, cannibalism, witchcraft, and an improbable house.
Elissa has found a strange case where everyone's behavior is criminal-- including the police. Step-mothers strike again as two children get abandoned to fend for themselves in the forest. They stumble upon a house owned by an old woman who practices
EP01: Step-family abuse, self-mutilation, and a grab for the title of queen.
Elissa and Morissa are cousins who have come together to re-open cold cases that society have mutually accepted will never be solved. In this episode, we've got an orphaned girl who has to deal with her abusive step-family who will do anything to rob