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Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Kat Has Questions is a true crime and unsolved mysteries podcast that dives into the real stories that sound made up — from strange history and psychology to unsolved mysteries, true crime, urban legends, and the weird corners of the internet. Thoughtful, funny, and just the right amount of unhinged.
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Episodes
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Belle Gunness, Part 1: The Men Who Never Came Home
Henry Gurholt wrote home about a promising new job on an Indiana farm. He liked his room. The fruit trees were blooming. His employer treated him almost like…
Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved MysteriesThe Candy Man: Ronald O’Bryan and the Halloween Candy Panic
Did your parents check your Halloween candy before you could eat it? Behind that familiar tradition is a mix of urban legends, frightening headlines—and a real…
Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved MysteriesThe Watseka Wonder: Did Mary Roff Return from the Dead?
In 1878, a girl in Watseka, Illinois, began calling another family her own. She said her name was Mary Roff—but Mary had been dead for twelve years…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Amityville Horror: Six Murders, 28 Days & a Haunted House
They knew six people had been murdered inside the house. They moved in anyway. Twenty-eight days later, they were gone. Before The Amityville Horror became a…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murders, Trial & Unsolved Mystery
Lizzie Borden took an axe… or did she? On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally murdered inside their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Andrew…
Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved MysteriesThe Chicago Tylenol Murders: 7 Deaths, Still Unsolved | Illinois Unsolved
On September 29, 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman took Extra-Strength Tylenol for what seemed like an ordinary cold. Within hours, she was dead. Before the…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Herb Baumeister & Fox Hollow Farm (Part 2): Indiana’s Serial Killer and the I-70 Strangler Mystery
Herb Baumeister looked like a successful Indiana businessman, husband, and father of three. But behind his family's Westfield estate—Fox Hollow…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Herb Baumeister & Fox Hollow Farm (Part 1): Indiana’s Serial Killer and the I-70 Strangler Mystery
Herb Baumeister looked like a successful Indiana businessman, husband, and father of three. But behind his family's Westfield estate—Fox Hollow…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Mica Miller: The Disturbing True Story Behind Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife
On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller was found dead at Lumber River State Park in North Carolina. Her death was officially ruled a suicide.But in the…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Gypsy Rose Blanchard: Dee Dee’s Abuse, the Murder Plot & Nicholas Godejohn
For most of her life, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was known as a severely ill, wheelchair-dependent young woman whose devoted mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, cared for her…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Roofman: The McDonald’s Robber Who Escaped Prison and Lived in Toys “R” Us | Jeffrey Manchester
He cut holes through McDonald’s roofs, politely held employees at gunpoint, escaped from prison underneath a truck—and then secretly lived inside a Toys “R”…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Dyatlov Pass Incident: What Really Happened to the 9 Hikers?
In February 1959, nine experienced Soviet hikers disappeared while crossing the northern Ural Mountains. Weeks later, searchers discovered their abandoned tent…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Murder of Kelsie Schelling & The Woman Who Dated the Prime Suspect
In February 2013, 21-year-old Kelsie Schelling drove from Denver to Pueblo, Colorado after learning she was pregnant. She believed she was meeting the father…
Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved MysteriesIllinois Unsolved: The Murder of Holly Cassano | How DNA Solved a 10-Year Illinois Cold Case
On November 2, 2009, 22-year-old mother Holly Cassano was found murdered inside her home in Mahomet, Illinois.Investigators recovered unusually powerful…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Dancing Plague of 1518: The Mystery of the Town That Couldn't Stop Dancing
In July of 1518, something unimaginable happened in the city of Strasbourg.A woman stepped into the street and began dancing. She didn't stop. Days later…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Part 2): America's Most Baffling Missing Person Mystery
On February 9, 2004, twenty-one-year-old nursing student Maura Murray packed a bag, withdrew nearly all the money from her bank account, emailed her professors…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Disappearance of Maura Murray (Part 1): America's Most Baffling Missing Person Mystery
On February 9, 2004, twenty-one-year-old nursing student Maura Murray packed a bag, withdrew nearly all the money from her bank account, emailed her professors…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Illinois Unsolved: The Lake Mattoon Case Explained | What the Court Documents Reveal
The discovery of a human arm floating in Lake Mattoon shocked Central Illinois—but that was only the beginning.When boaters first spotted what they believed…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Elisa Lam: The Cecil Hotel Mystery, Elevator Video & What Really Happened
In 2013, 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam disappeared while staying at Los Angeles' infamous Cecil Hotel. Weeks later, her body was discovered inside a…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Cecil Hotel: Elisa Lam, Serial Killers, and Haunted Legends
The Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles has become one of the most infamous hotels in the world.Over nearly a century, the hotel became associated with dozens…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Brian Shaffer: The Missing Med Student Seen Entering a Bar… But Never Leaving
A night out near Ohio State University turned into one of the strangest missing persons cases in modern true crime.In 2006, 27-year-old medical student Brian…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Illinois Unsolved: Three Crimes. One DNA Profile. No Suspect. | The Linda Smith Case
In the early morning hours of September 22, 2001, firefighters responded to a house fire on Paul Avenue in Champaign, Illinois.Inside the home, they found…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Disappearance of Sherri Papini
In 2016, Sherri Papini vanished while out jogging near her home in Redding, California. Her phone and earbuds were found abandoned on the side of the road, and…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Heaven’s Gate: The Cult That Waited for a UFO Behind a Comet
A mansion in California. Thirty-nine bodies. Matching outfits, packed luggage, and a belief that a spacecraft was waiting behind the Hale-Bopp comet.In this…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Taos Hum Mystery: A Sound No One Could Explain
In the quiet desert town of Taos, New Mexico, a small percentage of residents have reported hearing something strange for decades—a low, persistent hum with no…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Jennifer Pan Case: The “Perfect Daughter” Lie That Led to Murder
Jennifer Pan was the only witness to a brutal home invasion that left her mother dead and her father fighting for his life.She was tied up. She survived. And…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Alphabet Murders: Pattern or Coincidence? (with The Wanted Files)
This is a crossover episode with The Wanted Files. Listen to the podcast here: thewantedpodcast.com⸻Three young girls. Three disappearances. And a pattern that…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse: Seen on Camera, Never Identified
In January 2006, 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse vanished from her Orlando condo sometime between leaving for work and starting her day.There were no signs of…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Springfield Three: The Night Three Women Vanished Without a Trace
Three women vanish from the same home overnight — without a struggle, without forced entry, and without taking any of their belongings.In this episode, we’re…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Laci Peterson Murder Case: What Evidence Convicted Scott Peterson?
On Christmas Eve in 2002, Laci Peterson disappeared from her home in Modesto, California.Within days—before there was a body, before there was a confirmed…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson | The 47-Minute Phone Call
On May 14, 2008, nineteen-year-old Brandon Swanson called his parents after his car went into a ditch on a rural Minnesota road.He believed he was just outside…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Mandela Effect: Wait… That’s Not How I Remember It
Wait… it’s not Berenstein?In this episode of Kat Has Questions, we dive into the Mandela Effect — the phenomenon where large groups of people remember events…
Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved MysteriesDead Wrong: Part 5 - The Cost of Getting It Dead Wrong (The Pamela Hupp Case)
Dead Wrong is a five-part deep dive into one of the most shocking wrongful conviction cases in recent memory — and the woman at the center of it all.When Betsy…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Dead Wrong: Part 4 - Another Death (The Pamela Hupp Case)
Dead Wrong is a five-part deep dive into one of the most shocking wrongful conviction cases in recent memory — and the woman at the center of it all.When Betsy…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Dead Wrong: Part 3 - The Man They Said Did It (The Pamela Hupp Case)
Dead Wrong is a five-part deep dive into one of the most shocking wrongful conviction cases in recent memory — and the woman at the center of it all.When Betsy…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Dead Wrong: Part 2 - The Best Friend (The Pamela Hupp Case)
Dead Wrong is a five-part deep dive into one of the most shocking wrongful conviction cases in recent memory — and the woman at the center of it all.When Betsy…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Dead Wrong: Part 1 - The Last Ride (The Pamela Hupp Case)
Dead Wrong is a five-part deep dive into one of the most shocking wrongful conviction cases in recent memory — and the woman at the center of it all.When Betsy…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The WOW! Signal: The Mysterious Space Signal Scientists Still Can’t Explain ⭐️
In August 1977, a radio telescope in Ohio detected something extraordinary.A powerful, narrowband radio signal appeared suddenly, lasted 72 seconds, and then…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie - What We Know So Far
Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old woman from the Catalina Foothills area of Tucson, Arizona, was reported missing on February 1, 2026.In this “What We Know”…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Villisca Axe Murders: America’s Most Infamous Unsolved Family Massacre
In June of 1912, eight people went to bed in a quiet Iowa town. None of them woke up.The Moore family—and two visiting children—were brutally murdered with an…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Circleville Letters: Anonymous Accusations in a Small Ohio Town
For years, someone in a small Ohio town sent anonymous letters accusing residents of secrets they were never meant to share. The letters were cruel, specific…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Black Dahlia: Elizabeth Short, Media Myth, and an Unsolved Murder
In January 1947, the body of a young woman was found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Before investigators could piece together what happened, the press had…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Winchester Mystery House: Grief, Ghosts, and a House That Never Stopped Building
For nearly forty years, construction on the Winchester Mystery House never stopped. Staircases led nowhere. Doors opened into walls. Entire rooms were sealed…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Lead Masks Case: The Experiment That Never Finished
In 1966, two electronics technicians traveled to a hill overlooking Rio de Janeiro — and were later found dead, lying side by side, wearing homemade lead masks…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery: Three Men Who Vanished Without a Trace
In December of 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from one of the most remote outposts in Scotland — the Flannan Isles Lighthouse. No bodies. No signs of…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Hinterkaifeck Murders — Someone Was Living in the House
In 1922, six people were brutally murdered on a remote Bavarian farm known as Hinterkaifeck.What makes this case so disturbing isn’t just the violence — it’s…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Somerton Man: The World’s Strangest Unsolved Identity Mystery
“Tamam Shud.” It is finished. Those were the last words found hidden inside a secret pocket sewn into the clothing of an unidentified man discovered on an…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Greenbrier Ghost: The Only U.S. Murder Solved by a Ghost
Today’s story is one of the strangest cases in American history — a murder investigation pushed forward by a ghost. Yes… a ghost.In 1897, 23-year-old Zona…
Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved MysteriesBONUS - The Christmas Eve Ghost Caller: A Holiday Mystery That Defies Explanation
Every Christmas Eve for more than a decade, a woman received a phone call at the exact same minute — always from an unknown number, always with no trace in the…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: Illinois’ Strangest Unsolved Mystery
In the late summer of 1944, a quiet Illinois town was suddenly thrown into fear.Residents woke up paralyzed in their beds.A sweet, chemical smell drifted…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Max Headroom Broadcast Hijacking: The Strangest Unsolved TV Takeover
In 1987, Chicago viewers were watching the nightly news when the screen suddenly glitched… and a man in a Max Headroom mask appeared.No warning. No…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Dybbuk Box: The Most Haunted Object on the Internet
Is the Dybbuk Box truly cursed, or is it the internet’s biggest haunted hoax? In this episode, we break down the story behind the infamous “haunted wine…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: The Babysitter Legend and a Real-Life Murder
It’s every babysitter’s worst nightmare: the phone keeps ringing, the caller won’t stop, and when the police finally trace the number, they say the line every…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Strange Case of the Green-Skinned Children (The Green Children of Woolpit)
Two mysterious children appear on the edge of a medieval English village… with green skin, unusual clothing, and a language no one can understand. When the…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Phineas Gage: The Man Who Survived a Railroad Spike Through His Brain
In 1848, railroad foreman Phineas Gage survived one of the most unbelievable accidents in medical history — a three-foot iron rod blasted straight through his…
- Kat Has Questions: True Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
The Unsolved Murder of JonBenét Ramsey: What Really Happened?
On December 26, 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her home — and nearly 30 years later, the case remains one of the most…