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Living Dead Girls: A True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries Podcast

62 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 93 ratings

The Living Dead Girls

Broadcasting from Buffalo's own Think Twice Radio, The Living Dead Girls is a podcast that covers true crime, unsolved mysteries, the paranormal, and generally spooky and bizarre topics. We're just two #murderino #paranerds who want to talk it up. You can reach us at [email protected] and can follow along with our updates and news at Facebook.com/livingdeadgirlspodcast

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Episodes

Episode #60: A Big Bunch of Catch-Up!

April 29, 2023 02:30 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

We are aware that Kat's audio is very low, but decided to still post this episode, because our lives are just too chaotic to have found time to do it all over again. With that being said, we hope you enjoy episode #60, a big catch-up-a-palooza!

Episode #59: Halloween Homecoming 2022

October 20, 2022 04:29 - 1 hour - 98.7 MB

Come all ye ghosts and ghouls... your two weirdo murderparanerdos have a whole episode of 'Halloween Homecoming' chatter to share. As per tradition, we are thrilled to welcome our favorite fellow podcaster, Patrick Keller, of The Big Seance Podcast, back on the show. We are thrilled out of our witchy britches to have him on the show, every October, so that we may all share our obsession with, and great love for... all things Halloween. Spoiler alert; discussion of Hocus Pocus 2, and a few o...

Episode #58: The Spooky Season Pre-Gaming Episode

August 27, 2022 05:59 - 1 hour - 81.6 MB

Counting the days till Halloween... Kat and Leslie are back with episode #58, a whole show full of spooky season pre-gaming goodness!

Checking In

June 26, 2022 04:35 - 5 minutes - 9.26 MB

Episode #57: Saturday Story Time

April 24, 2022 17:06 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

Late, on a Saturday night... Kat and Leslie settle in to tell some crime and ghostly tales. Kat shares the history and hautings of The Shanley Hotel, and Leslie talks about the story behind Nirvana's song "Polly". And we are amazed... because a few days ago, we hit 2000 followers on Instagram, and we're terrified! Thank you for all the support and enthusiasm, it means the world to us both.

Episode #56: Stop Giving Men Microphones

April 03, 2022 16:32 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MB

After an unfortunate, but much needed sebatical, the Living Dead Girls are back, and read to keep calm, not very calmly, and carry on. This is the long awaited episode #56 - during which Leslie and Kat talk about the perils of problematic people using online dating, and a whole lot of true crime.

Episode #55: Halloween Homecoming - Part 2

December 05, 2021 20:56 - 1 hour - 100 MB

Episode #55: Halloween Homecoming - Part 2 - with special guest Patrick Keller of the Big Seance Podcast: www.bigseancepodcast.com

Episode #54: Halloween Homecoming 2021 - Part 1, Halloween in Snakeland

October 10, 2021 21:15 - 2 hours - 125 MB

Spooky Season has arrived, and so has our annual Halloween Homecoming series. Episode #54 is part 1: Halloween in Snakeland, and we are very excited to present this special episode - that features guests Jason Gusmann and Aaron O'Brian, the hosts of the podcast Return to Snakeland: www.returntosnakeland.com

Episode #53: Putting the FUN in Funeral with Miss Anatomy

October 03, 2021 19:02 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB

Spooky season has arrived, and we are ready to go big or go home. So for October, we have 3 special episodes in store - starting with episode #53, that we recorded with a very special guest: Anna, aka Anatomy. You can follow Anatomy's adventures with her Hearse, Memento Mori, on Instagram: @morithehearse, and keep up with Anatomy herself: @modelingbyanatomy or... listen to the podcast she co-hosts with Lazy Zilla, of the Hell's Harlots's Burlesque, Hell's Hour with The Hell's Harlots: @hells...

Episode #52 - More Spooky Shit

August 22, 2021 06:05 - 1 hour - 82.9 MB

Episode #52: More Spooky Shit... featuring Kat, telling the tale of Burn Brae Mansion, and Leslie sharing the true crime case of local murderer, John Justice. 

Episode #51- The Buffalo Infringement Festival Edition

August 01, 2021 21:56 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MB

Episode #51: recorded at the Daily Planet Coffee Cafe, as part of the 2021 Buffalo Infringement Festival! Special thanks to; Daily Planet for hosting us - http://www.dailyplanetcoffee.com. Also, huge thanks to Patrick Keller and The Big Seance Podcast, for mentioning us during episode #192: https://bigseance.com/2021/07/30/192-how-witchcraft-saved-my-life-with-vincent-higginbotham-big-seance. During our latest episode, Kat chats it up about 2 haunted locations in NY, and Leslie discusse...

Episode #50: Face Ghosts and Shit

July 18, 2021 04:37 - 1 hour - 79.8 MB

Kat and Leslie have returned... with stories of tragic deaths, strange phenomenons, and face ghosts. Plus, lots of singing. Singing you say? But why? Because it's our show, not yours. We love you. PS: Free Britney!

Episode #49: Radio Free (of) Dog Barking

March 28, 2021 05:12 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

Episode #49... completely free of dog barking. Kat serves up some spooky tales of Yates Elementary, and Captain's Point Lookout Inn. Leslie gives the true crime low down on Willian Devin Howell. 

Episode #48 - Easy Baked Murderparanerdos

February 28, 2021 06:31 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

Kat and Leslie... coasting through the pandemic, heading towards episode #50, and keeping it real, as usual. During this episode, Leslie talks about the cold case murder of transgender activist Shade Schuler, and Kat talks about the Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, NY. This is a very chatty episode... if that bothers you, here's your warning to not bother listening. If you keep listening, don't complain. Also, we apologize for the dog barking... Sprocket was very concerned about the tiny hams...

Episode 47: Getting Spooky With It

January 24, 2021 04:26 - 1 hour - 86.5 MB

Enjoy our review of our favorite new local haunt... The Merry Shelly (www.themerryshelly.com), and our interview with special guest, Amanda Woomer of Spook Eats! Amanda is a paranormal researcher, anthropologist, and former international English teacher from Buffalo, NY. She had her first paranormal experience when she was seven years old and after the death of her little brother, she started the website Spook-Eats. Highlighting haunted restaurants, bars, and hotels, she shares haunted locat...

Episode #46 - The Ghosts of Christmas Past

December 21, 2020 06:29 - 1 hour - 70.1 MB

It's the most wonderful time of the year... and tis' the season to sip some spirits, and to tell stories of spirits.

Episode #45: Spontaneous Human Podcasting

November 22, 2020 04:30 - 1 hour - 94.3 MB

Hey, MurderParaNerdos! We hope you enjoy episode #45, it's thick! Leslie discusses 2 missing persons cases: Etan Patz, and Pamela Jackson and Cheryl Miller. While Kat shares her research on The Knox Mansion. 

Episode #44: Halloween Homecoming - Part 2

November 01, 2020 18:25 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

We hope that you all had a very safe, fun Halloween, as best as you possibly could. We know this year has been grim, and that a lot of people struggled to find the “spirit” of this holiday, no pun intended. Even people we know, who live Halloween, every day, like the lifestyle that it is, did not have it in them, this year. Please know you are not alone. We are right there with you. To try and cheer you all, we are dropping part 2, episode #44, right now, of Halloween Homecoming... an entir...

Halloween Homecoming: Part 1

October 18, 2020 03:16 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB

Episode #43: Halloween Homecoming: Part 1 - Happy Halloween, MurderParanerdos! It's that time of year, again. Kat and Leslie invite you to sit back, and enjoy over an hour of spooky babble... with special guest Jess Doktor of Everything is Relative.

Episode #42: Oh, Shit...

October 05, 2020 02:28 - 1 hour - 87.1 MB

The murderparanerdos are back for the second time in a week, look out, this episode is a doozy. Kat brings things back to Abraham Lincoln, again, and Leslie talks about dating and the challenges women (CIS, trans, and those who identify as feminine) ... face. So, let’s talk SAFETY, and how men can help make dating less fucked up.

Episode #41 (not #31) - The Comeback Episode

September 27, 2020 02:52 - 1 hour - 78.3 MB

Episode #41... the Comeback Episode. During this episode Kat and Leslie talk about all kinds of random stuff, because it's been 2 months since we last did a show, and we have a lot to talk about. Things we discuss during episode #41 - Halloween! Living during a fucking pandemic! The ghost of Abraham Lincoln! Kara Robinson Chamberlain! Our dogs! What a monster JK Rowling has turned out to be! And more! Thanks for all your support... we promised we'd come back, and here we are!

An Update From ... the BEYOND!

September 11, 2020 02:11 - 1 minute - 1.4 MB

Yes! We are still here, and we are preparing to come back... just in time for Halloween Homecoming 2020! Stay tuned!

Episode #40 - We Didn't Start the Fire!

July 14, 2020 14:37 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

We're baaaaccck!! And it's our 2 year Podcast-versary! Happy Anniversary to us, and thank you all for all the love and support! We apologize for the sound, and for Leslie's dog being naughty during the durtion of the entire show, but we are still not back into the studio, due to Covid-19. So we are making lemonade out of all the damn lemons these days. Bad sound or dog antics, we managed to crank out an entire episode, FINALLY, and it's loaded in true crime and paranormal goodness. And more....

Black Lives Matter: Say Their Names

June 12, 2020 22:23 - 8 minutes - 14.4 MB

Episode #39 - The Quarantined Birthday Edition

March 23, 2020 15:58 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MB

The Living Dead Girls, coming to you... from a top secret location... possibly The Black Lodge, or the Red Room, to record this extra special "Quarantined Birthday" edition of our show. Please note: this isn't exactly our sharpest episode. We fumbled a lot, in order to make it happen. But, despite all the challenges of Covid-19, we managed to pull off episode #39 - with huge help from Patrick Keller of The Big Seance Podcast. So pour yourself a "Quarentini", and get comfy... this episode i...

Episode #37 - Freddy Mercury is in Retrograde

February 23, 2020 21:31 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

So much to talk about, today! Where shall we start? Mercury is in Retrograde... and everyone’s losing their minds, more so than usual. So, Kat and Leslie have a big ol’ conversation about lots o’ stuff. Kat shares info on the Batcheller Mansion Inn, and Leslie talks about two local cases - that are currently in court: (kidnapper and rapist) ...Michael Ciskiewic. And the attack on Jessica Cameron, who was almost burned to death.  

Episode #36: Have a Seat

February 09, 2020 21:37 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB

Kat and Leslie start by spilling some the tea... and then, ONWARD to the true crime, ghosts, and otherworldly weirdness. Leslie talks about the Don Jail in Toronto, Ontario, and Kat talks about haunted diners, inns, cemeteries of the Adirondack region. Special shout out to our friends Nick, Rob, Grace, and Nina for showing us so much love and support!

Episode #35: New York Stories

January 24, 2020 01:46 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

It's freezing here in Buffalo, so we're keeping ourselves warm with some tales of the paranormal, and true crime. Tonight, on episode #35, Kat tells everyone about a spooky haunted manor, and Leslie talks about murder victim, Kathy Kolodziej, a case that's been cold for over 40 years.

Episode #34: We Survived 2019!

January 10, 2020 01:37 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

Yay! We survived 2019, and all it's challenges. We barely survived the holidays... so we're back with a bullet. Kat spooks everyone out with stories of the ghosts that inhabit the Sagamore Hotel. And Leslie once again, disappoints everyone, by again proving bad things do indeed happen in Canada. She tells the unfortunate story of Christine Jessop, a cold case; her murderer has yet to be caught.

Episode #33: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fuck This

December 13, 2019 01:37 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Episode #33 - "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fuck This" - During our attempt at a "holiday episode", Leslie tells the story of the December 1995 cold case murder of Ernest "Bobby" Crawford - who was from Buffalo, NY. And Kat shares her tale of the haunted Hotel Saranac, in Saranac NY. Merry Creepmas, everyone!    

Episode #32: You're Dead To Us

November 27, 2019 01:42 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Episode #32 - You’re Dead To Us Just in time for Thanksgiving... Kat & Leslie bring you episode #32: You’re Dead To Us. Come! Seek refuge from your dysfunctional family dinners and holiday shopping induced panic attacks... with the Living Dead Girls Podcast. During this episode; Leslie tells the story of murderer, Christopher Gattis, and Kat gives everyone the paranormal low down on Fort William Henry. Huge thanks to our good friends Nina Casteneda, Katie Pierce, and Bud Redding, for help...

Episode #31: The Coven of the Damned

November 13, 2019 01:58 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB

Episode #31: The Coven of the Damned - with special guests; Alessandra Diamonds and Anatomy, the newly crowned Queen and King of the Damned, for 2019/2020. Together, with Leslie and Kat, they are the Coven of the Damned. This is a bit of a free for all episode... with a robust round table conversation, about true crime, and spooky real life paranormal topics. Leslie, however, takes a moment to acknowledge Valentino Dixon, who in 2018, was exonerated of murder charges, after 27 years: www.val...

Episode #30: Halloween Homecoming - Part 2, with Special Guest, Patrick Keller of The Big Seance Podcast!

October 29, 2019 01:20 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Episode #30: Halloween Homecoming - Part 2, with Special Guest, Patrick Keller of The Big Seance Podcast! It's the most wonderful time of the year... HALLOWEEN! And to help us celebrate, we've brought a special guest on, Mr. Patrick Keller, of The Big Seance Podcast. And together, The Living Dead Girls, and a true Paranerd extraordinaire, tell some spooky stories, and have a chuckle or two.

Episode #29: Halloween Homecoming 2019 - Part 1

October 15, 2019 01:03 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

Episode #29: Halloween Homecoming 2019 - Part 1 ...with special guest Amy (AmylynnAmylynn). Kat discusses spooky Fort Ticonderoga, Amy tells the tale of "The Trick or Treat Slaying", and Leslie educates the masses on The Burning Times, and what would get you accused of being a Witch, and consequently executed. 

Episode #28: Not Exactly Wrapped in Plastic

September 25, 2019 00:52 - 58 minutes - 72.4 MB

Episode #28: Not Exactly Wrapped in Plastic   Kat and Leslie bring it all back to New York! Kat tells the story of the Brightside Hotel, on Raquet Lake (in the Adirondack Mountains), and Leslie tells the fateful tale of Hazel Drew, from Sand Lake, NY... the story that inspired Twin Peaks.

Episode #27: Four Murderparanerdos

September 11, 2019 00:29 - 58 minutes - 71.6 MB

Episode #27 is a truly special episode... Leslie and Kat welcome not one, but two special guests: Jess and Mikel Doktor, and the whole show becomes a #murderparanerdo extravaganza. Topics include: The Big Moose Lake Murder, the odd death of actor Jack Nance, and some history on a popular old building in Buffalo, Laughlin's. 

Episode #26: Wonder Twin-Paranerd Powers... ACTIVATE!

August 27, 2019 01:10 - 57 minutes - 61.6 MB

Buy one paranerd, get one free! During episode #26, the Living Dead Girls are back, and keeping it local! Leslie talks about the infamous Merritton Bridge/Tunnel, aka Blue Ghost Tunnel, in Thorold, Ontario (only about 30 minutes from Buffalo, NY). And Kat talks about the strangely haunted Barkeaters Chocolate shop, in North Creek, New York (up towards the Adirondacks Mountains.          

Episode #25: The White Lady of Rochester & The Grimes Sisters

July 30, 2019 01:07 - 59 minutes - 63.6 MB

We've made it to episode #25! During this installment of ghosts n' murder, Kat tells everyone the tale of the White Lady of Rochester NY, and Leslie talks about the long standing double murder cold case of Grimes Sisters.          

Episode #24: Summertime Atrocities

July 16, 2019 01:33 - 59 minutes - 65 MB

It's a long-established fact of crime: it tends to happen more when it's warmer. So, since it's summer, and our one year anniversary (unbelievable!) during this episode, Kat, Leslie, and their special guest, Grace (from the podcast 'What's Blood Got to Do With It') talk up some summertime atrocities. Note: we had some sound/technical difficulties, and unfortunately, we have no auto for Kat. So, we did some editing, and Kat is making a separate video, so her story can still be experienced, o...

Episode #23: "We didn't make him for you!"

June 25, 2019 00:45 - 58 minutes - 61.6 MB

Episode #23: "We didn't make him for you!"   Ah ha! Another Monday has arrived. Boo, hissssssss. During episode #23, Kat discusses the bizarre phenomenon of cat mutilations (FYI we love cats!) and Leslie (who can no longer drink milk after this episode) talks about serial killer, Robert Garrow.

Episode #22: It's Opposite Day!

June 11, 2019 00:43 - 59 minutes - 64.8 MB

During episode #22, Leslie talks about the Immaculate Heart of Mary Home for Children, in Cheektowaga, NY. And Kat tells the tale of the "Norwich Goth Strangler" aka: Kris Prudhomme.

Episode #21: The Facebook Live Episode

May 28, 2019 00:57 - 59 minutes - 59.8 MB

During episode #21,(which is also available as a Facebook live video, over on Think Twice Radio's streaming Facebook page), Kat tells the listeners spooky Skin Walker tales, and Leslie talks about the cold case of the murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik.

Episode #20: The Fluffernutter Episode?

May 14, 2019 00:43 - 58 minutes - 63.1 MB

Episode #20: The Fluffernutter Episode? With special guest: Amy Duengfelder (aka: AmyLynnAmyLynn). During this episode, Kat shares a listener's creepy doll story, Leslie talks about the missing person/cold case of Morgan Bauer, and Amy tells the tale of The Pigman of Holland Road, in Angola NY. 

Episode #19: Scurrilous and Fop

April 30, 2019 00:41 - 59 minutes - 63.8 MB

#MurderParaNerdos UNITE, for yet another episode of Living Dead Girls. During this our 19th episode (not our 18th episode), Kat shares a haunting tale of... a haunting... in Alaska. And Leslie goes into great detail, about Canadian murderer, Luka Rocco Magnotta. Also: pardon us, we clearly can't pronounce anything right!  

Episode #18: Ghosts n' Murder n' Stuff

April 16, 2019 00:44 - 59 minutes - 66.3 MB

Episode #18 ... ghosts, are they real? Is paranormal... normal? Kat asks these questions and more. And of course, some true crime discussion: Leslie talks about a long standing local cold case - the murder of Adam Adamski. PS: Happy Birthday to Kat 13!

Episode #17: Leaves & Lake Erie

March 26, 2019 00:30 - 56 minutes - 61.6 MB

Spring has sprung, and we've made it to episode #17! During this episode, Leslie talks about convicted murder/rapist, Matthew Hoffman, and Kat scares everyone into avoiding Lake Erie, by talking about Lake Erie Bessie.

Episode #16: We Survived The Wind-pocalypse!

March 05, 2019 01:43 - 1 hour - 64.3 MB

After a brief hiatus - while we hunkered down, and survived 85 mph winds and other Buffalo winter insanity, we're back... boy, are we ever! During this episode, Leslie talks about 'The Dating Game Killer', Randy Alcala, and Kat scares everyone with the tale of the Sallie House.

Episode #15: Axes & Exonerations 

February 12, 2019 01:55 - 59 minutes - 61.4 MB

During episode #15: Kat opens things up, by being a full on murderino AND paranerd (so... a murderparanerdo) and discusses The Villisca Axe Murder House in Iowa, and Leslie discusses two local murder exoneration cases. Side note: huge thanks to our latest Patrons, we greatly appreciate you!

Episode #14: Murderliscious?

January 29, 2019 01:42 - 59 minutes - 64.7 MB

During episode #14, Kat talks all about creepy "haunted" objects, and Leslie shares the story of Monsignor Francis J.V. O'Connor, a long standing cold case, from Buffalo, NY.

Episode #13: Creepy Dolls and Dungeon Masters

January 15, 2019 01:25 - 59 minutes - 61 MB

It's lucky #13, and Kat and Leslie are thrilled the holidays are over! To celebrate that, they're talking super creepy dolls, and serial rapist-kidnapper, John Jamelske. Also: Fugglers!