Appalachian Mysteria
Kromatic Media
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About This Podcast
A crime journalism podcast series focused on unusual horrors in the hills and hollers of Appalachia. Created and hosted by Kendall Perkinson and Sarah James McLaughlin.
Season 1 - Mared & Karen: The WVU Coed Murders
Season 2 - Big Savage: The Death Of Alexander Stevens
Season 3 - Outlandish
Season 4 - Listener Suggestions
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Recent Episodes
S4E7 Unfinished Business | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep 7
Joan Ann Charlton was the first of her family to attend college. Three weeks into her freshman year at Frostburg State University, she was brutally murdered in the campus arboretum.This episode…
S4 Updates: New Season! / No More Ads / Facebook Deleted / Big Savage on YouTube
Four big updates from the Mysteria Crew.Sarah & Geoff's book about the WVU Coed Murders(available on Amazon) Kendall's Appalachian Motorcycling Travel Channel(@motoappalachiadiscovery on YouTube)…
Away in a Hangar: A Christmas Special
This short Christmas special tells the story of a Pennsylvania Santa Claus (and his chauffeur) who definitely ended up on the naughty list in 1983. Taking listeners from the top of the tallest…
S4 Wild Updates: Cases Solved! Suspect Killed! Gravestone Stolen!
In one month, the killers of Julie Williams, Lollie Winans and at least two victims of the Colonial Parkway murders are identified. Bill Thomas joins us to discuss the details, and why there are…
S4E6 The Sunnyside Rapist, Part 2 | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep 6
In the second of this 2-part series, Jack Edward Hawkins is put on trial without physical evidence for three assaults committed by the Sunnyside rapist, but prosecutors refuse to claim he is a…
S4E5 The Sunnyside Rapist, Part 1 | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep5
Fifteen years after the events of Season 1 (The WVU Coed Murders), Morgantown women are faced with a new predator: a rapist so meticulous and organized that he vanishes through police checkpoints and…
S4E4 Hell’s Square Mile, Part 3 | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep 4
In the last of this 3-part series, we examine Mabel’s top suspects in the murder of Walter Curnutte. Years later, Tim and Becky discover an entirely new motive connected to a forged document, a…
S4E3 Hell’s Square Mile, Part 2 | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep 3
After Walter Curnutte’s murder, his sister Mabel takes on the case, recording interviews, writing letters to powerful officials, and hiring a private detective. The community’s war on Walter comes to…
S4E2 Hell’s Square Mile, Part 1 | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep 2
This is the beginning of a 3-part story about one square mile of the West Virginia mountains. The story winds its way through a savage war between Indians and settlers, a poor boy adopted into wealth…
S4E1 Burning Questions | Season 4: Listener Suggestions, Ep 1
A WVU alum working for the state prosecutor’s office suddenly finds herself on the scene of a very personal tragedy that could be much more sinister. Much to her dismay, her forensic investigation…
S3 Unattended Death, Part 2
Arthur's phone is tracked down, and we listen to audio of a Morgantown detective interviewing three students who headed out on the town with Arthur the night he died. Sarah & Geoff's book about…
S3 Unattended Death, Part 1
This two-part special introduces the life and death of Arthur Bagenda, an international student at WVU who drowned in a ditch within sight of the Morgantown Police station. In this first episode, we…
S3 Bonus Story: Cradle Will Rock
A child's grave explodes after 63 years underground. As Morgantown police and reporters gather around the coffin, they are shocked to find that his corpse is strangely well-preserved. Cradle Will…
S3E13 Extra: Oubliette | Outlandish
In this episode, we take a step back in time to the week Cathy Thomas and Becky Dowski were murdered in the first of several Colonial Parkway murders. As the crime scene tape still hangs from Becky…
S3E12 Update: Trailed | Outlandish
As Appalachian Mysteria finished covering the story of Julie and Lollie, author Kathryn Miles completed her own book about the murders. In this episode, Kathryn uses her total access to Dierdre…
S3E11 Abandoned Summit | Outlandish, Ep 11
Darrell Rice is released from prison, but the publicity of his indictments makes a normal life elusive. The FBI plans a summit to examine other possible murders by Evonitz, but it falls by the…
S3E10 Strategic Reasons | Outlandish, Ep 10
Forensic evidence throws the upcoming trial of Darrell Rice into upheaval, and an unexpected conclusion leads to yet another indictment. Several of our guests openly disagree on the final…
S3E9 All Wrong, All the Time? | Outlandish, Ep 9
We examine key evidence in the pre-trial hearings of Darrell Rice: jailhouse informants, the audio recording that gave rise to hate crime charges, a shifting timeline, and a phone call that Rice’s…
S3E8 Survival Mode | Outlandish, Ep 8
Kara Robinson makes an escape, putting all the information she memorized to good use. Evonitz goes on the run. Kara talks to us about the complex ethics of telling stories like hers in the true crime…
S3E7 Death Notice | Outlandish, Ep 7
The Attorney General of the United States announces the indictment of Darrell Rice. We review the life story of the serial killer responsible for the deaths of Sofia Silva and the Lisk sisters, and…
Frequently Asked Questions
Appalachian Mysteria has published 51 episodes since May 2017, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Appalachian Mysteria is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 42m.
