Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown

Haunted Hotels: On Location at the Pfister in Milwaukee, WI

Y'ALL. Where to even begin with this one... Kate and Matt are staying overnight in what Expedia named one of the top 5 most haunted hotels in the country! Many celebrities have experienced quite the spooky ooky while staying here, and Kate and Matt want to see if they have their own ghostly encounter. Spoiler alert: THEY DO.
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Episode Sources:
“The legend of the Pfister Hotel ghost” by Becky Mortensen
“Scary stories from baseball's haunted hotel” by Michael Clair
“The Haunted Pfister Hotel”
The Pfister Hotel
“The Pfister Hotel: Baseball’s Most Haunted Hotel Has Spooked Some of MLB’s Biggest Stars” by Joe Grobeck
Megan Thee Stallion Twitter Video
Joey Lawrence Tells His Tale
 
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The Disappearance and Death of Film Exec Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith was a charismatic, successful film executive at Fox Studios. At 6' 6" the blonde, tan, athletic father of three stood out wherever he went. So when he went missing on May 1, 2012, his family and friends were baffled. Where did he go? A man of his stature should be pretty easy to find, right? That is, of course, unless someone took extreme measures to make sure he couldn't be...
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Episode Sources:
Dateline NBC - "Dark Valley" - Season 25, Episode 47
“Who Is Missing Hollywood Executive Gavin Smith?” By Luchina Fisher and Cecilia Vega
People v. Creech
“Fox Exec Gavin Smith: Investigators Say They Know ‘How and Why’ He Was Slain” by Soo Youn
“The Personal Trials of Missing Fox Movie Executive Gavin Smith” by Maria Elena Fernandez and Christine Pelisek
“Woman whose home was searched reportedly knew missing Fox executive” by Melissa Leu and Ricard Winton
“Wife of Missing Fox Exec Gavin Smith Acknowledges Extramarital Affairs, Suspects Foul Play” by Sophie Schillaci
“Authorities know ‘how and why’ Fox movie exec Gavin Smith was killed” by Kate Mather and Richard Winton
“Man who killed Fox executive having an affair with his wife gets 11 years in prison” by Marisa Gerber
 
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An Update from Kate!

Hello Misfits! Kate here. Some of you have been asking where Kail has been so I wanted to give you a quick update. We're making some changes and taking a poll. After listening, be sure to comment with your answer to the question!
If you're listening on Spotify, you can leave your answer by clicking on the poll in the show notes. Or you can leave your comment on Instagram or Facebook.
 
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Haunted Theatres: The Huntington in Boston, MA

Since spooky season is right around the corner (we know it's June, but we can dream, can't we?), Kate's got a haunted theatre for ya today. The building that houses the Huntington Theatre broke ground 100 years ago, so you KNOW the place has seen its share of spook. We've got a piano-playing ghost named Leo, a spirit that is super protective of the theatre's hats for some reason, and a multitude of shenanigans by the original founder himself.
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Episode Sources:
Avenue of the Arts / Huntington Theatre
“No One Is Alone: Theatre Ghost Stories, Vol. 6” by Russell M. Dembin
“Hauntington theater: Staging two ghost stories - one’s fiction, the other …?” by Francis Ma
“Theater imbued with spirit of founder” by Eric McHenry
“Ghosts Steal the Spotlight at the Huntington”
Ghosts of Boston Town by Holy Nadler
 
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The Brutal Murder of Maple Batalia

19-year-old Maple Batalia was poised to take on the world. A talented artist, a beautiful model, an actress starting her career, and an intelligent young woman who also happened to be studying to become a doctor - she could do anything she set her mind to. Tragically, after a night of studying at Simon Fraser University's library, she walked out to the parking lot completely unaware of the evil she was about to encounter.
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Episode Sources:
Picture Perfect: The Shattered Dreams of Maple Batalia 
“Man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of Maple Batalia” by Jennifer Saltman
“Maple Batalia's killer, Gurjinder Dhaliwal, sentenced to life in prison” - CBC News
“Man who was accessory to murder of Maple Batalia released early” - CTV News
“Family mourning death of daughter, 19, gunned down near B.C. university campus” by Keven Drews and Terri Theodore
“Maple Batalia’s ex-boyfriend arrested after high school receives threats” by Kevin Diakiw
 
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The Unsolved Disappearance of Jean Spangler

When 26-year-old Jean Spangler left her home on the evening of Friday, October 7, 1949, she had no idea she wouldn't be returning. She told her sister-in-law she was working that night...but there was no record of her employment for that date. What was she up to? Where did she really go? This episode has Kirk Douglas, the Black Dahlia killer and "That 70s Show" star Laura Prepon. It's a doozy, folks.
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Episode Sources:
"The Missing Star Spangler Girl: Inside the chilling, still unsolved disappearance of Jean Spangler” by Maureen Lee Lenker

Misfit Monday 1

Welcome to our first Misfit Monday! When Kate's friend Kevin co-hosted a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned he had some spooky stories to share. Kate's been under the weather (still, ugh) so she invited Kevin to share those stories on the Pod today. He's bringing us dead women doing dishes, a ghost cat named Jinx, and two little girls getting up to some shenanigans in the afterlife. Let's go!
 
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Kevin's memories
 
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*Patreon freebie!* The Troubling Tale of Johnny Lewis

Hey Misfits, Kate here. I was working on a different episode for you this week when my body was possessed by what can only be described as a stomach demon. I've been super sick, so instead of what I had planned I'm giving you one of our Patreon episodes (Patronians - please forgive me! I have a new episode coming for you this week).
This case has a bit of everything: Scientology, Katy Perry, mental illness, and a sweet old landlady who makes homemade tamales. Johnny Lewis had really begun to make a name for himself in Hollywood. After recurring on "The O.C." he went on to star in the first two seasons of "Sons of Anarchy" in the role for which he became most known. While some detected trouble brewing within the young actor, few could have predicted the grisly and brutal murder he would carry out, in a crime scene that seemed straight out of a horror movie.
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Episode Sources:
"The Secret Life of Johnny Lewis" by Bill Jensen
"Warning Signs Seen Before Actor's Violent End" by Greg Risling
"Katy Perry 'Devastated' Over Johnny Lewis' Death" by Beth Anne Macaluso
"'Sons of Anarchy' Actor Johnny Lewis Kills Woman, Dies in a Fall: Cops" by Howard Breuer
Johnny Lewis' Autopsy Report 
And here's a sweet anecdote about Cathy from one of her neighbors 
 
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