Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer 5/21/26 Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer 5/21/26

The Hinterkaifeck Murders: Mystery Remains On The Farm

Footprints in fresh snow lead straight to a farmhouse… and then stop. No trail away. That single detail captures why the Hinterkaifeck murders still get under our skin a century later: a remote Bavarian farm, a family with a dark private life, and a killer who may have been closer than anyone imagined. In this episode we unpack how six people were murdered near Munich in 1922 with no confirmed killer to this day.

The story isn’t just “unsolved true crime.” It’s a knot of motives and warning signs: an incest conviction that isolates the family, bitter paternity disputes, and a household full of fear. We talk through the reports of attic footsteps, a missing house key, strange footprints that don’t return, and a newspaper no one ordered. Is it a haunting, a stalker, or a “frogger” secretly living in the attic or basement? That question becomes even darker once you learn what happens next.

Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer 2/19/26 Kara Perakovic and Zach Palmer 2/19/26

The Anthill Kids: Roch's Cult of Pain and Punishment

What happens when a childhood shaped by violence meets a hunger for absolute authority? We follow the rise and collapse of the Anthill Kids, the Canadian cult built by Roch Thériault, a man who reinvented himself as a prophet after being rejected by his church. He promised salvation through obedience and suffering, then engineered a world where sleep was rare, food was scarce, and isolation was total.

We walk through the mechanics of control—how isolation, exhaustion, and fear erode judgment. You’ll hear about Solange Boiliard’s tragic death after a grotesque “exorcism,” the children raised amid coercion and pain, and the chilling calculus that reframed abuse as spiritual growth. Most importantly, we center the courage of Gabrielle, who endured years of terror, escaped after a partial amputation, and told everything to authorities. Her testimony ended the commune and put Thériault away, proving that one voice can crack even the tightest grip.