The Astroworld tragedy is beyond horrible, and our hearts hurt for anyone affected. We hope the families of those killed get their justice, and that Travis Scott is banned from performing anywhere for the rest of his life. Today, we're giving a quick recap of the tragedy and what we know so far... Support the show…

Happy Halloween weekend cuties! To get into the Halloween spirit, today we're sharing some spooooooky tales. First, the tale of the Black Eyed Children, which is equally as creepy as it sounds... then, the history of the Ouija board, along with some crazy Ouija board stories. "It's all fun and games, until somebody gets murdered." - Tessy & McDub S…

Happy Friday!! Today we’re sharing stories on some of the most prolific poisonings throughout history… First of a badass woman, known to be the most successful serial killer whose name you’ve never heard. Giulia Tofana was able to murder hundreds of men over the course of nearly 50 years without being caught — until, in a shocking twist, a bowl of …

We’re baaaaack!! Today, we’re discussing INSANE survival stories - a kudos for all of us surviving the past 18 months. First, we’re talking about a horrific hijacking, where Jackie Pflung literally defies all odds and survives a true nightmare of a flight. Then, a story of Jose Salvador Alvarenga who was lost at sea for 438 days - could you imagine…

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Happy Friday!!! Today we're sharing 2 crazy stories... First is the story of a Weird World. Pauline Dakin's childhood in Canada in the 1970s was full of secrets, disruption and unpleasant surprises. She wasn't allowed to talk about her family life with anyone - and it wasn't until she was 23 that she was told why... Next we're talking about the inf…

The Panama Papers are a collection of leaked company documents that gave a glimpse into how the world’s richest and most powerful people avoid paying taxes by basically cheating the system and being shady AF. The Background: In 2016, journalists from a German newspaper obtained 11.5 million documents from the law firm, Mossack Fonseca, that exposed…

Happy Friday! Get ready, these stories are CRAZY... First, we're talking about the supposed reincarnation of the Polluck twins - John and Florence Polluck lost their girls in a tragic car accident in 1957.. A year later, Florence gave birth to twins, which John thought were his girls reincarnated. John sounds a little crazy, but the personality tra…

Heyy 2020! We're kicking off the year talking about one of the most brutal and culturally enduring crimes in American history - the murder of Elizabeth Short, AKA the Black Dahlia. WTF Moments: On January 15th, 1947, Elizabeth Short was found murdered, laying naked in a field, cut in half, and completely drained of blood. She was 22 years old. Eliz…

This week we are talking about the wonderful world of movies. From the start, we've seen some sketchy things going on in this industry... First, we're talking about the real inventor of motion picture cinema: Louis Le Prince. Apparently he was working with movies wayyy before Thomas Edison, and right before he's about to make it big, he disappears …

Are the Kennedy's cursed? - probably. This family’s string of untimely deaths from assassinations, freak accidents, plane crashes, suicides and overdoses is just so crazy. So. Much. Death. Here's just a quick run down of some of the major tragic events that happened to the Kennedy’s from 1941-2019: In 1941 Rosemary Kennedy had a lobotomy that went …

Today we're discussing two landmark alien-abduction cases - Antônio Villas Boas and Barney and Betty Hill. Antônio Villas Boas was a Brazilian farmer who claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrials in 1957. The night he was abducted, he was picked and probed, gassed in a trapped room and ended the night having sex with a super hottie alien a…

A familicide is a technical term for “family annihilation” which basically refers to the killing of one’s entire f*cking family. Today, we're each sharing a horrifically disturbing story of a familicide. Happy Friday! First, we're talking about the super recent familicide of the Watt's family. Last year, a**hole Chris Watt's, murdered his pregnant …

Happy Friday! Today we're each bringing 2 freaky stories to the table, and they are both freaky AF. First we're talking about The Giant of Kandahar- a biblical giant with flaming red hair who was killed by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2002. Apparently our government is trying to cover it up... Then, we're talking about the freakiest cult ever, H…

Our government is super shady, obvi. Today we're discussing a handful of secret-government projects that sound crazy AF, but actually happened. Projects we're talking about: (yes, these are the actual names) The Brown Note AKA Disco Dump Acoustic Kitty Operation Mockingbird X-37B Project Rainbow Operation Big Itch The CHANI Project Project Sigma Ch…

Dean Corll was known for passing out sweets to kids in the Houston Heights, where his family had a candy factory. But that smile was a mask, and behind it was one of the most brutal, calculating serial killers of the 20th century. WTF Moments: Long before Dean Corll ever killed any children, he earned his nickname as “The Candy Man” after his mothe…

On the night of the 24th of February, 1978, a group of five young men attended a college basketball game at California State University. The group of men had been anticipating their Special Olympic basketball tournament that was scheduled for the very next night in Sacramento, which they had been looking forward to for months. After the game, they …

Denver International Airport is weird AF. WTF Moments: When Denver International Airport opened in February of 1995, construction had fallen 16 months behind schedule, and $2 billion over budget. The airport itself is 35,000 acres, which is almost twice as large as the next biggest U.S. airport. When the airport was originally built, they designed …

Madeleine McCann was just 3 years old when she seemingly vanished into thin air. The little girl from England disappeared from her bed while she, her family and their friends were on vacation in a holiday apartment at a resort in Praia da Luz in Portugal in 2007. Madeleine’s whereabouts remain unknown, but interest in the child’s fate has only grow…

The "Reptilian Elite" suggests that in ancient times, a group of advanced reptiles from the Alpha Draconins star system came to Earth and infiltrated the governments of the ancient civilizations in order to control all the humans and enslave them and became their rulers and bred with other humans to form crossbreeds so that their DNA can infiltrate…

WTF Moments: Although the group has been around since the late ninety's, NXIVM has gotten A LOT of media attention in the past year, and has been accused of brainwashing people into joining this group. Their goal was to have all of the individuals actualize human potential The "intent" is to have participants join in Executive Security Programs, wh…

Today we're discussing the murder of Kevin Ives and Don Henry. This unsolved/cold-case goes all the way to the top. WTF Moments: On August 24, 1987, Kevin Ives and Don Henry were killed, placed on railroad tracks, and run over by a 6,000 ton Union Pacific train around 4:30 am Dr. Fahmy Malik was the state medical examiner at the time and he was the…

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Okay, this theory is way out there... WTF Moments: A Stargate is an Einstein–Rosen bridge portal device within the Stargate fictional universe that allows practical, rapid travel between two distant locations. Many ancient cultures speak of portals to other worlds and gateways to star systems where their “creators” reside. The theory is that an ali…

The murder of JonBenét Ramsey is so fucked up. From a family member, to an old loser hired to play Santa Claus, the theories are endless and leads to the question - will we ever f*cking solve this? WTF Moments: The Ramsey's were extremely wealthy - like so wealthy, they had 2 planes... Their house was a f*cking disaster though, Marie Kondo would ha…

WTF Moments: The Dyatlov Pass incident refers to the mysterious, unsolved deaths of 9 experienced hikers in the northern Ural Mountains on February 2, 1959. The area in which the incident took place was named Dyatlov Pass in honor of the group's leader, Igor Dyatlov. Dr. Boris Vozrozhdenny stated that none of the injuries on the bodies could have b…

Hey 2019! On this Freaky Friday episode, we're talking about our favorite Australian cold cases - The Somerton Man and the case of the missing Beaumont children. Check out our website! Contact us! Support the showBy Tessy & McDub

WTF Moments: JFK was the youngest and sluttiest President in US history. He was eskimo brothers with his dad. The night before his own assassination, JFK turns to Jackie and literally says, "This would have been one hell of a day to assassinate a president". In 1999, the US Government paid $16 million dollars to the heirs of the Zapruder film for e…

WTF Moments: The Federal Reserve is a private company that loans our US Government money with interest, and there are A TON of conspiracy theories behind this institution and their link to and the plot to create a New World Order. Several of our Founding Fathers - including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were against central banking from the s…

It's Friday and you know what that means! On this special episode of Cocktails and Conspiracies, we are sharing some of our favorite deathbed confessions... From helping solve a murder that became the oldest solved cold case in America, to admitting that the Loch Ness Monster was made up out of spite, people say some cray-cray things before they go…

WTF Moments: Natalie had a lifelong fear of dark waters. This stemmed from her mother, who saw a psychic warning her that someone she was close to would die in dark waters. Wood's mother had warned Natalie about this prediction – and therefore this fear was permanently ingrained her brain. There were only 4 people on the boat the night she died: Na…

WTF Moments: Throughout recorded history, there have been legends about giants among cultures worldwide, including Japan, Indonesia, Australian Aborigines, India, Islam, Greece, Rome, Britain, Norse and other European countries, as well as the U.S. — especially among Native Americans. The Nephilim is commonly referred to in the bible, and according…

Happy Friday! Tonight we’re diving into the history behind Halloween, and each telling a crazy story that has happened ON Halloween. Check out our website! Contact us! Support the showBy Tessy & McDub

WTF Moments: Salem was not the first town to accuse people of witchcraft, in fact, a “witchcraft craze” rippled through Europe from the 1300's to the end of the 1600's. A “witchcraft act” was passed in 1562 in England, and stated that any behavior or practice even remotely associated with witchcraft was deemed illegal. By 1644, the English governme…

WTF Moments: The Gemstone File is considered to be the "Ultimate Mega Conspiracy" and claims to paint a grim picture of who really controlled the major U.S. events of the 20th century. Bruce Roberts wrote the Gemstone File, and claims to be the real inventor of the Laser Beam. He claims that Howard Hughes took credit for the invention by stealing h…

Happy Friday! Tonight we're going back in time and looking at old vintage advertisements from the early-to-mid 1900's. From PEP vitamins in your cereal, to cocaine toothache drops recommended by physicians everywhere, these vintage ads are both hilarious and extremely offensive. Check out our website! Contact us! Support the show…

For well over a century, some have claimed that people can suddenly and inexplicably explode into a ball of fire... WTF Moments: There have been over 200 deaths caused by spontaneous combustion in the past 300 years- Like cause of death was listed as spontaneous combustion... Under regular circumstances, the human body, which is made up of 60-70 pe…

WTF Moments: The pharmaceutical and health product industry is by far the biggest spender in terms of lobbying American politicians. Collectively they have spent more than $3.1 billion dollars attempting to influence our elected lawmakers- I wonder what their expense reports look like... 9 out of 10 pharmaceutical companies spend more than twice as…

Time to get freaked out! On this Freaky Friday episode, we're talking about crazy disappearances that remain unsolved. Tonight, we'll hear the story of DB Cooper and how he managed to hijack a Boeing 727, get $200,000 from the airline, and jump out mid-flight, never to be found or heard of again- this remains the only unsolved case of air piracy in…

Justice for Marilyn! WTF Moments: As a child, Norma Jeane Baker (Marilyn Monroe) lived in an orphanage and had 11 sets of foster parents, this was after her mother was institutionalized from trying to kill her. She was Playboy’s very first centerfold, in 1953. Marilyn had been paid $50 to model for the picture in 1949; Hugh Hefner bought it for $50…

New Reality Show Idea - Keeping up with the Rothschilds. WTF Moments: Driven by their quest for money, the Rothschild's have been said to assassinate US Presidents, and to create virtually every war since the 1800's, in order to finance both sides. In order to keep the money in the family, intermarriage was not only accepted, but it was common - si…

Our first Freaky Friday special where we each share a crazy, weird and/or f*cked up story. Tonight's topics include John Titor- an alleged time traveler from the year 2036, a couple of ghost stories, and how the Mandela effect is making us all question life... Check out our website! Contact us! Support the show…

How much does the government really know about UFO's? WTF Moments: The government created Project Blue Book in the 40's as a tool to avoid public hysteria- but any UFO related project since then has been confidential and undisclosed to the public. One of the Project Blue Book team members submitted an alien sighting after seeing one himself, and hi…

What happened to the millions of dollars' worth of gold lost after the Civil War?! WTF Moments: There has actually been Confederate Gold (AND real treasure maps - how fun!) found in various parts of the U.S. What if a secret society, founded during the Civil War, accumulated a fortune in gold coins, and then hid it in the hopes of someday funding a…

The Earth’s moon is one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, and literally goes against a number of Laws of physics; begging the question “Why is it there?” WTF Moments: The Earth's moon is HUGE- more than 50X bigger than it should be based on our plant's size and gravitational force. "It seems easier to explain the nonexistence of t…

Was the sinking of the Titanic planned?! WTF Moments: The Titanic's sister ship (The Olympic) was in a wreck months before the Titanic's maiden voyage and both ships were damaged in the exact same spot. Original Newspapers first published stated that EVERYONE SURVIVED. 14 years BEFORE the sinking of the Titanic, some guy wrote and published a book …