Into The Dark – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, Payton explores the chilling case of a murderer who may have drawn inspiration from a world-renowned horror film. MERCH: https://mwmhshop.com/ Case Sources: Justia Law - https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/48/247.html Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-24-me-669-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-14-mn-686-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-11-me-896-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-23-me-963-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-25-me-1347-story.html  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-04-me-5098-story.html  The Ledger - https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19840913&id=5jROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3406,5325543  UPI - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/15/A-convicted-killer-who-said-drugs-and-the-movie/8683471934800/  Stanford Law School - https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-boyer-33625  McClatchy DC - https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article75150457.html  The Orange County Register - https://www.ocregister.com/2015/07/17/death-penalty-upheld-for-man-who-killed-fullerton-couple/  Daily Star - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/real-life-michael-myers-stabbed-28169438 Statista - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346792/popularity-horror-movie-genre-age-group-united-states/ Yahoo! Life - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-scary-movies-good-mental-040000683.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF0L0vpOTz2LsY2QgeuLQjzmfS-X9uh8ZAwnL2rTufJpIT0H_ReWcKWgF9awg_dXt18AXyAhm_BbI4mazEhcFiJVJsnn_olclt4YaTwDJQ1YDODQH4jBLbWRj72PZoE-nfTyiE4FJ_bNDg25CBqnOHoqvNA4IwJfymJ68wczp7La American Film Market - https://americanfilmmarket.com/what-the-data-says-producing-low-budget-horror-films/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton delves into the mysterious death of Ben Renick, a snake breeder found dead in his warehouse. Was his death the result of a snake's deadly strike, or was there a more sinister plot at play? Case Sources-  CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ben-renick-snake-breeder-murder-timeline/  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ben-renick-missouri-reptile-breeder-murdered-lynlee-renick-48-hours/  People - https://people.com/crime/ben-renick-murder-wife-lynlee-convicted/  Columbia Missourian - https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/snake-breeders-wife-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-for-her-husbands-murder/article_6a1a22a8-7d40-11ec-bcdd-73506d104f79.html  KSDK 5 On Your Side - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/dateline-special-montgomery-county-snake-breeder-murder-ben-renick/63-2b4e43d5-ae25-4365-970e-1e8bd8fb00ed ABC 17 News - https://abc17news.com/news/top-stories/2023/01/31/man-convicted-in-ben-renick-murder-claims-key-witness-testimony-hearsay/ Law & Crime Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJJOh0j6Zc  13 KRCG - https://krcgtv.com/news/local/appellate-court-denies-appeal-from-man-convicted-of-murder-of-montgomery-county-snake-breeder-ben-renick-lynlee-michael-humphrey  World of Ball Pythons - https://www.worldofballpythons.com/breeders/ben-renick/ WebMD - https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-7277/percocet-oral/details Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton uncovers the story of the Mothman. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources: “The Mothman Prophecies” by John Keel “The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings” by John Keel “The Mothman of Point Pleasant” Documentary directed by Seth Breedlove - https://www.amazon.com/Mothman-Point-Pleasant-Lyle-Blackburn/dp/B0718X896G WVCulture.org - http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvhs/wvhs1504.html SoutherLiving.com - https://www.southernliving.com/culture/the-mothman-legend-west-virginia PopularMechanics.com - https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a44851472/silver-bridge-collapse-mothman/ WVEncyclopedia.org - https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1418 WOW KTV.com - https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/mason-county-wv/the-mothman-is-one-of-west-virginias-most-famous-paranormal-legends/ AllThatsInteresting.com - https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothman EW.com - https://ew.com/article/2002/02/01/how-real-mothman-prophecies/ Medium.com - https://medium.com/illumination/mothman-november-15-1966-195ce2907557 Boston Globe - https://apps.bostonglobe.com/special-projects/2022/10/road-trip-america/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia USGhostAdventures.com - https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/31-days-of-halloween/the-true-story-behind-the-mothman-of-west-virginia/ ThePortalist.com - https://theportalist.com/mothman-sightings Nerdist.com - https://nerdist.com/article/mothman-why-we-are-so-obsessed/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores the mysterious disappearance of Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, who vanished at sea. The incident sparked numerous theories and widespread speculation. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources - The American Presidency Project - https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-president-the-death-prime-minister-harold-holt-australia  The National Archives of Australia - https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers/harold-holt https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3151754&isAv=N  https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3050881  https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/fact-sheets/harold-holts-disappearance  CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/16/asia/australia-harold-holt-missing-anniversary-intl/index.html Australian Prime Ministers - https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/harold-holt  National Museum Australia - https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/features/prime-ministers/harold-holt  https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/indigenous-referendum  ABC News - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-09-26/holt-disappearance-theories-resurrected-online/680654  9 News - https://www.9news.com.au/national/a-list-of-holt-disappearance-theories/3565c411-99c7-477e-97da-3e8f3c60ec5c  SBS News - https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/holt-submarine-theory-madness-grandson/uwbjrewla Library of Congress Blogs - https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/12/disappearance-of-a-prime-minister/  National Film and Sound Archive of Australia - https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/98240-holts-shoulder-injury Australian Politics - https://australianpolitics.com/executive/pm/deaths-of-australian-pms/ Naval History and Heritage Command - https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/alphabetical-listing/h/uss-harold-e--holt--de-1074-ff-1074-0.html Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/11/26/spy-boat-to-china/1760c738-b598-4a67-adb2-4724b0401080/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the case of the Shag Harbor UFO and how a small town in Canada was changed forever because of it.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources: The Municipality of Barrington - https://www.barringtonmunicipality.com/Visiting-Us/shag-harbour-ufo-incident  History - https://www.history.com/topics/paranormal/ufo-files-canadas-roswell-mystery-at-shag-harbour-video  CBC Nova Scotia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wjgwP_N3oM  CBC - https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3593065     https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shag-harbour-ufo-coin-royal-canadian-mint-1.5304445  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shag-harbour-ufo-museum-broken-into-rcmp-investigating-1.4816487  National Post - https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/we-saw-something-something-came-down-the-shag-harbour-ufo-sighting-50-years-later Mysteries of Canada - https://mysteriesofcanada.com/nova-scotia/shag-harbor-ufo/ Statista - https://www.statista.com/chart/8452/ufo-sightings-are-at-record-heights/ Vice - https://www.vice.com/en/article/evp88e/in-search-of-the-truth-behind-canadas-most-infamous-ufo-sighting  Walrus - https://thewalrus.ca/the-shag-harbour-incident/ Global News - https://globalnews.ca/news/4319302/cousteau-family-members-shag-harbour/ NovaScotia.com - https://www.novascotia.com/see-do/attractions/shag-harbour-ufo-centre/1640 Salt Wire - https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/1967-shag-harbour-ufo-incident-being-celebrated-with-world-class-expo-special-day-at-interpretive-centre-100777155/ Gros Educational Media - http://www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/canada6.html Macleans - https://macleans.ca/news/canada/the-shag-harbour-ufo-incident Reactor Magazine - https://reactormag.com/shag-harbour-not-exactly-roswell/ All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/ufo-sightings/8  Visiting Nova Scotia - http://www.visitingnovascotia.com/?p=1886  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Into The Dark, Payton dives into the case of Steven Robards, a man who died mysteriously in front of his daughter. Was it a heart attack or something more sinister? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources: Forensic Files Season 6, Episode 5 – “Death Play” Texas Monthly - https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/poisoning-daddy/  UPI - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/10/19/Student-charged-with-poisoning-her-dad/7014782539200/  The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/shakespeares-plays/hamlet/  International Labor Organization - http://www.ilo.org/dyn/icsc/showcard.display?p_card_id=1073&p_version=2&p_lang=en    Okay Bliss - https://www.okaybliss.net/marie-robards-now/  Grunge - https://www.grunge.com/1180537/the-bizarre-1993-poisioning-murder-of-steven-robards/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton delves into the legendary tale of the vampire, uncovering some truly shocking truths behind the story. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources: The Flückinger Report by Johann Flückinger Report from Medicus Glasser by Doctor Glasser The Journal of Vampire Studies - https://www.academia.edu/53330102/Analysis_of_a_1725_Report_of_Vampirism_in_Kragujevac  Smithsonian Magazine - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decomposing-bodies-1720s-gave-birth-first-vampire-panic-180976097/   National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-popular-culture-changed-our-view-of-the-vampire  Paranormal Scholar - http://www.paranormalscholar.com/arnold-paole/   Country Living - https://www.countryliving.com/life/a28567562/are-vampires-real/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores the recent case surrounding the death of Mica Miller. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources: Burroughs Funeral Home & Cremation Services - https://www.burroughsfh.com/obituary/Mica-Miller  WMBF News - https://www.wmbfnews.com/2024/05/07/robeson-county-sheriffs-office-rules-pastors-wifes-death-suicide/  WRAL News - https://www.wral.com/story/sheriff-to-release-findings-in-myrtle-beach-pastor-s-wife-death-investigation/21418255/  ABC 15 News - https://wpde.com/news/local/mica-miller-suicide-pastors-wife-john-paul-miller-robeson-county-sheriffs-office-solid-rock-church-myrtle-beach-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-north-carolina-medical-examiner-justice-community   https://wpde.com/news/local/mica-miller-john-paul-pastor-jp-wife-solid-rock-church-new-reports-car-theft-grooming-marriage-divorce-suicide-myrtle-beach-robeson-county-lumber-river-state-park-mental-health-episodes-hospitalized-south-carolina  https://wpde.com/news/local/mica-miller-pastors-wife-dead-myrtle-beach-solid-rock-church-community-mourns-unanticipated-loss-john-paul-miller-seeks-answers-death-investigation-lumber-river-state-park-suicide-mental-health-robeson-county-north-carolina-may-2-2024  https://wpde.com/news/local/mica-miller-john-paul-pastor-jp-wife-solid-rock-church-new-reports-car-theft-grooming-marriage-divorce-suicide-myrtle-beach-robeson-county-lumber-river-state-park-mental-health-episodes-hospitalized-south-carolina  https://wpde.com/news/local/mica-miller-fbi-us-attorneys-office-robeson-county-sheriffs-office-investigation-suicide-lumber-river-state-park-john-paul-pastor-solid-rock-church-market-common-myrtle-beach-south-carolina  People - https://people.com/mica-miller-suicide-police-push-back-on-conspiracies-around-her-death-8644851  News Nation - https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/mica-miller-police-report/   https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/husband-flirty-texts-mica-miller-death-waitress/  https://www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/sheriffs-fbi-mica-miller/ Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/mica-miller-update-pastor-john-paul-miller-alibi-gets-boost-1898089  https://www.newsweek.com/mica-miller-brainwashed-husband-pastor-jean-paul-miller-attorney-1899356  New York Post - https://nypost.com/2024/05/03/us-news/south-carolina-pastor-claims-wife-mica-miller-committed-suicide-as-family-urges-police-to-investigate/  https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/us-news/mica-millers-pastor-husband-allegedly-admits-he-posted-topless-photo-of-her/  The National Domestic Violence Hotline - https://www.thehotline.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=domestic_violence  The Post and Courier - https://www.postandcourier.com/myrtle-beach/john-paul-miller-pastor-mica-grooming-abuse-allegations/article_9a77224e-0e65-11ef-8fad-77efe5d6156d.html    https://www.postandcourier.com/myrtle-beach/mica-miller-death-john-paul-myrtle-beach/article_1e224c40-13c5-11ef-a1a9-b70e0f8a4c9f.html  FitsNews - https://www.fitsnews.com/2024/05/08/friends-of-mica-miller-she-was-planning-her-future-not-her-funeral/  https://www.fitsnews.com/2024/05/13/mica-millers-death-pastor-sent-disturbing-texts-to-her-grieving-family/ https://www.fitsnews.com/2024/05/08/mica-miller-saga-late-pastors-wife-accused-of-theft-prior-to-her-death/ https://www.fitsnews.com/2024/05/17/mica-miller-saga-the-pastors-paramours-and-another-suspicious-death/ Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-woman-mica-miller-husband-says-he-tried-raise-her-dead-during-eulogy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the tin foil tale of Princess Diana’s death.  Case Sources: The Operation Padget Inquiry report into the allegation of conspiracy to murder Diana, princess of Wales and Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed Diana: The Night She Died People - https://people.com/what-was-operation-paget-princess-diana-death-inquiry-8412027  https://people.com/prince-charles-princess-diana-relationship-timeline-5894506  Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/11/24/the-crown-diana-death-paparazzi-driver/  Town & Country Magazine - https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a45737126/princess-diana-death-true-story-explained/  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a10349140/who-is-dodi-al-fayed-princess-diana-boyfriend/  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a45698206/who-is-trevor-rees-jones-princess-diana-bodyguard-survivor/  CBC - https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/expert-investigation-reveals-the-truth-about-princess-diana-s-death-25-years-ago-1.6554844  Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/princess-diana-death-conspiracy-theories-b2248362.html   Harpers Bazaar - https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a29601605/prince-charles-camilla-parker-bowles-relationship-timeline/  Borgen Magazine - https://www.borgenmagazine.com/princess-dianas-humanitarian-work/  Washington Examiner - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/1399447/diana-and-arab-conspiracy/   YouGov UK - https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/7256-38-brits-princess-dianas-death-was-not-accident  EuroNews - https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/31/culture-re-view-16-years-after-her-death-dianas-greatest-work-was-supporting-hiv-sufferers  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the heroic case of three teenage girls from the Netherlands who seduced and killed Nazis. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 Case Sources: Seducing and Killing Nazis by Sophie Poldermans  Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/nazi-germany-dutch-resistance-freddie-truus-oversteegen-hannie-schaft-a9188306.html  BBC - https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0808hpm/the-teenage-dutch-girls-who-seduced-and-killed-nazis  Time - https://time.com/5661142/dutch-resistance-friendship/  History Camp - https://historycamp.org/samantha-garrity-armed-young-women-of-the-dutch-resistance/ History - https://www.history.com/news/dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis-freddie-oversteegen  Vice - https://www.vice.com/en/article/dp5a8y/teenager-nazi-armed-resistance-netherlands-876   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices