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The chilling secrets of The Cecil Hotel and the mystery of Elisa Lam
Season 2 · Episode 2
Monday, October 14, 2024 • Duration 57:17
🏨 Inside the Infamous Cecil Hotel: Deaths, Curses, and Elisa Lam 🔍
TWO episodes in the same week?! You lucky beans! This week on Killers, Cults and Queens, Nikki and Cheryl are switching things up as Cheryl takes the lead. Together, they’re packing their bags and heading to the most sinister hotel the world has ever known (aside from the Castle... you know what we mean), The Cecil Hotel in downtown LA.
How has one hotel amassed a staggering average of 8 deaths per year? Is the Cecil Hotel truly cursed? And how did Elisa Lam end up in a water tank on the roof?
Join Nikki and Chez as they uncover the chilling mysteries behind this notorious hotel. Don’t miss this thrilling episode of Killers, Cults and Queens—tune in now! 🎙️
This episode is not suitable for listeners under the age of 18. It contains discussions of serious mental illness, suicide, and murder. It is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
Got a theory? Been lost in a rabbit hole? We want to hear from YOU! Email queens@global.com to get in touch, or DM us @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
Listen on Global Player for free. Download Global Player from the app store or go to globalplayer.com.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
Confidential Emotional Support Line: 01708 765200
Hope Not Hate: 020 7952 1181
Exit UK: 0800 999 1945
Safeline national male survivor helpline: 0808 800 5005
Sexual Assault Support Line: 01708 765200
Sane mental health line: 0300 304 7000
The dark rise of Jim Jones and the road to Jonestown
Season 2 · Episode 1
Monday, October 14, 2024 • Duration 01:03:36
🌍 The People's Temple: A Journey into the Jonestown Massacre 💔
Nikki Druce and Cheryl are BACK, and they’re back with a bang! This week on Killers, Cults and Queens, Nikki and Chez are traveling to Guyana to delve into one of the worst cults in history: The People’s Temple.
How did a preacher from humble beginnings manage to convince hundreds of individuals from around the world to leave their lives behind for the now-infamous Jonestown? What events led to the horrific mass suicide of nearly 1,000 people?
Join Nikki and Cheryl as they uncover the shocking truths behind this tragic chapter in history. Don’t miss this compelling episode of Killers, Cults and Queens—tune in now! 🎙️
This episode is not suitable for listeners under the age of 18. It contains depictions of mass suicide, and discussions of coercive behaviour. It is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
Got a theory? Been lost in a rabbit hole? We want to hear from YOU! Email queens@global.com to get in touch, or DM us @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
Listen on Global Player for free. Download Global Player from the app store or go to globalplayer.com.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
Confidential Emotional Support Line: 01708 765200
Hope Not Hate: 020 7952 1181
Exit UK: 0800 999 1945
Safeline national male survivor helpline: 0808 800 5005
Sexual Assault Support Line: 01708 765200
Sane mental health line: 0300 304 7000
The Russian Sleep Experiment
Season 1 · Episode 9
Thursday, October 27, 2022 • Duration 57:53
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are diving back into the world of Creepypastas to uncover the science behind the internet's most popular spooky sleep story… The Russian Sleep Experiment. After researching a new stimulant on prisoners of war, soviet researchers find themselves in a gruesome tryst with violent and sleep mad creatures… but was it all as it seemed? And what actually happens when you deprive yourself of sleep for say, 11 days? Cheryl and Nikki are going to find out. Expect two very sleep deprived hosts, an extra helping of delirium and some seriously ooky spooky behaviour.
This episode contains graphic details of violence and murder, including mentions of suicide, as is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
Confidential Emotional Support Line: 01708 765200
Sane mental health line: 0300 304 7000
The knowledge out there on this topic is vast, so if your interest is peaked by this episode please take a look at our sources:
The horrific crimes of The Manson Family cult - Part 2
Season 1 · Episode 8
Thursday, October 20, 2022 • Duration 53:38
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are back to uncover the horrendous crimes of The Manson Family Cult. Picking straight back up where we left off, Cheryl and Nikki arrive at Spahn Ranch, where Charles is just about to take his love for music to a whole new level… How did a chance meeting with a Beach Boy and the classic Beatles track Helter Skelter spiral into the brutal murders of at least seven innocent people, and how did Charles manipulate his followers to do the unthinkable? Cheryl and Nikki are about to find out. Expect the house guests from hell, places that REALLY shouldn’t be used as a toilet, and the end of one of the most awful manipulators in history.
This episode contains graphic details of violence and murder, including violence against a heavily pregnant woman and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @macabrelondonpodcast.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
Charles Manson, the man behind the horrific Manson Family Cult - Part 1
Season 1 · Episode 7
Thursday, October 13, 2022 • Duration 56:07
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are deep diving into the childhood of one of the most infamous cult leaders of modern day history, Charles Manson. After a rocky childhood spending most of his years in and out of schools for troubled teens and maximum security prisons, Charles heads to Berkeley to find a family of his own… Was Charles destined for the horrible fate he was racing towards, or was the nightmare ahead a product of his own making? Cheryl and Nikki are going to find out. Expect tales of the most delinquent teen of all time, an enormous amount of car stealing, and LSD fuelled orgies.
This episode contains graphic details of violence and murder, and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
00:00 - Introduction
05:34 - Nikki sets the scene
07:15 - Charles’ Manson’s early life
20:31 - Charles gets sent to boarding school
24:08 - Charles tries to make a life on his own as a criminal apprentice
31:54 - Charles meets his first wife, Rosalie Willis
32:31 - Charles is determined to start over
34:39 - Charles learns how to charm
43:47 - Berkeley gets a new resident
45:53 - Charles starts to accumulate a following
49:55 - The original members of The Manson Family
53:14 - Charles sets off to find his makeshift family a new home
53:42 - Outro
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
The unbelievable secrets of Area 51
Season 1 · Episode 6
Thursday, October 6, 2022 • Duration 49:51
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are *metaphorically* storming Area 51 to discover the secrets hidden at the mysterious military base. After a top secret mission at the order of President Dwight Eisenhower sent a huge team of military personnel to the now iconic Army base, UFO sightings started sweeping the nation of America. Flying saucers were flying through the skies, and real life (allegedly) spaceship debris was falling from the sky… leaving more questions than answers. Were Aliens to blame for so many sightings in the 1940s, and do they now live in Area 51?! Cheryl and Nikki are going to find out. Expect fantastic nominative determinism, WILD theories about Soviet Russia, and of course a tonne of UFOs! Show us them Aliens!!
00:00 - Introduction
06:04 - Nikki sets the scene
07:28 - Project Aquatone
09:55 - The U-2
11:57 - The SR-71
16:37 - Who is Dennis, and what does he know?
18:47 - Introducing Robert Lazar
27:52 - Mac Brazel finds UFO debris
30:11 - Stanton Freidman, Charles Berlitz and Bill Moore get stuck in
32:37 - Introducing Annie Jacobsen (and one of the wildest conspiracy theories ever heard)
38:55 - Who actually is Bob Lazar?
41:44 - Element 115
44:23 - Navy footage released by the Pentagon
45:56 - “Storm Area 51 - They can’t stop all of us”
48:24 - Outro
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
The UK's youngest double murderers, The Twilight Killers
Season 1 · Episode 5
Thursday, September 29, 2022 • Duration 48:00
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are travelling to Spalding in Lincoln to learn about the chilling case of the UK’s youngest double murderers, The Twilight Killers. It’s a quiet Friday morning in April, 2016. A young teenage couple have been spending the last couple of days chilling out in a makeshift den in the downstairs of a suburban two bedroom house. They’ve been drinking, eating junk food and watching The Twilight Saga. Sounds like a classic scene, right? Well, what authorities didn’t know is that all the while, there were the bodies of two innocent people upstairs. Police had two questions on their hands… who killed Liz and Katie Edwards, and why? Expect dramatic teens of whole new proportions, a sweet mother trying to do the best by her daughter, and a very very angry Cheryl.
This episode contains graphic details of violence, including mentions of suicide, and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
00:00 - Intro
04:15 - Nikki sets the scene
05:34 - The Edwards Family
06:55 - Where things started going wrong for Kim Edwards
09:50 - The troubled childhood of Lucas Markham
14:49 - Katie and Lucas meet
15:55 - The teenage relationship progresses at an alarming rate
16:52 - Liz bans Kim from seeing Lucas
19:22 - Kim and Lucas run away
21:42 - The final straw for Kim
25:49 - The young couple head to McDonalds to plan the murder
28:15 - Kim and Lucas’ failed attempts
30:54 - The night of the murder
32:02 - The murder of Liz Edwards
33:53 - The murder of Katie Edwards
35:51 - Minion pyjamas
36:34 - Kim and Lucas’ post murder sleepover
The creepy disappearance of the Roanoke Colony
Season 1 · Episode 4
Thursday, September 22, 2022 • Duration 50:11
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are turning back the clock to the 1500s, to travel to the “new world” (see: America). After a previous failed attempt, Queen Elizabeth the 1st was hell bent on colonising as much of the world as possible, and so, under the guidance of John White, 120 volunteers travelled 3,795 miles across the choppy Atlantic to create their new home… it was the last journey they would ever take, as just a few years later they would mysteriously vanish off the face of the Earth. Who were the lost colony of Roanoke, and what actually happened? Cheryl and Nikki are about to find out. Expect some seriously misguided holiday advice, the longest travel delay probably anyone has ever experienced, and of course, conspiracy theories of epic proportions.
00:00 - Intro
07:37 - Nikki sets the scene
09:30 - Queen Elizabeth the 1st’s mission for Sir Walter Raleigh
10:26 - Sir Walter sends Ralph Lane and Sir Richard Granville on the first mission to Roanoke
13:55 - The first mission goes immediately wrong
15:08 - Ralph murders the leader of the Secotan Tribe, Wingina
15:51 - Sir Francis Drake rescues the idiot men
16:48 - John White leads the second attempt to Chesapeake Bay
19:16 - Mutiny is afoot on Croatoan
22:04 - John tries to make friends with Algonquian people with the help of Chief Manteo
23:39 - The botched attack on the Dasamongueponke tribe
25:07 - The colony run low on supplies, so John makes the trip back
26:28 - The many delays of John White
27:24 - John White returns to Roanoke, only to find everyone gone
29:06 - Could they have gone to Croatoan?
35:56 - Did they turn into cannibals?
37:45 - Could they have fallen prey to witches?
The horrible case of the Incel Martyr, Elliot Rodger
Season 1 · Episode 3
Thursday, September 15, 2022 • Duration 55:45
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are travelling to the ‘manosphere’ to learn all about the secret world of Incels and their gross revered martyr, Elliot Rodger. It’s a warm Saturday evening in the college town of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara, California. Students all over town are getting ready for house parties at some of the biggest sorority and fraternity parties of the UCSB. But by nightfall, an angsty incel had wreaked havoc on the town, injuring 14 people, and taking 6 innocent lives. Who was Elliot Rodger, and why had his inability to get a girlfriend provoked him to do such damage? Nikki and Cheryl are going to find out. Expect misogyny galore, the cringiest autobiography of all time, and an insight into how obsessed incels are with their chins…
This episode contains graphic details of violence, including mentions of suicide, and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
00:00 - Intro
04:54 - Nikki sets the scene
07:03 - What is the ‘manosphere?’
09:43 - Who incels really are
16:41 - Where Elliot Rodger’s story begins
21:14 - Elliot is obsessed with sex
25:03 - The college town of Isla Vista gets a new resident
26:03 - Elliot no friends
27:20 - Elliot goes all girl boss gate keep
29:51 - Elliot stars planning his revenge
32:36 - Elliot has a huge tantrum
36:50 - Elliot’s parents hire counsellors
40:06 - Elliot’s 22nd Birthday (the Gucci sunglasses incident)
44:15 - Elliot starts waxing lyrical on YouTube
46:04 - The murders of Cheng Yuan Hong, George Chen and Weihan Wang
47:18 - Elliot Rodger’s Retribution
47:54 - The murders of Veronica Wiess, Katherine Cooper and Christopher Michaels-Martinez
The dark case of the Slenderman Stabbing
Season 1 · Episode 2
Thursday, September 8, 2022 • Duration 46:04
Cheryl and Nikki Druce are diving into the world of creepypastas to meet one of the most deadly internet myths of all time… Slenderman. It’s a balmy Friday night in May in the suburb of Waukesha Wisconsin in 2014. 12 year old Payton is getting ready to celebrate her best friend Morgan's birthday at a sleepover, along with their friend Anissa. Just 12 hours later, Payton is found abandoned in the woods and barely alive after being stabbed 19 times by her friends. They say they did it to appease Slenderman. Police had two questions on their hands… who was Slenderman, and why did two 12 year old girls brutally attack their friend in their quest to meet him? Cheryl and Nikki are about to find out. Expect a 101 on internet scary stories, tales of dodgy fanfics and some of the most haunting words to have ever been spoken by a 12 year old…
This episode contains graphic details of violence, including violence against and perpetrated by children, and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
00:00 - Intro
02:11 - Nikki sets the scene
04:39 - Creepypasta 101
08:18 - Slenderman’s origin story
13:15 - How did an internet story turn into attempted murder?
13:45 - Payton makes friends with Morgan
16:15 - Annisa arrives in town
18:14 - The Slenderman lore takes hold of Morgan and Anissa
22:24 - Morgan and Anissa’s sinister plan
23:41 - Morgan’s Birthday sleepover
24:34 - The first attempt
25:21 - The second attempt
26:12 - The stabbing of Payton
29:07 - Morgan and Anissa set off to find Slenderman’s mansion
29:31 - Payton saves herself
31:30 - Morgan and Anissa are found with the attempted murder weapon
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
41:20 - The Spirit of the Wendigo and the Reptillian Devil of the Woods
42:33 - The Dare Stones
47:54 - What archaeologists have found since
50:14 - Outro
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
Confidential Emotional Support Line: 01708 765200
Sane mental health line: 0300 304 7000
The knowledge out there on this topic is vast, so if your interest is peaked by this episode. Please take a look at our sources:
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
The Samaritans helpline: 116 123
Confidential Emotional Support Line: 01708 765200
Hope Not Hate: 020 7952 1181
Exit UK: 0800 999 1945
Safeline national male survivor helpline: 0808 800 5005
Sexual Assault Support Line: 01708 765200
Sane mental health line: 0300 304 7000
The knowledge out there on this topic is vast, so if your interest is peaked by this episode. Please take a look at our sources:
32:44 - Morgan and Anissa are brought in for questioning
36:51 - The indictment and sentencing of Morgan and Anissa
39:25 - The fall out
44:02 - Outro
For all things Killers, Cults and Queens, head over to @killerscultsqueens on Instagram. And follow Cheryl @cheryldragqueen and Nikki Druce @nikkimacabrelondon.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this episode, please consider contacting the following resources:
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