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Welcome to a very scary Christmas with the Gruesome Gossip gals! We're sure by now everyone has probably heard of Krampus, he's been having kind of a moment for the last couple of years, and good for him! But we bet most of you haven't heard as much about his female counterpart, the decidedly more fun Frau Perchta (aka The Belly Slitter)!! In this year's Christmas episode, you'll hear all about her, the hobby horse from hell (aka Mari Lywd), and of course Florida Man. So chug some holiday cheer and get ready because this is one bumpy sleigh ride!   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

In the season 2 finale, Marti shares five Halloween poems she composed using real-life tales of horror as her inspiration. She also brings back a favorite segment from season 1; this time involving live alligators being dressed up in Halloween costumes.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

I (Britany) am hitting the open road with a few other members of my paranormal team, Cheyenne Mountain Paranormal Investigators, in November to check out a few allegedly haunted places in Kansas; including one location that has been very high on my paranormal bucket list for years. In this episode, I share a little backstory about the Sallie House, the 1889 McInteer Villa, the Eldridge Hotel, and Stull Cemetery.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

This week Marti is finally covering a subject she’s been wanting to talk about on the podcast since before it even started! So, get ready for a deep dive into Victorian-era mourning practices. Trust us when we say that no one knew how to be sad like the Victorians, and we’re going to tell you all about just how extra they could get!   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

This week, we're continuing the story of the truly evil acts of the Ken and Barbie Killers; aka The School Girl Killers; aka Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. If you haven't listened to part 1 yet, we strongly encourage you to listen to it first. SPECIAL NOTE: We do have a content warning at the beginning of every episode, but we feel it's important to add an extra one here. This story contains details of rape, sexual assault, crimes against minors, and domestic violence. If any of these topics are triggers for you, please skip both parts and come back for episode 2.7 where we'll have something light-hearted for you.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

This week we're revisiting a story that was briefly discussed in the finale of season one and that's the truly evil acts of the Ken and Barbie Killers; aka Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. There's so much to this story that we've turned it into a two-parter so be sure to come back next week for the devastating, infuriating, and shocking conclusion. SPECIAL NOTE: We do have a content warning at the beginning of every episode, but we feel it's important to add an extra one here. This story contains details of rape, sexual assault, crimes against minors, and domestic violence. If any of these topics are triggers for you, please skip both parts and come back for episode 2.7 where we'll have something light-hearted for you.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

So most of you that have been listening for a while know Marty is from Taylorsville KY...But something I feel like most people may not know about Kentucky is that it has an abundance of urban legends and haunted places. So, while you may have heard of Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, KY (which is said to be one of the most haunted places in the US) or Bobby Mackey's Music Hall in Wilder, KY (that is said to have a portal to hell in the basement), we bet you haven’t heard about one of Marti’s personal favorite bits of Kentucky folklore and that is the legend of the Pope Lick Monster, or better known by locals as The Goat Man.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

This week the ghouls dive deep, 15 miles deep in fact, into Mel’s Hole! 10% craziness, 10% conspiracy theory, 75% urban legend, and 5% reason for Marti to make dirty puns. Mel’s hole is one of the craziest stories we’ve covered yet! So, buckle in cause this is sure to be a Hole-In-One! Seriously it’s the "hole" Kit and Caboodle … Hehe Hole! Britany would like to personally apologize for the pun-filled description of this episode (that was very obviously written by Marti) and for just the entire episode in general. But, if she had to sit through all those puns ... you do too. :)   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

I (Britany) figured you might need a palate cleanser after last’s week episode (see what I did there??), so I’m bringing you a short and not-so-sweet episode this week. In this episode, I’m bringing back on our On This Day segment from season one and talking about the last execution via guillotine in France; which was shockingly not all that long ago. I also share the gruesome story about the last public guillotine execution in France that was so fucked up, the government decided the public would no longer be allowed to attend executions.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

We’re baaaaack! Welcome to the premiere episode of season two! Ever seen a roadside stand selling delicious BBQ sandwiches? Tempting right? Well not after hearing the story of Joe Metheny. That’s right, the ghouls are back and this season the tea is STRONG! No topic is brewed too dark and we’re ready to prove it by kicking off season 2 with one of our most upsetting episodes yet. So get ready to spill all the tea with Gruesome Gossip because this time we aren’t fucking around! Special Note: My (Britany) audio settings were a little off thanks to not recording for a few months so you might notice some slight distortion. My bad. :-/   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

Welcome to the season finale! If you've made it this far you either really like us, or you're a glutton for punishment. Don't fret though, we will be back September 1st! In the meantime, we thought we would leave you with some fun homework. This week we share some of our favorite Wikipedia and TikTok rabbit holes to go down and, just in case that's not enough to keep you busy, we also list our favorite and most popular episodes! So, whether you are new to our podcast or you're a vet, there's still plenty more content to check out. See you in September!   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram TikTok

A lot of people choose to donate their bodies to science in hopes that they'll be able to help doctors and scientists discover gain a better understanding of how our bodies work or find cures for diseases. I'm sure the last thing they'd probably expect is for their body to be turned into Frankenstein's Monster. Or have their genitals be severed and thrown into a cooler full of other genitalia like hot dogs at a BBQ. But, Marti has some bad news for you, because that's exactly what the FBI found during a raid at a Phoenix Arizona facility. So get ready, because this week we're serving you all the disgusting tea about The Biological Resource Center aka The Human Chop Shop.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

In honor of my birthday, we're doing another birthday-themed episode! In episode 15, we talked about bizarre birthday murders and rituals. In this episode, we're sharing three stories about murders that occurred at birthday parties; with each one being more horrific than the last.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

A while ago Marti had fun ruining your childhoods by talking about messed-up things that happened in kid's shows. Well, today she's decided to ruin your childhood through song!! Just kidding she's not going to torture you with her awful singing, but she is going to tell you why all those cutesy nursery rhymes you liked as a child were disturbing, to say the least. So gather round and follow the bouncing ball cause this week we're getting musical!   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

Marti and I met at Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana and somehow we both managed to get through our years there without ever hearing about the vicious murders of VU students Brooke Baker and Erika Norman that occurred less than a decade before we became VU students ourselves. In this episode, I share the details of both of their murders and also provide an update on Leticia Stauch, a local woman currently awaiting trial for the murder of her 11-year-old step-son, Gannon Stauch.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

Oooohhhhh SNAP! We're doing it, we're really going for it! That's right, this week we're finally talking about one of the most infamous and haunting murders to have ever happened in the Australia of America because today we're talking about Casey Anthony... Party girl, liar, and murderer (allegedly, but I mean come on). Marti discusses the ins and outs of one of Florida's most infamous cases and even gives us a peek at where Casey Anthony is now. So gather round, it's time to talk about Florida's worst mom.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

After our previous episode about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, we knew we had to talk about another tragedy from the industrial boom of the early 1900s; the radium girls. While this episode may be quick, the devastating saga of the radium girls was not it's in honor of Women's History Month that we bring you their story.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

In this week's episode, Marti discusses a topic that actually makes her feel something inside her cold dark heart. Get ready, because this is one for the history books, literally! Today we are going to be discussing the Triangle Shirtwaist Fires. Tragically, 145 souls lost their lives on March 25th, 1911 in what was an easily avoidable fire. We're going to serve all the tea about the horror, infamy, and the ultimate legacy of those involved. This story has a lot of twists and turns and we can't wait to share them all with you.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

In honor of Valentine's Day, we're doing part 2 of our #SerialKillerCoupleGoals series by sharing the stories of two more serial-killing couples.   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram

Hey, remember those dolls from the 1980s?? You know, the child-sized dolls called "My Buddy"? Well, this story is NOT about those, but maybe if Anatoly Moskvin had been given one as a child he wouldn't have felt the need to create his own life-size dolls as an adult. And by life-size dolls of course I mean real human corpses he played dress-up with and kept in his modest two-bedroom apartment. In this week's episode, things get weird as we discuss one of Russia's most interesting grave robbing doll makers! After all, everyone needs a hobby, right?   We believe in giving credit where credit is due. To view the links for all the resources used/mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Connect with us on social media: Facebook Instagram