Second Guess Everything

Alex Underbakke

Welcome to Second Guess Everything - the podcast that dives deep into the strange, the unsettling, and the unexplained. Each season explores a range of dark topics from true crime, the paranormal, disturbing historical events, and more. Hosted by Alex Underbakke, proud member of the Cultiv8 Podcast Network. Show art by John Consignado.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    Haunted Hotels: The Mermaid Inn, Rye (Season 2)

    What happened a century ago, may explain what's happening today. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Resources:  Youtube - ‘Most Haunted Unseen - The Mermaid Inn’ - uploaded by most haunted vids - September 17th, 2012 Youtube - ‘Eerie Encounters: Inside Mermaid Inn - World's Scariest Hauntings - S01 EP6 - Paranormal Documentary’ - uploaded by Banijay Documentaries - September 22nd, 2023  The Mermaid Inn website - https://www.mermaidinn.com/  Wikipedia - The Mermaid Inn, Rye - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mermaid_Inn,_Rye  Wikipedia - Wattle and daub - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle_and_daub  Historic England - Mermaid House The Mermaid Hotel - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1251961?section=official-list-entry  Wayback Machine - The Mermaid Inn, Rye - https://web.archive.org/web/20110815231924/http://www.mermaidinn.com/history.html  Little House of Horrors - THE MERMAID INN  - By Sonja - June 14th, 2025 - https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-mermaid-inn/ The History Press - Hawkhurst: The story of smuggling in the 18th Century - by Joseph Dragovich - April 13th, 2023 - https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/hawkhurst-the-story-of-smuggling-in-the-18th-century/  The Novium Museum - ‘The Hawkhurst Gang’ - by Portia Tremlett - https://www.thenovium.org.uk/article/28843/The-Hawkhurst-Gang  Rye News - ‘The fascinating history of the Rye’s Mermaid Inn’ - by Michael Montagu - December 19th, 2024 - http://ryenews.org.uk/culture/the-fascinating-history-of-ryes-mermaid-inn  Pellicle Magazine website - ‘Cinque Ports - How Medieval Law Shaped the Pubs of Rye, East Sussex’ - by Fred Garratt-Stanley - April 2nd 2025 - https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/3/21/cinque-ports-how-medieval-law-shaped-the-pubs-of-rye#:~:text=%22The%20cellars%20here%20are%20nearly,States%20to%20secure%20the%20deal Haunted Rooms - “ALL ENGLAND HOTELS: The Haunted Mermaid Inn, Rye, East Sussex” - https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/mermaid-inn-rye-east-sussex  Exploring Great Britain - “The Mermaid Inn, Rye: One Of Britain’s Most Haunted Inns” -  https://www.exploringgb.co.uk/blog/the-mermaid-inn-rye-haunted

    17 min

  2. 17 FEB

    Haunted Hotels: The Driskill Hotel, Austin (Season 2)

    The Driskill Hotel took the phrase “Keep Austin Weird” a little too literally. As mentioned in the episode: Shadowy Figure Pictured on r/Paranormal by -shadynasty666 - https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1bn2t54/took_this_pic_at_the_driskill_hotel_in_austin Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Due to character limits for today's show notes, please reach out directly regarding resources used.

    17 min

  3. 10 FEB

    Haunted Hotels: The Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg (Season 2)

    Was it the wind, or a former guest at the Fort Garry Hotel? Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Resources: newspapers.com  Landsby website - “Haunted Hotels of Canada” - by Liliia Smichenko - https://landsby.ca/northernsoul/haunted-hotels-of-canada/#:~:text=The%20Fort%20Garry%20Hotel%2C%20built,the%20death%20of%20her%20husband  The Fort Garry Hotel website - https://www.fortgarryhotel.com/  Manitoba Historical Society Archives website - “Manitoba History: Visionaries and Risk-Takers: The First Hundred Years of the Fort Garry Hotel” - By Giles Bugailiskis - Fall 2013 - https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/73/fortgarryhotel.shtml  The Star - “A night in Fort Garry Hotel’s ‘haunted’ Room 202 in Winnipeg: Legend has it that the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg is haunted. Maybe Room 202, maybe the second floor, maybe the whole place. We spend a night to find out” - By Jennifer Bain, Travel Editor - April 13th, 2017 - https://www.thestar.com/life/travel/a-night-in-fort-garry-hotel-s-haunted-room-202-in-winnipeg/article_67d91872-d2d6-5b12-860b-e1fdbb6e642d.html  Haunted Rooms America - “The Haunted Fort Garry Hotel” - https://www.hauntedrooms.com/canada/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/fort-garry-hotel-winnipeg  YouTube - “Winnipeg, Manitoba: Fort Garry Hotel Haunting of the Lady in Blue” - uploaded by Documentify TV - January 16th, 2024  The Globe and Mail - “Liberal MP reports curious encounter in Winnipeg hotel” - by Shawn McCarthy - September 2nd, 2000 - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/liberal-mp-reports-curious-encounter-in-winnipeg-hotel/article4167108/  The Winnipeg Sun - “Strange Bedfellows: I’m Never coming back, Liberal MP vows after creepy encounter at hotel” - by Greg Di Cresce - September 3rd, 2000 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/736154605/?match=1&terms=Brenda%20Chamberlain Encyclopedia Enigma website - Fort Garry Hotel - https://enigmati.ca/f/fort-garry-hotel/

    12 min

  4. 3 FEB

    Haunted Hotels: The Shelbourne, Dublin (Season 2)

    Irish charm and ghosts - what more could you need? Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Resources: Dublin Directory; Freeman's Journal, 28 July 1832, 17 Jan. 1863; W. M. Thackeray, The Irish sketch book (1869), 6; Burke, LGI (1912), 87; C. G. Duffy, My life in two hemispheres (2 vols, 1898), i, 307–8; R. J. O'Duffy, Historic graves in Glasnevin cemetery (1915); Elizabeth Bowen, The Shelbourne Hotel (1951); King's Inns admissions; Michael Neenan, ‘Martin Burke of the Shelbourne’, Tipperary Historical Journal (1994), 113–14 Spooky Isles website - “SHELBOURNE HOTEL, DUBLIN: A GHOST GUIDE” - By Ann Massey McElroy - November 18th, 2018 - https://www.spookyisles.com/shelbourne-hotel-dublin/  Irish Central website - “Ghost of young girl haunts Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, claim guests and staff. Only the bravest of visitors opt to stay in one of the luxury rooms at the Shelbourne Hotel, which has a long association with poltergeist activity.” - by Nick Bramhill - October 31st, 2025 - https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/shelbourne-hotel-ghost Irish Hotel News website - “The Shelbourne – marking 100 years since the drafting of Ireland's first constitution: A step back in time to a private room at The Shelbourne, where Irish history changed forever” - author not listed - February 15th, 2022 - https://www.hotelnews.ie/articles/2022/theshelbourne/100-years-since-drafting-of-irish-constitution-the-shelbourne Dictionary of Irish Biography website – “Burke, Martin” – contributed by: Woods, C.J. - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.001171.v1 - Originally published October 2009 as part of the Dictionary of Irish Biography, Last revised October 2009 - https://www.dib.ie/biography/burke-martin-a1171 The Shelbourne Hotel website - https://theshelbourne.com/ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (2024, December 2). Michael Collins. Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Collins-Irish-statesman Geek Ireland website - Celebs You Didn't Know Stayed At The Shelbourne Hotel - by Seán Gilmore - August 8th, 2023 - https://geekireland.com/celebs-you-didnt-know-stayed-at-the-shelbourne-hotel/  Daily Passport website - 19 of the Most Haunted Historic Hotels Around the World  - By Daily Passport Team - https://dailypassport.com/most-haunted-historic-hotels/  Haunted Rooms website - Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, Ireland - date & author not listed - https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/shelbourne-hotel-dublin-ireland  New York Times - ‘Hans Holzer, Ghost Hunter, Dies at 89” - by William Grimes - April 29th, 2009 - https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/books/30holzer.html  Book: “Lively Ghosts of Ireland” by Hans Holzer, Wolfe Publishing - https://books.google.ca/books?id=Dc8AEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT55&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false  YouTube video - “Short Irish Ghost Stories For Halloween: The Shelbourne” - uploaded by Spirited Isle - True Irish Ghost Stories - uploaded October 25th, 2024  YouTbe Video - “Lily Collins on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2013-08-05 (HD)” - uploaded by Nady B - October 16th, 2013

    11 min

  5. TRAILER

    Coming Soon: Season Two

    Are you ready to check in to a new season of Second Guess Everything? Coming 03/02/2026

    1 min

  6. 02/12/2025

    Unsolved Murders: Delia Adriano (Season 1)

    SEASON FINALE. What happened to Delia Adriano? If you have any information regarding the abduction and murder of Delia Adriano, please contact Detective Phil Campbell at 905-465-8736, or reach out anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.haltoncrimestoppers.ca. You can also text "Tip 201" with your message to 274637 (CRIMES). Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Resources: newspapers.com  Oakville The Beaver - “Who killed Delia Adriano?: Halton police continue to investigate decades-old Oakville homicide cold case” - by David Lea - June 12th, 2024 - https://www.insidehalton.com/news/crime/who-killed-delia-adriano-halton-police-continue-to-investigate-decades-old-oakville-homicide-cold-case/article_43288df9-5205-5d48-b125-1ab7f7d9b036.html  Canada Unsolved website - UNSOLVED: Delia Adriano - 09/26/1982 - Oakville, ON - by S.M. - Last Updated: 07/07/20 - https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/delia-adriano-unsolved-murder  Canadian Crimepodia website - Unsolved Murder of Delia Adriano - https://canadiancrimeopedia.com/adriano-delia/  Burlington The Post - “Who killed Delia Adriano?” - by Burlington Post - September 26th, 2007 - https://www.insidehalton.com/news/who-killed-delia-adriano/article_b7c32c76-d8bd-51ce-a05c-0eff4b9e794b.html?  Defrosting Cold Cases - “The unsolved murder of Delia Adriano” - by Alice De Sturler - March 27th, 2015 - https://defrostingcoldcases.com/the-unsolved-murder-of-delia-adriano/  newspapers.com  Halton Regional Police Service - https://www.haltonpolice.ca/Modules/News/en?CategoryNames=Unsolved%20Homicides&page=2

    10 min

  7. 25/11/2025

    Unsolved Murders: Kristin O'Connell (Season 1)

    What happened to Kristin O'Connell? CHANGE.ORG LINK: https://www.change.org/p/family-demands-dna-testing-by-othram-labs-in-the-kristin-o-connell-cold-case/u/32242373 Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Resources: Star Tribune - ‘Slain Woman’s Parents Seek Comfort From Her Letter’ - by: Martha S. Allen - August 18th, 1985 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/189729820/?match=2&terms=Kristin%20O%27Connell  Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104209316/kristin-marie-o'connell : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for Kristin Marie “Kristy” O'Connell (12 Jan 1965–15 Aug 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104209316, citing Saint Thomas Cemetery, Saint Thomas, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Patrick Mahowald (contributor 47941442)  Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104209329/michael-raymond-o'connell : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for Michael Raymond O'Connell (24 Jun 1942–17 May 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104209329, citing Saint Thomas Cemetery, Saint Thomas, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Patrick Mahowald (contributor 47941442)  The Star Tribune article - “Slain Woman’s Parents Seek Comfort From Her Letter” - by Martha S. Allen - August 18th, 1985 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/189729820/?terms=kristin%20o%27connell&match=1  Finger Lakes Times - “Mother turns to cold case team to help solve daughter's 1985 Ovid murder” - By DAVID L. SHAW - June 26th, 2021 - https://www.fltimes.com/news/mother-turns-to-cold-case-team-to-help-solve-daughters-1985-ovid-murder/article_068bf236-9eff-5dd5-b117-50a67dd7c476.html  Finger Lake Times - “Murder mystery remains unsolved — Thirty years after a college student from Minnesota was murdered in Ovid, police have yet to make an arrest in the case” - By DAVID L. SHAW - August 15th, 2016 - https://www.fltimes.com/news/murder-mystery-remains-unsolved-thirty-years-after-a-college-student-from-minnesota-was-murdered-in/article_d1acf920-43b5-11e5-89d8-8b1dfe661e96.html  Democrat and Chronicle article - “Ovid left shaken in murder’s wake” - author not listen - August 18th, 1985 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/137223410/?terms=kristin%20o%27connell&match=1  New York State Troopers website - “Homicide Victim: O'Connell, Kristin M.” - https://troopers.ny.gov/homicide-victim-oconnell-kristin-m  New York State Troopers website - “State Inspector General Finds Serious Errors in NYPD Crime Laboratory” - December 3rd, 2007 Uncovered website - “MURDERED: KRISTIN O’CONNELL” - last updated November 18th, 2021 - https://uncovered.com/cases/kristin-oconnell/timeline  Star-Gazette article - ‘Police try to solve 10-year-old murder of woman in ‘wrong place at wrong time’ - by Jim Pfiffer - September 10th, 1995 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/279311976/?match=1&terms=%22Kristin%20O%27Connell%22  Press and Sun-Bulletin article - DNA may solve 85’ slaying - by The Associated Press - August 13th, 2009 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/259324363/?clipping_id=82749874&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI1OTMyNDM2MywiaWF0IjoxNzM1NzU0NjY5LCJleHAiOjE3MzU4NDEwNjl9.Vbbfy2uf5qBCkTlXpXpXYD1BqmFBwxumLzttkOw2lmw  Democrat and Chronicle article - Reward Offered in Cold Case - August 14th, 2010 - https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle/33086788/ My Twin Tiers article - What Happened to Kristin O’Connell? - by Jackie Gillis - March 2nd, 2023 - https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/local-news/what-happened-to-kristin-oconnell/  My Twin Tiers article - Digging deeper into the death of Kristin O’Connell - by Jackie Gillis - March 8th, 2023 - https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/local-news/digging-deeper-into-the-death-of-kristin-oconnell/

    17 min

  8. 18/11/2025

    Unsolved Murders: Gordon Sanderson / Tofield John Doe (Season 1)

    What really happened to Gordon Sanderson? If you have any information related to this case, please contact the Tofield RCMP at 780-662-3353. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Resources: Canadian Encyclopedia – “Sixties Scoop” – by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Sharon Dainard – on June 22nd, 2016  CBC News article – “Man whose burned body was found in septic tank on Alberta farm Identified by DNA 44 years later” – by Ronna Syed – June 29th, 2021  Canadian Unsolved Crimes – June 6th, 2013  WFTV 9 ABC article – “Septic Tank Sam: Canadian Police ID Victim of 1977 Torture Murder Using DNA, Genetic Genealogy” – by Crystal Bonvillian – July 1st, 2021  Undentified Wiki page – ⁠www.unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Gordie_Sanderson⁠  YouTube video – “Alberta RCMP Historical Homicide Update Sanderson 2021-06-30” – uploaded by user RCMP-GRC – Alberta -  on June 30th, 2021  Medium article – “Gordie Sanderson – The Tragic Story of a Murder and Identification” – by Natasha Mullins – August 17th, 2021  Weird Distractions Podcast - ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/3H59u9dkwPAtuZ3i8JjGO7?si=hg1KbZnpTlO6WKQZPuJfUQ⁠  Edmonton Journal - Cold case murder victim 'Septic Tank Sam' identified as Edmonton man after genetic tests -By: Lauren Boothby - June 30, 2021 - ⁠https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/1977-homicide-victim-cold-case-identified-edmonton⁠  ⁠www.newspapers.com⁠ Edmonton Journal article - ‘Slaying of ‘Septic- Tank Sam’ Baffles’ - by Bob Gilmour - September 12th, 1988 - ⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/473228548/?match=1&terms=septic%20tank%20sam⁠ Stories from the Mortuary - Septic Tank Sam - August 2022 -  ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6hBTDc8fprYSFmQJQf1mlv⁠  Book - “CSI Alberta: The Secrets of Skulls & Skeletons” - by Peter B Smith - ⁠https://books.google.ca/books?id=02t7hcfXIOsC&pg=PA51&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false⁠ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "quicklime". Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Aug. 2024, ⁠https://www.britannica.com/science/quicklime⁠  YouTube - ‘What is Quicklime & How is it Made’ - by Get Science & Technology - August 25th, 2016  Find a Grave, database and images (⁠https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194469940/gordon_edwin-sanderson⁠: accessed September 21, 2024), memorial page for Gordon Edwin “Gordie” Sanderson (22 Oct 1950–1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID ⁠194469940⁠, citing Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by H.T.W.Genealogist19 (contributor ⁠49755377⁠) Wikipedia - Betty Pat Gatliff - ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Pat_Gatliff⁠  Wikipedia - Clyde Snow - ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Snow⁠  DNASolves website - The Alberta RCMP and OCME Partner with Othram to Identify Septic Tank Sam - ⁠https://dnasolves.com/articles/septic-tank-sam/⁠  Government of Canada - Timeline of Gordon Sanderson, a.k.a "Septic Tank Sam", homicide investigation - Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "K" Division (Alta.), issuing body - PS64-175/2022E-MP4 - ⁠https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.916998/publication.html⁠  Canadian Encyclopedia – “Sixties Scoop” – by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Sharon Dainard – on June 22nd, 2016 - ⁠https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sixties-scoop⁠

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Welcome to Second Guess Everything - the podcast that dives deep into the strange, the unsettling, and the unexplained. Each season explores a range of dark topics from true crime, the paranormal, disturbing historical events, and more. Hosted by Alex Underbakke, proud member of the Cultiv8 Podcast Network. Show art by John Consignado.

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