The Ominous Pod

Tara
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This is a true crime podcast, we cover topics like serial killers, one off murders, cults and all things ominous. 

  1. Jun 21

    Hannah Upp

    Welcome to the new and improved Ominous Pod. We've had some big changes but I'm back and ready to bring you exciting ominous cases. Thanks for listening! Im going to start with the case of Hannah Upp.  On August 28th, 2008 23 year old Hannah Upp went for a run in NYC and just didn't come back. Her disappearance would lead to a strange cycle that no one could explain. 2 storms, a ferry boat, and a lot of water all make this an ominous case.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 sources: Hulu - vanished in paradise https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-co-woman-reported-missing/1953062/ https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/ferry-workers-rescue-missing-teacher/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/02/how-a-young-woman-lost-her-identity https://www.facebook.com/FindHannahUppUSVI/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/hannah-upp https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP50503 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion/thecity/01miss.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Bourne https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/nyregion/17ferry.html

    48 min

  2. 11/29/2025

    Moriah 'Mo' Wilson - The Cyclist - Episode 88

    In May of 2022, a week before her 26th birthday Moriah Wilson was staying in Austin, Texas for a bike race in Hico, Texas. She was staying with her friend who came home to a  shocking discovery.  Moriah, who went by Mo, came from a family of athletes and was a nationally ranked junior skier, captain of her high school soccer team, and professional gravel cyclist racer.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 SOURCES: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/kaitlin-armstrong-now-in-austin/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYM51k5CR64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEJGhBfUzQ https://www.thedailybeast.com/love-rival-accused-of-killing-star-cyclist-anna-moriah-wilson-just-before-austin-texas-gravel-locos-race/ https://www.fox7austin.com/news/kaitlin-armstrong-texas-love-triangle-murder-suspect-passport-charge-moriah-wilson https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/a-bomb-went-off-in-my-world-colin-strickland-adapts-to-restoring-collectable-autos-after-stopping-racing-in-2022/ https://www.granfondoguide.com/Contents/Index/7628/mo-wilsons-final-moments-heard-as-audio-leaked-from-court https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gptS-1HoHh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gptS-1HoHh8 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/moriah-mo-wilson-kaitlin-armstrong-how-us-marshals-captured-pro-cyclists-killer-48-hours/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Moriah_Wilson https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/us/moriah-wilson-cyclist-death-what-we-know

    36 min

  3. 09/28/2025

    Chelsea Bruck - The Halloween Party - Episode 87

    On October 25th, 2014 22 year old Chelsea Bruck went a halloween party at 'Big Mikes'. It was an annual tradition that usually had about 400 people show up but in 2014 it is estimated between 600-800 people showed up. Chelsea had a ride home but it fell thru and soon all her friends had left without her. A chance encounter with someone would end tragically after a huge search and over a million flyers.  Podcast announcement - We are going to start doing ominous minisodes. A couple times a week I am going to be posting smaller stories that aren't enough for a main episode, they will be up on insta and Facebook, just brief written over views of current or interesting cases.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 SOURCES: https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2017/08/17/clay-gets-40-to-75/19470278007/ https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/10/27/daniel-clay-chelsea-bruck-murder/805628001/ https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2019/01/09/court-of-appeals-upholds-life-sentence-for-daniel-clay-in-2014-murder-of-chelsea-bruck/ https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2019/339659.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVAgV-FgIc https://www.wtol.com/article/news/medical-examiner-testifies-cause-of-death-for-chelsea-bruck/512-2e5d6c26-4749-4597-af1f-398d74604b55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFAVpWcHfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKAb7J5YA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq2eRuyY1bg https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2023/10/24/crimes-that-happened-on-halloween/

    39 min

  4. 09/21/2025

    Lauryn Licari and the Catfish - Episode 86

    When this episode starts in 2020 Lauryn Licari was 13 and was living the life of an average teenager, she had a boyfriend and was attending high school in her extremely small town. In October her and her boyfriend, Owen McKenny, would get a group text message from an unknown number. That would be the start of an almost 2 year nightmare for the teenagers.  This episode is gonna be a little different but we wanted to cover it since catfishing is a big problem and can get ominous, especially how far this instance of it goes. Also we recorded this in a new location so some of the audio volume is a little up and down, we are working on fixing it for the next episode. Thanks for listening.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 SOURCES: Netflix: unknown number: the high school catfish  https://www.today.com/popculture/lauryn-licari-now-rcna229882 https://people.com/unknown-number-jaw-dropping-details-11808116

    1h 22m

  5. 09/09/2025

    Rodney Marks - Murder at the end of the world - Episode 85

    On May 11th, 2000 in Antartica 32 year old Rodney Marks was walking between stations when he started to feel really sick. His symptoms would escalate as the night went on. The technology they had that could have helped them was down as was the phones and internet so they were left to figure it out on their own. Thanks for listening.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIVku_tWoOA https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/a-mysterious-death-at-the-south-pole-20131125 https://unresolved.me/rodney-marks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Antarctica https://www.methanol.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/FAQ-on-methanol-poisoning-treatment-20160322-EN-general.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=2B_2wnrbJTk https://www.science.org/content/article/tragedy-strikes-south-pole-station https://allthatsinteresting.com/rodney-marks https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/blueflash/marks.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/blueflash/marks.html https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/blueflash/funeral.html

    39 min

  6. 09/01/2025

    Erin Patterson - Episode 84

    On July 29th, 2023 Erin Patterson invited some of her in laws to come to a dinner at her house. It would lead to a devastating end. This case has a rocky background, 4 cell phones, a weird gas station trip and an incriminating dump run. Thanks for listening.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 SOURCES: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/08/nx-s1-5496399/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-poison-husband-australia#:~:text=Erin Patterson was convicted last month of killing her in,occasions before that fateful lunch. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74zwevy181o https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-06/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-evidence-timeline/105245152 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/02/erin-patterson-gives-evidence-in-mushroom-lunch-trial-ntwnfb https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/01/erin-patterson-husband-simon-mushroom-lunch-murder-trial-australia-ntwnfb https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-live-blog-court-hearing/105272402 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-28/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-wednesday-may-28/105348612 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/28/erin-patterson-computer-text-messages-mushroom-lunch-trial-australia-ntwnfb https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/09/erin-pattersons-daughter-says-accused-murderer-was-a-very-good-cook-trial-hears-ntwnfb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZBexnIe10 https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=erin+patterson+interview&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:47b85422,vid:lf5QfJ8Kd_I,st:0 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8e1l55kko https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/07/erin-patterson-hospital-visit-beef-wellingtons-mushroom-exhibits-revealed-ntwnfb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqeFsotonoc https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx554n1x0wo https://theconversation.com/a-shakespearean-small-town-murder-why-australia-became-so-obsessed-with-the-erin-patterson-mushroom-case-259982 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dek63gxp6o https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-husband-jury/105237404 https://www.thetimes.com/world/australasia/article/mushroom-killer-suspect-had-expletive-laden-rants-over-school-fees-6r3vb5zph https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5451735/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-verdict

    1h 22m

  7. 08/10/2025

    Tiffany Valiante - Mile Marker 45 -Episode 83

    On July 12th, 2015 Tiffany Valiante was at a graduation party across the street from her house. She had plans to go out afterwards but a phone call would change the course of the night and in under a minute a lot of things would change her whole family. From a lot of theories to a horrible and questionably fast investigation this case still has a lot of unanswered questions. Thanks for listening.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 SOURCES: unsolved mysteries volume 3 on Netflix titled mystery at mile marker 45 https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-was-tiffany-valiante-all-about-us-teenagers-unsolved-death-in-2015-101752331373542.html https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Tiffany_Valiante https://sjmagazine.net/featured/tiffany-valiantes-last-night https://people.com/what-happened-to-tiffany-valiante-8690877

    41 min

  8. 08/06/2025

    Heather Elvis - Episode 82

    On December 17th 2013 20 year old Heather Elvis went on a date with a new guy. The next day she was no where to be found, while it initially seemed like there was one main suspect the case quickly changed and 2 suspects emerged. This case has a lot of ominous parts and is only half solved. Thanks for listening.  Music Info : creepy-mood-141972 by SoulProdMusic Music Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsT5YDUbny8 SOURCES: https://www.wbtw.com/news/sidney-moorer-claims-he-was-handcuffed-to-a-bed-the-night-heather-elvis-disappeared/ https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/day-1-of-testimony-in-sidney-moorer-retrial/ https://www.wbtw.com/crime/sidney-moorer-retrial-set-for-week-of-september-9/ https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/heather-elvis-missing-sidney-tammy-moorer-charged-girls-22646010 https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/tammy-moorer-found-guilty-heather-elvis-case-husbands-76289226 https://abcnews.go.com/US/south-carolina-love-triangle-womans-affair-married-man/story?id=76209188 https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/crime/report-lists-new-details-about-male-human-remains-found-in-heather-elvis-search/article_a35a9c16-9787-11e3-a2ec-001a4bcf6878.html https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/24788974/timeline-of-events-in-the-heather-elvis-case/ https://x.com/heatherelvis?lang=en https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/24322587/skeletal/ https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/crime/dna-analysis-of-remains-found-in-florida-complete-findings-inconclusive/article_5dfdaea6-2a12-11e4-93d5-0017a43b2370.html https://www.wbtw.com/news/detailed-timeline-of-heather-elvis-disappearance-and-events/ https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/socastee/the-heather-elvis-case-wednesday-marks-11-years-since-horry-county-disappearance/ https://www.wbtw.com/news/moorer-found-guilty-in-obstruction-of-justice-trial-judge-sentences-him-to-10-years/ https://www.wbtw.com/crime/grand-strand-crime/sidney-moorer-found-guilty-in-retrial-for-kidnapping-of-heather-elvis/

    37 min
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This is a true crime podcast, we cover topics like serial killers, one off murders, cults and all things ominous. 

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  • Creator
    Tara
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    91
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Ominous Pod
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