Dark Histories

Rachel Lammey

Maya and Jess dig into the most chilling true crimes and unsolved mysteries of the past. Dramatic, victim-first storytelling — real historical cases researched from Wikipedia, news archives, and police records, wrapped in an eerie original score.

  1. Oct 17

    The Giarre Murder: Two Hearts Found Hand in Hand in Sicily

    Forty-six years ago today, Giorgio Agatino Giammona and Antonio Toni Galatola were killed in Giarre, Sicily, and found hand in hand under a pine tree. Maya and Jess revisit the unsolved double murder that lit the fuse for Italy's gay rights movement.

  2. Oct 16

    Nicole Dragisic: The Knock at Three Forty in the Morning

    Nine years ago today, thirty-seven-year-old mother of five Nicole Dragisic answered a knock at her Hamilton apartment door in the middle of the night — and never came back. Maya and Jess revisit the doorway shooting, the two fleeing figures, and the targeted killing that has never been solved.

  3. Oct 15

    Florence Broadhurst: The Wallpaper Queen's Last Night in Paddington

    Forty-nine years ago today, seventy-eight-year-old wallpaper designer Florence Broadhurst was beaten to death in her Paddington studio after making her visitor a cup of tea. Maya and Jess revisit the vaudeville star turned design icon, the two cups of tea, and a murder that has never been solved.

  4. Oct 14

    Mary Shotwell Little: The Missing Bride of Lenox Square

    Sixty-one years ago today, twenty-five-year-old newlywed Mary Shotwell Little walked to her car in Atlanta's Lenox Square parking lot and vanished. Maya and Jess revisit the blood-specked Comet, the midnight gas stations in North Carolina, and the secret admirer she never got to name.

  5. Oct 13

    Helen Claire Frost: The Walk She Never Came Back From

    Fifty-six years ago today, seventeen-year-old Helen Claire Frost left her Prince George apartment for a quick evening walk and was never seen again. Maya and Jess revisit the young mother who fought to keep her baby, the unconfirmed hitchhiking tip, and a cold case that opened the Highway of Tears corridor.

  6. Oct 12

    Dyatlov Pass: Nine Hikers, One Night, and the Mountain of the Dead

    Nine experienced ski hikers cut their way out of their own tent on a Soviet mountainside in February 1959 and walked out into minus thirty degree cold in their socks. Maya and Jess revisit the bodies, the injuries that looked like a car crash, and the compelling unknown force that closed the case unsolved.

  7. Oct 11

    The Lead Masks: Two Men, a Hilltop, and a Signal That Never Came

    Sixty years ago this August, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana were found dead on a hilltop outside Niteroi, Brazil, wearing homemade lead masks over their eyes with a notebook of cryptic instructions beside them. Maya and Jess revisit the capsules, the blinding light they feared, and a cause of death that was never determined.

  8. Oct 10

    Rico Harris: The Man Who Vanished on the Road to Seattle

    Twelve years ago today, former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Harris left a voicemail saying he was going into the mountains to rest and was never seen again. Maya and Jess trace his last drive to Cache Creek Canyon, the search that found his car, phone and footprints, but never Rico.

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Maya and Jess dig into the most chilling true crimes and unsolved mysteries of the past. Dramatic, victim-first storytelling — real historical cases researched from Wikipedia, news archives, and police records, wrapped in an eerie original score.

Information

  • Creator
    Rachel Lammey
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Rachel Lammey
  • Show Website
    Dark Histories