Brewed and Bewildered
by Jess
Latest episode
The Jersey Devil: The Legend of the Pine Barrens
The Jersey Devil: The Legend of the Pine Barrens
About this podcast
Welcome to Brewed and Bewildered—your go-to place for all things strange, spooky, and downright unexplained. I’m your host, Jess, and whether you’re sipping on your morning coffee, taking a break at lunch, or just in the mood for some mystery, you’re in the right spot.
Each week, we’ll dive into chilling true crime cases, mind-boggling paranormal events, cults, conspiracies, and the weirdest happenings that defy logic. In these short episodes, we’ll brew up some unsettling stories to keep you questioning everything you thought you knew.
So grab your coffee, settle in, and let’s get Bewildered…
Episodes
The newest 20 of 26 episodes
- The Jersey Devil: The Legend of the Pine Barrens · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 26In this episode of Brewed and Bewildered, we explore one of America’s oldest and most chilling legends—the Jersey Devil. But this story is more than just folklore. Host Jess…
- They Never Made It Home: The Yuba County Five Mystery Explained · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 25In February 1978, five young men left a college basketball game in Yuba County… and never made it home. Days later, their car was discovered abandoned deep in the mountains of…
- The Murder of Maria Marshall :The Dark Truth Behind the Garden State Parkway Rest Stop Killing · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 24In 1984, a late-night stop along the Garden State Parkway would turn into one of the most shocking crimes in New Jersey history. When Maria Marshall was shot and killed at the…
- The Somerton Man Mystery: The Tamám Shud Case · 11 min · Season 1 Episode 23In December 1948, a well-dressed man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia, with no identification and no clear cause of death. Hidden inside his pocket was a…
- Secrets of Camp Hero: The Montauk Project Conspiracy · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 22Deep in Montauk, New York, an abandoned military base known as Camp Hero has fueled decades of conspiracy theories. Some believe it was the site of secret government experiments…
- Footprints in the Snow: The Hinterkaifeck Murders · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 21In Episode 21, I’m taking you to a lonely, snow-covered farmstead in 1922 Bavaria for one of the most chilling cold cases in history: Hinterkaifeck. This isn't just a story about…
- The Silence of Stone: Inside Eastern State Penitentiary · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 20To celebrate our 20th episode milestone, I’m bringing you back to a place I have personally visited and experienced firsthand: the crumbling, haunted corridors of Eastern State…
- The Lead Masks Case: Mystery on Morro do Vintém · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 19In 1966, two electronics technicians ascended a remote hill in Brazil wearing formal suits, raincoats, and crude, handmade lead masks. They were found dead three days later…
- Stanford Prison Experiment: The Shocking Psychology of Power · 9 min · Season 1In this episode of Brewed and Bewildered, Jess dives into the chilling psychology of the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most disturbing studies in history. What happens…
- Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 17It’s October, the season of shadows and strange tales… Dive into one of the darkest true crime stories ever recorded: Ed Gein, the Butcher of Plainfield. From his isolated…
- The Vanishing Pilot: The Mysterious Disappearance of Frederick Valentich · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 16In 1978, 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich vanished over Bass Strait in Australia, leaving behind only chilling radio transmissions describing a strange hovering craft…
- The Vanishing Village of Anjikuni: Canada’s Creepiest Mass Disappearance · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 15In 1930, a seasoned fur trapper arrived at a remote Inuit settlement near Anjikuni Lake in northern Canada—only to find it completely abandoned. Fires still smoldered. Food hung…
- Centralia: The Pennsylvania Town That’s Been Burning Since 1962 · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 14In this episode of Brewed and Bewildered, we delve into the haunting story of Centralia, Pennsylvania—a once-thriving mining town now abandoned due to an underground coal fire…
- The Man from Taured: A Passport from Nowhere · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 13We're back after a summer full of traveling! A well-dressed man steps off a plane in Tokyo in 1960 carrying a passport from a country no one has ever heard of, speaking multiple…
- The Circleville Letters: Ohio’s Creepiest Unsolved Letter-Writing Mystery · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 12In a quiet Ohio town, residents began receiving anonymous, threatening letters that revealed their darkest secrets. These weren’t just rumors—they were specific, chilling, and…
- Frozen Shadows: The Dyatlov Pass Mystery · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 11On a remote, wind-lashed slope in Russia’s Ural Mountains, nine young hikers vanished into legend. In February 1959, what began as a routine expedition turned into one of the…
- The Enfield Poltergeist: England’s Most Terrifying Haunting · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 10Step inside the infamous 284 Green Street and uncover the chilling story of The Enfield Poltergeist—a case that shook 1970s England and still sparks debate today. Was it a real…
- Vanished Without a Trace: The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 9On a quiet Minnesota night in May 2008, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson vanished after his car veered into a ditch, just moments after a chilling final phone call with his parents…
- The Black Dahlia: Hollywood’s Most Infamous Cold Case · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 8On January 15, 1947, a young woman’s severed body was discovered in a Los Angeles vacant lot—drained of blood, surgically mutilated, and eerily posed. The victim? 22-year-old…
- The Vanishing Children: The Mystery of the Sodder Family Fire · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 7On Christmas Eve, 1945, a mysterious fire destroyed the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five of the ten Sodder children vanished without a trace. Despite no…
