What killed Kathy Wangler is known. Kathy, a wife and mother of two, was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in her upstairs bedroom on September 4, 2006.

What is not so clear is how this happened.

Some believe it was a tragic accident set off by a faulty water heater inside the home. Others believe it was something more sinister and calculated.

Sources:
1) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15657786/kathleen_s-wangler
2) https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/mark-wangler-convicted-of-killing-wife-kathy-with-carbon
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima,_Ohio
4)https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1bi8jxs/did_ohio_anesthesiologist_mark_wangler_gas_his/
5) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-killers-son-wife-continue-innocence-crusade/
6) https://casetext.com/case/state-v-wangler
7) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-ohio-anesthesiologist-gas-his-wife-to-death/

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Rachael talks about our last three cryptids of this spooky season: the Black Annis, the Jersey Devil, and The Dover Demon. Which one will become Small Town Mysteries' Cryptid Congeniality?

Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Annis
2) https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Annis
3) https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/15/black-annis
4) https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/pinelands-history-and-culture/the-jersey-devil-and-folklore/
5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Demon
6) https://cryptozoologycryptids.fandom.com/wiki/Dover_Demon

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A Halloween party turned sour. What happened to Arpana Jinaga? And why did the cops immediately zero in on one suspect, when several people at the party exhibited suspicious behaviors?

Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmond,_Washington
2) https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/emanuel-fair-trial-lawsuit-dna-murder-charge-1330251/
3) https://www.crimescenecleanup.com/arpana-jinaga-halloween-party-murder/
4) https://unresolved.me/arpana-jinaga
5) https://people.com/crime/suspect-podcast-explores-unsolved-2008-halloween-party-murder-arpana-jinaga/
6) https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/halloween-horror-woman-found-dead-after-hosting-costume-party-at-her-apartment

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Tonight, Christine transports us all to prom. But there are no humans to be found at this prom. Oh no. This is a prom for the Cryptids. The theme? Under the Sea. And it is up to us and YOU to decide who is crowned our Cryptid King!
Get out your writing utensils or note app on your phone and decide which of our contenders deserves the esteemed title.
Let us know your thoughts and who was your "Cryptid King" by DMing us or commenting @smalltownmysteriespod on Instagram!

Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browntown,_South_Carolina
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_(folklore)
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog

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Sometime between late October 30th and early Oct 31, 2010, William “B.J.” Liske murdered his father, stepmother, and his stepbrother. The family was murdered in their own home located in Martin, Ohio.

Sources:
1) https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2011/09/15/Liske-gets-life-for-deaths-of-3/stories/201109150097
2) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-triple-murder-teen-thought-it-was-halloween-prank/
3) https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2015/04/07/man-killed-family-found-dead-prison-cell/25420415/
4) https://sanduskyregister.com/news/1672/liske-pleads-guilty-to-triple-homicide/
5) https://www.oxygen.com/homicide-for-the-holidays/crime-news/bj-liske-kills-3-family-members-in-halloween-murders
6) https://www.wtol.com/article/news/family-grapples-with-loss-of-4-relatives-in-24-hours/512-0da1e144-353c-49a7-867f-8daebce189fd
7) https://sanduskyregister.com/news/40338/tragic-timeline-details-surface-on-halloween-family-killings/
8) https://www.crosserpriesmanfuneralhome.com/obituaries/William-E-Liske-Jr?obId=4107444
9) https://www.crosserpriesmanfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Susan-M-Liske?obId=4107443
10) https://www.crosserpriesmanfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Derek-L-Griffin?obId=4107442
11) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228968455/william_j-liske/photo
12) https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/43445/
13) https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1048948

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This week on Cryptid Chaos, Kate talks about Chupacabra and Mothman!

Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra
2) https://www.britannica.com/topic/chupacabra
3) https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/land/modern-myths
4) https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/ology-cards/281-chupacabra
5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bridge
6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman
7) https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia
8) https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/
9) https://www.mothmanfestival.com/
10) https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1418

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In this heartbreaking case, Kennedy Ife's family attempted to exorcise what they believed to be a "demon" out of him, but unfortunately ended up killing their own relative.

Sources:
1) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/exorcism-possession-uk-london-death-kennedy-ife-parents-family-brothers-restrained-a8763026.html
2) https://vocal.media/criminal/the-deadly-exorcism-of-kennedy-if
3) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6810045/Christian-parents-brothers-marketing-executive-cleared-killing-botched-exorcism.html
4) https://www.vice.com/en/article/exorcisms-rise-2019-pentecostalism-catholicism/
5) https://www.vice.com/en/article/exorcisms-rise-2019-pentecostalism-catholicism/

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In September of 1999, Ronald Cohen had just finalized the sale of his home in Jericho, New York, where he had lived for the previous nine years. In cleaning out his home for the new owners, he came across something startling in his basement–left behind from the previous owner of the house and weighing about 300 pounds. Its discovery would reopen a 30-year-old cold case.

Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho,_New_York
2) https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/reyna-marroquin/
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Reyna_Marroqu%C3%ADn
4) https://projectpulso.org/2022/11/14/reyna-marroquin/
5) https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lica_Marroqu%C3%ADn
6) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215199418/reyna_angelica-marroquin

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