On this episode, Payton unravels the chilling history and dark legends surrounding the world’s most cursed doll.
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Case Sources:
The Little House of Horrors - https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/annabelle-the-demonic-doll/
Boston Ghosts - https://bostonghosts.com/annabelle-the-haunted-doll/
i95 - https://i95rock.com/annabelle-doll-left-connecticut-museum-heres-whats-happening-now/
NBC News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Rric-i6NI
CT Insider - https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/annabelle-missing-rumor-warren-occult-museum-ct-20346806.php
New England Society for Psychic Research - https://tonyspera.com/annabelle/
National Museum of Play - https://www.museumofplay.org/toys/raggedy-ann-and-andy/
USA Today - https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2025/05/25/annabelle-new-orleans-plantation-fire/83743565007/
All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/annabelle-doll
New York Post - https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/us-news/paranormal-investigator-dan-rivera-dies-on-annabelle-haunted-doll-tour/
Yahoo! Entertainment - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/annabelle-doll-handler-dan-rivera-021708827.html
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138. The Deadly Affair
On this episode, Payton dives into the chilling case of Jennair Gerardot, a woman pushed past her breaking point when betrayal shattered her world.
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Case Sources:
People - https://people.com/crime/mark-gerardot-wife-killed-mistress-suicide-backup-plan/
Delaware Online - https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/04/23/one-year-ago-former-ud-officials-murder-makes-national-headlines/3547748002/
ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-involved-2018-love-triangle-murder-suicide-case/story?id=65366893
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0RtxihTFyI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXn4al0z-8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb1tplNz-AA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbCY0mzb1DM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DloWsfpug
Heavens Law Firm - https://heavenslawfirm.com/court-rules-in-favor-of-meredith-chapmans-ex-husbands-life-insurance-claim/
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137. The Military Murder Coverup - The Death of LaVena Johnson
On this episode, Payton explores the unsettling case of a soldier whose death on base raises far more questions than answers.
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Case Sources:
The Silent Truth – feature film
Stanford University - https://exhibits.stanford.edu/saytheirnames/feature/lavena-johnson
St. Louis Public Radio - https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2015-07-19/10-years-later-a-soldiers-family-still-grieves-and-questions-the-armys-version-of-her-death
Law Offices of David P. Sheldon, PLLC - https://www.militarydefense.com/tag/lavena-johnson-foia-case/
United States Army Criminal Investigation Command - https://www.cid.army.mil/Portals/118/Documents/FOIA-Privacy-Act/CRC_Johnson-Lavena.pdf
Democracy Now - https://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/23/suicide_or_murder_three_years_after
Fox 2 Now - https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/family-of-pfc-lavena-johnson-asks-her-date-of-death-to-be-changed/
RAND - https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TLA746-2/handbook/resources/data-on-sexual-assault-in-the-military.html
Military Times - https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-spc-kamisha-j-block/2984017
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136. The Man Who Wanted to Be a Movie Monster
When a woman is found dead in her front door, detectives scramble to uncover who could be behind the shocking crime - only to encounter a man who chillingly referred to himself as “Michael Myers”.
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Case Sources:
People - https://people.com/man-killed-pregnant-girlfriend-learns-fate-connected-three-others-murders-11680948
Shelby County District Attorney’s Office - https://www.scdag.com/news-releases/self-proclaimed-serial-killer-joshua-dotson-sentenced-to-additional-159-years-for-triple-homicide-total-sentence-now-totals-261-years-for-five-murders
NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-serial-killer-likened-michael-myers-gets-250-years-total-pri-rcna192585
USA Today - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/17/joshua-dotson-tennessee-serial-killer-sentenced/78975182007/
WREG Memphis - https://wreg.com/news/memphis-murder-suspect-added-to-tennessees-most-wanted-list/
https://wreg.com/news/local/serial-killer-pleads-guilty-to-3-more-murders/
https://wreg.com/news/friends-of-19-year-old-shooting-victim-demand-justice/
https://wreg.com/news/man-shot-dead-in-south-memphis-suspect-on-the-run/
https://wreg.com/news/murder-suspect-now-in-custody-after-deaths-of-four-people-claims-innocence-in-facebook-posts/
Fox 13 Memphis - https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/i-m-a-serial-killer-memphis-man-admits-to-additional-murders-during-trial-testimony/article_1551a612-618e-11ef-a746-6bd99d935bd2.html
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/memphis-man-found-guilty-for-murder-of-girlfriend-unborn-child-lawyer-says/article_347fc9e4-60bf-11ef-809f-5fb5296a7c89.html
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/no-remorse-judge-sentences-self-proclaimed-serial-killer-to-100-plus-years/article_5e4126a4-97a3-11ef-a976-4347d4330784.html
Action News 5 - https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/10/31/man-who-called-himself-michael-myers-during-trial-sentenced-102-years-murders-pregnant-girlfriend-unborn-baby/
U.S. Marshals Service - https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-task-force-looking-first-degree-murder-suspect
WKRN - https://www.wkrn.com/news/crime-tracker/memphis-fugitive-on-tbi-most-wanted-list-captured-near-nashville/
Butler and Quinn - https://www.butlerandquinn.com/blog/should-you-testify-in-your-own-defense/
Law and Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-am-michael-myers-man-who-called-himself-a-serial-killer-while-testifying-in-own-defense-for-murdering-pregnant-girlfriend-is-sentenced-on-halloween/
AOL News - https://www.aol.com/tennessee-serial-killer-called-self-235215133.html
Psychology Today - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201805/why-many-serial-killers-crave-public-notoriety
Serenity Funeral Homes - https://www.serenityfuneralhomememphis.com/obituaries/Reginald-Maurice-Anderson?obId=14801811#/obituaryInfo
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135. The Australian Abduction - The Kelly Cahill Encounter
In the quiet Australian countryside, Kelly Cahill experienced something that would change her life forever. What began as a simple night drive quickly turned into one of the most chilling and unexplained encounters ever reported. The mystery of what she saw still haunts investigators to this day.
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Case Sources:
Encounter by Kelly Cahill
ABC News Australia - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-26/ufo-abduction-book-kelly-cahill-encounter-eumemmering-australia/12661498
Star Mail - https://ferntreegully.mailcommunity.com.au/opinion/2022-03-04/alien-abduction-in-the-hills-fact-or-fiction/
The Sydney Morning Herald - https://www.newspapers.com/image/120105838/?match=1&terms=%22Kelly%20Cahill%22
The Age - https://www.newspapers.com/image/123055121/?match=1&terms=%22Kelly%20Cahill%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/122858164/?match=1&terms=%22Kelly%20Cahill%22
The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/05/short-term-memory-illusions-study
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A True Crime podcast with a hint of horror and mystery. Join Payton Moreland as she delves into a different case each week, breaking down the facts and pondering on the age old question, “Why do people do what they do?”. Payton also periodically discusses conspiracy theories, hauntings, and all things spooky… so go ahead and walk with her every Wednesday further Into The Dark.