EXORCISTA: Horror & True Crime with Victoria Unikel

In this episode of Secrets, Spells & Shadows, I explore the real story behind California's Winchester Mystery House. Sarah Winchester, widow of rifle magnate William Winchester, spent 38 years and $5…

What if painkillers were laced with poison to hide a murder? In 1986, Stella Nickell spiked Excedrin with cyanide to kill her husband for a $176k insurance payout, but her plan claimed innocent lives…

What happens when you touch a cursed object? In 1969 Birmingham, three people found out - and disappeared forever.

This vintage mystery begins when a leather grimoire with eternally wet ink appears in…

February 1985. West Pittston, Pennsylvania. The Smurl family's duplex at 330 Chase Street becomes ground zero for one of America's most violent hauntings. What starts with flickering lights escalates…

"Rebecca was my tenth great-grandmother. They hanged her as a witch."

That midnight message from viewer Aubrey Feinberg reopened a 1662 case I had to investigate. What if you discovered your family tr…

October 1943. The US Navy makes a destroyer vanish. Not just from radar - from reality. Four minutes later, USS Eldridge returns with sailors screaming, embedded in solid steel.

The Navy called it "Pr…

November 1922. A dusty door opens. Air hisses out. The candle flame bends toward gold that hasn't seen light in 3,000 years.

Then people start dying.

Lord Carnarvon drops dead. Cairo goes dark. A cobr…

In 1892, Rhode Island townspeople opened Mercy Brown's grave, found fresh blood in her corpse, and performed a ritual straight from medieval folklore. They burned her heart and made her tuberculosis-…

In 1959, nine hikers entered the Ural Mountains. Days later, they were found dead—barefoot in the snow, with missing body parts and internal trauma labeled “beyond human force.” Their tent was ripped…

A midwife’s herbal cures once saved lives—until King James blamed her for summoning storms. The resulting North Berwick trials ignited Scotland’s deadliest witch-hunt.

Victoria Unikel guides listeners…

During the 1950s, U.S. officials secretly stole children’s bones worldwide to measure nuclear fallout. They called it Project Sunshine, but it was anything but bright.

This episode details the lab pro…

In 1804, London buzzed with tales of a shimmering apparition near Hammersmith churchyard. Armed volunteers vowed to “shoot the spectre.” One misty night, a trigger was pulled—ending an innocent life …

She performed barefoot for kings, shared beds with generals, and crossed borders on luxury trains. In 1917, the same allure made Mata Hari France’s most wanted spy. Was she truly Germany’s Agent H-21…

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• Mondays: Magic Lab – Practical rituals and symbolic methods rooted in intention and trans…

Was Pope John Paul I silenced for uncovering too much? He died suddenly just 33 days into his papacy, with no autopsy and missing paperwork. Many believe the Illuminati infiltrated the Vatican, using…

In 1969, London was seized by fear. At the heart of it—Highgate Cemetery, where dozens claimed to see a vampire with glowing red eyes among crumbling tombs. Victoria Unikel unpacks the witness accoun…

In 1692, a village tore itself apart. The Salem Witch Trials claimed 20 lives and ruined many more. But what fueled the hysteria? From the first “afflicted girls” to courtroom panic, Victoria Unikel …

Elizabeth Báthory, the Blood Countess of Hungary, was accused of killing over 600 girls to bathe in their blood—seeking eternal youth. But how much of it was true? In this chilling episode, Victoria …

Before The Exorcist movie shocked the world and redefined horror in 1973, there was a true case that few dared to speak of. In this episode, we go beyond the screen to explore the real story that in…

When God’s silence turned to terror, King Saul sought the Witch of Endor to raise the prophet Samuel—a choice that sealed his fate. Victoria Unikel explores ancient Israelite attitudes toward necroma…