Demiworld Podcast

A huge thank you from Kelly and myself for making Demiworld such a fun romp. We have enjoyed 4 seasons of crazy crimes, strange tales, and mysterious events. But now with the lockdowns, finding time to research and record with an overactive kiddo underfoot is impossible. As such, we are forced to place the podcast on a permanent hiatus.

Cyndi and Kelly look at two literary mysteries in the seventh episode of season 4. Cyndi takes a deep dive into who the author of Shakespeare's plays really was, and Kelly examines the 11-day disappearance of Agatha Christie.

Episode 32 takes Kelly and Cyndi to the sea in maritime mysteries. Kelly takes a look at the bizarre case of Natalie Wood's drowning and Cyndi takes us to the air in the inexplicable case of the disappearance of Malaysia Airline Flight 370.

In the process of researching our episodes, we run along so many other great stories to tell, but most don't make the cut. Here are two historic mysteries that didn't make it into Demiworld's Ancient Mysteries episode.



Kelly: Ancient Mysteries – Mass Infant Grave in Israel







Along the shores of Israel's Mediterranean coast, in the ancient seaport of Ashkelon, archaeologist Ross Voss made a gruesome find. While exploring one of the city’s sewers, he discovered a large number of small bones. Initially, the bones were believed to be chicken bones. However, it was later discovered that the bones were actually human –infant bones from the Roman era. With the remains amounting to more than 100 babies, it was the largest discovery of infant remains to date.



Cyndi: Ancient Mysteries – The Lost Civilization of Atlantis



Excavation at Santorini



Plato first mentioned the hedonistic civilization of Atlantis that was wiped out by the gods for their immoral ways. Through recent excavations of the Greek island of Santorini, an ancient civilization conforming to Plato's description of Atlantis was discovered. A vast volcanic eruption that caused a huge tsunami, shock waves that damaged the pyramids in Egypt, and created a mini ice age that lasted two years, decimated Santorini.



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In the 5th episode of the 4th season, Kelly and Cyndi check out some unsolved heists: DB Cooper infamous hijacking and vanishing act, and the crazy world of high-dollar produce theft.



Kelly: Unsolved Heists – D.B. Cooper







On November 24, 1971, a man named Dan Cooper (aka DB Cooper) went to Portland International Airport and bought a one-way ticket for a 30-min flight to Seattle. The ticket cost $12.04, paid for in cash, booked on Northwest Orient Airlines.



The plane was a Boeing 727-100.  Cooper sat more towards the rear of the plane. He ordered a bourbon and soda, he was dressed like the Men in Black, and he appeared to be in his 40s. more…



Cyndi: Unsolved Heists – Food Theft







Every year, millions of dollars of produce are stolen every year. Sometimes these heists are small, one-person operation. Other times they are well-organized and haul away several tons of high-dollar produce to the black market. Unless the produce it discovered during transportation, it can't be traced and these thefts will never be solved. more…



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For centuries, the Iron Oath pledged to keep Humans safe and to help regulate the Non Human communities. As time changed the laws of the land, the shadowy organization began to lose its grip. Its death throes turned friend against friend, and brought enemies together against common challenges



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Episode music by Different Heaven. Song Title: OMGCreative Commons Licenses. Click here for the whole song on NCS’s youtube playlist. Enjoy!

In this week's episode, Kelly and Cyndi tell two Unsolved Murders: the cold case of 24-year-old single mom Evelyn Hernandez and American outlaw and horse thief, Belle Starr.



Cyndi: Unsolved Murders – Evelyn Hernandez



Evelyn Hernandez and her son, Alexis



Seven months before Laci Peterson’s disappearance and murder, another pregnant woman went missing. Later, her torso washed up near the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California under the Bay Bridge. The fetus was never found. While Laci Peterson’s case received worldwide coverage, Evelyn Hernandez, a legal immigrant from El Salvador, became lost in the press. The most horrible part of Evelyn Hernandez’s case is that she didn’t go missing alone. Her five-year-old son Alexis Geraldo Hernandez went missing alongside her. Who murdered Evelyn Hernandez and what happened to her son? more…



Kelly: Unsolved Murders – Belle Starr







On February 3, 1889, two days before her 41st birthday, American Outlaw and convicted horse thief, Belle Starr, was ambushed riding her horse home in Oklahoma. Her attacker shot her twice, once in the back and neck and again in the shoulder and face. Over 100 years later her murder has never been discovered. more…



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This week Kelly and Cyndi envisage Ancient Mysteries with the Codex Gigas, also known as the Devils Bible and the South American Nazca Lines.



Kelly: Ancient Mysteries – The Codex Gigas aka, The Devil's Bible







The Codex Gigas is a medieval illuminated manuscript from the early 13th-century Bohemia. The Codex Gigas is three-feet tall, almost two-feet wide, 9-inches thick, and weighs about 165 pounds. It takes two people to carry it. Codex Gigas translates from Latin to Giant Book.



Written by the disgraced monk, Herman the Recluse, he was given a reprieve by the Abbot if he wrote a book containing all the knowledge of the world, but he had to do it either in one night or one year. Realizing that he'd never make it in time, the legend has it that Herman the Recluse sold his to the Devil. more…



Cyndi: Ancient Mysteries – Nazca Lines



The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs (designs or motifs carved into the ground) in the Peruvian Coastal plain about 250 miles (400 km) south of Lima, Peru in South America. Created by the ancient Nazca people these geoglyphs depict flowers, animals, human figures, and lines. Owing to their lager and life-size, the 2,000-year-old Nazca Lines can only be truly appreciated, or even viewed, from the air. Despite having been studied for nearly a century, researchers, historians, archeologists, and scientists still don’t know exactly why the Nazca people covered the vast desert with these geoglyphs. more…



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Episode music by Different Heaven. Song Title: OMGCreative Commons Licenses. Click here for the whole song on NCS’s youtube playlist. Enjoy!