Cursewords and Crayons

Episode 230: Hinterkaifeck…What? With Who?

bbbbbABBY!!! Sit down, take a load off — we’re back with an old-timey case that is pure nightmare fuel. This week we’re headed to Hinterkaifeck, a remote Bavarian farm where six people were murdered in 1922… and the creepiest part? It looks like the killer may have stayed on the property afterward. Feeding the animals. Eating the bread. Warming up by the oven like it’s a damn Airbnb. Absolutely not.
We’re talking mystery footprints in the snow, attic footsteps, a missing key, messy family secrets, and a suspect list that will have you yelling at your phone.
🎧 Press play if you love: eerie vibes, unsolved questions, and wildly irresponsible speculation.
Reminders: 📩 Send us a voice memo with your case suggestions on Instagram — feed us your crimes ⭐️ If you’re loving the pod, rate/review and share with a friend who also can’t mind their own business 🖤 See you next week for more crime, chaos, and speculation
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Episode 229: Laurie, baby, what happened to you?

She pulled into the parking lot. They heard her car. And then… she vanished.
This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re diving into the haunting disappearance of Laurie Depies. This case proves you do not need a dark alley or a sketchy road trip for something terrible to happen. Sometimes it’s just… a normal Tuesday night.
Laurie was 20 years old in August 1992. Responsible. Close to her family. Not a risk-taker. She clocked out of her mall job, drove to her boyfriend’s apartment like she had a hundred times before, and at 10:15pm they heard her loud muffler roll in.
By 10:30pm? She was gone.
Her car was locked. Her purse and overnight bag were inside. A Styrofoam soda cup sat oddly placed on the hood. No screams. No struggle. No witnesses.
Just a fifteen-minute window that has haunted Wisconsin for over thirty years.
This case hits different because nothing about that night was chaotic. She got off work. She drove somewhere familiar. People were home. Windows were open. And still — she disappeared without a trace.
Huge thank you to Samantha for the case suggestion — we love when our community sends us down a new spiral.
So now we want to hear from you: Was this a serial killer inserting himself into headlines? An overlooked local predator? Or someone hiding in plain sight the whole time?
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Episode 228: The Foot They Forgot

A missing man. A missing car. A body in a family barn. And a whole lot of “wait…WHAT?”
This week on Cursewords and Crayons: TRUE CRIME, we’re covering a case that feels like it was built in a lab to specifically ruin your ability to trust a timeline: the disappearance (and baffling death) of Mateusz Kawecki.
Mateusz was a 30-year-old Polish construction worker living in Hanover, Germany. He seemed to be working hard, in a long-distance relationship, and expecting a baby with his fiancée back in Poland. In March 2018, he told everyone he was driving home for the birth. He texted. He called. He said he was close.
…and then he just never arrived.
What follows is a cross-border investigative mess, a family doing the police’s job for them, and a discovery months later that will make you scream into your steering wheel:
🧳 A decomposed body found in the attic of the family barn🪢 Two nooses hanging from the roof🦶 A shoe found later… with his foot still inside it (HOW???)🦷 Teeth knocked out and stuck to clothing🚗 And the biggest mystery of all: his car was never found. Ever.
And then, just to spice it up, years later authorities claim they actually figured out more than anyone knew at the time: Mateusz wasn’t where he said he was, he wasn’t driving, he traveled by train, crossed the border on foot, checked into a hotel with another person (WHO?), and eventually ended up near his home village… with investigators insisting the evidence “unequivocally” points to suicide.
Sure. Okay. Totally normal. 
This episode is full of twists, weird evidence handling, and that unmistakable “every answer creates three new questions” vibe. We talk theories, timelines, and how a case can feel both deeply investigated and still wildly unfinished.
Huge shoutout to our source for this one: Reddit user u/uncle_sam01 for the detailed research that sent us down this rabbit hole.
💬 Tell us what you think: suicide, foul play, or something even stranger?DM us your theories, hot takes, and wild speculation—we live for it.
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Episode 227: Crimes We’ve Committed So Far This Year- According to Our Kids (Parenting Chat)

Straight to jail. No trial. No appeals. Just vibes and a tiny jury made of sticky hands and big feelings.
This week, Zee and Amy are back with a Parenting Chat, and we brought backup: our friend Sam (childcare director, mom of two, and certified survivor of toddler logic). Inspired by the “Am I the Asshole: Toddler Edition” creator, we’re confessing the crimes we’ve committed so far this year—as judged by our children, who are apparently running a full legal system out of spite and snack preferences.
In this episode, we talk:🍫 The unforgivable act of making homemade brownies (aka: crimes against processed food)🥣 Snack hyperfixations, wrong brands, wrong bowls, wrong utensils, wrong… existence🧊 Ice storm parenting choices that ruin everything (Sanchez Sunday edition)🦷 The Tooth Fairy’s “business hours” and why she does not work nights (relatable)🌡️ The thermostat wars: kids deserve bodily autonomy AND also want to be freezing + sweaty at the same time❄️ The Wisconsin Crime: not taking your kids sledding because you also have feelings👕 Making a toddler change clothes even though they are covered in food/snot/pee (how dare you)🎮 Parenting while overstimulated: hiding devices “temporarily” (for weeks)👀 Saying “not right now” and being charged with emotional neglect immediately
Basically: if your kids have ever acted like you personally ruined their life by choosing the wrong spoon, welcome home.
💬 Like what you hear? Leave us a review—we love validation almost as much as we love gossip and being petty.🛍️ Rock your chaotic true crime energy with merch at www.cursewordsandcrayons.com 🛒 Shop our Amazon Storefront for chaos-survival goodies and maybe a ghost-hunting tool or two (we’re not saying we believe, but we’re also not not saying that).
👻 Stay haunted with us:Instagram: @cursewordsandcrayonsZee: @mrs.zetteAmy: @amyrehsdupin