In December 1872 the brigantine Mary Celeste was found drifting in the Atlantic with its sails half-raised and no one aboard. Plates were on the table, a child’s spoon lay beside them, and the captain’s log ended with a calm entry ten days earlier — yet ten people had vanished without trace.

Investigations found no violence or theft, only puzzling signs of minor damage and alcohol fumes from the cargo. Theories range from accident to mass panic, but the true fate of the Mary Celeste’s crew remains one of the sea’s oldest mysteries.

A quiet house by the marsh, a private life interrupted: Krista Worthington is found murdered in her Truro home on January 6, 2002, leaving a town riven by suspicion and a young daughter without a mother.

Years of rumors and stalled leads follow until advances in DNA testing point to an unlikely suspect, bringing a confession, conviction, and a painful closure that can’t undo the damage done to a community and a family.

It starts as a noise you can't quite name, a scream that crawls up your spine. It comes from deep in the woods, where the light fades faster and even the wind seems to hesitate. Some say it's a cougar, others a trick of the wind. But in the Ozark Mountains, there's another name for it, the howler.

This episode collects chilling eyewitness accounts across centuries — from settlers and Civil War soldiers to modern hikers — describing a massive, catlike creature, glowing eyes, and a bone-deep howl. We explore the evidence, local folklore, and scientific explanations while leaving the question open: what prowls the Ozarks after dark?