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Pretty Wicked

Pretty Wicked

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Pretty Wicked is storytelling with no filler. Every Wednesday I sit down and walk you through a deeply researched episode from start to finish. From true crime and unsolved mysteries to folklore and the stories you can't stop thinking about. No co-hosts, no distractions. Just you and me and a story I think you'll enjoy hearing! Pretty Wicked is hosted and written by Megan Alda. New episodes every Wednesday. 🖤 Subscribe so you never miss an episode. 📩 prettywickedthepodcast@gmail.com ✨ Instagram @prettywickedthepodcast & @aldamegan If you're enjoying Pretty Wicked, leaving a rating or review helps other listeners find the show and it genuinely means the world!Copyright Pretty Wicked Podcast Social Sciences True Crime
Episodes
  • Hitchhiker: The Drifting Damsel of Death

    Hitchhiker: The Drifting Damsel of Death
    Jul 8 2026
    Today I'm revisiting one of the most infamous cases in American true crime; a woman the press called the Damsel of Death. Between 1989 and 1990, seven men were found dead along the highways of central Florida, and the person behind it was the last kind of suspect anyone expected. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. This episode was researched and written by Chloe Kibbe. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES Britannica - Aileen Wuornos Capital Punishment in Context - The Case of Aileen Wuornos - The Facts A&E - Case File: Aileen Wuornos Justia - Wuornos v. State, Supreme Court of Florida (1994) 📚 BOOKS Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction, and Execution of Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos by Michael Reynolds Lethal Intent by Sue Russell Monster: My True Story by Aileen Wuornos with Christopher Berry-Dee 🎬 DOCS Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992), dir. Nick Broomfield Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003), dir. Nick Broomfield Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Talhotblonde: From Message to Murder

    Talhotblonde: From Message to Murder
    Jul 1 2026
    A married, middle-aged man lies about his age online to chase a girl he thinks is eighteen. But he's not the only one catfishing. The girl he thinks is eighteen isn't exactly who she says she is either. And when a real young man comes into the picture, the whole thing turns into obsession, threats, and eventually murder. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES ABC News (20/20) - Online Love Triangle, Deception End in Murder CBS News - Internet Love Triangle Comes To Deadly End CBC News - Web user sentenced for killing online rival Fox News - 22-Year-Old New York Man Murdered After Being Drawn Into Internet Love Triangle The Daily Beast - Web's Killer Love Triangle Greater Niagara Newspapers - MURDER: Guilty plea in Internet love triangle Greater Niagara Newspapers - COURTS: Montgomery gets 20 years in 'Internet love triangle' killing 🎬 DOCS Talhotblond (2009), directed by Barbara Schroeder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • The Chameleon: An Imposter in the Family

    The Chameleon: An Imposter in the Family
    Jun 24 2026
    A 13-year-old boy walks home from a basketball court in San Antonio and vanishes. Three years later, his family flies across the world to bring him home from Spain. There's just one problem. The young man they pick up isn't their son. He isn't even American. He's a 23-year-old Frenchman with brown eyes, dark hair, and an accent you could spot from across a room. And somehow, for nearly five months, nobody in that family said a word. This is the story of Frédéric Bourdin, the impostor the world came to call the Chameleon, and the missing boy whose name he wore like a coat. SHOW NOTES 🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show. Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda. 🖤 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Here is everything used to research this episode. 🔗 WEB SOURCES The New Yorker - The Chameleon The Scotsman - Interview: The private detective who uncovered The Imposter The Mirror US - Our missing son returned home after three years, but it was actually a French conman KSAT - Case of missing San Antonio boy from 1994 remains a mystery The Charley Project - Nicholas Patrick Barclay Swallowing The Camel - Fake Teens V: Serial Teen Frederic Bourdin Grunge - Frederic Bourdin: The Crazy True Story Of A Serial Impostor 📚 BOOKS David Grann - The Devil and Sherlock Holmes (contains the expanded "Chameleon" essay) Christophe D'Antonio - Le Caméléon (the authorized Bourdin biography) 🎬 DOCS The Imposter (2012), directed by Bart Layton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
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