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Hosted by Casey Chaplin · history · EN
Join me on a journey into the origins of the unknown. Every legend, every beast, and every myth has it’s beginnings, and it’s time we take a look into the Ominous Origins of our mysterious history. For inquiries or comments, you can contact horrorshotspodcast@gmail.com
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Ominous Origins is hosted by Casey Chaplin. The show has published 229 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ronald Clark O’Bryan | The Candyman" (31 October 2026, 25 minutes), "The Pastor Next Door | John Douglas White" (26 September 2026, 25 minutes), and "The Number 93 | Samuel Little" (6 September 2026, 32 minutes).
Ominous Origins publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 20 minutes across 229 episodes.
Booking probability for Ominous Origins is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ominous Origins requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ominous Origins's contact route on record: verified email.
Casey Chaplin hosts Ominous Origins, a history podcast with 229 episodes published.
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Ominous Origins
Have you ever wondered where the legend of the razor blade in the apple comes from? How about poisoned Halloween candy? A lot of us grew up with these concepts and just a general thing. Maybe it's the cynicism in the...
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Have you noticed a trend when it comes to murder?... Okay, that's a weird question. But doesn't it seem that the people involved are often the nice guy, the staple in the community, the loving partner? Yeah, I've...
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What's a number, really? Well, in today's episode it's 93... But that number has some significance, actually, a lot. It's how many people Samuel Little confessed to killing. It would make him the most prolific serial...
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In the late 80's and early 90's, a masked man terrorized suburban Melbourne, Australia. He would enter homes, restrain the family, and either assault or assault and abduct a young girl from the home. Nobody knew who...
What happens when you have a little money, then suddenly a lot of it? People around you want it. Some people are even willing to kill for it. That's what happened in a rural town in Louisiana. Ernest Luttrell came into...
Murder, drugs, and SA. That's what Adolph James Rode Jr., AKA Cesar Barone liked to do. He wasn't a good guy, to be honest, he almost lives up to his name. I don't want to go into the grisly details here, but just...
Episode #240
Every so often a special kind of psychopath pops up. One who plans for ages, preps his victims, and even leaves kill kits around the country. That's basically Israel Keyes. From a young age this boy wasn't right; from...
Episode #239
Forgive the weak title for today's episode. I am super sick, which you can probably hear in my voice... Anyway, I wanted to get something out for you, so here's a short little episode on some cults. Very brief. Okay...
Today we're looking at Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a sixpence in your shoe... Wait, that's not right. We're looking at something stolen, something purple, and something cursed...
Today we're going to pretend I didn't just take like half a year off, and we're also going to look at one of the most notorious cases in Canadian history: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. The Ken and Barbie killers, the...
Episode #236
Way back in 1947, the most infamous unsolved case in American history happened. A young woman was found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles, that young woman was Elizabeth Short, a young woman with hopes and dreams of...
Episode #235
Gary Hilton, AKA The National Forest Serial Killer was a man who stalked the national forests in the Carolina's and Florida in the early - mid 2000's. He was convicted of killing four people, however the number is...
Episode #234
Back in '01, September of '01... The 10th of September '01 to be exact, a young aspiring doctor went missing. For those of you who were alive during the time know what that means, and the rest would have learned about...
Episode #233
Two days in a row? I know. It's a special treat for you! But really, I had the motivation and found a really neat topic that I just wanted to share with you. This is the Codex Gigas, or the Devil's Bible. It's super...
Episode #232
Sorry that this took more than a minute. BUT, here's the final part to the Melanie Ethier series. We're going over theories, suspects, and some ramifications from the resulting case. Paypal Merch...
Episode #231
This is one of those weird cases. A girl walked home alone, about a ten minute walk, only she never made it home. The girl in question is Melanie Ethier, she was 15. After watching a movie at her friend's house, she was...
Episode #230
If there's one story with a moral out there, it's the one of Ken McElroy. He was a bully, well, he was more than that. He was human refuse. From skirting jailtime for some serious offences, to attempted murder, Ken did...
Episode #229
Balor was the leader of the Fomorians in Irish Myth. He was a tyrant and warrior in Irish Folklore. He had a big ol' eye that caused all kinds of crazy crap. He was pretty badass, to be honest, and he was relegated to a...
Disclaimer: I'm bird sitting, and the little bugger literally never stops chirping or screaming. I understand if you want to skip this one as he's very present throughout. This week I'm talking about end times, and the...
Episode #227
New Zealand, 2010 is our setting for today's episode, for that is where the poor soul known as Scott Guy was unceremoniously gunned down in the driveway of the farm he partly owned. While there were some persons of...
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