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Fresh Hell Podcast

Special: Best Of Fresh Hell (part I)

Fresh Hell Podcast

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True Crime, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We might be on a summer break, but the mystery doesn’t stop. In this first Best of Fresh Hell special, we’re serving up three of our favorite cold cases in condensed form—perfect for when you want the unsettling highlights without the two-hour extra information.

First up: Owen Parfitt, a paralyzed man who vanished from his front porch in 1760s England...without a trace and without anyone seeing a thing.

Then we revisit the strange case of Nell Cropsey, a 19-year-old who disappeared from her front porch in North Carolina in 1901 and was found weeks later, floating in the river behind her house.

Finally, we cover the disappearance of New York heiress Dorothy Arnold, who went shopping on Fifth Avenue in 1910 and was never seen again.



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0:00.0

You are listening to the Fresh Hell podcast.

0:14.0

Fresh Hell contains stories of a disturbing and often graphic nature and is intended

0:19.0

for a mature audience.

0:20.7

Please don't let your kids listen to this,

0:22.4

or they might turn out like us. Hi, I'm Annie from the U.S. And I'm Johanna from Austria,

0:35.1

and you're listening to your favorite international podcast.

0:39.5

The podcast hosted by two women who never met in real life, but who present to you tales of

0:44.8

murder, mystery, and the macabre throughout history.

0:49.8

That's right.

0:50.7

Hellions were technically on a summer break.

0:53.9

You know, technically. But you didn't

0:55.9

think we'd leave you with nothing but the sound of your own inner monologue for company, did you?

1:00.8

Nightmare. While we take time to recharge, we thought for this week and next week it might be

1:05.9

fun, and let's be honest, efficient, to revisit a few of our past episodes.

1:13.4

But don't worry, this isn't just a rerun.

1:19.6

We've gone in with scissors and caffeine and condensed these stories into sleek, streamlined versions.

1:23.6

All the creepy jaw-dropping highlights, none of the fluff.

1:26.9

You could call it like listeners digest, right? If you're new here, consider this

1:30.1

sample-up letter of the kind of weird, dark and occasionally rather funny stories we tell.

1:36.3

Well, not this one's we're telling you now, but sometimes we really have funny stories.

1:41.1

And if you've been around for a while, we love you. Thanks for sticking with us

1:45.9

through all these years. And of course, if you want all the gory details, the tensions,

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