Marti & Cheryl
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We're two Mums living in Edinburgh who are obsessed with true crime and mysterious happenings, so obsessed we decided to start a podcast! Each month we take turns to tell stories from our homelands - Cheryl Scottish born and bred where haggis is NOT actually an animal and Marti from the land down under where no prawns have ever been thrown on a barbie, it needs to be said! So, if you want polished, professional true crime then this is not for you, maybe try Casefile. But if you love true crime and mystery like us & you can't stop talking...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Marty and Effie pair detailed case narration with candid questions, social context and an informal rapport that keeps complicated stories accessible.
Marty and Effie tell case stories as an active conversation, moving through timelines while stopping to question motives, test assumptions and register uncertainty.
A beach murder leads to a teenage hitchhiking memory, if you like your true crime conversational.
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A live Scottish case discussion where William's story is weighed against the evidence and the human cost.
The murder of Barry Wallace and Barry Oldham is treated as a live Scottish case discussion, with Dawn guiding an Australian host through local pronunciations and places.
A loose true-crime conversation about financial strain, lavish appearances and public speculation.
The episode finds its through line in the gap between money trouble and polished appearances. People on both sides are discussed as financially strained while still seeming lavish, dependent on friends and invested in looking secure.
A loose case conversation that keeps circling back to the victim and the people involved.
The episode works best as an easygoing case conversation, with Margie and Effie repeatedly returning to why the people around a case matter. One host’s interest in hearing about everyone involved, including the victim, gives the discussion its clearest shape.
A rushed courtship, a refused proposal, and a bounced-cheque red Fiat give this true-crime episode its uneasy shape.
The Salisbury Crags Murder finds its first charge of unease in Ernest and Helga's rushed courtship. In July 1972, after only three weeks together, Ernest turns up at Helga's family farm to ask her father for permission to marry her.
Effie's goodbye gives the podcast's next chapter a personal, gently funny shape.
Mums Mysteries & Murder turns Effie's exit into a warm, practical goodbye rather than a dramatic rupture. Effie explains that a divorce a couple of years ago, longer working hours, and family pressures have left her with too much on, while Marty notes the show will carry on with…
Warm, conversational true crime that keeps Corey's story close and the atmosphere alive.
Mum's Mysteries and Murder treats Corey's disappearance with a conversational closeness that keeps the case human instead of padded with drama.
A relaxed, human retelling that keeps Maggie's hardship in clear focus.
The episode keeps Maggie at the center as a woman carrying plain, difficult burdens: a husband gone, little money, two young children, and work as a fish hawker in the 1720s, when being alone left a woman heavily reliant on marriage.
A loose but engaging unresolved case built around a sharp cufflink clue and family strain.
The episode follows Aileen's case without pretending there is a neat ending. Dawn from Scottish Murders carries the story, while the Mum's Mysteries and Murder host reacts alongside her, and the cufflink detail ends up doing the heaviest lifting.
Strange cases, loud banter, no polish.
Behavior, evidence, and accountability.
Courtroom chaos, case updates, sharp reactions.
Case files with a psychological verdict.
True crime, hauntings, horror, and Sunday Scaries.
Effie from Mums Mysteries & Murder joins to discuss the case of Jason Downie, a Scottish man who emigrated to Australia and murdered Chantelle Rose and her parents in 2010.
Mums Mysteries & Murder covers the Falkirk Triangle, with Bonnybridge described as a town four miles west of Falkirk and linked to thousands of UFO sightings since 1992.
Mums Mysteries & Murder covers the Trump family mystery, a 29 August 2016 road trip from a redcurrant farm outside Melbourne that ended with police involvement.
Mum's Mysteries & Murder tells the legend of Fisher's Ghost, a Campbelltown case from 1826 that begins with local farmer John Farley saying a ghost on bridge railings pointed to a field.
Mums Mysteries & Murder examines Diane Brimble's death aboard the P&O Pacific Sky after she boarded a 10-day South Pacific cruise from Sydney on September 23, 2002.
Marty opens the Halloween special with Wayne from Eerie Edinburgh, who has three books already published — Hidden Haunts Scotland, Hidden Haunts England, and Ghostly Tales of the NC500 — and says Hidden Haunts Ireland is due out next month.
Mums Mysteries and Murder covers the 1893 Ardlamont Mystery, also called the Ardlamont Murder or Monson Case, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Mums Mysteries & Murder follows Air Marshal Sir Robert Victor Goddard, born in Wembley on 6 February 1897, through a career that included the Royal Navy, the Royal Naval Air Service, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Iraq, and a 1935 role as deputy director of intelligence.
Mum’s Mysteries and Murder covers the murder of 16-year-old Elaine Doyle, who lived on Ardgowan Street in Greenock and was last seen after a disco at the Celtic Club on 1 June 1986.
Marty interviews Tam from True Crime Bookcase about the Erin Patterson poisoning case, Australia's first modern family mass poisoning.
Mums Mysteries & Murder covers the 1995 death of 24-year-old Caroline Byrne in Watsons Bay, New South Wales, using ITVX/STV material, a Four Corners trial-and-error documentary, and ABC News reports.
Marty and Effie open with personal chat before moving into their fourth Edinburgh case, The Salisbury Crags Murder, a story suggested by their editor Erin.
Marty and Effie return to recording together and settle back into their familiar playful, slightly chaotic rhythm.
At Killers and Coffee, Mum's Mysteries and Murder sits down with Dawn from Scottish Murders to talk through Aileen's murder as an unresolved case.
Cheryl arrives with a lot of energy.
Marty opens a Christmas special with Kerry Powell from North Edinburgh and Nightmares.
Marty and Effie start with their usual back-and-forth, then the case takes over.
Marty and Effie open with their usual side-chat before rolling into the case.
A Mum's Mysteries episode combining Christmas Day celebration with a historical disaster narrative.
Mum's Mysteries and Murder podcast hosts Marty and Afi cover the Scott Johnston murder case, a well-known Australian true crime involving a brilliant mathematician and LGBTQ+ victim.
Marty and Effie mark three years with a special guest.
Marty and Cheryl begin with a bit of catch-up before they get to Corey.
Mums Mysteries & Murder ties the disappearance of eight-year-old Graham Thorne to the Sydney Opera House Lottery, where Basil and Frida Thorne had won £100,000 a month earlier.
Marty and Effie open with summer holidays on the horizon.
Mums Mysteries & Murder covers the 1983 killing of George Murdoch, a 58-year-old Aberdeen taxi driver known as Dodd, who was attacked after picking up a fare on Queens Road.
Marty and Effie tell the story of Melissa Caddick, a Sydney financial adviser from Dover Heights who lived in a $6.2 million house and was investigated in November 2020.
Two mums from Edinburgh host a true crime podcast where they share stories from Scotland and Australia, with a casual and humorous tone.
Two friends discuss true crime cases from their homelands in a casual, conversational style.
Two mums introduce their true crime podcast, sharing stories from Scotland and Australia with a casual, unpolished style.
A true crime podcast covering solved and unsolved murder cases in Scotland.
Two mums from Edinburgh discuss their obsession with true crime and mysterious happenings, sharing stories from their homelands.
A solo episode of Mums Mysteries & Murder featuring a collaboration with Scottish Murders podcast, discussing true crime cases in Scotland.
Two mums introduce their true crime podcast, explaining their friendship and plans to cover UK and Australian cases.