The $1.3M house located at 657 Boulevard, Westfield, New Jersey, was a dream come true for the Broaddus family of five. But some dreams can change into terrifying nightmares—something that Derek and Maria Broaddus learned, very, very quickly, in June of 2014, when they received a strange letter.

On Friday, March 31, 1922, Maria Baumgartner arrived at the Gruber family farm in wooded, rural Bavaria to start her new job as the Gruber family's maid. The position had been vacant for over six months, so the farmhouse was undoubtedly in need of a good cleaning. But little did Maria know that within hours of setting to work scrubbing months' worth of grime off of the family's floors and windows, she would also become a victim of one of Germany's most brutal unsolved mass murders.

Years ago, I covered the mysterious missing persons case of Amy Lynn Bradley, who vanished on a cruise ship back in 1998. In this episode of #SeriouslyStrange, we revisit this case and uncover more of the disturbing details behind it than I was originally able to.

It was February 23, 2020, when Jorge Torres Jr., aged 42, was zipped into a suitcase inside the Winter Park, Florida apartment he shared with his then 42-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Boone. Torres was declared dead after first responders arrived on February 24, 2020. #SeriouslyStrange #JorgeTorres #SarahBoone

When we think of Santa Claus, we typically think of a big, jolly man with a bushy white beard and a joyous smile plastered across his face as he delivers presents to countless children. Ronald Gene Simmons looked somewhat similar to Santa—but there were some sinister differences. For Simmons didn’t come bearing presents or holiday delight. No, his loved ones would find only terror within him, as he unleashed darkness inside himself so twisted and evil, it still sends a winter chill through the veins of any who hear his story.