On February 5, 2001, a foul odor drifting through a Las Vegas storage facility led police to a discovery straight out of a nightmare. Inside a trash can sealed with duct tape and plastic wrap was the decomposed body of an elderly woman, submerged in her own liquefied remains. Surrounding the unit were books on witchcraft, astrology, black magic, and devil worship. The renter of the unit was Brookey Lee West — a woman police would soon label the Witch of Las Vegas.

In this episode of The Ritual Rewind, we rewind to the early 2000s to uncover the disturbing case of Brookey Lee West and the murder of her mother, Christine Smith. Was this a satanic ritual sacrifice born from occult obsession, or a far more human crime driven by greed, hatred, and lifelong family trauma? Drawing from co ...