The Conspirators Podcast

https://www.ameliaearhart.com/

Notes:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120412224805/http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/uploads/special_features/download_files/amelia_transcript.pdf

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/will-search-for-amelia-earhart-ever-end-180953646/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/science/amelia-earhart-plane-anomaly-update/index.html

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general-history-famous-people/amelia-earhart-0021864

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The Whistleblower Whose Life Was Crushed, From Targeted

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:00:00 -0000

Sharing an episode of a brand new podcast I’m loving, called Targeted. Imagine that someone wants to see you crushed. Now, imagine they have the power to easily turn the system against you—to take away your job, your family, your business, even your basic rights like the ability to bank or travel freely. And imagine it didn’t even cost them much to do it. This is the story of those who have been targeted. Targeted uncovers the harrowing stories of people who have been singled out and systematically dismantled—whether for political reasons, personal vendettas, or simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Each episode deep

dives into the tactics used against them, the devastating consequences, and the remarkable lessons they’ve learned in their fight to survive. Targeted breaks down the playbooks of those who weaponize systems of power, and gives listeners the tools to recognize and resist being targeted themselves. If you’ve ever wondered how systems meant to protect can be weaponized, or what to do if you find yourself in the crosshairs, this podcast is for you.

You can find more episodes of Targeted at Targeted.com, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts.

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Ep. 256 - The Monsters of Plum Island

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:44:00 -0000

About two miles away from Long Island, New York, lies a tiny island with a mysterious and terrifying reputation. Plum Island is home to an animal research center run by the U.S. government. But it's also at the center of a number of conspiracy theories as to what they are really doing there. Was Plum Island responsible for Lyme Disease? Or were they even making monsters there?

Patreon:

YouTube:

https://www.amazon.com/Lab-257-Disturbing-Governments-Laboratory/dp/0060011416

Notes:

https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/plum-island-animal-disease-center

https://now.tufts.edu/2019/07/18/lyme-bacterium-predates-us-lab-conspiracy-theorists-say-unleashed-ticks-public

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-08/plum-island-why-area-51-of-the-east-coast-is-moving-to-kansas

https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/202073/gruesome-find-stirs-memories-montauk-monster

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2008/07/the_monster_of_montauk.html

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Ep. 255 - The Hysteria

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:42:00 -0000

Throughout the Victorian era and into the 20th century, women throughout Europe and America were often sent to insane asylums for so-called hysteria. In this episode I'll tell you about the history involved, as well the tragic story of what happened to one woman who vanished from an asylum in Indianapolis.

Patreon:

YouTube:

https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-wandering-womb/

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JKNHQR2/?bestFormat=true&k=unwell%20women&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_12&crid=3PR3IRMBYDVZX&sprefix=unwell%20women

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria

https://www.nytimes.com/1920/04/27/archives/find-womans-skeleton-after-20-years-quest-miss-selvage-indianapolis.html

https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Indianapolis-Crimes-Murder-Mystery/dp/1596299894

https://historicindianapolis.com/rufus-cantrell-intruder-in-the-dust/

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Ep. 254 - The Secret of Rennes Le Chateau

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:34:00 -0000

In the late 19th century, a priest named Berenger Sauniere was sent to take over a decrepit church in the tiny French village of Rennes Le Chateau. After that, the poor country priest discovered a secret that made him fabulously wealthy. There are those who say Sauniere discovered a vast treasure of gold, jewels and possibly even the actual Holy Grail. Others say he discovered a secret that threatened to break the Catholic Church.

Patreon:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/conspiracy-theories-b-renger-sauni-re-and-rennes-le-ch-teau-002460#google_vignette

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://storiusmag.com/a-tiny-town-a-problematic-priest-and-a-massive-mystery-85f9837e0ed7

https://louiswolf.com/english/2023/4/29/the-mystery-of-berenger-sauniere-and-the-legend-of-the-hidden-treasure-of-rennes-le-chateau

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-priory-of-sion/

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Ep. 253 - The Kaleidoscope

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 01:46:00 -0000

Phillip Taylor Kramer was the former bass player for the rock group Iron Butterfly who traded in his guitar and became a scientist. But in 1995 Kramer mysteriously vanished. Some people believe that Kramer was killed because he had managed to unlock the secrets to faster than light travel.

Patreon:

https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast/videos

YouTube:

Notes:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/iron-butterfly-philip-taylor-kramer-found-dead/

https://web.archive.org/web/20040807081111/http://www.mrkabc.com/mrkabc/news/kramer01.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20020204114404/http://www.maximonline.com/maximwear/articles/article_2193.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20120303004204/https://www.skeptictank.org/kramer.htm

https://thedebrief.org/the-strange-death-of-rockstar-and-tech-mogul-philip-taylor-kramer-remains-baffling-almost-three-decades-after-his-disappearance/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-30-vl-48798-story.html

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bizarre-disappearance-iron-butterfly-philip-taylor-kramer/

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Ep. 252 - The Haunted Anthology

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:19:00 -0000

In this episode I tell you three stories of strange ghost stories throughout history. Hear the story of two cursed stone objects that led an expert on the BBC to say that werewolves were real. In story two, a group of paranormal investigators create a ghost. In the third story you'll hear a mysterious tale that sounds like a real life Scooby Doo plot.

Patreon:

https://youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast?si=VIzDWIoEtLeNs7dc

Youtube:

Notes:

https://www.bbc.com/articles/cdxyzq5g9vgo

https://burialsandbeyond.com/2021/06/13/the-hexham-heads/

https://mythoi.substack.com/p/the-horrifying-hexham-heads

https://www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/358897/the-philip-experiment-we-want-ghosts-to-be-real/

https://livinglibraryblog.com/the-philip-experiment/

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/article/904496/pdf

https://historiclondontours.com/tales-of-london/f/scratching-fanny-of-cock-lane

https://aplacebetweenthetrees.com/2020/05/20/the-cock-lane-ghost-ghostbusting-in-the-age-of-enlightenment/

https://www.jocelynmcgregor.com/scratching-fanny-intro

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Ep. 251 - The Lost Japanese Gold

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:16:00 -0000

During the days leading up to World War II, the Japanese army plundered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold and jewels from countries throughout their empire. But where did all that gold go? One story claims the Japanese took it all to the Philippines, and hid it inside secret underground tunnels, and that all that treasure is still waiting there to be discovered.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/theconspiratorspodcast

Youtube:

https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Warriors-Americas-Recovery-Yamashitas/dp/1844675319

Notes:

https://crimereads.com/hawaii-search-yamashitas-gold/

https://www.livescience.com/treasure-hunters-fabled-gold-philippines-island.html

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/yamashitas-gold-enormous-war-treasure-hoard-remains-elusive-007246

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Ep. 250 - The Devil of London

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:59:00 -0000

Victorian London was once terrorized by a mysterious figure in a strange costume, who reportedly could leap great distances, and breathe fire. They called this demonic figure Spring-Heeled Jack. Was he an actual demon? Or just a clever prankster?

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Spring-Heeled-Jack-Fiend-Penny-Dreadful/dp/1546689338

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Spring-Heeled-Jack-Victorian-Steampunk/dp/1620554968/ref=sr_1_2?crid=712RXTDEEIT4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y83uxAzfk1kJTD9ddA7VVmohSHPMyiw0voh2rTJnqk_BmmX7whL-3sPEe_nYKy3yOasdRadOcSEo0GidZcyVUZUAsZHTPU767565K_pVAgPBqpJHIdb7k-Sps6TK22GJfvpg2-QaY1Th4FspX-o2u-QbFafjHrSChWzcdppXM5B3jxuxsiQY8vX2kLFk5SM5tfRh4QltCJitXqyTMUdyur8yCXuJMSNtfEDbi4Uw-pQ.pR-h7371tAXbEsu6G93U_3-yCv-aRXWhvjQ3ummgzy8&dib_tag=se&keywords=spring-heeled+jack&qid=1736009055&sprefix=spring-heeled+jack%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-2

https://www.amazon.com/Spirits-Industrial-Age-Impersonation-Spring-heeled/dp/1499268777/ref=sr_1_4?crid=712RXTDEEIT4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y83uxAzfk1kJTD9ddA7VVmohSHPMyiw0voh2rTJnqk_BmmX7whL-3sPEe_nYKy3yOasdRadOcSEo0GidZcyVUZUAsZHTPU767565K_pVAgPBqpJHIdb7k-Sps6TK22GJfvpg2-QaY1Th4FspX-o2u-QbFafjHrSChWzcdppXM5B3jxuxsiQY8vX2kLFk5SM5tfRh4QltCJitXqyTMUdyur8yCXuJMSNtfEDbi4Uw-pQ.pR-h7371tAXbEsu6G93U_3-yCv-aRXWhvjQ3ummgzy8&dib_tag=se&keywords=spring-heeled+jack&qid=1736009055&sprefix=spring-heeled+jack%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-4

https://www.amazon.com/Spring-Heeled-Jack-Philip-Pullman/dp/044041881X/ref=sr_1_5?crid=712RXTDEEIT4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y83uxAzfk1kJTD9ddA7VVmohSHPMyiw0voh2rTJnqk_BmmX7whL-3sPEe_nYKy3yOasdRadOcSEo0GidZcyVUZUAsZHTPU767565K_pVAgPBqpJHIdb7k-Sps6TK22GJfvpg2-QaY1Th4FspX-o2u-QbFafjHrSChWzcdppXM5B3jxuxsiQY8vX2kLFk5SM5tfRh4QltCJitXqyTMUdyur8yCXuJMSNtfEDbi4Uw-pQ.pR-h7371tAXbEsu6G93U_3-yCv-aRXWhvjQ3ummgzy8&dib_tag=se&keywords=spring-heeled+jack&qid=1736009055&sprefix=spring-heeled+jack%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-5

https://allthatsinteresting.com/spring-heeled-jack

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Ep. 249 - The Encounter in Rendlesham Forest

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:06:58 -0000

In the English countryside back in 1980 there were two Royal Air Force Bases, RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge that were on loan to the United States Air Force. In the early morning hours after Christmas, in nearby Rendlesham Forest, a group of U.S. Air Force officers had one of the most well documented and legendary close encounters with a U.F.O. in history.

https://www.amazon.com/Encounter-Rendlesham-Forest-Best-Documented-Incident/dp/1250038103

Notes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-54649675

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/britains-roswell-really-happened-rendlesham-forest-ufo-incident/

https://metro.co.uk/2024/11/27/ufo-expert-says-aliens-werent-involved-famous-rendlesham-forest-incident-21904466/

http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/halttape.html

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Ep. 248 - The Zodiac Pt. 2

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:09:11 -0000

In 1969, the Zodiac Killer sent the San Francisco Bay Area into terror. In this second part of my 2-part series, I tell you what happened next. I also tell you who I think is the most likely suspect.

Patreon:

YouTube:

https://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Shocking-Nations-Elusive-Serial/dp/0425212181/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WR17ZHLP4RFY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Bjt1G-62yKKAxCwM7Xsvj1mQNBbgmewNLx0BkWYkLZvrGEzXDudkqJlKYrSlOjTeVOlWqR9tC7uvDGPvDJfXiFSdzhB5WURLqH1DqoDyRETIzx38IV0GMYkNiTHMpGgwKscEanu3-1kLIrTrJx5V-LI28pv-Xst2fr-5sCS8yV5TWex2_BF6cdtdQvumYXY6MKT_kKFSJUuk3M59O6Y-5uKq3MJhYOJQFNemmAycwww.0ZqzkApmr8zIwFDu_FJucTnyOtm221rHJwcTr5PdZl0&dib_tag=se&keywords=zodiac+graysmith&qid=1732365813&sprefix=zodiac+graysmith%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1

Notes:

https://vault.fbi.gov/The%20Zodiac%20Killer

https://zodiackiller.com/

https://www.zodiacciphers.com/cheri-jo-bates.html

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Ep. 247 - The Zodiac Pt. 1

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 03:08:18 -0000

The Zodiac Killer is one of the most legendary and mysterious serial killers in history. In part 1 of this 2 part series, I break down the details of the five murders believed to have been committed by the Zodiac Killer, and I tell you the story of the maniac who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s.

Patreon:

Youtube:

https://vault.fbi.gov/The%20Zodiac%20Killer

Follow me on Bluesky: @natehale.bsky.social

Notes:

https://zodiackiller.com/

https://www.zodiacciphers.com/cheri-jo-bates.html

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Ep. 246 - The Happy Valley Murder

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:45:49 -0000

In 1941, a member of British High Society, Josslyn Hay, the Earl of Erroll, was murdered in Kenya. His still unsolved murder would reveal a seedy underbelly of sex and drugs among the wealthy elite.

Patreon:

YouTube:

https://www.amazon.com/White-Mischief-Murder-Lord-Erroll/dp/0394756878

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Temptress-Scandalous-Alice-Mysterious-Erroll/dp/0312584180

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/white-mischief-murder-finally-solved-after-66-years-6581781.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-20-mn-8918-story.html

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Halloween Minisode - The Dark Forest

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:55:30 -0000

Hi everyone! I couldn't let my favorite day of the year go by without giving everyone a Halloween treat. So here's an extra bonus mini episode. It's both a dark true crime story out of Japan, as well as a story that might make you a believer in ghosts.

Notes:

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2058684/how-gruesome-photos-memory-stick-revealed-identity-killer-who

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-path-she-took-miyakos-last-walk-d213bf941f91

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Ep. 245 - The Death Car

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:12:13 -0000

In this episode I tell you several stories about haunted cars. Hear the story of the Surrey Ghost Car, the deadly Golden Eagle and the most infamous cursed vehicle of them all, James Dean's Little Bastard.

Patreon:

YouTube:

https://yourirish.com/folklore/coiste-bodhar

Notes:

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/looking-back-infamous-a3-ghost-25385369

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/a3-burpham-ghost-crash-2002/

https://dragonquillca.medium.com/the-murderous-motorized-golden-eagle-8c14a678f1f9

https://jalopnik.com/meet-the-golden-eagle-the-car-claimed-to-have-killed-a-1830037928

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/us-scene/what-really-happened-to-james-deans-cursed-porsche/

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/james-deans-car-cursed.htm

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Ep. 244 - The Oakville Blobs

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 01:52:46 -0000

In 1994, something strange translucent drops of a jelly-like substance rained over the tiny Pacific Northwest town of Oakville, Washington. Immediately after, the townspeople began falling ill, then the animals started dying.

Patreon:

https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast

https://www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bVpc4mWWuM

https://www.netflix.com/title/81593881

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/oakville-blobs-mystery

https://web.archive.org/web/20240719053950/https:/www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/04/22/army-report-details-germ-war-exercise-in-ny-subway-in-66/70772a8b-8223-47de-99b4-876d5e57dd9c/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1950-us-released-bioweapon-san-francisco-180955819/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_jelly

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Ep. 243 - The Deep

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 01:04:21 -0000

In this episode I'm going to tell you three stories about some of the most horrific diving accidents in history.

Patreon:

Youtube:

https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/pipeline-diver-tragedy-corporate-manslaughter

Notes:

https://medium.com/@mrodriguez0/the-terrifying-paria-diving-disaster-trapped-in-an-underwater-oilpipe-7001ce9a5179

https://newsday.co.tt/2024/07/11/3-face-court-over-paria-diving-tragedy/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-pipeline-deaths-blamed-on-oil-companys-gross-negligence/

https://www.coursehero.com/file/85910708/Assessment-about-Star-Canopus-diving-accidentdocx/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Canopus_diving_accident#CITEREFPrangley/Ward_FAI1979

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/byford-dolphin-accident.htm

https://zero.sci-hub.se/5268/7dda7cee52d7eb3ec606a82d0f1b9a61/giertsen1988.pdf

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/norway/540650/byford-dolphin-diving-incident-casts-long-shadow-40-years-on/

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Ep. 242 - The Dogmen

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 01:10:12 -0000

During the late 1980s and 1990s, a series of reported sightings throughout Elkhorn, Wisconsin and northern Michigan began appearing about large, hairy, half man, half dog hybrid creatures that can only be described, as a real life werewolf. In this episode I'm going to tell you the history of the Beast of Bray Road and the Michigan Dogman.

Patreon:

YouTube:

https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Bray-Road-Wisconsins-Werewolf/dp/0996263055

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Wolfmen-Encounters-Modern-America/dp/1585429082/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_2/140-5513919-1736818?pd_rd_w=jrhKC&content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_r=FE9JQNTS4SBJWVW088VH&pd_rd_wg=dreQR&pd_rd_r=88733dcd-fb14-482b-a396-4db68a64714c&pd_rd_i=1585429082&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/I-Know-What-I-Saw-Linda-S-Godfrey-audiobook/dp/B07T3HTQ1W/encoding=UTF8&pdrd_w=SFIUg&content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_r=140-5513919-1736818&pd_rd_wg=Mr8Ra&pd_rd_r=592795e2-a266-40f2-b5b8-6495b8d3276c&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-bray-road

https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Legend-or-lore-Michigan-s-Dogman-still-haunts-17292455.php

https://mysteriousmichigan.com/the-michigan-dogman

https://radio.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-10-31/dog-man-story-starts-as-song-continues-as-legend

https://kryptos.fandom.com/wiki/Gable_film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2n2vVyT8cw

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Ep. 241 - The Lake of Death

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:59:38 -0000

Lake Lanier is a man-made reservoir in the northern part of Georgia. It's one of the state's biggest tourist attractions, drawing in millions of visitors each year. But Lake Lanier also has a sinister reputation for being or cursed. Since the lake was formed in the 1950s, more than 700 people have either drowned or vanished entirely in the lake. In this episode I dive into the lake's dark and tragic history.

Patreon:

Check out my YouTube channel:

https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier

Notes:

https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Recreation/Lake-Sidney-Lanier/

https://time.com/6984594/georgia-death-lake-lanier-haunted/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/2024/05/10/lake-lanier-oscarville-local-hidden-gem/73455267007/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/community/voices-for-equality/oscarville-lanier-lake-black-town-riot-mae-crow-chattahoochee-beulah-rucker/85-8647e2be-a07b-4e80-91cc-61613d0ff472

https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/learning-research/projects-initiatives/originals/forsyth-1912/

https://www.amazon.com/Underwater-Ghost-Towns-North-Georgia/dp/1540235602?keywords=underwater+ghost+towns+of+north+georgia&qid=1649991264&sprefix=underwater+ghost+t%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=sogomedia-20&linkId=b92257593dc8ae4dcc519005e3b75573&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il

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Ep. 240 - The Deadly Skies

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 01:39:04 -0000

In October 1978, an Australian private pilot named Frederick Valentich took off on what should have been a one hour flight to nearby King Island. But 40 minutes into his flight, Valentich radioed into ground control telling them he was being pursued by a UFO. Minutes later, Frederick Valentich vanished without a trace.

Patreon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/what-were-mysterious-foo-fighters-sighted-ww2-night-flyers-180959847/

YouTube:

@darkchronicles42

Notes:

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/11/the-valentich-disappearance-another-ufo-cold-case-solved/

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/australia/B1497_V116-783-1047_10491375.pdf

https://unsolved.com/gallery/ufo-disappearance/

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/farmer-may-hold-ufo-clue-to-36year-valentich-plane-mystery/news-story/5d495b78d705f6d2efdcd8d8a4a7797e

https://allthatsinteresting.com/frederick-valentich

https://www.ranker.com/list/frederick-valentich-ufo-disappearance-facts/linda-meyers

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/truth-was-out-there-after-all/news-story/2973bd131c27da0a31f4a7b8eba643fe

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/ufo-suspicions-still-cloud-disappearance-of-frederick-valentich/news-story/238397f0c2734c8b91cf4b96ae497bc5

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Ep. 239 - The Stranglers

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:46:13 -0000

Between 1962 to 1964, 13 women in the Boston area were strangled to death by a serial killer. A 33 year old handyman named Albert DeSalvo would go on to confess to the murders. But did he really do it?

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Boston-Stranglers-Susan-Kelly/dp/0786032510

Notes:

https://time.com/6263843/boston-strangler-hulu-true-story/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-tenacious-women-reporters-who-helped-expose-the-boston-strangler-180981786/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-the-boston-stranglers-identity-was-finally-confirmed-50-years-after-his-reign-of-terror-ended

https://www.boston.com/culture/movies/2023/03/17/boston-strangler-movie-whats-real-not/

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Ep. 238 - The Anthology

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:59:28 -0000

In this special episode, I'm bringing to you three stories around some of the ways magic and mysticism played a role in World War II.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/conspirators and get on your way to being your best self.

Patreon:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86145/operation-cone-power-when-british-witches-attacked-adolf-hitler

In this episode I'm bringing you a collection of short stories, all around the central theme of some strange events during World War II involving magic and mysticism.

Notes:

https://www.thoughtco.com/british-witches-hitler-spell-4134250

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78979/jewish-psychic-who-tricked-hitler

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780922915682

https://www.salon.com/2002/02/27/hanussen/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23456119#

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-man-who-wrote-hitlers-horoscope/

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Ep. 237 - The Devil's Music

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 01:05:06 -0000

In the history of the Delta blues, there is no bigger name than that of Robert Johnson. According to popular legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads, in exchange for his musical talent.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942

Notes:

https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/obituaries/robert-johnson-overlooked.html

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/devils-music-myth-robert-johnson/

https://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136063911/robert-johnson-at-100-still-dispelling-myths

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/paganini/niccolo-gifted-violinist-deal-with-devil/

https://www.vialma.com/en/articles/266/Niccolo-Paganini-The-Devils-Violinist

https://radiolab.org/podcast/199705-crossroads

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0981600212/radiolabbooks-20/

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452279496/radiolabbooks-20/

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Ep. 236 - The Cellar

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:12:08 -0000

Dr. Hawley Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in history. But modern forensic D.N.A. tests may change everything we think we know.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/conspirators to get 10% off your first month.

Patreon:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-me-basement-babies-20101116-story.html

Notes:

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/

https://www.amazon.com/Thunderstruck-Erik-Larson/dp/1400080673

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7050714.stm

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Ep. 235 - The Crash Pad

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:09:27 -0000

Was Charles Manson part of a CIA mind control program? In 1969, Charles Manson and his cult shocked the world when they committed the Tate-LaBianca murders. But is that the whole story? A 2019 book by journalist Tom O'Neill offers evidence that there's a lot more to the story than we know.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559?dplnkId=3442e754-04ae-46cc-8842-b198b10fdd5f&nodl=1

Notes:

https://jacobin.com/2023/05/the-manson-murders-may-have-something-to-do-with-cia-mind-control-experiments

https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/dec/19/mkruby/

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Ep. 234 - The Darkest Depths

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 01:59:38 -0000

Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans. Yet 95% of that area remains unexplored. Throughout history there have been people who have encountered gigantic creatures we would describe as sea monsters. In this episode, I'm going to tell you about some of them.

Patreon:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html

Notes:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/fishermen-dredged-up-30ft-dinosaur-30731086

https://www.wired.com/story/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-mythical-sea-monsters-may-have-been-whales-with-unusual-dining-habits-180981729/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-real-sea-monsters-brought-life-early-naturalists-180953155/

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/regaling-tales-of-the-gloucester-sea-serpent-a-forgotten-legend-of-cryptozoology

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/09/gloucester-sea-serpent-mystery-solved-after-two-centuries/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-sea-serpent-sightings-from-history

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/08/great-american-sea-serpent/

https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-sea-serpent/#:~:text=Their%20origins%20can%20be%20traced,multi%2Dhead%20serpent%20called%20Tiamat.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/water/sea-monsters#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20years%20ago%2C%20European,longer%20than%20a%20school%20bus.

https://www.iflscience.com/the-uss-stein-monster-in-1978-a-massive-creature-attacked-a-navy-frigate-shredding-parts-of-its-hull-65325

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Ep. 233 - The Pirates

Mon, 27 May 2024 14:34:03 -0000

In this episode I talk about the golden age of pirates. I dispel some of the myths and misconceptions of pirates throughout history, and focus on the lives of two of the most famous pirates ever, Captain Kidd and Blackbeard.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Under-Black-Flag-Romance-Reality/dp/081297722X

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Born-Be-Hanged-Gentlemen-Princess/dp/031670363X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/130-5994515-7318958?pd_rd_w=4OVxs&content-id=amzn1.sym.1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_p=1ad2066f-97d2-4731-9356-36b3edf1ae04&pf_rd_r=N614Y4X83Q8T1ZGSY5VJ&pd_rd_wg=Kpz8j&pd_rd_r=98e213d1-bd89-4a77-bef0-f4e1b695ace3&pd_rd_i=031670363X&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Hunter-True-Story-Captain-ebook/dp/B0042XA38A/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K8MZUQR10ICU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rn8jIL4ZM1Xj1EKJY0kLqCh7cOSKxPuCJDPDjxNqhKI4P8dvTCbJKJFDIY-GYmqd-vdO3v1aAZVVwk2zmcCJmbswDhwH-fN3bLdRR1shxCoA_u8v_Edl7euP3RbHLN9-OmQDXYuA5-xx1aWniwddUUWXfnRij6NRb9qShJkM2ZUYL7QtZ91SAer3hHBekhWpFT90QFqcoDqibR4gx0uCcQIBNRo-Bfk-tCMUpuCgzI0.n77Ag-ch7Y-r-ysVlH23--Z6e9CGWLzxtrcsN4NGYeo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+pirate+hunter&qid=1716664110&s=books&sprefix=the+pirate+hunter%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-1

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/blackbeard-edward-teach-pirate

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/execution-captain-kidd

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Ep. 232 - The Teamster, Pt. 2

Mon, 13 May 2024 01:44:36 -0000

In this second part of my 2-part episode on the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In this episode I talk about some of the major theories on what happened to Hoffa.

Notes:

https://slate.com/culture/2019/08/the-irishman-scorsese-netflix-movie-true-story-lies.html

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/06/jimmy-hoffa-donald-frankos-there-was-never-any-reason-to-think-jimmy-hoffa-was-buried-under-giants-stadium.html

https://thecasebreakers.org/2023/11/hoffa-has-moxy-the-dog-solved/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/42409431/

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/11/25/jimmy-hoffa-theories/8758204002/

https://www.history.com/news/9-places-investigators-have-searched-for-jimmy-hoffa

https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/us/hoffa-burial-claim/index.html

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Ep. 231 - The Teamster - Part 1

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:57:00 -0000

Jimmy Hoffa was the most powerful labor leader in American history. But when he disappeared in 1975 from a Detroit area restaurant, he left behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history. Part 1 of a 2 part episode.

Patreon:

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/who-killed-jimmy-hoffa/index.html

Notes:

https://abc7chicago.com/what-happened-to-jimmy-hoffa-found-body-chicago-outfit/13565582/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/07/31/jimmy-hoffa-disappeared-48-years-ago-his-case-is-still-unsolved/

https://www.amazon.com/Hoffa-Wars-Jimmy-Forbidden-Bookshelf-ebook/dp/B00S7EFYRU/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JO5Nr8DJzbRpFKN1bE_jYI93QIqSB3zfEIr2FIsbNreG6FeFzIeQIxoQc6afQy1fz_HmIP2tlbWLu1ZulUTHy_E1rimA77BsSWCMgOjrtxmFjAsclf6XLo06_rhZNSDNvF762fZ4HPwKLHeCydtNNQmcRb5dBUALpgO9ALfFEepMZQMFZAt5r9U7S6M-JASASuymRIEiD8WcVxbI2zikNtoFqMYATb8O9zb2A7UBE_I.WXBEIfKnMAa5oE1WT0NUNCD0deQhk8DFRK5fyWQF0BY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jimmy+Hoffa&qid=1714229565&s=books&sr=1-2

https://www.amazon.com/The-Irishman-Charles-Brandt-audiobook/dp/B001LNK9IS/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JO5Nr8DJzbRpFKN1bE_jYI93QIqSB3zfEIr2FIsbNreG6FeFzIeQIxoQc6afQy1fz_HmIP2tlbWLu1ZulUTHy_E1rimA77BsSWCMgOjrtxmFjAsclf6XLo06_rhZNSDNvF762fZ4HPwKLHeCydtNNQmcRb5dBUALpgO9ALfFEepMZQMFZAt5r9U7S6M-JASASuymRIEiD8WcVxbI2zikNtoFqMYATb8O9zb2A7UBE_I.WXBEIfKnMAa5oE1WT0NUNCD0deQhk8DFRK5fyWQF0BY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Jimmy+Hoffa&qid=1714229565&s=books&sr=1-1

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Ep. 230 - The Slip

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 01:03:00 -0000

Throughout history there have been reports of people who claim to have stepped through rifts in time. In this episode I discuss some of the most famous time slip incidents ever reported.

Patreon:

Notes:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-physics-meets-psychology/202201/time-slips-the-multiverse-and-you

https://listverse.com/2021/01/26/ten-amazing-slips-in-time/

https://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/history/history-with-phil-historic-phenomena-time-slips-paranormal-hoax-dj-vu/article_abafdcf4-e7e6-11ee-918f-4379c062ae24.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/08/versailles-time-slip/

https://www.ranker.com/list/moberly-jourdain-incident-and-time-travel/genevieve-carlton

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231110-doctor-who-is-time-travel-really-possible-heres-what-physics-says#:~:text=Answering%20this%20question%20requires%20understanding,wildly%20difficult%20or%20absolutely%20impossible.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-time-travel-possible/

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Ep. 229 - The Mad Gasser

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:15:31 -0000

In 1944, the town of Mattoon, Illinois was gripped in fear. The townspeople came to believe a madman was stalking their quiet little town spraying poison gas into homes. This individual has become known in history as the Mad Gasser of Mattoon.

Patreon:

https://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/blog/the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon/

Notes:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/column-mad-gasser-of-mattoon

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/10/30/mad-gasser-mattoon-illinois-mystery/

https://www.eiu.edu/localite/gasserhome.php

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-gasser-of-mattoon

https://www.illinoistimes.com/arts-culture/the-case-of-the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon-11450083

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1850364

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Ep. 228 - The Ghosts of the Bloody Pit

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:24:44 -0000

In Massachusetts there is a five mile long train tunnel cutting through the Hoosac Mountains that is purportedly haunted. When you hear about the terrifying history of the place, you'll understand why.

Patreon:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/01/us/man-identified-100-years-later-trnd/index.html

Notes:

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/hoosac-tunnel-disaster-1867/

https://hoosactunnel.net/history.php

https://www.journeysandjaunts.com/hoosac-tunnel/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hoosac-tunnel

https://obscurevermont.com/the-bloody-pit/

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/hoosac

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Ep. 227 - The Men in Black

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 02:21:30 -0000

One of the most enduring parts of UFO folklore involves mysterious darkly dressed individuals who identify themselves as government agents who go on to harass and intimidate witnesses into silence. These creepy and mysterious individuals have come to be known as the Men in Black.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Men-Black-Mysterious-Connection/dp/160163157X

Notes:

https://www.everand.com/book/235278174/The-Truth-Behind-Men-In-Black-Government-Agents-Or-Visitors-From-Beyond

https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins

https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/living/the-legacy-of-men-in-black/index.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/real-men-in-black

https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucers-Three-Men/dp/B00T6LY6E0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5337Q8ELOGL2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jjeGEaSpsO1wxvigHkRvv5fjO618P-DxeyOIXlVH0CWbCStuOVG31z3hia-8Zbbl5adg-vz-Ex4UdHXN7cwHmd4VXybvI9bbpWXASuqMxlF2D9YwiYCz5ap9UPXrKWR8aBtIl0KPho7hp6S9cJd0lEUZ75-EaslRHWqzcAkQyDP6sVDTIZQndU8MRm5eUpg85EE_A_bwjU21IcFh7Ck53znCdwNJuZ8RlS2_ea8hVSA.UDMvGcc0xUFQea41OGPXR0z2oNd0f5B3CtUTxqKnQB8&dib_tag=se&keywords=albert+bender&qid=1709464142&sprefix=albert+bender%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1

https://www.facebook.com/watch/BBCStories/1915690495329993/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/07/conspiracy-theorist-max-spiers-died-taking-anxiety-drug-poland

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-46810312

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Ep. 226 - The Director

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:50:38 -0000

On February 2, 1922, Hollywood was rocked to its core when one of the town's top film directors William Desmond Taylor was found shot to death in his home. This story has all the elements of a Hollywood thriller, sex, drugs, secret identities and of course, murder. His murder has become known as one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Hollywood history.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Tinseltown-Murder-Morphine-Madness-Hollywood/dp/0062242199/ref=asc_df_0062242199/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312149981494&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3402803931616266181&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-540659115968&psc=1&mcid=d0117c7d449e3008a7a58ce4e41cfddc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqtWauOqyhAMVJEt_AB1tkwENEAQYAiABEgI79_D_BwE

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Deed-Death-Unsolved-Hollywood-Director/dp/0394580753

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/unsolved-mystery-of-director-william-desmond-taylor-needs-featured-image/

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/celebrity/william_d_taylor2/1.html

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Ep. 225 - The Dead Mountain

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 02:25:27 -0000

In 1959, a group of nine hikers set off into the Ural Mountains on a winter expedition. Their bizarre deaths would go on to become known as the greatest unsolved mystery in Russian history. For more than sixty years this has remained a mystery, that is until recently when some scientists believe they may have solved it.

Patreon:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12617712/

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_SAREQYopjrr0CNIrrRrQ

Notes:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/dyatlov-pass-incident-solved

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mountain-Untold-Dyatlov-Incident/dp/1452140030

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved

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Ep. 224 - The Walk of Death

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 04:59:00 -0000

Although we tend to think of mass shooters as a modern day phenomenon, in truth these deranged individuals have been around for a lot longer than you think. In this episode I tell you the story of Howard Unruh, who in 1949 strolled through his Camden, New Jersey neighborhood and murdered 13 people in just as many minutes.

Patreon:

https://www.pulitzer.org/article/mass-shooting-tight-deadline

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_SAREQYopjrr0CNIrrRrQ

Notes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-first-mass-murder-us-history-180956927/

https://www.amazon.com/Rampage-Bloodlands-collection-Harold-Schechter-ebook/dp/B07CSZ5YY5/ref=sr_1_24?crid=19O7V46CTNEFV&keywords=harold+schechter&qid=1705754859&s=digital-text&sprefix=harold+schechter%2Cdigital-text%2C134&sr=1-24

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Ep. 223 - The Matrix

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:58:11 -0000

Are we living in the Matrix? What is reality? Many scientists, philosophers and mathematicians believe in the simulation theory, the idea that everything you see, hear, touch, smell and feel is all just a computer generated simulation of what you think is real life. In this episode we explore the evidence and try to figure out if everything is real...isn't. Hear the story of the tech company executive who died mysteriously and her disturbing final words. Hear the stories about glitches in the matrix, the Mandela Effect, and the mathematical evidence that points to us all being part of some massive computer generated illusion.

Patreon:

https://www.simulation-argument.com/https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar... https://www.wired.com/story/living-in...https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/op...https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/n...https://www.discovery.com/science/Dou... https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Simul.... https://www.simulation-argument.com/s...https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/n...https://www.nspirement.com/2022/03/06...https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/...https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article...https://www.space.com/universe-simula... https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/20...https://bigthink.com/thinking/why-the... https://bigthink.com/13-8/simulation-...

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_SAREQYopjrr0CNIrrRrQ

Sources:

https://www.wired.com/2014/11/planck-length/

Music:

Music: Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod

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Music: Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 222 - The Bell Witch

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0000

Nate is planning on taking a much needed break for the holidays. But in keeping with the season he wanted to make sure you get you open your presents early. So here's the latest episode, released early for everyone.

The story of the Bell Witch has been called the greatest ghost story in American history. During the 1800s the Bell family moved to a farm in Tennessee, and were soon terrorized by an invisible entity. In this episode we delve into the legend and try to figure out how much we should believe.

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https://carnegiemnh.org/history-of-holiday-ghost-stories/#:~:text=The%20reaction%20to%20hearing%20a,were%20halted%20by%20the%20Puritans.

https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/myth/bellwitch.htm

http://www.bellwitch.org/home.htm

https://www.bellwitchcave.com

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044022643282&view=1up&seq=9

https://www.amazon.com/American-Haunting-Bell-Witch/dp/0312363532/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1VB7F8MYO6H40&keywords=the+bell+witch&qid=1702826162&sprefix=the+bell+witch%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Bell-Witch-Full-Account/dp/097051560X/ref=sr_1_11?crid=1VB7F8MYO6H40&keywords=the+bell+witch&qid=1702826162&sprefix=the+bell+witch%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-11

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Ep. 221 - The Pied Piper

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:35:00 -0000

In 1936, an English schoolteacher led a group of 27 boys on a hiking tour of Germany. What happened next was a horrible tragedy, that turned into a public relations coup for the Nazi regime.

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Notes:

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-freiburg-school-trip-disast/54890384/

https://hainmueller.de/publikationen/

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Ep. 220 - The Skyjacker - Part 2

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:38:00 -0000

In this part 2 of my 2-part episode about the legendary skyjacker D.B. Cooper, I take a look at many of the major suspects in the case, as well as the latest developments in forensic science that some investigators hope may finally identify the mysterious skyjacker.

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Notes:

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking

https://www.history.com/news/who-was-d-b-cooper

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Ep. 219 - The Skyjacker - Part 1

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:07:00 -0000

The name D.B. Cooper has become legendary and has become known as one of the greatest unsolved mysteries ever. In part 1 of this 2 part episode, I'm going to take you through the events of the only unsolved skyjacking in history.

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Ep. 218 - The Halloween Anthology

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 01:46:00 -0000

In honor of the Halloween season, I'm bringing you four ghostly urban legends, and the true stories behind them. Including the story of the house that many claimed to be the most haunted home in America.

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legend-of-fishers-ghost

https://thewillistree.info/the-legend-of-fred-fishers-ghost/

https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2020/09/04/bizarre-beijing-last-bus-fragrant-hills

https://www.thatsmags.com/beijing/post/13130/tales-from-the-chinese-crypt-beijing-s-ghost-bus

ridge

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/congelier-house-pittsburgh/

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2018/07/09/haunted-house-never-congelier-mansion-pittsburgh-pennsylvania/

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Ep. 217 - The Half-Hanged

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:28:00 -0000

In this episode I take you through some of the ways people throughout the 17th century punished accused witches. I take you through the story of the Salem Witch Trials, as well as an earlier tale that helped inspire one of our most famous modern day authors.

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/the-witches-of-salem

Notes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/special-edition-on-infectious-disease/2014/the-fight-over-inoculation-during-the-1721-boston-smallpox-epidemic/

https://genius.com/Margaret-atwood-half-hanged-mary-annotated

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mary-webster-witch-hadley-survives-hanging/

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;idno=N00392.0001.001

https://www.massreview.org/node/7575

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Ep. 216 - The Mesa (Pt. 2)

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 02:22:00 -0000

In this second part of a two-part episode into the alleged secret underground base beneath Dulce, New Mexico, we delve into the origins of the rumors about the base, and we learn the terrible lengths members of the United States government went to in order to keep its secrets.

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Project-Beta-Bennewitz-National-Security/dp/0743470923

https://www.amazon.com/Mirage-Men-Mark-Pilkington/dp/1845298578/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YZEFYAJ4J8UV&keywords=mirage+men&qid=1696080392&s=books&sprefix=mirage+men%2Cstripbooks%2C127&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Dulce-Truth-Evidence-Files-Valdez-ebook/dp/B00EI3X5V6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23R0U5KB63TZM&keywords=dulce+base+greg+valdez&qid=1696080420&s=books&sprefix=dulce+base+greg+valdez%2Cstripbooks%2C134&sr=1-1

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Ep. 215 - The Mesa (Part 1)

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:33:00 -0000

For decades there have been conspiracy theories surrounding Dulce, New Mexico claiming that beneath the earth lies a secret underground base that is being run in cooperation between the United States military and several sinister alien races. In part one of my two part series, I talk about a few of the people who were the biggest proponents of the base, and I break down how much of their story we should believe.

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Dulce-Truth-Evidence-Files-Valdez/dp/0989102807

https://www.discovery.com/exploration/Secret-Underground-Alien-Base-Dulce-New-Mexico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTTYd6JwQ90

https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/branton/esp_dulcebook11.htm

https://www.amazon.com/Saucers-Spooks-Kooks-Disinformation-Aquarius/dp/0994617682?&linkCode=sl1&tag=thewhyfiles01-20&linkId=543000acb3b5ceebec47a74b1b181c7e&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/pentagon-budget-mystery-807276/

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Special Announcement!

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 02:33:55 -0000

I am excited to announce my brand new YouTube channel, The Dark Chronicles. It's the next evolution of The Conspirators podcast, featuring all new stories for your eyes and ears. I invite you to check us out and subscribe by clicking the link below. Thanks so much in advance!

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Ep. 214 - The Last Pirate

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 00:18:20 -0000

Albert W. Hicks was once one of the most infamous considered one of the most infamous murderers in history. But today his name has been almost forgotten. He was a murderer, a gangster, and the last pirate publicly executed in America.

Sources:

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/01/history-half-shell-intertwined-story-new-york-city-and-its-oysters

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Pirate-New-York-Gangster-ebook/dp/B07H73QH5J

https://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Bloodlands-collection-Harold-Schechter-ebook/dp/B07CSWVB9Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30NZ5YL8MM7PC&keywords=the+pirate+harold+schechter&qid=1693665454&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+pirate+harold+shechter%2Cdigital-text%2C105&sr=1-1

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Ep. 213 - The Second Sight

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 01:52:00 -0000

One of the most controversial aspects of law enforcement occur when police investigators use psychics to provide information in solving crimes. Back in 1993, a Montana couple named John and Nancy Bosco were brutally murdered in their bed. Strangely enough, three people involved in the murder claim to have had psychic visions of the crime: the victim's mother, a famous psychic his mother hired, and the murderer himself.

Notes:

https://www.ranker.com/list/john-nancy-bosco-true/jodi-smith

https://billingsgazette.com/john-and-nancy-bosco/article_1c1fcd64-2dcf-5e33-8fdb-1dc0cf94ce72.html

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/John_and_Nancy_Bosco

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiD09fp5eiAAxWyMn0KHae3CGMQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americamagazine.org%2Fissue%2Fculture%2Fultimate-test&usg=AOvVaw2itEN-ocW33ApPGOnEjEcI&opi=89978449

https://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Mercy-Mother-Victims-Penalty/dp/157075358X

https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/10/court.psychics/index.html

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R000100280009-3.pdf

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/manitoba/clairvoyance-on-the-canadian-frontier/

https://www.rd.com/list/mysteries-solved-by-psychics/

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Ep. 212 - The Alaska Triangle

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:59:49 -0000

In Alaska, there is a stretch of 186,000 miles of frozen wilderness with a terrifying reputation. Since 1972, more than 20,000 people have vanished there without a trace. This is the story, of the Alaska Triangle.

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https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/mysteries-of-portlock-alaska-and-the-abandonment-of-the-small-town-in-the-1900s/

https://hwy.co/portlock-alaska/

https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/framing-nantiinaq-alaska-s-best-known-cryptid-homicide-case-debunked/article_ed6facfe-a1f9-11eb-b7fc-0bba856ee2fe.html

https://www.historicmysteries.com/portlock-sasquatch/

https://www.way.com/blog/whats-haunting-portlock-alaska-and-more-mysteries/

https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-alaska-triangle-discovery-plus

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/alaska-triangle/

https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/alaska-triangle/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/alaska-triangle

https://www.thetravel.com/strange-facts-about-the-alaska-triangle/

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Ep. 211 - The Curse of the Dragon

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:14:00 -0000

During his life, Bruce Lee became a pop culture icon. But the life of the man who has become widely known as the greatest martial arts actor of them all was cut tragically short, when he mysteriously died inside a Hong Kong apartment. Was Bruce Lee murdered by the Chinese triads? Or did he fall prey to an ancient curse against his family? In this episode we will explore all the theories, and try to figure out what really happened.

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Notes:

https://bruceleefoundation.org

https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Lee-Life-Matthew-Polly-ebook/dp/B075RTTLPF/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bruce-lee-dies-at-age-32

https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/entertainment/movies/article/3055379/bruce-lee-curse-three-facts-will-leave-you

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9664576/

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-martial-arts-news-shocking-conspiracy-theory-unfolded-linking-bruce-lees-mysterious-death-to-a-family-curse-in-2021/

https://unsolved.com/gallery/brandon-lee/

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Ep. 210 - The Reverend, the Choir Girl and the Pig Woman

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:12:50 -0000

One of the most widely publicized mysteries of the 1920s is the Hall-Mills Murders. Back in 1922 Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were found shot to death in a secluded field outside New Brunswick, New Jersey. This is a sordid tale of infidelity, jealousy and unsolved murder.

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Notes:

HallMillsMurderWINSBroadcastTranscript.pdf

https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/a-sensational-murder-trial-in-the-newly-founded-new-yorker

https://crimereads.com/the-murder-of-edward-hall-and-eleanor-mills-new-jerseys-original-crime-of-the-century/

https://yalereview.org/article/hall-mills-murder-trial-1926

https://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/hall-mills-2012-4/

https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/09/14/hall-mills-murders-case-location-nj-100-years/66060247007/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140307182051/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/mills/1.html

https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Ink-Scandalous-Double-America/dp/006300173X

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Ep. 209 - The Illuminati

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 01:15:00 -0000

There have been many secret societies throughout history, but the most feared and infamous of them all has to be the Illuminati. This notorious secret society is purported to control world events, and seeks to create a so-called "New World Order". Although skeptics are quick to dismiss the Illuminati as paranoid nonsense. The fact is, they were once very real.

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Notes:

https://www.theweek.co.uk/62399/what-is-the-illuminati-and-what-does-it-control

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/29/illuminati-conspiracy-theory-thomas-jeffersion-1800-election-152934

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170809-the-accidental-invention-of-the-illuminati-conspiracy

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/10/illuminati-conspiracy-theory-history-founding-fathers.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/14/illuminati-running-world-not-mad-idea-questioning-hidden-power-elites-sane

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/illuminating-conspiracy

https://www.livescience.com/40048-what-is-the-illuminati.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/8-most-popular-illuminati-conspiracy-074348294.html

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/09/what-is-the-illuminati-conspiracy-and-who-are-its-members

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/608358/illuminati-facts

https://timeline.com/illuminati-history-8f90c2e03bd9

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2020/07/06/the-bizarre-beyonc-conspiracy-theory-explained/?sh=2a70e4dd34c4

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Introducing Southern Gothic

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 03:05:16 -0000

My show is off this week. But we’ll be back next Monday with our regularly scheduled episode. In the meantime, I wanted to give you a special treat and introduce you to another podcast you might like by a friend of mine. Southern Gothic is an amazing show from my friends Brandon and Bryanne Schexnayder. In this show Brandon invites you to Step into the world of the unknown and unravel the dark history, and infamous legends of the American South. Join us as we journey into the heart of this rich and fascinating region, uncovering its ghostly stories, haunted places, and eeriest tales through captivating storytelling, in-depth historical research, and an immersive audio soundscape. From the Bell Witch of Tennessee to the haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium, the ghostly tales of the Myrtles Plantation, the Curse of Lake Lanier and beyond, get ready for an unforgettable experience that brings history to life and uncovers the truth behind classic tales of the paranormal.

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The Boo Hag of the Gullah Culture

According to Gullah folklore, the swamps of the Lowcountry are home to a mythical creature who is said to sneak into the homes of its victims while they sleep and then suck the life force from their breath. The creature, known as the Boo Hag, is described as a large, hideous creature with no skin and glowing red eyes. It is said to be able to change its shape, making it difficult to track or identify. The Boo Hag is also said to be very strong and can easily overpower its victims.

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Ep. 208 - The Hope Diamond

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 01:34:00 -0000

Throughout history there have been many precious gems that have been reported to bring misfortune to any who possess them. But the most famous cursed diamond of all, has to be the Hope Diamond. In this episode, I'll tell you all about the cursed blue diamond's bloody history.

Notes:

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/04/1173260412/kohinoor-diamond-coronation-charles-camilla-crown

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-koh-i-noor-diamondand-why-british-wont-give-it-back-180964660/

https://www.livescience.com/18407-mysterious-cursed-gems-diamonds.html

https://www.amazon.com/Cursed-Objects-Strange-Stories-Infamous-ebook/dp/B082S2SFT3

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-hope-diamond-102556385/

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/the-cursed-hope-diamond/

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope-diamond/history

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/hope-diamond-curse/

https://www.grunge.com/234677/historys-most-cursed-gems/

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230224-the-10-most-iconic-jewels-through-history

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Ep. 207 - The Wrong Child

Mon, 29 May 2023 02:13:00 -0000

In Irish folklore there's a story about a creature known as a changeling. This is a kind of fairy who replaces a human child and takes over its life. Throughout history there have been real cases where a child goes missing, only for the parents to get the wrong child back. In this episode I'll tell you about three of those stories.

Patreon:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180213025539/https://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-terrifying-disappearance-of-little-pauline-picard/81719

Notes:

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/pauline-picard

https://www.historicmysteries.com/pauline-picard-disappearance-story/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobby-dunbar

https://www.iflscience.com/the-disappearance-of-bobby-dunbar-and-the-boy-who-came-back-67246

https://www.history101.com/bobbydunbarmystery/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/walter-collins

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-19-ca-changeling19-story.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72063/1920s-boy-who-impersonated-kidnapping-victim

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/

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Ep. 206 - The Miami Ouija Riot

Mon, 15 May 2023 00:55:00 -0000

In October 1979, a riot broke out at a private military school in Miami experienced . The school was vandalized and several students were injured. The strangest part of the story though are the number of students who claimed that the devil made them do it.

Notes:

https://jeffmaysh.medium.com/hysteria-high-how-demons-destroyed-the-miami-aerospace-academy-jeff-maysh-5a31b4770f29

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terror/etc/synopsis.html

https://gizmodo.com/in-1979-an-entire-science-class-went-berserk-after-b-1726793143

https://www.grunge.com/32284/bizarre-instances-kids-suffering-mass-hysteria/

https://historycollection.com/panic-outbreaks-that-shaped-history-and-controlled-the-masses/19/

https://www.projectcontinua.org/antoinette-bourignon/

https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/the-devils-academy

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Introducing One Strange Thing

Tue, 09 May 2023 12:41:16 -0000

Perhaps it’s not the best-known cryptid, but the Michigan Dogman has crept across the Midwest’s imagination—and embedded itself in the region’s nightmares—largely thanks to a single event in 1987. Was it an attack? A sighting? A mysterious footprint? No, strangers, it was something even more powerful: a voice drifting out, over the radio waves.

Special Thanks: Alvin WIlliams of Affirmative Murder for his vocal talents!

Hosted, written, and researched by Laurah Norton

Additional research by Michael Morrill

Produced by Maura Currie

Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder

Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/

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Ep. 205 - The Real X-Files

Mon, 01 May 2023 10:14:00 -0000

During the 1950s and 1960s the United States Air Force ran a secret program to investigate the growing number of reports of unidentified flying objects. This is the story of Project Blue Book.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Close-Encounters-Man-World-Believe/dp/0062484176

Notes:

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos

https://vault.fbi.gov/Project%20Blue%20Book%20%28UFO%29%20

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/arts/television/project-blue-book-history-true-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-report.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/01/obituaries/j-allen-hynek-astronomer-and-ufo-consultant-dies.html

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Ep. 204 - The Last Murder in Old Peking

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 01:01:31 -0000

In January 1937, the badly mutilated body of a young English woman named Pamela Werner was discovered near the Fox Tower in old Peking. Her murder would shock the city's residents. And afterwards, nothing would ever be the same in China.

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://www.pamelawernermurderpeking.com/

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=midnight+peking&hvadid=241590146597&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9058221&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=10781687911523190948&hvtargid=kwd-36626949300&hydadcr=15274_10334797&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_8rvisktvqk_b

https://www.amazon.com/Death-Peking-policeman-investigates-conclusion-ebook/dp/B09P7CQY8X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25EMWY29D8AIA&keywords=death+in+peking&qid=1681566801&sprefix=death+in+peking%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46450210

https://www.grunge.com/775700/the-biggest-pamela-werner-theories-who-really-killed-her/

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Ep. 203 - The Dodleston Messages

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:30:10 -0000

In 1989, a man named Ken Webster released a book titled "The Vertical Plane" in which he made a remarkable claim. He said that just a few years earlier, while living in the quaint English village of Dodleston, he began receiving messages on his BBC Micro computer. What's so strange about that you might ask? Well according to Ken, those messages were coming from a man living on the same property in the 16th century.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Vertical-Plane-Mystery-Dodleston-Messages/dp/0955983150

Notes:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/jun/09/farout

https://allthatsinteresting.com/chronovisor

https://anthony-hand61.medium.com/did-a-ghost-speak-through-a-machine-or-were-the-dodleston-messages-fake-65b506b98419

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/couple-say-ghost-typed-message-23451225

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Ep. 202 = The Ghost Phone

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000

Thomas Edison has gone down in history as one of our greatest inventors. But toward the end of his life he created one last invention that if it worked, would have changed the world forever. That was when Edison built a device that he hoped could help him talk to ghosts.

Patreon:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristintablang/2019/10/25/thomas-edison-bc-forbes-mystery-spirit-phone/?sh=19fcd629addb

Notes

https://weirdnj.com/stories/unexplained-phenomena/thomas-edisons-spirit-phone/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602456/thomas-edison-nikola-tesla-spirit-phone

https://www.amazon.com/Edison-vs-Tesla-Battle-Invention/dp/1510718761

https://www.sciencealert.com/edison-s-last-breath-lives-in-a-test-tube-in-the-henry-ford-museum

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Ep. 201 - The Magician

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 02:00:00 -0000

There are few names more legendary in the history of science than that of Nikola Tesla. The inventions he created are still in use today. He helped change and power our modern world. Yet he was also a deeply troubled individual, who may have created some inventions that could have destroyed the world as well.

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_warcur.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/tesla/

https://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Times-Nikola-Biography-Genius/dp/0806539968/ref=asc_df_0806539968/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312111868559&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17679175998994409122&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-332218662882&psc=1

https://allthatsinteresting.com/tesla-death-ray

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/01/07/nikola-teslas-earthquake-machine/?sh=49ee733852c5

https://theweek.com/articles/472881/5-crazy-inventions-from-mind-nikola-tesla

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Ep. 200 - The Answers

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:38:58 -0000

Listeners, I can hardly believe it, but this is my 200th episode of The Conspirators. So to honor the occasion, I'm providing you some updates in three of the biggest stories I've covered about mysterious individuals whose identities have remained a secret...until now. Recent developments in DNA testing and good old fashioned detective work have revealed the names of these individuals to the world, and I'm going to tell you who they were.

Patreon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/have-scholars-finally-identified-the-mysterious-somerton-man-180980540/

Notes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-body-on-somerton-beach-50795611/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62314555

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/georgia-guidestones

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/1113855150/a-georgia-monument-was-destroyed-locals-blame-conspiracy-theories

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-south/what-happened-to-americas-stonehenge

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21351188/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-homicide.html

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/boy-in-the-box-philadelphia-case-backstory-20221207.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/boy-in-the-box

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Ep. 199 - The Oubliette

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 02:23:00 -0000

Leap Castle in Ireland is considered by many paranormal investigators to be the most haunted castle in the world, and it's easy to see why. In this episode I tell you all about Leap Castle's bloody history, and about the terrifying discovery that was made in its walls.

Patreon:

https://www.livinginireland.ie/culture-society/a-brief-history-of-ireland/

Notes:

https://the-line-up.com/leap-castle

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/10-most-haunted-castles-in-ireland/

http://leapcastle.net

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/leap-castle-history-and-info-about-the-worlds-most-haunted-castle/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/leap-in-the-dark-1.1261979

Music:

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Ep. 198 - The Lost Cosmonauts

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 03:45:00 -0000

The 1950s and 1960s marked a time when the United States and the Soviet Union were in a proverbial space race to see who could be the first to successfully send human beings into outer space. But did the Soviet Union cover up several embarrassing and tragic accidents even before Yuri Gargarin was credited with being the first man to orbit the earth?

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Jar-Obsession-Detroits-Notorious/dp/1507204027

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Ep. 197 - The Snow Angels

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 02:45:00 -0000

Between 1976 and 1977 four children were abducted and murdered in Oakland County, Michigan. To this day no arrests have ever been made in the case of the Oakland County Child Killer.

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Killings-Inside-Oakland-Investigation/dp/1476684006/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=yqUe9&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=N69MPGA8PSVXPQDQ6AMH&pd_rd_wg=j6CnA&pd_rd_r=57353770-bacf-4c6b-8670-276a06357d85&pd_rd_i=1476684006&psc=1

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2019/02/01/the-oakland-county-child-killer-case-background/

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Ep. 196 - The Campden Wonder

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 03:29:00 -0000

One of the strangest stories to come out of medieval England is that of the Campden Wonder. It's a peculiar mystery involving a missing man, witches, pirates, and so much more.

Patreon:

https://www.chippingcampdenonline.org/the-campden-wonder

Notes:

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2018/04/time-england-three-people-hanged-murder-william-harrison-turned-alive/

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/906/mithridates-poison-elixir-fact-or-fiction/

http://www.campdenwonder.plus.com/

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Ep. 195 - The Black Sea

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:01:53 -0000

Throughout history there are many stories of mysterious ghost ships. Stories of vessels found adrift on the ocean, missing their passengers and crew. In this episode I'm going to tell you about some of the creepiest and most disturbing stories of such ghost ships ever recorded.

Patreon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-abandoned-ship-full-diseased-rats-not-floating-towards-britain-180949477/

Notes:

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/12/ss-baychimo-unsinkable-ghost-ship.html

https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-happened-to-the-ss-baychimo-and-was-it-really-a-ghost-ship/

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/05/ss-baychimo/?safari=1

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/651575/ourang-medan-ghost-ship

https://www.historicmysteries.com/ourang-medan/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/mv-joyita/

https://www.grunge.com/668410/the-mystery-behind-the-abandoned-mv-joyita-ship/

https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-missing-people-from-the-mv-joyita

Music:

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Ep. 194 - The Wild Child

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 02:55:00 -0000

Throughout history you'll find hundreds of stories of so-called "feral children" who were raised by animals in the forest, taking on their animalistic traits. In this episode I'll tell you about some of the most famous feral children ever reported, including the story that inspired "The Jungle Book".

Patreon:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/feral-children

Merch store:

https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696

Notes:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/history-feral-children-mowgli-wild-raised-wolves/

https://study.com/learn/lesson/feral-children-documented-cases-issues.html

https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Girls-Wild-Boys-Children/dp/0571201393/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=feral+children&qid=1669477838&sr=8-2

https://timeline.com/feral-children-france-leblanc-e758585729b1

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Ep. 192 - The Ghosts of Flight 401

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:28:00 -0000

In 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed in the Florida Everglades, killing more than 100 people, including the pilot and crew. That story on its own would be incredibly tragic. But in the months that followed, several Eastern Airlines employees and passengers began reporting that they had begun seeing the ghosts of Flight 401 on other planes.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Flight-401-John-Fuller/dp/0425035530

Notes:

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/10/21/ghost-flight-401/3715665001/

https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/flying-the-ghostly-skies/232247/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1s&v=rHPEn_Krq44

https://sites.google.com/site/eastern401/epilogue

http://repaonline.com/repa-news/2-repa-news/400-what-happened-in-atlanta-today

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196178/lady-be-good/

http://ealflt401.blogspot.com/2010/01/eastern-airlines-l-1011-n310ea-flight.html

https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-vengeful-ghost-of-lady-be-good/

Music:

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"The White Ladies of German Lore" by Historical Blindness (Special Presentation)

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:03:16 -0000

In honor of Halloween season, I'm giving you this spooky treat. Here's a special episode from one of my favorite podcasts, "Historical Blindness." In this episode, the host, Nathaniel Lloyd, tells you some ghost stories from German folklore you probably never hear of before.

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Ep. 191 - The House on Ocean Avenue

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:56:00 -0000

It's the most famous haunted house story in history. In 1976, the Lutz family moved into their dream home in Amityville, Long Island. 28 days later, the family fled, claiming that demonic forces drove them out. This is the true story of the Amityville Horror.

Patreon:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Amityville_Horror/NGADV7J25ggC?hl=en&gbpv=0

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/My-Amityville-Horror-Daniel-Lutz/dp/B00BUJ5KFK

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132035&page=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ronald-defeo-jr-whose-slayings-of-family-members-launched-the-amityville-horror-dies-at-69/2021/03/16/29bd8f88-8665-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7762873/Original-Amityville-Horror-house-on-sale-for-1.15-million.html

https://www.biography.com/news/the-real-amityville-horror-facts

https://web.archive.org/web/20041029003848/http://www.amityvillehorror.com/docs/docs.htm

Music:

The following music was used for this media project:

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Ep. 190 - The Uncanny

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:02:00 -0000

Throughout history there are numerous stories you can find about people who have been sighted in two different places at the same time. This is a phenomena that has allegedly occurred so many times, that a German word has become part of the popular lexicon: Doppelgänger.

Patreon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/science/doppelgangers-twins-dna.html

Notes:

https://www.livescience.com/doppelgangers-act-alike-too

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150821-the-dangerous-consequences-of-seeing-your-doppelganger

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/doppelgangers-and-mythology-spirit-doubles-001825

https://www.vice.com/sv/article/wdax8n/the-time-when-youre-most-likely-to-see-your-doppelgnger-234

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3630394

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/james/emilie-sagee-and-the-strange-case-of-the-doppelganger-5362/

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Ep. 189 - The Interrupted Journey

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 02:20:08 -0000

On September 19, 1961, an American couple named Betty and Barney Hill claimed something remarkable happened to them. This was an event so shocking and terrifying, it created an entirely new mythology in the world of the paranormal. That was when the Hills claimed to be the very first alien abductees in history.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes:

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/features/60-years-later-the-alien-abduction-of-betty-and-barney-hill/97-ae2cf39f-f89c-4ba2-bde0-5cd69c9ae518

https://library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/betty-barney-hill-papers-1961-2006

https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill

https://www.concordmonitor.com/In-Lincoln-a-UFO-story-that-is-out-of-this-world-15987667

https://lithub.com/the-moment-the-myth-of-alien-abduction-was-born/

https://astronomy.com/bonus/zeta

https://www.livescience.com/20250-alien-abductions-origins.html

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Ep. 188 - The Ghoul of Grays Harbor

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 01:28:00 -0000

Between 1903 and 1910, many bodies were found floating in Grays Harbor near Aberdeen, Washington. Police would eventually arrest a local resident named Billy Gohl, a man who has gone down in history as one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. But is any of that true? And was Billy Gohl actually framed?

Patreon:

https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1002&context=history_theses

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Port-Missing-Men-Pacific-Northwest/dp/0295751207/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Aaron+goings&qid=1662213770&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Ghoul-Grays-Harbor-Pacific-Northwest/dp/B07NNMTSR5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YU02VKY3P12E&keywords=the+ghoul+of+grays+harbor&qid=1662214145&sprefix=the+ghoul+of+grays+harbor%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1

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Ep. 187 - The Anthology

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:50:00 -0000

In this extra special episode, I'm presenting to you five mini stories, each telling a different strange tale from different parts of history. Hear the story of the casket girls of New Orleans, the time wolves caused a truce during World War I, the hilarious circumstances where a Nazi U-Boat commander accidentally sunk his own boat, the tale of the fastest surgeon in Victorian London, and of the creepy tale of a missing boy and a C.B. radio.

Patreon:

https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/truth-casket-girls/

Notes:

https://gonola.com/things-to-do-in-new-orleans/history/the-casket-girls-wives-for-french-new-orleans

https://www.military.com/military-life/soldiers-world-war-eastern-front-fought-common-enemy-wolves.html

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/germans-and-russians-wwi.html?safari=1

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/nazi-u-boat-sunk-toilet-malfunction-1455820

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/poop-sank-wwii-german-u-boat

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-me-gentlemen-the-fastest-surgeon-of-the-19th-century/264065/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-liston

https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/child-pleads-for-help-through-cb-radio-21e1cc6489e0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Boy_Larry

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Ep. 186 - The Secret Life of Pope Joan

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 01:50:00 -0000

There's a story that claims back in the middle of the 9th century CE, there once lived a Pope named John Anglicus. Very little is known about what this Pope actually did during their reign. But one thing that is believed by some historians is that Pope John actually held a shocking secret. You see, legend has it, Pope John Anglicus was actually a woman known as Pope Joan, who managed to hide her gender and rise to the most powerful throne in Europe.

Patreon:

https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/how-history-keeps-ignoring-james-barry

Notes:

https://www.history.com/news/the-extraordinary-secret-life-of-dr-james-barry

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Pope-Joan-Alain-Boureau/dp/0226067459

https://www.press.umich.edu/135037/afterlife_of_pope_joan

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329309405_Pope_Joan_The_covered-up_pontificate_of_a_woman_or_a_fictional_legend_Second_Edition

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-coins-suggest-legendary-female-pope-may-have-existed-after-all-180970297/

https://www.livescience.com/63598-female-pope-joan-medieval-coins.html

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Ep. 185 - The Angel Particle

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:24:00 -0000

Throughout history there have been a few scientists considered so brilliant they become household names. People like Albert Einstein or Galileo. But one name you might not be familiar with is Ettore Majorana, a genius Italian physicist who helped develop our understanding of the structure of the atom. One day in March of 1938, Majorana vanished without a trace, leaving behind a mystery to this day.

Patreon:

https://cerncourier.com/a/ettore-majorana-genius-and-mystery/

Notes:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012019/pdf

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XC74T7W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200103141035.htm

https://theconversation.com/this-is-what-happened-the-morning-the-first-atomic-bomb-created-a-new-world-142184

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/us/trinity-test-anniversary.html

https://www.energy.gov/lm/doe-history/manhattan-project-background-information-and-preservation-work/manhattan-project-1

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Artist website: https://incompetech.com

The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Wondery Presents: Who Killed Daphne?

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:14:59 -0000

When a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of journalists comes together to continue her work. Along the way they start to uncover clues that might lead to her killers. From Wondery, comes a new story about power, corruption and one woman’s fight for the truth. Hosted by investigative reporter Stephen Grey.

http://wondery.fm/TCP_Daphne

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Ep. 184 - The Pattern

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 01:27:00 -0000

A lot of conspiracy theories can be explained away as simple coincidence, and the way our human minds are designed to seek connections in places where there aren't any. And yet, there are some stories that make you wonder if something more sinister really is going on. During the 1980s nearly two dozen people working for a British defense firm all died under unusual circumstances. Were these just coincidences, as the British government insisted? Or were they all killed in a game of foreign espionage?

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https://theunredacted.com/dead-scientists-the-marconi-murders/

Notes:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-08-mn-185-story.html

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-mysterious-death-of-indian-prime-minister-and-top-indian-nuclear-scientist-7bcf40b8562e

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Verdict-Tony-Collins/dp/0747401462

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/01/06/from-the-archives-when-several-indian-nuclear-scientists-died-mysteriously.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDA3gGBzMKA

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Ep. 183 - The Outlaw Trail

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:41:00 -0000

In 1908, news broke that the legendary outlaws known as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were gunned down in a shootout in Bolivia. But is that what really happened? Almost as soon as the gunsmoke cleared, rumors began to spread that Butch and Sundance might have survived, and lived on for years after.

Patreon:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/butch/

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Butch-Cassidy-Story-American-Outlaw/dp/1501117483/ref=asc_df_1501117483/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509234950067&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10024823998848774111&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-923944284217&psc=1

https://www.biography.com/news/butch-cassidy-sundance-kid-real-story

https://www.grunge.com/180040/the-truth-about-butch-cassidys-death/

https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-deaths-of-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy

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Ep. 182 - The Coral Castle

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 02:45:00 -0000

Near the town of Homestead, Florida stands one of the most unique tourist attractions in the United States. It's a massive monolithic park built from 1,100 tons of limestone that today is known as the Coral Castle. The strangest part of this remarkable structure is that it was built by one man. Did the creator Edward Leedskallnin discover the secret of anti-gravity? Find out in this episode.

Patreon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/

Notes:

https://coralcastle.com

https://www.livescience.com/41075-coral-castle.html

https://www.amazon.com/Coral-Castle-Leedskalnin-American-Stonehenge/dp/098421321X/ref=asc_df_098421321X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312176338241&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17409254240294197034&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-570489770565&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60258870897&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312176338241&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17409254240294197034&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-570489770565

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Ep. 181 - The Blood Gospel

Mon, 30 May 2022 01:13:00 -0000

Throughout history, many cultures have considered blood to have magical properties. In fact, some people have held blood in such high regard that they actually turned to drinking blood in order to prolong their lives.

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https://www.livescience.com/15899-drinking-blood-safe.html

Notes:

https://www.ranker.com/list/carter-brothers-vampire-legend/jodi-smith

https://yesterdaysamerica.com/the-forgotten-history-of-two-new-orleans-vampires/

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5085&context=etd

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/blood-lust-the-early-history-of-transfusion/

https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Wakeman-vs-Antichrist-Strange-but-True-ebook/dp/B00INIXUAS

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Ep. 180 - The Madness of Two

Mon, 16 May 2022 00:56:00 -0000

In February 1933, a pair of sisters, Christine and Lea Papin were working as servants in a wealthy household, when the pair snapped and committed one of the most brutal and horrific crimes in French history. Was this a case of shared madness or class warfare?

Patreon:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/papin-sisters

Notes:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/12/the-papin-sisters-and-the-murder-case-that-still-haunts-france-after-more-than-80-years/?safari=1

https://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Oxford-Studies-European-Culture/dp/0198160119

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-crimes-of-the-papin-sisters-amy-delaney/1126474717

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Wondery Presents Blood Ties Season 3 "Strange Days"

Mon, 09 May 2022 16:56:38 -0000

ur family members are not always who we think. When Eleonore Richland exposed her father’s dark legacy, she vowed to clean up the family business – and hired her half-brother, Santino Reyes, to help her do it. But old habits die hard. In the shocking new third season, Eleonore reckons with what her father always taught her growing up: medicine is a bloody business. From Wondery, the makers of “The Shrink Next Door” and “Dr. Death,” Blood Ties stars Gillian Jacobs (Community, Love), Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why), and Peter Stormare. Listen to all six episodes ad free on Wondery+ on May 9.
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Ep. 179 - The Valley of Tears Pt. 2

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:56:00 -0000

Part 2 of a 2-part episode. In October 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying an amateur rugby team crashed in the Andes mountains. In our previous episode I told you about the events leading up to the crash, and about the shocking things the survivors needed to do to survive. On their 17th day, things went from bad to worse when an avalanche buried the wreckage in snow. This is what happened next.

Patreon:

https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/environment/article/avalanches https://www.history.com/news/miracle-andes-disaster-survival https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9437057/Survivor-1972-Andes-plane-crash-resorted-cannibalism-recalls-pain-eating-friends-flesh.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JTVGF7C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/stranded/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1776935/

Notes:

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Ep. 178 - The Valley of Tears - Pt. 1

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:47:00 -0000

In October 1972, a chartered flight carrying an amateur Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes mountains. What followed was one of the most harrowing tales of survival in history.

Notes:

https://www.history.com/news/miracle-andes-disaster-survival

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9437057/Survivor-1972-Andes-plane-crash-resorted-cannibalism-recalls-pain-eating-friends-flesh.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JTVGF7C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/stranded/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1776935/

Patreon:

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph

Music:

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 177 - The Engineer

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:46:00 -0000

In the annals of ufology, there are certain places and certain names that have become legendary. Two of those names are Area 51 and Bob Lazar. In this episode we dive deep into the history of Area 51, and hear the story of the man who claims to have worked on reverse engineering alien flying saucers on the top secret base.

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Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/Area-51-Uncensored-Americas-Military/dp/0316202304

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Lazar-Area-Flying-Saucers/dp/B07L139C66

https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2021/06/01/ufos-the-pentagon-and-the-enigma-of-bob-lazar/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YN81TRQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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Ep. 176 - The Poisoner’s Tale

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 01:07:00 -0000

In the mid-19th century there lived a woman named Lydia Sherman, who came from a poor upbringing only to raise her position in life through the only means she saw possible, murder. She began by murdering her husband and children, and went on to become one of the worst serial killers you never heard of.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NH77LQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://connecticuthistory.org/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner/https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner-commits-the-horror-of-the-century/https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sherman-lydia.htm https://midwesterncitizen.com/2021/02/the-luck-of-lydia-sherman-how-gender-in-the-19th-century-impacted-felony-prosecution-and-criminal-justice/

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Ep. 175 - The Haunting of Alma Fielding

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 02:16:00 -0000

During the 1920s, the term poltergeist became popularized to describe the variety of hauntings in which spirits could actually make loud noises and actually move physical objects. In 1938, a Hungarian paranormal researcher named Nandor Fodor investigated the poltergeist haunting of a seemingly average housewife named Alma Fielding. Fodor came away from the experience believing he had solved the mystery of what was really behind poltergeists.

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https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/lost-ghost-hotel-dark-history-18984182

Notes:

https://web.archive.org/web/20070813211151/http://www.mara.org.uk/Palace.htm

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22737728/

https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Poltergeist-Nandor-Fodor/dp/1258086166/ref=sr_1_1?adid=082VK13VJJCZTQYGWWCZ&campaign=211041&creative=374001&keywords=On+the+Trail+of+the+Poltergeist&qid=1646481941&s=books&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Alma-Fielding-Ghost-Story/dp/B08FKSB2BC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1I16LGHRTBCJ7&keywords=the+haunting+of+alma+fielding&qid=1646481757&sprefix=the+haunting+of+alma+fielding%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1

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Ep. 174 - The Return

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:11:00 -0000

Throughout history there have been certain individuals who have tried to change their position in life by pretending to be someone they're not. In this episode I tell you about three such impostors, and the strange mysteries that followed.

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https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-mysterious-princess-caraboo/

Notes:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/princess-caraboo

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89321/mysterious-disappearance-and-reappearance-roger-tichborne

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GX4QD1G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.amazon.com/Unsolved-Mysteries-History-Eye-Opening-Investigation/dp/0471442577

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Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod

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Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 173 - The Lake Bodom Murders

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 02:01:00 -0000

One of the most brutal murders in Finland's history occurred in June 1960. At that time, four teenagers out camping near Lake Bodom were brutally attacked by a knife wielding maniac, killing three of them. To this day, no one knows who did it, or why.

Patreon:

Notes: https://allthatsinteresting.com/lake-bodom-murders https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/584241/lake-bodom-murders https://www.grunge.com/748684/the-biggest-lake-bodom-murder-theories-what-really-happened/https://www.historicmysteries.com/lake-bodom-murders/https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-lake-bodom-facts/cristina-sanza http://imgur.com/gallery/ToNes https://fotostrasse.com/lake-bodom-murders/#.YfxjXy-B30o http://hejac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31&start=460 https://www.lansivayla.fi/paikalliset/1740609

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Ep. 172 - The Triangle

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 01:52:00 -0000

Back during the start of the 20th century, the Gilded Age gave way to the Progressive Era as immigrant labor was forced to work long hours in terrible working conditions. This all came to a head on March 25, 1911, when a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Lower East Side, killing 146 people. It was one of the greatest tragedies in the history of America.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Triangle-Fire-That-Changed-America/dp/080214151X/ref=asc_df_080214151X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=353874173411&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10690795438936146453&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-488229178480&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=71634025176&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=353874173411&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10690795438936146453&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-488229178480 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/uncovering-the-history-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-fire-124701842/https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/triangle-remembering-the-fire

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Ep. 171 - The Vagabond

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 02:40:00 -0000

Throughout the American southwest, a young artist named Everett Ruess became a household name. There are arts festivals in his name, and you can buy posters and mugs bearing Everett's artwork. But in 1934, at age 20, Everett vanished while on a lengthy trip through the desert. In this episode I tell you about the life of Everett Ruess, and of the many mysteries he left behind.

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https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Everett-Ruess-Vagabond-W-L-Rusho/dp/0879052104/ref=asc_df_0879052104/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312065538926&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10411978680814241139&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-650923804952&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Everett-Ruess-Disappearance-Wilderness/dp/B005DCA1HC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TPL55DOITA7W&keywords=Everett+ruess&qid=1641572810&s=books&sprefix=everett+ruess%2Cstripbooks%2C93&sr=1-1

https://www.saltlakemagazine.com/everett-ruess-nowhere-man/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/everett-ruess-found-dna-test-proves-skeleton-in-utah-desert-is-ruess

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Ep. 170 - The Harvest

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 02:31:00 -0000

Throughout the late 1960s all the way up to the present day, farmers and cattle ranchers around the world have reported thousands of mysterious deaths and mutilations of their livestock. Theories range from cultists, to government experiments all the way to extraterrestrial visitors. In this episode I give you the history of cattle mutilation, and the terrifying implications this phenomena may have for the human race.

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https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRMSXFM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.history.com/news/cattle-mutilation-1970s-skinwalker-ranch-ufosx

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/767283820/not-one-drop-of-blood-cattle-mysteriously-mutilated-in-oregon

https://vault.fbi.gov/Animal%20Mutilation

https://7news.com.au/spotlight/the-ufo-phenomenon-australias-cattle-mutilation-mystery-c-3035029

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Ep. 169 - The Atomic Boy Scout

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 02:27:00 -0000

In 1994, the residents of a quiet suburban Detroit neighborhood were startled by the site of an Environmental Protection Agency cleanup crew in hazardous materials suits swarming a house on Pinto Street. It turned out the 17 year old son of the homeowner had attempted to build an atomic breeder reactor in the back yard.

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https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696

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Notes:

https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-legend-of-david-hahn-the-radioactive-boy-scout-e0fefdd4261a

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC1AJS/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1638961144&ref_=tmm_kin_swatch_0&sr=8-1

https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/the-radioactive-boy-scout/

https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/the-radioactive-boy-scout-who-built-a-nuclear-reactor-in-his-back-yard/

https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/love-canal-tragedy.html

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1936731_1936743_1936745,00.html

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Ep. 168 - The Silver Star

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:32:00 -0000

Throughout the history of the old west, there are few lawmen with as interesting a story as that of Bass Reeves. He was a former slave who became known far and wide as perhaps the most prolific law enforcement officer in history. Some stories claim he arrested more than 3,000 criminals in his career, and shot and killed as many as fourteen men. He's also widely believed to be the inspiration for the one of the most famous fictional cowboys ever, the Lone Ranger.

Patreon:

https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696

Merchandise:

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003SLFBOS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/the-resurrection-of-bass-reeves/

https://www.ranker.com/list/wild-west-misconceptions/nida-sea

Music:

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 167 - The Prodigy

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 02:54:00 -0000

You've probably heard stories about child prodigies, those remarkable children who show incredible aptitudes in art, music, science and mathematics at an early age. Well, once there lived a little girl named Barbara Newhall Follett, who published her first novel at age 12, and for a time became the darling of the literary world. But fame and critical acclaim at such an early age comes with a price, and one day when Barbara was 25 years old, she walked out of her apartment and was never seen again.

Patreon:

https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696

Teepublic:

Notes:

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/celebrity/vanishing-act

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-place-of-vanishing-finding-barbara-newhall-follett/

https://www.npr.org/2010/12/18/132135938/barbara-newhall-follett-disappearing-child-genius

https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/20/the-benefits-and-pressures-of-being-a-young-genius/often-child-prodigies-do-not-grow-into-adult-genius

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/may/15/child-geniuses-prodigies

https://vtdigger.org/2017/12/03/vermont-prodigy-wows-world/

Music:

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

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Ep. 166 - The Night Hag

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:48:00 -0000

Scientists estimate anywhere from eight to fifteen percent of the public suffers from the condition known as sleep paralysis sometime during their lives. Although scientists believe they can explain this strange sensation of waking up feeling paralyzed with fear. The people who suffer this affliction often insist they are being terrorized by evil forces bent on harming them. In this episode I'll tell you about the long history of sleep paralysis, and about the time during the late 1970s and early 80's when 117 otherwise healthy men died in their sleep.

Patreon:

https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696

Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-That-Comes-Night-Experience-Centered/dp/081221305X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=david+hufford&qid=1634695361&sr=8-1

http://alexandrabittner.com/mara-the-nightmare-legend/

http://www.furorteutonicus.eu/germanic/ashliman/mirror/nightmare.html

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleep-paralysis

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/09/the-dark-side-of-the-placebo-effect-when-intense-belief-kills/245065/

https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death

https://thehatmanproject.com

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Ep. 165 - The Premonitions Bureau

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:54:00 -0000

In October 1966 a terrible mining disaster occurred in the Welsh village of Aberfan, killing 116 children and 28 adults. One strange thing that occurred following the disaster were the number of stories that began emerging that several children who were killed along with a number of other adults who should have had no knowledge of the flood, began reporting having psychic premonitions of the disaster before it occurred. This led a British psychiatrist named John Barker to create a premonitions bureau, where he collected stories of psychic visions, in the hope that they could one day use this information to save lives.

Patreon:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-aberfan-disaster-featured-crown-180973565/

Notes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-the-nocebo-effect-5451823/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/the-psychiatrist-who-believed-people-could-tell-the-future

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1360777/Can-dreams-predict-future-Book-examines-psychology-paranormal.html

https://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/11-07-06/

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Ep. 164 - The Guru

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:35:00 -0000

In part two of my two-part series, I tell you about what happened next with cult leader Terri Hoffman and the mysterious deaths that continued to occur among the members of her North Dallas cult known as Conscious Development.

Patreon:

Notes: https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1982/december/rise-and-fall-of-a-north-dallas-cult-conscious-development/https://culteducation.com/group/1188-terri-hoffman/20405-the-curse-of-the-black-lords.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-13-mn-22283-story.html https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Southern_Jr.https://truenoirstories.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/terri-hoffman/

Music: Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/

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Ep. 163 - The Black Lords

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:48:00 -0000

During the early 1970s, a new age movement called Conscious Development run by a guru named Terri Hoffman became popular in Dallas, Texas. But this group also had a lot of dark secrets behind it. Some say, even murder.

Patreon:

Music: Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/

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Ep. 162 - The Phantom Airships

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 00:47:00 -0000

Between 1896 and 1897, hundreds of sightings were reported of strange airships over the United States and Europe, years before the Wright Brothers' first flight. Were these mysterious airships alien spacecraft? Or the work of clever human inventors? And were they perhaps the work of a secret society of aviators from decades earlier, who were all part of a vast conspiracy?

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097CJJT72/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Notes:

http://www.auroratexas.gov/board-of-commisions/historic-preservation/ned/

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Aurora-UFO-crash-remains-a-Texas-alien-mystery-5410990.php

https://texashillcountry.com/1897-aurora-texas-ufo-alien-buried-cemetery/

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/yellow-journalism-the-fake-news-of-the-19th-century

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/charles-a-a-dellschau-dreams-of-flying-the-amazing-story-of-an-airship-club-that-might-never-have-existed/274170/

https://www.houstonpress.com/news/secrets-of-the-sonora-aero-club-6567727

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://dexterbritain.com/

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 161 - The Murderous Dr. Cream

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 01:27:00 -0000

In 1892, a convicted serial killer named Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was led to the gallows. One story goes that just before the hangman pulled the lever, Dr. Cream was in the middle of confessing to being the most famous serial killer of all time, Jack the Ripper.

Patreon:

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cream-thomas-neill.htm

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GFZQ442/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.police1.com/bizarre/articles/15-infamous-last-words-from-criminals-on-death-row-SSCSJ5XRWVk2Osva/

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/politics-law/the-evil-deeds-of-dr-cream

Music:

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow

Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

https://dexterbritain.com/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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Ep. 160 - The Rose and Cross

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:53:00 -0000

In rural Georgia there stands a mysterious monument built in 1980 that bears a series of Ten Commandments that appear to call for wiping out much of humanity. Who built the Georgia Guidestones? And how do they tie into a secretive Protestant group from the Middle Ages who often get mentioned in a number of conspiracy theories?

Patreon:

Notes: https://www.wired.com/2009/04/ff-guidestones/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nobody-knows-how-to-interpret-this-doomsday-stonehenge-in-georgia-5592082/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/georgia-guidestones https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-truth-about-the-georgia-guidestones-323cd33bd68 https://www.onlineathens.com/article/20150411/NEWS/304119923 https://www.newsweek.com/fake-secret-society-secret-society-323248 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cross-purposes-who-are-rosicrucians-1767848.html https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-origins-of-rosicrucianism/https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4164 https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/reimagining-a-shadowy-medieval-brotherhood-that-probably-didnt-exist

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 159 - The Windigo

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:40:01 -0000

Throughout the Algonquian speaking tribes of Canada there exist legends of a terrifying, cannibalistic creature that stalks the forest. Windigo legends have grown so popular they've even become part of our own modern pop culture in movies, comics and video games. But the history of the winding goes much deeper than that. And it turns out, involves some very real murders.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts

Notes: https://www.backstoryradio.org/blog/the-mythology-and-misrepresentation-of-the-windigo/ https://legionmagazine.com/en/2003/01/beware-the-windigo/ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/ http://www.murderpedia.org/male.R/r/runner-swift.htm https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/meet-jack-the-cannibal-killer/67368/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/vince-li-discharge-1.3977278 https://allthatsinteresting.com/vince-li

Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
https://dexterbritain.com/

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Ep. 158 - The Boy in the Box

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 01:07:19 -0000

In February 1957, a man walking through the woods of the Fox Chase area outside Philadelphia made a gruesome discovery. It was the body of a little boy, who had been badly beaten and discarded inside a cardboard box. More than six decades later, the identity of the little boy and who murdered him, remains a mystery.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast
Notes:
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2006/05/15/who-is-the-boy-in-the-box-part-one/

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/real-time/the-boy-in-the-box-1957-DNA-philadelphia.html

https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/the-box-in-the-box

https://the-line-up.com/boy-in-the-box-case

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/us/01boy.html

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://dexterbritain.com/

Loss by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4003-loss

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 157 - The First Detective

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 02:10:00 -0000

During the 18th century there once live a rather remarkable individual in France who is considered today to be the father of modern criminology. Eugene Vidocq lived his life by one philosophy, in order to catch a criminal, you had to be able to think like one. Which was fortunate in his case, because on top of being the first modern detective, Vidocq was also a wanted criminal.

Patreon:

Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/edgar-allan-poe-invented-detective-story-180962914/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edgar-allan-poe-tried-and-failed-to-crack-the-mysterious-murder-case-of-mary-rogers-7493607/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P88796W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/eugene-francois-vidocq-french-criminal-detective/https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Eugne-Franois-Vidocq-The-Convict-Who-Became-the-Father-of-Modern-Criminal-Investigation https://www.vidocq.org/history/https://allthatsinteresting.com/eugene-francois-vidocq

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Ep. 156 - The Mad Trapper

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:57:00 -0000

Back in 1932, a mysterious stranger who led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on a wild manhunt through the frozen wilderness of the Canadian Northwest. What should have begun as a simple questioning by police, turned into a violent gun battle and one of the largest manhunts in the history of the northwest. Although the man went by what is most likely an alias of Albert Johnson, he's better known by the name given to him by the newspapers, The Mad Trapper of Rat River.

Patreon:

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1955/10/1/who-was-the-mad-trapper-of-rat-river

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Manhunt-Hunt-Mad-Trapper/dp/B01K10D9IS

https://www.whitehorsestar.com/History/a-most-bizarre-case-the-mad-trapper-of-rat-river1

https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/community/the-mad-trapper-part-4-the-quest-to-identify-albert-johnson-begins/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-trapper-albert-johnson

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://dexterbritain.com/

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one

Long note One by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 155 - The Yeti Hunters

Mon, 31 May 2021 21:45:00 -0000

For centuries, stories have existed of a large, hairy ape man roaming the Himalayas. Hear the stories of the people who have hunted this elusive creature that some people call the Yeti, while others call the Abominable Snowman.

Patreon:

Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Slick-True-Encounters-Cryptozoology/dp/0941936740/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/138-5558208-5801144?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0941936740&pd_rd_r=6e7576c5-1778-45c6-9094-134134e0d39a&pd_rd_w=LC253&pd_rd_wg=mPLFe&pf_rd_p=a0d6e967-6561-454c-84f8-2ce2c92b79a6&pf_rd_r=9SY9H2ZNNCGNNHN5S99F&psc=1&refRID=9SY9H2ZNNCGNNHN5S99F https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2011/09/06/the-badass-hall-of-fame-tom-slick-millionaire-yeti-hunter https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/yeti-abominable-snowman-bear-daniel-taylor https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/so-much-abominable-snowman-study-finds-yeti-dna-belongs-bears http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150630-is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-yeti https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Cryptozoology-Mongolian-Deathworms-Not-So-Mythical-ebook/dp/B07N1WS26W

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep 154 - The Dark Night of the Soul

Mon, 17 May 2021 01:35:00 -0000

Back in 1929, the nude body of a young woman named Netta Fornario was discovered on the tiny Scottish island of Iona. She was draped in a black cloak, and her body was laid out over a cross carved in the earth. To this day no one knows exactly what caused her death. But there are those who believe she was killed by supernatural forces, and they all lead back to a mysterious secret society of magicians.

Patreon:

Notes: https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/netta-fornario https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/555841/strange-1920s-death-iona-scotland-nora-emily-fornario https://medium.com/@anncarney51/the-strange-death-of-netta-fornario-b4d6817d7e6f https://www.nps.gov/subjects/air/humanhealth-sulfur.htm https://www.google.com/books/edition/Priestess/H5JCPgAACAAJ?hl=en https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Magicians_of_the_Golden_Dawn.html?id=1sc2AAAAMAAJ http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=dennis-denisoff-the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-1888-1901 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-western-mysticism-and-esotericism/golden-dawn-and-the-oto/89C65341BF3D3912E35E25A6F3759B07

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Ep. 153 - The Kingfish

Mon, 03 May 2021 09:59:12 -0000

Hey everyone, here’s the latest conspiracy-laden episode, featuring guest host Rob Kristofferson of "Rolling Through the Realms", "The Order of Podcasters" and "Our Strange Skies".

During the 1930s, Huey Long was the ultimate political heavyweight in Louisiana. He simultaneously acted as the state's governor and U.S. Senator. But in 1935, according to the history books, a young doctor named Carl Weiss assassinated Long by gunning him down inside the state capitol. But is that what really happened? In this episode we tell you about the wild and colorful history of Long's political career, and explain why Long's alleged assassin might really be innocent.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/huey-long/ https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_1f01fd4b-424d-55d6-95cc-b3782e81da79.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AO54EWA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.hueylong.com/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/13089/when-julius-caesar-was-kidnapped-pirates-he-demanded-they-increase-his-ransom

Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/
Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 152 - The Last Train to Paris

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 02:25:00 -0000

Hey everyone! While I’m recuperating I wanted to introduce you to my special guest host for this episode, the amazing Nina Innsted of the Already Gone Podcast!

The history books generally state that the inventor of motion pictures would either go to Thomas Edison or the Lumiere brothers. But there's considerable evidence that title should actually go to a lesser known inventor named Louis LePrince, who built his first single-lens motion picture camera years before Edison or the Lumieres. The reason you may never have heard of Louis LePrince though is because before the inventor ever got a chance to publicly demonstrate his remarkable invention, he vanished without a trace from a moving train, along with all his plans.

Patreon:

Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Edison-Electric-Invention-America/dp/0143124447 https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Reel-Christopher-1-Nov-1990-Hardcover/dp/B012HUROVS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=christopher+rawlence&qid=1618589576&sr=8-1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702108701603 https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/06/01/was-thomas-edison-a-patent-troll/id=10829/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33198686 https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/587550/Louis-Le-Prince-new-documentary-world-s-first-motion-picture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_the_first_powered_flight https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/who-invented-radio-guglielmo-marconi-or-aleksandr-popov

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 151 - The Anthology

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 01:18:00 -0000

Hey listeners, while I'm recuperating from surgery, here are three of my favorite spooky mini episodes Patreon to tide you over:

The Valley of the Headless Men

There's a massive section of pristine wilderness in Northern Canada called the Nahanni National Park Reserve. But legend has it during the early 20th century, several decapitated bodies were found there, giving it the more descriptive nickname The Valley of the Headless Men

Notes:

https://www.outdoorjournal.com/news/secrets-nahanni-valley-headless-men/

https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/canada/experiences/news/the-haunting-history-of-this-canadian-national-park

https://medium.com/chameleon/the-valley-of-headless-men-e249a493efed

Music:

March of the Mind by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4020-march-of-the-mind

https://www.joeturnerbooks.com/post/daniel-laplante

The Entity

In 1986, two teenage girls performed a seance to try to summon the spirit of their deceased mother. Instead, they caught the attention of something altogether terrifying.

Notes:

https://medium.com/chameleon/daniel-laplante-a-chilling-story-of-a-disturbed-young-killer-8ee51bfc7db9

https://www.wattpad.com/769259411-real-crime-stories-paranormal-hauntings-daniel

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The Iceman Curseth

In 1991, some hikers in the Otztal Alps came across a remarkable discovery: the frozen remains of a prehistoric man dating back to between 3400 to 3100 BC. Although Otzi the Iceman, as he's become known, was a major scientific discovery, there are those who believe his remains came with a deadly curse.

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https://www.ranker.com/list/otzi-iceman-curse/april-a-taylor

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/apr/20/science.italy

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Special Announcement

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 13:15:08 -0000

Hi listeners, I need to share with you a special announcement regarding the future of the show.

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Introducing: Spy Affair

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:09:50 -0000

A charismatic Russian woman arrives in the US on a mission to improve relations between the two countries, and she soon makes some powerful friends. But who is Maria Butina? And who is she working for? As Maria gets closer to the rich and connected she also attracts the attention of the FBI. In the politically charged world of US-Russia relations, everyone has secrets and almost nothing is what it seems. From Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and Dr. Death comes SPY AFFAIR a story about deception, appearances, and betrayal.

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Ep. 150 - The Final Flight

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 02:12:45 -0000

In December 1945, a group of five TBM Avenger bombers carrying 14 crewmen took off from a naval base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This should have been a normal training flight, but instead things took a bizarre turn when the group of airplanes known as Flight 19 vanished without a trace. And when the Navy sent out a search and rescue mission soon after, so to did one of the rescue planes vanish over the same mysterious stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that has come to be known as The Bermuda Triangle.

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Ep. 149 - The Crime of the Century

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 01:45:00 -0000

Throughout the annals of true crime you'll often hear certain murders being described as "The Crime of the Century". Back in 1924, the press dubbed the kidnapping and murder of a 14 year old boy named Bobby Franks with that title. But what was especially unusual about the crime wasn't the murder itself. But rather, the two suspects the police arrested. They were a couple of wealthy 19 year old college students named Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, and when they confessed to the crime they shocked the nation by telling everyone they had done it simply for the thrill of it all.

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Ep. 148 - The Haunting of Girlstown

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:16:00 -0000

Between 2006 and 2007, something strange was happening in a girls school in Mexico. More than 600 students began complaining of phantom pains in their legs and other mysterious ailments. But what was even stranger was the fact that the girls also began to believe their school was cursed by evil spirits.

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Notes: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/14117464.flashback-hundreds-blackburn-pupils-hit-fainting-frenzy/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1962-laughter-epidemic-of-tanganyika-was-no-joke https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21242299/outbreak-girlstown-chalco-world-villages-villa-de-las-ninas https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/world/americas/16mexico.html https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria https://www.vice.com/en/article/exqyzp/how-does-mass-hysteria-take-over-a-school

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Ep. 147 - The Changeling

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 01:28:00 -0000

During the late 19th century, there still remained a pervasive fear throughout rural Ireland about fairy changelings, who were said to steal your loved ones, and replace them with inhuman duplicates. It was this sort of fear that would drive a man named Michael Cleary to commit a truly horrible crime against his own wife, Bridget.

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Ep. 146 - The Detective in Black

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:45:00 -0000

In the early 1900s there lived one of the most remarkable detectives in history that you've likely never heard of. Her name was Grace Humiston, although back then newspapers began singing her praises, and dubbed her Mrs. Sherlock Holmes.

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Wondery Presents: The Apology Line

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:43:32 -0000

If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as “Mr. Apology.” As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn’t just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, comes a story about empathy, deception and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six episode series.

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Ep. 145 - The Lost Treasure of Victorio Peak

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 02:56:00 -0000

In New Mexico's Hembrillo Basin there stands a small mountain called Victorio Peak. Back in the 1930s, a man named Doc Noss claimed to have discovered a secret passage into the mountain leading to an enormous cavern. Inside that cavern, Doc Noss claimed to have discovered a treasure estimated at $2 billion dollars.

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Notes: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/victorio-peak-treasure/https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Victorio_Peak_Treasure https://unsolved.com/gallery/victorios-peak-treasure/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-16-vw-1352-story.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VBWSY7L/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/29/us/following-1937-story-of-buried-gold-family-searches-new-mexico-s-sands.html http://www.mcguiresplace.net/the%20treasure%20of%20victorio%20peak/http://culturecrossfire.com/etc/unsolved-mysteries-victorio-peak-part-2/https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjV3Ki_h4_uAhXBU80KHftfBAwQFjADegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsmr.army.mil%2FPAO%2Fvps%2FPages%2FPart2--2990--Howthegoldwasfoundhowitgotthere.aspx&usg=AOvVaw05j634pyxMMxBgiGlX92aF

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Ep. 144 - The Hotel Savoy

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 01:47:00 -0000

One of the most remarkable stories to come out of World War II is that of Jan Baalsrud. He was a Norwegian saboteur who found himself wounded, barefoot and on the run from German soldiers swarming the country looking for him. Listen as I tell you what happened on the man's harrowing journey.

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Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/magazine/the-fugitive.html https://nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/jan-balsrud-is-the-man-that-never-gave-up/https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/the-wwii-survival-story-of-jan-baalsrud/https://www.amazon.com/We-Die-Alone-David-Howarth/dp/B000JCBCXS https://www.amazon.com/12th-Man-WWII-Escape-Endurance/dp/151071863X/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_2/145-4535570-7808019?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=151071863X&pd_rd_r=0bed382e-5e94-40ec-bc03-5c39c4ca45f6&pd_rd_w=cjAGI&pd_rd_wg=fa63O&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB&psc=1&refRID=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB

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Ep. 143 - The Bones of the Saints

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:37:00 -0000

Throughout its long history, the Catholic Church has anointed countless saints. And with all those many, many saints there also come many strange stories. Some of the strangest tales have occurred long after these saints were dead. Listen as I tell you some tales of miracles, of murder, of intrigue and of mysteries that remain unsolved to this day.

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Notes: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/10/28/blessed-carlo-acutis-first-millennial-saint-catholic-church-children-canonization https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Thomas-Becket/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2MDYCW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/becket_thomas.shtml https://blog.britishmuseum.org/thomas-becket-the-murder-that-shook-the-middle-ages/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs-284882/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/12/131219-santa-claus-origin-history-christmas-facts-st-nicholas/https://www.history.com/news/who-was-st-nicholas

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Ep. 142 - The Apprentice

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 02:13:04 -0000

The 1980s were a dangerous time to be a child in Ohio. Throughout the decade, several young girls were abducted, raped and murdered in seemingly connected crimes. Although one man, Robert Buell, would be convicted and sentenced to death for one of these crimes, some investigators believe Buell had an accomplice who was never caught.

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Ep. 141 - The Monster of Glamis

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 02:50:34 -0000

In the Scottish lowlands there stands an ancient castle that some historians claims holds a terrible secret. Although Glamis Castle has more than its fair share of ghost stories attached to it, there's an even darker rumor that a flesh and blood creature once lived inside the castle's walls.
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Ep. 140 - The Affair of the Poisons

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:50:00 -0000

In the late 1600s, King Louis XIV's kingdom was rocked by a deadly scandal that threatened to destroy his monarchy. There was a rash of poisonings going on throughout France, often perpetrated by the king's fellow noblemen who were murdering one another in order to speed up their inheritances or to knock off their rivals. It's a story that includes murder, political intrigue, black magic, sex, Satanism and conspiracies. It's a story that has gone down in history to be known as The Affair of the Poisons.

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Halloween 2020 Mini Show

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:18:42 -0000

Hey everyone! Halloween is my favorite time of year. So as a special treat, no tricks, I wanted to share with you two extra spooky mini stories which have never appeared on this show before. Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!

Notes: http://weekinweird.com/2016/01/31/silver-bullets-in-talbot-county-the-strange-grave-of-emily-isabella-burt-georgias-real-life-werewolf/ http://georgiamysteries.blogspot.com/2009/10/legend-of-georgia-werewolf-girl.html https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/dekes-ghost-flight https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/terrifying-tales-spooky-happenings-from-the-haunted-skies.html

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Ep. 139 - The Path of the Skinwalker

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 01:49:05 -0000

The Uintah Basin in Northeast Utah has long held a reputation for strange occurrences. Within that area is a 480-acre ranch that has gained a reputation for a laundry list of practically every paranormal occurrence imaginable. UFOs, poltergeist activity, strange cryptids and much, much more have been witnessed there. In recent years, the ranch has gained a terrifying nickname, Skinwalker Ranch.

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Ep. 138 - The Rising

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:29:00 -0000

Voodoo is a religious practice that grew up in Haiti after the Spanish imported tens of thousands of African slaves to the island, bringing their beliefs and religion with them. One of the core beliefs in the religion is that some powerful voodoo practitioners have the ability to resurrect the dead, bringing them back to life in a form Hollywood has made well known to all of us. In this episode I tell you all about the secret history of zombies.

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Ep. 137 - The Satin Man

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 01:08:59 -0000

On Australia Day in 1966, three young children, Jane, Arnna and Grant Beaumont, went to Glenelg Beach in Adelaide and never returned. The disappearance of the Beaumont children has proven to be one of the most enduring and widely investigated mysteries in Australian history. And to this day, the children have never been found.

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Ep. 136 - The Bluebeards

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 02:33:01 -0000

The story of Bluebeard, the wealthy man how murdered his wives, has become so lasting it's actually become a recognized term in true crime lore. In this episode I tell you about two such Bluebeard killers, Henri Landru, one of the most infamous French serial killers in history, and Joe Ball, who legend has it murdered his girlfriends and fed them to his pet alligators.

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Ep. 135 - The Mad King of Clipperton Island

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:27:49 -0000

There's a tiny atoll of the western coast of Mexico called Clipperton Island. Back in 1917, a group of women and children had to fight for survival, against a monster who held them in terror.
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Notes: https://clippertonislandstory.com https://themazatlanpost.com/2019/03/22/the-tragic-history-of-clipperton-the-last-territory-lost-by-mexico/ https://www.damninteresting.com/the-tyrant-clipperton-island/ https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-age-of-scurvy https://mikedashhistory.com/2011/02/13/an-abandoned-lifeboat-at-worlds-end/
Music: Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com

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Ep. 134 - The Predator

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 02:17:00 -0000

In 2012, an 18-year-old woman named Samantha Koenig mysteriously disappeared in Anchorage, Alaska. Her case would lead police to arrest a man named Israel Keyes, who may just be one of the most terrifying serial killers you've never heard of.

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Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201401/jack-the-ripper-identified https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/israel-keyes https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/israel-keyes-serial-killer-fbi https://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-serial-killer-israel-keyes-973103 https://www.amazon.com/American-Predator-Meticulous-Serial-Century-ebook/dp/B07L2GMT7J

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Ep. 133 - The Psychic Spies Pt. 2

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 02:50:00 -0000

In part two of our special two-part episode about the U.S. Government's psychic spy program, we talk about what happened after the military took over the project that would eventually come to be known as Project Stargate.

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Notes: https://slate.com/technology/2017/03/did-the-cia-really-astrally-project-to-mars-in-1984.html https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001200340009-4.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001900760001-9.pdf https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I1AIUQ6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Stare-Goats-ebook/dp/B00570B6TM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+men+who+stare+at+goats&qid=1596302088&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

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Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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Ep. 132 - The Psychic Spies Pt. 1

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:57:20 -0000

For 23 years, the United States Government secretly ran a research program into using alleged psychics for intelligence gathering purposes. What's truly bizarre about the program, is the final report by the government might prove psychic abilities are real.

Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I1AIUQ6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R003300210001-2.pdf https://fas.org/irp/program/collect/stargate.htm https://www.cnet.com/news/cia-releases-psychic-experiment-documents-online-stargate-project-stranger-things/

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Ep. 131 - The Miser

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 01:47:08 -0000

In 1973, John Paul Getty III, the grandson of J. Paul Getty, the world's richest man, was kidnapped in Rome. What happened next was one of the most bizarre and twisty kidnap stories in history. My special guest for this episode is Moxie LaBouche of the "Your Brain on Facts" podcast.

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Notes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/07/11/the-tragedy-of-the-gettys-billions-affairs-severed-ears-drug-overdoses-and-oil/#3430c6b2353a https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/07/11/the-tragedy-of-the-gettys-billions-affairs-severed-ears-drug-overdoses-and-oil/#3430c6b2353a https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/world/europe/08gettyobit.html https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/john-paul-getty-iii-the-true-story-behind-trust-203954/ https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a9173861/john-paul-getty-kidnapping/ https://www.bustle.com/p/heres-what-happened-to-john-paul-getty-iii-after-his-kidnapping-8531739 https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/life-j-paul-getty-richest-man-history-world/ https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/George-Weyerhaeuser-kidnap-Tacoma-PNW-84-years-ago-13893614.php http://www.nostalgiamagazine.net/2019/01/29/the-george-weyerhaeuser-kidnapping-of-1935/

Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Ep. 130 - The Massacre

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 01:26:00 -0000

Normally I release new episodes every Monday, but I'm releasing this special episode early in honor of Juneteenth. In this episode I discuss one of the ugliest racist incidents in American history, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. It started with allegations of a black man assaulting a white woman. That led to an angry mob of white Tulsa residents burning the prosperous black neighborhood of Greenwood to the ground.

Notes: https://www.tulsaworld.com/tulsa-race-massacre-what-happened-to-sarah-page-and-dick-rowland-following-the-massacre/article_67810913-0f34-58da-af38-f6a9ff8ea5e0.html https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/trumps-visit-tulsa-spurs-renewed-call-1921-racial-massacre-reparations https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/tulsa-race-massacre https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DK40HR4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Music: Meditation Impromptu 01 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Meditation Impromptu 02 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ March of the Mind by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4020-march-of-the-mind License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Kai Engel, "November", "December", "January", "February", "March", "April" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel

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Wondery presents Murder in Hollywoodland

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:18:25 -0000

It's February 2nd 1922, and all of Hollywood is about to wake up and learn that William Desmond Taylor, the most famous film director in town, was murdered in his home last night. The investigation will shine a light on some of Hollywood's most scandalous affairs, backroom deals, and underground drug dens. This real life Murder Mystery is one of the most iconic "whodunnit" cases of the 20th century that will leave you guessing and second guessing who killed William Desmond Taylor for weeks to come.

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Introducing Truth vs Hollywood

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:43:47 -0000

Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story. Truth vs Hollywood premieres 6/12. Subscribe to Truth vs Hollywood on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-vs-hollywood/id1510582080

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Ep. 129 - The Antichrist Slayer

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 01:36:22 -0000

One of the most terrifying stories to come out of the Bible, is that of the Antichrist, the evil opposite number of Jesus who is said to be planning on bringing about Armageddon. Back during the mid-19th century, a woman named Rhoda Wakeman gathered a group of religious followers who together claimed to have murdered the Antichrist. Then after that, another one of Rhoda's followers killed again and again in her name.
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Notes: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Omen-Movie-Curse-42514085 https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/creepy-strange-tales-cursed-movies/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/antichrist/white.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/primary/adsoletter.html https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXUAS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Up-Serpents-American-Messiahs-ebook/dp/B0876FF39D/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=taking+up+serpents&qid=1591450309&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Four by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3991-long-note-four License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Ep. 128 - The Lady in Black

Mon, 25 May 2020 01:47:00 -0000

On January 15, 1947, a gruesome discovery was made in a vacant lot in south Los Angeles. It was the nude body of a young woman, severed into two pieces at the waist. She would soon be identified as Elizabeth Short, but in what has gone down as one of the most famous unsolved murders in L.A. history, she will forever be known as The Black Dahlia.

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Notes: http://blackdahlia.web.unc.edu https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Red-Rose-Corruption/dp/1631492268/ref=nodl_

Music: Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Kai Engel, "December", "January", "February", March" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Ep. 127 - The Comeback

Mon, 11 May 2020 02:15:00 -0000

Many cultures across the globe and throughout history believe that the human soul, doesn't ascend to some higher plain of being, but actually becomes reborn in a new human body. In this episode I tell you some of the history of reincarnation, and of some of the more chilling cases in which an individual has claimed to have live before.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Search-Omm-Sety-Jonathan-Cott/dp/0446390402 https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Sety_Omm.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/books/she-had-her-life-to-live-over.html https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/bridey-murphy-saga-yesterdays-news-vol-v https://medium.com/@DeepakChopra/is-reincarnation-actually-real-3c0521376a41 https://people.howstuffworks.com/reincarnation.htm https://www.historicmysteries.com/pollock-twins/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note One" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion, "Soul Breaker" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Ep. 126 - The Black Art

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:33:00 -0000

When photography was first invented back in the 19th century, it launched a number of people to find new ways to innovate and expand the craft. One photographer in particular who did something unique, was William Mumler. He was an amateur chemist, engraver and portrait photographer, who promised to give his customers something they couldn't get anywhere else--a photo of themselves with the ghost of a dead loved one.

Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I4FPNG8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/https://www.history.com/news/spirit-photography-civil-war-william-mumler http://www.duhaime.org/LawFun/LawArticle-1291/James-Kidds-Will-A-Photograph-of-the-Soul-Leaving-the-Human-at-Death.aspx https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photographer-who-claimed-to-capture-abraham-lincoln-ghost https://occult-world.com/james-kidd/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3", "Mesmerize", "March of the Mind" , "Relaxing Piano Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com

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Ep. 125 - The Jinx

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 01:44:00 -0000

On December 4, 1872, the British Brigantine The Dei Gratia found another ship floating abandoned in the ocean. The entire crew had mysteriously vanished, leaving untouched meals on the table, and no clear sign where they could have gone. The name of that ship was the Mary Celeste.

Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-true-story-of-the-mary-celeste/0/130102 https://www.americanheritage.com/mystery-mary-celeste https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/blogs/article/5-theories-what-happened-mary-celeste/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3","Colorless Aura", "Cryptic Sorrow", "Despair and Triumph", "Mesmerize", "Touching Moments" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com

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Ep. 124 - The Worst Woman on Earth

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 01:08:00 -0000

In this episode, I tell you the story of long-forgotten serial killer Lizzie Halliday. During the late 19th century, she became well-known for murdering several of her husbands, among others. There were even those who claimed she might have been the most famous serial killer of all, Jack the Ripper.

Notes: https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2014/08/a-short-history-of-serial-killer-lizzie-brown-halliday/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/the-horrifying-story-of-the-worst-woman-in-the-world http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2014/12/the-worst-woman-on-earth.html

Music: Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Soul Breaker" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com

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Ep. 123 - The Spanish Lady

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 02:19:00 -0000

In this special episode I tell you the story of the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918, a pandemic unlike any other in human history. You'll hear what's known and still unknown about this mysterious epidemic, and I try to make sense of it all, and draw parallels with the strange situation we find ourselves living in today.

Notes: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-myths-about-1918-flu-pandemic-180967810/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079LB96CJ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Despair and Triumph", "Heartbreaking" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Kai Engel, "September", "October", "November", https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Silent Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Introducing Life’s Little Mysteries

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:44:06 -0000

Life's Little Mysteries is the newest Audioboom original podcast and co-production with Live Science. This podcast is for everyone and anyone who loves science and wants to know more about everything around us. Join hosts Mindy Weisberger and Jeanna Bryner of Live Science every Monday as they give you the low-down on all things big and small that truly make you wonder. Life's Little Mysteries has new episodes every Monday. Subscribe to Life's Little Mysteries on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lifes-little-mysteries/id1496044775.

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Ep. 122 - The Bitter Pill

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:36:42 -0000

For many of us, it may be difficult to recall a time when every consumable product didn't have a product safety seal on it. But those tamper proof packages all stem from a very real series of unsolved murders in Chicago in 1982. Back then, someone laced several bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol with Potassium Cyanide and distributed them in stores throughout Chicago. As a result, seven people died, and the murderer was never caught.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/TYLENOL-MAFIA-Marketing-Johnson-Revised-ebook/dp/B005P81BO6 https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/tylenol-murders-still-unsolved-after-34-years https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/tylenol-murders-poisonings-cyanide-chicago-1982 https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+tylenol+murders&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/fda-official-testify-agency-knew-johnson-johnson-recall/story?id=11765649

Music: Kai Engel, Mist & Clouds, Difference, December, January, February, November, Pacific Garbage Patch, Oneiri, Snowfall Intro, Rejecting the Sirens https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com

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Ep. 121 - The Shining Girls

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:01:00 -0000

During the early part of the 20th century, radium was being promoted as a miracle cure for what ailed you. But a group of young women working in a New Jersey factory learned the deadly consequences of being exposed to the radioactive element. The story that followed is both tragic and horrifying.

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Radium-Girls-Story-Americas-Shining/dp/149264935X/ref=nodl_

https://www.amazon.com/Poisoners-Handbook-Murder-Forensic-Medicine/dp/014311882X/ref=nodl_

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3", "Touching Moments One", "Parting of the Ways Part Two", "With the Sea", "Despair and Triumph", "Mesmerize" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Ep. 120 - The Hunt

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 01:46:00 -0000

Some stories you come across are so tragic and outrageous, it's difficult to believe they could really happen in modern society. On July 9, 1982, a French-born 14 year old girl living in Germany named Kalinka Bamberski died under mysterious circumstances. This would lead her father Andre to spend the next three decades on a tireless quest to uncover the truth, and to bring the man who raped and murdered his daughter to justice.

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Notes: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-kalinka-affair https://morbidology.com/the-man-who-abducted-his-daughters-killer-andre-bamberski/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27902154 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/24/thirty-year-search-justice https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/world/europe/for-3-decades-french-father-pursued-justice-for-his-daughter.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8412049/German-doctor-Dieter-Krombach-retried-for-murder-of-Kalinka-Bamberski.html

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Cryptic Sorrow", "Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Coldnoise, "Weakness", "Malaika", "Remember Piano" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "Parting", "Cry About Me", "No More Words" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Ep. 119 - The Fix

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 02:03:00 -0000

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to win the lottery? Throughout history, there have been a handful of people who managed to beat the lottery and become rich, not by random luck, but by cheating, or by outsmarting the people behind the game.

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Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery https://thehustle.co/the-local-tv-star-who-rigged-the-lottery/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/magazine/money-issue-iowa-lottery-fraud-mystery.html https://thehustle.co/the-man-who-won-the-lottery-14-times https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/this-couple-found-a-math-error-in-lottery-made-27-million-playing-over-over-for-55-weeks.html https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return", "Parting", "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", "Again Alone" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Ep. 118 - The Cave of Witches

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 03:02:00 -0000

Back in 1880, a tiny island off the coast of Chile became the site of one of the last witch trials in South America. The defendants who were rounded up told a horrific tale of black magic, extortion and murder. And if we are to believe the whole story, they may also have created something unspeakable in a remote hidden cave.

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Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches-20138093/https://www.wired.com/2007/01/khipu/http://thatbackpacker.com/2018/03/05/chiloe-travel-guide/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/chile/chiloe https://www.fodors.com/news/arts-culture/wizards-are-terrifyingly-present-on-chiloe-island https://www.npr.org/2008/06/26/91931716/myth-and-magic-infuse-chilean-island https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/chiles-mysterious-island-of-warlocks/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", "Only", "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

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Ep. 117 - The Fire Within

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:21:00 -0000

Throughout history there have been numerous cases where people have mysteriously burst into flames for no apparent reason, leaving behind little more than piles of ash, and many questions. In this episode we discuss the history of spontaneous human combustion, and talk about the many theories why this may or may not occur.

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Notes: https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-real https://www.livescience.com/42080-spontaneous-human-combustion.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8200790/spontaneous-human-combustion-real-burns-incendiary-bomb-scientist-claims/https://allthatsinteresting.com/spontaneous-human-combustion https://www.amazon.com/Ablaze-Larry-Arnold/dp/0871317893 https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/spontaneous_human_nonsense/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kai Engel, "Mist and Clouds", "Morbid Imagnation", "December", "January", February", "March", "April" "Difference", "May", "Rejecting the Sirens", "Moonlight Reprise" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel

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Ep. 116 - The Watcher

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 02:08:00 -0000

In 2014, a family purchased their dream home in an upscale New Jersey neighborhood. What they didn't know was the home secretly came with a nightmare--a mysterious individual who called himself "The Watcher". This person claimed to know their every move, to know the names of their children, and to have left something terrible inside the walls of their dream house.

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Notes: https://people.com/archive/harassed-by-an-unknown-author-of-vicious-rhymes-ruth-finley-confronts-the-stranger-within-herself-vol-30-no-10/https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article231411383.html https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/the-haunting-of-657-boulevard-in-westfield-new-jersey.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/nyregion/the-watcher-house-sold-new-jersey.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-jersey-home-stalked-by-the-watcher-sells-after-years-of-torment/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note One", "Anxiety", "Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Kai Engel, "Mist and Clouds", "Morbid Imagnation" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel

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Ep. 115 - The Church of Sacrifice

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 02:01:00 -0000

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, the United States was plagued by hundreds of grisly murders, all committed with the same terrifying weapon, an ax. Between 1911 and 1912, a string of ax murders occurred in western Louisiana and eastern Texas that police came to believe were the work of a most unlikely serial killer--an 18 year old girl, who some believe may have been the leader of a deadly voodoo cult, dedicated to committing blood sacrifice with the ax.

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Notes: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502014/voodoo-murders-clementine-barnabet-who-claimed-have-killed-35-people https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Bayou-Infamous-Louisiana-Homicides/dp/1476662959 https://www.amazon.com/Man-Train-Solving-Century-Old-Mystery/dp/B071NYFW6K/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+man+on+the+train&qid=1574518836&s=books&sr=1-1 https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-justice-story-ax-woman-20190609-qf5yebikjvhj7bok5odmnzoboq-story.html

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Peace of Mind", "Impromptu No. 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Kai Engel, "November", "December", "January", "February", "Snowfall Intro", "Rejecting the Sirens", "Difference" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

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Ep. 114 - The Martian Chronicles

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 02:00:00 -0000

The planet Mars has fascinated human beings for centuries. Ever since our ancestors first peered up at our closest planetary neighbor, we've wondered, is anyone up there looking back at us? In this episode I tell you about the history of our belief in life on Mars, and delve into many of the most popular conspiracy theories that have arisen as a result.

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Notes: https://www.history.com/news/life-on-mars-human-search-for-aliens https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=percival+lowell+boston+globe&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241797346/75-years-ago-war-of-the-worlds-started-a-panic-or-did-it https://www.space.com/37366-mars-slave-colony-alex-jones.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Hoagland https://www.livescience.com/63048-proof-of-mars-life-accidentally-burned.html http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/alternative3

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No. 2", "Impromptu No. 3" "Relaxing Piano Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Bonus Minisode - The Candyman

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:01:00 -0000

Today is Halloween, my favorite holiday of them all. So in honor of the occasion, I'm releasing this bonus mini episode to all my listeners. You've probably heard the urban legends about sinister adults poisoning trick or treaters with tainted candy. This is the real story.

Notes:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201510/the-men-who-murdered-halloween

https://historythings.com/halloween-twisted-history-ronald-obryan/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/health/halloween-candy-panic-conversation-wellness/index.html

Music: Kevin MacLeod “Heartbreaking", "Measured Paces", "Cryptic Sorrow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Introducing What Makes a Killer

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:46:55 -0000

Audioboom presents: What Makes a Killer. Listen to new episodes of What Makes a Killer for a look into the life and crimes of the world’s most infamous serial killers. Featuring interviews with family members, forensic experts, law enforcement, and witnesses. What Makes a Killer premieres 10/31. Subscribe to What Makes a Killer on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-makes-a-killer/id1483611909

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Ep. 113 - The Play Thing

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 01:03:00 -0000

One relatively modern fear many people share, is fear of dolls. Throughout history there have been a number of children's toys that are purported to be haunted by evil spirits. In this episode I tell you about a few of these terrifying dolls, including the story of the real Annabelle, and probably the most famous haunted doll of them all, Robert.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Doll-David-L-Sloan/dp/0978992180/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Robert+the+doll&qid=1572035567&sr=8-2 https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-the-doll https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-creepy-dolls-180955916/https://www.bustle.com/articles/180212-5-creepy-haunted-dolls-who-want-to-play-with-you-forever-and-ever-and-ever http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/annabelle/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Desolation, Nightmare https://www.purple-planet.com Kevin MacLeod “Dreams Become Reality", "Long Note One", "Long Note Three", "Long Note Four", "Anxiety", "Come Play With Me", by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Introducing Bad Batch

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:20:16 -0000

In Wondery's new series Bad Batch, host Laura Beil (Dr. Death) investigates the multi-billion dollar underregulated industry of stem cell therapy where greed and desperation collide. When a group of patients wind up in a Texas hospital in critical condition, the trail leads back to one stem cell company and its charismatic CEO. What happens when a supposed miracle cure leaves you worse off than before? Listen to Bad Batch at wondery.fm/BBConspirators

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Ep. 112 - The Institute

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 00:42:00 -0000

Back in the 1930s, North Carolina's Duke University became home to the United States' first Department of Parapsychology. This group of scientists studied all sorts of paranormal phenomena, including Ghosts, Extra Sensory Perception and even demonic possession. They were, in many ways, the very real Ghostbusters.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UFP6H6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 http://archived.parapsych.org/members/jb_rhine.html https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weight-of-the-soul/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2015/11/03/weight-of-the-soul/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lodge

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu 01" "Impromptu 02" "Impromptu 03" "March of the Mind" "Awkward Meeting" "Nervous" "Colorless Aura" "Measured Paces" "Snow Drop" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Introducing the Mysterious Mr. Epstein

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:51:46 -0000

For most of his life, Jeffrey Epstein was a mystery-- who he was, how he made his money, and how he got away with horrific crimes for so many years. The Mysterious Mr. Epstein explores how Epstein was able to use his wealth to buy status and credibility, to buy power, and ultimately to buy himself freedom from justice. From the network that brought you Dirty John. Listen now at Wondery.fm/conspirators

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Ep. 111 - The Leopard Society

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 01:04:00 -0000

For more than 150 years, a deadly black magic cult has driven fear into the hearts of the people living in Western Africa. Their members stalk the night, brutally mutilating and cannibalizing their remains for their secret rituals. The members of this cult believe they have the ability to transform themselves into the animals they worship and from which they take their name. This is the story of the Leopard Society.

Patreon:

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-this-secret-african-society-dressed-as-leopards-and-ate-humans-for-success-until-the-20th-century1

Notes:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leopard-society-garb

http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org/RitualKillings1900_1950b.htm

http://www.unexplainedstuff.com/Secret-Societies/The-Leopard-Men.html

https://www.jstor.org/stable/716184

http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-476X2009000100006

https://www.guernicamag.com/topic/africa/

Music:

Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party"

Kevin MacLeod

“Long Note One", "Long Note Two", "Long Note Three", "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Ep. 110 - The Long Pig

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:31:00 -0000

There are all sorts of reasons that people have turned to cannibalism. But perhaps the most terrifying reason of all, is because some people evidently develop a taste for it. In this episode I tell you the stories of several cannibal killers throughout history.

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Notes: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7bwvvx/whos-hungry-502-v16n1 https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1372752/poetic-justice https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/04/germany.lukeharding https://allthatsinteresting.com/armin-meiwes https://allthatsinteresting.com/james-jameson-cannibal https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/the-legend-of-liver-eating-johnson-keeps-getting-taller/article_7864cffc-afe4-5adf-8403-dbad9fe37450.html https://www.amazon.com/Crow-Killer-New-Liver-Eating-Johnson/dp/0253020832 https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-boonehelm/https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htm https://medium.com/@jashan.kaur/leonarda-cianciulli-saponificatrice-of-corregio-35eaa42206d3

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kevin MacLeod “Heartbreaking”, “Nervous”, "Parting of the Ways, Part 2", "Meditation Impromptu_02", "Measured Paces", "Snow Drop", "Cryptic Sorrow", "Mesmerize" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Bonus Episode - Interview with Mads Brugger, director of Cold Case: Hammarskjold

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 01:29:42 -0000

As a special bonus for listeners I'm releasing two episodes this week. I recently was approached by Magnolia Pictures to preview their new documentary "Cold Case: Hammarskjold" and interview the director, Mads Brugger. This special bonus episode contains the interview with the film's director Mads Brugger. Be sure to check out my full-length regular episode as well in which I go into detail about the death of U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold.

Notes: https://www.coldcasehammarskjold.com

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Ep. 109 - The Commodore

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 01:27:00 -0000

This is one of two special episodes I'm releasing this week. I recently was approached by Magnolia Pictures to preview their new documentary "Cold Case: Hammarskjold" and interview the director, Mads Brugger. In this episode, I tell the story of the mysterious death of U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. While, the bonus episode this week contains the interview with the film's director.

Notes:

https://www.coldcasehammarskjold.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/world/africa/hammarskjold-crash-mystery.html

https://www.daghammarskjold.se/

https://www.history.com/news/dag-hammarskjold-death-plane-crash

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

Kai Engel, Snowfall Intro, Protecting the Sirens, Nothing (Bonus Track), Floret, Paranoia

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Ep 108 - The Torture Colony

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 01:01:00 -0000

In the foothills of Chile’s Andes Mountains likes a quaint little village with a dark past. It was founded by a former Nazi who led a murderous cult that was responsible for some of the worst crimes in Chile’s history. This is the story of the Colonia Dignidad.

Patreon:

Notes:

https://theamericanscholar.org/the-torture-colony/#.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/01/what-happened-in-colonia-inside-the-terrifying-nazi-cult-that-in/

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeracorrespondent/2013/11/colony-chile-dark-past-uncovered-2013114105429774517.html

Music:

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, “Parting”

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/

Dexter Britain, “The Tea Party’

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain

Kevin MacLeod

“Long Note One”, ”Long Note Two”, ”Long Note Three”, ”Long Note Four”, “Measured Paces”, “Nervous” by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Ep. 107 - The Keepers

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 01:07:00 -0000

Lighthouses have been around in one shape or another for thousands of years. Over the centuries, several lighthouses have been the locations of many great tragedies and great mysteries. Listen as I tell you about some of these tragedies, of the ghosts that allegedly haunt some of these lighthouses, and of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history.

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Notes:

https://thehaegtesse.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/the-smalls-lighthouse-incident/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbw9x3/three-men-vanished-from-a-scottish-island-120-years-ago-and-people-are-still-looking

http://weekinweird.com/2017/01/10/seguin-island/

https://www.nelights.com/blog/ghost-at-penfield-reef-lighthouse-still-rescues-mariners/

Music:

Kevin MacLeod “Parting of the Ways, Part 2”, “Long Note One”, ”Long Note Two”, ”Long Note Three”, ”Long Note Four”, by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Kai Engel, Mist and Clouds http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

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Ep. 106 - The Happiest Man on Death Row

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 01:06:00 -0000

The idea that some crimes are punishable by death is something that appears in legal systems dating back at least as far as the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. But the death penalty isn’t always fair, and often times throughout history, tragic and horrible mistakes have been made. Listen to the stories of some executions gone wrong, of two men who apparently couldn’t be hanged, and what happens when an innocent man is put to death.

Patreon:

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Notes:

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hammurabi

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty/early-history-of-the-death-penalty

https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2018/08/botched-executions/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/5-most-terrifying-botched-executions-in-modern-history

http://friendsofjoearridy.com

Music:

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, “Parting”, “No More Words”

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion

Dexter Britain, “The Tea Party”

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Kevin MacLeod

“Luminous Rain”, “Lost Time”, “Serene”, “Sad Trio”, “Heartbreaking”, “Sovereign”, “Relaxig Piano”, “Parting of the Ways, Part 2”, by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Ep. 105 - The Fine Art of Murder

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 01:46:00 -0000

In this episode I tell you about the lives, and deaths of two of the most famous artists who ever lived. Canada’s Tom Thomson and Vincent Van Gogh have a lot in common. They both started painting late in life, they both struggled financially while they were alive, and there’s evidence that both men may have been murdered.

Patreon:

https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/thomson/home/indexen.html

Notes:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-break-in-the-mysterious-case-of-tom-thomson-canadas-van-gogh/article1214427/

https://www.amazon.com/Many-Deaths-Tom-Thomson-Separating/dp/1459731964/ref=nodl_

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/12/vincent-van-gogh-murder-mystery

https://www.amazon.com/Van-Gogh-Life-Steven-Naifeh/dp/0375758976/ref=nodl_

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Kai Engel, Far From Home PON VII, Pacific Garbage Patch, January, Oecumene Sleeps, November, October, September

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Kevin MacLeod

“Smoother Move”, “Danse Morialta”, "Meditation Impromptu 03", ”Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone” by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Ep. 104 - The Castle

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 01:19:00 -0000

We all know the story of the sinking of the Titanic, but the early 20th century also saw several other equally tragic maritime disasters that are almost forgotten to history. In this episode I tell you the stories of the capsized S.S. Eastland, and of the tragic fire that swept through the cruise ship the Morro Castle. The story of the Morro Castle is especially disturbing because much of the evidence points to the fire being deliberately set by one man.

Patreon:

Notes: http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/history/what-happened https://allthatsinteresting.com/ss-eastland-disaster https://mashable.com/2016/11/19/morro-castle-disaster/https://weirdnj.com/stories/mystery-history/morro-castle/https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-morro-castle-shipwreck/

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/

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Ep. 103 - The Lady Vanishes

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 02:04:07 -0000

In 1926, two of the most famous women in the world vanished, then just as mysteriously reappeared. These are the stories of Agatha Christie and Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. What do they have in common? And what secret did each of them hold that led to their vanishing?

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/agatha-christie-disappearance-mystery-facts-poirot-miss-marple-detective/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/08/mystery-agatha-christies-disappearance-solved-author-suggests/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Curious-Disappearance-of-Agatha-Christie/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/sister/ https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/denominationalfounders/aimee-semple-mcpherson.html https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/13/aimee-semple-mcpherson/

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kia Engel, July, September, Mist and Clouds, Fading Rays Waltz, March, May http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02" , "Meditation Impromptu 03", ”Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Ep. 102 - The Strangling

Mon, 27 May 2019 01:31:40 -0000

The year 1952 was an eventful one for the city of London. Not only was it the year a deadly smog settled over the city, killing thousands of people. But that was also the year one of the city's most notorious serial killers was stalking women.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9ZVAM0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/londons-1952-killer-fog-cause-revealed/ https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/christie-john.htm

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Impromptu 01", "Impromptu 02" , "Impromptu 03", "Impromptu in Blue", "Unease", "Nervous", "Reawakening", "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Introducing: Murder Minute

Wed, 15 May 2019 10:48:07 -0000

Through meticulously crafted storytelling and sound design, Murder Minute delivers a unique and immersive listening experience for the die-hard true-crime fan. Plus - Each episode of Murder Minute includes exciting news updates in addition to a full true-crime story distilled into a bite-size package just for you. Subscribe by clicking the link below, on Himalaya, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

https://link.chtbl.com/murderminute

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Ep. 101 - The Shortcut

Mon, 13 May 2019 00:48:00 -0000

Teleportation is a concept that has been around a long time. All the way from the Bible up to the modern day, stories exist of people who mysteriously vanished and reappeared far away. Hear the story of an unusual Spanish nun who managed to perform missionary work half a world away, of a prison inmate who could walk through walls, and of a college student whose disappearance has to be heard to be believed.

Patreon:

https://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/lady-in-blue.html

Notes:

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/12/more-strange-cases-of-spontaneous-human-teleportation/

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/01/truly-mysterious-cases-of-spontaneous-human-teleportation/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/gil-perez-and-his-spontaneous-teleportation/

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/02/mysterious-cases-of-people-who-teleported-out-of-prison/

https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-steven-kubacki-and-his-odd-reappearance-15-months-later

Music:

Dreams Become Real Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

Kai Engel, When the Lights Came On, Fading Ray's Waltz, Twinkling Stars Won't Answer Me, Interlude: In Anxious Shadows, A Note is My Gift, I Am Climbing on Air, Smiles Throughout the Sky, Irsen's Tale, Laceration

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/

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Ep. 100 - The Whistleblower

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:55:00 -0000

For my 100th episode, I take a step back and return to a subject I talked a bit about in my very first episode. This is the story of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear energy activist who in 1974 died in a single car accident on a lonely stretch of Oklahoma highway. But was it an accident? Or was Karen murdered to keep her quiet about what she knew?

Patreon:

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Karen-Silkwood-Kerr-McGee-Plutonium-ebook/dp/B00M7JBQSM/ref=sr11?keywords=karen+silkwood&qid=1556448419&s=gateway&sr=8-1

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/karen-silkwood-the-case-of-the-activists-death-52287/

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947011,00.html

http://www.delphiniumbooks.com/the-death-of-karen-silkwood/

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

All other music by Kai Engel.

December, January, February, Morbid Imagination, Mist and Clouds, Snowfall Intro, Curtains Are Always Drawn, Pacific Garbage Patch, Cobweb Morning

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/island-murder-five-men-accused-assaulting-thalia-massie/

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Ep. 99 - The Honor Killing

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:57:00 -0000

In 1931, a young woman named Thalia Massie claimed to police that a group of native islanders from Hawaii brutally kidnapped and assaulted her. The fallout from her claims would spark off decades of racial tensions between the natives and the white ruling class in Hawaii. What followed was a sordid tale of sex, racism, revenge and murder. It's a story that threatened to destroy all of tranquil Hawaiian society.

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Honor-Killing-Clarence-Darrows-Spectacular-ebook/dp/B001OLROX0/ref=sr14?keywords=the+honor+killing+book&qid=1555174107&s=gateway&sr=8-4

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/hawaiis-scandalous-thalia-massie-trial-a7921741.html

Music:

Kevin MacLeod, Dreams Become Real

Dreams Become Real Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/

Kai Engel

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts

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Ep. 98 - The Death of an American Goddess - Part 2

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:57:00 -0000

In this second part of this special two-part episode, we discuss Marilyn Monroe's last days, along with many of the conspiracy theories that have sprung up following the superstar's death. Was she the victim of suicide? Or was she murdered to cover up what she knew?

Patreon:

Notes:

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000404360011-4.pdf

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/7-Conspiracy-Theories-About-Marilyn-Monroe-s-11189934.php

https://allthatsinteresting.com/inga-arvad

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Marilyn-Monroe/dp/0062206494/ref=sr11?keywords=the+last+days+of+Marilyn+monroe&qid=1552826074&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

All other music from this episode by Kai Engel

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts

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Ep. 97 - The Death of an American Goddess, Part 1

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 01:37:54 -0000

In 1962, one of Hollywood's biggest stars died tragically. Officially, Marilyn Monroe's cause of death was listed as an apparent suicide. But ever since then, questions have been raised by investigators looking into the case. Was Marilyn Monroe really murdered? And was her death to cover up one of the biggest political scandals in history?

Patreon:

Notes:

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000404360011-4.pdf

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/7-Conspiracy-Theories-About-Marilyn-Monroe-s-11189934.php

https://allthatsinteresting.com/inga-arvad

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Marilyn-Monroe/dp/0062206494/ref=sr11?keywords=the+last+days+of+Marilyn+monroe&qid=1552826074&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Music:

Kevin Macleod, Impromptu 1 and 2

https://incompetech.com/music/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://incompetech.com/music/

Kai Engel, Fading Ray's Waltz, November, September, Irsen's Tale, Nothing Lasts Forever, Twinkling Stars Last Forever, I Am Climbing on Air

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Ep. 96 - The Kurim Case

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 02:46:00 -0000

In 2007, a man living in the tiny Czech Republic town of Kurim set up a video baby monitor in his infant son's room. But what he saw on the monitor was something altogether different. Something horrible. This would be the beginning of one of the strangest and most disturbing stories you've ever heard.

Warning: this episode contains graphic descriptions of child abuse

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/child-abuse-case-exposes-czech-sect-1.1209298

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Kuřim-Case-Terrifying-Story-Cannibalism-ebook/dp/B01HS95ZEQ

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/DexterBritain/CreativeCommonsVolume2/TheTeaParty

Kai Engel, Morbid Imagination, Rejecting the Sirens

https://soundcloud.com/myuu

Myuu, Lights Out

Coldnoise, Demise and Downfall, Weakness, Tale for Mind

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/

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Ep. 95 - The Remains

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:35:23 -0000

Mummies have been found all over the world for centuries. It turns out there's a lot more to mummies than you've seen in monster movies. Hear the stories of the strange journey of an old west outlaw, the tragic death of a B-Movie queen, the mummified remains of a little girl who won't rest, and many more.

Patreon:

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/mummies

Notes:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/elmer-mccurdy

https://listverse.com/2013/10/12/10-mummies-with-mysterious-stories-to-tell/

https://the-line-up.com/sarah-jane-harvey-mummy-in-cupboard

Music:

Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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Ep. 94 - The Harbinger

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 02:48:00 -0000

Between 1966 to 1967, strange things were happening in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. People throughout the region began reporting sightings of all sorts of paranormal phenomena, including a large, winged creature which would become legendary around the world. The Mothman.

Patreon:

https://www.ranker.com/list/true-mothman-stories/lyra-radford

Notes:

https://www.mothmanmuseum.com

https://www.prairieghosts.com/moth.html

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

Kai Engel, Moonlight Reprise, The Burden of Empathy, Oneiri, Laceration, Pacific Garbage Patch, Rejecting the Sirens, Floret, Difference

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Ep. 93 - The Butcher of Paris

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:17:03 -0000

In 1944, police made a gruesome discovery inside a Paris townhouse, a mass collection of dismembered body parts being burned in a furnace. This would lead them to a massive manhunt for a vicious serial killer named Marcel Petiot, who operated freely during the World War II Nazi occupation.

Patreon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8JPJU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Notes:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/marcel-petiot

https://www.ahctv.com/tv-shows/wartime-crime/videos/marcel-petiot-was-destined-to-be-a-psychopath

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

Kai Engel, Mist and Clouds

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Lee Rosevere, First Light, At the Edges of Sleep

Blear Moon,Cold Summer Landscape

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon/

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Ep. 92 - The Smell of Death

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 02:36:12 -0000

In February, 1994, a 34-year-old cancer patient named Gloria Ramirez was rushed into the Riverside General emergency room having difficulty breathing. Soon after, more than a dozen nurses, doctors and patients began passing out from toxic fumes that allegedly came from the woman's body. But what really caused this bizarre incident? Can science explain it? Or was it all part of a deeper conspiracy that people tried desperately to cover up?

Patreon:

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4291

Notes:

http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/analysisofatoxic493

https://littlespyeye.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/the-toxic-lady-gloria-ramirez/

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

Kai Engel