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      <description>A birthday sleepover. Three best friends. A game of hide and seek in the woods. By the time it was over, one girl was crawling toward a road with nineteen stab wounds, and the other two were walking toward something they swore was real. That was 2014. Eleven years later, one of them cut off her ankle monitor and ran.

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🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode. 

🔗 WEB SOURCES

ABC News - Slender Man Stabbing Survivor's Parents: 'She's Meant to Do Something Special'

ABC News - 'Slender Man' Interrogation Tapes Reveal Shocking New Details About Alleged Stabbing Plot

ABC News - Mothers of teens who pleaded guilty in 'Slender Man' stabbing case say there were no warning signs of violence

ABC News - 'Slender Man' teen to be released, survivor's family wishes she served longer sentence

ABC News - Slender Man Stabbing Timeline: Out of the Woods

ABC News - Slender Man stabbing victim speaks publicly for first time: 'Without the whole situation, I wouldn't be who I am'

Newsweek - The Girls Who Tried to Kill for Slender Man

Newsweek - How Slenderman, the Internet's Horror Star, Crawled out of Creepypasta

New York Magazine via Harvard Center for Law, Brain &amp; Behavior - Slender Man Is Watching

NBC News - 911 Call Released in Waukesha 'Slender Man' Stabbings

NBC News - 'Slender Man' Victim's Family Thankful for Special Day

NBC News - The 'Slender Man' stabber made a close new friend — then ran away so they could be together

CNN - What we know about Morgan Geyser's 24-hours on the run more than a decade after the 'Slender Man' stabbing took place

Courthouse News Service - Slender Man stabber loses conditional release after escape

WBAY/AP - Conditional release of Morgan Geyser upheld by judge

WTMJ - Conditional release plan moves forward for accused "Slenderman" stabber Morgan Geyser

WTMJ - Conditional release finally approved for Slenderman stabber Morgan Geyser

TMJ4 News - Judge approves conditional release plan for woman convicted in Slender Man stabbing

TMJ4 News - Morgan Geyser arrested in Illinois after cutting off ankle bracelet, fleeing group home

TMJ4 News - Slender Man trial: Jury finds Anissa Weier mentally ill, won't face prison

FOX6 Milwaukee - Slenderman stabbing case: Court learns what private investigator found in Morgan Geyser's bedroom

FOX6 Milwaukee - Slender Man stabbing: Morgan Geyser escapes, group home neighbors react

ABC7 Chicago - Morgan Geyser 911 calls detail Slender Man attacker's escape from Madison group home

ABC7 Chicago - Where is Morgan Geyser now? Wisconsin judge sends suspect in Slender Man stabbing back to mental health institution

ABC7 Chicago - Morgan Geyser waives extradition after escape from Wisconsin group home

WKOW - DOC places three staff on leave during investigation into Morgan Geyser's escape from group home

WMTV - Despite escape, state finds no supervision violations at Morgan Geyser's group home

CBS 58 - The Latest: Jury finds Anissa Weier not criminally responsible for stabbing classmate due to mental illness

CBS News Minnesota/AP - Wisconsin Judge Orders Release Of Anissa Weier In Slender Man Stabbing

Court TV - Judge approves conditional release plan for Morgan Geyser

Patch.com - Slenderman Trial: Anissa Weier Sentence Is 25 Years

Inverse - Mr. CreepyPasta Explains the Problem with 'Slenderman'

Biography.com - Slender Man Attacker Morgan Geyser Is Back in Custody After Sparking a Brief Manhunt

A&amp;E - The Slender-Man Inspired Attempted Murder of a Sixth Grader

Heavy - Payton Leutner's Injuries in the Slender Man Stabbing

Heavy - Morgan Geyser's Parents: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Crime + Investigation UK - The Slender Man stabbing: Attempted murder inspired by an urban legend

All That's Interesting - Who Is Payton Leutner, The Girl Who Nearly Died In The Infamous Slender Man Stabbing?

Jezebel - There's More Than One Boogeyman in the Slender Man Doc

Inside Edition - Slender Man Fan Who Tried to Kill Friend at 12 Gets Release Hearing

Good Morning America - Cyclist Recalls Finding Slender Man Stabbing Victim

LegalClarity - Anissa and Morgan Case: Charges, Mental Health, and Release

📚 BOOKS

Slenderman: A Tragic Story of Online Obsession and Mental Illness - Kathleen Hale, 2022

Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology - Shira Chess and Eric Newsom, 2014

Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet - edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill, 2018

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Beware the Slenderman - HBO, 2016, directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky

20/20: Out of the Woods - ABC News, September 2014, with David Muir

20/20: 'Out of the Woods' - ABC News, October 2019, Payton Leutner's first interview, with David Muir
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      <itunes:summary>A birthday sleepover. Three best friends. A game of hide and seek in the woods. By the time it was over, one girl was crawling toward a road with nineteen stab wounds, and the other two were walking toward something they swore was real. That was 2014. Eleven years later, one of them cut off her ankle monitor and ran.

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Please leave a rating and review. It helps more than you know!

Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.

🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode. 

🔗 WEB SOURCES

ABC News - Slender Man Stabbing Survivor's Parents: 'She's Meant to Do Something Special'

ABC News - 'Slender Man' Interrogation Tapes Reveal Shocking New Details About Alleged Stabbing Plot

ABC News - Mothers of teens who pleaded guilty in 'Slender Man' stabbing case say there were no warning signs of violence

ABC News - 'Slender Man' teen to be released, survivor's family wishes she served longer sentence

ABC News - Slender Man Stabbing Timeline: Out of the Woods

ABC News - Slender Man stabbing victim speaks publicly for first time: 'Without the whole situation, I wouldn't be who I am'

Newsweek - The Girls Who Tried to Kill for Slender Man

Newsweek - How Slenderman, the Internet's Horror Star, Crawled out of Creepypasta

New York Magazine via Harvard Center for Law, Brain &amp; Behavior - Slender Man Is Watching

NBC News - 911 Call Released in Waukesha 'Slender Man' Stabbings

NBC News - 'Slender Man' Victim's Family Thankful for Special Day

NBC News - The 'Slender Man' stabber made a close new friend — then ran away so they could be together

CNN - What we know about Morgan Geyser's 24-hours on the run more than a decade after the 'Slender Man' stabbing took place

Courthouse News Service - Slender Man stabber loses conditional release after escape

WBAY/AP - Conditional release of Morgan Geyser upheld by judge

WTMJ - Conditional release plan moves forward for accused "Slenderman" stabber Morgan Geyser

WTMJ - Conditional release finally approved for Slenderman stabber Morgan Geyser

TMJ4 News - Judge approves conditional release plan for woman convicted in Slender Man stabbing

TMJ4 News - Morgan Geyser arrested in Illinois after cutting off ankle bracelet, fleeing group home

TMJ4 News - Slender Man trial: Jury finds Anissa Weier mentally ill, won't face prison

FOX6 Milwaukee - Slenderman stabbing case: Court learns what private investigator found in Morgan Geyser's bedroom

FOX6 Milwaukee - Slender Man stabbing: Morgan Geyser escapes, group home neighbors react

ABC7 Chicago - Morgan Geyser 911 calls detail Slender Man attacker's escape from Madison group home

ABC7 Chicago - Where is Morgan Geyser now? Wisconsin judge sends suspect in Slender Man stabbing back to mental health institution

ABC7 Chicago - Morgan Geyser waives extradition after escape from Wisconsin group home

WKOW - DOC places three staff on leave during investigation into Morgan Geyser's escape from group home

WMTV - Despite escape, state finds no supervision violations at Morgan Geyser's group home

CBS 58 - The Latest: Jury finds Anissa Weier not criminally responsible for stabbing classmate due to mental illness

CBS News Minnesota/AP - Wisconsin Judge Orders Release Of Anissa Weier In Slender Man Stabbing

Court TV - Judge approves conditional release plan for Morgan Geyser

Patch.com - Slenderman Trial: Anissa Weier Sentence Is 25 Years

Inverse - Mr. CreepyPasta Explains the Problem with 'Slenderman'

Biography.com - Slender Man Attacker Morgan Geyser Is Back in Custody After Sparking a Brief Manhunt

A&amp;E - The Slender-Man Inspired Attempted Murder of a Sixth Grader

Heavy - Payton Leutner's Injuries in the Slender Man Stabbing

Heavy - Morgan Geyser's Parents: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Crime + Investigation UK - The Slender Man stabbing: Attempted murder inspired by an urban legend

All That's Interesting - Who Is Payton Leutner, The Girl Who Nearly Died In The Infamous Slender Man Stabbing?

Jezebel - There's More Than One Boogeyman in the Slender Man Doc

Inside Edition - Slender Man Fan Who Tried to Kill Friend at 12 Gets Release Hearing

Good Morning America - Cyclist Recalls Finding Slender Man Stabbing Victim

LegalClarity - Anissa and Morgan Case: Charges, Mental Health, and Release

📚 BOOKS

Slenderman: A Tragic Story of Online Obsession and Mental Illness - Kathleen Hale, 2022

Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology - Shira Chess and Eric Newsom, 2014

Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet - edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill, 2018

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Beware the Slenderman - HBO, 2016, directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky

20/20: Out of the Woods - ABC News, September 2014, with David Muir

20/20: 'Out of the Woods' - ABC News, October 2019, Payton Leutner's first interview, with David Muir
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<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast</p>
<p>Please leave a rating and review. It helps more than you know!</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode. </p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>ABC News - <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/slender-man-stabbing-survivors-parents-describe-horrific-ordeal/story?id=25787516"><u>Slender Man Stabbing Survivor's Parents: 'She's Meant to Do Something Special'</u></a></p>
<p>ABC News - <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/slender-man-interrogation-tapes-reveal-shocking-details-alleged/story?id=25762590"><u>'Slender Man' Interrogation Tapes Reveal Shocking New Details About Alleged Stabbing Plot</u></a></p>
<p>ABC News - <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/mothers-teens-pleaded-guilty-slender-man-stabbing-case/story?id=51072504"><u>Mothers of teens who pleaded guilty in 'Slender Man' stabbing case say there were no warning signs of violence</u></a></p>
<p>ABC News - <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/slender-man-teen-conditional-release-mental-health-facility/story?id=76386897"><u>'Slender Man' teen to be released, survivor's family wishes she served longer sentence</u></a></p>
<p>ABC News - <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/slender-man-stabbing-timeline-woods-25701340"><u>Slender Man Stabbing Timeline: Out of the Woods</u></a></p>
<p>ABC News - <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/slender-man-stabbing-victim-speaks-publicly-time-situation/story?id=66268385"><u>Slender Man stabbing victim speaks publicly for first time: 'Without the whole situation, I wouldn't be who I am'</u></a></p>
<p>Newsweek - <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/22/girls-who-tried-kill-slender-man-264218.html"><u>The Girls Who Tried to Kill for Slender Man</u></a></p>
<p>Newsweek - <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/slenderman-creepypasta-meme-internet-horror-547481"><u>How Slenderman, the Internet's Horror Star, Crawled out of Creepypasta</u></a></p>
<p>New York Magazine via Harvard Center for Law, Brain &amp; Behavior - <a href="https://lisaxmiller.com/slender-man-is-watching/"><u>Slender Man Is Watching</u></a></p>
<p>NBC News - <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/slender-man-stabbing/911-call-released-waukesha-slender-man-stabbings-n122291"><u>911 Call Released in Waukesha 'Slender Man' Stabbings</u></a></p>
<p>NBC News - <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/slender-man-stabbing/slender-man-victims-family-thankful-special-day-n179251"><u>'Slender Man' Victim's Family Thankful for Special Day</u></a></p>
<p>NBC News - <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/slender-man-stabber-made-close-new-friend-ran-away-together-rcna245725"><u>The 'Slender Man' stabber made a close new friend — then ran away so they could be together</u></a></p>
<p>CNN - <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/us/morgan-geyser-timeline-slender-man"><u>What we know about Morgan Geyser's 24-hours on the run more than a decade after the 'Slender Man' stabbing took place</u></a></p>
<p>Courthouse News Service - <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/slenderman-stabbing-defendant-denied-release-from-mental-health-facility/"><u>Slender Man stabber loses conditional release after escape</u></a></p>
<p>WBAY/AP - <a href="https://www.wbay.com/2026/04/09/911-calls-detail-slender-man-attackers-escape-madison-group-home/"><u>Conditional release of Morgan Geyser upheld by judge</u></a></p>
<p>WTMJ - <a href="https://wtmj.com/news/2025/07/17/conditional-release-plan-moves-forward-for-accused-slenderman-stabber-morgan-geyser/"><u>Conditional release plan moves forward for accused "Slenderman" stabber Morgan Geyser</u></a></p>
<p>WTMJ - Conditional release finally approved for Slenderman stabber Morgan Geyser</p>
<p>TMJ4 News - <a href="https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/anissa-weier-convicted-in-slender-man-stabbing-will-be-granted-conditional-release-on-monday"><u>Judge approves conditional release plan for woman convicted in Slender Man stabbing</u></a></p>
<p>TMJ4 News - <a href="https://www.tmj4.com/news/waukesha-county/what-we-know-about-chad-mecca-the-man-arrested-with-morgan-geyser"><u>Morgan Geyser arrested in Illinois after cutting off ankle bracelet, fleeing group home</u></a></p>
<p>TMJ4 News - Slender Man trial: Jury finds Anissa Weier mentally ill, won't face prison</p>
<p>FOX6 Milwaukee - <a href="https://www.fox6now.com/news/slenderman-stabbing-court-learns-what-private-investigator-found-in-morgan-geysers-bedroom"><u>Slenderman stabbing case: Court learns what private investigator found in Morgan Geyser's bedroom</u></a></p>
<p>FOX6 Milwaukee - <a href="https://www.fox6now.com/news/slender-man-stabbing-morgan-geyser-hearing"><u>Slender Man stabbing: Morgan Geyser escapes, group home neighbors react</u></a></p>
<p>ABC7 Chicago - <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/morgan-geyser-911-calls-detail-slender-man-attackers-escape-madison-group-home/18861661/"><u>Morgan Geyser 911 calls detail Slender Man attacker's escape from Madison group home</u></a></p>
<p>ABC7 Chicago - <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/post/slender-man-waukesha-stabbing-morgan-geyser-stabbed-classmate-please-released-judge-says/17164835/"><u>Where is Morgan Geyser now? Wisconsin judge sends suspect in Slender Man stabbing back to mental health institution</u></a></p>
<p>ABC7 Chicago - Morgan Geyser waives extradition after escape from Wisconsin group home</p>
<p>WKOW - <a href="https://www.wkow.com/news/digging-deeper/27-news-obtains-911-call-from-madison-group-home-following-slender-man-stabbers-escape/article_1824fb2b-c4a5-471d-afc0-1aa2a54dcdcd.html"><u>DOC places three staff on leave during investigation into Morgan Geyser's escape from group home</u></a></p>
<p>WMTV - <a href="https://www.wmtv15news.com/2025/12/10/wi-department-corrections-changes-procedures-after-morgan-geysers-escape-group-home/"><u>Despite escape, state finds no supervision violations at Morgan Geyser's group home</u></a></p>
<p>CBS 58 - <a href="https://www.cbs58.com/news/jury-finds-anissa-weier-not-criminally-responsible"><u>The Latest: Jury finds Anissa Weier not criminally responsible for stabbing classmate due to mental illness</u></a></p>
<p>CBS News Minnesota/AP - <a href="https://cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/wisconsin-judge-orders-release-of-anissa-weier-in-slender-man-case"><u>Wisconsin Judge Orders Release Of Anissa Weier In Slender Man Stabbing</u></a></p>
<p>Court TV - <a href="https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-issues-ruling-for-morgan-geyser-in-slender-man-hearing/"><u>Judge approves conditional release plan for Morgan Geyser</u></a></p>
<p>Patch.com - <a href="https://patch.com/wisconsin/waukesha/teen-convicted-slenderman-stabbing-granted-conditional-release-0"><u>Slenderman Trial: Anissa Weier Sentence Is 25 Years</u></a></p>
<p>Inverse - Mr. CreepyPasta Explains the Problem with 'Slenderman'</p>
<p>Biography.com - <a href="https://www.biography.com/crime/a63393305/slenderman-stabbing-case-updates"><u>Slender Man Attacker Morgan Geyser Is Back in Custody After Sparking a Brief Manhunt</u></a></p>
<p>A&amp;E - <a href="https://www.aetv.com/articles/into-the-woods-slender-man-murder-sixth-grader"><u>The Slender-Man Inspired Attempted Murder of a Sixth Grader</u></a></p>
<p>Heavy - Payton Leutner's Injuries in the Slender Man Stabbing</p>
<p>Heavy - Morgan Geyser's Parents: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know</p>
<p>Crime + Investigation UK - The Slender Man stabbing: Attempted murder inspired by an urban legend</p>
<p>All That's Interesting - <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/slender-man"><u>Who Is Payton Leutner, The Girl Who Nearly Died In The Infamous Slender Man Stabbing?</u></a></p>
<p>Jezebel - There's More Than One Boogeyman in the Slender Man Doc</p>
<p>Inside Edition - <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/anissa-weier-teen-sentenced-in-slender-man-case-wants-early-release-from-wisconsin-facility-65534"><u>Slender Man Fan Who Tried to Kill Friend at 12 Gets Release Hearing</u></a></p>
<p>Good Morning America - Cyclist Recalls Finding Slender Man Stabbing Victim</p>
<p>LegalClarity - <a href="https://legalclarity.org/anissa-and-morgan-case-charges-sentencing-and-release/"><u>Anissa and Morgan Case: Charges, Mental Health, and Release</u></a></p>
<p>📚 BOOKS</p>
<p>Slenderman: A Tragic Story of Online Obsession and Mental Illness - Kathleen Hale, 2022</p>
<p>Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology - Shira Chess and Eric Newsom, 2014</p>
<p>Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet - edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill, 2018</p>
<p>🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING</p>
<p>Beware the Slenderman - HBO, 2016, directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky</p>
<p>20/20: Out of the Woods - ABC News, September 2014, with David Muir</p>
<p>20/20: 'Out of the Woods' - ABC News, October 2019, Payton Leutner's first interview, with David Muir</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>Into the Triangle: The Devil's Sea</title>
      <description>Some stretches of ocean don't give people back, and the Bermuda Triangle is the most famous one. Navy squadrons. Cargo giants. A cabin cruiser that called for a tow on a calm December night and was gone before the Coast Guard could get there. This week we're going into the lore. The famous cases. The ghost ships. And what science actually thinks is happening out there, because the real answers might be stranger than the myth. 

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Naval History and Heritage Command - H-057-4: The Disappearance of Flight 19

National Archives - The Official Record and the Loss of Flight 19

History.com - The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19

Naval History Magazine (USNI) - USS Cyclops, The Deadliest Unsolved Mystery in the Navy

History.com - Bermuda Triangle Mystery: What Happened to the USS Cyclops?

Naval Historical Foundation - The Unanswered Loss of USS Cyclops

Library of Congress - The Mysterious Disappearance of Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering's Crew

NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources - The Carroll A. Deering, Ghost Ship

National Park Service - The Ghost Ship of the Outer Banks

PlaneHistoria - BSAA Star Tiger coverage and inquiry summary

PlaneHistoria - BSAA Star Ariel coverage

Bernews - Plausible Solutions To Bermuda Triangle Mysteries (Tom Mangold reporting)

Civil Aeronautics Board / USDeadlyEvents - Report on DC-3 NC16002

Coast Guard Inquiry Findings, summarized - USDeadlyEvents on Marine Sulphur Queen

Porchlight International - Burack and Father Horgan / Witchcraft case file

NOAA Ocean Service - What is the Bermuda Triangle?

National Geographic - Gas Craters Off Norway Linked to Bermuda Triangle Theory

Live Science - Could Gas Explosions Explain Bermuda Triangle Mystery?

Fox News - Bermuda Triangle Rogue Wave Theory (Dr. Simon Boxall, Channel 5 documentary)

Britannica - What Is Known (and Not Known) About the Bermuda Triangle

Smithsonian Magazine - How the Disappearance of Flight 19 Fueled the Legend

ElectronicFog.com - Bruce Gernon's account of his 1970 flight

📚 BOOKS

The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved - Lawrence David Kusche, 1975

The Bermuda Triangle - Charles Berlitz, 1974

Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries of the Sea - Vincent Gaddis, 1965

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle: True Encounters with Electronic Fog, Missing Aircraft, and Time Warps - Bruce Gernon and Rob MacGregor, 2017

Sailing Alone Around the World - Joshua Slocum, 1900

Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering - Bland Simpson, UNC Press, 2005

🎬 DOCS

The Bermuda Triangle Enigma - Channel 5 documentary featuring Dr. Simon Boxall of the University of Southampton




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      <itunes:summary>Some stretches of ocean don't give people back, and the Bermuda Triangle is the most famous one. Navy squadrons. Cargo giants. A cabin cruiser that called for a tow on a calm December night and was gone before the Coast Guard could get there. This week we're going into the lore. The famous cases. The ghost ships. And what science actually thinks is happening out there, because the real answers might be stranger than the myth. 

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Naval History and Heritage Command - H-057-4: The Disappearance of Flight 19

National Archives - The Official Record and the Loss of Flight 19

History.com - The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19

Naval History Magazine (USNI) - USS Cyclops, The Deadliest Unsolved Mystery in the Navy

History.com - Bermuda Triangle Mystery: What Happened to the USS Cyclops?

Naval Historical Foundation - The Unanswered Loss of USS Cyclops

Library of Congress - The Mysterious Disappearance of Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering's Crew

NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources - The Carroll A. Deering, Ghost Ship

National Park Service - The Ghost Ship of the Outer Banks

PlaneHistoria - BSAA Star Tiger coverage and inquiry summary

PlaneHistoria - BSAA Star Ariel coverage

Bernews - Plausible Solutions To Bermuda Triangle Mysteries (Tom Mangold reporting)

Civil Aeronautics Board / USDeadlyEvents - Report on DC-3 NC16002

Coast Guard Inquiry Findings, summarized - USDeadlyEvents on Marine Sulphur Queen

Porchlight International - Burack and Father Horgan / Witchcraft case file

NOAA Ocean Service - What is the Bermuda Triangle?

National Geographic - Gas Craters Off Norway Linked to Bermuda Triangle Theory

Live Science - Could Gas Explosions Explain Bermuda Triangle Mystery?

Fox News - Bermuda Triangle Rogue Wave Theory (Dr. Simon Boxall, Channel 5 documentary)

Britannica - What Is Known (and Not Known) About the Bermuda Triangle

Smithsonian Magazine - How the Disappearance of Flight 19 Fueled the Legend

ElectronicFog.com - Bruce Gernon's account of his 1970 flight

📚 BOOKS

The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved - Lawrence David Kusche, 1975

The Bermuda Triangle - Charles Berlitz, 1974

Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries of the Sea - Vincent Gaddis, 1965

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle: True Encounters with Electronic Fog, Missing Aircraft, and Time Warps - Bruce Gernon and Rob MacGregor, 2017

Sailing Alone Around the World - Joshua Slocum, 1900

Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering - Bland Simpson, UNC Press, 2005

🎬 DOCS

The Bermuda Triangle Enigma - Channel 5 documentary featuring Dr. Simon Boxall of the University of Southampton




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        <![CDATA[<p>Some stretches of ocean don't give people back, and the Bermuda Triangle is the most famous one. Navy squadrons. Cargo giants. A cabin cruiser that called for a tow on a calm December night and was gone before the Coast Guard could get there. This week we're going into the lore. The famous cases. The ghost ships. And what science actually thinks is happening out there, because the real answers might be stranger than the myth. </p>
<p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p>
<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
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<p>If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>Naval History and Heritage Command - <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-057/h-057-4.html"><u>H-057-4: The Disappearance of Flight 19</u></a></p>
<p>National Archives - <a href="https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2017/10/16/uncertain-as-to-in-what-position-lay-the-peninsula-of-florida-the-official-record-and-the-loss-of-flight-19/"><u>The Official Record and the Loss of Flight 19</u></a></p>
<p>History.com - <a href="https://www.history.com/articles/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19"><u>The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19</u></a></p>
<p>Naval History Magazine (USNI) - <a href="https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2021/october/uss-cyclops-deadliest-unsolved-mystery-navy"><u>USS Cyclops, The Deadliest Unsolved Mystery in the Navy</u></a></p>
<p>History.com - <a href="https://www.history.com/articles/bermuda-triangle-uss-cyclops-mystery-world-war-i"><u>Bermuda Triangle Mystery: What Happened to the USS Cyclops?</u></a></p>
<p>Naval Historical Foundation - <a href="https://navyhistory.org/2013/06/unanswered-loss-uss-cyclops-march-1918/"><u>The Unanswered Loss of USS Cyclops</u></a></p>
<p>Library of Congress - <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2023/01/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-ghost-ship-carroll-a-deerings-crew/"><u>The Mysterious Disappearance of Ghost Ship Carroll A. Deering's Crew</u></a></p>
<p>NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources - The Carroll A. Deering, Ghost Ship</p>
<p>National Park Service - The Ghost Ship of the Outer Banks</p>
<p>PlaneHistoria - <a href="https://planehistoria.com/the-star-tiger-a-baffling-aviation-mystery/"><u>BSAA Star Tiger coverage and inquiry summary</u></a></p>
<p>PlaneHistoria - BSAA Star Ariel coverage</p>
<p>Bernews - <a href="https://bernews.com/2011/01/plausible-solutions-to-bermuda-triangle-mysteries/"><u>Plausible Solutions To Bermuda Triangle Mysteries (Tom Mangold reporting)</u></a></p>
<p>Civil Aeronautics Board / USDeadlyEvents - <a href="https://www.usdeadlyevents.com/1948-dec-28-airborne-transport-charter-crash-elec-sys-san-juan-pr-to-miami-off-fl-32/"><u>Report on DC-3 NC16002</u></a></p>
<p>Coast Guard Inquiry Findings, summarized - <a href="https://www.usdeadlyevents.com/"><u>USDeadlyEvents on Marine Sulphur Queen</u></a></p>
<p>Porchlight International - Burack and Father Horgan / Witchcraft case file</p>
<p>NOAA Ocean Service - What is the Bermuda Triangle?</p>
<p>National Geographic - Gas Craters Off Norway Linked to Bermuda Triangle Theory</p>
<p>Live Science - <a href="https://www.livescience.com/48290-siberian-holes-bermuda-triangle-mystery.html"><u>Could Gas Explosions Explain Bermuda Triangle Mystery?</u></a></p>
<p>Fox News - <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/bermuda-triangle-mystery-solved-scientists-claim"><u>Bermuda Triangle Rogue Wave Theory (Dr. Simon Boxall, Channel 5 documentary)</u></a></p>
<p>Britannica - <a href="https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-known-and-not-known-about-the-bermuda-triangle"><u>What Is Known (and Not Known) About the Bermuda Triangle</u></a></p>
<p>Smithsonian Magazine - How the Disappearance of Flight 19 Fueled the Legend</p>
<p>ElectronicFog.com - Bruce Gernon's account of his 1970 flight</p>
<p>📚 BOOKS</p>
<p>The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved - Lawrence David Kusche, 1975</p>
<p>The Bermuda Triangle - Charles Berlitz, 1974</p>
<p>Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries of the Sea - Vincent Gaddis, 1965</p>
<p>Beyond the Bermuda Triangle: True Encounters with Electronic Fog, Missing Aircraft, and Time Warps - Bruce Gernon and Rob MacGregor, 2017</p>
<p>Sailing Alone Around the World - Joshua Slocum, 1900</p>
<p>Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering - Bland Simpson, UNC Press, 2005</p>
<p>🎬 DOCS</p>
<p>The Bermuda Triangle Enigma - Channel 5 documentary featuring Dr. Simon Boxall of the University of Southampton</p>
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      <description>In a quiet Italian town, there was a woman everyone trusted. She baked. She welcomed people in. She was the kind of person no one questioned. And then people started disappearing. When she finally confessed, it wasn’t just what she had done… it was why.

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Weird Italy - Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soapmaker of Correggio https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/25/leonarda-cianciulli-the-soapmaker-of-correggio/

All That's Interesting - The Chilling Story of Leonarda Cianciulli https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli

Utterly Interesting - The Crimes of Leonarda Cianciulli https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio

Cardinal Points Online - Soap Maker of Correggio https://cardinalpointsonline.com/cardinal-sins-soap-maker-of-correggio-murders-three-women/

Medium - Mother Dearest: The Crimes of Leonarda Cianciulli https://medium.com/@rocknrollgeek1975/mother-dearest-the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli

Museo Criminologico, Rome - The Correggio Soap-Maker http://www.museocriminologico.it/correggio_uk.htm

Life in Italy - Italy During the Second World War https://lifeinitaly.com/italy-second-world-war/

History Rise - Italy Under Mussolini https://historyrise.com/italy-under-mussolini-fascism-propaganda-and-world-war-ii/

Chapman University - Italian Society During World War II https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&amp;context=history_books

Working Class History - Italian Resistance https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/

Baltimore Sun - "Rendered Her Friends to Wax, She Says" (April 28, 1946) Referenced in multiple secondary sources above - original print archive only.

📚 BOOKS

The Curse: A Shocking True Story of Superstition, Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism - Ryan Green (2019)

Confessioni di Un'Anima Amareggiata (Confessions of a Bitter Soul) - Leonarda Cianciulli
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      <itunes:summary>In a quiet Italian town, there was a woman everyone trusted. She baked. She welcomed people in. She was the kind of person no one questioned. And then people started disappearing. When she finally confessed, it wasn’t just what she had done… it was why.

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Weird Italy - Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soapmaker of Correggio https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/25/leonarda-cianciulli-the-soapmaker-of-correggio/

All That's Interesting - The Chilling Story of Leonarda Cianciulli https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli

Utterly Interesting - The Crimes of Leonarda Cianciulli https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio

Cardinal Points Online - Soap Maker of Correggio https://cardinalpointsonline.com/cardinal-sins-soap-maker-of-correggio-murders-three-women/

Medium - Mother Dearest: The Crimes of Leonarda Cianciulli https://medium.com/@rocknrollgeek1975/mother-dearest-the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli

Museo Criminologico, Rome - The Correggio Soap-Maker http://www.museocriminologico.it/correggio_uk.htm

Life in Italy - Italy During the Second World War https://lifeinitaly.com/italy-second-world-war/

History Rise - Italy Under Mussolini https://historyrise.com/italy-under-mussolini-fascism-propaganda-and-world-war-ii/

Chapman University - Italian Society During World War II https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&amp;context=history_books

Working Class History - Italian Resistance https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/

Baltimore Sun - "Rendered Her Friends to Wax, She Says" (April 28, 1946) Referenced in multiple secondary sources above - original print archive only.

📚 BOOKS

The Curse: A Shocking True Story of Superstition, Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism - Ryan Green (2019)

Confessioni di Un'Anima Amareggiata (Confessions of a Bitter Soul) - Leonarda Cianciulli
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<p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p>
<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast</p>
<p>If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.</p>
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<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>Weird Italy - Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soapmaker of Correggio <a href="https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/25/leonarda-cianciulli-the-soapmaker-of-correggio/"><u>https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/25/leonarda-cianciulli-the-soapmaker-of-correggio/</u></a></p>
<p>All That's Interesting - The Chilling Story of Leonarda Cianciulli <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli"><u>https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli</u></a></p>
<p>Utterly Interesting - The Crimes of Leonarda Cianciulli <a href="https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio"><u>https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli-the-soap-maker-of-correggio</u></a></p>
<p>Cardinal Points Online - Soap Maker of Correggio <a href="https://cardinalpointsonline.com/cardinal-sins-soap-maker-of-correggio-murders-three-women/"><u>https://cardinalpointsonline.com/cardinal-sins-soap-maker-of-correggio-murders-three-women/</u></a></p>
<p>Medium - Mother Dearest: The Crimes of Leonarda Cianciulli <a href="https://medium.com/@rocknrollgeek1975/mother-dearest-the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli"><u>https://medium.com/@rocknrollgeek1975/mother-dearest-the-crimes-of-leonarda-cianciulli</u></a></p>
<p>Museo Criminologico, Rome - The Correggio Soap-Maker <a href="http://www.museocriminologico.it/correggio_uk.htm"><u>http://www.museocriminologico.it/correggio_uk.htm</u></a></p>
<p>Life in Italy - Italy During the Second World War <a href="https://lifeinitaly.com/italy-second-world-war/"><u>https://lifeinitaly.com/italy-second-world-war/</u></a></p>
<p>History Rise - Italy Under Mussolini <a href="https://historyrise.com/italy-under-mussolini-fascism-propaganda-and-world-war-ii/"><u>https://historyrise.com/italy-under-mussolini-fascism-propaganda-and-world-war-ii/</u></a></p>
<p>Chapman University - Italian Society During World War II <a href="https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&amp;context=history_books"><u>https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&amp;context=history_books</u></a></p>
<p>Working Class History - Italian Resistance <a href="https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/"><u>https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/</u></a></p>
<p>Baltimore Sun - "Rendered Her Friends to Wax, She Says" (April 28, 1946) Referenced in multiple secondary sources above - original print archive only.</p>
<p>📚 BOOKS</p>
<p>The Curse: A Shocking True Story of Superstition, Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism - Ryan Green (2019)</p>
<p>Confessioni di Un'Anima Amareggiata (Confessions of a Bitter Soul) - Leonarda Cianciulli</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>Boogeyman: The Hook-Handed Stranger</title>
      <description>What if the boogeyman you grew up hearing about wasn't just a story? On Staten Island, there was a figure parents whispered about to keep their kids close to home. Bedtime warnings, campfire dares, everyone thought it was just make-believe. But then children started to vanish. And suddenly, it wasn't just scary anymore. It was real. 

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Quick corrections: Ethel Atwell disappeared October 1978, Rand legally changed his name in 1972, and Tiahease Jackson was sent to the supermarket by another motel resident while her mother was napping, not on an errand from home. Sources in the show notes 

🔗 WEB SOURCES

The Charley Project - Holly Ann Hughes

The Charley Project - Alice Pereira

The Doe Network - 136DFNY Holly Ann Hughes

The Doe Network - 134DFNY Alice Pereira

NCMEC - Have you seen this child? Alice Pereira

UPI Archives - Jennifer mourned as loveable child who comforted all

All That's Interesting - The Haunting Story of Andre Rand, the Real-Life Cropsey Killer Who Stalked Staten Island in the 1980s

The Line-Up - Cropsey: The Terrifying Urban Legend Brought to Life

Historic Mysteries - Cropsey: New York's Terrifying Urban Legend

Disability Justice - The Closing of Willowbrook

NYU Undercover Reporting - Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace - Geraldo Rivera, WABC-TV

The New York Review of Books - The Horrors of Hepatitis Research

Our Black Girls - Tiahease Jackson, 11: May Have Fallen Victim to Serial Killer in 1983

Whereabouts Still Unknown - Ethel Atwell

Find a Grave - Holly Ann Hughes Memorial

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Cropsey (2009), directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio

Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace (1972), Geraldo Rivera for WABC-TV

Killer Psyche Daily episode on Staten Island's "Cropsey" Killer

Production notes: Specific quotes from Andre Rand have been attributed broadly to prison staff and fellow inmates rather than named individuals where the named source could not be independently verified. Some details about the missing victims, particularly the adult cases, are circumstantial and Rand was never charged in connection with them.
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      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>What if the boogeyman you grew up hearing about wasn't just a story? On Staten Island, there was a figure parents whispered about to keep their kids close to home. Bedtime warnings, campfire dares, everyone thought it was just make-believe. But then children started to vanish. And suddenly, it wasn't just scary anymore. It was real. 

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Here is everything used to research this episode.

Quick corrections: Ethel Atwell disappeared October 1978, Rand legally changed his name in 1972, and Tiahease Jackson was sent to the supermarket by another motel resident while her mother was napping, not on an errand from home. Sources in the show notes 

🔗 WEB SOURCES

The Charley Project - Holly Ann Hughes

The Charley Project - Alice Pereira

The Doe Network - 136DFNY Holly Ann Hughes

The Doe Network - 134DFNY Alice Pereira

NCMEC - Have you seen this child? Alice Pereira

UPI Archives - Jennifer mourned as loveable child who comforted all

All That's Interesting - The Haunting Story of Andre Rand, the Real-Life Cropsey Killer Who Stalked Staten Island in the 1980s

The Line-Up - Cropsey: The Terrifying Urban Legend Brought to Life

Historic Mysteries - Cropsey: New York's Terrifying Urban Legend

Disability Justice - The Closing of Willowbrook

NYU Undercover Reporting - Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace - Geraldo Rivera, WABC-TV

The New York Review of Books - The Horrors of Hepatitis Research

Our Black Girls - Tiahease Jackson, 11: May Have Fallen Victim to Serial Killer in 1983

Whereabouts Still Unknown - Ethel Atwell

Find a Grave - Holly Ann Hughes Memorial

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Cropsey (2009), directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio

Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace (1972), Geraldo Rivera for WABC-TV

Killer Psyche Daily episode on Staten Island's "Cropsey" Killer

Production notes: Specific quotes from Andre Rand have been attributed broadly to prison staff and fellow inmates rather than named individuals where the named source could not be independently verified. Some details about the missing victims, particularly the adult cases, are circumstantial and Rand was never charged in connection with them.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>What if the boogeyman you grew up hearing about wasn't just a story? On Staten Island, there was a figure parents whispered about to keep their kids close to home. Bedtime warnings, campfire dares, everyone thought it was just make-believe. But then children started to vanish. And suddenly, it wasn't just scary anymore. It was real. </p>
<p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p>
<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast</p>
<p>If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>Quick corrections: Ethel Atwell disappeared October 1978, Rand legally changed his name in 1972, and Tiahease Jackson was sent to the supermarket by another motel resident while her mother was napping, not on an errand from home. Sources in the show notes </p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>The Charley Project - <a href="https://charleyproject.org/case/holly-ann-hughes">Holly Ann Hughes</a></p>
<p>The Charley Project - <a href="https://charleyproject.org/case/alice-pereira">Alice Pereira</a></p>
<p>The Doe Network - <a href="https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/136dfny.html">136DFNY Holly Ann Hughes</a></p>
<p>The Doe Network - <a href="https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/134dfny.html">134DFNY Alice Pereira</a></p>
<p>NCMEC - <a href="https://www.missingkids.org/poster/ncmc/604013/1">Have you seen this child? Alice Pereira</a></p>
<p>UPI Archives - <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/08/17/Jennifer-mourned-as-loveable-child-who-comforted-all/7410556171200/">Jennifer mourned as loveable child who comforted all</a></p>
<p>All That's Interesting - <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/andre-rand">The Haunting Story of Andre Rand, the Real-Life Cropsey Killer Who Stalked Staten Island in the 1980s</a></p>
<p>The Line-Up - <a href="https://the-line-up.com/cropsey-monster-of-staten-island">Cropsey: The Terrifying Urban Legend Brought to Life</a></p>
<p>Historic Mysteries - <a href="https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/cropsey/38031/">Cropsey: New York's Terrifying Urban Legend</a></p>
<p>Disability Justice - <a href="https://disabilityjustice.org/the-closing-of-willowbrook/">The Closing of Willowbrook</a></p>
<p>NYU Undercover Reporting - <a href="https://undercover.hosting.nyu.edu/s/undercover-reporting/item/14596">Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace - Geraldo Rivera, WABC-TV</a></p>
<p>The New York Review of Books - <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/11/21/the-horrors-of-hepatitis-research-dangerous-medicine-sydney-halpern/">The Horrors of Hepatitis Research</a></p>
<p>Our Black Girls - <a href="https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/08/24/tiahease-jackson-missing/">Tiahease Jackson, 11: May Have Fallen Victim to Serial Killer in 1983</a></p>
<p>Whereabouts Still Unknown - <a href="https://whereaboutsstillunknown.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/ethel-atwell/">Ethel Atwell</a></p>
<p>Find a Grave - <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12237572/holly_ann-hughes">Holly Ann Hughes Memorial</a></p>
<p>🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING</p>
<p><em>Cropsey</em> (2009), directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio</p>
<p><em>Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace</em> (1972), Geraldo Rivera for WABC-TV</p>
<p><em>Killer Psyche Daily</em> episode on Staten Island's "Cropsey" Killer</p>
<p><em>Production notes: Specific quotes from Andre Rand have been attributed broadly to prison staff and fellow inmates rather than named individuals where the named source could not be independently verified. Some details about the missing victims, particularly the adult cases, are circumstantial and Rand was never charged in connection with them.</em></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>England's Most Haunted: What the Stones Don't Tell</title>
      <description>Today Megan is revisiting a medieval building in a quiet Cotswolds village.  A 900-year legend that doesn't quite hold up under the tree rings. A pagan burial ground nobody can find in the archaeological record. And the man who spent fifty years inside it, telling stories nobody could verify and experiencing things he couldn't explain. 

The Ancient Ram Inn calls itself the most haunted building in England. The reality is stranger, and more layered, than the marketing. 

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🔗 WEB SOURCES

Triskele Heritage - Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #26: The Ancient Ram Inn

Historic England - The Ancient Ram Inn, List Entry 1088885

Historic England - Educational Resource: The Ancient Ram Inn

The Ancient Ram Inn - Official Website

Higgypop Paranormal - The Former Gloucestershire Inn Where History and the Paranormal Collide

Higgypop Paranormal - Ancient Ram Inn Ghost Hunt Review

Find a Grave - John Humphries Memorial

Stroud Times - Owner of Ancient Ram Inn Speaks of Plans for the Iconic Former Pub

Ex Utopia - The Ancient Ram Inn: A Visit to England's Most Haunted House

Travel Channel - Ancient Ram Inn's Haunted History

Astonishing Legends - The Ancient Ram Inn

From Tiny Pennies - The Ancient Ram Inn, Wotton-Under-Edge

Visit Herefordshire - Introducing Alfred Watkins, a Fascinating Man

Woolhope Club - Alfred Watkins

English Heritage - Witchcraft: Eight Myths and Misconceptions

English Heritage - Building Stonehenge

University of Reading - New Research Reveals Origin of Stonehenge's Great Sarsen Stones

University College London - Stonehenge Bluestone Quarries Confirmed 140 Miles Away in Wales

Birmingham Museums Trust - Sarehole's Inspiration for Tolkien's Middle-earth

Wotton Heritage - Wotton-Under-Edge Local History

British History Online - Wotton-under-Edge (RCHME 1976)

Gloucestershire Archives - Deeds D1193/16/1 (1350-1724)

IMDB - Most Haunted: The Ancient Ram Inn (Season 5, 2005)

📚 BOOKS

Historic Building Mythbusting: Uncovering Folklore, History and Archaeology - James Wright, The History Press, 2024

The Old Straight Track - Alfred Watkins, 1925

Early British Trackways - Alfred Watkins, 1922

Vernacular Architecture Group Spring Conference 2014 - Gloucestershire - Linda Hall, Vernacular Architecture Group, 2014

Tree-ring Dates from the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory List 263 - Daniel Miles and Martin Bridge, in Vernacular Architecture Volume 45, 2014

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel) - The Ancient Ram Inn episode

Most Haunted, Series 5 - The Ancient Ram Inn (originally broadcast 29 January 2005)
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      <itunes:summary>Today Megan is revisiting a medieval building in a quiet Cotswolds village.  A 900-year legend that doesn't quite hold up under the tree rings. A pagan burial ground nobody can find in the archaeological record. And the man who spent fifty years inside it, telling stories nobody could verify and experiencing things he couldn't explain. 

The Ancient Ram Inn calls itself the most haunted building in England. The reality is stranger, and more layered, than the marketing. 

SHOW NOTES

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Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

Triskele Heritage - Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #26: The Ancient Ram Inn

Historic England - The Ancient Ram Inn, List Entry 1088885

Historic England - Educational Resource: The Ancient Ram Inn

The Ancient Ram Inn - Official Website

Higgypop Paranormal - The Former Gloucestershire Inn Where History and the Paranormal Collide

Higgypop Paranormal - Ancient Ram Inn Ghost Hunt Review

Find a Grave - John Humphries Memorial

Stroud Times - Owner of Ancient Ram Inn Speaks of Plans for the Iconic Former Pub

Ex Utopia - The Ancient Ram Inn: A Visit to England's Most Haunted House

Travel Channel - Ancient Ram Inn's Haunted History

Astonishing Legends - The Ancient Ram Inn

From Tiny Pennies - The Ancient Ram Inn, Wotton-Under-Edge

Visit Herefordshire - Introducing Alfred Watkins, a Fascinating Man

Woolhope Club - Alfred Watkins

English Heritage - Witchcraft: Eight Myths and Misconceptions

English Heritage - Building Stonehenge

University of Reading - New Research Reveals Origin of Stonehenge's Great Sarsen Stones

University College London - Stonehenge Bluestone Quarries Confirmed 140 Miles Away in Wales

Birmingham Museums Trust - Sarehole's Inspiration for Tolkien's Middle-earth

Wotton Heritage - Wotton-Under-Edge Local History

British History Online - Wotton-under-Edge (RCHME 1976)

Gloucestershire Archives - Deeds D1193/16/1 (1350-1724)

IMDB - Most Haunted: The Ancient Ram Inn (Season 5, 2005)

📚 BOOKS

Historic Building Mythbusting: Uncovering Folklore, History and Archaeology - James Wright, The History Press, 2024

The Old Straight Track - Alfred Watkins, 1925

Early British Trackways - Alfred Watkins, 1922

Vernacular Architecture Group Spring Conference 2014 - Gloucestershire - Linda Hall, Vernacular Architecture Group, 2014

Tree-ring Dates from the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory List 263 - Daniel Miles and Martin Bridge, in Vernacular Architecture Volume 45, 2014

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel) - The Ancient Ram Inn episode

Most Haunted, Series 5 - The Ancient Ram Inn (originally broadcast 29 January 2005)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Today Megan is revisiting a medieval building in a quiet Cotswolds village.  A 900-year legend that doesn't quite hold up under the tree rings. A pagan burial ground nobody can find in the archaeological record. And the man who spent fifty years inside it, telling stories nobody could verify and experiencing things he couldn't explain. </p>
<p>The Ancient Ram Inn calls itself the most haunted building in England. The reality is stranger, and more layered, than the marketing. </p>
<p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p>
<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast</p>
<p>If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>Triskele Heritage - <a href="https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2023/11/13/mediaeval-myth-busting-blog-26-the-ancient-ram-inn/">Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog #26: The Ancient Ram Inn</a></p>
<p>Historic England - <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1088885">The Ancient Ram Inn, List Entry 1088885</a></p>
<p>Historic England - <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/education/schools-resources/educational-images/the-ancient-ram-inn-wotton-under-edge-gloucestershire-6124">Educational Resource: The Ancient Ram Inn</a></p>
<p>The Ancient Ram Inn - <a href="https://ancientraminn.co.uk/">Official Website</a></p>
<p>Higgypop Paranormal - <a href="https://www.higgypop.com/news/the-ancient-ram-inn-history/">The Former Gloucestershire Inn Where History and the Paranormal Collide</a></p>
<p>Higgypop Paranormal - <a href="https://www.higgypop.com/news/ghost-hunting-at-the-ancient-ram-inn/">Ancient Ram Inn Ghost Hunt Review</a></p>
<p>Find a Grave - <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193844719/john-humphries">John Humphries Memorial</a></p>
<p>Stroud Times - <a href="https://stroudtimes.com/owner-of-ancient-ram-inn-speaks-of-plans-for-the-iconic-former-pub/">Owner of Ancient Ram Inn Speaks of Plans for the Iconic Former Pub</a></p>
<p>Ex Utopia - <a href="https://www.exutopia.com/the-ancient-ram-inn-a-visit-to-englands-most-haunted-house/">The Ancient Ram Inn: A Visit to England's Most Haunted House</a></p>
<p>Travel Channel - <a href="https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/ancient-ram-inns-haunted-history">Ancient Ram Inn's Haunted History</a></p>
<p>Astonishing Legends - <a href="https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2019/4/21/the-ancient-ram-inn">The Ancient Ram Inn</a></p>
<p>From Tiny Pennies - <a href="https://fromtinypennies.com/2019/01/07/the-ancient-ram-inn-wotton-under-edge/">The Ancient Ram Inn, Wotton-Under-Edge</a></p>
<p>Visit Herefordshire - <a href="https://www.visitherefordshire.co.uk/blog/introducing-alfred-watkins-fascinating-man">Introducing Alfred Watkins, a Fascinating Man</a></p>
<p>Woolhope Club - <a href="https://www.woolhopeclub.org.uk/club/woolhope-people/alfred-watkins">Alfred Watkins</a></p>
<p>English Heritage - <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/eight-witchcraft-myths/">Witchcraft: Eight Myths and Misconceptions</a></p>
<p>English Heritage - <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/building-stonehenge/">Building Stonehenge</a></p>
<p>University of Reading - <a href="https://archive.reading.ac.uk/news-events/2020/July/pr845441.html">New Research Reveals Origin of Stonehenge's Great Sarsen Stones</a></p>
<p>University College London - <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2015/dec/stonehenge-bluestone-quarries-confirmed-140-miles-away-wales">Stonehenge Bluestone Quarries Confirmed 140 Miles Away in Wales</a></p>
<p>Birmingham Museums Trust - <a href="https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/sarehole-mill/highlights/middle-earth">Sarehole's Inspiration for Tolkien's Middle-earth</a></p>
<p>Wotton Heritage - <a href="https://www.wottonheritage.com/Lectures">Wotton-Under-Edge Local History</a></p>
<p>British History Online - <a href="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/ancient-glos/pp134-135">Wotton-under-Edge (RCHME 1976)</a></p>
<p>Gloucestershire Archives - <a href="https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/records/D1193/16/1">Deeds D1193/16/1 (1350-1724)</a></p>
<p>IMDB - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0651392/">Most Haunted: The Ancient Ram Inn (Season 5, 2005)</a></p>
<p>📚 BOOKS</p>
<p>Historic Building Mythbusting: Uncovering Folklore, History and Archaeology - James Wright, The History Press, 2024</p>
<p>The Old Straight Track - Alfred Watkins, 1925</p>
<p>Early British Trackways - Alfred Watkins, 1922</p>
<p>Vernacular Architecture Group Spring Conference 2014 - Gloucestershire - Linda Hall, Vernacular Architecture Group, 2014</p>
<p>Tree-ring Dates from the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory List 263 - Daniel Miles and Martin Bridge, in Vernacular Architecture Volume 45, 2014</p>
<p>🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING</p>
<p>Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel) - The Ancient Ram Inn episode</p>
<p>Most Haunted, Series 5 - The Ancient Ram Inn (originally broadcast 29 January 2005)</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>Borrowed Faces: Forty Million in Two Minutes</title>
      <description>In August 2009, two men in tailored suits walked into the most exclusive jewelry store on London's most exclusive street, and two minutes later they walked out with forty million pounds in diamonds. No masks. The makeup artist who'd spent four hours disguising them thought they were working on a music video. The man who planned it all was out on police bail for cocaine, still living at his mother's house. Sixteen years on, not a single stone has been recovered.

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🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

The Cinemaholic - Michelle Hogg: Where Is the Make-up Artist Now?

Chris Dennis Talks Makeup - Charles H. Fox turns into Kryolan Store

Jack the Ripper Tour - An Interview With Charles H. Fox

CBC News - How British drag queen La Voix unwittingly provided the makeup for a $73M jewel heist

HuffPost UK - How La Voix Became Embroiled In The UK's Biggest Ever Jewels Heist

Hello Magazine - Inside Strictly star La Voix's private life – from tragic loss to 'frightening' diamond heist

The Natural Sapphire Company - The Graff Diamond Heist: One of London's Biggest Robberies

Art Hostage - Stolen Art Watch: Graff Jewel Heist

CBS News - Caught on Tape: Dirty Sexy London Heist

France24 - Robbers raid London store in Britain's biggest jewel heist

WWD - Graff Robbers Sentenced

IDEX Online - First Conviction in Graff Robbery Case

The London Daily News - £40 million Graff diamond heist 21 year prison sentence

The New Yorker - The Pink Panthers

JCK Online - Interview With Director of Documentary About the "Pink Panther" Jewel Thieves

CBS News 60 Minutes - The Pink Panthers: Daring heists rake in half-a-billion dollars

LCCSA - Graff robbery diamond turns up in Hong Kong pawn shop

Professional Jeweller - Stolen Graff jewel turns up in Hong Kong

Headspace Group - Laurence Graff: A lifetime with diamonds

Bloomberg - Laurence Graff profile

ARTnews - Laurence Graff, Top 200 Collector profile

Hancocks London - Graff maker profile

Thought Economics - A Conversation with Laurence Graff OBE

Interview Magazine - Peter M. Brant interviews Laurence Graff

Rapaport - The Heart of Graff

Graff - House Heritage

Graff - London New Bond Street store

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Smash &amp; Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013, dir. Havana Marking)

Little Did You Know podcast (2021), hosted by David McGillivray, episode 12 with Chris Dennis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Ier5pYLRE

ABC News original 2009 broadcast featuring the bystander cell phone footage

VICE short documentary on the Pink Panthers (2014)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
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      <itunes:summary>In August 2009, two men in tailored suits walked into the most exclusive jewelry store on London's most exclusive street, and two minutes later they walked out with forty million pounds in diamonds. No masks. The makeup artist who'd spent four hours disguising them thought they were working on a music video. The man who planned it all was out on police bail for cocaine, still living at his mother's house. Sixteen years on, not a single stone has been recovered.

SHOW NOTES

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Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast

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🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

The Cinemaholic - Michelle Hogg: Where Is the Make-up Artist Now?

Chris Dennis Talks Makeup - Charles H. Fox turns into Kryolan Store

Jack the Ripper Tour - An Interview With Charles H. Fox

CBC News - How British drag queen La Voix unwittingly provided the makeup for a $73M jewel heist

HuffPost UK - How La Voix Became Embroiled In The UK's Biggest Ever Jewels Heist

Hello Magazine - Inside Strictly star La Voix's private life – from tragic loss to 'frightening' diamond heist

The Natural Sapphire Company - The Graff Diamond Heist: One of London's Biggest Robberies

Art Hostage - Stolen Art Watch: Graff Jewel Heist

CBS News - Caught on Tape: Dirty Sexy London Heist

France24 - Robbers raid London store in Britain's biggest jewel heist

WWD - Graff Robbers Sentenced

IDEX Online - First Conviction in Graff Robbery Case

The London Daily News - £40 million Graff diamond heist 21 year prison sentence

The New Yorker - The Pink Panthers

JCK Online - Interview With Director of Documentary About the "Pink Panther" Jewel Thieves

CBS News 60 Minutes - The Pink Panthers: Daring heists rake in half-a-billion dollars

LCCSA - Graff robbery diamond turns up in Hong Kong pawn shop

Professional Jeweller - Stolen Graff jewel turns up in Hong Kong

Headspace Group - Laurence Graff: A lifetime with diamonds

Bloomberg - Laurence Graff profile

ARTnews - Laurence Graff, Top 200 Collector profile

Hancocks London - Graff maker profile

Thought Economics - A Conversation with Laurence Graff OBE

Interview Magazine - Peter M. Brant interviews Laurence Graff

Rapaport - The Heart of Graff

Graff - House Heritage

Graff - London New Bond Street store

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING

Smash &amp; Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013, dir. Havana Marking)

Little Did You Know podcast (2021), hosted by David McGillivray, episode 12 with Chris Dennis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Ier5pYLRE

ABC News original 2009 broadcast featuring the bystander cell phone footage

VICE short documentary on the Pink Panthers (2014)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In August 2009, two men in tailored suits walked into the most exclusive jewelry store on London's most exclusive street, and two minutes later they walked out with forty million pounds in diamonds. No masks. The makeup artist who'd spent four hours disguising them thought they were working on a music video. The man who planned it all was out on police bail for cocaine, still living at his mother's house. Sixteen years on, not a single stone has been recovered.</p>
<p>SHOW NOTES</p>
<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast</p>
<p>Please leave a rating and review. It really does help small podcasts like this one find new ears.</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>The Cinemaholic - <a href="https://thecinemaholic.com/michelle-hogg-where-is-the-make-up-artist-now/">Michelle Hogg: Where Is the Make-up Artist Now?</a></p>
<p>Chris Dennis Talks Makeup - <a href="https://chrisdennistalksmakeup.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/charles-h-fox-turns-into-kryolan-store/">Charles H. Fox turns into Kryolan Store</a></p>
<p>Jack the Ripper Tour - <a href="https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/how-disguises-are-effected/">An Interview With Charles H. Fox</a></p>
<p>CBC News - <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/drag-queen-la-voix-jewel-heist-9.6958761">How British drag queen La Voix unwittingly provided the makeup for a $73M jewel heist</a></p>
<p>HuffPost UK - <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/la-voix-jewels-heist-strictly-come-dancing-drag-race_uk_6901ee4de4b0e49dec62d764">How La Voix Became Embroiled In The UK's Biggest Ever Jewels Heist</a></p>
<p>Hello Magazine - <a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/867393/strictly-la-voix-family-life-tragic-loss-diamond-heist/">Inside Strictly star La Voix's private life – from tragic loss to 'frightening' diamond heist</a></p>
<p>The Natural Sapphire Company - <a href="https://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/blog/the-great-jewel-heist/the-graff-diamond-heist-the-most-expensive-in-londons-history/">The Graff Diamond Heist: One of London's Biggest Robberies</a></p>
<p>Art Hostage - <a href="http://arthostage.blogspot.com/2010/08/stolen-art-watch-graff-jewel-heist.html">Stolen Art Watch: Graff Jewel Heist</a></p>
<p>CBS News - <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caught-on-tape-dirty-sexy-london-heist">Caught on Tape: Dirty Sexy London Heist</a></p>
<p>France24 - <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20090812-record-robbery-london-jewellery-graff-uk-bond-street">Robbers raid London store in Britain's biggest jewel heist</a></p>
<p>WWD - <a href="https://wwd.com/feature/graff-robbers-sentenced-3206283-1288708/">Graff Robbers Sentenced</a></p>
<p>IDEX Online - <a href="https://www.idexonline.com/FullArticle?Id=34183">First Conviction in Graff Robbery Case</a></p>
<p>The London Daily News - <a href="https://www.thelondondailynews.com/40-million-graff-diamond-heist-21-year-prison-sentence/">£40 million Graff diamond heist 21 year prison sentence</a></p>
<p>The New Yorker - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/04/12/the-pink-panthers">The Pink Panthers</a></p>
<p>JCK Online - <a href="https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/interview-with-director-of-documentary-about-the-pink-panther-jewel-thieves">Interview With Director of Documentary About the "Pink Panther" Jewel Thieves</a></p>
<p>CBS News 60 Minutes - <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-pink-panthers-daring-heists-rake-in-half-a-billion-dollars/">The Pink Panthers: Daring heists rake in half-a-billion dollars</a></p>
<p>LCCSA - <a href="https://www.lccsa.org.uk/graff-robbery-diamond-turns-up-in-hong-kong-pawn-shop/">Graff robbery diamond turns up in Hong Kong pawn shop</a></p>
<p>Professional Jeweller - <a href="https://www.professionaljeweller.com/stolen-graff-jewel-turns-up-in-hong-kong/">Stolen Graff jewel turns up in Hong Kong</a></p>
<p>Headspace Group - <a href="https://www.headspacegroup.co.uk/laurence-graff-a-lifetime-with-diamonds/">Laurence Graff: A lifetime with diamonds</a></p>
<p>Bloomberg - <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/laurence-graff/">Laurence Graff profile</a></p>
<p>ARTnews - <a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-collectors/top-200-profiles/laurence-graff/">Laurence Graff, Top 200 Collector profile</a></p>
<p>Hancocks London - <a href="https://hancockslondon.com/makers/graff">Graff maker profile</a></p>
<p>Thought Economics - <a href="https://thoughteconomics.com/a-conversation-with-laurence-graff-obe-founder-of-graff-diamonds/">A Conversation with Laurence Graff OBE</a></p>
<p>Interview Magazine - <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/laurence-graff">Peter M. Brant interviews Laurence Graff</a></p>
<p>Rapaport - <a href="https://rapaport.com/magazine-article/the-heart-of-graff/">The Heart of Graff</a></p>
<p>Graff - <a href="https://www.graff.com/us-en/house/heritage.html">House Heritage</a></p>
<p>Graff - <a href="https://www.graff.com/us-en/store-detail/london-new-bond-street">London New Bond Street store</a></p>
<p>🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; FURTHER LISTENING</p>
<p>Smash &amp; Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013, dir. Havana Marking)</p>
<p>Little Did You Know podcast (2021), hosted by David McGillivray, episode 12 with Chris Dennis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Ier5pYLRE</p>
<p>ABC News original 2009 broadcast featuring the bystander cell phone footage</p>
<p>VICE short documentary on the Pink Panthers (2014)</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>Hidden in Plain Sight: The Hollywood Ripper</title>
      <description>In February 2001, Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher drove to a woman's house to pick her up for a date. She didn't answer the door. He looked through the window, saw what he thought was a red wine stain on the carpet, assumed she had gone out without him, and left. The next morning her roommate came home and found her body. She had been stabbed 47 times. The man who killed her had been living a block away, watching her, for months. He had introduced himself as a helpful guy who could fix her furnace. He was friendly at parties. He was, by every account, completely ordinary. He had done this before. He would do it again. And he would not be caught for another seven years.

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🔗 WEB SOURCES

CBS News / 48 Hours - The Hollywood Ripper: How 48 Hours Helped Crack the Case https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-hollywood-ripper-how-48-hours-helped-crack-the-case-of-convicted-serial-killer-michael-gargiulo/

E! Online - The Chilling Details of the Murder of Ashley Ellerin and the Hollywood Ripper Trial https://www.eonline.com/news/1045255/a-murder-trial-years-in-the-making-3-deaths-an-alleged-serial-killer-and-the-chilling-reason-ashton-kutcher-s-knock-went-unanswered

NBC News - Ashton Kutcher Testified He Was Freaking Out When Police Told Him Woman Had Been Killed https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ashton-kutcher-testified-he-was-freaking-out-when-police-told-n1011656

The Daily Beast - Hollywood Ripper Sexual-Thrill Killer Survivor Breaks Her Silence https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywood-ripper-sexual-thrill-killer-survivor-breaks-her-silence-i-woke-up-with-someone-on-top-of-me/

The Daily Beast - Hollywood Ripper Michael Thomas Gargiulo Sentenced to Death https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywood-ripper-michael-thomas-gargiulo-sentenced-to-death-for-slaying-2-women/

KTLA - LA Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo Convicted in Murders of Young Women https://ktla.com/news/local-news/trial-begins-in-l-a-for-alleged-serial-sexual-thrill-killer-michael-gargiulo/

Investigation Discovery - How Serial Psychosexual Thrill Killer Michael Gargiulo Got Caught https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-serial-psychosexual-thrill-killer-michael-gargiulo-got-caught/

Fox News - Hollywood Ripper Michael Gargiulo Liked to Watch Death https://www.foxnews.com/us/hollywood-ripper-michael-gargiulo-liked-watch-death-inflicting-pain-victims

Chicago Sun-Times - Michael Gargiulo Trial: Prosecutor Links Illinois, California Attacks https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/8/7/20758568/michael-gargiulo-trial-california-illinous-murders

CBS Chicago - Convicted Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo Extradited to Illinois for 1993 Murder of Tricia Pacaccio https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/serial-killer-michael-gargiulo-extradited-murder-tricia-pacaccio/

Fox 32 Chicago - Hollywood Ripper Faces Charges in 1993 Glenview Murder of Tricia Pacaccio https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/michael-gargiulo-1993-glenview-murder-tricia-pacaccio

Criminal Discourse Podcast - Michael Gargiulo https://criminaldiscoursepodcast.com/michael-gargiulo/

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; TV

48 Hours - The Boy Next Door (2011) / The Hollywood Ripper (CBS) The CBS News program that first connected Gargiulo's California murders to the 1993 killing of Tricia Pacaccio in Illinois, and whose broadcast directly prompted witnesses to come forward with information that led to new charges.

Once Upon a Crime in Hollywood - Season 2 (2023/2024) Features new interviews with LAPD Homicide Detective Tom Small, the lead investigator on the Ashley Ellerin case, and other key figures. Available to stream.

People Magazine Investigates - The Hollywood Ripper (Max/Discovery) In-depth documentary on the full arc of the case from the 1993 Illinois killing through the California murders and the 2019 trial.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
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      <itunes:summary>In February 2001, Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher drove to a woman's house to pick her up for a date. She didn't answer the door. He looked through the window, saw what he thought was a red wine stain on the carpet, assumed she had gone out without him, and left. The next morning her roommate came home and found her body. She had been stabbed 47 times. The man who killed her had been living a block away, watching her, for months. He had introduced himself as a helpful guy who could fix her furnace. He was friendly at parties. He was, by every account, completely ordinary. He had done this before. He would do it again. And he would not be caught for another seven years.

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🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

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🔗 WEB SOURCES

CBS News / 48 Hours - The Hollywood Ripper: How 48 Hours Helped Crack the Case https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-hollywood-ripper-how-48-hours-helped-crack-the-case-of-convicted-serial-killer-michael-gargiulo/

E! Online - The Chilling Details of the Murder of Ashley Ellerin and the Hollywood Ripper Trial https://www.eonline.com/news/1045255/a-murder-trial-years-in-the-making-3-deaths-an-alleged-serial-killer-and-the-chilling-reason-ashton-kutcher-s-knock-went-unanswered

NBC News - Ashton Kutcher Testified He Was Freaking Out When Police Told Him Woman Had Been Killed https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ashton-kutcher-testified-he-was-freaking-out-when-police-told-n1011656

The Daily Beast - Hollywood Ripper Sexual-Thrill Killer Survivor Breaks Her Silence https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywood-ripper-sexual-thrill-killer-survivor-breaks-her-silence-i-woke-up-with-someone-on-top-of-me/

The Daily Beast - Hollywood Ripper Michael Thomas Gargiulo Sentenced to Death https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywood-ripper-michael-thomas-gargiulo-sentenced-to-death-for-slaying-2-women/

KTLA - LA Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo Convicted in Murders of Young Women https://ktla.com/news/local-news/trial-begins-in-l-a-for-alleged-serial-sexual-thrill-killer-michael-gargiulo/

Investigation Discovery - How Serial Psychosexual Thrill Killer Michael Gargiulo Got Caught https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-serial-psychosexual-thrill-killer-michael-gargiulo-got-caught/

Fox News - Hollywood Ripper Michael Gargiulo Liked to Watch Death https://www.foxnews.com/us/hollywood-ripper-michael-gargiulo-liked-watch-death-inflicting-pain-victims

Chicago Sun-Times - Michael Gargiulo Trial: Prosecutor Links Illinois, California Attacks https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/8/7/20758568/michael-gargiulo-trial-california-illinous-murders

CBS Chicago - Convicted Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo Extradited to Illinois for 1993 Murder of Tricia Pacaccio https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/serial-killer-michael-gargiulo-extradited-murder-tricia-pacaccio/

Fox 32 Chicago - Hollywood Ripper Faces Charges in 1993 Glenview Murder of Tricia Pacaccio https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/michael-gargiulo-1993-glenview-murder-tricia-pacaccio

Criminal Discourse Podcast - Michael Gargiulo https://criminaldiscoursepodcast.com/michael-gargiulo/

🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; TV

48 Hours - The Boy Next Door (2011) / The Hollywood Ripper (CBS) The CBS News program that first connected Gargiulo's California murders to the 1993 killing of Tricia Pacaccio in Illinois, and whose broadcast directly prompted witnesses to come forward with information that led to new charges.

Once Upon a Crime in Hollywood - Season 2 (2023/2024) Features new interviews with LAPD Homicide Detective Tom Small, the lead investigator on the Ashley Ellerin case, and other key figures. Available to stream.

People Magazine Investigates - The Hollywood Ripper (Max/Discovery) In-depth documentary on the full arc of the case from the 1993 Illinois killing through the California murders and the 2019 trial.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast</p>
<p>If you liked this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>CBS News / 48 Hours - The Hollywood Ripper: How 48 Hours Helped Crack the Case https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-hollywood-ripper-how-48-hours-helped-crack-the-case-of-convicted-serial-killer-michael-gargiulo/</p>
<p>E! Online - The Chilling Details of the Murder of Ashley Ellerin and the Hollywood Ripper Trial https://www.eonline.com/news/1045255/a-murder-trial-years-in-the-making-3-deaths-an-alleged-serial-killer-and-the-chilling-reason-ashton-kutcher-s-knock-went-unanswered</p>
<p>NBC News - Ashton Kutcher Testified He Was Freaking Out When Police Told Him Woman Had Been Killed https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ashton-kutcher-testified-he-was-freaking-out-when-police-told-n1011656</p>
<p>The Daily Beast - Hollywood Ripper Sexual-Thrill Killer Survivor Breaks Her Silence https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywood-ripper-sexual-thrill-killer-survivor-breaks-her-silence-i-woke-up-with-someone-on-top-of-me/</p>
<p>The Daily Beast - Hollywood Ripper Michael Thomas Gargiulo Sentenced to Death https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywood-ripper-michael-thomas-gargiulo-sentenced-to-death-for-slaying-2-women/</p>
<p>KTLA - LA Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo Convicted in Murders of Young Women https://ktla.com/news/local-news/trial-begins-in-l-a-for-alleged-serial-sexual-thrill-killer-michael-gargiulo/</p>
<p>Investigation Discovery - How Serial Psychosexual Thrill Killer Michael Gargiulo Got Caught https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-serial-psychosexual-thrill-killer-michael-gargiulo-got-caught/</p>
<p>Fox News - Hollywood Ripper Michael Gargiulo Liked to Watch Death https://www.foxnews.com/us/hollywood-ripper-michael-gargiulo-liked-watch-death-inflicting-pain-victims</p>
<p>Chicago Sun-Times - Michael Gargiulo Trial: Prosecutor Links Illinois, California Attacks https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/8/7/20758568/michael-gargiulo-trial-california-illinous-murders</p>
<p>CBS Chicago - Convicted Serial Killer Michael Gargiulo Extradited to Illinois for 1993 Murder of Tricia Pacaccio https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/serial-killer-michael-gargiulo-extradited-murder-tricia-pacaccio/</p>
<p>Fox 32 Chicago - Hollywood Ripper Faces Charges in 1993 Glenview Murder of Tricia Pacaccio https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/michael-gargiulo-1993-glenview-murder-tricia-pacaccio</p>
<p>Criminal Discourse Podcast - Michael Gargiulo https://criminaldiscoursepodcast.com/michael-gargiulo/</p>
<p>🎬 DOCUMENTARY &amp; TV</p>
<p>48 Hours - The Boy Next Door (2011) / The Hollywood Ripper (CBS) The CBS News program that first connected Gargiulo's California murders to the 1993 killing of Tricia Pacaccio in Illinois, and whose broadcast directly prompted witnesses to come forward with information that led to new charges.</p>
<p>Once Upon a Crime in Hollywood - Season 2 (2023/2024) Features new interviews with LAPD Homicide Detective Tom Small, the lead investigator on the Ashley Ellerin case, and other key figures. Available to stream.</p>
<p>People Magazine Investigates - The Hollywood Ripper (Max/Discovery) In-depth documentary on the full arc of the case from the 1993 Illinois killing through the California murders and the 2019 trial.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <title>Poison in the Pocky Aisle</title>
      <description>In 1984, something really unsettling started happening across Japan. Boxes of children’s candy were showing up on store shelves laced with cyanide, and it didn’t feel random or hidden. It felt intentional, like someone wanted people to notice. The group behind it called themselves The Monster with 21 Faces, and for 17 months they turned the whole thing into a kind of performance with kidnappings, arson, poisoned sweets, and dozens of letters sent to police and the media, openly mocking them. And then, just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. No arrests, no answers, and now too much time has passed for anyone to be held accountable. 

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🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

CrimeReads - Japan's Most Notorious Kidnapping Is Still Unsolved https://crimereads.com/japans-most-notorious-kidnapping-is-still-unsolved/

All That's Interesting - full case profile https://allthatsinteresting.com/monster-with-21-faces

The Ghost in My Machine - deep dive narrative https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/08/12/unresolved-the-monster-with-21-faces-the-glico-morinaga-case-and-the-candy-poisoning-incident-of-1984-kidnapping-katsuhisa-ezaki-extortion-unsolved-fox-eyed-man-video-man/

Unresolved - Monster with 21 Faces case file https://unresolved.me/the-monster-with-21-faces

Historic Mysteries - full case timeline https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/monster-21-faces/1240/

Monster with 21 Faces - dedicated case archive https://www.monsterwith21faces.com/

Who was the Fox-Eyed Man - case archive https://www.monsterwith21faces.com/who-was-the-foxeyed-man

Marilyn Ivy - "Tracking the Mystery Man with the 21 Faces" Critical Inquiry, Vol. 23, No. 1, Autumn 1996. The only serious English-language academic analysis of the Monster's letters and their cultural significance. Available via JSTOR or university library access.

📚 BOOKS MENTIONED

Lady Joker, Volumes 1 &amp; 2 - Kaoru Takamura The closest thing to a definitive literary treatment of this case. A 1997 Japanese epic, only translated into English in 2021–2022, by the author often called the Queen of Japanese crime fiction. It's a fictional reimagining - the candy company becomes a beer company, the Monster becomes "Lady Joker" - but it's directly inspired by the real events and goes deep into the social wounds of postwar Japan that made this case possible. Made TIME magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time. Devastating and extraordinary. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598484/lady-joker-volume-1-by-kaoru-takamura-translated-by-allison-markin-powell-and-marie-iida/

Toppamono - Manabu Miyazaki The autobiography of the prime suspect. Deals with his experience of being publicly named as the only person of interest in Japan's most notorious unsolved case. Currently available in English and Japanese.

🎬 FILM &amp; TV

The Voice of Sin (Tsumi no Koe) - 2020 A Japanese thriller film based on Takeshi Shiota's 2016 novel of the same name, which uses the Glico Morinaga case as its backdrop. Stars Shun Oguri and Gen Hoshino. Japanese-language with subtitles. A rare piece of fiction that engages directly with the actual events rather than fictionalizing them.

Lady Joker - Film &amp; TV Adaptations Kaoru Takamura's Lady Joker novel has been adapted into both a film and a television series in Japan. Japanese-language productions. Worth seeking out for anyone who reads the books and wants more.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>
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      <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>In 1984, something really unsettling started happening across Japan. Boxes of children’s candy were showing up on store shelves laced with cyanide, and it didn’t feel random or hidden. It felt intentional, like someone wanted people to notice. The group behind it called themselves The Monster with 21 Faces, and for 17 months they turned the whole thing into a kind of performance with kidnappings, arson, poisoned sweets, and dozens of letters sent to police and the media, openly mocking them. And then, just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. No arrests, no answers, and now too much time has passed for anyone to be held accountable. 

🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED

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Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.

🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

CrimeReads - Japan's Most Notorious Kidnapping Is Still Unsolved https://crimereads.com/japans-most-notorious-kidnapping-is-still-unsolved/

All That's Interesting - full case profile https://allthatsinteresting.com/monster-with-21-faces

The Ghost in My Machine - deep dive narrative https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/08/12/unresolved-the-monster-with-21-faces-the-glico-morinaga-case-and-the-candy-poisoning-incident-of-1984-kidnapping-katsuhisa-ezaki-extortion-unsolved-fox-eyed-man-video-man/

Unresolved - Monster with 21 Faces case file https://unresolved.me/the-monster-with-21-faces

Historic Mysteries - full case timeline https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/monster-21-faces/1240/

Monster with 21 Faces - dedicated case archive https://www.monsterwith21faces.com/

Who was the Fox-Eyed Man - case archive https://www.monsterwith21faces.com/who-was-the-foxeyed-man

Marilyn Ivy - "Tracking the Mystery Man with the 21 Faces" Critical Inquiry, Vol. 23, No. 1, Autumn 1996. The only serious English-language academic analysis of the Monster's letters and their cultural significance. Available via JSTOR or university library access.

📚 BOOKS MENTIONED

Lady Joker, Volumes 1 &amp; 2 - Kaoru Takamura The closest thing to a definitive literary treatment of this case. A 1997 Japanese epic, only translated into English in 2021–2022, by the author often called the Queen of Japanese crime fiction. It's a fictional reimagining - the candy company becomes a beer company, the Monster becomes "Lady Joker" - but it's directly inspired by the real events and goes deep into the social wounds of postwar Japan that made this case possible. Made TIME magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time. Devastating and extraordinary. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598484/lady-joker-volume-1-by-kaoru-takamura-translated-by-allison-markin-powell-and-marie-iida/

Toppamono - Manabu Miyazaki The autobiography of the prime suspect. Deals with his experience of being publicly named as the only person of interest in Japan's most notorious unsolved case. Currently available in English and Japanese.

🎬 FILM &amp; TV

The Voice of Sin (Tsumi no Koe) - 2020 A Japanese thriller film based on Takeshi Shiota's 2016 novel of the same name, which uses the Glico Morinaga case as its backdrop. Stars Shun Oguri and Gen Hoshino. Japanese-language with subtitles. A rare piece of fiction that engages directly with the actual events rather than fictionalizing them.

Lady Joker - Film &amp; TV Adaptations Kaoru Takamura's Lady Joker novel has been adapted into both a film and a television series in Japan. Japanese-language productions. Worth seeking out for anyone who reads the books and wants more.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</itunes:summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In 1984, something really unsettling started happening across Japan. Boxes of children’s candy were showing up on store shelves laced with cyanide, and it didn’t feel random or hidden. It felt intentional, like someone wanted people to notice. The group behind it called themselves The Monster with 21 Faces, and for 17 months they turned the whole thing into a kind of performance with kidnappings, arson, poisoned sweets, and dozens of letters sent to police and the media, openly mocking them. And then, just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. No arrests, no answers, and now too much time has passed for anyone to be held accountable. </p>
<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast</p>
<p>If you liked this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>CrimeReads - Japan's Most Notorious Kidnapping Is Still Unsolved https://crimereads.com/japans-most-notorious-kidnapping-is-still-unsolved/</p>
<p>All That's Interesting - full case profile https://allthatsinteresting.com/monster-with-21-faces</p>
<p>The Ghost in My Machine - deep dive narrative https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/08/12/unresolved-the-monster-with-21-faces-the-glico-morinaga-case-and-the-candy-poisoning-incident-of-1984-kidnapping-katsuhisa-ezaki-extortion-unsolved-fox-eyed-man-video-man/</p>
<p>Unresolved - Monster with 21 Faces case file https://unresolved.me/the-monster-with-21-faces</p>
<p>Historic Mysteries - full case timeline https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/monster-21-faces/1240/</p>
<p>Monster with 21 Faces - dedicated case archive https://www.monsterwith21faces.com/</p>
<p>Who was the Fox-Eyed Man - case archive https://www.monsterwith21faces.com/who-was-the-foxeyed-man</p>
<p>Marilyn Ivy - "Tracking the Mystery Man with the 21 Faces" Critical Inquiry, Vol. 23, No. 1, Autumn 1996. The only serious English-language academic analysis of the Monster's letters and their cultural significance. Available via JSTOR or university library access.</p>
<p>📚 BOOKS MENTIONED</p>
<p>Lady Joker, Volumes 1 &amp; 2 - Kaoru Takamura The closest thing to a definitive literary treatment of this case. A 1997 Japanese epic, only translated into English in 2021–2022, by the author often called the Queen of Japanese crime fiction. It's a fictional reimagining - the candy company becomes a beer company, the Monster becomes "Lady Joker" - but it's directly inspired by the real events and goes deep into the social wounds of postwar Japan that made this case possible. Made TIME magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time. Devastating and extraordinary. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598484/lady-joker-volume-1-by-kaoru-takamura-translated-by-allison-markin-powell-and-marie-iida/</p>
<p>Toppamono - Manabu Miyazaki The autobiography of the prime suspect. Deals with his experience of being publicly named as the only person of interest in Japan's most notorious unsolved case. Currently available in English and Japanese.</p>
<p>🎬 FILM &amp; TV</p>
<p>The Voice of Sin (Tsumi no Koe) - 2020 A Japanese thriller film based on Takeshi Shiota's 2016 novel of the same name, which uses the Glico Morinaga case as its backdrop. Stars Shun Oguri and Gen Hoshino. Japanese-language with subtitles. A rare piece of fiction that engages directly with the actual events rather than fictionalizing them.</p>
<p>Lady Joker - Film &amp; TV Adaptations Kaoru Takamura's Lady Joker novel has been adapted into both a film and a television series in Japan. Japanese-language productions. Worth seeking out for anyone who reads the books and wants more.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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      <description>For thirty years, a man called himself Clark Rockefeller, claimed to be an heir to one of the most powerful families in American history, and the world believed him. He moved through the most elite circles in the country, he married a Harvard educated millionaire, and charmed everyone he ever met. 

The only problem? He didn't exist. And somewhere in a California backyard, there were bones that told a very different story.

This is Pretty Wicked's very first episode and we are starting with one of the craziest cons ever pulled and the murder hiding underneath it. 

Welcome to the show!

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🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

History.com overview - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rockefeller-imposter-and-convicted-felon-born

All That's Interesting full profile - https://allthatsinteresting.com/clark-rockefeller

ABC News - murder conviction, April 2013 https://abcnews.go.com/US/clark-rockefeller-impostor-found-guilty-1985-murder/story?id=18924924

ABC News - kidnapping trial opening day https://abcnews.go.com/News/story?id=7672617

CNN - Sandra Boss trial testimony https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/02/massachusetts.rockefeller.trial/index.html

CNN - murder sentencing, August 2013 https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/justice/rockefeller-impersonator-sentence

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sandra Boss cross-examination https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-rockefeller-mystery-060209-2009jun02-story.html

Boston Herald - Sandra Boss on the stand https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/06/02/rockefeller-lawyer-grills-sandra-boss-on-stand/

Fox News - first wife Amy Jersild-Duhnke testimony https://www.foxnews.com/story/first-wife-of-clark-rockefeller-to-testify-at-kidnap-trial

NPR interview with journalist Mark Seal https://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137624164/30-year-con-from-german-kid-to-rockefeller-scion

CBS News 48 Hours - full case profile with jailhouse interview https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unmasking-con-man-and-rockefeller-imposter-christian-gerhartsreiter/

CBS News 48 Hours - did he almost commit the perfect crime? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefeller-impostor-murder-case-did-a-con-man-almost-commit-the-perfect-crime/

Walter Kirn - Pedigree, The New Yorker, June 2013 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/10/pedigree-personal-history-walter-kirn

RealClearInvestigations - deep dive on the original Vanity Fair investigationhttps://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/30/investigative_classics_the_con_man_in_the_rockefeller_suit.html

Oxygen - full Sohus case breakdown https://www.oxygen.com/blood-money/crime-news/what-happened-to-john-linda-sohus-christian-gerhartsreiter

Oxygen - murder conviction details https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-murder-john-sohus

Oxygen/Dateline - investigation narrative https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-of-john-sohus-murder

Unsolved Mysteries Wiki - John and Linda Sohus case filehttps://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/John_and_Linda_Sohus

Boston Globe - interview with Alexander Gerhartsreiter in Bergen, Bavaria https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2008/08/08/the-little-town-and-life-rockefeller-left-for-fame/l20Zs5ZzVbgic07Sf0MB6M/story.html

Boston Herald - You found my brother https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/08/09/you-found-my-brother/

WildAboutTrial - murder trial coverage https://wildabouttrial.com/trial-coverage/clark-rockefeller/

📚 BOOKS MENTIONED

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal (Viking, 2011) The definitive book on the case. Seal's original Vanity Fair investigation is what blew the lid off the story.

Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn (Liveright, 2014) Kirn's personal account of his fifteen year friendship with Gerhartsreiter. One of the most unsettling memoirs you'll ever read.

🎬 DOCUMENTARY

My Friend Rockefeller (2015), directed by Bernhard von Büttner Features interviews with Gerhartsreiter's Bavarian family and the Americans who knew him. Available on documentary streaming platforms.
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      <itunes:summary>For thirty years, a man called himself Clark Rockefeller, claimed to be an heir to one of the most powerful families in American history, and the world believed him. He moved through the most elite circles in the country, he married a Harvard educated millionaire, and charmed everyone he ever met. 

The only problem? He didn't exist. And somewhere in a California backyard, there were bones that told a very different story.

This is Pretty Wicked's very first episode and we are starting with one of the craziest cons ever pulled and the murder hiding underneath it. 

Welcome to the show!

🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED

New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.

Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast 

If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.

Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.

🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING

Here is everything used to research this episode.

🔗 WEB SOURCES

History.com overview - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rockefeller-imposter-and-convicted-felon-born

All That's Interesting full profile - https://allthatsinteresting.com/clark-rockefeller

ABC News - murder conviction, April 2013 https://abcnews.go.com/US/clark-rockefeller-impostor-found-guilty-1985-murder/story?id=18924924

ABC News - kidnapping trial opening day https://abcnews.go.com/News/story?id=7672617

CNN - Sandra Boss trial testimony https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/02/massachusetts.rockefeller.trial/index.html

CNN - murder sentencing, August 2013 https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/justice/rockefeller-impersonator-sentence

San Diego Union-Tribune - Sandra Boss cross-examination https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-rockefeller-mystery-060209-2009jun02-story.html

Boston Herald - Sandra Boss on the stand https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/06/02/rockefeller-lawyer-grills-sandra-boss-on-stand/

Fox News - first wife Amy Jersild-Duhnke testimony https://www.foxnews.com/story/first-wife-of-clark-rockefeller-to-testify-at-kidnap-trial

NPR interview with journalist Mark Seal https://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137624164/30-year-con-from-german-kid-to-rockefeller-scion

CBS News 48 Hours - full case profile with jailhouse interview https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unmasking-con-man-and-rockefeller-imposter-christian-gerhartsreiter/

CBS News 48 Hours - did he almost commit the perfect crime? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefeller-impostor-murder-case-did-a-con-man-almost-commit-the-perfect-crime/

Walter Kirn - Pedigree, The New Yorker, June 2013 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/10/pedigree-personal-history-walter-kirn

RealClearInvestigations - deep dive on the original Vanity Fair investigationhttps://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/30/investigative_classics_the_con_man_in_the_rockefeller_suit.html

Oxygen - full Sohus case breakdown https://www.oxygen.com/blood-money/crime-news/what-happened-to-john-linda-sohus-christian-gerhartsreiter

Oxygen - murder conviction details https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-murder-john-sohus

Oxygen/Dateline - investigation narrative https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-of-john-sohus-murder

Unsolved Mysteries Wiki - John and Linda Sohus case filehttps://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/John_and_Linda_Sohus

Boston Globe - interview with Alexander Gerhartsreiter in Bergen, Bavaria https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2008/08/08/the-little-town-and-life-rockefeller-left-for-fame/l20Zs5ZzVbgic07Sf0MB6M/story.html

Boston Herald - You found my brother https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/08/09/you-found-my-brother/

WildAboutTrial - murder trial coverage https://wildabouttrial.com/trial-coverage/clark-rockefeller/

📚 BOOKS MENTIONED

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal (Viking, 2011) The definitive book on the case. Seal's original Vanity Fair investigation is what blew the lid off the story.

Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn (Liveright, 2014) Kirn's personal account of his fifteen year friendship with Gerhartsreiter. One of the most unsettling memoirs you'll ever read.

🎬 DOCUMENTARY

My Friend Rockefeller (2015), directed by Bernhard von Büttner Features interviews with Gerhartsreiter's Bavarian family and the Americans who knew him. Available on documentary streaming platforms.
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<p>The only problem? He didn't exist. And somewhere in a California backyard, there were bones that told a very different story.</p>
<p>This is Pretty Wicked's very first episode and we are starting with one of the craziest cons ever pulled and the murder hiding underneath it. </p>
<p>Welcome to the show!</p>
<p>🖤 FOLLOW PRETTY WICKED</p>
<p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one.</p>
<p>Instagram: @prettywickedthepodcast </p>
<p>If you loved this episode, leaving a review means the world and helps other listeners find the show.</p>
<p>Pretty Wicked is hosted by Megan Alda.</p>
<p>🖤 SOURCES &amp; FURTHER READING</p>
<p>Here is everything used to research this episode.</p>
<p>🔗 WEB SOURCES</p>
<p>History.com overview - <a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rockefeller-imposter-and-convicted-felon-born"><u>https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rockefeller-imposter-and-convicted-felon-born</u></a></p>
<p>All That's Interesting full profile - <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/clark-rockefeller"><u>https://allthatsinteresting.com/clark-rockefeller</u></a></p>
<p>ABC News - murder conviction, April 2013 <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/clark-rockefeller-impostor-found-guilty-1985-murder/story?id=18924924"><u>https://abcnews.go.com/US/clark-rockefeller-impostor-found-guilty-1985-murder/story?id=18924924</u></a></p>
<p>ABC News - kidnapping trial opening day <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/News/story?id=7672617"><u>https://abcnews.go.com/News/story?id=7672617</u></a></p>
<p>CNN - Sandra Boss trial testimony <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/02/massachusetts.rockefeller.trial/index.html"><u>https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/02/massachusetts.rockefeller.trial/index.html</u></a></p>
<p>CNN - murder sentencing, August 2013 <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/justice/rockefeller-impersonator-sentence"><u>https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/justice/rockefeller-impersonator-sentence</u></a></p>
<p>San Diego Union-Tribune - Sandra Boss cross-examination <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-rockefeller-mystery-060209-2009jun02-story.html"><u>https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-rockefeller-mystery-060209-2009jun02-story.html</u></a></p>
<p>Boston Herald - Sandra Boss on the stand <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/06/02/rockefeller-lawyer-grills-sandra-boss-on-stand/"><u>https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/06/02/rockefeller-lawyer-grills-sandra-boss-on-stand/</u></a></p>
<p>Fox News - first wife Amy Jersild-Duhnke testimony <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/first-wife-of-clark-rockefeller-to-testify-at-kidnap-trial"><u>https://www.foxnews.com/story/first-wife-of-clark-rockefeller-to-testify-at-kidnap-trial</u></a></p>
<p>NPR interview with journalist Mark Seal <a href="https://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137624164/30-year-con-from-german-kid-to-rockefeller-scion"><u>https://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137624164/30-year-con-from-german-kid-to-rockefeller-scion</u></a></p>
<p>CBS News 48 Hours - full case profile with jailhouse interview <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unmasking-con-man-and-rockefeller-imposter-christian-gerhartsreiter/"><u>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unmasking-con-man-and-rockefeller-imposter-christian-gerhartsreiter/</u></a></p>
<p>CBS News 48 Hours - did he almost commit the perfect crime? <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefeller-impostor-murder-case-did-a-con-man-almost-commit-the-perfect-crime/"><u>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefeller-impostor-murder-case-did-a-con-man-almost-commit-the-perfect-crime/</u></a></p>
<p>Walter Kirn - Pedigree, The New Yorker, June 2013 <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/10/pedigree-personal-history-walter-kirn"><u>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/10/pedigree-personal-history-walter-kirn</u></a></p>
<p>RealClearInvestigations - deep dive on the original Vanity Fair investigation<a href="https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/30/investigative_classics_the_con_man_in_the_rockefeller_suit.html"><u>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/30/investigative_classics_the_con_man_in_the_rockefeller_suit.html</u></a></p>
<p>Oxygen - full Sohus case breakdown <a href="https://www.oxygen.com/blood-money/crime-news/what-happened-to-john-linda-sohus-christian-gerhartsreiter"><u>https://www.oxygen.com/blood-money/crime-news/what-happened-to-john-linda-sohus-christian-gerhartsreiter</u></a></p>
<p>Oxygen - murder conviction details <a href="https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-murder-john-sohus"><u>https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-murder-john-sohus</u></a></p>
<p>Oxygen/Dateline - investigation narrative <a href="https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-of-john-sohus-murder"><u>https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/christian-gerhartsreiter-convicted-of-john-sohus-murder</u></a></p>
<p>Unsolved Mysteries Wiki - John and Linda Sohus case file<a href="https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/John_and_Linda_Sohus"><u>https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/John_and_Linda_Sohus</u></a></p>
<p>Boston Globe - interview with Alexander Gerhartsreiter in Bergen, Bavaria <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2008/08/08/the-little-town-and-life-rockefeller-left-for-fame/l20Zs5ZzVbgic07Sf0MB6M/story.html"><u>https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2008/08/08/the-little-town-and-life-rockefeller-left-for-fame/l20Zs5ZzVbgic07Sf0MB6M/story.html</u></a></p>
<p>Boston Herald - You found my brother <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/08/09/you-found-my-brother/"><u>https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/08/09/you-found-my-brother/</u></a></p>
<p>WildAboutTrial - murder trial coverage <a href="https://wildabouttrial.com/trial-coverage/clark-rockefeller/"><u>https://wildabouttrial.com/trial-coverage/clark-rockefeller/</u></a></p>
<p>📚 BOOKS MENTIONED</p>
<p>The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal (Viking, 2011) The definitive book on the case. Seal's original Vanity Fair investigation is what blew the lid off the story.</p>
<p>Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn (Liveright, 2014) Kirn's personal account of his fifteen year friendship with Gerhartsreiter. One of the most unsettling memoirs you'll ever read.</p>
<p>🎬 DOCUMENTARY</p>
<p>My Friend Rockefeller (2015), directed by Bernhard von Büttner Features interviews with Gerhartsreiter's Bavarian family and the Americans who knew him. Available on documentary streaming platforms.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>]]>
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