Seven Deadly Sinners

Three unwitting criminals take a gig breaking a former pro-wrestler's son "Cooter" out of a Mexican Prison. Rachael got a last minute opportunity to see Stevie Nicks so this weeks episode was recorded on the run while Greg drove her to the Denver airport before she flew to LA.

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Vinyl Fields

Tranquil Harmony by UNIVERSFIELD 

Dreamy Piano Romance by ViraMiller

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Deep in the annals of Aguilar, Colorado - miles down a dirt road, lies a black Pyramid house nestled under the Spanish Peaks built by a man determined to bring back his wife's soul from the dead.

But that was 50 years ago. Now, the homestead is owned by a former Los Angeleno named Austin who after renovating the Pyramid house has come face to face with spiritual entities - perhaps the former occupants.

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Suspecting the group of stockpiling illegal weapons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms obtained a search warrant for the compound and arrest warrants for Koresh and several of the group's members. Starting on February 28th 1993 The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, were prepared to stay put at their Mount Carmel Center ranch while the U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials started a siege of the compound that lasted 51 days and ended on April 19, 1993.

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1984 David Koresh lead a faction of Seventh-day Adventist, calling themselves the Branch Davidians against George Roden, who was leading the competing faction. George Roden had ran Howell and his followers off their Mount Carmel compound at gunpoint. Howell and his group relocated to Palestine, Texas and the beginnings of what resulted in the famous "Waco Siege" was born.

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In this week's episode Rachael talks to a horse trainer that actually had encounters in the quarter horse world with different cartels. The eye opening interview with the anonymous trainer is peppered in with the true story of how the Treviño brothers infiltrated the Quarter Horse racing world and laundered millions of dollars through it before the FBI caught onto their scent.

Rachael also debuts her Husband, Greg's, new song "One Horse Ranch" from his upcoming album "Horse Power" which she found fitting for this particular episode - here is the pre-save link for the song:

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All eyes are on the most violent Mexican drug cartel, the Zetas, by way of their dealings in the quarter horse racing business.

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Bob was a California Kid when the Source Family and Manson Family were gaining momentum in the late 60's & early 70's Los Angeles scene. Both of these groups influenced the record industry at the time and Bob's brother in-law was the founder of Kama Sutra Records and Family Productions and was a mega music industry exec and prolific producer of the Bubblegum Pop era. This connection would place Bob in a number of epic Hollywood stories you're about to hear.

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As with all cult leaders - absolute power, corrupts absolutely and in the case of Jim Baker and his "Father Yod" persona it was no different. What started out as a hip, vegetarian restaurant and Sunday meditation classes quickly spun into a hedonistic, rock n' roll fueled cult that bankrupted its own commandments for Dionysian lust. Father Yod claimed 13 wives before an impending apocalypse prompted the group to flee to Hawaii - where they were not welcome.

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In Part Two we dive into Jim Baker's second killing with his bare hands, a few more wifes and the restaurant that fueled it all - The Source Family Restaurant

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This episode profiles the wild up bringing of Jim Baker better known as "Father Yod" and how he ended up in California starting one of the country's first health food restaurants on Sunset Strip before he started a cult. Jim would later found a spiritual commune in the Hollywood Hills known as the Source Family and of course, front a psychedelic rock band.

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Herb Baumeister was an unsuspecting, Thrift store owner and serial killer whose reign of terror gripped Indiana in the 1980s & 90s. He is considered to be the number one suspect in the I-70 strangler case and after scattering thousands of human bones all over his Fox Hollow Farms estate - the land has remained haunted to this day.

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Chandra Levy was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in 2001. She was presumed murdered after her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park a year later in May, 2002. Despite multiple suspects, including a false confession by an inmate and an alleged affair with a congressman - The case remains unsolved to this day.

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Greg was recently stuck on I-40 in the Mojave Desert for over 12 hours after a semi-truck hauling lithium-ion batteries crashed and shut down I-15 and all the traffic was diverted. After more collisions and break downs the bottle necks kept piling up until Greg's only shot at freedom was through the Mojave Preserve.....

This harrowing Traffic Jam gridlock story prompted us to research other horrible traffic fiascos on American highways and there was no short supply.

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And on this week of 7DS we are profiling, perhaps one of the bigger tragedies to the comedy corner of the entertainment world, was the shocking murder of Phil Hartman, beloved SNL actor, voice on the Simpsons, household name, an every man, but a legend.

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The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood.

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What started out as a competition with both car manufactures and the drivers alike in 1923 became the most famous car race in history. It all began in 1923 when Mercedes, Jaguar, etc wanted to be the best at creating the ultimate car has now evolved into the smartest, most strategic teams of drivers showcase their skills, their ability to work as a team and dance the ultimate high speed dance of high risk skill.

The Le Mans is also a limit pushing spectator sport where watching on the edge of your seat these drivers and their machines beat, and sometimes not, unimaginable odds.

And in today’s case, it proved even more dangerous for the spectators than it did for the drivers.

Not to discount the driver’s trauma, loss, and even death, but the 1955 Le Mans tragic disaster which took over 80 spectators lives and injured over 100 more is still the worst crash and outcome in racing history.. 

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Part Two of Aaron Hernandez

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Racheal is joined by her homesteading ranch wife partner in crime; her neighbor on the ranch, Natalie; and the two discuss the tragic downfall of Aaron Hernandez.

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Bear with us guys - We're down bad on the ranch. First Rachael was in horrible hail storm truck accident that left her with a burst fracture in her L2 vertebrae but actually 12 hours before that Greg was in the hospital getting 7 stitches. Then well, two weeks later and Greg's Dad has a freak accident on the ranch and is air lifted by Helicopter to the hospital.

Is it just bad luck or is there a curse on this land? Did we disturb a tomb when we trenched in our power to our new house?

Ranch guests Phil Des Jean & his right hand man, Mason, join us this week to discuss the tragic accidents haunting their stay on Hunter's Ranch.

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The Family, also known as the Santiniketan Park Association or the Great White Brotherhood, was an Australian New Age group formed in the mid 1960s under the leadership of Anne Hamilton-Byrne. The group taught a hodgepodge of Western and Eastern religious doctrines, with Hamilton-Byrne claiming to have been a reincarnation of Jesus. Classic cult move, Anne....

The group became the centre of controversy when its compound in Olinda, Victoria, was raided by police in August 1987 amid allegations of child abuse. All children were removed from the premises, and were discovered to have been adopted through illegal means.  Hamilton-Byrne and her husband were eventually arrested in 1993 and charged with conspiracy to defraud and to commit perjury in relation to the adoption scams, but those charges were eventually dropped and they fled on the lamb to the Catskill Mountains of New York.

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Rachael was in a terrifying accident in her truck this week and so she is telling her OWN wild listener stories as well as more from our inbox!

Thank you for sending in your stories and please keep them coming!

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Matthew Hahn risks life in prison in order to save a young girl - and due to Hahn's prior criminal record and the 3 strikes law in California turning over this memory card to land in the hands of the proper authorities effectively provides evidence not only of a sexual assault on a child but also of a burglary committed by Matthew Hahn.

He knew he was sealing his fate inside of that envelope - yet he did it anyway. Seemingly a petty thief, his sense of duty to protect a young girl he had never met drove him to sacrifice his life of crime and drugs, jeopardize his freedom and prove his moral compass has a true north.

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Back in December of 2019 Rachael traveled to San Jose, CA to interview Matthew Hahn - a man whose story will rock you to your core. He's an open book and his unwavering honesty from where he grew up, to his drug addiction, to losing a friend and ultimately making a decision that could have landed him in prison for the rest of his life - but saved a child's life from anymore abuse.

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The Founding Father of Franklin Scandal Reporting is here to discuss the heinous abuse of power from Nebraska to D.C. as well as how the criminal thread weaves into Epstein's web.

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Part Two of the Tupac & Biggie hip hop epic. In this episode Rachael details the events surrounding the murders and we discuss who was likely responsible.

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TUPAC SHAKUR, LEGENDARY POETIC RAPPER, CONTRAVERSIAL FIGURE, CONVICTED CRIMINAL…..COMPLICATED MAN. 

WHEN INNER CITY GANGS MET UP WITH THE BURGEONING RAP INDUSTRY THINGS WENT SOUTH QUICKLY AND THE RIP TIDE AT THE CENTER OF IT WAS THE MURDERS OF TUPAC AND BIGGIE. 

THIS WILL BE THE TWO PARTER ON THE MURDER OF TUPAC, THEN THE MURDER OF BIGGIE AND ALL THE CONNECTED EAST COAST WEST COAST VIOLENCE IN BETWEEN.

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This is the unbelievable followup to the Franklin Scandal.

Yes if you’re a long time listener you know I did about a 1000 part series back in 2021 on the Franklin scandal. It may have been only 7 eps but you get the point, I was obsessed with it. I wanted to connect the dots, I wanted to solved the unsolved. 

So when earlier this week, a victim of this scandal, perhaps the most well known one reached out to me and sent me the kindest message I may have ever received…..I cold called her immediately. Well immediately after sobbing bc it was a message that was so heart felt and also one I needed at the time as well.

In addition, she has connected me to nick Bryant, the author and unbelievably dedicated and inspiriting journalist that worked on this Franklin scandal story for over a decade and who was also the person to publish the little black book in the Epstein case and who now, has a non profit with Alisha to get justice for child victims of trafficking. It is real, it’s incredibly important and they are doing the work so without further ado…I’d like to introduce my new friend Alisha Owens.

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This is a story of women with grit, women who were brave and women who were sometimes, also seductive.

This story was inspired by a new podcast out by Neil Strauss where he interviews an actual Russian female sex spy so I decided to look into this world further, the world of sexpionage and how brave and alluring female spies helped to change the course of the second world war.... And likely are still changing the course of politics today.

In the stories I’ll tell you today, I start with the most famous of them all, the Kitty Salon, a brothel the Nazi’s took over in order to gain intelligence on other high ranking officials, enemies, frenemies, and beyond. 

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The story of a man who almost got away with murder had it not been for the suspicions of his wife’s siblings.

This is the story of preacher with secrets, a con-man and convicted murderer, Timothy Tillman, was it an accident or an actual murder? I’ll let you decide. 

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Michael Jordan was the all time great. Everything he touched seemed to turn to gold. Handsome, magnetic, captivating, and obviously an unbelievable athlete. Beyond the court he became THE MOST MARKETED MAN ON EARTH AND WAS ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON DURING THAT ERA.

He couldn’t go anywhere without a camera in his face or fans just trying to touch him. He was absolutely hounded by the media. At one point he was the golden boy, but then the media started to turn on him and critique his every move.

And the time they did it the worst was during the worst tragedy imaginable.

The murder of his father.

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Gwen Shamblin just could never get enough.

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The final installment of the Candy Montgomery Saga.

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What happened on the morning of June 13th 1980 in Wylie, TX?

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In 1980 a small quiet town in Texas was uprooted with the news that a church going house wife was killed with an axe while her husband was out of town. As the story unravelled they came to find out that killer was their own Candy Montgomery, a Sunday school teacher beloved by all - how did this happen? Why did this happen?

A kiss that lead to an affair that led to tragedy for two families from Wylie, Texas.

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This is a tragic story of several lives hit by confusion, misled by an ill equipped leader, who also suffered tragedy and angst within his own family. This is the negligent world of Steve Cartisano and the world he created that spiraled into hellish troubled teen camps that still exist today.

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Attorney John Ray held a symposium in New York City and invited fellow collaborator, Rachael, along as he was presenting evidence she helped uncover.

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Paul Schäfer was a German minister that absconded to Chile after child abuse allegations surfaced in Germany after WWII in 1945. He went on to found and lead an agricultural commune of 300 German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad located in Parral, Chile.

For over 40 years the gluttonous thirst for his sinful tendencies, led this evil man to abuse and torture the members of Colonia Dignidad, including sexually and physically abusing young children. Schäfer also maintained a relationship with Pinochet's military dictatorship and was involved in weapons smuggling and the torture and extrajudicial killings of political dissidents.

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Rachael conducts and exclusive interview with ex-moonie Teddy Hose revealing his first hand experience living inside the cult and with the moon kids in New York.

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If you thought mass marriages were radical - just wait until you hear what the legacy of the Unification Church, the son of Sun Myung Moon, is adding to the mix - Assault Rifles. Sean Moon, son of the late Sun Myung Moon, has branched off from the church created his own Rod of Iron ministry that not only promotes buying AR-15s - they want you to take it to church with you.

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You know it's a cult when your followers get dubbed "The Moonies" - sounds like a great band from the 70s but beware - The Moonies were cult recruiters trolling college campuses deceptively indoctrinating unsuspecting college kids into the Unification Church one dinner party at a time.

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Like so many Con-Man prophets, Sun Myung Moon, of course, heralds himself as Jesus 2.0 to his followers - known as "Moonies"

Moon started The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in 1954 and the Unification Church became widely recognized for its well known mass weddings they call Blessing ceremonies. The Church has been criticized for its teachings, its social and political influence, excessive financial exploitation of its members with critics calling it a dangerous cult, a political powerhouse, and a business empire.

This is the Moonies.

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The Deadly Sin this week is dedicated to Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Stefansson's con-man laden pride produced multiple failed Arctic expeditions and was ultimately responsible for sending five people unprepared and underfunded with a quarter of the rations they would need on an expedition to Wrangel Island north of Siberia where all but the crew's seamstress, Ada Blackjack, would perish in the harsh conditions.

This is the amazing survival story of Ada Blackjack.

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Greg returns for another Christmas special edition of Seven Heavenly Virtues with a story on Charity and how the real life Saint Nicholas initiated a thousand years of gift giving.

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Anna Young's "House of Prayer" cult was ultimately responsible for the deaths of two children in the 1980s and investigators fear more deaths are possible....

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In the summer of 1976 in a small cattle town in northern California, a school bus full of 26 children - disappeared. When the parents started realizing their kids hadn't made it home from summer school - the entire town quickly jumped into action and within hours the bus was discovered by a farmer flying over a dry riverbed in his crop duster.... the only problem - it was empty...

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Miriam Rodríguez Martínez was a mother scorned and as we found out in episode one there is no wrath like a mother scorned... in this episode we dive deeper into Miriam's vigilante justice and her list of cartel members she was going to make pay for their crimes against her daughter.

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This episode is a MUST LISTEN!

When Miriam Rodríguez Martínez' daughter, Karen, was kidnapped by the cartel she armed with a handgun, a fake ID and a couple disguises and began hunting down her daughter's killers. She stalked them for months and one by one took their lives repaying the sin of taking her daughters life.

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mary kay letourneau

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Rachael pays tribute to her friend Matthew Perry up top and then dives into the depths of what drove Jean Harris to bring a gun into her lover's bedroom unannounced on that fateful night in 1980.

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Rachael tried it. Your Mom tried it. If you we're trying to shred some LBs in the 80's you probably tried it - The Scarsdale Diet.

And in 1980, the headmistress of The Madeira School for girls in Virginia, Jean Harris, made national news when she was tried and convicted of the murder of her ex-lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, a well-known cardiologist and author of the best-selling book The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet.

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Rachael visits Cripple Creek's sister city Victor, CO and it's haunted hotels where she opens up the Seven Deadly Sinner's inbox and pulls out a few creepy, culty listener stories.

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A cattle mutilation with no explanation, lights in the sky and tree knocking... Does Rachael live on a paranormal ranch?

Greg leads the investigation into a suspected alien cattle mutilation that happened only a few miles from their homestead in Colorado.

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On August 2017, 32-year-old Jeremy Evans endured multiple ferocious attacks by a protective female grizzly bear while hunting in the Alberta wilderness.

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard was born as healthy baby but her mother's undiagnosed Munchausen by Proxy syndrome turned her life into a living hell for nearly 20 years until she was empowered by her online boyfriend, who claimed he was a 500 year old Vampire, hatched a plot to murder her mother.

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SO THIS EPISODE, WELL IT HAS A BIT OF EVERYTHING, manipulation, misdiagnosis, murder and the twists and the turns that get stranger and stranger. It sounds like a movie or a work of fiction - and just when you think it’s over, the plot completely takes a left turn.

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We left off last week with the murder of Gary Hinman. Bobby Beausoliea was the one said to have murdered Hinman and when he was arrested Charlie was not happy. Nervous in fact. Thought that bobby’s arrest may point the finger at the rest of the family, mostly himself. And Charlie had plans that didn’t include that. Still wanting to be a rockstar but likely confidence dwindling in that category after Terry mulches said "no" to him….

He was good at the power of suggestion and manipulation…he was good at targeting and finding people men and women that would be susceptible to it. He was good at the art of the con. And if he wasn’t going to be a rockstar in 1969 he was going to become famous for something else.

Helter Skelter, his family of lost souls, his wayward insane personality that he would ride straight through until the end. 

This is the story of the nights of August 8-10 1969, the murder that followed that, and death valley…the place they thought they were safe from all harm or punishment but the place that they would slip up, get caught, and stand trial for the murders that ended the summer of love. 

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It was the summer of 1969 and just a few weeks before the infamous Manson murders of actress Sharon Tate and Leno Labianca; Manson ordered his follower Bobby Beausoleil to get drug money from their friend Gary Hinman.

Hinman was a local music teacher and dealt a little drugs on the side - what started as a shakedown for money turned into 3 days of torture and a murder that would propel the Manson Family past the point of no return and into the darkest nights of the Summer of '69

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Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was considered Charles Manson's right hand woman and the Spahn ranch mother hen. She tried to keep the Manson family together after the Tate–LaBianca murders which ultimately failed. Later, in an effort to prove her commitment to Manson, she attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975.

SOURCES:

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

MANSON THE WOMEN - OXYGEN

ABC 20/20 DOCUMENTARY “THE FAMILY MANSON”

https://allthatsinteresting.com/squeaky-fromme

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/exclusive-my-private-letters-from-squeaky-fromme/

https://themansonfamily-mtts.medium.com/stragglers-in-the-manson-family-bc4d28922c37

"Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders" by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

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Rachael talks with Ashley from That's So F***ed Up! about Leslie Van Houten and the beginnings of the Manson Family

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Rachael dives deeper into her research on the LISK case interviewing a victim and known associate of one the suspects in Amanda Wienckowski case comparing stories and making a case to show he wasn't acting alone.

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I remember being so shocked and saddened when this family’s story hit the news several years ago and it’s one that I’ve been hesitant to tell on this podcast because it is so graphic and unimaginable. What these kids (some of them adults) went through at the hands of their parents for years … it turns my stomach and brings tears to my eyes.

But their perseverance and strength is so admirable that I wanted to shine an even brighter light on their resilience. Trigger warnings ahead — this episode will deal with child abuse, imprisonment, and horrific neglect. Please take care while listening.

On paper (and perhaps in person), David and Louise Turpin might seem like a normal married couple raising their children — all 13 of them, 3 boys and 10 girl, (which might draw some attention in and of itself). But with a little digging it is easy to find some oddities in their relationship timeline, like the fact that they got married when he was 23 and she was just 16-years-old — they had attended the same high school (though not at the same time). 

The story goes that David convinced school employees to sign her out of school … and they fled to Texas (possibly with the intent of eloping) before being caught by police and brought back home. Surprisingly, Louise’s preacher father gave his blessing on the union and allowed the two to wed in 1984.

// SOURCES //

https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/turpin-family-parents-now-4581503/

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/what-happened-turpin-parents-family-story-explained-escape-house-horror-takes-internet-storm

https://allthatsinteresting.com/louise-turpin

https://facts.net/turpin-family-facts/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/bad-behavior/turpin-house-of-horrors-timeline-of-how-13-siblings-suffered-years-of-torture-and-abuse

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/us/turpin-family-conditions-inside-house/index.html

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/crime_courts/2018/01/19/turpin-torture-diaries-hundreds-journals-found-home-13-captive-children/1048998001/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turpin-sisters-photos-of-shackled-siblings-draw-gasps-in-court-david-louise-turpin-california/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10206015/Jordan-Turpin-opens-911-moments-escaping-house-horrors.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12022123/Foster-family-accused-abusing-five-rescued-Turpin-siblings-appear-court.html

https://nypost.com/2023/02/13/some-house-of-horrors-turpin-siblings-finding-life-impossible-after-parents-torture/

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Larry Nassar is a master at the art of deception, a man who used his brain to manipulate and con young girls, their parents, school boards, Olympic heads of the industry. He used his brain. He was smart, and he was bold often committing his life shattering crimes to people who considered him family, often right when the parents were in the room, or upstairs at their own home.

What Larry Nassar succeeded at doing for decades to cover up his crimes WOULD BE A STARK DIFFERENCE , TO WHAT Larry Nassar woke up to IN PRISON. A hard reality. WHAT made him a confident criminal for DECADES would be stripped from him once he was in prison with people a lot harder a lot tougher and perhaps with a lot LESS to lose THAN THE national medical coordinator for USA Gymnastics. 

SOURCES:

https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/larry-nassar-timeline/

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=LARRY+NASSAR+INTEROGATION&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:874f8268,vid:wfoPHUZJQmY

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/us/msu-amanda-thomashow-complaint-larry-nassar/index.html

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/larry-nassar-stabbed-prison-after-comment-allegedly-made/story?id=101212309

https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/2018/02/08/larry-nassar-victim-mom-abuse-testimony-letter/319425002/

https://apnews.com/article/federal-prisons-larry-nassar-stabbing-6977728020a89676093b2b5995a8e19b

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1609126/Video-Little-girls-dont-stay-little-forever-Stephens-Nassar-trial.html

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/believed/id1438898081

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Rachael talks with her friend Terra Newell for an exclusive interview on how to spot coercive control from a master manipulator.

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This episode covers the documentary "Behind the Shiny, Happy People" focusing on the movement that made the Duggars keep on counting: the Institute in Basic Life Principles, and its founder, Bill Gothard Jr.

Some have likened the ministry’s teachings to the fictional HULU series, A Handmaids’ Tale. The documentary depicts the alleged spiritual, psychological, physical and sexual abuse at IBLP programs over the course of decades.

Research and writing this week by Kate Kodman.

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Kristen & Luke are hanging at the ranch this week and Rachael sits them down to ask the big question: Is Bigfoot real?

The crew analyzes some of the best clips Rachael has found and debates the existence of the cryptid. They talk about "Sex, Love & What Else Matters" Kristen and Luke's new podcast, Bigfoot, Skin-walkers and the unbelievable taxidermy in Mike Hunter's living room.

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Rachael presents a new listener driven theory further cracking the Long Island Serial Killer case.

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In the middle of nowhere Texas, Marietta Texas to be exact, there is a woman from a trailer park claiming to be the commander of the Intergalactic Federation of Worlds.... and no she isn't auditioning for a part in the next installment of Star Wars.... this is Linda McGillis, a true cult con artist, taking her followers money and sanity with it.

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We took a much needed breather from the topic of this episode. We recorded part 1 several months ago and news has continued to pour in from Kenya regarding the Shakahola massacre. If you haven’t listened to that first episode, I highly recommend doing so before jumping in here (it is episode 145 from May 7). Now that we have a bit more insight … .it seemed high-time to record this second episode. 

This episode will focus on the other pastor arrested for their alleged involvement in the case as well as first-hand accounts from survivors and their families … as well as the blind eye that authorities seemed to turn toward the entire situation when alarm bells were sounding.

And major trigger warning while listening. Most of the interviews we will play in this episode are very graphic and difficult to listen to.

Back to the case — perhaps the most shocking new statistic? The number of bodies that have been recovered from multiple shallow grave sites deep in the Shakahola forest. If you remember from our first episode, that number stood just over 100 lost souls. Now? It’s a staggering 300+ with hundreds still missing and exhumations continuing day after day. One of you commented on an instagram post that you were worried this could rival the Jonestown Massacre and I hate to say it, but I’m right there with you in that line of thinking.

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This week's episode is about Bernarr McFadden - Yes, he made his name up - he also created the violent magazine "True Detective" ... And guess who was an avid reader of true detective and credits many of his murderous urges to the Magazine one Theodore Bundy oh and Ed Gein oh, and the green river killer sorry, Otis Toole, Richard ramerirez, and the self named BTK Dennis Lynn Radar.

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In this bonus episode on the case of Tyler Lewis we hear from his girlfriend, Karla, who Erie County D.A. John Flynn did not call to the stand despite the family asking for it....

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The Erie County District Attorney said Friday that no one will be charged in the death of Buffalo State student Tyler Lewis because the grand jury ruled his killing as justifiable.

Lewis’ mother, Roquishia Lewis, says “There's no justification for murder.”

In part two we dive into D.A. John Flynn's press conference.

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The Erie County District Attorney said Friday that no one will be charged in the death of Buffalo State student Tyler Lewis because the grand jury ruled his killing as justifiable.

Lewis’ mother, Roquishia Lewis, says “There's no justification for murder.”

In part one we dive into who the young man Roquisha raised was and how he ended up in a parking lot on a supposed pot deal...

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Rachael exposes Belle Gibson, an Australian convicted scammer and pseudoscience advocate, and gives her a diagnoses that might stick - Munchausen by media. Belle authored "The Whole Pantry" mobile app and its companion cookbook cashing in on her snake oil cancer cures all under the ruse that she had naturally cured herself of inoperable stage 4 brain cancer.

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Rachael lays down the framework for the biggest wellness Con in the game, Belle Gibson. A woman who claimed her diet cured her of stage four brain cancer and she certainly did not have a malignant tumor anymore... but the thing is... she never did.

SOURCES:

The Woman Who Fooled the World“ Written By Beau Donnely and Nick Toscano

“Broccoli is bad for you, like, really toxic bad” by Tim Crowe

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Rachael attempts to infiltrate the Twelve Tribes cult in Manitou Springs, Colorado and stumbles across a defected former member who was willing to speak anonymously.

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Part Two of the Ariel Castro hostage nightmare.

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Imagine a typical, midcentury kit-home in the suburban midwest...

Two-stories, white siding, black roof, red brick front steps and red trim.... 

But this typical midwestern house was anything but ordinary, it held secrets behind its front door that neighbors were suspicious of... The number of times police missed opportunities to solve this case is mind-blowing... Because locked behind the unassuming front door of 2207 Seymour Ave. were three girls who had been trapped and held hostage for over a decade.

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The death toll in the African nation seems to tick higher and higher each time I open my web browser to continue my research. I’m honestly afraid to know what the number will be by the time we record this episode Saturday evening. Dozens more bodies have been found in less than 24 hours in this bizarre starvation cult and I don’t even know where to begin as I grapple with that sheer fact alone. 

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Part two

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I got too deep again and feel I’m getting closer and closer as I dig further and further into The Long Island Serial Killer and the connection with Amanda Weinkoski....

If you’ve listened to her episodes I’ve become heavily invested in and have been silently researching on the side until I can uncover more on what I believe to be a connection, it’s just no coincidence the elements that line up in Amanda’s case and the victims of the LISK case. Which is an acronym for the Long Island serial killer….or killers…..so if you hear me say LISK, that’s what I’m referring to…

I’ve covered Amanda’s story and have alluded to my theory on the connection but haven’t revealed what I am going to in this episode nor have I given you a basic rundown on the LISK case.

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Trigger Warning - Teal Swan's advice on suicide is well.... more than concerning... it almost possesses a taunting connotation. Please advise - listen with care and if you're in a dark place - this may not be the episode for you. We love you!

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Part Two on Teal Swan

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We dig back into the archive this week and release the previously unreleased Teal Swan episodes that we're initially pulled from air out of fear of her flock.

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Rachael and Greg read stories sent to [email protected] corroborating and connecting to past episodes.... along with some personal asides of near miss run-ins with Mexican cartels while on vacation.

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Beyond the sunburns and poison ivy, some of these Christian summer camps sing a more sinister song... and this episode will explain why...

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On May 24, 1911, one of the most notorious murders in Denver's history happened. This riveting tale involves Denver's high society, adultery, drugs, and multiple murders all set in Denver's famous Brown Palace hotel.

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If you look at the current statistics on NamUs, they might scare you… 600,000 people go missing per year…and 4,400 unidentified bodies are recovered each year…. IT IS THE NATION’S SILENT MASS DISASTER…

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Imagine longing to have a baby. Trying to conceive for years and years. Or maybe suffering through miscarriage after miscarriage. Or knowing you or your partner have a genetic defect in your DNA that would cause a child painful suffering, hospitalizations or even an early death. These reasons — and many more — lead individuals and couples to seek the help of an infertility doctor.

But what if that doctor was devious? What if he didn’t exactly follow your wishes….AND YOU HAD NO IDEA YOU EVEN had to be so explicit in your directions …

Because there aren’t national or international laws that necessarily STATE WHAT THIS MAN DID WAS ILLEGAL or laws protecting against the inconceivable actions he took on the womb of unsuspecting mothers — but the story of Dr. Donald Cline's deceit would come to light and his nearly 100 children would come back to haunt him.

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Despite all of the other evidence the lack of 6-acetylmorphine in Amanda's toxicology report, an active metabolite of heroin that is present after use for 24 hours, should be sufficient ground to prove she did not accidentally overdose on heroin for any medical examiner....

Special Thanks to LISK podcast for the excellent research on the Long Island Serial Killer.

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Amanda Wienckowski was found frozen solid, upside down in a garbage can in the middle of a Buffalo, NY winter in January 2009 - her case was somehow ruled an accidental suicide by the authorities despite her last known location being the drug dealer's house across the street who was later convicted of rape and strangulation.

Rachael talks with Amanda's mother and older sister to divulge the details of the tragically mishandled case.

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Amanda Wienckowski was found frozen solid, upside down in a garbage can in the middle of a Buffalo, NY winter in January 2009 - her case was somehow ruled an accidental suicide by the authorities despite her last known location being the drug dealer's house across the street who was later convicted of rape and strangulation.

Rachael talks with Amanda's mother and older sister to divulge the details of the tragically mishandled case.

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What do you think happened to the thousands of people that have gone missing in our National Parks ….and when I say missing… It's really more like vanished under the strangest of circumstances...

There are stories where a group is hiking and they look back and they see their friend but when they look back again not even 30 seconds later - THEY ARE GONE… almost like they were plucked right off the trail into thin air.

David Paulides does not give his exact theories to what is going on here….. HE LEAVES IT UP TO YOU TO DECIDE - BUT HE DOES PRESENT SOME COMPELLING CASES THAT LEAD ME TO BELIEVE IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE?



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Rachael talks with a retired Buffalo Police officer about a side of True Crime we don't often hear from - the first responders and the emotional toll witnessing crime in person takes.

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The cult-like worship of Santa Muerte by vicious drug lords and cartels alike....using the Saint of Death for various justifications in their mind... she will protect them from having a harsh death themselves though they are literally disposing of bodies in acid, she is guidance for them when they traffic millions of dollars worth of drugs, and kill their rivals, her statue often being placed at gruesome death scenes.

Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo was an American serial killer, drug dealer and cult leader who led an infamous drug-trafficking and occult gang in Matamoros, Mexico that was dubbed the "Narcosatanists" by the media - his cult members knew him as "The Godfather"

Mark Kilroy was a pre-med student at UT Austin and was sadly abducted off the streets of Matamoros on spring break with his childhood friends. His tragic death and investigation lead to the uncovering of 13 more bodies found at Constanzo's ranch buried in shallow graves. While Mark drew authorities attention it's important to remember the names of the others eventually named....and honor the unnamed and the never reported even missing...

They deserve their stories to be told as well.

Here are the names of the other identified victims buried at the ranch along with Mark Kilroy:

Ernesto Rivas Diaz, 23

Victor Sauceda Galvan, 22

Ruben Vela Garza, 30

Gilberto Garza Sosa, early 20s

Special Thanks to:

Ellen Mentor, Taurindb, Freesound.org, KRQE.com, Texas Monthly, Darkness Podcast by Haley Butler, Medium.com and The New York Times

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Rachael interviews a dear friend who is a follower of Santa Muerte to get the good side of the story.

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On the evening of May 23, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen other by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and then killed himself.

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Driven by Father Joe’s twin sister’s unwavering determination to get justice for her brother, an unlikely friendship with an outcast Priest and the autopsy tech who alongside the famous Dr. Cyril Wecht, exhume the body, perform a second autopsy and find disturbing evidence that should prove this could not have been a suicide.

From the creators of Seven Deadly Sinners comes a podcast investigating a True Cold Case, Hosts and Producers Rachael O’Brien and Greg Hunter work along side Father Joe’s twin sister Sue and former autopsy tech, Joe Wedge, to expose the Diocese for what it really is - Deadly.

For years the Buffalo Diocese has been covering up abuse, hiding money, exploiting children and adult men alike - This podcast investigates, boots on the ground in Buffalo, and unravels the cover up of the mysterious death of Father Joe Moreno.

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Can a cult exist only on online forums? The Cult of Incels proves it to be possible. "Involuntary Celibates" or Incels are a community that started out fairly wholesome born from a men's liberation movement in the 1970s but morphed into a misogynistic, online hate group. By the early 2000s incels were carrying out pubic attacks in the name of hate and posting about it online.

SOURCES: cnn.com; thegaurdian.com; noozhawk.com

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Richard Allen is arrested for the murders of Abby & Libby in Delphi, IN.

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This episode has it all: a politician, evangelical preacher, gospel singer, murder plots, husband and wife, mother to dozens of children, conspiracy - a reported Swinger’s Club. An arrest — or several.... The list goes on and on in this twisted tale of corrupt thoughts and actions under the guise of saintly acts.

This is the cult of Flordelis dos Santos de Souza a Brazilian Gospel singer and politician - who happens to have 50+ children and no longer a husband....

SOURCES: The Guardian, NY Post, Daily Mail, BBC, Reuters, New Yorker, Independant, Al Dia News, and Yahoo!

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This is part three of the Larry Ray saga, a creepy, criminal father who moved in with his daughter in college as a 50 something year old man, after just being released from prison, and slowly groomed her and her friends into his bizarre brainwashed world, from the college housing of Sarah Lawrence to an apartment on the upper east side of New York City - Larry Ray, formed a cult of vulnerable college students who obeyed his every horrid demand. This is Larry Ray and the Sarah Lawrence cult. 

#cult #Larry #Ray #SarahLawrence #sexcult #sex

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This is part two of the story of a father who moved in with his daughter in college as a 50 something year old man (who just was released from prison) and slowly groomed her and her friends into his bizarre controlled world, from the college housing of Sarah Lawrence to an apartment on the upper east side of New York City - Larry Ray, formed a cult of vulnerable college students turned adults who cowered to his every horrific whim. This is Larry Ray and the Sarah Lawrence cult. 

#cult #Larry #Ray #SarahLawrence #sexcult #sex

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This is the story of a father who moved in with his daughter in college as a 50 something year old man and slowly groomed her and her friends into his bizarre controlled world, from the college housing of Sarah Lawrence to an apartment on the upper east side of New York City - Larry Ray, formed a cult of vulnerable college students turned adults who cowered to his every horrific whim. This is Larry Ray and the Sarah Lawrence cult. 

#cult #Larry #Ray #SarahLawrence

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Rachael meets a card dealer that crossed over to the other side as a child and ever since his NDE (Near Death Experience) has had multiple bone chilling encounters with ghosts.

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Left to rot into rumble, The Living Enrichment Center in Wilsonville, Oregon was shutdown and abandoned in the wake of Mary Morrissey's multi-million dollar scandal. Built on the former grounds of a mental institution the 94,000 sq ft compound featured an in-house bookstore, retreat center, café, kindergarten, elementary school, as well as an outreach television ministry studio.

Pandering a prophetic tale from her childhood, Mary swindles her faithful selling practical advice with a price tag only a conman could come up with.

#cult #truecrime #conman #falseprophet #televangelist

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The Mansfield Reformatory is a historic prison located in Mansfield, Ohio made famous by the film The Shawshank Redemption. Closed in 1990 due to intolerable overcrowding and inhumane conditions - it is now host to a number of haunted souls serving out their sentences for eternity.

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Highway 666 now renamed Highway 491

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In the valley below Mount Pisgah, there is a meandering creek that for the last 30 million years has crept through a desolate prairie, carving into the core of an ancient volcano revealing nuggets of native gold that remained undisturbed on the surface until Bob Womack found a chunk in a cattle pasture in Poverty Gulch and staked the El Paso claim in 1890 - igniting the last Colorado Gold Rush and fostering:

 “The Greatest Gold Camp On Earth.”

It’s true. More gold was pulled out of Cripple Creek than all of Alaska and California’s gold rushes combined. 28 Millionaires were made and the little mining enclave became the financial capital of the country in just a few years. Word of the Gold boom triggered a mass migration of gold thirsty men, with little to no experience mining, to a town that was primed to take their fortune faster than the Gold Fever packed their bags to get there. 

They say “Money doesn’t grow on trees” - yet it is the root of all evil - so what happens when men start pulling precious metals deeply rooted in the Earth out of the ground faster than Farmers can harvest crops?

Greed. 

A gluttonous hunger for GOLD that erodes the morals of men and women; infecting their souls like a fever - and the contagious excitement of a gold rush spares no one. 

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Rachael along with her Husband and a local Rancher named Jeff trek into the vast nothingness of New Mexico ranch land to find the Strong City Cult compound.

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A little hint of the sinister, paranormal investigations Rachael and Greg conducted across the ghost towns, abandoned mining camps and no-mans lands of New Mexico and Colorado interviewing locals and even sleeping in the old Folsom Hotel which hasn't had a guest in nearly 100 years.... Seven Deadly Sinners is profiling HAUNTED SINS the entire month of October as an ode to Spooky Season. Stay tuned.

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Wayne Bent, the leader of the Strong City cult located in the vast ranch lands of Northern New Mexico, claims that one day while "relaxing" in his chair - God spoke to him and told him that he is now the modern day Messiah... Suddenly he needed 7 virgins and a compound in the middle of nowhere New Mexico....

Featured Music from: Tunnel Vision Pipe Dream, Audiomirage and Vinyl Fields

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‘Eastern Lightning’ almost sounds to me like a 1980’s metal band…but that’s far from the reality of the organization also known as Church of the Almighty God (among numerous other alias’s). We’re not talking big hair, power ballads and heavy guitar rifts … we’re talking accusations of kidnappings; coercion; alleged assaults; murder; brainwashing and targeting women. All under the nose of China’s Communist Party begging the question as to whether the crazy allegations surrounding the organization are, in fact, true or whether they’re completely fabricated by the CCP.

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The final episode on Dwight York, the maniac messiah, egotistical “Egyptian”, he’s not Egyptian at all I’m sure or he is and it shows up on a 23 & me test somewhere but he’s not in the way he says he is... 

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Dwight York convinces everyone he is Egyptian royalty including a Sudanese family related to the 19th century Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad and thousands of other New Yorkers in search of a savior.

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He was the typical charismatic cult leader who brainwashed his loyal followers into not even questioning something as bizarre as the transition from following a muslim ideology to watching their Potentate release a disco record and transform their faith into believing their leader was a celestial alien being....and then an Egyptian Pharos...This is the story of Dwight York

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I was going back and forth on if this could make a good case for 7DS but I decided it is the perfect case. While I don’t believe that Jack Kevorkian was a sinner or a saint, I believe he was a compassionate pioneer who was grappling with his own generational trauma in the face of the difficulty of being a doctor who has to watch people wither away and suffer - The crossroads of the death he knew as a child intersected with his profession and the unimaginable pain he had to walk his patients through on a daily basis until one day one of them just said Jack…. I’m done… I can’t do this anymore ….and Jack in his own weird way felt too much empathy not to oblige. 

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The worst psychic of all time.

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After venturing to Fort Bridger on a recent road trip back home to Oregon; Rachael was inspired to cover the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

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Doctor's take a hippocratic oath to protect their patients - Dr. Farid Fata not only lied to his patients but willingly poisoned them for profit.

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Rachael tells to story of Jimmy Keene who was serving a 10 year sentence and sent undercover to a maximum security prison to elicit a confession from serial killer Larry Dwayne Hall in trade for his freedom. She then conducts a follow up interview with Jessica Roach's mother, Terry whose daughter was Hall's last known victim.

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From 19 and counting to 12.5 years in prison - Josh Duggar got what was coming to him

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Rachael conducts a second interview with a disfellowshipped witness weaving her first hand experiences with shunned former JW Lauren Stuart who was pushed to commit a quadruple homicide under the pretense of a rapture loop hole only Jehovah's Witnesses believe in.

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In part two we peel back the layers of the Jehovah's Witnesses shunning practices and examine why they believe higher education is a dangerous waste of time.

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The Church of Wells Part One

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Pride - Ravi Zacharias

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Israel Keyes Part Four

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Gluttony - Israel Keyes

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Pride- Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell Part 4

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Pride - Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell Part 3

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John Of God Part Four

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Sloth - The Amish Serial Killer - Part 2

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Interview w Kingston Clan Survivor Nicole Mafi- Bonus Episode

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Lust - Johnny Gosch Abduction Suspects

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Sloth - Marcus Wesson Part 3

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Sloth - Marcus Wesson Part 2

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Wrath - Love Has Won Part 4

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Gluttony - The Kingston Clan Part Three

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Listener Stories!

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This episode covers the aftermath and the shooters Columbine went on to inspire, and also covers the incredible survivor stories of the victims.

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Columbine by Dave Cullen

CBS news

New York Times

Vice

Psychology Today

Westword.com

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Columbine by Dave Cullen

New York Times

Psychology Today

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-twisted-minds-of-school-shooters-and-the-anguished-man-who-studies-them/2016/06/30/44987378-2e4e-11e6-9b37-42985f6a265c_story.html

https://www.westword.com/news/anne-marie-hochhalter-moving-letter-to-dylan-klebolds-mom-about-columbine-7602320

https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/20/remembering-the-13-victims-of-columbine-high-school-massacre-20-years-on-9228117/

History.com

You Tube

ABC News

American Tragedy Documentary 

Deadline

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Coming off the troubled teen series we felt compelled to cover what happens when teens are actually dangerous. We utilize the Columbine School Shooting in Colorado and the mental states of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris to explore this.

Written and Voiced by: Rachael O'Brien

Research and Writing Assistance by: Kate Kodman

Produced by: Rachael O'Brien and Greg Hunter

Music by: Greg Hunter featuring John Christy

Sources:

American Tragedy Documentary Amazon Prime NPR https://www.slice.ca/10-signs-your-kid-might-be-a-psychopath/ Wikipedia The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/ https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/shared-psychotic-disorder https://www.columbine-guide.com/columbine-dylan-yearbook Washington Post Time Magazine biography.com ABC News The Guardian

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Today, Ash and Alaina from The Morbid Podcast (our podcast goddesses) chat with beautiful, hilarious and spicy Tyler Hyde and Johnny Cann from That's Spooky. If Tyler and Johnny's personalities don't immediately make you fall for them, their ability to tell a story with compassion, spice and lighthearted humor in all the right places will have you swooning in seconds. We chatted with these about their relationship, their favorite paranormal happenings and how That's Spooky came to be. Come on in, friends. The water is fabulous.

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Today is the final episode on the Pride filled out-of-control billion-dollar Troubled Teen Industry. WWASP, deaths and lack of regulation - all stops along the winding road from Synanon. We’re not talking about insects, but an organization that runs dozens of troubled teen camps across the country and the world. Their sting? Just as painful, and sometimes, even deadly.

And like, Chuck Dietrich of Synanon, we have another unqualified man ready to carry the torch of attack therapy and abuse all the way to the bank. A man by the name of Robert Litchfield, who without the benefit of a college degree, parlayed his work into a multi million dollar industry.

And inspired scores of programs like his that are responsible for many horrific deaths of children, a few of which we will hear about today.

We will also hear about what Breaking Code Silence and celebrities like Paris Hilton are doing to shut these facilities down.

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SOURCES: http://narvinlichfield.com/ Rolling Stone magazine The Doctor’s talk show www.news.com.au www.tierrablancaranch.com wwaspsurvivors.com www.santafenewmexican.com sfreporter.com BBC America “Locked in Paradise” New York Times “Skeletons in the Classroom” The Hartford Courant Bangor Daily News breakingcodesilence.net

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Spencer is hilarious, magnificent and is waiting to be cast in the next Lifetime flick, so please get your people to talk to his people. Ash and Alaina from Morbid talk to him about his favorite cult leaders, what brought him to true crime and which killer he thinks kept it the most weird! 

Link to his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cult-liter-with-spencer-henry/id1436376574

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From Circle of Hope Girls Ranch to Escuela Caribe we are discussing the Troubled Teen Industry's widespread abuse and we have cult leader Charles Dietrich of Synanon to thank for the inspiration of self help through shame and berating for it. On the flip side, we also have Paris Hilton for helping to expose it!

Sources:

-Nbcnews.com

-New York Times 

-Indoctrination podcast “Troubled Teen Industry” episode

-Kansas City Star

-60 Minutes

-Dr Phil Talk show

-The Doctors talk show

-Kidnapped For Christ documentary

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Greed - Tony and Susan Alamo Part 4

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Wrath - Jane Whaley Part 4

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Wrath - Jane Whaley Part 2

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Lust - Pastor Matt Baker Part 3

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Season One Bonus Episode

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The real story of True Detective is the Hosanna Church nightmare.  Set against the backdrop of rural Louisiana exists the real life grisly crimes against children of Louis Lamonica Jr, Austin Trey Bernard & up to 6 other adults all under the guise of Faith....but their Faith was not to God....but to Satan.  Many Satanic Panic stories have been proven to be exaggerated or false but the proof of this horrific story came straight from the mouths of the perpetrators in detailed confessions & from the first hand account of Army veteran J.P. Willie who's book "Blood In The Woods," documents growing up in that little Louisiana town & witnessing the bizarre happenings & aura of fear that knifed through the town. 

Sources:

"Blood In The Woods"

New York Times

Hammond Daily Star

VICE

WFAB9

casetext.com

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Wrath is a sin that can turn a gentle God fearing man into a hateful man w a vendetta & the incestuous Televangelism world was a breeding ground for monetary & moral competition that played out like an 80s day time soap opera. Christianity says we shouldn't be a slave to our emotions & instead respond in a rational manner as God asks. A task that was impossible for our wrath fiend rivals Jimmy Swaggart & Marvin Gorman. They Regina George’d the hell out of each other in acts of blackmail, entrapment & public shaming. A mutually destructive feud that would ultimately ruin them both.

This one has it all sex scandals, police set ups & hidden cameras, all in the name of being the number one guy in God’s group.

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Wrath is a sin that can turn a gentle God fearing man into a hateful man w a vendetta & the incestuous Televangelism world was a breeding ground for monetary & moral competition that played out like an 80s day time soap opera. Christianity says we shouldn't be a slave to our emotions & instead respond in a rational manner as God asks. A task that was impossible for our wrath fiend rivals Jimmy Swaggart & Marvin Gorman. They Regina George’d the hell out of each other in acts of blackmail, entrapment & public shaming. A mutually destructive feud that would ultimately ruin them both.

This one has it all sex scandals, police set ups & hidden cameras, all in the name of being the number one guy in God’s group.

Sources: nola.com , Washington Post, theologyandthecity.com, apnews.com, wikipedia.com

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Gluttony is the overindulgence and over consumption of anything to the point of waste. In Christianity, it is considered a sin if the excessive desire for anything, food, riches, etc causes it to be withheld from the needy.

Gluttony can be interpreted as selfishness; essentially placing concern with one's own impulses or interests above the well-being of others. -Insert our star glutton Robert Tilton who specifically targeted some of society’s poorest souls and rested easy at night in his enormous mansion paid for by the 80 million dollars a year he manipulated his followers into sending him.

Robert Tilton is a true glutton for money. He loves money so much he needs yours more than you do.

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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader and ultimate creep Warren Jeffs manipulated, abused and stole the innocence of his followers.  This True Crime story had it all. He was said to have up to 87 brides, many of which were children as young as 12 years old, and he sexually abused many children and adults, which ultimately landed him on America's Most Wanted list next to Osama Bin Laden until his arrest and 2006 and life sentence conviction.  

Sources:

Breaking Free - By Rachel Jeffs

Wikipedia

Salt Lake Tribune

CNN

Reddit

Youtube

Psychology Today - Joe Navarro

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Sinner’s are often people who believe they deserve everything little thing they desire. And hurting others along the way….well that’s just road kill. On a small scale, it’s scary, but on the scale these people have done it, it’s down right evil. Religion, Church, Preachers, can be your saving grace, sure, but what if, Preachers, used your trusting ear, for their down right dirty deeds and they did it in plain sight. On TV, in your parish, in your own home. Trickery, sales tactics, and a heavy lack of guilt made for a cast of greedy gluttons with pay to pray ministries signing their followers up, into debt with God. These narcissists got high on money, sex, & power. All Under the guise that God talks to them. They preach a phony gospel on the world’s stage. But what happened behind the scenes their sins will make your skin crawl. In Season 1 we uncover 7 Deadly Sins of Power Hungry Preachers. I’m Rachael O’Brien, the creator and Host of 7 Deadly Sinners. Im guiding you on this hellish journey. So close your eyes, bow your heads and buckle up.

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