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This week we discuss the murder of Andre Montgomery, who is best known from the hit show "Sweetie Pue's"
This week we discussed the murder of Phylicia Barnes
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This week we discuss the murders committed by Benjamin Atkins
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This week we discuss the death and court case of NBA star Lorenzen Wright
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This week we talk about the Murder of Franklin Bonner and Trial of Angel Bumpass and Mallory Vaughn. Sign the petition for Angel Here https://www.change.org/p/tennessee-governor-justice-for-angel-bumpass
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This week we discuss serial killer Henry Wallace, often referred ot as "The Taco Bell Strangler"
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This week we discuss a lesser known serial killer by the name of Craig Price who committed his first crime at only 13 years old
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This week we discuss John Africa, the leader of a lesser known black liberation movement called MOVE
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THis week we discuss a lesser known black female serial killer --- Roberta Elder.
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This week we discuss cult leader Marcus Wesson who is responsible for one of the most gruesome crimes in Fresno history
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This week we discuss the Hart Family Murders
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This week we discuss Food Deserts in the US and how they disproportionately affects communities of color.
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This week we discuss the disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker.
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This week we discussed Marcus Garvey and his back to Africa Movement.
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This week we talk about cult leader Yahweh Ben Yahweh an the rise and fall of The Nation of Yahweh
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This week we discuss the high profile murder of Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy.
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This week we delve into our very first cult episode to talk about Dwight York and The Nuwaubian Nation of Moors
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This week we discuss housing discrimination in the US and how it still disproportionately affects communities of color to this day.
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This week we talk about the murders committed by Christopher Dorner and what led him to that point.
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This week we discuss the death of Jaylen Brown, the conditions surrounding it, and his mother's hunger strike in an attempt to find justice for her son.
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This week we discuss the DC Sniper and the effect it had on the DC Area
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this week we discuss the death of Eazy-E and some of the conspiracy theories surrounding it
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This week we talk about the murder of Kanika Powell and possible motives behind the crime.
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This week we discuss the murder to Alexis Crawford which took place at Clark Atlanta University in 2019
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This week we discuss one of the most prolific serial killers in recent history: The Grim Sleeper
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This week we talk about the life and death of Princess Diana, and some of the main conspiracy theories surrounding it .
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This week we discuss some conspiracy theories surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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This week Jade tells us more about the legend of Santa Claus and Black Pete
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This week we discuss the life and death of Medgar Evers
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This week we continue to discuss the many reasons behind the distrust between the back community and modern medicine. We're talking about the history of "night doctors" and how they still show up in conspiracies in 2020
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This week we talked about one of the most prolific serial killers: Samuel Little
Sources
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/samuel-little-serial-killer/part-one/
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/samuel-little
https://www.newser.com/story/299452/it-is-possible-to-get-away-with-murder.html
Samuel Little's Artwork
https://www.insider.com/samuel-little-portraits-victims-paint-drawings-2019-10
https://www.artillerymag.com/none-dare-call-it-art/
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This week we discussed the history of public assistance programs in the United States and how they affect communities of color today.
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This week we discuss Henrietta Lacks and her "immortal cells"
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This week we discuss a lesser known serial killer in the DC metropolitan Area - The Freeway Phantom.
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This week we discuss the history of voter suppression but mostly just general thoughts on the upcoming election.
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This week we discuss one of the most haunted places in Savannah, Georgia and the history behind it .
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This week we have special guest on to talk about Julia Brown and her alleged curse on the town of Frenier.
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Did you know the Salem With Trials all started with a black woman? This week we talk about the story of Tituba and how she contributed to one of the most infamous events in history
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Happy October! This is our first themed episode for the month, we talk about Madame LaLaurie, a lesser known serial killer in the 1800s in New Orleans. What crimes she committed and how her victims still haunt new orleans to this day.
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This week we discuss whether or not Wayne Williams was actually responsible for all 28 of the Atlanta Child killings, or was he simply the scapegoat for a bigger coverup?
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This week we talked about a fire that broke out in Wrightsville, Arkansas killing 21 boys ages 13 - 17. How did the fire start and was it an accident or something more intentional?
Sources for this episode
https://katv.com/news/local/wrightsville-21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Negro_Boys%27_Industrial_School
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2018/04/22/finally-a-memorial-to-the-21-boys-who-were-burned-to-death-at-wrightsville-in-59
https://ualrexhibits.org/desegregation/tales-from-the-classroom/negro-boys-industrial-school-fire/
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This week we're talking about a serial killer you've probably never heard of. Kendall Francois is responsible for the deaths of 8 women over the course of two years
Sources for This episode
https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/francois-kendall.htm
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/journalist-revisits-ties-serial-killer-slayed-8-n-y-article-1.2946628
https://criminaldiscoursepodcast.com/the-poughkeepsie-killer-kendall-francois/
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This week we discussed a Lake Lanier, located in Georgia and most known for the extremely high number of Deaths that have happened there since it's been built
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The 65th anniversary of Emmett Till's death just passed and on this weeks episode we revisit the case and also talk about ways this tragedy helped spark the civil rights movement.
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This week we discuss the newly re-opened case of Alonzo Brooks.
Petitions for Alonzo
https://www.change.org/p/reopen-the-alonzo-brooks-case?original_footer_petition_id=&grid_position=&pt=
https://www.change.org/p/we-the-people-justice-for-the-hate-crime-on-alonzo-brooks/sign
Sources for this episode
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/us/alonzo-brooks-exhumed-unsolved-mysteries-trnd/index.html
https://www.eonline.com/news/1175498/why-alonzo-brooks-death-needed-further-investigation-and-not-just-from-unsolved-mysteries
https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/alonzo-brooks-unsolved-mysteries-episode-led-to-credible-tips
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2020-08-07/alonzo-brooks-cause-of-death-unsolved-mysteries-netflix-body/
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This week we discuss the conspiracy theories surrounding the Chris Lighty suicide
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This week we discuss some of the confusing details surrounding the death of soul singer Sam Cooke
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This week we discuss the unsettling case of Relisha Rudd
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A crash course on the war on drugs, with a little ranting...
Sources for this episode
https://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war
https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs
https://warontherocks.com/2018/12/the-enduring-legacy-of-reagans-drug-war-in-latin-america/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/war-on-drugs
https://newsone.com/3391639/5-policies-that-prove-the-war-on-drugs-targeted-black-people/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/ronald-reagans-racist-conversation-richard-nixon/595102/
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Kenneka Jenkins was found dead in a hotel freezer after going missing during a party the night before. It's a case that has sparked a lot of speculation about what really happened that night.. This week we go over the facts and video from the case and come to our own conclusions.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/tag/kenneka-jenkins/
https://truecrimegarage.com/blogs/true-crime-garage/posts/kenneka-jenkins-party-footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXMexQYLmdM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbcjUvBDh1s&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmVYbeNyYEo
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This week we're discussing the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the mystery surrounding it .
Sources for this episode:
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/jfk-assassination
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/jfk-assassination-conspiracy-theories-debunked/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZweMXXY6Y
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The illuminati in pop culture!
Sources for This episode are below:
https://www.complex.com/music/2018/11/rap-conspiracy-theories/
https://www.complex.com/music/hip-hop-illuminati-obsession
https://www.complex.com/music/2018/09/rappers-accused-of-being-in-the-illuminati/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2016/07-08/profile-adam-weishaupt-illuminati-secret-society/
https://www.vox.com/2015/5/19/8624675/what-is-illuminati-meaning-conspiracy-beyonce
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This week we discuss two mysterious death cases that some people think may have ties to forced organ harvesting. Also, what is forced organ harvesting and the sale of human bodies?
Sources for this episode:
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/how-body-brokers-make-money-harvesting-organs-from-black-people
https://www.medicaldaily.com/hospitals-harvesting-organs-patients-doctors-were-pressured-declare-brain-dead-lawsuit-242751
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-brokers/
https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/humantrafficking/chapter/chapter-9-organ-trafficking/
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Tete Gulley was a black trans woman found hung from a tree in 2019, her death was rules a suicide....
SOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:
https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-police-investigation-otis-michael-gulley-jr-black-trans-woman/
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/17/tete-gulley-black-trans-woman-violence-murder-suicide-portland-oregon-police/?utm_campaign=www.husaria-marketing.com
https://time.com/5601227/two-black-trans-women-murders-in-dallas-anti-trans-violence/
https://time.com/5601227/two-black-trans-women-murders-in-dallas-anti-trans-violence/
https://avp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ncavp_transhvfactsheet.pdf
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/deaths-black-trans-women-riah-milton-dominique-fells-spur-protests/3191769001/
Over 600,000 Demand Answers in Death of Tete Gulley, Black Trans Woman
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This week we talk about Lavena Johnson, a private in the US army who was found dead in Iraq under very mysterious circumstances. Click below to sign the petition to get justice for Lavena
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This week we do a deep dive into the Tamla Horsford case and speculate on what we think actually happened.
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Did James Earl Ray really shoot MLK? Did he act alone? We're talking about it this week.
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Was the United States really able to send someone to the moon?
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Sources for this Episode:
https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html
https://www.history.com/topics/natural-disasters-and-environment/hurricane-katrina
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/reference/hurricane-katrina/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/08/hurricane-katrina-george-w-bush-new-orleans
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Who shot Biggie? is he ALSO in Cuba? Let's talk about it
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This week we discuss the Tulsa Massacre of 1921
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Heroin and Black leader or cold blooded murderer? You decide.
Pick up Assata's Autobiography here
https://www.amazon.com/Assata-Autobiography-Shakur/dp/1556520743
SOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:
https://historycollection.co/assata-shakur-first-woman-fbis-wanted-terrorist-list/2/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/13/assata-shakur-civil-rights-activist-fbi-most-wanted
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/joanne-deborah-chesimard/download.pdf
https://abcnews.go.com/US/assata-shakur-convicted-killing-police-officer-wanted-fbi/story?id=63076257
https://www.newsweek.com/assata-shakur-black-power-activism-2020-elections-democrats-1384510
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBYwq8zzGUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH9sF_sg14c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4mziCJheiw
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Part 2 of 2.
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Part 1 of 2 about How Eugenics came about in the Unites States and its lasting affect on communities of color
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Who shot Tupac? Is he in Cuba? Let's talk about it.
Sources for this Episode
"Keefee D" Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY3Y6m16J-I
Articles
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tupac-shakur-dies
https://www.biography.com/news/tupac-last-days-murder
https://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/tupac/best-conspiracy-theories/
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/all-the-tupac-shakur-conspiracy-theories-that-make-some-think-hes-still-alive.html/
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How many times did a similar experiment take place before the Tuskegee experiment came to fruition? Found out this week on Cognac & Conspiracies
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What if O.J. DIDN'T do it??
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In the first of this 2 part episode, who really is O.J. Simpson? How did he get where he is today? and what REALLY happened on the night of October 2nd, 1995.
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The Black Panther Party, teen drinking, and why are black people so obsessed with open caskets?
Sources used for this Episode:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fred-hamptom-death_b_2234651
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/assassination-of-fred-hampton
https://truthout.org/articles/the-assassination-of-fred-hampton-47-years-later/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/04/police-raid-that-left-two-black-panthers-dead-shook-chicago-changed-nation/
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