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Join Justine & Holly as they bury themselves in myths and monsters. Did you hear that? You may want to check the deadbolt on your front door, you never know what could have slide in while you were listening.
What happened to the Sodder children?
Abbott, K. (2012, December 25). The Children Who Went up in Smoke. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/
Horn, S. (2005, December 28). Long, Long, Long Sodder Post. Stacy Horn. https://stacyhorn.com/2005/12/28/long-long-long-sodder-post/
Horn, S. (2005, December 23). Mystery of Missing Children Haunts W.Va. Town. NPR. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5067563
Sodder Children Disappearance. (2021, January 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sodderchildrendisappearance&oldid=998074605
Stanton, A. (2006, December 24). Where are the children? Internet sleuths swaken 61-year-old Christmas mystery. The Register Harold. https://archive.is/20131014191841/http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_358182913.html#selection-939.0-1261.288
The beauty of Joshua Tree is unlike any other, this desert paradise also seems to be hiding something. Join Justine & Holly as they discuss the dark history of this national park.
Sources
https://sbcsentinel.com/2021/02/panic-in-wonder-valley/
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/jotr/history4.htm
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/willie-boy-how-a-manhunt-became-myth
Carlota: Story and Soundwork (Excerpt by Lewis deSoto)
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/famed-western-love-story-of-willie-boy-and-carlota-gets-told-through-a-native-american-lens
https://www.29palmstribe.org/copy-of-our-mission-statement-1
http://lewisdesoto.net/Installations/Carlota..html
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The curious case of cults! Bhagwan Rajneesh and his Sannyasins are at the forefront of today's discussion. Join Holly & Justine as they explore the lives, teachings, and illegal activities of Rajneeshpuram citizens.
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Sources:
Anna Silman: 9 Rajneeshpuram Residents on What Wild Wild Country Got Wrong
Hugh Urban: Rajneeshpuram Was More than a Utopia in the Desert. It Was a Mirror of the Time.
Janja Lalich: Why do People Join Cults?
Britannica Biography: Bhagwan Rajneesh
Joe Carter: 9 Things You Should Know About the Rajneeshees
Christopher Calder: The Enigmatic "Bhagwan," Osho Rajneesh
Reddit AMA
Lewis F. Carter: The Oregon Colony at Peak Development
Census of India
Myles Bonnar & Steven Brocklehurst: The Scot who was the sex guru's bodyguard
Youtube Video: Bhagwan Rajneesh
Ian Norris: Can We Transcend Materialism?
LCMS Org: Human Potential Movement
OSHO.com: Making Love, Sacred Experience
OSHO.com: Capitalism/Communism Revolution
OSHO.com: You are Responsible
OSHO.com: The Story Behind Wild Wild Country
Corinne Cummings: 11 Things We Learned From Jane Stork's Memoir
Anuj Bansal, Ashish Mittal , and Vikas Seth: Osho Dynamic Meditation's Effect on Serum Cortisol Level
Youtube: Bhagwan about Drugs
Douglas Perry: What happened to the Rajneeshees' Oregon paradise? Photos show decay, rebirth
State of Oregon: Antelope
AP Archive: Rajneesh Taken to Oregon to Face Charges
OSHO.com: Jesus Never Died\
Let's head to Texas for the eerie tale of The Candy Lady. Was Clara Crane to blame for missing children, or was something more sinister using candy to steal children?
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Sources
https://legendofthecandylady.wordpress.com/
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/texas/spookiest-urban-legend-tx/
Is the Bunnyman real? Or is there something else going on in Virginia?
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Look out for our upcoming weekly shows! We're bringing you more terrifying content.
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Sources:
Timothy C. Forbes- The Clifton Bunny man
Brian Conley- The Real Life Origins Of An Urban Legend
We're Ruston's Previous Residents Homicidal Nudists?
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Virginia/Douglas-Griffin_ps17w
Julián Hiltbrand Consoli- Social Selection in The Bunny Man: Research on the Origins of the Legend
Ally Schweitzer- The True Story Of The Bunnyman, Northern Virginia's Most Gruesome Urban Legend
FairFax County: Historical Newspaper Index Search
Is Charles Island cursed? Legends of pirates, buried treasure, and ruthless curses abound on this island in Connecticut. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Fill out our topic request form here: https://forms.gle/g2BLWFxb5SmBsjx89
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References
Bendici, R. (n.d.). Charles Island, Milford. Damned Connecticut.
https://www.damnedct.com/charles-island-milford/
Black, A. (n.d.) Charles Island. Atlas Obscura.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cursed-charles-island#:~:text=In%201699%2C%20the%20island's%20most,to%20his%20trial%20and%20execution.
Charles Island. (2020, November 2). In Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Island&oldid=986769254
Ellis, T. (2016, August 15). The Cursed Charles Island in Connecticut is Haunting and Beautiful.
Only in Your State. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/connecticut/charles-island-ct/
Juliano, F. (2015, December 11). An Island off of Milford Supposedly Among the Most Cursed in
the World. ctpost. https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/An-island-off-of-Milford-supposedly-among-the-6691608.php
McCready, B. (2011, July 5). Widow Suggests Closing Off Sandbar After Husband Drowns at
Silver Sands State Park in Milford. New Haven Register. https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Widow-suggests-closing-off-sandbar-after-husband-11565858.php
McCready, B. (2017, August 5). Sandbar Leading to Charles Island Under Scrutiny After Recent
Drowning Death. Patch. https://patch.com/connecticut/milford/sandbar-leading-charles-island-under-scrutiny-after-recent-drowning-death-0
Was the caller on the other line trying to tell me something? Could Emily Morgan herself be trying to tell me something?
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Resources:
The Emily Morgan Haunted Hotel History
Emily D. West
Bill and Dorothy Wacker were harassed for almost 10 years in their home in Ohio. The couple had no enemies and no evidence that could identify their stalker was ever found.
Swancer, B. (2020, January 16). The Phantom Stalker of Bill and Dorothy Wacker. Mysterious
Universe. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/01/the-phantom-stalker-of-bill-and-dorothy-wacker/
[That Chapter]. (2019, April 19). The Stalking of Bill and Dorothy Wacker [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31biGDnT_4g
[Unsolved Mysteries - Full Episodes]. Unsolved Mysteries with Rovert Stack - Season 6,
Episode 23 - Full Episode [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwalnWcvxNI
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On the night of February 5th, 2015 a once highly regarded Coast Guardsman shot his fellow service member. Their crime? A raping of his mind.
If you are struggling please contact:
Chat: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or call 800-273-8255
Chat: National Sexual Assault Hotline or call 1-800-656-4673
Sources:
Appendix F: Department of Defense Memorandum to Congress – September 17, 2020
Military Sexual Trauma
Discrepancies in Recent Military Sexual Assault Data
Lisa Trunikova's Obituary
Semper Paratus: Coast Guard History
Adrian Loya's Appeal
Case Text: Coomonweath VS. Adrian Loya
Mass Cases: COMMONWEALTH vs. ADRIAN T. LOYA.
Appellant Brief: Adrian Loya
Cape Cod Times: Court Records Impounded in Bourne Triple Shooting
Cape Cod Times: Adrian Loya details motive for Bourne killing
Nacole Smith was brutally murdered less than a mile from her home in Atlanta, Georgia in June of 1995. Her case remains unsolved to this day. Investigators have the killer's DNA, can you help us find him? Anyone with information about this case can submit it anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-8477.
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References
Egan, L. (2019, September 10). Breaking: New Sketch Released of Killer Who Raped, Murdered 14-year-old ‘Straight-A' Student as She Walked to School. Crime Online. https://www.crimeonline.com/2019/09/10/breaking-new-sketch-released-of-killer-who-raped-murdered-14-year-old-straight-a-student-as-she-walked-to-school/
Greer, K. (2019, June 7). New DNA Search Could Solve Teen's 1995 Murder. CBS 46. https://www.cbs46.com/news/new-dna-search-could-solve-teen-s-murder/article_77a4d02c-895e-11e9-ad6a-9b8664085246.html
Lee, N. (2020, July 12). CSI Atlanta: Investigator Paul Holes Weighs in on New Evidence in Nacole Smith Cold Case. CBS 46. https://www.cbs46.com/news/csiatlanta/csi-atlanta- investigator-paul-holes-weighs-in-on-new-evidence-in-nacole-smith-cold-case/article_ e4626b3a-c516-11ea-8135-731c0fe9d04a.html
Nacole Smith was Murdered on June 7th, 1995. Inside Crime. https://www.insidecrime.org/cse-file-p2
Stern, M. (2020, June 7). Family Hopes to Find Killer 15 Years After Loved One's Murder. CBS 46. https://www.cbs46.com/news/family-hopes-to-find-killer-25-years-after-loved-ones-murder/article_2e014838-a91a-11ea-8326-8b1c2c6da16f.html
What do you fear the most? Could it be that you're not alone when the lights are off or is it the rustling of leaves as you walk through the woods? What about that man, you can't describe his face because he doesn't have one.
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Sources:
Sound: "Signal to Noise" by Scott Buckley
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oX4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O68FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6775%2C2485221
https://web.archive.org/web/20170825060124/http://www.timesonline.com/charlie-no-face-the-life-and-the-legend/article_b87c3f73-9069-5d83-9a83-e8f7a02cc5db.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man)
https://www.timesonline.com/8932a4c6-e72c-11e6-93e2-db65ffd12ac4.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMwdW5H7wcM
http://pghbridges.com/glassport/0587-4458/pineyforkPRR_tun.htm
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/creepiest-urban-legend-in-every-state-american-folklore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkc5Woyy47I
https://journal.rikumo.com/journal/2016/10/27/rikumo-folktale-the-faceless-womanhttps://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/creepiest-urban-legend-in-every-state-american-folklore
Why do so many people go missing in national parks and forests? Why are the stories so similar? Let's talk about cases of children who went missing on public lands, and what the National Park Service is doing about it.
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Blumhardt, M. (2019, May 30). Unsolved Mystery: Jaryd Atadero's Disappearance Haunts
Family, Searchers 20 Years Later. Coloradoan.
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/05/30/colorado-missing-toddler-jaryd-atadero-poudre-canyon-mountain-lion-disappearance-mystery/3708176002/
DeGrazier, M (Director) & Paulides, B. (Director). (2016). Missing 411 [Motion picture]. United
States: The Orchard.
Eaton, N. (2020, July 10). DeOrr Kunz Vanished 5 Years Ago Today. Here's Where the
Investigation Stands. East Idaho News.com.
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/07/deorr-kunz-vanished-5-years-ago-today-heres-where-the-investigation-stands/
Errick, J. (2013, October 24). Why Don't States Run National Parks? National Parks
Conservation Association.
https://www.npca.org/articles/291-why-don-t-states-run-national-parks
National Park Service. (n.d.) Cold Cases. National Park Service.
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm
Malakia, also known as Kia went missing from the quiet town of Greenwood, South Carolina.
Research Sources:
- https://unresolved.me/malakia-logan/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/82avft/malakia_zali_logan_unresolved_murder/
- https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2020/07/01/the-murder-of-malakia-logan/
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYJqgjwerI93HXC7UY_pu82yIS60FIxHs2TLfw7dUz0/edit
- https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-music?moods=suspense-drama&similar=a-moment-of-sorrow
- https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Malakia_Logan
- https://www.wistv.com/story/1002539/indictment-in-14-year-old-disappearance-of-greenwood-girl/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/black-homicides-arrests/
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=40087722&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE5MDQ5MTQ1NSwiaWF0IjoxNjExNjgyODI0LCJleHAiOjE2MTE3NjkyMjR9.hnA7gbCVKftQQuE4ZEVKNDUJlECpGkI-9SHrqRAIy1E
What happened to the Sodder children?
Abbott, K. (2012, December 25). The Children Who Went up in Smoke. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/
Horn, S. (2005, December 28). Long, Long, Long Sodder Post. Stacy Horn. https://stacyhorn.com/2005/12/28/long-long-long-sodder-post/
Horn, S. (2005, December 23). Mystery of Missing Children Haunts W.Va. Town. NPR. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5067563
Sodder Children Disappearance. (2021, January 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sodder_children_disappearance&oldid=998074605
Stanton, A. (2006, December 24). Where are the children? Internet sleuths swaken 61-year-old Christmas mystery. The Register Harold. https://archive.is/20131014191841/http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_358182913.html#selection-939.0-1261.288