2 Girls Who Scare Easily

Randolph "Soapy" Smith was the King of Frontier conmen. His cons ran from shenanigans that felt like a 3 Stooges skit, to participating in what was later dubbed the "City Hall War" in Denver. He built shady empires, but you can't escape that kind of lifestyle unscathed.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

We've got special guest Erin Barnes (author of Easy Weekend Getaways from Denver and Boulder, and Glory Guitars: Memoir of a '90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrl, as well as PR Manager for Meow Wolf), talking about all manner of spooky things from haunted hotels in Victor to the UFO Watchtower in the San Luis Valley!

Check out more about Erin at erinkbarnes.com and gogogermaine.com

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

This episode is all about the Wizard in the Mountains - Nikola Tesla! In 1899, Tesla built a lab in the burgeoning town of Colorado Springs, leading to a rumor that his experiments blew out the entire electrical system for the city and getting him kicked out of the state altogether. We'll explore the truth behind those rumors, and delve into the fascinating story of Tesla's time in Colorado.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2023/07/14/wizard-mountains

https://welweb.org/ThenandNow/tesla.html

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

https://teslatech.info/ttmagazine/v4n1/seifer.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20120925002154/http://www.thedenvereye.com/nikola-tesla-in-colorado-springs/

Back in 2021, a story emerged that broke through the haze of the pandemic. A cult leader was found dead in Crestone, her body wrapped in Christmas lights and her face covered in glitter. Amy Carlson started her cult back in the late 2000s, but the group really gained traction when livestreaming became popular - using their online platform to sell all kinds of New Age goods. But the dark side of the group came to light with the death of their leader and the galactics failure to come retrieve her body.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Carlson_(religious_leader)

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

HBO documentary - Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

https://www.gurumag.com/crestone-cult-love-has-won-leaves-man-to-die-in-desert/

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/colloidal-silver-what-you-need-to-know

Welcome to Season 3! We're kicking things off with the story of a murdered Jane Doe that went cold from 1954 until the early 2000s when a detective, a researcher, and a woman trying to solve the mystery of her missing great aunt team up - discovering what happened to two additional missing women along the way! This story is wild, and that's not even mentioning the infamous serial killer that may or may not be involved!

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

https://www.denverpost.com/2009/11/14/after-55-years-boulder-jane-does-story-finally-coming-together/

https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=250

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/remains-of-boulder-jane-doe-reburied/

https://www.cbdiai.org/uploads/1/2/4/0/124025868/boulder_jane_doe.pdf

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Someone_s_Daughter/pdFRwmW_x8kC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/173d85v/boulder_jane_doe_how_a_1954_jane_doe_helped_solve/?onetap_auto=true&one_tap=true

Way back in 2021, the world at large was made aware of the travesty that was the Residential Schools in Canada - schools where indigenous children were removed to from their home and stripped of their cultural identities (and often, their lives. Unfortunately, the United States was not innocent of this tactic (called Indian Boarding Schools in the US). In this episode, we explore Colorado's history with the phenomena - centered around the Grand Junction and Fort Lewis schools.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

https://www.cpr.org/2021/08/02/indigenous-boarding-schools-colorado-unmarked-graves-generational-scars/

https://boardingschoolhealing.org/history-of-indian-boarding-schools-in-colorado/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bbrIXKLIbQlWxQ9sU-9o4ql_Dthq7-C3/view

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/meeker-incident

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

We're back with the continuing adventures (and misadventures) of amateur archaeologist, Richard Wetherill. In this episode, Wetherill displays an uncanny ability to stumble across breathtaking ruins. Unfortunately, rising tensions with the local native tribe culminates in his unalive-ing.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

In 1888, amateur archaeologist Richard Wetherill and his brother rediscovered Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde - one of the most significant North American archaeological finds in history. Intrigue ensues as Wetherill tries to promote his find, pissing off plenty of people in the meantime, and ultimately finding himself the victim of murder.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

Back in 1998, an eco-terrorist group set fire to Vail Resort in an effort to stop them from building out Big Sky Basin to protect lynx habitat (spoiler, the lynx don't live there).

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Vail_arson_attacks

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/27/vail-mountain-arson-looking-back/

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/the-night-vail-mountain-was-set-ablaze-in-a-historic-act-of-ecoterrorism-25-years-later

https://www.foxnews.com/story/fox-facts-vail-firebombing-attack-timeline

https://www.vaildaily.com/news/two-elk-running-the-ridge-setting-fires/

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/local/we-knew-it-was-arson-vails-1998-arson-fires-at-two-elk-were-the-countrys-worst-eco-terrorist-attack/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240744/Rebecca-Jeanette-Rubin-Fugitive-eco-terrorist-wanted-Vail-arson-hands-in.html

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/arson-suspect-kills-self-in-jail/

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

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/erry-2018/08/3cc02205f06447/ecoterrorism-in-the-west-a-who.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Backfire_(FBI)

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/us/26sentence.html

https://www.denverpost.com/2007/05/25/nine-years-for-vail-eco-terrorist/

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/15/environmental-arsonist-dibee-fled-country-to-avoid-lengthy-prison-sentence-it-worked/

Back in 2015, Jake Millison went missing from his home at the 7-11 ranch. His friends were frantic to find him, but his family didn't seem particularly concerned. In this episode, we find out what happened to Jake, and why.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/10/colorado-gunnison-ranch-murder/amp/

https://www.gunnisontimes.com/articles/idyllic-ranch-rocked-by-murder/

https://www.co7da.org/news/2019/2019-1113-CBN.pdf

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/woman-posts-facebook-getting-awesome-180000293.html?guccounter=1