By All Means Necessary

By All Means Necessary

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  • #118 : We-Vibe Privacy Class Action Lawsuit | CYBER CRIMES
    In 2016, a sex toy company was exposed by two hackers, with a class action suit to follow. The claim alleged its manufacturer has been unlawfully collecting and sharing users data. All of this without the knowledge of over 300k users.
    This is the story of the We vibe privacy class action lawsuit.
    0:00 The good ol' 'how we got here'
    5:56 The Venn diagram
    13:02 We vibe
    21:44 The exposé
    41:50 The lawsuit
    1:00:21 Grace and decorum
    https://youtu.be/GCZLQvulrTE
    1 hr 5 min
  • #117 : Cyberstalking Meets Catfishing - The Case Of Matthew Hardy | CYBER CRIMES
    His conversations always started the same way. A woman would get a message online that would say “Can I tell you a secret?”
    The person behind the message appeared to be a woman, signing it all off with a kiss. But they weren’t a woman or an acquitance, but a stranger. They were a 30-year-old man and their target would be one of at least 62 women. He would harass women online over an 11-year period, making him “Britain’s worst cyberstalker” to date. 63 victims, 10 arrests and two restraining orders later, he will be brought to justice.
    This is the story of Matthew Hardy.
    https://youtu.be/bMHn6J6JTxA
    1 hr 41 min
  • #116 : The Only Weigh Is Down — Gwen Shamblin Lara | CULTS
    I could start this story with a murder, I could start with a plane crash, I almost started with the book.  But then I was lucky enough to have my researcher speak to a person who read the book and tried the diet, so I thought I’d start instead with an inside look. Today we will be talking about a woman who developed the Weigh Down Diet, founded the Remnant Fellowship Church and turned it into a cult.
    This is the story of Gwen Shamblin Lara.
    https://youtu.be/21L3DJK8nAg
    1 hr 10 min
  • #115: What Happens To A Cult When Its Leader Dies? — Love Has Won | CULTS
    On April 28, 2021, Miguel Lamboy alerted the Salida police department in Colorado that there was a dead body in his home. He said he’d been in Denver when a woman, Amy Carlson, died in the house he owned, and when he came back, he found her mummified in the bedroom.
    Who was Amy Carlson and why was she mummified? This is the story of Love has won movement.
    https://youtu.be/VpKLsB_PqSg
    1 hr 37 min
  • #114 : Don't Call It A Cult — Downfall Of NXIVM | CULTS
    On June 19, 2019, Keith Raniere, the leader of NXIVM and founder of *Executive Success Programs* was found guilty of sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy, and racketeering. Under a name that is theorised to stand for nexum, a type of contract used in the Roman republic, where a person agrees to offer their body as collateral for a loan, women were groomed, trafficked, branded and ultimately assaulted.
    Today we’ll see how some of the brightest, smartest, most intuitive women could be dragged so far into the depths of what they believed to be a programme that will help them reach their full potential. And how they will use the tools set up to work against them to bring a whole organisation down.
    This is the story of the women of NXIVM.
    https://youtu.be/sw6q7bzSAsY
    2 hr 36 min
  • #113: Avril Está Morta — Avril Lavigne Replacement Conspiracy | SUSPICIOUS DEATHS
    In 2003, Avril Lavigne released her debut studio album Let go, after which she supposedly died and was replaced by a body double Melissa Vandella.
    Except Avril never died. And neither did the conspiracy theories surrounding her death.
    Today I’m putting you into the shoes of a woman who was killed off by a blog post 11 years ago, and the bizarre world of conspiracy theorists who still believe it.
    This is the story of Avril Lavigne.
    0:00 Sooo this one is a wild card
    6:34 The short of it
    27:30 The long of it
    https://youtu.be/RLF2GAss9oo
    2 hr 11 min
  • #112: The Case Of Matthew Eappen | SUSPICIOUS DEATHS
    In 1997, 10 weeks after Louise Woodward started the job as a nanny for the Eappen family, eight-month-old baby Matthew died in her care.
    The jury will find her guilty, only for the judge to overturn the verdict. Can the re-examination of the details of the case 25 years later offer us further insight into whether or not Louse Woodward was innocent?
    This is the case of Matthew Eappen.
    0:00 Intro
    5:25 The case of Matthew Eappen
    1:21:33 The aftermath
    https://youtu.be/kcKUKhSrCYk
    1 hr 55 min
  • #111: The case of Marilyn Monroe Pt.3 | SUSPICIOUS DEATHS
    60 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe’s passing in August of 1962 has the biographers and online sleuths divided. People close to her exploited her, while those in her wider circle of acquaintances didn’t have her best interest at heart either.
    Can the research in the aftermath of her death point us in the direction of a potential cover up and if so, who and why would have the reason to make death of Marilyn Monroe the case for murder?
    0:00 Part 2 : recap
    10:20 The scene
    20:32 POV : Thomas Noguchi
    27:40 The cause of death
    1:32:46 POV: Marilyn Monroe kills self
    1:44:12 POV: Conspiracy theories through decades
    https://youtu.be/fp3vntrJUKM
    3 hr 4 min

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Maja is the name, lighthearted true crime is the game! In my stories, a person decides to commit to a bad deed, by all means necessary. We know the who, the when , the what and the where. What we try…

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