Come Closer

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Christopher Duntsch, "Dr. Death", maimed 33 patients and killed two, and every one of them walked into his Dallas operating room voluntarily and said thank you.

This isn't a story about a bad surgeon. It's about how much benefit of the doubt a confident man gets for free, and who pays for it.

A true crime and dark history episode on medical malpractice, institutional cover-up, and the Texas Medical Board's two-year shrug — with a verdict, and a ring of hell for everyone who earned one.

Severe discretion advised: surgical injury and death.

I tell the truth. You decide what to believe. Come closer.

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Everyone knows what Lorena Bobbitt did with a kitchen knife in 1993. Instead of asking WHY it happened, most people laughed instead.

The world turned a domestic-violence and marital-r*pe case into the decade's biggest punchline.

In the very first episode of Come Closer, Rae: Aries Goddess and Keeper of Dark Stories, tells it the way it actually happened: Years of documented violence, a law that barely counted her as a victim, two trials, and a culture that laughed instead of looking.

And underneath all of it, THE REAL CRIME. Because marriage was never a love story. It's a 4,000-year-old scam, and Lorena Bobbitt is the proof.

Come closer. It's darker than you think.

⚠️ Content warning: this episode discusses domestic violence, sexual assault, and abuse. Please take care.

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Chapters:

0:00 The 10 seconds everyone remembers

· 1:40 Meet Rae

· 4:40 The love story

· 7:00 The marriage turns

·12:30 The night it happened

· 15:00 The media circus

· 17:00 Two trials

· 25:00 Marriage: the real crime

· 30:30 The Verdict

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I'm back, and I know what you're thinking... yes, I've had a haircut.

Come closer. It's darker than you think.

July 22nd 2026.

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📚 The Witness Library: My hand-picked list of the true crime & dark history docs that actually got it right. Get it ⁠HERE ⁠

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Velma Barfield: The “Grandmother” Serial Killer, Arsenic Poisonings, and America’s First Female Lethal Injection

The episode examines competing explanations: sociopathy, addiction-driven fraud, and dissociative identity disorder. Before detailing her death row conversion, and attempted clemency by Governor Jim Hunt, and execution on November 2, 1984.

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Rae Review featuring Detective Dan Jackson — the Austin Police cold case detective who solved the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders.

For 34 years, the murders of Amy Ayers, Sarah Harbison, Jennifer Harbison, and Eliza Thomas went unsolved. The case landed on Dan Jackson's desk on his very first day in the cold case unit. He never imagined he'd be the one to answer the question on the billboards: who killed these girls?

Three years later, using DNA and ballistics, he identified serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers as the man who did it.

Detective Jackson joins Rae to talk about the science that finally cracked it, who Brashers really was, the promise he made to one victim's mother, and the phone call he made to the original 1991 detective before the news broke.

Following our conversation with director Margaret Brown, whose HBO series The Yogurt Shop Murders just aired its final episode, The End of Wondering.

Content note: discusses violence against young girls, sexual assault, and wrongful convictions.

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Documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown joins Rae on Dark Stories to talk about the Yogurt Shop Murders - the 1991 case that haunted Austin, Texas for over three decades.

The fifth and final episode, "The End of Wondering," premieres Friday, May 22, 2026 on HBO and HBO Max.

On December 6, 1991, four teenage girls, Amy Ayers, Sarah Harbison, Jennifer Harbison, and Eliza Thomas, were murdered at an "I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!" shop in Austin, Texas. The case sat unsolved for 34 years. Four men were wrongfully accused. One was killed by police before his name was cleared. Then in September 2025, the case was finally solved.

Margaret spent three and a half years with the families. She joins Rae to talk about grief, resolution, the wrongfully accused, and what it means when the truth finally comes.

Content note: discusses violence against young girls, sexual assault, and wrongful convictions.

The HBO Original documentary series The Yogurt Shop Murders continues with a new 90-minute fifth episode, "The End of Wondering," directed by Margaret Brown ("Descendant"), from A24 and Fruit Tree. The episode debuts Friday, May 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max.

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This video discusses the tragic case of Diane Whipple, who was fatally attacked by her neighbor's dogs. The footage highlights the court case, People vs. Knoller, which resulted in the first conviction of murder for a dog owner due to their pets' actions in U.S. history. This true crime story explores the complexities of animal attack incidents and criminal justice, raising important questions about dog owner mistakes and accountability in such cases. Viewer discretion is advised due to the graphic nature of the story.

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When Gisèle Pelicot found out what had been done to her, she made a decision that nobody expected.

She waived her anonymity. She demanded a public trial. She sat in that courtroom every single day and she made them look at her.

This is what accountability actually looks like. And it's because of her.

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For almost ten years, Dominique Pelicot was considered a model husband.

He was also drugging his wife unconscious and inviting strangers into their home to assault her while she slept. He filmed all of it. He organized all of it. And he did it so carefully that Gisèle had no idea.

Part One covers the marriage, the decade of abuse, how it was finally uncovered, and the moment investigators realized exactly how far this went.

Content warning: this episode contains detailed discussion of drug-facilitated assault. Listen with care.

Part Two drops Wednesday.

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On November 15, 1917, 33 women were beaten, brutalized, and tortured at the Occoquan Workhouse for one simple demand: the right to vote. This is the true story of Alice Paul, the Night of Terror, and how the most horrific night in suffrage history became the catalyst for the 19th Amendment.

This is a story they don't teach you in school.

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