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Superficial and obsessive, Jodi Arias couldn't get over her relationship with Travis Alexander. Her obsession was a single, narrow focus. She recorded all their intimate phone calls, stalked any other woman Travis dated, and finally took his life in a poorly executed plot. Join us as we talk about one of America's most famous murder cases!

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Not your typical femme fatale, but one all the same! Did she really give her mother forty whacks and her father forty one? If so, why? Join us as we deep dive into one of America's most infamous murder cases, the case of Lizzie Andrew Borden. Did she kill her parents in order to continue an illicit love affair with the maid? Or was it a far more banal reason...like...money?

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There are a lot of myths about Rasputin. First, that he was ever even a monk at all. Or that his name was REALLY Rasputin. In this installment, we try to parse truth from fiction, myth from reality and get down to BUSINESS. How did one man's sexual appetites nearly destroy an entire country? Listen to find out how! This is a new facet of Merris Mondays where we go into history to look at some of the most...exciting...tidbits!  Want zero ads, an extra episode every week and more? Join the cruel tea party at patreon.com/crueltea Want to check out our books, photography, art, soap and much more? Go here! Maybe even buy us a coffee https://linktr.ee/crueltea

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EDIT: We had missing audio for the first few minutes. This has been as fixed as it can be, but don't worry, not much is missed. Sorry for the error!

Pamela was feisty, loved rock n roll, and married a man she'd fallen in love with at first sight. Until he wasn't doin' it for her anymore. Her dreams of being in broadcast news seemed to be over, so she took up teaching. There, she felt more at home with the students. Pamela groomed the students and ended up having an illicit affair with one of them. Her husband was in the way...and she needed his insurance policy money. So Pamela orchestrated what she thought was the perfect murder. Spoiler alert...it wasn't.

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Born to alcoholics and abused as a child, Dorothea was orphaned at an early age. This set the stage for her life, always scrabbling and stealing to keep herself afloat. Eventually, she found it was much easier to get what she wanted if she killed. She ran a boarding house where she murdered her infirm, elderly, and mentally handicapped tenants in order to steal their government benefits. Join us as we look into this shocking case.

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In 1975, when Travis Walton was 22 years old, he was at work in a national forest in Arizona with a crew of six other men, thinning trees. Everything proceeded as normal and they began the long drive home when Travis saw a bright light in the trees. When the driver of the truck saw the light too, he stopped. Travis jumped out of the car and ran towards the light. The six other men, his co workers, watched as a flying saucer shot a light out of it that hit Travis, sending him reeling to the ground. Thinking him dead, they drove off, terrified. Travis was missing for five days. Was this all a hoax or did Travis really have a close encounter?

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Beautiful, talented, and famous, Claudine had all the gifts, including a handsome boyfriend named Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, a champion skier. But all was not well in their palatial home in Aspen, Colorado. The police were called and found Spider dead. He'd been shot. And Claudine had been the one to do it. Did her fame and money save her a lengthy prison sentence for murder or did she get off easy? Join us as we look into the Femme Fatale.

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Our first episode in Femme Fatale month features the story of Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Broderick. She spent her life sacrificing for her husband in order to become the perfect wife and mother. She gave up everything so her husband Dan could become a successful lawyer, but when the money started rolling in, Dan was rolling out. Dan had an affair with a much younger woman and Betty snapped. Her neurotic and violent behavior escalated into the unthinkable. Join us as we examine the life and crimes of Betty Broderick.

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On February 1 or 2nd, 1959, nine Russian hikers died in the Ural Mountains. When their bodies were found, they were a strange orange color, they were largely nude or underdressed, and some of them had strange injuries, like missing eyes and tongues. Their tent was found shredded -from the inside-. What made these hikers flee into the cold barely dressed? Was it an avalanche or something more sinister? Join us as we explore this strange mystery.

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Cathy Wood had always been a master manipulator. When she began to work at Alpine Manor, a nursing home, she became the queen, overseeing her employees in cruel games against the patients, hosting wild swinger parties at her house, and getting those fired that she grew tired of. When she met Gwen, she turned her attentions on her and the result was murder. But did Gwen really help her kill the residents of Alpine Manor, or was that ANOTHER one of Cathy's lies?

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