Happy Friday Cult Babes! We’ve got quite the lineup this week including more bystander effect madness, a Sherri Papini update, a killer ex-boyfriend (not in the good way but in the moidah way) and more! If you have a story you’d like to share with the cult send it to [email protected]!

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Sources:

https://people.com/10-people-charged-connection-death-homeless-new-york-man-7963111

This week’s episode focuses on the incredible story of the Fox sisters. Listen in to discover how two young girls became the driving forces behind the rise of spiritualism in the United States after an unusual experience in their New York home. Buckle up for some serious schemin’ and scammin’ !

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Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/spiritualism-communication-dead-figures

https://www.sparknotes.com/blog/10-bizarre-reasons-people-were-accused-of-witchcraft-during-the-salem-witch-trials/

http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/10/18/the-rise-of-spiritualism-in-19th-century-america

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/31/why-did-so-many-victorians-try-to-speak-with-the-dead

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Parks/OHenry/spiritualism.pdf

https://www.newspapers.com/image/591827078/?terms=%22rapping%22&match=1

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/

Happy Friday Cult Babes! This week’s little liter includes an update on a headline from last week, an evil woman found hiding behind a false wall, an unsolved moidah and some personal stories of the bystander effect. If you have a story you’d like to share with the cult, send it to [email protected]

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Sources:

https://people.com/woman-who-faked-her-death-found-alive-behind-kitchen-wall-7726576

This week we’re discussing a rare phenomenon in which an entire family committed a string of murders from their home…or so we’ve been told. Listen now to learn the real story of the “Bloody Benders” and their potential culty beginnings…

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Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/218703130/?terms=%22John%20Bender%22&match=1

https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-bastardized-story-of-the-bloody-benders-a203fb0e419a

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bloody-benders#:~:text=A%20group%20known%20as%20“The,inn%20in%20Labette%20County%2C%20Kansas

https://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-bastardized-story-of-the-bloody-benders-a203fb0e419a

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/bloody-benders-true-story-kate-bender-crimes-susan-jonusas.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-10-12/osage-nation-fights-to-buy-back-land-after-reign-of-terror

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/

https://medium.com/horror-hounds/the-bloody-benders-a-family-of-killers-58a05c59b2c1

https://www.ranker.com/list/horrifying-details-about-the-bloody-benders/cat-mcauliffe

In this week’s little liter we’ve got some wild headlines and stories from the cult babes covering everything from personal experiences with the bystander effect, to witchy rest stops!

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Sources:

https://people.com/florida-woman-accused-of-murdering-roommate-then-dousing-herself-diet-mountain-dew-hide-evidence-7643788

https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/08/13/verdict-be-announced-trial-strongsville-teenager-accused-double-fatal-crash/

This week I’m joined by my OBITCHUARY cohost Madison Reyes to discuss the psychological phenomenon of the bystander effect. In part 2 we’re going over several more stories in which victims lost their lives or found themselves on the brink of death as some sat by idly instead of intervening.

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Sources:

https://listverse.com/2009/11/02/10-notorious-cases-of-the-bystander-effect/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/shanda-sharer

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

https://www.wdrb.com/news/melinda-loveless-mastermind-of-1992-murder-of-shanda-sharer-released-from-prison/article_994b41c4-d00e-11e9-8e56-9b9b497efced.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/37-who-saw-murder-didnt-call-the-police-apathy-at-stabbing-of.html

https://www.history.com/topics/crime/kitty-genovese

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect?amp

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richmond-high-school-gang-rape-three-more-arrests-in-homecoming-attack/

https://abcnews.go.com/WN/high-school-gang-rape-stuns-california-community/story?id=8925672

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/07/18/timeline-of-richmond-high-school-gang-rape-case/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richmond-gang-rape-911-ca_n_350209

https://abcnews.go.com/WN/high-school-gang-rape-stuns-california-community/story?id=8925672

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/07/18/timeline-of-richmond-high-school-gang-rape-case/

http://www.shallow-waters.com/videos-photos

https://abc7news.com/archive/8989284/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/alameda-police-release-memorial-day-drowning-911-calls/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1993/03/26/648593.html?pageNumber=3

https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/kevin-carter

https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,165071,00.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kevin-carter

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vulture-little-girl/

In this week’s little liter we’re discussing the troubling backstory behind the Chimewa boarding school mentioned in the Spade Cooley episode, a personal Hell House experience, hometown moidah and more!

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Sources:

www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/10/24/native-american-assimilation-boarding-schools-chemawa-salem-oregon-deb-haaland/6165318001

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/11/1098276649/u-s-report-details-burial-sites-linked-to-boarding-schools-for-native-americans

https://boardingschoolhealing.org

https://www.history.com/news/how-boarding-schools-tried-to-kill-the-indian-through-assimilation

This week I’m joined by my OBITCHUARY cohost Madison Reyes to discuss the psychological phenomenon of the bystander effect. In this episode we’re going over several stories in which victims lost their lives as some sat by idly instead of intervening.

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Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807

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Sources:

https://listverse.com/2009/11/02/10-notorious-cases-of-the-bystander-effect/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/shanda-sharer

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

https://www.wdrb.com/news/melinda-loveless-mastermind-of-1992-murder-of-shanda-sharer-released-from-prison/article_994b41c4-d00e-11e9-8e56-9b9b497efced.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/37-who-saw-murder-didnt-call-the-police-apathy-at-stabbing-of.html

https://www.history.com/topics/crime/kitty-genovese

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect?amp

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richmond-high-school-gang-rape-three-more-arrests-in-homecoming-attack/

https://abcnews.go.com/WN/high-school-gang-rape-stuns-california-community/story?id=8925672

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/07/18/timeline-of-richmond-high-school-gang-rape-case/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richmond-gang-rape-911-ca_n_350209

https://abcnews.go.com/WN/high-school-gang-rape-stuns-california-community/story?id=8925672

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/07/18/timeline-of-richmond-high-school-gang-rape-case/

http://www.shallow-waters.com/videos-photos

https://abc7news.com/archive/8989284/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/alameda-police-release-memorial-day-drowning-911-calls/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1993/03/26/648593.html?pageNumber=3

https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/kevin-carter

https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,165071,00.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kevin-carter

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vulture-little-girl/

Once dubbed the ‘King of Western swing” Spade Cooley was a prominent Los Angeles musician and entertained thousands of American’s every week with his televised performances. From Roy Rogers to Frank Sinatra, he was in with Hollywood’s A-List and from the outside seemed to be living the highlife, but behind closed doors lies the tale of a monster who would stop at nothing to ensure his wife Ella May was living in constant turmoil.

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Sources:

https://www.bakersfield.com/entertainment/handwritten-letter-from-spade-cooley-in-jail-to-his-son/image_bd1d6d70-cf2d-59f0-9849-4b0fd87ad69c.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/surviving-the-dust-bowl-mass-exodus-plains/

https://www.bakersfield.com/entertainment/bakersfields-trial-of-the-century-the-talented-and-tormented-spade-cooley/article_e745f8a6-42c8-5da8-8c45-b5b78ce4beb8.html

TGIF! This week we’re talking UFO’s, hometown woes, and so much more! We’ve also got an update on the Carlee Russell situation, including an email from a cult babe with a connection!

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Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/us/carlee-russell-missing-alabama-police/index.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/carlee-russell-charges-boyfriend-parents-update-b2381957.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-hearing-congress-uap-takeaways-whistleblower-conference-david-grusch-2023/