We present to you part 2 of 3 from the John Wayne Gacy series. On part 2, we discuss the slow descent into madness of John Wayne Gacy, including his luring of victims, murders, and birth of Pogo the Clown. 

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who assaulted and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. Adding on to the eeriness of his murders and assaults, John Wayne Gacy would regularly perform at children's hospitals and charitable events as a clown persona he called “Pogo the Clown” or “Patches the Clown”.

Welcome back to the Don't Fear The Reaper Podcast! We are starting Season 2 with a banger as we present to you our 3 part series on John Wayne Gacy. In this episode, we go into details of Gacy's early days, including about childhood, careers, marriages and divorces, and personal relationships that played an important role in transforming John Wayne Gacy to the infamous serial killer we all know. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with this short episode that we end Season 1 of Don't Fear The Reaper Podcast. It has been an amazing 30 episodes and we look forward to bringing you even better content for Season 2. 

On behalf of Nichole, Marvin, and myself, thank you for your continued support. In the meantime feel free to listen/catch up with the rest of our episodes. 

Don't Fear The Unknown. Don't Fear The Reaper.

Turnbull Canyon is a hiking trail located in Whittier, California and is part of the Puente Hills Preserve. Although Turnbull Canyon is a popular hiking destination for individuals, it has earned a negative reputation of horror and evil as it has long been rumored to be home to ghost hauntings, brutal murders, occult meetings, the gates of hell, and tragic accidents.

Join us as we discuss the history and eerie events that have happened in this popular Southern California hiking trail: 

• Tribal History
• The Death of Robert Turnbull
• Flight 416
• The Gates of Hell
• Occult Meetings
• Murders and Attempted Murders
• Hauntings Experienced by Hikers

Would you hike Turnbull Canyon? 

Fahim Saleh was born in Saudi Arabia, to Bangladeshi parents who frequently traveled for work, until finally settling in Rochester, New York. Saleh taught himself how to program and coding as a teenager, and created numerous online projects such as a website for his family, a teenage social platform, and a prank dial service called PrankDial, which generated over $10 million in business. Saleh graduated from Bentley University in 2009, a private university focused on business and located in Waltham, Massachusetts. As he grew older, Saleh said that he wanted to create something that adds “legitimate value to humanity”, which led to him creating his first company while still in high school, using the income from PrankDial to fund his ventures. 

Saleh would then go on to co-found the ride company Pathao, which was very popular in Bangladesh and Nepal in 2015. Pathao was valued at $100 million dollars. In 2018, Saleh also helped found Gokada, a Nigerian ride-hail startup for motorbike taxis, that had millions of dollars in funding and gained a lot of traction in the country. However the company faced setbacks after authorities in Lagos banned motorbike taxis in 2020. Saleh would also invest in another ride-sharing company named Picap in Colombia. 

As we can see, a very bright innovator who seemed to be on his way to great economic success and an imposing figure in the developing world. Friends close to Saleh would even call him the Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos/Bill Gates of Developing world. He was also known as an individual who deeply cared for his colleagues and family. Complex estimated his net worth to be $150 million dollars. 

Fahim Saleh depicted himself as a entrepreneur driven by passion. As one of his YouTube videos said “Entrepreneurs are the ones that really change countries and cities. They are the ones that bring the vision”. 

However, many of his visions were never seen to their full level as his life was tragically cut short.

On July 14, 2020, Fahim Saleh was found dead in his 2.25 million luxury apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Police have reported that he was killed the day before. 

Join us on this episode as we discuss the tragic murder of Fahim Saleh. Note that this is a very new case and new details are still coming to light daily. A follow up episode will definitely be needed once more details arise. 

The term Mandela Effect describes a situation in which a person or a group of people have a false memory of an event. The term was coined by Fiona Broome, as she created a website detailing her memories of Nelson Mandela. However, Fiona and many others argue that Mandela died in prison in the 1980's, with some even claiming that there was international news coverage of the event. 

This never happened. Mandela passed away in 2013 due to a respiratory infection. 

Then, why do many remember his death in prison? Can a Mandela Effect be as simple as our mind remembering wrong details?  Or can we be living in parallel universes and multiverses, and somehow our mind is able to travel through them?

No one is certain, but we have all experienced the Mandela Effect. 

Join us on our first edition of Relaxed Conspiracy Friday's, where once a month we will take a conspiracy theory and discuss it in a relaxed laid back way. 

Edward Theodore Gein, aka The Butcher of Plainfield and as the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. Gein tormented his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin and gathered mass attention in 1957 after authorities discovered that he had exhumed corpses from local graveyards… as well as numerous body parts. Ed Gein also confessed to murdering two women. 

But why did Ed Gein exhume corpses and collect very disturbing paraphernalia? There are numerous reasons we think played a role in the formation of the Plainfield Ghoul. A traumatic childhood, a strict Lutheran mother, and an unhealthy obsession with his mother were the wrongful influences behind Ed Gein. 

Join us on this episode, as we discuss the life and crimes of Ed Gein. 

Candy and Melvin were completely enamored with each other, despite being blood relatives. Their love turned evil as the desire for money took control. Both Candy and Melvin planned to murder Candy's millionaire husband, and were ultimately successful. Join us as we discuss the bizarre relationship and twisted life of Candy and Melvin. 

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed like the picture perfect couple, but their lives were filled with pure evil.

Convicted of raping and killing teenage girls, both Paul and Karla were sent to prison. This duo would even go as far as to rape and kill Karla's own 15-year-old sister, all for Paul's pleasure. 
 
Join us as we discuss the infamous couple that frightened the Canadian towns of Scarborough and St. Catherine's. 

Ah yes... Disneyland! The happiest place on earth! A place where a world of fantasy meets reality, loved by many. But can the happies place on earth actually be the creepiest?

Join us on this relaxed take episode as we discuss some of the creepiest Disneyland urban legends. From mind control through scent, to Walt Disney's frozen head under Sleeping Beauty's castle, we discuss our top picks for the creepiest Disneyland urban legends. 

Don't Fear The Unknown. Don't Fear The Reaper. Don't Fear The Mouse.