The horrors of religious boarding schools. These schools advertise reforming troubled teens through God’s teaching and discipline.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/legal-loopholes-allow-abuse-go-undetected-religious-boarding-schools-advocates-n1257203

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzfLc2--0gs

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXUY6wdNqzI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WplIiZr_lY8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7yDYuYC780

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/troubled-teen-industry-abuse-agape-school-1234645835/

https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article264286076.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/investigates/new-school-for-troubled-boys-to-open-on-agape-grounds/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/055DGYvjZBhbPpTIDbaOGZ

https://theovereducatedhousewife.home.blog/tag/mountain-park-baptist-boarding-academy/

Documentary “Let us Pray”

Unsilenced new organization to help survivors

https://www.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/missouri/agape-boarding-school-stone-of-help/

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Bethany Deaton was a young, attractive, intelligent woman whose life ended too soon. Was Bethany Deaton murdered? Or did she take her own life. Unfortunately, we may never know for sure. What do you think happened? Trigger warning: Discussions of suicide, sexual assault.

https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/2/10/survivors-of-mike-bickles-abuse-seek-truth-justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WxHKVjrHEs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Bickle_(minister)

https://www.fcnp.com/2012/11/20/the-international-house-of-horror-ihop/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/love-and-death-in-the-house-of-prayer-53866/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WzLbnkuu6U

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jVducxf1yef65mNxgV0ke

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/bethany-deatons-story/11/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/kansas-city-man-tells-police-he-killed-prayer-group-leaders-wife-to-cover-up-sexual-assaults

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2963353/I-affect-people-Alleged-cult-leader-laughs-denies-killing-wife-case-remains-mystery-two-years-dead-minivan-appeared-suicide.html

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John Robinson: The internet’s first serial killer. He killed 7 women and sold the baby of one of the victims to his brother. How did he get away with his crimes for so long?

Book: Depraved by John Glatt

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/john_robinson/9.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2001/06/jr-robinson-serial-killer?srsltid=AfmBOorstvrYlT20iQeCoxxZh7MIeMeKO4TXMErTD84BtgtlgyNouDgZ

https://www.biography.com/crime/a64969943/john-robinson-now-heather-robinson-kidnapping

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Trigger Warning! ALL THE TRIGGERS!

Bob Berdella was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six young men after forcing his victims to endure periods of up to six weeks of captivity. His crimes took place in Kansas City, Missouri, between 1984 and 1987.

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

https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-berdella

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/280818733/jerry-paul-howell

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3654729/walter-james-ferris

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Jan 17, 2001, Hutchinson Kansas

It is also known as salt city because of the salt mines 600 ft below the surface, covering 980 acres underground.

It was a typical day downtown, when suddenly there was an explosion at a store called Decor. It was a party supply store. And the appliance store, woodies, next door. The blast was so powerful, it shattered windows a block away.

https://salinapost.com/posts/c7bc68ec-4e72-4f7d-9d3e-07ddf962e049

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https://www.propublica.org/article/an-unseen-leak-then-boom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQmzxGUfsM

https://www.hhhistory.com/2021/08/back-to-salt-mines.html

https://www.kansas.com/news/state/article64033152.html

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He was a gift to the world during the great depression. He had psychic abilities and could understand many different languages and even morse code!

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-jimwonderdog/

https://www.jimthewonderdog.org/

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Trigger Warning. This is a tragic story! The Hyatt Regency in downtown KCMO was opened in 1980. July 17th 1981 tragedy struck and two of the three skywalks inside the hotel collapsed, killing 114 people and injuring over 200. It was the deadliest structural failure in American engineering history.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA4Dr2X7dyg&list=PLBq7XaZB5-a76uoMjDl4u3dxfX1Hlq_I0&index=6 (This video talks about the construction failures)

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https://www.easternengineeringgroup.com/a-tragic-lesson-in-structural-engineering-the-hyatt-regency-walkway-collapse/

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Sandra Hemme was a 19 year old girl who struggled with her mental health. She was accused of murder without a shred of evidence against her. She went to prison for 43 years. Hemme was ultimately exonerated, her prison term marks the longest known wrongful conviction of a woman in U.S. history.

https://www.b985.com/news/trending/missouri-womans-murder-conviction-overturned-after-43-years-prison/MVWQ4OCA7VFRFHKZJOBG5SJSTI/

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article272638431.html#storylink=cpy

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2024/01/21/missouri-1980-killing-patricia-jeschke

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-who-has-spent-more-than-four-decades-in-prison-for-murder-she-says-she-didnt-commit-gets-a-chance-at-freedom/

https://innocenceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hemme-Judgment-23LVCC00008.pdf

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I cannot believe I forgot to post this here! So sorry it's late! I apologize in advance. This episode is a mess! Tahlia and I talk about the Yule Cat, the Yule Lads and Saint Nicholas. We banter back and forth and go off on tangents. I made the mistake of taking a muscle relaxer before recording, so I was about to fall asleep near the end there. 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/yule-cat-jolakotturinn-iceland

https://education.turpentinecreek.org/2023/12/09/the-spooky-legend-of-the-yule-cat/#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20Yule%20Cat,be%20blue%2C%20red%20or%20yellow.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQBZrPVQUyM

https://www.homelight.com/blog/st-joseph-statue-to-sell-house/

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Bertha Gifford is known as the first woman serial killer in Missouri, but is that really true? Tahlia and I aren't so sure.

The book by S. Kay Murphy. The Tainted Legacy of Bertha Gifford: A Memoir

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8860286/

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

http://www.berthagifford.com/index.html

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