To everyone around them, Charlie and Teri Brandt had the perfect marriage and the perfect life. That was until September 13th 2004, when they were both found dead in the home that belonged to their niece, Michelle. Michelle was also found dead and her body had been brutally mutilated. This episode explores a gruesome murder that uncovered a dark family secret and takes a deep dive into the psychology behind this murderer. 

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Sources used for this episode: 

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/brandt-carl.htm

https://allthatsinteresting.com/charlie-brandt

Angela Brandt Police Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=291&v=VpqxkRWIIbI&feature=emb_logo

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

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-obsession/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9485606/teresa-marie-brandt

http://web.archive.org/web/20070331102326/http://jordan.fortwayne.com/jgweb/specials/thedarknessincharlie/chap2.htm

https://www.facebook.com/289904131118255/posts/the-medical-chart-of-the-female-anatomy-found-hanging-in-the-bedroom-of-the-bran/811029805672349/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63943483/ilsa-luise-brandt

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3s76v0/the_hidden_life_of_charlie_brandt/

https://wickedwe.com/carl-brandt/

In 2010, Hunter Moore started a website called “Is Anyone Up”. This website allowed scorned individuals to submit nude photos of their exes online for the entire world to see, at a time when ‘revenge porn’ was not illegal. Today’s episode explores Hunter Moore and the quest that his victims undertook to try and take down his website.

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Sources used in this episode:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/hunter-moore-jail-isanyoneup-revenge-porn-a6761126.html

https://www.yc.news/2019/11/18/convicted-sex-offender-revenge-porn-hunter-moore-back-to-his-old-shenanigans/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17784232

https://www.businessinsider.com/hunter-moore-victim-testimony-hacked-naked-photos-laws-2015-12?r=US&IR=T

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/hunter-moore-revenge-porn-ruling

Dr Drew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO_o1FBK8qI

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/operator-revenge-porn-website-sentenced-2-years-federal-prison-email-hacking-scheme#:~:text=The%20alleged%20hacker%20%E2%80%93%20Charles%20Evens,the%20same%20two%20felony%20counts.

https://www.allysonpereira.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20130314183543/http://gawker.com/5965758/how-revenge+porn-publisher-hunter-moore-suffered-250000-worth-of-payback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_1FIBA_kpk

Anonymous Operation Hunt Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdjKdERIBvM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_Anyone_Up%3F

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hunter-moore-the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-184668/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/03/revenge-porn-purveyor-hunter-moore-is-sentenced-to-prison/

https://www.theawl.com/2011/11/the-man-who-makes-money-publishing-your-nude-pics/

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/hunter-the-horrible-the-net-nasty-who-vows-to-strip-you-bare-20111213-1osl7.html

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hated-internet-star-hunte_n_1826061?ri18n=true&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHnntO8ENpgOMTqvDPGvY4VIPrML7GW13HVAQEcGY3qLcxDEauxy9p1qjG5ZWUgWOc22uM3_UWGz-HT_6trg4XtXMO18FZUGYec2d-jYpYMQmTole3IuVJY6ky01WcNGuUJRxdGtZz8PVmqsNq7paenDmr5aKg1EvcYiKeq_y0KD 

https://nationalpost.com/news/isanyoneup-com-revenge-porn-website-shuts-down-after-selling-to-anti-bullying-group#:~:text=He%20says%20the%20website%20has,the%20sale%20the%20Isanyoneup.com.

https://www.opposingviews.com/category/revenge-porn-site-owner-hired-hackers-steal-nude-pics-emails-fbi-says

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/mar/30/charlotte-laws-fight-with-internet-revenge-porn-king

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3085470/How-Charlotte-Laws-Erin-Brockovich-revenge-porn-got-Hunter-Moore.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17784229

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenge-porn

In early 2000, three young brothers were adopted by the Bryant family in Monument, Colorado. In 2011, reports surfaced that suggested that two of the brothers, Edward Dylan and Austin, had not been seen since at least 2003. This episode explores the huge secret that was kept by the family for over a decade and the unjust sentences the parents faced when their secret was finally uncovered. 

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IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE:

El Paso County Sheriff's Office:  719-390-5555

http://charleyproject.org/case/austin-eugene-bryant

http://charleyproject.org/case/edward-dylan-bryant

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Our music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade. 

Sources used for this episode: 

https://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Two_Children_Discovered_Missing_For_Up_To_A_Decade_117698873.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colo-parents-edward-and-linda-bryant-abused-one-of-their-missing-adopted-boys-according-to-another-brother/

http://charleyproject.org/case/austin-eugene-bryant

http://charleyproject.org/case/edward-dylan-bryant

https://www.denverpost.com/2011/03/13/search-for-adopted-boys-uncovers-subsidy-lapses/

https://www.westword.com/news/edward-and-linda-bryant-what-happened-to-alleged-scammers-kids-missing-for-years-5845507

https://www.denverpost.com/2011/04/18/photos-enhanced-to-show-what-missing-boys-may-look-like/

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-missing-boys/parents-of-missing-colorado-boys-charged-with-taking-benefits-idUKTRE72G8HC20110317

https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=4023

https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-search-adopted-children-missing-years/story?id=13105233

https://gazette.com/news/adoptive-mom-of-missing-boys-gets-years-for-welfare-fraud/article_8694af05-569b-59db-b76c-0c2de215cc2c.html

https://charleyross.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/at-last-an-update-in-the-bryant-boys-cases/

Join us this week as we discuss this absolutely bonkers story that involves a bank heist, a collar bomb, two pizza delivery guys, a scavenger hunt, two murders and one very intelligent narcissistic couple. We will get into the facts of the case and debate what we really think happened on that fateful day in August 2003, in the case that was dubbed by the media as “the collar bomber” case.

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Our music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used for this episode:

Documentary: Evil Genius - Directed by Barbara Schroeder & Trey Borzillieri

Book: Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong: Inside the Mind of a Female Serial Killer by Jerry Clark, Ed Palattella

https://www.wired.com/2010/12/ff-collarbomb/

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/evil-genius-finale-questions

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-collarbomb/admitted-bank-robber-has-sentence-cut-for-his-testimony-idUSTRE75659Q20110607

https://www.yourtango.com/2018313551/who-is-bill-rothstein-new-details-about-man-evil-genius-netflix

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jul/22/ukcrime.features

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/robberies/brian-douglas-wells/

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a858320/evil-genius-ending-jessica-hoopsick-confession-jerry-clark-bill-rothstein/

On the 10th September 2001, Sneha Philip was recorded purchasing some clothing on a shop’s CCTV footage. She has never been seen since. This episode explores the theories surrounding Sneha’s disappearance. Was she just another victim to one of the most horrific terror attacks the world has seen, or did she run away from her husband and her family to start a new life?

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Our theme music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used in this episode:

https://nypost.com/2008/07/11/solved-the-last-mystery-of-911/

https://www.npr.org/2011/09/11/140378323/last-elevator-down?t=1588601029578

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/sneha-philip-did-doctor-use-cover-of-911-to-disappear/news-story/625c596e0dbf185831adf1ee6734bcb7

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

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2njh4x/911_and_sneha_anne_philip/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/d2u55m/the_mysterious_911_disappearance_of_sneha_anne/

https://postsecret.com/

http://images.codingforcharity.org/ps/2005/5/29/postsecret_postcard_towe2.jpg

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7452651/Sneha-Philip-disappeared-night-9-11-amid-allegations-double-life-lesbian-affairs.html

On October 15th 2018, the police arrived at a house in Wisconsin to find a man and woman shot dead and their 13 year old daughter missing. This episode explores the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the horrific man who held her captive for 88 days. 

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Our theme music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used for this episode:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/27/jayme-closs-man-pleads-guilty-to-kidnapping-teenager

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/14/jayme-closs-abduction-wisconsin-first-anniversary-statement

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmdpd3/what-we-know-about-jake-thomas-patterson-the-man-accused-of-kidnapping-jayme-closs

https://www.eonline.com/news/1006158/the-story-unfolding-about-jayme-closs-and-the-man-charged-with-kidnapping-her-and-killing-her-parents-is-only-getting-more-incredible

Youtube: FULL AUDIO of Jayme Closs 911 call (New York Daily News)

https://patch.com/wisconsin/waukesha/911-call-night-jayme-closs-abduction-released

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/14/strength-that-this-little-girl-has-jayme-closss-family-talks-their-love-pride/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/jayme-closs-kidnapping-suspect-letter

*UPDATE* - Since recording, Derek Chauvin has now been arrested. This is of course brilliant news, however please do still reach out using the links and information below to keep the pressure on the Minneapolis District Attorney to ensure he is charged and convicted and that the other officers involved are held to account. 

STATISTICS:

https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/home

http://useofforceproject.org/#project

American Citizens: Demand Your Representatives Take Action (scroll down halfway):

https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/home

Police Use of Force Report:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56996151cbced68b170389f4/t/57e1b5cc2994ca4ac1d97700/1474409936835/Police+Use+of+Force+Report.pdf

JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD:

https://go.theactionpac.com/sign/justice-for-george-floyd

https://colorofchange.org/campaigns/active/

EMAIL MINNEAPOLIS DISTRICT ATTORNEY – MICHAEL FREEMAN & DEMAND ALL THE OFFICERS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE: [email protected] or call at 612-348-5550 and tell them that you are seeking justice for George Floyd and you want the four officers in question arrested.

TWEET MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR JACOB GREY - @Mayorfrey

ZIP CODES FOR INTERNATIONAL USERS TO SIGN PETITIONS WITH:

LA – 90015

NYC – 10001

Mental Health Help:

https://www.beam.community/

https://www.blackgirlssmile.org/

https://nami.org/Home

https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our-policy-work/equality-and-human-rights/young-black-men/

OTHER USEFUL LINKS:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#

https://www.joincampaignzero.org/

https://blacklivesmatter.com/policeoversighthearing-today-at-1000am-et-watch-listen-and-demand-accountability/

https://colorofchange.org/campaigns/active/

https://staywoke.typeform.com/to/jBvCkB

When Ashton Kutcher’s date didn’t show up for their rendezvous, he never suspected that it was because she had been stabbed to death just hours before. Police would later discover that her killer was also the main suspect in a murder that happened 7 years before and that he’d go on to attack more women. This episode looks into suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo, dubbed by the media as “The Hollywood Ripper”, exploring each of his known victims and discussing the events that unfolded at the trial. 

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Our music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used for this episode:

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/hollywood-ripper-michael-gargiulo-crime-scenes-explained

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/03/suspected-serial-killer-known-hollywood-ripper-is-trial-ashton-kutcher-may-need-testify/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/hollywood-ripper-serial-killer-killings-santa-monica-el-monte-hollywood-michael-gargiulo/1952163/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/teenage-son-of-hollywood-ripper-doesnt-want-father-executed/1966727/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/defense-moves-to-delay-sentencing-for-hollywood-ripper/2319717/

48 Hours – The Hollywood Ripper and The Hollywood Ripper Trial.

Alison Botha was abducted, raped, stabbed over 37 times, disembowelled and had her head almost cut off. Unbelievably, she didn’t die. This episode explores the remarkable survival story of Alison and looks into the heinous individuals who committed this crime. Listener discretion is advised for this episode.  

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Our theme music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade.

Sources used for this episode:

Alison (2016 docufilm) (Amazon Prime)

https://www.coursehero.com/sg/anatomy-and-physiology/blood-vessels-of-the-head-and-neck/

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/alison-has-life-and-she-truly-cherishes-it-305843

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Alison-Possible-parole-for-attackers-20120116

http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-37812011000500005

Banaz Mahmod, an Iraqi Kurdish 20 year old, was killed by her family in London because they claimed she had bought ‘dishonour’ to their family name. This episode explores the horrors that the daughters of the Mahmod family faced and the strength and courage that Banaz showed when she left her abusive husband to find true love. 

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Our intro music is the work of the very talented Joseph McDade!

Sources used for this episode:

Banaz: A Love Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VepuyvhHYdM&t=53s

https://www.britannica.com/topic/honor-killing

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/1463111.my-life-went-away-when-banaz-died/