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TW : Racism, eugenics

Maybe you've seen a headline or two about the cult behind sleepytime tea and it's mother company, well we wanted to know more so we dug up the beliefs of this mostly decentralised religion(?) cult(?). I don't know what to call such a decentralised but clearly cultish in beliefs fringe group so we went with cult. It was quirky to start with lots of aliens and faux togetherness that quickly disseminated into straight-up raging racism. 

It was uncomfortable to talk about for sure, but these people are flying under the radar a bit much for our liking so, I guess, let's talk about it. 

CW: this is a long one

TW: Rape, Child abuse and neglect

We talk Florida's own infamous female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos. A violent and unpredictable woman that left a string of bodies in her wake and remains a subject of debate to this day. 

TW: talk of suicide *explicit*, talk of sexual and physical abuse of children 

The Branch Davidians were a sect of Seven Day Adventists who settled at Mt. Carmel near Waco, Tx. They flew under the radar for years until the ATF launched an attack on the compound, they would stare each other down for over 50 days until tragedy struck. Few members survived and the attack left it's mark on history.

What if very few people cared about your murder? What if a whole town turned a blind eye to the truth? That happened nearly 40 years ago, in the 1980's, when Danny Paquette was shot in his backyard while working and, despite the murderers' identity being an apparently open secret, no one turned them in until 20 years later. A step daughter confessed and a man went to prison. 

Pea soup or the smog event of the century? The smog cloud that shut down London in 1952.

The ghost in literary machine, a thief who left some trace but no name. This man conned his way into acquiring an unknown wealth of unpublished manuscripts only to... keep them for himself? While he awaits trial we talk deets on the man that had the whole publishing industry shaking in their boots.

The life of Joseph Kallinger was anything but a fairytale. He started his life unwanted and ended it much the same, and we're talking about the crimes he committed along with the ones committed against him.

What actually happened to Princess Diana? A death so public and fraught we had to discuss the conspiracies around it. 

We discuss John Gilkey and his obsessive desire for rare, expensive, collectable books. His crimes lasted years and his mistakes were few but one book enthusiast would not let him get away.

One night on a boat trip to Catalina, star Natalie Wood, winds up dead in the ocean. How did she get there and what exactly happened on the night she died? Was there more to her relationship with Christopher Walken? Why did no one see or hear her screams? We look through the entirety of her public life and her family's statements to try for a peek at the truth. We will likely never know exactly what happened, but let's talk about it.