This week we're talking about Dmitry & Natalia Baksheev, also known as The Cannibal Couple or The Krasnodar Cannibals, and the gruesome discoveries that were made within their home. Our oddity is how one man's tribute to Nickelback, is another's distress call.

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Sources:   
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/09/26/grisly-selfies-lead-to-discovery-of-cannibal-couple-in-krasnodar-a59074 
https://www.livekuban.ru/news/proisshestviya/ustanovlena-lichnost-zhertvy-krasnodarskogo-lyudoeda- 
https://www.rt.com/news/404476-russian-cannibals-couple-detained/ 
https://ria.ru/20170928/1505784362.html 
https://ria.ru/20170925/1505512906.html 
https://kuban.sledcom.ru/news/item/1166808/ 
https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2811000 
https://www.interfax-russia.ru/south-and-north-caucasus/news/skr-ne-nashel-podtverzhdeniya-chto-v-krasnodare-deystvovala-semya-ubiyc-kannibalov 
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/17507/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26737.4/3764076/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26948.4/3999624/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26737.4/3764333/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/online/news/2867717/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26735/3762810/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26886/3930021/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26737.4/3764282/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26736/3763499/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26938/3988764/ 
https://www.kuban.kp.ru/daily/26732/3759457/ 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/09/26/russian-cannibal-couple-may-have-drugged-killed-and-eaten-as-many-as-30-people-police-say/ 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cannibal-couple-eat-30-people-russia-dmitry-baksheev-natalia-military-aviation-academy-krasnodar-a7967216.html 
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/world/europe/russia-penal-colony-brittney-griner.html 

Oddity:
https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-camper-yelling-woods-singing-nickelback

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This week we discuss the death of Christina ‘Chrissie' Treacy, and some of the troubling details surrounding her death. For our oddity, we take a look at the rare condition of Harlequin Ichthyosis.

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https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/06/26/michael-scott-jailed-for-six-years-for-manslaughter-killing-of-aunt-with-farm-teleporter/ 

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2023/03/30/chrissie-treacy-feared-for-her-life-before-michael-scott-killed-her-friends-attested/ 

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/02/20/farmer-appeals-severity-of-sentence-for-killing-aunt-while-reversing-teleporter-in-co-galway-yard/ 

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/02/17/care-worker-had-concerns-for-chrissie-treacys-welfare-before-her-death-court-heard/ 

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/02/28/solicitor-asked-murder-accused-to-stop-threatening-chrissie-treacy-in-year-before-she-died-court-told/ 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41160823.html 

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2023/0626/1391148-michael-scott-court/ 

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/murder-accused-took-a-shotgun-and-repeated-i-cant-deal-with-this-after-running-over-his-aunt-1421323.html 

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/michael-scott-the-full-story-of-the-trial-for-killing-his-aunt-with-tractor-1455852.html 

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/chrissie-treacys-injuries-could-have-been-caused-by-one-movement-engineer-tells-trial-1448756.html  

Oddity:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin-type_ichthyosis 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/harlequin-ichthyosis


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Today we are talking about why some people have an attraction to those who commit crime, also known as Hybristophilia. We'll take a look at a few cases, including the likes of Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, The Menendez Brothers & Richard Ramirez. Our oddity is The Somerset Gimp.

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https://people.com/who-did-the-menendez-brothers-marry-8713328 
https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-woman-convicted-serial-killer-death-row-met/story?id=33212335 
https://time.com/3590836/charles-manson-marriage-afton-elaine-burton-star/ 
https://allthatsinteresting.com/carole-ann-boone 
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/23/Hillside-Strangler-marries-in-prison/4146543474000/ 
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/night-stalker-richard-ramirez-groupies-explain-attraction 
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/the-10-most-infamous-murderers-who-married-in-prison-145196/ted-bundy-181890/ 
https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/979893/marrying-a-murderer-the-women-who-fall-in-love-with-men-behind-bars 
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jul/14/it-was-a-match-made-in-prison-ewu-professors/ 
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/heinous-killers-banned-from-marrying-in-prison 
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61418262 
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41777270 
https://news.sky.com/story/former-coronation-street-actress-paula-williamson-who-married-charles-bronson-found-dead-11772894 
https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/coronation-street-actress-paula-williamson-4863825 
https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/outrage-over-lax-security-prisoner-murders-girlfriend-during-conjugal-visit-a-688736.html 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugal_visit 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybristophilia  

Oddity:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/27/somerset-gimp-villagers-on-their-encounters 
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-63421811 
https://news.sky.com/story/somerset-gimp-banned-from-wearing-a-gimp-suit-in-public-and-crawling-wriggling-or-writhing-on-the-ground-for-five-years-12999530 

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Today we are talking about Javed Iqbal. His crimes send shockwaves across Pakistan, but his sentence was also a source of controversy. For our oddity today, we take a look at some bizarre headlines that actually made it to print.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/mar/17/rorymccarthy 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/04/jasonburke 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/585628.stm 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/bodies-found-after-suicide-note-claims-100-murders-1130464.html 

https://www.dawn.com/news/896 

https://www.dawn.com/news/717/lahore-javed-iqbal-accomplice-found-dead-in-jail 

https://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/serial-killer-javed-iqbal-who-sexually-abused-and-killed-2733.html#google_vignette 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/islamic-council-against-grisly-sentence/

https://www.sardarco.org/the-role-of-islamic-law-in-pakistans-legal-system/ 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/javed-iqbal https://murderpedia.org/male.I/i/iqbal-javed.htm#google_vignette 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javed_Iqbal_(serial_killer)  

Oddity:

https://blog.newspapers.com/10-odd-stories-that-really-ran-in-newspapers/


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In this bonus episode, we talk about the murder of Patricia Mak. The Clarks are at it again!

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Sources:
 
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-bradfield-clark/43063302/ 

https://www.oddmurdersandmysteries.com/the-murder-of-patricia-mak/


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Today we are talking about the murder of 6 year old Michele Lee Dorr. We also look a bit further into Hadden Clark. Our oddity is dolphin assisted births.

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Sources:

S7 EP25 Dressed to Kill

Born Evil: The Serial Killer and The Savior 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/serial-killer-confession-documentary-hadden-clark-parole-b2612454.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/08/us/maryland-police-unearth-body-of-girl-ending-mystery-of-her-1986-disappearance.html 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/09/29/michele-dorrs-father-i-did-not-kill-her/e56a020f-d6c0-47d5-af2a-ae1e8fd0e4f3/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/10/14/michele-dorrs-mother-doubted-kidnap-threat/8bdda784-0030-4fce-b2b1-0d18439f48d7/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/01/07/michele-dorrs-remains-found-police-believe/b5d5e671-3e20-44b0-81cc-5c442ffd07ab/ 

https://eu.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2000/09/07/convict-s-confessions-don-t/51304306007/ 

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/news/press-releases/lady-of-the-dunes-identified 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadden_Clark

Oddity:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-fucking-stupid-is-it-to-have-babies-in-the-water-with-dolphins-543/ 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bottlenose-dolphins-cruel-evil-behavior#:~:text=Aquatic%20grizzlies,you%20can't%20predict.%E2%80%9D 

https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/dolphins-may-be-able-see-pregnant-womens-fetuses-6c10604070 

https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/family/pregnancy/2013-05-29-dolphin-birth-worst-idea-ever/


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Today we're talking about the murder of Laura Houghteling and the obscure piece of evidence that her killer, Hadden Clark, left at the scene. Our oddity is Catman.

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Forensic Files:S3 EP9 – Beaten by a Hair

Born Evil: The Serial Killer and The Saviour

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1992/10/28/missing-graduate-may-have-been-murdered/ 

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1992/11/12/man-charged-in-md-murder-pmontgomery/ 

https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/09/03/susanna-quinn-on-born-evil-and-the-murder-of-her-friend-laura-houghteling/ 

https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/08/29/what-happened-to-laura-houghteling/ 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadden_Clark

Oddity:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmvvy2d9p4o 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/creepy-cat-man-black-suit-32068018 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/someone-is-lurking-around-a-uk-town-in-a-full-body-cat-suit-and-meowing-at-strangers/

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This week we discuss Josh Phillips and the devastating murder of 8 year old Maddie Clifton. Our oddity is poultry cannibalism.

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https://archive.ph/20130624214138/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/110208/met_350857746.shtml 
https://www.news4jax.com/news/2008/10/30/boy-grows-up-in-prison-after-killing-young-neighbor/ 
https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2018/11/02/years-later-lives-carry-on-after-year-old-maddie-cliftons-disappearance-and-death-captivated-country/6666382007/ 
https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2017/08/09/joshua-phillips-cries-he-apologizes-horror-maddie-clifton-s-death/15768181007/ 
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/06/09/judge-to-review-life-sentence-for-8-year-old-maddie-cliftons-killer/ 
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-phillips-trial/78585107/ 
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/chilling-case-joshua-phillips-how-12023530https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22160672 
https://allthatsinteresting.com/joshua-phillips 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Phillips_(murderer) 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6991895/madelyn_rae-clifton 

Oddity: 

https://extension.psu.edu/poultry-cannibalism-prevention-and-treatment 
https://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/g1670/2007/html/view#:~:text=Outbreaks%20of%20cannibalism%20occur%20in,%2C%20turkeys%2C%20quail%20and%20pheasants


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This week we discuss the morally corrupt and completely unethical behaviour of Dr. Cline. Our oddity is Mary Maloney and her bell.

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Documentary - Our Father 2022

https://www.thehastingscenter.org/whats-wrong-with-a-fertility-doctor-using-his-own-sperm/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/fertility-doctor-donald-cline-secret-children/583249/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/cline-fertility-fraud-law/588877/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/10/our-father-netflix-every-time-i-find-a-new-sibling-i-feel-im-ruining-their-life#:~:text=Our%20Father%20tells%20the%20story,siblings%20from%20an%20unidentified%20father. 

https://fox59.com/morning-news/angela-answers/dr-donald-cline-pays-1-35m-in-donor-siblings-civil-case-settlements-what-we-uncovered/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22526252 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Cline  

Oddity:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Molony 

https://www.truthorfiction.com/did-an-irish-suffragist-follow-winston-churchill-for-a-week-ringing-a-bell-whenever-he-tried-to-speak/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/15/winston-churchill-struck-with-dog-whip-suffragist-1909 

https://archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/collections/research-guides/womens-suffrage-research-guide/#:~:text=Winston%20Churchill's%20views%20on%20suffrage,of%20a%20female%20suffrage%20bill. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-63558619

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Today we are talking about the murder of Louisa Dunne, and the subsequent conviction of Ryland Headley, which made history in the UK. Our oddity is Killer Seagulls. (allegedly)

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https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2025/07/man-jailed-for-life-for-1967-rape-and-murder-of-louisa-dunne/ 

https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2025/06/man-92-found-guilty-of-1967-rape-and-murder/ 

https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2025/06/statement-from-the-family-of-louisa-dunne/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce393x8ld4po 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg7gyglrxxo 

https://news.sky.com/story/man-92-on-trial-accused-of-rape-and-murder-of-bristol-woman-almost-60-years-ago-13384722 

https://news.sky.com/story/man-92-who-raped-and-murdered-woman-nearly-60-years-ago-jailed-13390572 

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2025-06-30/louisa-dunne-the-1967-murder-victim-in-britains-longest-running-cold-case 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/30/louisa-dunne-murder-cold-case-conviction 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/30/louisa-dunne-murder-conviction-granddaughter 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/17/bristol-1967-rape-murder-trial-louisa-dunne 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/01/man-92-jailed-for-1967-rape-and-murder-of-louisa-dunne-in-bristol 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Louisa_Dunne 

Oddity:
https://news.sky.com/story/calls-for-scotland-wide-seagull-summit-amid-warnings-someone-could-be-killed-13389093  

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/seagull-national-summit-scotland-holyrood-b2778216.html


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