My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Published on 26 Mar 2017. The 20 year anniversary of one of the strangest tales in modern American religious history is quickly approaching. On March 26th, March 26, 1997 Marshall Herff Applewhite led a group of 39 devoted followers to their final destination. In their minds they were headed to a spaceship following the Hale-Bopp Comet where they would be taken and transformed into perfect angelic alien beings, a state in which they would live forever. We're joined by Benjamin E. Zeller, Religious Historian and Author of the book "Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion."

Published on 09 May 2019. Karen and Georgia cover the death of Joan Robinson Hill and the murder at Devil’s Teeth.

Published on 20 Aug 2018. Humans are hard-wired for trust. It’s the secret ingredient that helps us form communities, build relationships, and grow as people. But while that trust is a noble inclination, it can also get us into trouble—trouble that can sometimes turn deadly.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published on 07 Oct 2016. SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 51: Money Tree before you

listen to this one. While working on our last episode, we became

curious about the nature of psychopathy -- how it is defined, and what

to do if someone close to you meets the criteria. We spoke with Dr.

Ronald Schouten, author of Almost a Psychopath, and Jon Ronson, author

of [The Psychopath Test](https://www.amazon.com/Psychopath-Test-Journey-Through-Industry/dp/1594485755/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475783119&sr=1-1&keywords=psychopath+test+jon+ronson).

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Published on 13 Jan 2018. Wilhelmina was especially anxious. In the preceding weeks, she had developed a funny feeling that someone was watching her. It was the reason why her partner Stanley was driving her to work…

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Published on 01 Apr 2019. Diane Downs was a woman that loved being pregnant but didn't like raising her kids. She was a self-centered person who didn't see to her kids needs. She was always on the hunt for a new man. And when the man she was having an affair with broke it off, Diane was devastated. She felt that the only way to get this man back in her life was to rid herself of her children.

Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the special kind of evil that is Diane Downs. Here is a woman that was so selfish, she was willing to murder her own children to get what she wanted. This is a case that will make every parent disgusted with how a mother could be so callous.

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Published on 15 Oct 2017. We conclude with Part 2 of the Scrivo Murder Case, a story which deals with elements of mental illness, grief and the relationship between a mother and a son.

Published on 18 Apr 2019. Karen and Georgia cover the Power Rangers Murder(s) and the murder of Denise Huber.

Published on 18 Feb 2019. Our oceans are some of the most remote regions on the planet. Because of that, people have filled that darkness and space with stories that reflect our common fears and deepest suspicious. Unfortunately, the pages of history offer less reason than we might hope for, leaving us to wonder exactly what might be out there, lurking beneath the waves.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published on 25 Sep 2015. In the early 90s, a wealthy magazine publisher was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 18 months in a minimum security prison in Louisiana. But white collar criminals weren't the only people living there, and the other people inside had basically been forgotten about by the outside world, some of them for decades.

Learn more about Neil White’s time at Carville in his memoir, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts.

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