TW: This episode contains discussion and references to suicide. If you are thinking about suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Suicide Crisis Line at 1-800-784-2433.

Sara and Danny are back this week to talk all about Teal Swan, the focus of the recent documentary "The Deep End." They start off with Teal Swan's beginning and her claims of possessing extrasensory abilities, and how she made a name for herself through a series of youtube videos. Then they cover the cult-like group she's created and the controversial behavior that she's exhibited as their leader. They also get into the experiences of various previous members of the group and how they recall their time within it.

RESOURCES:

https://tealswan.com/about-teal/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50478821

https://www.eonline.com/news/1335268/inside-the-deep-end-the-rise-of-teal-swan-and-her-controversial-completion-process-program

https://tealswan.com/curveball/?fbclid=IwAR3fMKictajUdxFC1kQU-J002hK8YmWqL2NGdfBLKR13yRjnmJg1hsMvGGk

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/205915/the-gateway-teal-swan-youtube-cult-jennings-brown

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This week, Sara and Danny are back to cover the story of Delia Owens, the author of best-selling book turned movie Where The Crawdads Sing. They talk about Owens' involvement in battles against poachers in Zambia, which allegedly turned murderous in the 90's. They also talk about parallels that the book shares with the real life story, and Delia's family's connection to the events. To end the show, they test their knowledge on infamously poor book turned movies adaptations that missed the mark.

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Sara and Danny are back for another round of updates, this time on the latest from the Murdagh Murders, Armie Hammer, and Casey White. Be sure to follow @notanothertruecrime to stay u to date with all of these stories as they develop!

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In this episode, Sara and Danny take it all the way back to eighth grade Social Studies and recount the story of the woman who started a Ponzi scheme before it was even a thing. Howe launched a ‘charity’ to help unmarried women (aka Unprotected Females aka millennial Girl Bosses) and got them to make small donations to help her Swanky Bank. Her #gatekeeping was so successful that male reporters literally couldn’t even get inside her building when her business endeavors got suspicious. Unfortunately she wasn’t a #womanhelpingwomen; when her clients demanded their money back, Howe couldn’t pay them back. Then, the NY Times claimed that women shouldn’t be trusted with money. But Howe was anything but stupid. Finally, Sara and Danny finish things off with some trivia: Sarah Howe did it happen?

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Sara and Danny are here with a special bonus episode to talk about a few true crime topics hitting the headlines this week! They cover an Austin love triangle with a yoga teacher at the center of it, Jen Shah’s plea in her fraud case, and the verdict of the case agains Sunny Balwani, the former COO of Theranos. Be sure to follow @notanothertruecrime to stay up to date on all of these topics and more as they unfold!

RESOURCES:

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/real-housewives-star-jennifer-shah-plead-guilty-fraud/story?id=86601509&cid=social_twitter_abcn

https://people.com/crime/sunny-balwani-trial-conclusion/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/kaitlyn-armstrong-capture-costa-rica-details-released

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/23/1100721218/cyclist-murder-moriah-wilson-kaitlin-armstrong

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Sara and Danny are back to dive into a fundamentalist religion that has been linked to all manner of abuses and scandals: The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The get into the Church’s beginning as an offshoot of Mormonism and all the key players that had a hand in establishing it, including its current leader, Warren Jeffs. No cult is complete without crimes, and they discuss the crimes committed by Jeffs and other members of FLDS, how they were caught, and where the perpetrators are now. To end the show, they play a game of “LDS, or LSD?,” where they try to guess whether certain peculiar situations are either so-called miracles from various religions or acid trips from various pop culture media.

RESOURCES:

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/fundamentalist-church-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints

https://web.archive.org/web/20100330223759/http://www.fldstruth.org/administration.php?index=8

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/us/mormon-leader-is-survived-by-33-sons-and-a-void.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/us/23polygamist.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/us/01polygamy.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/us/26jeffs.html?ref=warren_s_jeffs

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This week, Sara and Danny are joined by Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth from the podcast "Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Beliefs, and the Abuse of Power" to talk all about the scandal that swept through Mormon MomTok. They discuss the Mormon MomToker at the center of it all, Taylor Frankie Paul, and how her unexpected news about her divorce rocked the MomTok world. They also breakdown all details of the scandal, and even explain what "soft swinging" really means. Be sure to check out the Trust Me podcast wherever you get your podcasts!

RESOURCES:

https://www.insider.com/expert-explains-soft-swinging-how-the-mormon-momtok-drama-unfolded-2022-6

https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/mormon-momtok-swingers-drama-explained.html

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This week, Sara and Danny are joined by comedian and writer Dan Perlman to break down the chocolate company whose scandal shook the world of bougie confectionary: Mast Chocolate. They talk all about the company used fancy sounding buzzwords like bean-to-bar to fool everyone into thinking that their chocolate was the next big thing, all the while using commercially available chocolate and selling it at a way too high price. Be sure to follow @danperlman and watch Season 2 of his show Flatbush Misdemeanors out now!

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Sara and Danny are back to cover a deep cut from 2009, The Hipster Grifter. They talk all about Kari Ferrell’s fraud-fueled journey from Salt Lake City all the way to the hipster capital of the world, Brooklyn. The cover all the scams she did along the way and how on earth she was able to get a job at Vice with just a few simple lies. After that, we’re bringing you all the games from our live show at Union Hall, where Sara and Danny go head to head (with the help of some audience members) to see who will come out on top. Be sure to follow @notanothertruecrime to be sure not to miss our next live show!

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Sara and Danny are back to talk about a scam in the 90's that affected over a million people in the US and abroad: the Maria Duval psychic mail scam. They go through all the details of how the scam came to be and how it functioned, and just how it managed to generate over $200 million in revenue by targeting the sick and the elderly. They also get into how the scam was brought down by the US government, and what happened to the fraudsters who perpetrated the scheme. To end the episode, they put their psychic powers of prediction to the test, answering a series of questions about how the rest of the year will unfold!

RESOURCES:

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/07/investigates/maria-duval-psychic-scam-invs/index.html

https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/how-a-psychic-bilked-250m-with-a-simple-mail-scam/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nyedce/2:2014cv06791/363225/51/

https://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/news/psychic-maria-duval-chapter-four/index.html

https://money.cnn.com/2016/03/30/news/psychic-maria-duval-chapter-five/index.html

https://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/news/maria-duval-psychics/index.html

https://ecf.nyed.uscourts.gov/doc1/123111878951

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