Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast

By KaydraTrue Crime

Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast episodes

May 08, 2023 The Cult of Rajneeshpurham [Ep. 22]
Kaydra dives into another listener request, the story of Rajneeshpuram, a cult in Oregon led by a sex guru named Bhagwan Shree Rashneesh, now known as Osho. The Rashneeshees are responsible for the largest bioterrorism attack in U.S. history to date. Food poisoning, attempted assassinations, arson, practical jokes, fancy cars...this story has it all!
SOURCES:
The podcast "Cults" from Parcast, episode: "Rajneeshpuram"
Wikipedia
An article from Pew Research by Kelsey Jo Starr: https://www.pewresearch.org/
The podcast "Building Utopia" with Rusty King
A 2018 Humanities article by Hugh Urban: https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2018/spring/feature/rajneeshpuram-was-more-utopia-desert-it-was-mirror
The podcast "The Dollop," with Dave Anthoy and Gareth Reynolds, episode "The Rajneeshees."
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CONTACT: Send stories, request topics, and simply say hello! Email Kaydra at [email protected], or reach out via DM on Instagram @PerplexityMysteryPodcast
Episode keywords:
true crime, true crime podcast, history, history podcast, dark history, rajneeshpurham, cult, osho, wild wild country, weird history

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58 min
May 08, 2023 Kenneth Park: The Sleepwalking Murderer [Ep. 21]
Ever wondered about sleepwalking? Kaydra dives into 3 crazy stories, including the story of her sleepwalking uncle. We will talk about the dangers of Valium and the infamous true crime case of Kenneth Park from Toronto, Canada.
SOURCES/SHOW NOTES:
"My Favorite Murder" episode 160
Nhs.uk
An article from Fitday.com by Carly Vandergriendt: https://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/the-weirdest-things-people-have-done-while-sleepwalking.html
London Sleep Centre: https://londonsleepcentre.com/
L.A. Times Article from 1988 L.A. Times Archives: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-28-mn-3400-story.html
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CONTACT: To submit a story of your own, or to make a topic request, email Kaydra at [email protected], or reach out via DM on Instagram.
Perplexity is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube! Check those all out @PerplexityMysteryPodcast, and subscribe to the YouTube channel!
Episode keywords:
true crime, true crime podcast, kenneth park, sleepwalking, sleepwalking murderer, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, psychology, psychology podcast, science, science podcast, weird science, weird psychology

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29 min
April 20, 2023 The Boy Who Lived In The Walls: The TERRIFYING Case of Daniel LaPlante [Ep. 20]
Hope you're ready to never sleep again. Kaydra dives into the terrifying experience of the Andrews Family in 1987 at their home in Pepperell, Massachusetts. While the Andrews Family would live to tell the tale, others weren't so lucky.
SOURCES/SHOW NOTES:
Article from the Cinemaholic by Kriti Mehrotra: https://thecinemaholic.com/who-are-annie-and-jessica-andrews-where-is-daniel-laplante-today/
Article from MamaMia news: https://www.mamamia.com.au/daniel-laplante/
Article from Ranker.com by Laura Allan: https://www.ranker.com/list/danny-laplante-facts/laura-allan
Article from PopCultureCrime: https://popculturecrime.medium.com/is-somebody-else-living-in-your-house-b8c036eaa7f9
Youtube video by channel MrBallen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxM3Y201p2s&ab_channel=MrBallen
Podcast “My Favorite Murder” episode 137 told by Karen Kilgariff.
SUPPORT:
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Patreon.com/perplexitymysterypodcast
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CONTACT:
Email: [email protected]
Socials: TikTok and Instagram @PerplexityMysteryPodcast.
Episode keywords:
true crime, true crime podcast, paranormal, paranormal podcast, creepy stories, horror, horror podcast, true horror stories, daniel laplante, phrogging

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43 min
April 13, 2023 Harvey Carignan: The Want Ad Killer [Ep. 19]
Kaydra covers a listener request, the serial killer Harvey Carignan, also known as The Want Ad Killer or Harvey the Hammer.
SOURCES:
“The Want-Ad Killer” book by Ann Rule
Findagrave.com
YouTube video by Monster Watch Serial Killers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJQNLNKXR0&ab_channel=MonsterWatchSerialKillers
An article from Distractify.com by Chris Barilla: https://www.distractify.com/p/harvey-carignan-cause-of-death
An article from the Star Tribute by Louis Krauss: https://www.startribune.com/serial-killer-harvey-carignan-dies-in-prison-at-95/600259273/
Murderpedia by John Ignacio Blanco: https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/carignan-harvey.htm
The podcast “Serial Chillers” episode ‘Harvey Carignan’
Newspapers.com
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CONTACT:
Email: [email protected], Socials: TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube channel are @PerplexityMysteryPodcast.
Episode keywords:
true crime, true crime podcast, unsolved, unsolved mysteries, missing, missing persons, missing persons cases, harvey carignan, serial killer, want ad killer

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1 hr 5 min
April 06, 2023Palazzo Dario: The House that Kills [Ep. 18]
In this episode, Kaydra covers the spooky legend of an infamous house in Venice, Italy. Travel consultants will tell you this house is known as the "Palazzo Dario," meaning "Palace of Goodness," but locals paint quite a different picture. Kaydra also tells other popular Venetian legends. CORRECTION 4 min and 40 seconds in…. I should have said euros not pounds… wrong currency :,)
SHOW NOTES/SOURCES:
https://www.dimoraitalia-re.com/property/ca-dario/
The podcast “Art Curious” episode 79 by Jennifer Dasal
A 2018 article by Melanie Xulu from Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/palazzo-dario
An article from AllAboutVenice.com: https://allaboutvenice.com/ca-dario/
A 2014 article from ItalianBuddy.com: http://www.italianbuddy.com/venice-mysteries-cadario-house-kills/#.ZAon7XbMKUk
An article from VisitVenezia.eu: https://www.visitvenezia.eu/en/venetianity/discover-venice/ca-dario-and-its-mysteries-the-stories-of-a-cursed-building
An article by Erica Firpo: https://traveler.marriott.com/culture-and-style/mysteries-legends-venice/
An article by Rossi Thomson: https://rossiwrites.com/italy/venice/haunted-venice-legends-mysteries-stories/
SUPPORT:
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CONTACT: Email: [email protected], Socials: TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube channel are @PerplexityMysteryPodcast.
Episode keywords:
folklore, urban legend, history, history podcast, true crime, true crime podcast, curse, palazzo dario

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27 min
March 30, 2023Bloody Mary ft Karlisa Salazar [Ep. 17]
In this episode, Kaydra brings on her very first guest! Karlisa’s on the pod, y’all! Kaydra gets into the disturbing legend of the infamous Bloody Mary.
SOURCES/SHOW NOTES:
A 2018 History.com article by Una McIlvenna
Wikipedia
The Podcast "Believing the Bizarre"
An article by Alexander Meddings: https://alexandermeddings.com/history/who-was-bloody-mary-the-face-behind-the-legend/
"Bloody Mary" Excerpt story from "Spooky Pennsylvania" by S.E. Schlosser: https://www.seschlosser.com/spooky-pennsylvania/
https://www.americanfolklore.net/bloody-mary/
Britannica.com
2014 study Caputo et al: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258311/#:~:text=In%20normal%20observers%2C%20gazing%20at,relatives%20and%20deceased%2C%20and%20animals.
2022 Article by "Jen" https://indie88.com/the-troxler-effect-brains-are-strange-machines/
"Tracking the Tulpa" by Mikles and Laycock: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87#:~:text=The%20tulpa%20was%20first%20described,regarded%20as%20a%20Tibetan%20concept.
TikTok that was referenced is @ErinHattamer.
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CONTACT: Email: [email protected], Socials: TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube channel are @PerplexityMysteryPodcast.
Episode keywords:
true crime, true crime podcast, paranormal, paranormal podcast, bloody mary, elizabeth bathory, history, history podcast, dark history, weird history, folklore, urban legend

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1 hr 19 min
March 23, 2023The Plum Island Conspiracy & the Legend of the Montauk Monster [Ep. 16]
In this episode, Kaydra discusses a famous globster known as The Montauk Monster. This episode will also get into the controversial history and conspiracy theories of Plum Island, a small island off the coast of Long Island, New York. The island is home to the PIADC (Plum Island Animal Disease Center), which was established by the USDA in 1954.
SOURCES/SHOW NOTES:
Wikipedia

https://tetzoo.com/

https://www.dhs.gov/

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/lyme-disease

The Spotify Podcast original from Parcast, "Conspiracy Theories"

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/

2016 NYT Article by Corey Killgannon: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/nyregion/plum-island-home-to-top-secret-lab-faces-uncertain-future.html

https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/

https://www.govinfo.gov/

A 2008 ABC News Article by Richard Esposito: https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5567066&page=1

The Podcast "Drinking the Koolaid" (episode 136)
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Episode keywords:
true crime, true crime podcast, cryptid, folklore, urban legend, montauk monster, plum island, dark history, weird history, conspiracy, conspiracy podcast, lyme disease

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52 min
March 16, 2023King Tut & the Curse of the Mummy! [Ep. 15]
From ancient mummies, to mysterious tombs, to curses, to murder….this story has it all! Kaydra dives into the life and mysterious death of King Tut, the infamous ancient Egyptian ruler who died mysteriously young.
SOURCES/SHOW NOTES:
Wikipedia.
https://wwwimagininghistory.co.uk/
https://www.penn.museum
mentalfloss.com
Dailymail.co.uk
Episodes 318 and 322 of the Spotify Podcast Original from Parcast "Unsolved Murders"
"The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy," by Jo Marchant
"The Murder of Tutankhamun" by Dr. Bob Brier
"Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East: The Royal Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age" by Trevor Bryce.
SUPPORT:
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Follow the podcast and please leave a 5 star review on whatever platform you're listening on!
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CONTACT: Email: [email protected], Socials: TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube channel are @PerplexityMysteryPodcast.
Episode keywords:
king tut, true crime, true crime podcast, history, history podcast, weird history, weird science, curse, mummy

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42 min
March 09, 2023Project MK Ultra [Ep. 14]
This episode will discuss how terrible the government really is. Kaydra dives into Project MK Ultra: an illegal human experimentation program that took place over the course of 20 years during the Cold War. The project was designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), intended to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used in interrogations to weaken individuals and force confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture.
SOURCES/SHOW NOTES:
a 2019 NPR.org article by Terry Gross
a 1974 New York Times article by Seymour M Hersh
Wikipedia
the podcast "Red Web"
the podcast "Last Podcast on the Left"
https://www.drugs.com/illicit/lsd.html
Stephen Kinzer's book "Poisoner in Chief"
Richard Harris Smith's book "OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency"
1975's "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate" by John Marks
A 2020 article from the National World War 2 Museum (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/wwii-secret-agents-the-oss) with contributions from Walter Wolf III.
SUPPORT: If you've been enjoying the podcast, there are ways you can support. Follow the podcast and please leave a 5 star review on whatever platform you're listening on! Share the podcast link on your social media and with your friends and family. Subscribe to the YouTube channel!
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CONTACT: Email: [email protected], Socials: TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube channel are @PerplexityMysteryPodcast.
Episode keywords:
mk ultra, project mk ultra, conspiracy, conspiracy podcast, weird history, dark history, history podcast, true crime, true crime podcast, science, science podcast, weird science, lsd, cia, frank olson

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49 min
March 02, 2023Kasha House: The Most Haunted House in Hawaii [Ep. 13]
Are you ready to hear the origin story of the most haunted house in Hawaii? In this episode, Kaydra dives into Hawaiian history, folklore, and legends. Not only this, but Kaydra will get into well documented events from reliable sources that trace back to a house in Kaimuki, a small neighborhood in Honolulu. Haunting events in the home date all the way back to the 1940s. While the house is no longer intact, the land continues to have a strong spiritual presence, with whispers and warnings from locals continuing into present day.
SUPPORT:
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CONTACT: If you wanna be in the know with Perplexity updates, follow Kaydra on Instagram at PerplexityMysteryPodcast. Kaydra also always takes topic requests and you can also send your personal creepy, strange, and mysterious stories to her at [email protected].
SHOW NOTES/SOURCES:
An 2022 article from HouseBeautiful.com by Hadley Mendelsohn

The podcast: "Dark House,"

an article from TheOverlyOpinionated.com by Keith Mann

Mysteries-of-hawaii.com

Yokai.com/kasha
Episode keywords:
true crime, true crime podcast, kasha, folklore, urban legend, paranormal, paranormal podcast, cryptid, kasha house, haunted, haunted locations

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38 min

About Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast

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Ever heard a story that left you so perplexed you had to hear more? That's exactly why Kaydra started this podcast. This podcast covers all things mysterious with topics ranging from true crime, to…