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- Episode 68: A Dangerous Crush
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In this episode, Abby talks about Freda and Alice, two teenagers from Memphis, Tennessee living in the 19th century who fell in love and planned to marry. Unfortunately, it all went wrong and tragedy struck.
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54 min - Episode 67: An (Attempted) Snake Murder Part II
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The exciting conclusion to part one. This episode dives in to the crime itself, the trial and a whole lot of wacky tangents along the way.
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51 min - Episode 66: An Attempted Snake Murder (Part I)
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In Part One, Abby lays the foundation for another (attempted) snake murder in Alabama. She touches upon serpent handling and Pentecostal churches-a large part of this mystery.
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Sources:
Wikipedia entries for Pentecostalism and Snake Handling
Documentary Alabama Snake (2019)
Bitter Southerner's article: The Pentecostal Serpent
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41 min - Episode 65: A Nice Day for a...Weed Wedding
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You didn't think Abby would let Ellie get married and NOT talk about a wild wedding, did you!? This week, Abby talks about a wedding with 200 POUNDS of weed, the kind of wedding guests you DON'T want to show up and Michigan.
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Sources:
The Atlantic: A Wedding Sting by Jeff Maysh
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1 hr 8 min - Episode 64: A Perfect(?) Midwestern Kidnapping
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Abby discusses a record setting 1972 kidnapping in Minnesota of a wealthy socialite
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49 min - Episode 63: The Death of Mary Busch
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Abby discusses the murder of Mary Busch in this case and what a man named Rattlesnake James had to do with it.
Sources:- An article from the Fargo Forum, March 22, 1939
- Brenner, Anita La Cañada's First U.S. Supreme Court Case
- Lisenba v. People of the State of California, 314 U.S. 219 (1941)
- Murder & Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley By Gary Keyes, Mike Lawler
- LA Times article , A Lady-Killer Ensnared by a Rattlesnake by Cecilia Rasmussen
- Los Angeles Magazine article , In One of L.A.’s Most Outrageous Murder Cases, a Rattlesnake Was the Weapon by Hadley Meares
- An article from The Kansas City Star, July 5, 1936
- An article from The Daily Times, Thursday, May 7, 1936
- An article from the Alexandria Citizen News
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49 min - Episode 62: A 12 Million Dollar Book Heist
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In 2008 four teens at a Kentucky university decided to rob the library. Find out how that works out for them in this episode of QFF.
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1 hr 11 min - Episode 61: Rudolph Valentino and His Cursed Ring
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Abby discusses Rudolph Valentino, a man who experienced toxic masculinity, homophobia even though it's likely he wasn't homosexual and a cursed ring.
To what fate does The "Latin Lover" (the 20s were wild, man) succumb? Find out on this week's episode of Queers for Fears.
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56 min - Episode 60: Elmer McCurdy, the World's Worst Train Robber
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Elmer McCurdy had a sad life. He struggled with addiction and tried to make a living off crime but was never very successful. Unfortunately for Elmer, his death and thereafter was much more interesting. Find out what happened to poor Elmer on this episode of Queers for Fears.
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46 min - Episode 59: Fraudulent Fruitcake Fiasco
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Join Abby and a special guest in discussion Corsicana, Texas and their world famous bakery for the ever indulgent holiday dessert: fruitcake. In the 2000s, the bakery started to lose money even though their fruitcakes were flying off the shelves! What happened in this fruity fiasco? Listen and find out.
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Sources:
The documentary on a Streaming Service called Fruitcake Fraud, which Abby is seriously mad about because that was her episode title idea“Just Desserts” by Katy Vine for Texas Monthly
Corsicana City Website
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About Queers for Fears
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Two queer best friends since toddlerhood talk about the scarier parts of life, death, and everything in between. They take their research seriously, but each other...not so much.