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You Spooky Bitches have done it again! We've got another boatload of freaky tales (and quite a few laughs) to get us through the hellscape that is 2020. 

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In 2001 on a remote stretch of highway in Australia’s Northern Territory, British backpacker Peter Falconio vanished. His girlfriend, Joanne Lees, told police that they had been attacked by a strange man. The subsequent investigation saw local drug runner Bradley Murdoch jailed for life - but questions still linger, especially around the truthfulness of the story that Joanne told...

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In Feb 1986 the body of newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was found in the home she shared with her husband, John. It was quickly ruled a break-in gone wrong, and the case fell into the icy depths of unsolved cold cases. But over 2 decades later the truth finally began to emerge; and for the LAPD it struck closer to home than they could have ever imagined. 

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References: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-mystery-one-of-their-own/

https://filmdaily.co/news/stephanie-lazarus/

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/crimes-of-passion/12/

https://www.insideedition.com/the-case-of-the-murdered-newlywed-and-the-cop-who-nearly-got-away-with-it-inside-the-lazarus-files

https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-matthew-mcgough-interview-20190503-story.html

https://people.com/crime/lazarus-files-book-investigation-los-angeles-cop-killed-ex-boyfriend-newlywed/

https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/stephanie-lazarus-case-58163

https://meaww.com/lazarus-female-lapd-cop-murdered-ex-lover-wife-helped-avoid-jail-for-20-years

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/lapd-lazurus-murder-mystery-killer

https://www.laweekly.com/stephanie-lazarus-former-lapd-detective-gets-27-years-plus-for-murder/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/the-lazarus-file/308499/

https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/in-plain-sight1/

https://abc7news.com/archive/8657803/ 

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Following reports of strange riutals and bizarre religious ceremonies, in January 2020 Panamanian police headed into the country's remote jungle. What they found in a makeshift church, in the isolated indigenous village of Alto Terrón was something straight out of a 70s exploitation horror movie...

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The Missionary podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-missionary-61230211/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/a-missionary-on-trial

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/young-missionaries/551585/

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/04/worlds-panama-indigenous-panama-papers-160408102014340.html

https://www.zegrahm.com/blog/indigenous-cultures-panama-introductory-guide

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-21/panama-survivor-recounts-chaotic-cult-rite-that-killed-7/11885124

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/panama-exorcism-ritual-leaves-seven-people-killed-15-tortured/11876878

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/panama-sect-massacre-indigenous-official-neglect

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/panama-burial-pit-children-exorcisms-religious-sect

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3047128/screams-jungle-mystery-panama-cult-sacrifices-children

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-religious-death-cult-that-massacred-seven-in-panama?ref=scroll

https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/2020/01/16/congreso-ngaebe-lleva-registro/2445714.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51144629

https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/secta-religiosa-torturo-y-sacrifico-6-ninos-y-una-mujer-embarazada-en-panama?amp

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In April 2016 millionaire author, Helen Bailey vanished. After months of searching, she was found much closer to home than anyone could have imagined...

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Ian Stewart full 999 call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsS8X4Zspr4&t=510s

Ian Stewart arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQnHMHXjx00

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/what-the-killer-did-next/articles/the-strange-tragedy-of-helen-bailey 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/22/killer-childrens-author-helen-bailey-quizzed-police-death-first/ 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/helen-bailey-murder-how-killer-13873266

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36814157

https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/janet-street-porter-dead-killed-children-author-helen-bailey-dumb-loose-women-ia/

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A little boy in a trenchcoat, a terrifying doorbell of death and biting tarot cards....this month, in their continued effort to scare us into forgetting about the world’s problems, Hannah and Suruthi tell their scariest tales yet, courtesy of you Spooky Bitches. 

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In 2011 a fire tore through the Bartlam home in Nottingham, England. 14 year old Daniel, his little brother Dominic and the family dog all made it safely outside, but Jacqui, their mum didn't. She had been beaten to death with a hammer and left inside the burning building. Daniel told investigators a masked intruder had killed his mum, but discoveries they made on the boy's computer soon put him at the top of the suspect list.

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Sources:

Documentary: http://crimedocumentary.com/daniel-bartlam-murderers-mothers-coronation-street-killer/

Other References: 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/02/teenager-daniel-bartlam-jailed-murder

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9180872/Coronation-St-copycat-killer-locked-up-for-16-years-over-hammer-attack-on-mother.html

https://www.itv.com/news/2012-04-02/schoolboy-daniel-bartlam-jailed-for-murdering-mother-jacqui-with-hammer/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124034/Daniel-Bartlam-Coronation-Street-killer-fascinated-horror-DVDs-violent-game-age-easy-hold-says-victims-partner.html

https://mycrimelibrary.com/daniel-bartlam-teen-killer/

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/daniel-bartlam-14-year-old-255698

https://www.crimetraveller.org/2015/08/children-who-kill-daniel-bartlam/

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/coronation-street-copycat-killer-murdered-17116982

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/how-long-children-who-kill-12515206

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17540452

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-coronation-street-copycat-killer-7940474

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1176833/corrie-copycat-killers-loving-mum-hid-teen-sons-warped-behaviour-then-he-murdered-her-and-set-fire-to-her-body/

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On 4 June 2008, 30 year old Mormon businessman Travis Alexander was found dead in his shower. He’d been shot in the head, stabbed 27 times and his throat had been slit from ear to ear. The only person any of his friends could think that would want to hurt him was his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias. She maintained her innocence, but the murder trial that followed was filled with scandals, secrets and sordid details.  

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Sources:

YouTube Dr Grande on Jodi Arias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wKVy8z5rQs&t=653s

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/controversial-jodi-arias-prosecutor-juan-martinez-fired-amid-ethics-probe/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jodi-arias-conviction-ex-s-murder-upheld-arizona-appeals-court-n1168091

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jodi-arias-retrial-updates_n_6032282?ri18n=true

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10049/does-a-suspects-psychological-state-after-arrest-correlate-to-guilt-or-innocenc

https://abcnews.go.com/US/shocking-moments-jodi-arias-trial/story?id=19135206

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3k94wj/psychology-of-stalking-treatment  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eYbvWOoTo

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jodi-arias-trial-timeline-events-arizona-murder-case/story?id=18123295

https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2015/03/03/jodi-arias-trial-timeline/24326127/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/a47623/jodi-arias-now/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jodi-arias-denied-guilt-told-sex-photos-palm/story?id=18211547

https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2020/03/25/arizona-court-of-appeals-rules-despite-juan-martinez-behavior-jodi-arias-wont-get-new-murder-trial/2451994001/

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One night Cyntoia Brown was picked up by a man named Johnny Allen, he offered her $150 for sex, she agreed and they went back to his house. By the end of the night Cyntoia had shot and killed Johnny Allen. She was just 16 years old. This is the story of Cyntoia's journey through the American justice system.

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https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1277647/Murder-to-Mercy-who-is-Cyntoia-Brown-where-is-Cyntoia-Brown-Story-Netflix

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a32301407/where-is-cyntoia-brown-now/

https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/1146289/the-biggest-bombshells-from-murder-to-mercy-the-cyntoia-brown-story

https://www.tyla.com/entertaining/tv-and-film-cyntoia-brown-documentary-murder-netflix-criticism-viewers-boycott-20200501

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/cyntoia-brown-release.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-50082326

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-murder-to-mercy-netflixs-deeply-irresponsible-cyntoia-brown-documentary

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/29/cyntoia-brown-kim-kardashian-become-involved-case-12628191/

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/04/9758949/where-cyntoia-brown-now-story-netflix-documentary

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/23/cyntoia-brown-long-trafficked-enslaved-jailed-for-life-at-16-and-fighting-back

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a32263064/cyntoia-brown-now/

https://time.com/5828724/cyntoia-brown-netflix-documentary/

https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a32301817/cyntoia-brown-husband-j-long-marriage/

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/07/us/tennessee-cyntoia-brown-granted-clemency/index.html

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