Risky Bitches

We never claimed to be Einsteins. This episode is proof positive of that.

Now, that the midterm elections are over, it's time we set our sights on 2024... So, we're throwing our hats into the ring! 

This week. we're talking about what a Dooly-Copeland White House would look like. (Spoiler: This is not a democracy. It's a cheerocracy.) 

Can we count on your vote? 🤣

CW: Graphic descriptions of murder, sex work, and alcoholism.

It's our final #SpookySeason episode! Let's talk about Jack the Ripper, the notorious (and still unidentified) serial killer active in the impoverished districts in and around London's East End during the late 1880s.

11 separate murders, stretching from April 1888-February 1891, were included in a London Metropolitan Police Service investigation and known collectively as the "Whitechapel Murders." Opinions vary as to whether all of these murders can (or should) all be linked to the same culprit, but five of the victims - known as the Canonical Five - are widely believed to be the work of the Ripper: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly.

Reminder: NO EPISODE next week! (November 2, 2022)

Sources:
Casebook.org - The Victims of Jack the Ripper
Wikipedia - Jack the Ripper
Wikipedia - Mary Ann Nichols
Wikipedia - Annie Chapman
Wikipedia - Elizabeth Stride
Wikipedia -  Catherine Eddowes
Wikipedia - Mary Jane Kelly

What drives a woman to kill? And what drives her to do it six more times? Aileen Wuornos killed and robbed seven men between December 1989 and November 1990.

Aileen, a sex worker at the time, claimed that these men had either raped or attempted to rape her, saying that the homicides were committed in self-defense.

But was it really self-defense? Or was Aileen truly a cold-blooded serial killer, hell-bent on murdering the men paying her for sex? The answer isn't as black and white as you might believe. 

This week, we're taking a closer look at Aileen's traumatic childhood, tumultuous adulthood, her crimes, and the events that followed.

Bizarre cases of cattle, horses, and other livestock being killed and mutilated under highly unusual - usually bloodless - circumstances have been reported all over the United States since at least the 1970s.

But mysterious mutilations of livestock aren't confined to the 1970s, or to the United States for that matter. Similar cases involving sheep, cows, and horses have been reported as far back as the early 17th century and as recently as 2022.

The problem is so pervasive that there have been TWO independent federal investigations into the phenomena by the FBI and ATF. Both investigations failed to identify the culprit... or culprits?

While we don't know who (or what) is responsible, we do know that this is a Spooky Season episode for the books!

Sources:

• FBI Records: Animal Mutilation
• History.com: The Mysterious History of Cattle Mutilation
• Wikipedia.com: Cattle Mutilation

We're baaaaack! After taking some time off for summer break, we are SO excited to be back at it, just in time for our favorite holiday - Halloween! We missed you a ton, but we're really excited to share what we have been working on for the last few months.

To kick off Spooky Season, we're talking about Skin Walkers. These malevolent, shapeshifting beings are so evil that many Indigenous Peoples such as the Navajo refuse to even speak of them. 

Although little is known about these cryptids by outsiders, it's more than enough to make your skin crawl.

• [TikTok]: @peachassassin99
• [TikTok]: @4disclosure
• [TikTok]: @phebed_

Sources:
Skinwalker Ranch

CW: Depression, Sexual Assault

Men are from mars, women are from Venus... or so the saying goes.

While Jamie is living her best life in Cancun, Rachel invites her husband, JD, on the podcast to answer some of the burning questions women have for men - and nothing is off-limits!

Stay Risky. Stay Bitchy.

Hi, friends! Did you miss us? We ran into some technical difficulties with this episode last week...

Better late than never, right?

This week, we're playing Would You Rather, a game where you have to choose between two outrageous and cringe-y scenarios. Enjoy!

Stay Risky. Stay Bitchy.

We've got 99 problems, and most of them are a result of our anxiety... This week, we're doing a deep dive on the topic - specifically high-functioning anxiety. 

What is high-functioning anxiety? 
What does it look like?
How does it affect the person experiencing it?
Can it be treated?  

Let's talk about it!

To celebrate our 25th (!!!) episode, we're playing the Headphone Game (AKA the Whisper Challenge). Also, we have a very special guest appearance at the end of this episode.

Similar to the game 'Telephone' that you probably played as a kid, the rules are simple: One player puts on headphones and listens to music. The other player asks them a series of questions that they have to answer. The person wearing the headphones can't hear the questions as they are being asked, forcing them to lipread. As you can probably imagine, this leads to some HYSTERICAL conversations.

We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it!

Special thanks to Kelly Dooly.