This week, we're joined by a very special guest and friend of the pod to discuss his firsthand experience of life inside a metaphysical cult in 1980s Baltimore.

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On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire broke out at the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George Sodder, his wife Jennie, and 9 of their 10 children had been home that night. George, Jennie, and 4 of their kids made it out. The other 5 Sodder children have been missing ever since.

Sources used in this episode include:

• Wikipedia
• Smithsonian
• Legends of America
• Investigation Discovery
• My WV Home

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In a surprise to absolutely no one, this week we're chatting the Taylor Swift x Travis Kelce engagement announcement. Congratulations to our dear and close personal friends! We love you both!

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On December 6, 1991, while responding to a fire in an "I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!" shop in Austin, Texas, authorities discovered four girls dead -- Amy Ayers (13), Eliza Thomas (17), Sarah Harbison (15), and Jennifer Harbison (17). This case is best known as "The Yogurt Shop Murders." Although several suspects have confessed to some involvement in these crimes, the case remains officially unsolved.

Sources used in this episode include:

• HBO Max
• CBS News
• People
• Texas True Crime

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Tis the season for us to dust off our Greek letters and dive into #RushTok. Please never stop posting, girls! We love you!

This episode was originally posted on September 4, 2024.

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On March 21, 2011, 24-year-old Disney Cruise Line employee Rebecca Coriam wrote to her parents that she'd call home the next day. Instead, on March 22 at 5:45am she was captured on the Wonder's CCTV looking distressed on a phone call, and then never seen again. The ship's captain believes that Rebecca was taken overboard by a rogue wave. What do you think?

Sources used in this episode include:

• All That's Interesting
• International Cruise Victims
• Wikipedia

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This week, we're diving into the February 2013 "Poop Cruise" incident on board the Carnival Triumph, now sailing as the Carnival Sunrise. Would you rather fall out of a waterslide or poop in a biohazard bag?

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• Netflix
• Wikipedia

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In this episode, we're exploring The Dodleston Messages, a series of unexplained computer communications in 1980s England. Poltergeist? Time travelers? Advanced AI? Let's find out.

Sources used in this episode include:

• Historic Mysteries
• How Stuff Works
• Wikipedia
• Mariner Talk
• Fox Technologies
• Avalon Library
• All That's Interesting
• Reddit

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In case you missed it, this week we're revisiting some of our favorite tea that a listener has ever spilled into our inbox-- the classic prison pen pal story. 

This episode was originally posted on June 5, 2024.

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This week we're talking about the 1992 murder of 29-year-old Elena Sanchez Hawkins, the 1993 murder of Mary Byron on her 21st birthday, and the creation of the VINE (Victim Information & Notification Everyday) victim alert system for changes of custody for Kentucky prisoners - like Ernest Pine.

Sources used in this episode include:

• WAVE 3
• Kentucky Department of Corrections

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