You know how things are terrible? Well this should give you comfort--things have always been terrible. Settle in, dear dash hounds, as Beth and Kelly share the tale of Minik Wallace. Minik was brought to America's shores in 1897 as a boy along with five other Greenlanders to be put on display like a museum piece. And when you think of people as objects, it turns out as bad as you expect.

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“Caught in the Middle: The Tragic Life of Minik Wallace.” Bowdoin News Archive, 29 Oct. 2018, community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/10/caught-in-the-middle-the-tragic-life-of-minik-wallace/.

Claiborne, William. “THE SKELETON IN THE MUSEUM'S CLOSET.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 5 Apr. 1992, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/04/05/the-skeleton-in-the-museums-closet/d1ef741a-84cc-45c2-94ca-779c3e085962/.

Fagan, Kevin. “Ishi's Kin To Give Him Proper Burial / Indians to Bury Brain in Secret Location in State.” SFGate, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2012, www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ishi-s-Kin-To-Give-Him-Proper-Burial-Indians-to-2744424.php.

Harper, Kenn. Minik: the New York Eskimo. Steerforth Press, 2017.

Henderson, Bruce. “Who Discovered the North Pole?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Apr. 2009, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-discovered-the-north-pole-116633746/.

James, David A. “The True Story of an Inuit Boy Who Ended up in a New York Museum.” Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2018, www.adn.com/arts/books/2018/02/03/the-true-story-of-an-inuit-boy-who-ended-up-in-a-new-york-museum/.

Jiménez, Jessíca. “UC Berkeley Looks Back on Dark History, Abuse of Ishi 106 Years Later.” The Daily Californian, 2 Sept. 2017, www.dailycal.org/2017/09/01/uc-berkeley-looks-back-on-dark-history-abuse-of-yahi-man-106-years-later/.

McGreevy, Nora. “The Racist Statue of Theodore Roosevelt Will No Longer Loom Over the American Museum of Natural History.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 23 June 2020, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/statue-theodore-roosevelt-removed-reexamination-racist-acts-180975154/.

Meier, Allison C. “Minik and the Meteor.” Narratively, 18 June 2019, narratively.com/minik-and-the-meteor/.

“Minik.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 31 Mar. 2008, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/minik/.

Pogrebin, Robin. “Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 21 June 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/arts/design/roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-museum-of-natural-history.html.

Smith, Dinitia. “An Eskimo Boy And Injustice In Old New York; A Campaigning Writer Indicts An Explorer and a Museum.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 15 Mar. 2000, www.nytimes.com/2000/03/15/books/eskimo-boy-injustice-old-new-york-campaigning-writer-indicts-explorer-museum.html.

Amelia Earhart's disappearance is one of the greatest mysteries of the century. Listen today Dash Hounds as Beth and Kelly dive into who this tousled-hair woman really was, and what lead up to her last flight. There is mystery, love, and determination to prove that women can do anything! It’s a story worth telling and a life worth knowing. Enjoy readers, as always, listening is an act of love.

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Fleming, Candace. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

https://www.beautyofbirds.com/verreauxseagles.html

Netter, Sarah. Birds Hit PLanes Every Day but don't usually cause crashes. ABC News. Jan. 15, 2009. Accessed 8/31.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6658028&page=1#:~:text=Birds%20can%20disable%20planes%2C%20Ostrom,causing%20pilots%20to%20lose%20control.&text=While%20there%20are%20wildlife%20mitigation,avoid%20birds%20in%20the%20air.

You may not have heard of John Murray Spear, but he ran with cool kids like Frederick Douglass and Victoria Woodhull, preaching for equality and against exploitation. So why isn't he in our history books? Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss Spear's illustrious life and his quest to build a God Machine with blueprints provided in real-time by a dead Ben Franklin. This God Machine required a special kind of power, one that is likely why Spear has been erased and cast off to the margins.

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Buescher, John. “John Murray Spear.” Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography, uudb.org/articles/johnmurrayspear.html.

Buescher, John Benedict. The Remarkable Life of John Murray Spear: Agitator for the Spirit Land. University of Notre Dame Press, 2006.

Kleyman, Katia. “11 Gross Facts About The Surprisingly Prolific Sex Life of Benjamin Franklin.” Ranker, 14 June 2019, www.ranker.com/list/benjamin-franklin-private-life/katia-kleyman.

Lenoir, Andrew. “When 19th-Century Spiritualists Believed a ‘God Machine’ Would Save Humanity.” Mental Floss, 13 Feb. 2019, www.mentalfloss.com/article/571569/spiritualist-god-machine.

“Serial Killers / Murderers and their Head Injuries as a Child.” The Murder-Mile True Crime Podcast, 10 September 2017. https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/serial-killers-murderers-and-their-head-injuries-as-a-child#:~:text=Richard%20Ramirez%20%22The%20Night%20Stalker,suffer%20from%20epileptic%20seizures%20which

It's hard to imagine a more beloved figure than Charles Lindbergh (pre-1939) so when his baby was kidnapped, it was like everybody's baby had been abducted. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about this "crime of the century" and also reminiscence about their three years on the air as the most beloved podcast (pre-1939).

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“The American Experience | Lindbergh | Fallen Hero.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/fallen.html.

Batcha, Becky. “This Case Never Closes.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 29 June 2003, www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/jerseyana-this-case-never-closes.html.

Brody, Richard, et al. “The Frightening Lessons of Philip Roth's ‘The Plot Against America.’” The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017, www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-frightening-lessons-of-philip-roths-the-plot-against-america.

Carlson, Pete. “(The Last) Trial of the Century!” The Washington Post, WP Company, 4 Jan. 1999, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/trial010499.htm.

Green, Penelope. “But Enough About Them.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/garden/17lindbergh.html.

“Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 24 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lindbergh-baby-kidnapped.

“Lindbergh's Double Life.” Minnesota Historical Society, www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/family/double-life.

Mccord, Shanna. “Man, 79, Says He's Lindbergh's 'Baby'.” East Bay Times, East Bay Times, 15 Aug. 2016, www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/02/11/man-79-says-hes-lindberghs-baby/.

Manas, Steve. “Was the Lindbergh Kidnapping an Inside Job?” Rutgers University, 28 Aug. 2012, www.rutgers.edu/news/was-lindbergh-kidnapping-inside-job.

Myre, Greg. “'America First': From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump.” NPR, NPR, 6 Feb. 2017, www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/06/513240634/america-first-from-charles-lindbergh-to-president-trump.

Price, Mark J. “The Lindbergh Maybe.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 30 July 2000, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/07/30/the-lindbergh-maybe/af2d4ba0-e0a9-444c-9b8d-d95fd48a411b/.

Zito, Tom. “The Sorrows Of Anna Hauptmann.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 15 Oct. 1981, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/10/15/the-sorrows-of-anna-hauptmann/7b44dcca-2219-4242-8f9b-65d556753759/.

Zorn, Robert E. Cemetery John: the Undiscovered Mastermind of the Lindbergh Kidnapping. Overlook Press, 2013.

Are you inflicted by a Strange Country demon? If so, this episode will provide the cure you need, a cure as beautiful as a hot dog stuck into a clam. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly take their dear dash hounds to Spindale, N.C., where parishioners of the Word of Faith get blasted to rid them of their demons, and are forbidden to play air guitar.

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Cite your sources or you will be inflicted by the plagiarism demon:

Dias, Elizabeth. “'Christianity Will Have Power'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Aug. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/us/evangelicals-trump-christianity.html.

Gordon, Michael, and Deanieel Chemtob. “Controversial, Secretive NC Church Received a Federal PPP Small Business Relief Loan.” Cult Education Institute, The News and Observer, 9 July 2020, culteducation.com/group/1232-word-of-faith-fellowship/35427-controversial-secretive-nc-church-received-a-federal-ppp-small-business-relief-loan.html.

Gordon, Michael. “Member of Controversial Church Sues Online Critics Who Claimed He Helped Spread COVID-19.” Charlotteobserver, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2020, www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article244610242.html.

Juneau, Jen. “'One of America's Most Dangerous Cults' Insists It Wants Love: What Ex Members Say Really Goes On.” PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2020, people.com/crime/word-of-faith-fellowship-cult-new-book/.

Schmidt, Samantha. “Gay Man Says Church Members Beat, Choked Him for Hours to Expel 'Homosexual Demons'.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 2 June 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/02/gay-man-says-church-members-beat-choked-him-for-hours-to-expel-homosexual-demons/.

Weiss, Mitch. “AP Exclusive: Ex-Congregants Reveal Years of Ungodly Abuse.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 27 Feb. 2017, apnews.com/e9404784f9c6428a8d4382f5ada8f463/AP-Exclusive:-Ex-congregants-reveal-years-of-ungodly-abuse.

Weiss, Mitch. “Former Disciples Describe Storage Annex for 'Worst Sinners'.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 27 Feb. 2017, apnews.com/10ec0dce8ddb437e80e6052cbc4f6576.

Weiss, Mitch, and Holbrook Mohr. Broken Faith: inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of Americas Most Dangerous Cults. Hanover Square Press, 2020.

Weiss, Mitch, and Holbrook Mohr. “Ex-Members Say North Carolina Church Uses Power, Lies to Keep Grip on Kids.” The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2017, www.denverpost.com/2017/11/13/word-of-faith-fellowship-children-custody/.

“Welcome to Word of Faith Fellowship.” WOFF. https://www.familiesagainstcultteachings.org/resources/WOFF---RULES-FOR-NEW-MEMBERS.pdf

“Who Is Jane Whaley?” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 27 Feb. 2017, apnews.com/afs:Content:752500045.

Wicker, Mackenzie. “US Attorney Closes Case on Word of Faith Fellowship.” The Asheville Citizen Times, The Citizen-Times, 27 Sept. 2019, www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2019/09/27/word-faith-fellowship-investigation-closed-us-attorney-says/3785638002/.

“Word of Faith.” Peopel Magazine Investigates Cults, 2019, www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07SGKW46P/ref=atv_yv_hom_c_unkc_1_1.

Dear Readers and Dashhounds, if you have ever suffered from VVF, we are so very sorry and are thankful you live in this Er-ah. But the history that led up to the medical advancement in treating VVF and basically the beginning of all gynecology work had terrible beginnings with one J. Marion Sims. Learn about him in today's episode and the women he took advantage of in trying to make a buck. We hope you learn about racism and its lasting affects in medicine. if you happen to laugh so hard you pee yourself, thank your lucky stars it's just old age and not a leaky hole. You'll understand. Thank you always for listening!

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Cooper Owens, Deirdre. Medical Bondage,

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6792412/

Sayej, Nadja. J Marion Sims Controversial statue Taken Down but debate still rages. April 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/21/j-marion-sims-statue-removed-new-york-city-black-women

Wall. LL. The Medical Ethics of J Marion Sims. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563360/

Washington, Harriet A. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial times to the Present. Anchor, 2008.

https://www.webmd.com/women/qa/what-is-a-vaginal-fistula

Hold on, chicken littles, the sky isn't falling. It's just some pieces of meat. Wait--what? In 1876, pieces of beef fell from the Kentucky sky leaving some to wonder why and some to say "let me put this in my mouth." Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about meat storms and other strange weather phenomena.

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“Can It Rain Frogs, Fish, and Other Objects?” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/can-it-rain-frogs-fish-and-other-objects/.

Cereno, Benito. “The Strangest Things That Ever Fell from the Sky.” Grunge.com, Grunge, 20 Apr. 2020, www.grunge.com/73743/strangest-things-ever-fell-sky/.

Crew, Bec. “The Great Kentucky Meat Shower Mystery Unwound by Projectile Vulture Vomit.” Scientific American Blog Network, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2014, blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/#:~:text=On 3 March 1876, large,making soap when it happened.

Dapcevich, Madison. “Poop Is Raining From Canada's Skies And Nobody Knows Why.” IFLScience, IFLScience, 4 July 2020, www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/poop-is-raining-from-canadas-skies-and-nobody-knows-why/.

Dias, Elizabeth. “The Apocalypse as an 'Unveiling': What Religion Teaches Us About the End Times.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-apocalypse-religion.html.

Dickey, Colin. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained. Viking, 2020.

“Flesh Descending in a Shower An Astounding Phenomenon in Kentucky—Fresh Meat Like Mutton or Venison Falling from a Clear Sky.” The New York Times, 10 Mar. 1876, pp. 1–1, www.nytimes.com/1876/03/10/archives/flesh-descending-in-a-shower-an-astounding-phenomenon-in.html.

Furst, Elaine. “10 Weird Things That Have Fallen From the Sky.” Listverse, 19 June 2014, listverse.com/2013/03/03/10-weird-things-that-have-fallen-from-the-sky/.

Hasler, Joe. “Weird Stories of Objects Falling From the Sky-Explained.” Popular Mechanics, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2017, www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a4525/4331114/#:~:text=1, 1969, when a seemingly,no explanation was ever given.

“It's Raining Poop! What to Do If a Plane Drops Human Waste on Your House.” KFOR.com Oklahoma City, KFOR.com Oklahoma City, 5 Jan. 2017, kfor.com/news/its-raining-poop-what-to-do-if-a-plane-drops-human-waste-on-your-house/.

Jones, Meghan. “10 Of the Strangest Things That Have Fallen from the Sky.” Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest, 29 Apr. 2020, www.rd.com/list/weird-things-fallen-from-sky/.

Kastenbine, L. D. The Kentucky Meat Shower The Louisville Medical News:a weekly journal of medicine and surgery. v. 1-20. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074156194&view=1up&seq=263

“Mass Bird Deaths in Arkansas Explained.” American Veterinary Medical Association, 1 Apr. 2011, www.avma.org/javma-news/2011-04-01/mass-bird-deaths-arkansas-explained.

McManus, Melanie Radzicki. “10 Times It Has Rained Something Other Than Water.” HowStuffWorks Science, HowStuffWorks, 27 Jan. 2020, science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/10-times-it-rained-something-other-than-water2.htm.

Mersereau, Dennis. “5 Weird But Real Weather Events.” Mental Floss, 5 July 2017, www.mentalfloss.com/article/502477/5-weird-real-weather-events.

Pearson, Jordan. Poop Is Raining From the Sky in Canada, and the Government Says It's Not Planes, 29 June 2018, www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjbm3w/poo-raining-from-the-sky-in-canada-government-says-not-planes.

“Punta Gorda Golfball Rain.” Report from the Florida Zone, 21 May 2014, floridazone.blogspot.com/2014/05/punta-gorda-golfball-rain.html.

Rogers, Kayleigh. The Mystery of the Kentucky 'Meat Shower', Vice, 3 July 2018, www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower.

“The Science of the 10 Plagues.” LiveScience, 11 Apr. 2017, www.livescience.com/58638-science-of-the-10-plagues.html.

Specktor, Brandon. “The Weirdest Things That Fell From The Sky.” LiveScience, 20 Mar. 2018, www.livescience.com/62066-weirdest-things-that-fell-from-the-sky.html.

Tabor, James. “Apocalypticism Explained | Apocalypse! FRONTLINE.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/explanation/brevelation.html.

Weilenman, Donna Beth. “Front Page.” Benicia Herald, 23 Aug. 2015, beniciaheraldonline.com/meat-shower-mystery-endures/.

Listen up, dear dash hounds, your reptilian overlords Beth and Kelly have an odd tale about the Illuminati, witchcraft, the apocalypse, and eternal damnation. Strange Country is talking conspiracies and includes a special Jack Chick readers theater!

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Austin, Jon. “Bill Clinton Tried to Discover Truth about UFOs and JKF Murder – This Is What He Found.” Express.co.uk, Express.co.uk, 30 Jan. 2018, www.express.co.uk/news/weird/911978/Bill-Clinton-truth-UFO-aliens-JFK-murder.

Egan, Nancy. “The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 May 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/The-Covenant-the-Sword-and-the-Arm-of-the-Lord.

Godwin, Richard. “One Giant ... Lie? Why so Many People Still Think the Moon Landings Were Faked.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 10 July 2019, www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people-still-think-the-moon-landings-were-faked.

Greene, Andy. “The 10 Wildest Led Zeppelin Legends.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2019, www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-10-wildest-led-zeppelin-legends-fact-checked-153103/if-you-play-stairway-to-heaven-in-reverse-you-hear-satanic-messages-154807/.

Hayes, Polly. “Here's How Scientists Know Coronavirus Wasn't Made in a Lab.” ScienceAlert, 17 July 2020, www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-we-know-coronavirus-was-not-made-in-the-lab.

Ito, Robert. "Fear Factor: Jack Chick is the World's Most Published Author--And One of the Strangest." Los Angeles Magazine, May 2003, pp. 56-63, books.google.com/booksid=v10EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&dq=%22Chick+tract%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Chick%20tract%22&f=false.

Jablon, Robert. “Jack T. Chick, Cartoonist of Conspiracy-Minded Attacks, Dies at 92.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 25 Oct. 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jack-t-chick-cartoonist-of-conspiracy-minded-attacks-dies-at-92/2016/10/25/e3b7a94c-9ac3-11e6-9980-50913d68eacb_story.html.

Martin, Sean. “End of the World: NEOWISE, Asteroid and Ring of Fire Eclipse 'Sign of the APOCALYPSE'.” Express.co.uk, Express.co.uk, 15 July 2020, www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1309725/end-of-the-world-comet-neowise-asteroid-ring-of-fire-eclipse-apocalypse-september-1.

Olito, Frank. “35 Of the Most Popular Conspiracy Theories in the US.” Insider, Insider, 4 May 2020, www.insider.com/popular-conspiracy-theories-united-states-2019-5#some-people-believe-the-american-military-installation-area-51-is-researching-and-experimenting-on-aliens-and-their-spacecraft-1.

Rohde, David, et al. “Conspiracy Theories, Denial, and the Coronavirus.” The New Yorker, 18 July 2020, www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/conspiracy-theories-denial-and-the-coronavirus.

Sides, John. “Fifty Percent of Americans Believe in Some Conspiracy Theory. Here's Why.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 19 Feb. 2015, www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/02/19/fifty-percent-of-americans-believe-in-some-conspiracy-theory-heres-why/.

Walker, Jesse. The United States of Paranoia: a Conspiracy Theory. Harper Perennial, 2014.

Yuhas, Alan. “The Pentagon Released U.F.O. Videos. Don't Hold Your Breath for a Breakthrough.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/pentagon-ufo-videos.html.

Zitelmann, Rainer. “How Many Americans Believe In Conspiracy Theories?” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 28 June 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2020/06/29/how-many-americans-believe-in-conspiracy-theories/#17d7dc515e94.

Sometimes we are so invested in our children's lives that we don't make the best choices. Like, say, listen to Betsy DeVos about reopening schools normally during a pandemic or hire someone to murder another mom. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about Wanda Holloway's dream deferred and desire to see her daughter be the cheerleader she never was regardless of the cost. Oh--that's right we can say irregardless now because 2020 is a never-ending hell scape.

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Brady, Jonann. “Exclusive: Teen Talks About Her Role in Web Hoax That Led to Suicide.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 26 Feb. 2009, abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4560582&page=1.

Collins, Lauren. "FRIEND GAME: ANNALS OF CRIME." The New Yorker, vol. 83, no. 44, Jan 21, 2008, pp. 34. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/docview/233134642?accountid=34664.

Edmonds, Patricia. "In Texas, an Obsession for Cheers // Charge: Mom Tried Hitman Hire: [FINAL Edition]." USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext), Aug 28, 1991, pp. 03A. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/docview/306485672?accountid=34664.

Hageman, William. “When a Parent Is Stage-Struck.” Chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2013, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-0319-stage-parent-20130319-story.html.

Horton, Alex. “Channeling 'The Social Network,' Lawmaker Grills Zuckerberg on His Notorious Beginnings.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 11 Apr. 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/11/channeling-the-social-network-lawmaker-grills-zuckerberg-on-his-notorious-beginnings/.

Knapp, Gwendolyn. “The Mom Who'd Stop at Nothing to Get Her Daughter on the Cheerleading Team.” Houstonia Magazine, Houstonia Magazine, 30 Nov. 2018, www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2018/11/wanda-webb-holloway.

Maag, Christopher. “Internet Hoax That Turned Fatal Draws Anger but No Charges.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Nov. 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/world/americas/28iht-28hoax.8508834.html?searchResultPosition=2.

Maysh, Jeff. “Why One Woman Pretended to Be a High-School Cheerleader.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 26 July 2017, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/07/wendy-brown/486152/.

Pesce, Carolyn. "`Pompon Mom' Gets 15 Years: [FINAL Edition]." USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext), Sep 05, 1991, pp. 03A. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/docview/306452399?accountid=34664.

Smith, Sonia. “Daughter of ‘Cheerleader Mom’ Breaks 20-Year Silence.” Texas Monthly, 14 Feb. 2012, www.texasmonthly.com/articles/daughter-of-cheerleader-mom-breaks-20-year-silence/.

Swartz, Mimi. “The Cheerleader Murder Plot.” Texas Monthly, 1 May 1991, www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-cheerleader-murder-plot/.

"TV, Tabloids, Hollywood Jump all Over Story: [FINAL Edition]." USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext), Aug 28, 1991, pp. 03A. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/docview/306477825?accountid=34664.

“Wanda Holloway 's Daughter Shanna Breaks Silence over Texas Cheerleading Murder Plot.” Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, 9 Feb. 2012,

Zetter, Kim. “Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying Case, Overrules Jury.” Wired, Conde Nast, 4 June 2017, www.wired.com/2009/07/drew-court/.

If you're like us, you likely never heard of Synanon, but its tactics live on in "tough-love" drug rehabilitation programs. Synanon was founded in 1958 by Charles Dederich, and it was the first ever non-medical drug rehabilitation program. And then it became a cult. Join Beth and Kelly as they share the story of shaved heads, forced abortions and the origin story of one of Nancy Reagan's favorite programs.

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“Doris Gambonini, a Ranch Woman Who Comforted Synanon Refugees, Dies at 80.” The Point Reyes Light, 2 Oct. 2014, www.ptreyeslight.com/article/doris-gambonini-ranch-woman-who-comforted-synanon-refugees-dies-80.

Etler, Cyndy. “I Spent 16 Months Of My Childhood Locked In A Warehouse.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 1 Mar. 2019, www.huffpost.com/entry/straight-inc_n_5c76a914e4b062b30eba021e.

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