Strange Country

Frank Lloyd Wright is considered one of America's most influential 20th century architects. While he built homes designed for family togetherness, he was blowing his own family apart. He and his mistress Mamah Borthwick squired away to Wisconsin where Wright built Taliesin. Newspapers referred to it as the Love Bungalow. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about the horrific tragedy that occurred there on Aug. 15, 1914 where seven people were brutally murdered.

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Booth, Sarah. "Wright's Grave Site Moved." The Washington Post, 9 April 1985, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/04/09/wrights-grave-site-moved/510f9f85-3224-415a-a990-1016de77bee8/. Accessed 23 August 2022.

Drennan, William R. Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. University of Wisconsin Press, 2008.

Hendrickson, Paul. Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2019. Accessed 26 August 2022.

Klein, Christopher. "The Massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Love Cottage.'" History.com, 29 January 2019, https://www.history.com/news/the-massacre-at-frank-lloyd-wrights-love-cottage. Accessed 21 August 2022.

"Taliesin Massacre (Frank Lloyd Wright)." Crime Museum, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/taliesin-massacre-frank-lloyd-wright/. Accessed 21 August 2022.

Dear Dash Hounds: Beth and Kelly realized we don't talk enough about animals. Sure there are many stories about strange 'Mericans, but what about the monkeys in this country? Get ready for a wild episode full of surprise monkey noises, and facts about two monkey colonies that are right in our backyard. Join us this week for as much fun as a barrel of … thanks always for listening it is an act of love.

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Bartelme, Tony, and Shamira McCray. "SCDNR makes millions from company leasing Monkey Island, prompting ethical concerns." Post and Courier, 4 March 2022, https://www.postandcourier.com/uncovered/sc-agency-rakes-in-millions-from-pharma-company-it-regulates/article_60a80662-82e1-11ec-94d8-2791d3f53dcd.html. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Douthat, Strat. "The Mystery of 'Monkey Island.'" AP News, 26 October 1986, https://apnews.com/article/9bd81b54c3d30481a945c469078b2d60. Accessed 22 August 2022.

"Home." YouTube, https://www.facebook.com/RepNancyMace/videos/rep-nancy-mace-highlights-discoveries-of-monkey-island/925075514807257/?_rdr. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Johnson, Steve. "Florida Silver River monkeys: Animals brought for tourism carry herpes." USA Today, 24 February 2020, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/24/florida-silver-river-monkeys-animals-brought-tourism-carry-herpes/4857192002/. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Marshall, Carolyn. "Monkeys for Research." New York Times, 6 April 2004, https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/06/science/monkeys-for-research-much-coveted-and-hard-to-come-by.html.

"Morgan Island, South Carolina." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Island,_South_Carolina. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Morton, Caitlin. "Strange Facts About the U.S." Conde Nast Traveler, 7 September 2017, https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/50-strange-but-true-facts-about-the-us. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Roth, Annie. "These wild monkeys thrive in Florida—and carry a deadly virus." National Geographic, 9 November 2018, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/florida-rhesus-monkeys-herpes-running-wild-invasive-species. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Taub, David M. "The True Story of Monkey Island, Part 2 – Beaufort South Carolina." The Island News, 28 February 2019, https://yourislandnews.com/the-true-story-of-monkey-island-part-2/. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Wolfe, Kerry. "Morgan Island – Morgan Island, South Carolina." Atlas Obscura, 19 January 2012, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/morgan-island. Accessed 22 August 2022.

Raymond Fernandez took advantage of widows and spinsters who sent their bios into the Lonely Hearts Club in the 1940s. Martha Beck was one such lonely heart who fell for Raymond and took part in his schemes where the two murdered three people for their money. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss this murderous duo, and the ridiculous amount of coverage devoted to Beck's body. Beck even asked herself: "Am I on trial for murder or for being fat?"

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"2 'Lonely Hearts' Pay Death Penalty." The New York Times, 9 March 1951, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/09/82101582.html?pageNumber=52. Accessed 17 August 2022.

Brown, Wenzel. Introduction to Murder: The Lonely Hearts Murder. New American Library, 1952.

Buhk, Tobin T. The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Bloody Passions of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2020.

Fiske, David. "Executions Ended 'Lonely Hearts Killers' Spree." New York Almanack, 12 March 2020, https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2020/03/executions-ended-lonely-hearts-killers-spree/. Accessed 17 August 2022.

"The Lonely Hearts Killers - Top 10 Crime Duos - TIME." Videos Index on TIME.com, http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1900368_1900369_1900362,00.html. Accessed 17 August 2022.

"Martha Beck Biography." OurBiography, 22 September 2018, https://www.ourbiography.com/martha-beck/. Accessed 17 August 2022.

OConnor, Jessica. "The Lonely Hearts Killers And Their String Of Brutal Murders." All That's Interesting, 17 July 2022, https://allthatsinteresting.com/lonely-hearts-killers. Accessed 17 August 2022.

Sedlak, Amanda. "12 Morbidly Fascinating Details About the Lonely Hearts Killers." Ranker, https://www.ranker.com/list/lonely-hearts-killers-facts/amandasedlakhevener. Accessed 17 August 2022.

Welcome Readers to an episode surely to enlighten you or at least make you think: why didn't I know who this person was? You may find the the story of Osh-Tisch, a Crow Bode, who was born as male and lived as female in the turn of the century, to be important for a number of reasons including; 1. Osh-Tisch lived as they wanted without discrimination until "you know who" showed up. 2. "You know who" refers to the white oppressive man who enters a lot of Strange Country episodes. 3. It is admittedly a brief bio from Beth and Kelly but we refer you to better research and better podcasts in true #bossgirl fashion. 4. Osh-Tisch is a worthy person to know and revere. They were brave, talented, honest, and we would have wanted to be their friend- otherwise the translation of their name "Finds Them and Kills Them" would freak us out a bit.

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Queer as Fact: Podcast

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https://historycorps.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/show/indigenousstruggles1900/bote

KQED

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William Penn Patrick founded Holiday Magic Cosmetics in 1964. The defunct company is mainly known by law students learning about pyramid schemes. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about this company and its bizarre management style which could involve eating turds.

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"ABC's: the Ern Westmore Show 1953-1955." Westmores of Hollywood, https://www.westmoresofhollywood.com/ern. Accessed 2 August 2022.

"A not so magical holiday with Holiday Magic Cosmetics." The Makeup Museum, 25 February 2021, https://www.makeupmuseum.org/home/2021/02/holiday-magic-cosmetics.html. Accessed 2 August 2022.

Boudonck, Greg. "Holiday Magic MLM Company: A Review." Online MLM Community, 1 March 2016, https://onlinemlmcommunity.com/holiday-magic-mlm-company-a-review/. Accessed 2 August 2022.

Broyard, Anatole. "Books of The Times." The New York Times, 28 November 1972, https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/28/archives/thrift-shops-of-the-psyche.html. Accessed 2 August 2022.

Charlotte News, 12 Sept. 1969, p. 18. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A1126167831380960%40EANX-K12-16F5944E490337BE%402440477-16F476A912287FE0%4017-16F476A912287FE0%40. Accessed 27 July 2022.

"Exploring THE PIT." The Bedlam Files, 2022, https://thebedlamfiles.com/commentary/exploring-the-pit/. Accessed 2 August 2022.

"'Fraud of the decade': The incredible implosion of the Bay Area's biggest pyramid scheme." Governance, Risk & Compliance Monitor Worldwide (Amman, Jordan), sec. NEWS, 25 Jan. 2022. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/187BF551A1462870. Accessed 26 July 2022.

Freeman, Cameron. "Excerpt: The pit: a group encounter defiled, by Gene Church and Conrad DCarnes. (Out of Print)." Cameron Freeman, https://cameronfreeman.com/personal/confessions-cult-leader-lifestream-seminar-experience/group-encounter-defiled-gene-church-conrad-dcarnes-print/. Accessed 2 August 2022.

Langone, Michael D. "Cult Info Since 1979 - Business and the New Age Movement." International Cultic Studies Association, https://www.icsahome.com/articles/business-and-the-new-age-movement-langone. Accessed 2 August 2022.

Miami Herald, AIR EXPRESS ed., 11 June 1973, p. 13. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A114CF48AE24B9638%40EANX-K12-15FA547FEE5C2D4B%402441845-15FA538542C6CCA4%4012-15FA538542C6CCA4%40. Accessed 27 July 2022.

Rossen, Jake. "Sell-Shocked: The Pyramid Schemer Who Convinced His Targets to Climb Into Coffins." Mental Floss, 19 May 2022, https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/holiday-magic-pyramid-scheme. Accessed 2 August 2022.

San Jose Mercury News, 8 May 1969, p. 63. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A1126156B6E3010F0%40EANX-K12-18255DAB84142E73%402440350-1824A0FA44C3E55D%4062-1824A0FA44C3E55D%40. Accessed 27 July 2022.

"Welcome To The Pit: A Leadership Conference With Deadly Results." Inside Mystery, https://www.insidemystery.com/welcome-to-the-pit-a-leadership-conference-with-deadly-results. Accessed 2 August 2022.

"Who Was William Penn Patrick? The Crazy Story Of Holiday Magic." The Snapping Point, 9 February 2020, https://thesnappingpoint.com/william-penn-patrick-holiday-magic/. Accessed 2 August 2022.

It's summertime, Readers, and that means time to cautiously hit the road, head to the skies, climb aboard (that's what she said). No really. Kelly said that—be sure to laugh during the intro to today's episode. We do hope you are all catching some time to travel this summer, and we have a few tips to keep you worldly but stable. Mostly don't join a cult. You may not even know it is happening. We doubt that though since listening to us keeps you sharp enough to spot a cult miles away–or does it? In today's episode learn how Kelly innocently brings her family to yet another cult experience, this time at a Yellow Deli, a known front for the Twelve Tribes. Haven't heard of TT? Well strap in…ew…and listen up! Thanks always Dash Hounds for your listening love!

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Bradbury, Shelley. "They are Evil: Ex Twelve Tribes members describe child abuse, control inside religious cult." The Denver Post. March 3, 2022. shttps://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/03/twelve-tribes-cult-child-abuse/

Parts 1,2, 3.

Kelley, Brendan Joel. Into Darkness. SPLC INtelligence Report. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/darkness

Montell, Amanda. Cultish, the language of fanaticism. Harper Wave.HarperCollins, New York, 2022.

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https://www.yellowdeli.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/News---media-website/Women-Survivors-of-Twelve-tribes-community-Yoneq-cult-1395873067405544/

https://gazette.com/life/faith-values/from-manitou-springs-to-the-world-mate-factor-caf-part-of-global-twelve-tribes-community/article_e454eb78-a03a-11ea-b935-031c59ad04a9.html#:~:text=or%20Mennonite%20believers.-,The%20Twelve%20Tribes%2C%20an%20international%20Christian%20group%2C%20operates%20the%20Mat%C3%A9,Factor%20Caf%C3%A9%20in%20Manitou%20Springs.&text=Members%20gather%20for%20worship%20every,a%20TV%20or%20read%20papers.

In the concluding episode on Jeffrey MacDonald, Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly delve into the theory that maybe MacDonald didn't murder his wife and kids. Maybe he did, but Errol Morris outlines a case where it appears MacDonald was not given a fair shake at his criminal trial.

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Anson, Robert Sam. "The Devil and Jeffrey MacDonald." Vanity Fair, https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/07/macdonald199807. Accessed 13 July 2022.

Beyerstein, Lindsay, and James Harkin. "Wilderness of Errol." Columbia Journalism Review, 8 January 2013, https://archives.cjr.org/critical_eye/wilderness_of_errol.php. Accessed 13 July 2022.

Frankie, C. M. "Did Jeffrey MacDonald Kill His Family or Was He the Victim of Manson Copycats?" A&E, 22 September 2020, https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/jeffrey-macdonald-murder-case. Accessed 20 July 2022.

Malcolm, Janet. The journalist and the murderer. Edited by Victoria Wilson, Knopf, 1990.

McGinniss, Joe. Fatal Vision. Putnam, 1983.

Morris, Errol. A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald. Penguin Press, 2012.

Taylor, Paul. "The Return of Jeffrey MacDonald." The Washington Post, 16 January 1985, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/01/16/the-return-of-jeffrey-macdonald/7fe1287e-2bc1-4f2d-bc5c-f41a84f30a2d/. Accessed 13 July 2022.

Wagner, David, and Michael LaPointe. "Joe McGinniss Is Back to Defending Himself, This Time Against Errol Morris." The Atlantic, 14 September 2012, https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/joe-mcginniss-back-defending-himself-time-against-errol-morris/323631/. Accessed 20 July 2022.

Woolverton, Paul. "Jeffery MacDonald, 'Fatal Vision' killer, drops request to be freed." The Fayetteville Observer, 17 September 2021, https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/09/17/nc-fatal-vision-killer-jeffery-macdonald-drops-request-freed/8379040002/. Accessed 20 July 2022.

Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted in 1979 of killing his pregnant wife Colette and two young daughters Kimberly and Kristen. These murders have been the subject of documentaries, books, tv series, and most importantly, Strange Country Podcast. In today's topic, cohosts Beth and Kelly's discuss the book that set the narrative, Joe McGinness's Fatal Vision.

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Anson, Robert Sam. "The Devil and Jeffrey MacDonald." Vanity Fair, https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/07/macdonald199807. Accessed 13 July 2022.

Beyerstein, Lindsay, and James Harkin. "Wilderness of Errol." Columbia Journalism Review, 8 January 2013, https://archives.cjr.org/critical_eye/wilderness_of_errol.php. Accessed 13 July 2022.

Malcolm, Janet. The journalist and the murderer. Edited by Victoria Wilson, Knopf, 1990.

McGinniss, Joe. Fatal Vision. Putnam, 1983.

Morris, Errol. A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald. Penguin Press, 2012.

Taylor, Paul. "The Return of Jeffrey MacDonald." The Washington Post, 16 January 1985, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/01/16/the-return-of-jeffrey-macdonald/7fe1287e-2bc1-4f2d-bc5c-f41a84f30a2d/. Accessed 13 July 2022.

The mystery surrounding Natalie Wood's death continues to captivate 40 years after the fact. The answer to the question, why was Natalie Wood in the Pacific Ocean on a late, cold drizzly night, has never been sufficiently answered. Theories abound though, and Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss these theories while performing possibly the best Christopher Walken impression in history.

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Jorge Xavier Camacho, opinion contributor. (2022, June 18). Expected reversal of Miranda requires states to step up on policing. The Hill. Retrieved June 22, 2022, from https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3517724-expected-reversal-of-miranda-requires-states-to-step-up-on-policing/

Mac, R., & Yaffe-bellany, D. (2022, June 15). Inside a corporate culture war stoked by a crypto C.E.O. The New York Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/technology/kraken-crypto-culture.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Business

Margaritoff, M. (2022, April 26). Natalie Wood's death was ruled an accidental drowning - but that didn't explain the bruises. All That's Interesting. Retrieved June 22, 2022, from https://allthatsinteresting.com/natalie-wood-death

McClure, K. (2022, May 28). Will we ever know what really happened to Natalie Wood? Salon. Retrieved June 22, 2022, from https://www.salon.com/2022/05/28/robert-wagner-officially-cleared-as-suspect-in-mysterious-of-natalie-wood/

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Schulman, M. (2020, May 5). HBO's new Natalie Wood documentary doesn't have the answers. The New Yorker. Retrieved June 22, 2022, from https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-new-natalie-wood-documentary-doesnt-have-the-answers

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Wagner, N. G. (2020). Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind. HBO Max.

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Yahr, Emily. "Five takeaways from HBO's Natalie Wood film, which slams rumors that Robert Wagner was involved in her death." Washington Post, 6 May 2020. Gale OneFile: News, link-gale-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/apps/doc/A622822055/STND?u=nysl_sc_ahs&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=2114f29f. Accessed 14 June 2022.

Could we actually replicate the biomes of Earth on other planets? In September 1991, eight intrepid explorers entered Biosphere 2 in the Arizona desert to spend two years seeing if humans could sustain life in the same way biosphere 1, the Earth, does. And it wasn't so great, unless you're heavily into mites, cockroaches, Steve Bannon and pot-bellied pigs. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss this failed experiment and why it might more sense to fix this planet than try to ruin other ones.

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Spaceship Earth, directed by Matt Wolf, Neon, 2020.

Stern, E. (1996, May 30) Project had a 'secret' cult. Tucson Citizen. http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1996/05/30/113-project-had-secret-cult/

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