In this episode, Kady shares a series of stories where Reddit stepped in to help solve the case, and in one instance, even helped save a life. 

In the first story, a user named RBradbudy1920 shares on Reddit that he has been receiving mysterious post-it notes in his bedroom, but has no idea how they got there. It was only after he was considering legal action against his landlord that someone chimed in with a keen observation, one that in hindsight might have actually saved his life.

In the second story, an elderly woman named Susan Rainwater goes out for a short bike ride only to be later found unresponsive in a ditch with her wrecked bike nearby. With little evidence on the scene itself, authorities were struggling to figure out who might have done this to Susan, until some vigilant internet users banded together and brought her the justice she deserved.

In the last story, a man is found dead at the scene of a car crash in 1995, but due to the extent of his injuries, authorities had no way to identify who he was except for some scattered personal items and a ticket stub for a Grateful Dead concert. Because of this, the man - who would later be dubbed "Grateful Doe" - would remain unidentified for decades, until a small group of online sleuths dedicated their own time to this case, and eventually found his identity.

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He had forty-five aliases. He spoke five languages. And on his death certificate, under profession, someone with a twisted sense of humour wrote: apprentice salesman.

They weren't wrong.

Victor Lustig had spent decades crossing between Europe and America, swindling anyone who crossed his path. He charmed wealthy businessmen into investing in Broadway shows that didn't exist. He sold a phony currency-duplicating machine to marks who genuinely believed they'd found a device that printed money. He talked his way into boardrooms, parlours, and back rooms, and out of every trap law enforcement tried to set for him.

But nothing, prepared the world for what would do in Paris in 1925.

His inspiration came from a newspaper article about the enormous cost of maintaining the Eiffel Tower each year. So he forged government credentials, assembled five of the city's most prominent scrap metal dealers, and offered them the chance to purchase one of the most recognisable landmarks on earth. The winning bidder paid up, and before the man dared go to the police, Lustig was already gone.

But the crazy part is that he came back and did it again. This is the life of Victor Lustig. The man who sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice.

 

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In this episode, we bring back the much-loved mystery guessing game format, only this time with our beloved former policeman Vincent as well. So, why was a man found only in his underwear in the forest? Why do buses always skip this normal looking bus stop? And most importantly, can 3 bumbling idiots outwit an ex-cop in a guessing game?

 

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The neighbours had been noticing the smell for days.

It wasn't the kind of smell you could easily ignore. It was the kind that settled in the back of your throat, hinting that something at the Liu house had gone very wrong. 

When someone finally called the police, officers arrived to find the doors locked from the inside with steel bars drawn across them. No obvious way in. No obvious way out. But what was even more disturbing, were the iron grilles placed over every external window, as well as the hundreds of flies hovering just outside them. 

When a locksmith finally got the door open, the stench hit them like a wall. And somewhere inside that sealed, silent house, in a bathroom with its windows and door taped shut from the outside, they found the children.

All five of them.

 

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In this episode, Kady shares 3 stories of lesser known cases from around the world.

In the first, a mother leaves her 18 year old daughter at home to take care of her younger 5 year old brother. But when she returns, she finds that the door is locked, and faints immediately upon finally seeing the horrors within their apartment.

In the second, a couple wake up one morning to find their 4 year old daughter Paulette missing. But what's disturbing than the disappearance of a little girl was their alleged apathy around the whole case, with the mother even saying on TV that the whoever took her daughter can just leave her at a mall. This case would take an even more bizarre turn however, when Paulette would eventually be discovered inside her own bedroom.

In the final story, a lady getting out of a parking lot reverses into a young child and her mother, but doesn't even get out of her car to call for help. But what made this story even more infuriating, was that officers found and questioned her, but still let her go free.

 

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In 2003, a man named Sumanto was arrested in Purbalingga, Central Java, after the remains of a recently buried corpse was found in his home. Things would only get stranger when he admitted to stealing the corpse and even consuming parts of it as he believed that it would grant him supernatural abilities.

But fast forward to 2025 however, and the world would see him in an entirely new light, sharing inspirational messages and fitness routines in front of the camera, alongside eating his favorite food, satay. 

 

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It takes guts and bravery to admit when you're wrong and try to correct your behavior, all the more so depending on what you actually did. Which is sometimes, some people will do whatever it takes to avoid facing the consequences.

 

In this episode, Kady shares a couple of stories along these lines. In the first, a woman with a failing real estate business resorts to stealing money from her husband to keep up with her expenses. But when she is finally caught, she resorts to desperate measures instead of dealing with the fallout.

 

In the second story, an up and coming football player from Brazil has a weakness for women and ends up getting one of his mistresses pregnant. But instead of owning up and taking care of his child, he would choose to go down a much darker path. 

 

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Inside Court No. 7 of the Nagpur District Court, a man is brought in under police escort. He's been here before. And he knows that how he can get away. But today however, feels different. Because today, they come for him.

 

Hundreds of them. Women. Mothers. Daughters. Neighbours. Armed with knives, chilli powder, and thirteen years of unanswered screams. They flood through the doors of a building designed to uphold the law; and make sure that he never walked out of it.

 

So who was Bharat Kalicharan Yadav — the man they called Akku — that people were willing to kill him in broad daylight? And what does it say about justice when the only place it could be found... was in the hands of the people the system had already failed?

 

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In August of 1986, Michael Morton celebrated his birthday along with his wife, Christine, and their 3 year old son Eric. The next morning, he would leave for work at 530am, only to contacted shortly after by the local police that his wife had been discovered bludgeoned to death in their own home.

 

Given the circumstances, and the fact that he had an argument with his wife the night before, Michael was immediately made the prime suspect of the murder. Leading to his life sentence conviction in February the following year on the basis of prosecutor Ken Anderson's passionate please for a heavy punishment.

 

But this story however, doesn't follow the conventional script. And what initially seemed like a straightforward case would eventually be completely upended when a plucky lawyer named John Raley would look deeper into the case files, and uncover something deeply wrong with Michael Morton's conviction.

 

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In July of 2021, a young lady by the name of Watanabe Mai would appear on popular Japanese Youtuber Korekore's channel, and proceed to shock millions of netizens online. During the interview, she would brazenly boast about the millions of yen that she had received from various men, while also laying out her techniques and methods for doing so. This would eventually lead to her arrest several years later when another woman was reported for scamming men using Mai's methods, where she would ultimately be sentenced to prison time along with a fine. 

 

But what caught many people off guard wasn't just the fact that she was a love scammer, it was that even after scamming so many men, she was essentially broke and homeless; leaving everyone to wonder, where did all the money go?

 

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