The Conspirators Podcast

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One relatively modern fear many people share, is fear of dolls. Throughout history there have been a number of children's toys that are purported to be haunted by evil spirits. In this episode I tell you about a few of these terrifying dolls, including the story of the real Annabelle, and probably the most famous haunted doll of them all, Robert. 

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Doll-David-L-Sloan/dp/0978992180/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Robert+the+doll&qid=1572035567&sr=8-2https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-the-dollhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-creepy-dolls-180955916/https://www.bustle.com/articles/180212-5-creepy-haunted-dolls-who-want-to-play-with-you-forever-and-ever-and-everhttp://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/annabelle/

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Desolation, Nightmare https://www.purple-planet.com Kevin MacLeod “Dreams Become Reality", "Long Note One", "Long Note Three", "Long Note Four", "Anxiety", "Come Play With Me", by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Back in the 1930s, North Carolina's Duke University became home to the United States' first Department of Parapsychology. This group of scientists studied all sorts of paranormal phenomena, including Ghosts, Extra Sensory Perception and even demonic possession. They were, in many ways, the very real Ghostbusters.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UFP6H6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1http://archived.parapsych.org/members/jb_rhine.htmlhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weight-of-the-soul/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2015/11/03/weight-of-the-soul/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lodge

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu 01" "Impromptu 02" "Impromptu 03" "March of the Mind" "Awkward Meeting" "Nervous" "Colorless Aura" "Measured Paces" "Snow Drop" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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For more than 150 years, a deadly black magic cult has driven fear into the hearts of the people living in Western Africa. Their members stalk the night, brutally mutilating and cannibalizing their remains for their secret rituals. The members of this cult believe they have the ability to transform themselves into the animals they worship and from which they take their name. This is the story of the Leopard Society.

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Notes:

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-this-secret-african-society-dressed-as-leopards-and-ate-humans-for-success-until-the-20th-century1

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leopard-society-garb

http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org/RitualKillings1900_1950b.htm

http://www.unexplainedstuff.com/Secret-Societies/The-Leopard-Men.html

https://www.jstor.org/stable/716184

http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-476X2009000100006

https://www.guernicamag.com/topic/africa/

Music:

Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party"

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Kevin MacLeod

 “Long Note One", "Long Note Two", "Long Note Three", "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

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There are all sorts of reasons that people have turned to cannibalism. But perhaps the most terrifying reason of all, is because some people evidently develop a taste for it. In this episode I tell you the stories of several cannibal killers throughout history.

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Notes: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7bwvvx/whos-hungry-502-v16n1https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1372752/poetic-justicehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/04/germany.lukehardinghttps://allthatsinteresting.com/armin-meiweshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/james-jameson-cannibalhttps://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/the-legend-of-liver-eating-johnson-keeps-getting-taller/article_7864cffc-afe4-5adf-8403-dbad9fe37450.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/Crow-Killer-New-Liver-Eating-Johnson/dp/0253020832https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-boonehelm/https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htmhttps://medium.com/@jashan.kaur/leonarda-cianciulli-saponificatrice-of-corregio-35eaa42206d3

Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kevin MacLeod “Heartbreaking”, “Nervous”, "Parting of the Ways, Part 2", "Meditation Impromptu_02", "Measured Paces", "Snow Drop", "Cryptic Sorrow", "Mesmerize" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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This is one of two special episodes I'm releasing this week. I recently was approached by Magnolia Pictures to preview their new documentary "Cold Case: Hammarskjold" and interview the director, Mads Brugger. In this episode, I tell the story of the mysterious death of U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. While, the bonus episode this week contains the interview with the film's director.

Notes:

https://www.coldcasehammarskjold.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/world/africa/hammarskjold-crash-mystery.html

https://www.daghammarskjold.se/

https://www.history.com/news/dag-hammarskjold-death-plane-crash

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Kai Engel, Snowfall Intro, Protecting the Sirens, Nothing (Bonus Track), Floret, Paranoia

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

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In the foothills of Chile’s Andes Mountains likes a quaint little village with a dark past. It was founded by a former Nazi who led a murderous cult that was responsible for some of the worst crimes in Chile’s history. This is the story of the Colonia Dignidad.

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Notes:

https://theamericanscholar.org/the-torture-colony/#.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/01/what-happened-in-colonia-inside-the-terrifying-nazi-cult-that-in/

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeracorrespondent/2013/11/colony-chile-dark-past-uncovered-2013114105429774517.html

Music:

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, “Parting”

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/

Dexter Britain, “The Tea Party’

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain

Kevin MacLeod

 “Long Note One”, ”Long Note Two”, ”Long Note Three”, ”Long Note Four”, “Measured Paces”, “Nervous” by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com)

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