Mark DeFriest, known as the Houdini of Florida, is an American man known for his repeated escapes from prison, having successfully done so 7 times. But WHY he was arrested in the first place is what left us scratching our heads, and how he turned an over-nighter in jail into a life sentence.
 
 
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#192 The Houdini of Florida

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On January 4, 2022, 64-year-old Sheila Fletcher and her husband, Clay Fletcher, found their 36-year-old daughter Lacey dead on their couch. Apparently, for at least 12 years, Lacey Fletcher had been neglected by her parents after becoming basically couch-ridden due to cognitive decline. Lacey had been diagnosed with social anxiety and severe autism. After this, Sheila and Clay abandoned their daughter on the couch to suffer in her own feces even allowing bugs to eat at her body. Lacey’s death gained world wide media coverage for obvious reasons.
 
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#242 The Tragic Death of Lacey Fletcher

He appeared at her church. He was “funny, romantic, the most sensitive man I’ve ever met,” Wainscott said. “The guy that every girl would want.” Soon they were dating and eating dinner at Red Lobster and watching movies. He would bring toys for her kids. “Very engaging. Down to earth. Nice fellow,” their pastor said. But when a police officer approached her with a photograph she said “That’s John" (her presumed perfect man).
Except he wasn’t. He was Jeffrey Manchester, an escaped convict who had been living for the last six months inside a nearby Toys R Us and Circuit City. But now he was on the run, and detectives needed her help!
 
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#241 The Roofman: Jeffrey Allen Manchester

In the 1970s, Roch Theriault convinced a small group of people to abandon their lives and possessions and go with him to an isolated community in rural Quebec. After attaining absolute control over his followers, Theriault dictated every part of the Ant Hill Kids' existence, including their clothing, diet, thoughts, communication… and probably most disturbingly, their medical treatments... Which were administered by Teareo himself…
The cruelness of Roch’s teachings extended even to the children of the cult. They suffered beatings, starvation, and relentless labor, while adults took the brunt of - but not ALL of - his sexual abuses.
 
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Sources:
https://morbidology.com/the-ant-hill-kids/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/ant-hill-kids
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23978/4-cults-you-might-not-know-about
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/cult-killers-prison-art-for-sale-on-u-s-website/article_3d7aca63-62fa-5d5b-8312-51929cb7f6f7.html
https://wrldrels.org/2019/02/25/holy-moses-mountain-family-2/
https://www.cultfacts.com/cults/ant-hill-kids
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/chilling-insight-doomsday-cult-members-13995059
https://www.toronto.com/news/crime/behind-the-crimes-murder-mutilation-abuse-part-of-life-at-ant-hill-kids-commune/article_70440d6e-a838-5b34-856d-b696402a10c9.html
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8025-killed-cult-leaders-sons-speak-out.html
https://revue-ndc.qc.ca/je-suis-vraiment-heureuse-maintenant/
(google translated to English)
https://www.religionnewsblog.com/20841/roch-theriault
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicDepravities/comments/y4rfvj/today_on_classic_depravities_of_the_internet_the/
https://infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/phenomene/English/HTML/doc0007.htm
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cults_Uncovered/yc68DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Gabrielle+Lavall%C3%A9e%22&pg=PT76&printsec=frontcover

#240 The Ant Hill Kids

O.J. Simpson was a former NFL football player and convicted armed robber and kidnapper known for being acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
In this second and final part of our Oj Simpson saga, we talk the trial(s), books, talk show appearances, confessions and the strange legacy left behind by OJ Simpson.
 
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Here’s my song about the juice
Orenthal James of all names
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Back in his prime he was pretty fast
Out in buffalo kicking ass
But when his hay day was done 
Oj stayed on the run
 
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He rides a bronco
Keeps a steady pace
Out on the highways 
The lawmen give chase
He’s desperate now
Gun trembling in his hand
All strung out
Spinnin' every lie he can
 
If he did it here’s what he’d do
He’d write a book and explain it all to you
How can he make you understand?
He’s not the killing kind of man
 
But now the juice has run out
What’s TMZ gonna talk about?
Whether he’s down below or up in glory
I can see him and Johnny swapping stories
 
 
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#239 The Juice: Part 2

O.J. Simpson was a former NFL football player and convicted armed robber and kidnapper known for being acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. ...duh, gah! do you even True Crime?
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https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/12/us/o-j-simpson-fast-facts/index.html
 
 
Overview:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/O-J-Simpson
 
http://www.cnn.com/US/OJ/suspect/childhood.years/index.html
 
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/o-j-simpson-through-the-years-his-life-and-controversies/
 
 
Early Life / Career highlights:
 
 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/04/11/oj-simpson-football-career-highlights/73290477007/
 
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2722754-oj-simpsons-complicated-buffalo-bills-legacy
 
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-19-sp-793-story.html
 
https://medium.com/@anne_branigin/oj-simpson-made-in-america-the-stains-that-wont-out-3e61a261ac7f
 
 
 
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https://web.archive.org/web/20130224041605/http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016472.html
 
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#192 The Houdini of Florida

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