The Midnight Record

Throughout June, Charlotte and Rae will be covering LGBTQ+ cases and topics. In this week's episode, Rae and Charlotte discuss the current attack on the rights of transgender people and the laws surrounding those attacks. They discuss the history and what has led to the legislation affecting LGBTQ+ people across the United States. Buckle in, this one is  a bumpy ride!

SOURCES:
ThoughtCo
NPR
NPR 2
VICE
ACLU
New York Times
NBC
Freedom For All Americans
American Process
15 Trans Rights Organizations to Donate to Right Now!

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Throughout June, Charlotte and Rae will be covering LGBTQ+ cases and topics. In this week's episode,  Rae covers the 1995 horrific assault of Amanda Leach and the murder of Sylvia Lugo. The crimes committed against Amanda and Sylvia rocked their quiet Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope. This left the residents asking questions and tensions rising with the NYPD.

SOURCES:
Cold Blood- Season 5- Episode 6- Discovery+
Oxygen
Oxygen 2
NY Times
Life of Crime

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Throughout June, Charlotte and Rae will be covering LGBTQ+ cases and topics. In this week's episode, Rae and Charlotte cover the history of The Gay Panic Defense. They discuss the history of the defense around the world and the stain it has left on justice systems world wide. Strap in!

SOURCES
The Conversation
Wikipedia
American Bar
Williams Institute
LGBTQ Bar

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Throughout June, Charlotte and Rae will be covering LGBTQ+ cases and topics. In this week's episode, Charlotte covers the terrible murder of Paul Broussard. The 27-year old was  brutally murdered by nine teenagers and one adult on July 4th, 1991. His death would send a wake up call throughout Houston, Texas and start a chain of events that would eventually be called "Houston's Stonewall."

SOURCES
Wikipedia
ABC News
The Houston Chronical
Seeds of Change
Houston's Stonewall
Texas Obituary Project
Houston LGBT History
Anatomy of a Gay Murder

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In this week's episode, Rae and Charlotte discuss cyberbullying. They talk about their own experience with cyberbullying, some surprising statistics and cases that caused changes in laws surrounding cyberbullying. Strap in!

SOURCES
Stop Bullying.org
Wikipedia
Do Something
Cyberbullying.org
Very Well Minded
WTPS

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In this week's episode, Rae covers the horrific assault and murder of Brandon Teena. Though he was dead named and miss-labeled after his death, his murder led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States. Brandon's murder has shown light on the trans community and his life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry. 

SOURCES
GLAAD
Journal Star
Britannica
Biography
All That's Interesting
Village Voice
Out History
Wikipedia
Time Magazine
Trans Equality
Human Rights Campaign
GLAAD 2

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In this week's episode, Rae and Charlotte talk about the Dark Web. Though all of the Dark Web is also apart of the Deep Web, they are not one in the same. The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets: overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access. They talk about the creation of the Dark Web and share some stories of caution. Buckle up!

SOURCES
Wikipedia
Thought Catalog
Men's XP
Business Insider

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In this week's episode, Charlotte covers the tragic murder of 16 year old Skylar Neese. This case is a story of betrayal, high school mean girls and heartbreak, most of which was documented through Twitter.  However, investigators would soon find out how layered this case would actually become. Buckle up!

SOURCES
Skylar Neese Murder Website
Elle Magazine
Wikipedia
Grunge

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In this week's episode, Charlotte sits down with armchair detective, TikTok true crime icon and friend of the podcast, Patches! They chat about Patches' true crime beginnings, TikTok and I Met My Murderer Online. Come along for the ride!

I Met My Murderer Online
The Morbidly Curious Book Club
Case Craze Podcast
Patches Patreon
Patches Instagram
Patches TikTok
Patches Linktree

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In this week's episode, Rae covers the mysterious death of Brittany Murphy. Brittany was known for her iconic Hollywood roles in Clueless, 8 Mile and Uptown Girls, but died mysteriously at 32. Rae and Charlotte discuss her life, the events leading up to her death, and the strange occurrences that happened after.

SOURCES:
IMDB
Wikipedia
Bustle
YouTube
YouTube2
Autopsy Files
The Sun
ET Online
Esquire
NY Post
Wikipedia 2
CNN
CNN 2
People
Document Cloud
Biography
Vanity Fair
Huffington Post
Grantland
Business Insider

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