This week, Liz and Dakota look back at one of Canada's first serial killers. Also known as the Lambeth Poisoner, Dr. Thomas Neil Cream.

Episode Notes

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/05/29/when-canadas-jack-the-ripper-serial-killer-struck-in-ontario.html

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/politics-law/the-evil-deeds-of-dr-cream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Neill_Cream

http://www.deanjobb.com/the-murderous-doctor-cream

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1931/9/15/the-crimes-of-dr-cream

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-human-equation/201207/psychological-profile-poisoner

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This week, Liz and Dakota look at an unsolved murder from Canada's history, one that has be likened to the Whitechapel Murders of Jack the Ripper.

Episode Notes

https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/agnes-bings-1899-murder-victoria-jack-the-ripper

https://www.timescolonist.com/archive/historical-police-records-give-glimpse-into-victorias-seamier-side-4607816

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This week, Liz and Dakota look at one of the most horrific factory catastrophes in America's Industrialized History. Posing the question, what's capitalism got to do with it, Liz and Dakota try to understand how this event came to be.

Episode Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/14/1064221013/labor-practices-of-a-kentucky-candle-factory-come-under-scrutiny-after-tornado-d

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.6285391/kentucky-worker-who-survived-tornado-says-candle-factory-should-have-been-closed-1.6285393

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This week, Liz and Dakota take a journey down fashion lane, stopping to look at a few famous fads from the past.

Episode Notes

https://www.thecollector.com/marie-antoinette-controversial-fashion-queen/

https://sewguide.com/evolution-of-history-of-fashion/

https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion-by-the-decade

https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/fashion-history-evolution-fashion-designing/

https://www.theawl.com/2017/10/the-sexy-gross-story-of-puce/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_(clothing)#:~:text=Ruffs%20served%20as%20changeable%20pieces,symbol%20of%20wealth%20and%20status.

https://www.businessinsider.com/mad-hatter-hatmakers-mercury-poisoning-alice-wonderland-2017-6#:~:text=The%20expression%20%22mad%20as%20a,them%20to%20behave%20so%20strangely.

https://www.racked.com/2017/3/17/14914840/green-dye-history-death

https://www.vogue.fr/fashion/article/vogue-encyclopaedia-the-history-of-denim-jeans

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/heels-history-men#:~:text=The%20origin%20of%20high%2Dheels,appear%20taller%20and%20more%20formidable.

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In the 1950's, the CIA was deep into using drugs like LSD to see if they could brainwash communist spies. Sound like something out of a badly written spy novel? Unfortunately, it isn't. This week, Liz and Dakota look into the secret history of the American Government's experiments into brainwashing.

Episode Notes

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/class-action-lawsuit-families-montreal-brainwashing-mk-ultra-1.6371416

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cardinal-mindszenty-of-hungary-sentenced#:~:text=Cardinal%20J%C3%B3zsef%20Mindszenty%2C%20the%20highest,perversions%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Clynchings.%E2%80%9D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midnight_Climax

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mkultra

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/15/cia-fort-detrick-stephen-kinzer-228109/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

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THIS EPISODE IS EXTREMLY GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING. LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED.

In 2001, the German courts were faced with a troubling predicament: how to charge someone with a consensual crime that didn't exist. In today's episode, Liz and Dakota look at the disturbing story of Armin Meiwes and Bernd Brandes.

Episode Notes

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cannibal-s-victim-was-obsessed-with-sexual-mutilation-73321.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/04/germany.lukeharding#:~:text=The%20girlfriend%2C%20Bettina%20L%2C%20told,desire%20for%20self%2Ddestruction%22.

https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/meiwes-armin.htm

https://www.murderminute.com/story/the-rotenburg-cannibal

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-cannibal-armin-meiwes/jen-jeffers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes

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In a follow up to last week's episode, Liz and Dakota take a look at the research behind why diets don't work.

This episode relied heavily on Alexis Conason's book Anti-Diet Revolution. Please take a read.

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Have you ever tried, unsuccessfully, to lose weight? Well you’re not alone. In this week’s episode, Liz and Dakota look back at some of history’s strangest diets. And learn how long diets have actually been around.

Episode Notes

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16351761#:~:text=At%20Cambridge%20University%2C%20his%20horror,pounds%20and%20measured%20himself%20obsessively.

https://skyterrawellness.com/history-of-dieting/#:~:text=The%20world's%20first%20liquid%20 diet,all%20he%20 consumed%20was%20alcohol.

https://listverse.com/2016/09/22/10-incredibly-gross-stories-about-beloved-saints/

https://www.livestrong.com/article/13764583-diet-statistics/

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We’re back for a late wicked Wednesday, and here to talk about what some people call the most gruesome deaths in history: The Byford Dolphin Incident. This accident occurred far out in the North Sea on an deep sea oil rig, and ended in tragedy.

Episode Notes

https://talkmurder.com/byford-dolphin-accident/

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+deep+sea+oi&rlz=1C1GCEB_enCA850CA850&oq=how+do+deep+sea+oi&aqs=chrome..0i512j69i57j0i512j0i22i30l7.5445j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://hankeringforhistory.com/history-of-sealab-i/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP01rZDQaB4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/byford-dolphin-accident-how-living-under-intense-pressure-led-to-one-of-the-most-gruesome-accidents-in-history/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-U5wJafhg

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With this month’s discovery of the long lost ship, Endurance, Liz and Dakota were inspired to look at the amazing journey of Ernest Shackelton and his hardy crew as they braved the ice fields of the Weddell Sea and attempted to cross Antarctica.  

Episode Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_(1912_ship)

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60662541

https://www.history.com/news/shackleton-endurance-survival

http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/story-behind-shackleton-endurance-shipwreck/index.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/partner-content-the-quest-to-find-the-sunken-ship

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