Well, we made it to 10 whole episodes! So, since it's the holiday season we figured we'd celebrate with a gift exchange and a series of mysterious deaths. Liz went down a bit of a rabbit hole diving into 20 or so Cambodian refugees that escaped the killing fields; only to have their lives end suddenly in their sleep. We may not get to the bottom of this enigma, but we're still going to talk about it.

The topic of discussion this week is the case of a young woman named Annelise Michel. Her unfortunate death culminated over the course of several years of (what she and her family believed) demonic possession. Her passing resulted in a court case against her parents and the priests (who performed just under 70 exorcisms in the time period of 10 months). Her story inspired the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and people who hear her story still debate the validity of her possession. What do you think? Let us know!

Liz takes us on a wild ride talking about the case of The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. This Ugandan branch of Catholicism went from religion to cult real quick. This movement resulted in over 500 of its members' deaths in March of 2000.

Part 2 in our "mini series" on exorcisms. Aly covers the case of Roland Doe, and also discusses Dr. Richard Gallagher and his deep dive into the world of exorcisms during his first case with a woman named "Julia."

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In 1973 The Exorcist film was released. Since then curiosity surrounding the idea of exorcisms has risen year after year. Who decides if a person is possessed or not? Who conducts an exorcism; and how do they do it? In part one of this 3 part series Aly discusses what she learned about exorcisms in the "real" world. 

If this episode is your cup of tea, look out for part 2 next week where Aly discusses 2 documented cases of possessions/exorcisms!

Liz talks about the tragic case of Sylvia Likens. She and her younger sister were left in the care of a woman name Gertrude Saniszewski while her parents traveled for work in the 1960's. Sylvia suffered unimaginable abuse at the hands of Gertrude, her children, and other neighborhood children before her death three months later.

Viewer discretion is advised. There is mention of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.

In this episode Aly dives in to tell us the unsolved murder of the Gruber family and their maid. Will we be able to solve it in one episode?? Probably not, but tune in to find out!

PS. We apologize for the background noise. We're in a tiny apartment by a wall shared with a TV.

In this episode we talk about Travis Walton's extraterrestrial abduction in Snowflake AZ.

We dive in to asylum practices and conditions through the years. From ice pick labotomies to overcrowding; you'll be saying TSIF by the end of the episode.

In the first episode of the podcast we'll be talking about morbid curiosity. What is it? Why is it?

Theme music is called Glacial Waves by Joseph McDade.

Happy Halloween!!!