Two Can Keep A Secret

The 70s marked a tumultuous time for the American people. We were in the middle of a heavily protested war which led President Nixon to question his chances of winning the 1974 election. Paranoid and desperate, he sanctioned a break-in of the DNC’s headquarters at the Watergate Business Complex. 
Until this point, Americans respected government officials. But after such a betrayal, conspiracies began to bubble up and people would begin to lose trust in government officials. 
Tune in to learn about a conspiracy theory that turned out to be completely true! 

Sources: 
Jigsaw
Rufus Alldredge Law Firm 
IFL Science 
Spy Scape
History
Nixon Library

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This is a story that involves conflict, chaos, and a very unique and surprising opponent for the Australian military. And later, itchy underwear comes into play when a man buys WOOL UNDERPANTS. Listen, it's a weird one this week, y'all.

Sources:
Wikipedia
Nomads World
Altas Obscura
Newspapers - Trove (1)
Newspapers - Trove (2)
Newspapers - Trove (3)
Newspapers - Trove (4)
Australian Geographic
Adelaideaz

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In October 1993  12-year-old Polly and her two closest friends were having a sleepover when a knife-wielding man broke into the home. Listen along as Pam tells you all about the kidnapping and murder that would lead to new laws allowing repeat offenders to be locked away for life.

Sources:

Fox News
LA Times
PollyKlaas.org
The KlaasKids Foundation
People v. Davis (2009)
Wikipedia
The Guardian
Grunge
Precedent - A Crime Junkie Podcast 

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Wineville… not as fun as it sounds.
When a young boy named Walter Collins went missing, his mother was desperate to find him. And she did- kind of.

This, in part, led them to the farm of Gordon Northcott and crimes so atrocious that the whole town voted to change their name.

Tune in to find out more!

Sources:
Wikipedia
All That’s Interesting (1)
All That’s Interesting (2)
Gordon Northcott: The chilling Wineville Chicken Coop Murders- Lights Out Podcast #75 — on YouTube 

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Are you about to hear a ghost story in July?! Yes, but don't worry, it's not scary! This week Pam is taking you back to 1803 when people hunted ghosts with shotguns and using the defense of "mistake" created legal confusion for 180 years before a judge would finally set the record straight.

Sources:
WorldHistory.medium,com
Old Bailey Online
Londonist.com
Blogs.Loc.gov
The Guardian
BBC News
The Independent
BritishHistory.ac.uk
Hidden London
Babel.hathitrust.org
Bailii.org

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What would cause 19 year old Austin Harrouff to attack two random strangers? Was is bath salts? Was it mental illness? Maybe he is a werewolf and there was a full moon. Who knows?! We do! So tune in to find out!

Sources:
People
TC Palm
Mr. Ballen - this frat boy did the unthinkable 

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Matthew Hoffman is one weird dude. But, you can be weird and NOT be a murderer/kidnapper... YOU can, HE can't, apparently. Listen along as Pam tells you all about this burglary attempt gone wrong that dubbed this leaf enthusiast The Leaf Killer.

Sources:
Dispatch.com
Cleveland.com
ALittleBitHuman
Murderpedia
Daily Mail
ABC News
YouTube - Interview with Sarah Maynard

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What profession should a charming, charismatic woman take on in the late 1800s? A school teacher, maybe? Nah! That’s too mundane and doesn’t pay enough. Governess? Too pedestrian! How about a con artist? Now that’s more like it!! And when that got stale, Australian native Amy Bock decided to try her hand at cross dressing. Tune in to listen to this chaotic case!

Sources:
Wikipedia
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
RNZ Black Sheep Podcast- Con Artist: The Story of Amy Bock

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**TRIGGER WARNING**
(Domestic Violence and Torture of a Minor)

This week Pam tells you about the horrific torture and murder of Kelly Anne Bates.

At the end, Pam tells Ronda all about the current  Alexee Trevizo story, so, if you are as obsessed with this case as Pam is... stick around to be annoyed.

Sources:
Murderpedia
The Daily Mail
All Things Interesting
Mirror
Manchester Evening News
Podcast - This Is Monsters

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