Will Continue To Monitor

In the 1980s, 117 Cambodian refugees in the United States woke up startled and screaming out in their sleep and then died. Though this phenomenon has many names in Southeast Asia, in the US it is known as Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS).

In this episode, we focus on this condition in this refugee population after being driven from their homes from genocide. We examine the common thoeries behind SUNDS at the time and why so many refugees became terrifed to go to sleep. We also look at some medicl hypothesis into the pathology of SUNDS and the current hypothesis scientists have after 100 years of studying SUNDS.

SUNDS in the US also spawned a multi-million dollar, very well known movie franchise. FInd out which one at the end of the show.

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** Trigger Warning - In this episode, we discuss incestous relationships and graphic descriptions of murders of children. **

On March 31, 1922, The Gruber family was killed on their farm in Bavarian Germany. The farm was called Hinterkaifeck. Those murdered include Andreas and his wife Cazilla, their widowed daughter Viktoria and her small children Cazilla and Josef and also their maid Maria who started work that very day.

The bodies were found on April 4 after a search party went looking for them. It also appeared that whomever killed the Gruber family lived in the home and cared for the livestock during that time.

Join us as we go over the background of the Gruber family, the facts of the crime, and then break down the suspects in this unsolved murder mystery... with a twist ending.

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**Trigger Warning - In this episode, we discuss cannibalism and sexual fetishes/perversions. Listener discretion is advised **

In June 1981, in France, Issei Sagawa fulfills his desire that he's held for 32 years, the desire to consume human flesh. In doing so, he murders fellow student Renee Hartevelt. Through a series of legal loopholes transcending several countries, this man remains free today.

Join Ben, Tom, and Special guest Tina from Good Nurse Bad Nurse as they lay out the facts of the grusome crime, the legal loopholes, and their own thoughts on this episode of Will Continue to Monitor.

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In December 1948 on Somerton Beach, Austrailia, an unidentified man was found dead on a beach. He had no identification and tags were removed from his clothing. In his fob pocket, was a torn page of a book (rare 12th century Persian poetry) with the words "Tamam Shud" on it. Translated it means "It is finished" or "It is done". A code was written in the back of the book, that has still not been broken and the man has still not been identified.

Join Tom & Ben as they present the facts and speculate on the Somerton Man or the Tamam Shud case on this episode of Will Continue To Monitor.

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Welcome to Will Continue to Monitor, the podcast that focuses on mysteries, condrums, and oddities in the world and tries to provide explanation through speculation.

Your hosts for this voyage through the macabre are Ben and Tom. Both are board certified nurse practitioners. Along with they share a wide variety of experience including emergency room, intensive care unit, trauma director, stroke program director, emergency preparedness, correctional medicine, law enforcement, and forensics.

In the summer of 1996, Canadian Blair Adams quit his job, closed his bank accounts, and tried desperately to get into the United States for fear that someone was trying to kill him. After several failed attempts, he finally succeed in getting into the United States where he embarked on a head scratching journey. He travelled from Vancouver to Seattle by car, then Seattle to DC by plane, and then from DC to Knoxville by car. It is not know if Knoxville was his final destination or not but he was found July 11, 1996 murdered in the parking lot of an under construction hotel in Knoxville, TN. He was found with his pants off, shirt ripped open, shoe under his head, and with several thousand dollars of money spread around him. To this day, his murder remains unsolved. On this episode, we discuss his trip, his murder, and our speculation as to what happened.

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If Grigori Rasputin's life made his famous or infamous, his death would cement him as a legend. Rasputin was known as the healer that would not die. This replay episode from JSP is part 2 and focuses more on the circumstances surrounding his death.

On December 30, 1916, other members of the royal family conspired to murder Rasputin. Legend says that he was poisoned, shot, beaten, left for dead, then wrapped in a carpet and thrown in a river. Multiple autopsy report multiple ways that he died including surviving all that and then drowning in the cold river after almost removing himself from the wrapped carpet.

We finish this episode explaining myths related to his sexual prowess and try to answer the question what happened to Rasputin's penis after he died?

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Grigori Rasputin was born in 1869 in Siberia. During his life, he became known as a healer and then a religious zealot travelling all over Russia performing his work. His legend grew as large as the tales of his wild sexual escapades. Once he became the healer and advisor for the tsar and imperial family many people plotted against Rasputin. Was he a healer or lucky? Did he participate in weird sexual ceremonies? How many children did he have?

This replay from Just Some Podcast is a 2 part episode and this portion focuses on the life and times of Rasputin. This provides information about his childhood through his rise to being an influencer for the Russian tsar and family.

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On February 19, 1994, Gloria Ramirez presented to a ER in Riverside, California for heart palpitations and had late stages of cervical cancer. Upon drawing her blood, multiple healthcare workers became ill, passed out, or had effects after being exposed to her blood. Ultimately, the hospital evacuated the ER and 23 members of the healthcare team became ill and several were admitted to the hospital for complications. Sadly, shortly after arrival Ms. Ramirez was not responding to treatment and life saving measures were unsuccessfully attempted. Because of the vast number of ill from exposure to her blood, she became known as the "Toxic Lady" by the media.

Was it an odd chemical reaction in a perfect storm or was it just mass hysteria as ruled by the Department of Health and Human Services? We delve into these and many other questions on this replay of a medical mysteries episode of Just Some Podcast.

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On January 27, 1959 eight well trained hikers started an expedition in the Ural mountains in Russia. After not returning back to civilization when expected, search and rescue teams located their badly damaged tent on February 25, 1959 and then located the bodies of four of the hikers in various stages of undress and odd injuries several hundred meters from the tent. Over the next few months, the remaining hikers bodies were located as well. These hikers also had odd unexplained injuries including a few of them being radioactive.

Join Tom & Ben in this replay of the Medical Mystery show on Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners. This episode was the launching pad for Will Continue to Monitor.

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