The Conspirators Podcast

If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as “Mr. Apology.” As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn’t just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, comes a story about empathy, deception and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six episode series. Listen today at http://wondery.fm/AL_TheConspirators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In New Mexico's Hembrillo Basin there stands a small mountain called Victorio Peak. Back in the 1930s, a man named Doc Noss claimed to have discovered a secret passage into the mountain leading to an enormous cavern. Inside that cavern, Doc Noss claimed to have discovered a treasure estimated at $2 billion dollars. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/victorio-peak-treasure/https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Victorio_Peak_Treasurehttps://unsolved.com/gallery/victorios-peak-treasure/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-16-vw-1352-story.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VBWSY7L/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/29/us/following-1937-story-of-buried-gold-family-searches-new-mexico-s-sands.htmlhttp://www.mcguiresplace.net/the%20treasure%20of%20victorio%20peak/http://culturecrossfire.com/etc/unsolved-mysteries-victorio-peak-part-2/https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjV3Ki_h4_uAhXBU80KHftfBAwQFjADegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsmr.army.mil%2FPAO%2Fvps%2FPages%2FPart2--2990--Howthegoldwasfoundhowitgotthere.aspx&usg=AOvVaw05j634pyxMMxBgiGlX92aF Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most remarkable stories to come out of World War II is that of Jan Baalsrud. He was a Norwegian saboteur who found himself wounded, barefoot and on the run from German soldiers swarming the country looking for him. Listen as I tell you what happened on the man's harrowing journey. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Conspirators merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/magazine/the-fugitive.htmlhttps://nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/jan-balsrud-is-the-man-that-never-gave-up/https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/the-wwii-survival-story-of-jan-baalsrud/https://www.amazon.com/We-Die-Alone-David-Howarth/dp/B000JCBCXShttps://www.amazon.com/12th-Man-WWII-Escape-Endurance/dp/151071863X/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_2/145-4535570-7808019?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=151071863X&pd_rd_r=0bed382e-5e94-40ec-bc03-5c39c4ca45f6&pd_rd_w=cjAGI&pd_rd_wg=fa63O&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB&psc=1&refRID=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout its long history, the Catholic Church has anointed countless saints. And with all those many, many saints there also come many strange stories. Some of the strangest tales have occurred long after these saints were dead. Listen as I tell you some tales of miracles, of murder, of intrigue and of mysteries that remain unsolved to this day. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merch Store: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/10/28/blessed-carlo-acutis-first-millennial-saint-catholic-church-children-canonizationhttps://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Thomas-Becket/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2MDYCW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/becket_thomas.shtmlhttps://blog.britishmuseum.org/thomas-becket-the-murder-that-shook-the-middle-ages/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs-284882/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/12/131219-santa-claus-origin-history-christmas-facts-st-nicholas/https://www.history.com/news/who-was-st-nicholas Music: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license We Wish you a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4612-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 1980s were a dangerous time to be a child in Ohio. Throughout the decade, several young girls were abducted, raped and murdered in seemingly connected crimes. Although one man, Robert Buell, would be convicted and sentenced to death for one of these crimes, some investigators believe Buell had an accomplice who was never caught. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast?fan_landing=true Merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Serial-Killers-Apprentice-James-Renner-ebook/dp/B007BXNHTU http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/buell801.htm https://www.indeonline.com/article/20100313/NEWS/303139992 https://www.cleveland19.com/story/947368/with-eyes-closed-convicted-killer-is-executed/ https://www.toledoblade.com/news/state/2002/09/26/Killer-claims-secret-before-his-execution/stories/200209260049 Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Scottish lowlands there stands an ancient castle that some historians claims holds a terrible secret. Although Glamis Castle has more than its fair share of ghost stories attached to it, there's an even darker rumor that a flesh and blood creature once lived inside the castle's walls. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2540030/Mysterious-room-hidden-ruins-Medieval-Scottish-castle-opened-time-500-years.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-monster-of-glamis-92015626/ https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/200-year-old-mystery-monster-glamis-603388 https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/dark-secret-behind-hidden-room-glamis-castle-006821 http://www.normanconnections.com/en/norman-sites/important-norman-buildings/the-white-tower/ https://mikedashhistory.com/2012/02/11/the-monster-of-glamis-2/ https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/nostalgia/1319138/from-the-human-toad-to-the-tongueless-woman-glamis-castle-hides-some-dark-secrets/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the late 1600s, King Louis XIV's kingdom was rocked by a deadly scandal that threatened to destroy his monarchy. There was a rash of poisonings going on throughout France, often perpetrated by the king's fellow noblemen who were murdering one another in order to speed up their inheritances or to knock off their rivals. It's a story that includes murder, political intrigue, black magic, sex, Satanism and conspiracies. It's a story that has gone down in history to be known as The Affair of the Poisons. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H0UT5DQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/scandal-conspiracy-and-the-affair-of-the-poisons-inside-the-court-of-louis-xiv/https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/https://www.historytoday.com/archive/madame-de-montespan-and-affair-poisonshttps://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/catherine-monvoisin-affair-poisons/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone! Halloween is my favorite time of year. So as a special treat, no tricks, I wanted to share with you two extra spooky mini stories which have never appeared on this show before. Enjoy, and Happy Halloween! Notes: http://weekinweird.com/2016/01/31/silver-bullets-in-talbot-county-the-strange-grave-of-emily-isabella-burt-georgias-real-life-werewolf/ http://georgiamysteries.blogspot.com/2009/10/legend-of-georgia-werewolf-girl.html https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/dekes-ghost-flight https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/terrifying-tales-spooky-happenings-from-the-haunted-skies.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Uintah Basin in Northeast Utah has long held a reputation for strange occurrences. Within that area is a 480-acre ranch that has gained a reputation for a laundry list of practically every paranormal occurrence imaginable. UFOs, poltergeist activity, strange cryptids and much, much more have been witnessed there. In recent years, the ranch has gained a terrifying nickname, Skinwalker Ranch. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YCPXPI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.history.com/news/skinwalker-ranch-paranormal-ufos-mutilation https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7qb54/inside-skinwalker-ranch-a-paranormal-hotbed-of-ufo-research Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voodoo is a religious practice that grew up in Haiti after the Spanish imported tens of thousands of African slaves to the island, bringing their beliefs and religion with them. One of the core beliefs in the religion is that some powerful voodoo practitioners have the ability to resurrect the dead, bringing them back to life in a form Hollywood has made well known to all of us. In this episode I tell you all about the secret history of zombies. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696&utm_campaign=13696&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=The%2BConspirators%2BPodcast Notes: https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/people-politics/papa-doc-duvalier-the-voodoo-president-who-killed-kennedy/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876967,00.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/how-america-erased-the-tragic-history-of-the-zombie/412264/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043RSJ5O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HD7I7IE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Australia Day in 1966, three young children, Jane, Arnna and Grant Beaumont, went to Glenelg Beach in Adelaide and never returned. The disappearance of the Beaumont children has proven to be one of the most enduring and widely investigated mysteries in Australian history. And to this day, the children have never been found. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Searching-Beaumont-Children-Australias-Unsolved/dp/174031106X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=searching+for+the+Beaumont+children&qid=1601121100&s=books&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/The-Satin-Man/dp/1742573088/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=the+satin+man&qid=1601121077&s=books&sr=1-2 https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/asia/australia-beaumont-children-intl/index.html https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/beaumont-children-search-police-begin-digging-at-new-castalloy-factory-north-plympton-in-latest-search-for-missing-children/news-story/91981ecc0dbde57d5251e228580248b8 https://www.smh.com.au/national/mother-of-missing-beaumont-children-dies-aged-92-20190919-p52svt.html Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of Bluebeard, the wealthy man how murdered his wives, has become so lasting it's actually become a recognized term in true crime lore. In this episode I tell you about two such Bluebeard killers, Henri Landru, one of the most infamous French serial killers in history, and Joe Ball, who legend has it murdered his girlfriends and fed them to his pet alligators. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696&utm_campaign=13696&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=The%2BConspirators%2BPodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QCPGCKF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/12/28/the-breton-bluebeard/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/henri-landru https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/two-barmaids-five-alligators-and-the-butcher-of-elmendorf/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Four by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3991-long-note-four License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a tiny atoll of the western coast of Mexico called Clipperton Island. Back in 1917, a group of women and children had to fight for survival, against a monster who held them in terror. Check out our new merchandise store! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696&utm_campaign=13696&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=The%2BConspirators%2BPodcast Notes: https://clippertonislandstory.com https://themazatlanpost.com/2019/03/22/the-tragic-history-of-clipperton-the-last-territory-lost-by-mexico/ https://www.damninteresting.com/the-tyrant-clipperton-island/ https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-age-of-scurvy https://mikedashhistory.com/2011/02/13/an-abandoned-lifeboat-at-worlds-end/ Music: Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2012, an 18-year-old woman named Samantha Koenig mysteriously disappeared in Anchorage, Alaska. Her case would lead police to arrest a man named Israel Keyes, who may just be one of the most terrifying serial killers you've never heard of. Episode Sponsor: Raycon Get 15% of your first order by visiting buyraycon.com/tc Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201401/jack-the-ripper-identifiedhttps://www.biography.com/crime-figure/israel-keyeshttps://www.aetv.com/real-crime/israel-keyes-serial-killer-fbihttps://www.thoughtco.com/profile-of-serial-killer-israel-keyes-973103https://www.amazon.com/American-Predator-Meticulous-Serial-Century-ebook/dp/B07L2GMT7J Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two of our special two-part episode about the U.S. Government's psychic spy program, we talk about what happened after the military took over the project that would eventually come to be known as Project Stargate. Episode Sponsor: Buttercloth Get 20% off your first order at www.buttercloth.com/tc Notes: https://slate.com/technology/2017/03/did-the-cia-really-astrally-project-to-mars-in-1984.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001200340009-4.pdfhttps://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001900760001-9.pdfhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I1AIUQ6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Stare-Goats-ebook/dp/B00570B6TM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+men+who+stare+at+goats&qid=1596302088&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For 23 years, the United States Government secretly ran a research program into using alleged psychics for intelligence gathering purposes. What's truly bizarre about the program, is the final report by the government might prove psychic abilities are real. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I1AIUQ6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R003300210001-2.pdf https://fas.org/irp/program/collect/stargate.htm https://www.cnet.com/news/cia-releases-psychic-experiment-documents-online-stargate-project-stranger-things/ Episode Sponsor: Raycon Get 15% off your first order http://www.buyraycon.com/tc Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com All other music: https://www.storyblocks.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1973, John Paul Getty III, the grandson of J. Paul Getty, the world's richest man, was kidnapped in Rome. What happened next was one of the most bizarre and twisty kidnap stories in history. My special guest for this episode is Moxie LaBouche of the "Your Brain on Facts" podcast. http://yourbrainonfacts.com/ Notes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/07/11/the-tragedy-of-the-gettys-billions-affairs-severed-ears-drug-overdoses-and-oil/#3430c6b2353a https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/07/11/the-tragedy-of-the-gettys-billions-affairs-severed-ears-drug-overdoses-and-oil/#3430c6b2353a https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/world/europe/08gettyobit.html https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/john-paul-getty-iii-the-true-story-behind-trust-203954/ https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a9173861/john-paul-getty-kidnapping/ https://www.bustle.com/p/heres-what-happened-to-john-paul-getty-iii-after-his-kidnapping-8531739 https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/life-j-paul-getty-richest-man-history-world/ https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/George-Weyerhaeuser-kidnap-Tacoma-PNW-84-years-ago-13893614.php http://www.nostalgiamagazine.net/2019/01/29/the-george-weyerhaeuser-kidnapping-of-1935/ Music: Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Normally I release new episodes every Monday, but I'm releasing this special episode early in honor of Juneteenth. In this episode I discuss one of the ugliest racist incidents in American history, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. It started with allegations of a black man assaulting a white woman. That led to an angry mob of white Tulsa residents burning the prosperous black neighborhood of Greenwood to the ground. Notes: https://www.tulsaworld.com/tulsa-race-massacre-what-happened-to-sarah-page-and-dick-rowland-following-the-massacre/article_67810913-0f34-58da-af38-f6a9ff8ea5e0.html https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/trumps-visit-tulsa-spurs-renewed-call-1921-racial-massacre-reparations https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/tulsa-race-massacre https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DK40HR4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Music: Meditation Impromptu 01 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Meditation Impromptu 02 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ March of the Mind by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4020-march-of-the-mind License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Kai Engel, "November", "December", "January", "February", "March", "April" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Support Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/contact/ https://naacp.org/take-action/ https://bailproject.org https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's February 2nd 1922, and all of Hollywood is about to wake up and learn that William Desmond Taylor, the most famous film director in town, was murdered in his home last night. The investigation will shine a light on some of Hollywood's most scandalous affairs, backroom deals, and underground drug dens. This real life Murder Mystery is one of the most iconic "whodunnit" cases of the 20th century that will leave you guessing and second guessing who killed William Desmond Taylor for weeks to come. Listen today at wondery.fm/conspiratorsMiH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story. Truth vs Hollywood premieres 6/12. Subscribe to Truth vs Hollywood on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truth-vs-hollywood/id1510582080 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most terrifying stories to come out of the Bible, is that of the Antichrist, the evil opposite number of Jesus who is said to be planning on bringing about Armageddon. Back during the mid-19th century, a woman named Rhoda Wakeman gathered a group of religious followers who together claimed to have murdered the Antichrist. Then after that, another one of Rhoda's followers killed again and again in her name. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Omen-Movie-Curse-42514085 https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/creepy-strange-tales-cursed-movies/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/antichrist/white.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/primary/adsoletter.html https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXUAS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Up-Serpents-American-Messiahs-ebook/dp/B0876FF39D/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=taking+up+serpents&qid=1591450309&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long note One by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Long Note Four by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3991-long-note-four License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On January 15, 1947, a gruesome discovery was made in a vacant lot in south Los Angeles. It was the nude body of a young woman, severed into two pieces at the waist. She would soon be identified as Elizabeth Short, but in what has gone down as one of the most famous unsolved murders in L.A. history, she will forever be known as The Black Dahlia. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: http://blackdahlia.web.unc.eduhttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahliahttps://www.amazon.com/Black-Dahlia-Red-Rose-Corruption/dp/1631492268/ref=nodl_ Music: Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Kai Engel, "December", "January", "February", March" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many cultures across the globe and throughout history believe that the human soul, doesn't ascend to some higher plain of being, but actually becomes reborn in a new human body. In this episode I tell you some of the history of reincarnation, and of some of the more chilling cases in which an individual has claimed to have live before. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Search-Omm-Sety-Jonathan-Cott/dp/0446390402https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Sety_Omm.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/books/she-had-her-life-to-live-over.htmlhttps://history.denverlibrary.org/news/bridey-murphy-saga-yesterdays-news-vol-vhttps://medium.com/@DeepakChopra/is-reincarnation-actually-real-3c0521376a41https://people.howstuffworks.com/reincarnation.htmhttps://www.historicmysteries.com/pollock-twins/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note One" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion, "Soul Breaker" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When photography was first invented back in the 19th century, it launched a number of people to find new ways to innovate and expand the craft. One photographer in particular who did something unique, was William Mumler. He was an amateur chemist, engraver and portrait photographer, who promised to give his customers something they couldn't get anywhere else--a photo of themselves with the ghost of a dead loved one. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I4FPNG8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/https://www.history.com/news/spirit-photography-civil-war-william-mumlerhttp://www.duhaime.org/LawFun/LawArticle-1291/James-Kidds-Will-A-Photograph-of-the-Soul-Leaving-the-Human-at-Death.aspxhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photographer-who-claimed-to-capture-abraham-lincoln-ghosthttps://occult-world.com/james-kidd/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3", "Mesmerize", "March of the Mind" , "Relaxing Piano Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On December 4, 1872, the British Brigantine The Dei Gratia found another ship floating abandoned in the ocean. The entire crew had mysteriously vanished, leaving untouched meals on the table, and no clear sign where they could have gone. The name of that ship was the Mary Celeste. Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-true-story-of-the-mary-celeste/0/130102https://www.americanheritage.com/mystery-mary-celestehttps://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/blogs/article/5-theories-what-happened-mary-celeste/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3","Colorless Aura", "Cryptic Sorrow", "Despair and Triumph", "Mesmerize", "Touching Moments" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I tell you the story of long-forgotten serial killer Lizzie Halliday. During the late 19th century, she became well-known for murdering several of her husbands, among others. There were even those who claimed she might have been the most famous serial killer of all, Jack the Ripper. Notes: https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2014/08/a-short-history-of-serial-killer-lizzie-brown-halliday/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/the-horrifying-story-of-the-worst-woman-in-the-worldhttp://www.murderbygaslight.com/2014/12/the-worst-woman-on-earth.html Music: Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Soul Breaker" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode I tell you the story of the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918, a pandemic unlike any other in human history. You'll hear what's known and still unknown about this mysterious epidemic, and I try to make sense of it all, and draw parallels with the strange situation we find ourselves living in today. Notes: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-myths-about-1918-flu-pandemic-180967810/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079LB96CJ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Despair and Triumph", "Heartbreaking" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Kai Engel, "September", "October", "November", https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Silent Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life's Little Mysteries is the newest Audioboom original podcast and co-production with Live Science. This podcast is for everyone and anyone who loves science and wants to know more about everything around us. Join hosts Mindy Weisberger and Jeanna Bryner of Live Science every Monday as they give you the low-down on all things big and small that truly make you wonder. Life's Little Mysteries has new episodes every Monday. Subscribe to Life's Little Mysteries on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lifes-little-mysteries/id1496044775. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For many of us, it may be difficult to recall a time when every consumable product didn't have a product safety seal on it. But those tamper proof packages all stem from a very real series of unsolved murders in Chicago in 1982. Back then, someone laced several bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol with Potassium Cyanide and distributed them in stores throughout Chicago. As a result, seven people died, and the murderer was never caught. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/TYLENOL-MAFIA-Marketing-Johnson-Revised-ebook/dp/B005P81BO6 https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/tylenol-murders-still-unsolved-after-34-years https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/tylenol-murders-poisonings-cyanide-chicago-1982 https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+tylenol+murders&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/fda-official-testify-agency-knew-johnson-johnson-recall/story?id=11765649 Music: Kai Engel, Mist & Clouds, Difference, December, January, February, November, Pacific Garbage Patch, Oneiri, Snowfall Intro, Rejecting the Sirens https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the early part of the 20th century, radium was being promoted as a miracle cure for what ailed you. But a group of young women working in a New Jersey factory learned the deadly consequences of being exposed to the radioactive element. The story that followed is both tragic and horrifying. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Radium-Girls-Story-Americas-Shining/dp/149264935X/ref=nodl_ https://www.amazon.com/Poisoners-Handbook-Murder-Forensic-Medicine/dp/014311882X/ref=nodl_ https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3", "Touching Moments One", "Parting of the Ways Part Two", "With the Sea", "Despair and Triumph", "Mesmerize" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some stories you come across are so tragic and outrageous, it's difficult to believe they could really happen in modern society. On July 9, 1982, a French-born 14 year old girl living in Germany named Kalinka Bamberski died under mysterious circumstances. This would lead her father Andre to spend the next three decades on a tireless quest to uncover the truth, and to bring the man who raped and murdered his daughter to justice. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-kalinka-affairhttps://morbidology.com/the-man-who-abducted-his-daughters-killer-andre-bamberski/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27902154https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/24/thirty-year-search-justicehttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/world/europe/for-3-decades-french-father-pursued-justice-for-his-daughter.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8412049/German-doctor-Dieter-Krombach-retried-for-murder-of-Kalinka-Bamberski.html Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Cryptic Sorrow", "Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Coldnoise, "Weakness", "Malaika", "Remember Piano" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "Parting", "Cry About Me", "No More Words" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to win the lottery? Throughout history, there have been a handful of people who managed to beat the lottery and become rich, not by random luck, but by cheating, or by outsmarting the people behind the game. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotteryhttps://thehustle.co/the-local-tv-star-who-rigged-the-lottery/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/03/magazine/money-issue-iowa-lottery-fraud-mystery.htmlhttps://thehustle.co/the-man-who-won-the-lottery-14-timeshttps://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/this-couple-found-a-math-error-in-lottery-made-27-million-playing-over-over-for-55-weeks.htmlhttps://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No 2", "Impromptu No 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return", "Parting", "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", "Again Alone" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in 1880, a tiny island off the coast of Chile became the site of one of the last witch trials in South America. The defendants who were rounded up told a horrific tale of black magic, extortion and murder. And if we are to believe the whole story, they may also have created something unspeakable in a remote hidden cave. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches-20138093/https://www.wired.com/2007/01/khipu/http://thatbackpacker.com/2018/03/05/chiloe-travel-guide/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/chile/chiloehttps://www.fodors.com/news/arts-culture/wizards-are-terrifyingly-present-on-chiloe-islandhttps://www.npr.org/2008/06/26/91931716/myth-and-magic-infuse-chilean-islandhttps://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/chiles-mysterious-island-of-warlocks/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", "Only", "Emotional Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there have been numerous cases where people have mysteriously burst into flames for no apparent reason, leaving behind little more than piles of ash, and many questions. In this episode we discuss the history of spontaneous human combustion, and talk about the many theories why this may or may not occur. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.history.com/news/is-spontaneous-human-combustion-realhttps://www.livescience.com/42080-spontaneous-human-combustion.htmlhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8200790/spontaneous-human-combustion-real-burns-incendiary-bomb-scientist-claims/https://allthatsinteresting.com/spontaneous-human-combustionhttps://www.amazon.com/Ablaze-Larry-Arnold/dp/0871317893https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/spontaneous_human_nonsense/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kai Engel, "Mist and Clouds", "Morbid Imagnation", "December", "January", February", "March", "April" "Difference", "May", "Rejecting the Sirens", "Moonlight Reprise" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2014, a family purchased their dream home in an upscale New Jersey neighborhood. What they didn't know was the home secretly came with a nightmare--a mysterious individual who called himself "The Watcher". This person claimed to know their every move, to know the names of their children, and to have left something terrible inside the walls of their dream house. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://people.com/archive/harassed-by-an-unknown-author-of-vicious-rhymes-ruth-finley-confronts-the-stranger-within-herself-vol-30-no-10/https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article231411383.htmlhttps://www.thecut.com/2018/11/the-haunting-of-657-boulevard-in-westfield-new-jersey.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/nyregion/the-watcher-house-sold-new-jersey.htmlhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-jersey-home-stalked-by-the-watcher-sells-after-years-of-torment/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Long Note One", "Anxiety", "Despair and Triumph" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "You Promise", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope", https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Kai Engel, "Mist and Clouds", "Morbid Imagnation" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, the United States was plagued by hundreds of grisly murders, all committed with the same terrifying weapon, an ax. Between 1911 and 1912, a string of ax murders occurred in western Louisiana and eastern Texas that police came to believe were the work of a most unlikely serial killer--an 18 year old girl, who some believe may have been the leader of a deadly voodoo cult, dedicated to committing blood sacrifice with the ax. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502014/voodoo-murders-clementine-barnabet-who-claimed-have-killed-35-peoplehttps://www.amazon.com/Dark-Bayou-Infamous-Louisiana-Homicides/dp/1476662959https://www.amazon.com/Man-Train-Solving-Century-Old-Mystery/dp/B071NYFW6K/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+man+on+the+train&qid=1574518836&s=books&sr=1-1https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-justice-story-ax-woman-20190609-qf5yebikjvhj7bok5odmnzoboq-story.html Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Peace of Mind", "Impromptu No. 3" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Kai Engel, "November", "December", "January", "February", "Snowfall Intro", "Rejecting the Sirens", "Difference" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The planet Mars has fascinated human beings for centuries. Ever since our ancestors first peered up at our closest planetary neighbor, we've wondered, is anyone up there looking back at us? In this episode I tell you about the history of our belief in life on Mars, and delve into many of the most popular conspiracy theories that have arisen as a result. Episode Sponsor: Mack Weldon https://mackweldon.com/ Get 20% off your first order by using promo code: conspirators Notes: https://www.history.com/news/life-on-mars-human-search-for-alienshttps://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=percival+lowell+boston+globe&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241797346/75-years-ago-war-of-the-worlds-started-a-panic-or-did-ithttps://www.space.com/37366-mars-slave-colony-alex-jones.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Hoaglandhttps://www.livescience.com/63048-proof-of-mars-life-accidentally-burned.htmlhttp://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/alternative3 Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu No 1", "Impromptu No. 2", "Impromptu No. 3" "Relaxing Piano Music" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is Halloween, my favorite holiday of them all. So in honor of the occasion, I'm releasing this bonus mini episode to all my listeners. You've probably heard the urban legends about sinister adults poisoning trick or treaters with tainted candy. This is the real story. Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201510/the-men-who-murdered-halloween https://historythings.com/halloween-twisted-history-ronald-obryan/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/health/halloween-candy-panic-conversation-wellness/index.html Music: Kevin MacLeod “Heartbreaking", "Measured Paces", "Cryptic Sorrow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audioboom presents: What Makes a Killer. Listen to new episodes of What Makes a Killer for a look into the life and crimes of the world’s most infamous serial killers. Featuring interviews with family members, forensic experts, law enforcement, and witnesses. What Makes a Killer premieres 10/31. Subscribe to What Makes a Killer on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-makes-a-killer/id1483611909 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One relatively modern fear many people share, is fear of dolls. Throughout history there have been a number of children's toys that are purported to be haunted by evil spirits. In this episode I tell you about a few of these terrifying dolls, including the story of the real Annabelle, and probably the most famous haunted doll of them all, Robert. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Doll-David-L-Sloan/dp/0978992180/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Robert+the+doll&qid=1572035567&sr=8-2https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-the-dollhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-creepy-dolls-180955916/https://www.bustle.com/articles/180212-5-creepy-haunted-dolls-who-want-to-play-with-you-forever-and-ever-and-everhttp://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/annabelle/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Desolation, Nightmare https://www.purple-planet.com Kevin MacLeod “Dreams Become Reality", "Long Note One", "Long Note Three", "Long Note Four", "Anxiety", "Come Play With Me", by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Wondery's new series Bad Batch, host Laura Beil (Dr. Death) investigates the multi-billion dollar underregulated industry of stem cell therapy where greed and desperation collide. When a group of patients wind up in a Texas hospital in critical condition, the trail leads back to one stem cell company and its charismatic CEO. What happens when a supposed miracle cure leaves you worse off than before? Listen to Bad Batch at wondery.fm/BBConspirators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in the 1930s, North Carolina's Duke University became home to the United States' first Department of Parapsychology. This group of scientists studied all sorts of paranormal phenomena, including Ghosts, Extra Sensory Perception and even demonic possession. They were, in many ways, the very real Ghostbusters. Episode Sponsor: Mack Weldon For 20% off your first order, visit mackweldon.com AND ENTER PROMO CODE: CONSPIRATORS Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UFP6H6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1http://archived.parapsych.org/members/jb_rhine.htmlhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/weight-of-the-soul/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2015/11/03/weight-of-the-soul/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lodge Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kevin MacLeod “Impromptu 01" "Impromptu 02" "Impromptu 03" "March of the Mind" "Awkward Meeting" "Nervous" "Colorless Aura" "Measured Paces" "Snow Drop" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For most of his life, Jeffrey Epstein was a mystery-- who he was, how he made his money, and how he got away with horrific crimes for so many years. The Mysterious Mr. Epstein explores how Epstein was able to use his wealth to buy status and credibility, to buy power, and ultimately to buy himself freedom from justice. From the network that brought you Dirty John. Listen now at Wondery.fm/conspirators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more than 150 years, a deadly black magic cult has driven fear into the hearts of the people living in Western Africa. Their members stalk the night, brutally mutilating and cannibalizing their remains for their secret rituals. The members of this cult believe they have the ability to transform themselves into the animals they worship and from which they take their name. This is the story of the Leopard Society. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-this-secret-african-society-dressed-as-leopards-and-ate-humans-for-success-until-the-20th-century1 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leopard-society-garb http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org/RitualKillings1900_1950b.htm http://www.unexplainedstuff.com/Secret-Societies/The-Leopard-Men.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/716184 http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-476X2009000100006 https://www.guernicamag.com/topic/africa/ Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kevin MacLeod “Long Note One", "Long Note Two", "Long Note Three", "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are all sorts of reasons that people have turned to cannibalism. But perhaps the most terrifying reason of all, is because some people evidently develop a taste for it. In this episode I tell you the stories of several cannibal killers throughout history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7bwvvx/whos-hungry-502-v16n1https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1372752/poetic-justicehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/04/germany.lukehardinghttps://allthatsinteresting.com/armin-meiweshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/james-jameson-cannibalhttps://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/the-legend-of-liver-eating-johnson-keeps-getting-taller/article_7864cffc-afe4-5adf-8403-dbad9fe37450.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/Crow-Killer-New-Liver-Eating-Johnson/dp/0253020832https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-boonehelm/https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htmhttps://medium.com/@jashan.kaur/leonarda-cianciulli-saponificatrice-of-corregio-35eaa42206d3 Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kevin MacLeod “Heartbreaking”, “Nervous”, "Parting of the Ways, Part 2", "Meditation Impromptu_02", "Measured Paces", "Snow Drop", "Cryptic Sorrow", "Mesmerize" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a special bonus for listeners I'm releasing two episodes this week. I recently was approached by Magnolia Pictures to preview their new documentary "Cold Case: Hammarskjold" and interview the director, Mads Brugger. This special bonus episode contains the interview with the film's director Mads Brugger. Be sure to check out my full-length regular episode as well in which I go into detail about the death of U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. Notes: https://www.coldcasehammarskjold.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is one of two special episodes I'm releasing this week. I recently was approached by Magnolia Pictures to preview their new documentary "Cold Case: Hammarskjold" and interview the director, Mads Brugger. In this episode, I tell the story of the mysterious death of U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. While, the bonus episode this week contains the interview with the film's director. Notes: https://www.coldcasehammarskjold.com https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/world/africa/hammarskjold-crash-mystery.html https://www.daghammarskjold.se/ https://www.history.com/news/dag-hammarskjold-death-plane-crash Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, Snowfall Intro, Protecting the Sirens, Nothing (Bonus Track), Floret, Paranoia http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the foothills of Chile’s Andes Mountains likes a quaint little village with a dark past. It was founded by a former Nazi who led a murderous cult that was responsible for some of the worst crimes in Chile’s history. This is the story of the Colonia Dignidad. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/ Notes: https://theamericanscholar.org/the-torture-colony/#. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/01/what-happened-in-colonia-inside-the-terrifying-nazi-cult-that-in/ https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeracorrespondent/2013/11/colony-chile-dark-past-uncovered-2013114105429774517.html Music: Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, “Parting” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/ Dexter Britain, “The Tea Party’ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain Kevin MacLeod “Long Note One”, ”Long Note Two”, ”Long Note Three”, ”Long Note Four”, “Measured Paces”, “Nervous” by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lighthouses have been around in one shape or another for thousands of years. Over the centuries, several lighthouses have been the locations of many great tragedies and great mysteries. Listen as I tell you about some of these tragedies, of the ghosts that allegedly haunt some of these lighthouses, and of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history. Episode Sponsor: https://www.shudder.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts Notes: https://thehaegtesse.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/the-smalls-lighthouse-incident/ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbw9x3/three-men-vanished-from-a-scottish-island-120-years-ago-and-people-are-still-looking http://weekinweird.com/2017/01/10/seguin-island/ https://www.nelights.com/blog/ghost-at-penfield-reef-lighthouse-still-rescues-mariners/ Music: Kevin MacLeod “Parting of the Ways, Part 2”, “Long Note One”, ”Long Note Two”, ”Long Note Three”, ”Long Note Four”, by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Kai Engel, Mist and Clouds http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The idea that some crimes are punishable by death is something that appears in legal systems dating back at least as far as the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. But the death penalty isn’t always fair, and often times throughout history, tragic and horrible mistakes have been made. Listen to the stories of some executions gone wrong, of two men who apparently couldn’t be hanged, and what happens when an innocent man is put to death. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/ Notes: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hammurabi https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/history-of-the-death-penalty/early-history-of-the-death-penalty https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2018/08/botched-executions/ https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/5-most-terrifying-botched-executions-in-modern-history http://friendsofjoearridy.com Music: Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, “Parting”, “No More Words” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Dexter Britain, “The Tea Party” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party Kevin MacLeod “Luminous Rain”, “Lost Time”, “Serene”, “Sad Trio”, “Heartbreaking”, “Sovereign”, “Relaxig Piano”, “Parting of the Ways, Part 2”, by Kevin MacLeod(https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices