The Conspirators Podcast

In this episode I tell you about the lives, and deaths of two of the most famous artists who ever lived. Canada’s Tom Thomson and Vincent Van Gogh have a lot in common. They both started painting late in life, they both struggled financially while they were alive, and there’s evidence that both men may have been murdered. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/thomson/home/indexen.html https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-break-in-the-mysterious-case-of-tom-thomson-canadas-van-gogh/article1214427/ https://www.amazon.com/Many-Deaths-Tom-Thomson-Separating/dp/1459731964/ref=nodl_ https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/12/vincent-van-gogh-murder-mystery https://www.amazon.com/Van-Gogh-Life-Steven-Naifeh/dp/0375758976/ref=nodl_ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, Far From Home PON VII, Pacific Garbage Patch, January, Oecumene Sleeps, November, October, September https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Kevin MacLeod “Smoother Move”, “Danse Morialta”, "Meditation Impromptu 03", ”Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone” 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

We all know the story of the sinking of the Titanic, but the early 20th century also saw several other equally tragic maritime disasters that are almost forgotten to history. In this episode I tell you the stories of the capsized S.S. Eastland, and of the tragic fire that swept through the cruise ship the Morro Castle. The story of the Morro Castle is especially disturbing because much of the evidence points to the fire being deliberately set by one man. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/history/what-happenedhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/ss-eastland-disasterhttps://mashable.com/2016/11/19/morro-castle-disaster/https://weirdnj.com/stories/mystery-history/morro-castle/https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-morro-castle-shipwreck/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1926, two of the most famous women in the world vanished, then just as mysteriously reappeared. These are the stories of Agatha Christie and Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. What do they have in common? And what secret did each of them hold that led to their vanishing? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/agatha-christie-disappearance-mystery-facts-poirot-miss-marple-detective/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/08/mystery-agatha-christies-disappearance-solved-author-suggests/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Curious-Disappearance-of-Agatha-Christie/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/sister/ https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/denominationalfounders/aimee-semple-mcpherson.html https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/13/aimee-semple-mcpherson/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kia Engel, July, September, Mist and Clouds, Fading Rays Waltz, March, May http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02" , "Meditation Impromptu 03", ”Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Episode Sponsor: American Hysteria Subscribe to American Hysteria on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year 1952 was an eventful one for the city of London. Not only was it the year a deadly smog settled over the city, killing thousands of people. But that was also the year one of the city's most notorious serial killers was stalking women. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9ZVAM0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/londons-1952-killer-fog-cause-revealed/ https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/christie-john.htm Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Impromptu 01", "Impromptu 02" , "Impromptu 03", "Impromptu in Blue", "Unease", "Nervous", "Reawakening", "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

Through meticulously crafted storytelling and sound design, Murder Minute delivers a unique and immersive listening experience for the die-hard true-crime fan. Plus - Each episode of Murder Minute includes exciting news updates in addition to a full true-crime story distilled into a bite-size package just for you. Subscribe by clicking the link below, on Himalaya, or wherever you listen to podcasts. https://link.chtbl.com/murderminute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Teleportation is a concept that has been around a long time. All the way from the Bible up to the modern day, stories exist of people who mysteriously vanished and reappeared far away. Hear the story of an unusual Spanish nun who managed to perform missionary work half a world away, of a prison inmate who could walk through walls, and of a college student whose disappearance has to be heard to be believed. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.desertusa.com/desert-people/lady-in-blue.html https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/12/more-strange-cases-of-spontaneous-human-teleportation/ https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/01/truly-mysterious-cases-of-spontaneous-human-teleportation/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/gil-perez-and-his-spontaneous-teleportation/ https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/02/mysterious-cases-of-people-who-teleported-out-of-prison/ https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-steven-kubacki-and-his-odd-reappearance-15-months-later Music: Dreams Become Real Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, When the Lights Came On, Fading Ray's Waltz, Twinkling Stars Won't Answer Me, Interlude: In Anxious Shadows, A Note is My Gift, I Am Climbing on Air, Smiles Throughout the Sky, Irsen's Tale, Laceration http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For my 100th episode, I take a step back and return to a subject I talked a bit about in my very first episode. This is the story of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear energy activist who in 1974 died in a single car accident on a lonely stretch of Oklahoma highway. But was it an accident? Or was Karen murdered to keep her quiet about what she knew? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/ Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Karen-Silkwood-Kerr-McGee-Plutonium-ebook/dp/B00M7JBQSM/ref=sr11?keywords=karen+silkwood&qid=1556448419&s=gateway&sr=8-1 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/karen-silkwood-the-case-of-the-activists-death-52287/ http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947011,00.html http://www.delphiniumbooks.com/the-death-of-karen-silkwood/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ All other music by Kai Engel. December, January, February, Morbid Imagination, Mist and Clouds, Snowfall Intro, Curtains Are Always Drawn, Pacific Garbage Patch, Cobweb Morning http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1931, a young woman named Thalia Massie claimed to police that a group of native islanders from Hawaii brutally kidnapped and assaulted her. The fallout from her claims would spark off decades of racial tensions between the natives and the white ruling class in Hawaii. What followed was a sordid tale of sex, racism, revenge and murder. It's a story that threatened to destroy all of tranquil Hawaiian society. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Honor-Killing-Clarence-Darrows-Spectacular-ebook/dp/B001OLROX0/ref=sr14?keywords=the+honor+killing+book&qid=1555174107&s=gateway&sr=8-4 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/island-murder-five-men-accused-assaulting-thalia-massie/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/hawaiis-scandalous-thalia-massie-trial-a7921741.html Music: Kevin MacLeod, Dreams Become Real Dreams Become Real Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/ Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this second part of this special two-part episode, we discuss Marilyn Monroe's last days, along with many of the conspiracy theories that have sprung up following the superstar's death. Was she the victim of suicide? Or was she murdered to cover up what she knew? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts Notes: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000404360011-4.pdf https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/7-Conspiracy-Theories-About-Marilyn-Monroe-s-11189934.php https://allthatsinteresting.com/inga-arvad https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Marilyn-Monroe/dp/0062206494/ref=sr11?keywords=the+last+days+of+Marilyn+monroe&qid=1552826074&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ All other music from this episode by Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1962, one of Hollywood's biggest stars died tragically. Officially, Marilyn Monroe's cause of death was listed as an apparent suicide. But ever since then, questions have been raised by investigators looking into the case. Was Marilyn Monroe really murdered? And was her death to cover up one of the biggest political scandals in history? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts Notes: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00552R000404360011-4.pdf https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/7-Conspiracy-Theories-About-Marilyn-Monroe-s-11189934.php https://allthatsinteresting.com/inga-arvad https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Marilyn-Monroe/dp/0062206494/ref=sr11?keywords=the+last+days+of+Marilyn+monroe&qid=1552826074&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Music: Kevin Macleod, Impromptu 1 and 2 https://incompetech.com/music/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://incompetech.com/music/ Kai Engel, Fading Ray's Waltz, November, September, Irsen's Tale, Nothing Lasts Forever, Twinkling Stars Last Forever, I Am Climbing on Air http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2007, a man living in the tiny Czech Republic town of Kurim set up a video baby monitor in his infant son's room. But what he saw on the monitor was something altogether different. Something horrible. This would be the beginning of one of the strangest and most disturbing stories you've ever heard. Warning: this episode contains graphic descriptions of child abuse https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/child-abuse-case-exposes-czech-sect-1.1209298 https://www.amazon.com/Kuřim-Case-Terrifying-Story-Cannibalism-ebook/dp/B01HS95ZEQ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/DexterBritain/CreativeCommonsVolume2/TheTeaParty Kai Engel, Morbid Imagination, Rejecting the Sirens http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Myuu, Lights Out https://soundcloud.com/myuu Coldnoise, Demise and Downfall, Weakness, Tale for Mind http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mummies have been found all over the world for centuries. It turns out there's a lot more to mummies than you've seen in monster movies. Hear the stories of the strange journey of an old west outlaw, the tragic death of a B-Movie queen, the mummified remains of a little girl who won't rest, and many more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/mummies https://allthatsinteresting.com/elmer-mccurdy https://listverse.com/2013/10/12/10-mummies-with-mysterious-stories-to-tell/ https://the-line-up.com/sarah-jane-harvey-mummy-in-cupboard Music: Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between 1966 to 1967, strange things were happening in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. People throughout the region began reporting sightings of all sorts of paranormal phenomena, including a large, winged creature which would become legendary around the world. The Mothman. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.ranker.com/list/true-mothman-stories/lyra-radford https://www.mothmanmuseum.com https://www.prairieghosts.com/moth.html Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, Moonlight Reprise, The Burden of Empathy, Oneiri, Laceration, Pacific Garbage Patch, Rejecting the Sirens, Floret, Difference http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1944, police made a gruesome discovery inside a Paris townhouse, a mass collection of dismembered body parts being burned in a furnace. This would lead them to a massive manhunt for a vicious serial killer named Marcel Petiot, who operated freely during the World War II Nazi occupation. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8JPJU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://allthatsinteresting.com/marcel-petiot https://www.ahctv.com/tv-shows/wartime-crime/videos/marcel-petiot-was-destined-to-be-a-psychopath Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, Mist and Clouds http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Lee Rosevere, First Light, At the Edges of Sleep http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/ Blear Moon,Cold Summer Landscape http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In February, 1994, a 34-year-old cancer patient named Gloria Ramirez was rushed into the Riverside General emergency room having difficulty breathing. Soon after, more than a dozen nurses, doctors and patients began passing out from toxic fumes that allegedly came from the woman's body. But what really caused this bizarre incident? Can science explain it? Or was it all part of a deeper conspiracy that people tried desperately to cover up? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4291 http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/analysisofatoxic493 https://littlespyeye.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/the-toxic-lady-gloria-ramirez/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special Christmas episode, I present eight short holiday themed tales. Listen as I tell you the strange story of an astronaut's UFO encounter, the tragic tale of a Christmas card that was never sent, of bizarre Christmas traditions from around the world, and many more. Notes: http://mentalfloss.com/article/54184/8-legendary-monsters-christmas https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/12/frightening-holiday-hauntings-tied-to-christmas/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/iceland-elves https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/jfk-christmas-card-was-never-sent-180948006/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ All other music from this episode by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most tragic and disturbing stories from American history has to be that of the Donner Party. But the story of the ill-fated journey by the group of settlers is one that has been twisted and exaggerated over time. In this episode I tell you the story of what really happened, and try to dispel some of the myths. Sponsor: Sudio Headphones https://www.sudio.com/us/ Use coupon code CONSPIRATOR at checkout to receive 15% off your order. You'll also receive free shipping and if you order before Christmas your package will come in a complementary gift box. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Land-Under-Heaven-Manifest/dp/0871407698/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1544294436&sr=8-1&keywords=Michael+wallis https://www.amazon.com/Indifferent-Stars-Above-Harrowing-Donner/dp/0061348112/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1544294473&sr=8-1&keywords=the+indifferent+stars+above Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, December, January, February, Snowfall Intro, Blizzard, Snowmen, Floret, Morbid Imagination, Curtains are always drawn, Mist and Clouds http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1892, one of the most infamous murders ever occurred in American history in Fall River, Massachusetts. Someone brutally murdered Andrew and Abby Borden with a hatchet. To this day most everyone believes it was their daughter Lizzie Borden who did it. But did she? Hear the true story behind the gruesome children's rhyme. Sponsor: Sudio Headphones https://www.sudio.com/us/ Use coupon code CONSPIRATOR at checkout to receive 15% off your order. You'll also receive free shipping and if you order before Christmas your package will come in a complementary gift box. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Borden-Murders-Lizzie-Trial-Century/dp/0553498088/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1543196110&sr=8-1&keywords=Lizzie+Borden+book https://www.lizzieandrewborden.com https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/lizzie-borden-why-a-19th-century-axe-murder-still-fascinates-us-250467/ https://newengland.com/today/travel/massachusetts/lizzie-borden-house/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/81765/how-lizzie-borden-spent-her-life-after-being-acquitted Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, Silence, Mist and Clouds, Oneiri, The Burden of Empathy, Difference http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Coldnoise, Remember http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, Only, Silent Park Inside Your Soul, Parting, Again Alone, Hope http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I tell you the strange history of the drug LSD, from it's origins involving a deadly fungus that may have caused a bizarre dancing plague in 1518, all the way up until the CIA began experimenting with it in their top secret program known as Project MK-Ultra. Did the CIA really murder one of its own scientists? And how does the man's death tie into a bizarre outbreak of mass hallucinations in a tiny French village. Notes: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/was-scientist-frank-olsons-death-an-lsd-induced-suicide-or-cia-cover-up/ https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/errol-morris-wormwood-netflix-interview https://www.bbc.com/news/world-10996838 http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518 Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Chris Zabriskie, I Need to Start Writing Things Down, John Stockton Slow Drag, There's Probably No Time, Undercover Vampire Policeman, I Am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I tell you about the history of Satanism. Hear about Anton LaVey and the origins of the Church of Satan, and how it relates to the notorious death of a famous starlet, as well as a brutal murder in rural Georgia. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.livescience.com/56341-where-did-satan-come-from.html https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-devil http://time.com/3973573/satanism-american-history/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/corpsewood-manor-murders Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, Mist and Clouds, Curtains Are Always Drawn, Take a Look Around You, Mist and Clouds, Floret, July, Moonlight Reprise, Far From Home Pon VII, Rejecting the Sirens http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ghosts and the law don't seem like two things that go together. But throughout history there have been several instances where the two intersect. In this episode we tell you about several ghosts that solved their own murders, about the only legally haunted house in the United States and the time when testimony from a ghost was used in court. Notes: https://www.lifedeathprizes.com/spooky-stuff/the-story-of-the-hammersmith-ghost-murder-hunt-64344 https://www.prairieghosts.com/shue.html https://the-line-up.com/the-red-barn-murder-1827 https://www.lifedeathprizes.com/real-life-crime/allan-showery-murdered-teresita-basa-68416 Music: Coldnoise, "Remember", "Weakness" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/ Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Naoya Sakamata, "The Intent of Revenge" https://soundcloud.com/naoya-sakamata Kai Engel, "Difference", "Better Way", "January", "February", "Curtains Are Always Drawn", "Oecumene Sleeps" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, spiritualism was all the rage across America. People across the country regularly visited so-called psychic mediums to communicate with ghosts. But in 1874, an ardent skeptic of the paranormal heard about a pair of brothers from Vermont, who claimed to be able to conjure the spirits of the dead on their rural farm. What happened next would change that skeptic's life forever. https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/spiritualism/history/history.shtml https://www.prairieghosts.com/eddy.html https://www.the-voicebox.com/eddybrothersthe.htm Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Myuu, Hopeless, Outsider, Shelter, Identity Crisis, Keep Going, Lost World https://soundcloud.com/myuu Naoya Sakamata, Incident https://soundcloud.com/naoya-sakamata Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I tell you about the lives of two men, John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot Abraham Lincoln, and Boston Corbett, the man who shot Booth. Or did he? Stories persist over the years that the man Boston Corbett shot was not really John Wilkes Booth, and that Booth lived on for decades after. Notes: https://www.history.com/news/the-john-wilkes-booth-mummy-that-toured-america https://www.annmarieackermann.com/mysterious-fate-boston-corbett/ https://theamericanscholar.org/the-man-who-shot-the-man-who-shot-lincoln/ did john wilkes booth survive Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Chris Zabriskie, Undercover Vampire Policeman http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/ Kevin MacLeod, Impromptu I-III http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/ Coldnoise, Fragments, Chance to Noice http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, Silent Park Inside Your Soul, Only http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1979, a four person Cessna crashed on the frozen peak of a California mountain. One of those people on board was a remarkable 11 year old boy named Norman Ollestad, Jr., and he would be pushed to the limits as he attempted to climb down the mountain alone. Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BD2UQ6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/21/archives/boy-survives-air-crash-and-trek-in-snow-huddled-under-wing-he-never.html Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, March, Floret, Difference, January, Far From Home, Laceration, Heart and Mind, Rejecting the Sirens, Nothing http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hypnotism is a controversial subject that has been around in one form or another since the time of the ancient Egyptians. Under hypnosis, a person becomes susceptible to suggestion. But just how far can you compel a person under hypnosis to go? For centuries, hypnosis has been tied to a number of murders and suspicious deaths. In this episode, we'll discuss some of these incidents, including one that may involve one of the most famous assassinations in American history. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts Notes: http://johnmongiovi.com/blog/2014/10/22/a-history-of-hypnosis-from-ancient-temples-to-modern-psychology https://listverse.com/2015/10/16/10-deadly-cases-of-hypnosis/ https://www.ranker.com/list/hypnosis-crimes/lee-emjay https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/12/north-port-florida-students-death-hypnosis https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201207/look-my-eyes-and-kill-your-husband https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/06/04/the-assassination-of-bobby-kennedy-was-sirhan-sirhan-hypnotized-to-be-the-fall-guy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8eced32fa327 Music: Chris Zabriskie, Stories of the World That Once Was http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel, December, January, February, March, Summer Days, Floret, Difference, Curtains Are Always Drawn http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Countess Elizabeth Bathory is considered by many historians to be the most prolific female serial killer in history. Stories persist of the vicious torture and brutal murder of hundreds of young girls in 16th century Hungary. But was she really guilty, or was she the victim of a conspiracy of wealthy and powerful people out to get her? Notes: http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/vampire-origin.html https://www.medicalbag.com/grey-matter/the-legend-of-elizabeth-bathory-the-blood-countess/article/472831/ https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/elisabeth-bathory https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Killers-Deadly-Throughout-History-ebook/dp/B01N9SANW5/ref=sr111?ie=UTF8&qid=1533407915&sr=8-11&keywords=female+serial+killers+book Music: Chris Zabriskie, Land on the Golden Gate http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/ Coldnoise, Life of Butterflies, Weakness http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/ Kai Engel, Snowfall Intro, Morbid Imagination, December, January, Oneiri http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the 18th century there lived a mysterious man known as The Count of Saint Germain. He was a master musician, artist, linguist and alchemist...and some people say he was immortal. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts Notes: https://www.historicmysteries.com/saint-germain/ http://findingcountstgermain.blogspot.com/p/timeline.html https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-strange-mystery-of-saint-germain-the-immortal-count https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/vampire-new-orleans-mysterious-case-jacque-and-comte-de-st-germain-009019 Music: Chris Zabriskie, There's Probably No Time http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, Soul Breaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In July, 1954, a young Ohio woman named Marilyn Sheppard was brutally murdered in her home. Her husband Dr. Sam Sheppard was tried and convicted for her murder, but did he do it? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Man-Verdict-Sheppard-Murder/dp/0679457194/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1530985153&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wrong+man+James+neff&dpID=41mkoY1NXPL&preST=SY291BO1,204,203,200QL40&dpSrc=srch https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/05/us/dna-test-absolves-sam-sheppard-of-murder-lawyer-says.html Music: Kai Engel, In the End Everyone Dies, Deserted City, Difference, Silence, Curtains are Always Drawn, Celestial Plains, Heart and Mind http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party Alex Mason, Against Ghost http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1957, an odd, soft-spoken man named Ed Gein shocked the nation. What they discovered on his remote farm in rural Wisconsin was the stuff of nightmares, and would go on to inspire many modern horror movies, including Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs. But the true story of Ed Gein, is so much worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For just as long as people were being put on trial for being witches, what is much less known is that people were also being tried and convicted of being werewolves. Hear the stories of these trials, as well as the gruesome tales of some very real murders people believed were caused by werewolves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For centuries, there have been people who have believed that the earth is a hollow ball. These stories include practically everything strange and unusual you can imagine, UFOs, Giants, Atlantis, Bigfoot, Nazis, and government conspiracies. This episode features a special guest appearance by Nathan Lloyd of the Historical Blindness podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stories of people who believe they could predict the future have been around for nearly as long as recorded history. Hear the stories of noted prophets, such as the Oracle of Delphi, Nostradamus and the men who may have predicted the sinking of the Titanic and the death of an American pop idol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To some people, the Winchester Mystery House is the most haunted house in the world. Was it fear of ghosts that drove Sarah Winchester to build this bizarre sprawling mansion, or was there something else? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1932, Charles Lindbergh's infant son was kidnapped and murdered. To this day there are some people who believe that the man who was convicted of the crime, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, may not have been guilty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been said that there's a fine line between genius and madness. In 1937, a gifted but mentally disturbed sculptor named Robert Irwin shocked New York City by committing a series of horrific murders. This led to one of the largest manhunts in New York history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1991, police found the body of 41 year old journalist named Danny Casolaro in a West Virginia hotel room with his wrists slashed. Although investigators were quick to write the man's death off as a suicide, it turns out he was investigating an alleged criminal and covert intelligence organization he called The Octopus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The national parks system is sometimes called the greatest idea in the history of America. But there's a dark side to the parks as well. For hundreds of years, people have mysteriously disappeared in the national parks, something that former police officer David Paulides has catalogued in his Missing 411 books. In this episode we discuss some of the creepiest stories, and the legends and history behind those stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alcatraz. It's the most infamous prison in American history, and it will forever be tied to the most famous prison escape in history as well. In this episode we tell you the complete history of the Rock, from it's early days as a Civil War era military prison, all the way up to the famous 1962 escape by Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers. Did they drown in San Francisco Bay? Or did they escape until this very day? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the darker aspects of some religions, is ritual human sacrifice. Mexico is one of those countries that is steeped in tradition, but some of those traditions are drenched in blood. Hear the stories of the Aztec empire, which was centered around human sacrifice. And hear about some modern tales of human sacrifice, including a 20th century self-proclaimed high priestess who began her own religious cult, and demanded human blood in return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are thousands of islands scattered across the globe, and many of those islands contain dark and terrifying stories of their own. In this episode we tell you some of these stories, including the tale of an island tomb where the coffins seem to move around on their own, of an island off the coast of Australia that was the location of one of the worst mass murders in history, and of a tiny island near Italy that some people claim is the most haunted place on earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood caught on long ago that one of the ideal settings for a horror movie is the isolated cabin in the woods. But in real life, many murders have occurred in such cabins far away from prying eyes. Here are two such stories, the tale of a group of fur trappers who met their brutal end, and the story of a single mother of five who left a terrible situation, only to end up in a nightmare beyond imagination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a special holiday minisode for all my listeners. It's the true story of the remarkable event that occurred on Christmas 1914, along the western front of World War I. Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxsfyrd Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/DexterBritain/CreativeCommonsVolume2/TheTeaParty Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion, Only, Hope, I Will Not Return http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/ Naoya Sakamata, Comeback https://soundcloud.com/naoya-sakamata Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1873, three women were trapped on a tiny island of the coast of Maine with a vicious axe murderer, in a true story that seems like something straight out of a horror movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

England's official laws regarding the prosecution of witches date back to the 1600s. Those laws would be responsible for the persecution and deaths of at least 4,000 people in the Middle Ages. Those very same laws would also remain on the books until well into the 20th century. In 1944, a psychic medium named Helen Duncan would gain notoriety by becoming the last woman to be tried under England's witchcraft laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The city of Florence, Italy is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. It's also the birthplace of a terrifying serial killer who helped inspire the fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter. The story of the Monster of Florence is a terrifying and twisting tale that went on for more than two decades, destroying countless lives and unearthing dark secrets that many people would rather keep buried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a special Halloween treat, here's a special bonus mini episode, featuring myself and a special guest, my son, Nate Hale, Jr., another entirely fictional identity. In this episode we tell you the stories of several haunted ships throughout history, including the tale of a ship during the Revolutionary War that had a higher body count than every battle of the war combined. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most major religions around the world have some concept of demons and hell. The history of exorcism is both tragic and terrifying. In this episode we tell the true story that inspired the book and film of The Exorcist, as well as several other accounts of alleged demonic possession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conclusion of our three-part series on Charles Manson and the Manson Family, we discuss the events surrounding the Tate-LaBianca murders, as well as the subsequent arrest and trial of the murderers. We also discuss several other unsolved murders that may have been committed by the Manson Family. #manson #mansonfamily #charlesmanson #murder #helterskelter #scary #murder #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #history #historypodcast #hippies #the60s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the second part in a special three-part series on Charles Manson and the Manson Family murders. In part one we discussed Charles Manson's upbringing. In this episode we discuss the group of devout followers Manson gathered together leading up to the massacre he directed them to go out and do. #charles Manson, #manson, #manson family, #horror #helter skelter #murder #history #history podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history there have been certain crimes that have shaped a generation. This is the first in a special three-part series on the life and crimes of Charles Manson. The brutal murders committed by his followers under his direction changed the 1960s forever. #manson #Charlesmanson #mansonfamily #horror #scary #murder #truecrime #murders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices