Cults, Killers, and Cocktails
True crimeA deep dive into the world of cults and serial killers, with a splash of cocktails
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- Synanon, the not so helpful self help group and The Wannabe Viking (00:46:00)
Jenn covers Synanon a self help group known for the game and Vanessa covers Anthony Kirkland Jenn's sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanon, https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/synanon-cult/, https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/playing-the-game/, http://www.paulmorantz.com/cult/the-history-of-synanon-and-charles-dederich/ Vanessa's Sources: Prime Crime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV8Th38ocRU Law and Crime Network: Jennifer Schuster and Jesse Weber Talk Athony Kirkland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7lLhKTNcNA https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/1312551/Esme-Louise-Kenney https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183115620/mary-jo-newton https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/anthony-kirkland-jurors-to-hear-rest-of-killer-s-police-interview https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/as-kirkland-resentencing-begins-brother-of-first-victim-wants-her-to-be-remembered https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/07/26/homicide-detective-keith-witherell-got-serial-killer-anthony-kirkland-confess/840722002/ https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2019/7/28/anthony-kirkland-a-serial-killer-in-ohio
- The Godfather You Don't Want to Meet Part 3 and The Literal Smartest Person on This Planet (00:54:07)
Jenn covers Matamorous cult part 3 and Vanessa covers the Kara Robinson case, Richard Marc Evonitz. Jenn's Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolfo-constanzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYzNaOvs3d0 https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolfo-constanzo Vanessa's sources: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ne5gk https://www.nbc.com/escaping-captivity-the-kara-robinson-story/video/escaping-captivity-the-kara-robinson-story/6000004404 http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Evonitz,%20Richard%20Marc%20-%202005.pdf https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2002/07/15/friend-suspected-killer-not-a-monster/30489553007/
- The Godfather You Don't Want to Meet Part 2 and The Murder Game (00:48:04)
Jenn covers part two of Adolfo Constanzo and Vanessa covers Cathy Wood and Gwendolyn Graham. Jenn's sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolfo-constanzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYzNaOvs3d0 https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolfo-constanzo Vanessa's sources:https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6zsqq6 https://people.com/crime/female-serial-killer-who-murdered-patients-with-alzheimers-dementia-released-after-nearly-30-years/ ,Murderpedia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHZcMOxl-Wo
- The Godfather You Don't Want to Meet Part 1 and American Toxicity (00:55:44)
Jen covers part one of Matamoros cult and Vanessa covers the Kandahar Massacre. Jenn's sources: https://medium.com/uhvalentischool/crossfit-a-cult-or-a-community-4ab6537ce14b https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Adolfo_de_Jes%C3%BAs_Constanzo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_(religion) https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/constanzo-adolfo.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolfo-constanzo Vanessa's sources:Sources: Silent Night: the Kandahar Massacre short film https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/digital-storytelling-contest/2014/silent-night-the-kandahar-massacre by Lela Ahmadzai and Mamoon Durrani 2470 Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkyvKuFuEs4 “Anatomy of a Massacre” by SBS Austrailian public broadcast service Robert Bales Speaks: Confessions of America’s Most Notorious War Criminal https://www.gq.com/story/robert-bales-interview-afghanistan-massacre https://www.military.com/army/enlisted-ranks.html#:~:text=There%20are%2013%20enlisted%20Army,sergeant%20major%20of%20the%20Army.
- CrossNO and The Sad Faced Scum Part 2 (00:49:48)
Jenn covers Crossfit and Vanessa covers the second part of the Happy Face Killer. Jenn's Sources: www.crossfit.com; https://www.salon.com/2014/10/22/crossfit_is_a_cult_why_so_many_of_its_defenders_are_so_defensive_partner/; https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/the-church-of-crossfit/531501/; https://medium.com/uhvalentischool/crossfit-a-cult-or-a-community-4ab6537ce14b; Vanessa's sources: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-01-tm-39549-story.html S44 E5 Sincerely, the Happy Face Killer ABC 20/20 Dangerous Ground by M Williams Phelps Murderpedia “Happy Face Killer” Information summarized by Peggy Krueger, Kendra Justice, & Amy Hunt Department of Psychology.Radford University
- The Speedo Wearing Messiah and a Sad Faced Scum (01:01:36)
Jenn covers Buddafield in this Episode and Vanessa covers part 1 of the Happy Face Killer. Jenn's Sources: Holy Hell, Documentary by Will Allen, Wikipedia, https://www.vulture.com/2016/09/holy-hell-director-will-allen-cult-escape-story.html, https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a45261/holy-hell-buddhafield-documentary-will-allen-interview/, https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/us/holy-hell-buddhafield-searching-for-michel/index.html. Vanessa's sources: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-01-tm-39549-story.html S44 E5 Sincerely, the Happy Face Killer ABC 20/20 Dangerous Ground by M Williams Phelps Murderpedia “Happy Face Killer” Information summarized by Peggy Krueger, Kendra Justice, & Amy Hunt Department of Psychology.Radford University
- Love has Lost & Mommy's Boy Part 2 (00:56:43)
Jenn covers Love Has Won and Vanessa finishes up her 2 parter of Ed Gein. Sources: "Deviant" by Harold Schechter. History channel ed gein the real psycho Findagrave.com; https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/love-has-won-amy-carlson-mother-god-1254916/; https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/love-has-won-leader-amy-carlsons-cause-of-death-released-1266385/; https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/love-has-won-leader-amy-carlsons-cause-of-death-released-1266385/; https://kesq.com/news/national-world/2021/05/21/love-has-won-cult-reappears-online-under-new-name/
- Q-a-not and Part 1 of Mommy's Boy (00:42:06)
Join us this week as Jenn discusses a recent popular cult QAnon, while Vanessa talks about American Psycho Ed Gein. Vanessa's sources: "Deviant" by Harold Schecter. History channel documentary "Ed Gein the Real Psycho" and Findagrave.com. Jenn's sources https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html; https://www.adl.org/qanon; https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434; https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531.
- Fad Diet Plans and The Devil Crocodile (00:57:26)
Jen covers the Remnant Fellowship and Vanessa covers Darrell "the gator" Ferguson. Featured cocktail this epsiode is called The Grinch! Jenns Source: HBO's documentary "The Weigh Down" Vanessa's Sources: Murderpedia, http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/ferguson1038.htm https://caselaw.findlaw.com/oh-supreme-court/1103752.html
- NXIVM, But Not the Purple Pill - Part II and The Nurse You Never Want to Take Care of You (00:58:16)
Jen covers the NXIVM cult also known as the Hollywood sex cult and Vanessa covers Kristen Gilbert, the nurse you never want to take care of you. Jen read Scarred y Sara Edmondson and watched the Vow and Seduced, along with various online articles to prepare for this episode. Vanessa used Murperdia; NBC's Snapped, Season 99, Episode 3; https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a603002.html; http://livescience.com55872-how-do-epipens-work.html; Department of Psychology at Radford University by Elizabeth Daly, Kanika Davis, Sarah DeHart, and Michael Palmadesso
- NXIVM, But Not the Purple Pill and An Untimely Episode of the Sopranos (01:05:19)
Jen covers the NXIVM cult also known as the Hollywood sex cult and Vanessa covers Jeff Mailhot, The Woonsocket Strangler. Jen read Scarred y Sara Edmondson and watched the Vow and Seduced, along with various online articles to prepare for this episode. Vanessa used Murperdia; Murders in Woonsocket by Michael Levenson at the Boston Globe; http://oceanstater.blogspot.com/2006/02/woonsocket-serial-killer-sentenced.html; https:charleyproject.org/case/audrey-lynn-harris; https://www.rimonthly.com/an-ordinary-guy
- The Garden and the West Mesa Murders (01:07:28)
Jen covers the tik tock cult, The Garden and Vanessa covers the West Mesa Murders in this week's episode. Sources: Jen's Sources Tik Tock YouTube https://www.vice.com/en/article/5db358/heres-what-happened-at-the-tiktok-commune-the-garden-after-it-closed-tree-julia-interview https://www.intheknow.com/post/commune-cult-tikok/ https://www.insider.com/commune-tennessee-tiktok-the-garden-2021-3 https://www.inputmag.com/culture/tik-tok-commune-or-cat-eating-cult-garden-treeisalive Vanessa's Sources KRQE News 13 KOAT news The Mesa Podcast, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240387/number-of-missing-persons-files-in-the-us-by-age/, https://www.krwg.org/post/federal-introduction-and-state-expansion-katies-law https://www.abqjournal.com/community-data/west-mesa-murder-victims https://www.abqjournal.com/riorancho/26120571653west02-26-09.htm https://www.koat.com/article/after-253-days-in-hospital-boy-with-heart-condition-goes-home/36949505 https://www.foxnews.com/us/five-years-after-mass-grave-discovered-albuquerque-killings-remain-unsolved https://unresolved.me/west-mesa-bone-collector-part-one-the-pit https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/blogs/border-cafe/2014/02/17/police-persons-of-interest-in-albuquerque-serial-murders-investigation/30957179/
- The Family Turned Cult and Another Lee Gone Wrong. (00:49:41)
Jenn covers the family turned cult and Vanessa covers Scott Lee Kimball.
- The Vamps and the Twins With a Weird Competition (00:49:12)
Jenn and Vanessa have a special guest this week! Also Jenn covers the Vamp cult from Kentucky and Vanessa covers the two twins that were obsessed with crime. Jenn's sources: https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20191023/psychologist-to-examine-vampire-cult-leader-rod-ferrell; https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-vampire-killer-life-sentences-stand-20200420-vuh5gynm4ncobonh4xrlrzmdei-story.html;https://www.oxygen.com/deadly-cults/how-rod-ferrell-vampire-clan-went-from-teen-blood-rituals-to-killing-parents Vanessa's Sources: 1) 585 magazine “A very Lurid Tale” by Michael Benson, who also wrote a book called "Killer Twins" about the two. I watched a show called “Evil Twins” Season 1 Episode 2 on Discovery+, Article: Information researched and summarized by Sam Miller and Grant Maloney Department of Psychology Radford University Radford, VA 24142-6946, and Murderpedia
- The Benton Harbor amusement park and not so friendly lot lizard. (01:17:01)
Jen covers the House of David and Vanessa covers the Lee Wuornous.
- The Revolution that Started on Social Media and the 0 Star Uber (00:37:24)
Jen covers part 2 of the Incels and Vanessa covers a driver that you would never want to meet in real life.
- The Manifesto That Started a Revolution and Sniper No Sniping. (00:59:19)
Jen covers the Elliott Rodgers murders and Vanessa discusses Thomas Lee Dillon in this week's episode.
- A deep dive into AUM and the Angel of Death (00:50:44)
Jen covers the basic beliefs of Aum and Vanessa discusses a Texas serial killer also known as the Angel of Death.
- The 95 Subway Attack and The Luck of the Irish (00:42:55)
Jenn covers the subway attack in Japan in 1995 and Vanessa covers Kieran Kelly just in time for St. Patty's day.
- A Horrible Wheel of Fortune and Wells-Fargo ATM FTW (00:51:50)
Jenn talks about the Sullivians from the Upper West Side of New York and Vanessa covers Joshua Wade.
- James and the Giant Cult Part II and Two's Company and Three is a Crowd (01:07:12)
This week Jen covers part two of Jonestown and Vanessa covers the Lonely Heart Killers.
- James and the Giant Cult and Nobody's Favorite Alley Cat (00:51:42)
In this week's episode Jenn does her first two parter about a local cult and Vanessa covers the infamous Grim Sleeper.
- The Not So Chill Angel's Landing and The Killer Catfish (00:41:38)
This week Jenn covers the Angel's Landing Cult from Kansas and Vanessa covers discusses one of Japan's female serial killers, Kanae Kijima.
- The Blonde Messiah and Peewee's Playhouse (00:58:05)
Dive into The Family, a cult sect based out of Australia, and the infamous Donald Gaskins' reign as South Carolina's most infamous serial killer while enjoying the cocktail of the week.