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On today’s episode, Karen covers Glenn Taylor Helzer and the Children of Thunder and Georgia tells the story of the Oakville Blobs.
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Whitney Cummings has comedian Grace O'Malley (Barstool Sports, Plan Bri Uncut Podcast) return to the Good For You Podcast to get to know each other better before they head out on tour. Grace goes into being blown off by Tom Brady at the Netflix Roast, getting kicked out of an Improv group, dealing with trolls and so much more.
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In December 1979, young women all over Wisconsin fall ill with a mysterious disease that starts with a bright red rash – and sometimes leads to death. Soon, it’s happening to women all over the United States – and nobody knows why.
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Part two delves into Fred's life after he met Rose, exploring the origins of the affair leading to their marriage and the beginning of the sadistic crimes that would horrify the world at large.
Thank you to the wondrous Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
References
Amis, Martin. 2000. When darkness met light. May 11. Accessed March 21, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/may/11/features11.g2.
BBC News. 1998. Fred West 'admitted killing waitress'. March 25. Accessed March 19, 2024. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/69928.stm.
—. 2001. How many more did Fred West kill? September 27. Accessed March 19, 2024. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1567038.stm.
—. 2021. The 12 victims of Fred and Rosemary West. May 27. Accessed March 18, 2024. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57182844.
Bennett, Will. 1995. Step-daughter Charmaine was first to die. November 22. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/stepdaughter-charmaine-was-first-to-die-1583071.html.
Birmingham Evening Mail. 1974. "Missing girls theory." Birmingham Evening Mail, January 7: 1.
Birmingham Post. 1968. "Missing waitress mystery deepens." Birmingham Post, January 23: 2.
—. 1974. "Student missing for six days may return ton university-police." Birmingham Post, January 2: 2.
—. 1968. "Yard detectives join search for Gloucester girl." Birmingham Post, January 9: 1.
Campbell, Duncan. 1995. "How a string of girls came to die in depraved and appalling circumstances." The Guardian, October 7.
Duce, Richard. 1995. "West's suicide avenged killings, QC tells jurors." The Times, November 16.
Duce, Richard, and Bill Frost. 1995. "Court told of depravity at 25 Cromwell Street." The Times, October 7: 4.
Evening Post. 1968. "Helicopter joins hunt for Mary." Evening Post, January 8: 1.
Evening Standard. 1974. "Have you spotted this girl?" Evening Standard, July 4: 18.
Frost, Bill. 1995. "Cromwell Street murders case man is dead." The Times, Janaury 2.
Frost, Bill, and Richard Duce. 1995. "I'm being made a scapegoat, says West." The Times, November 2.
—. 1995. "No place for sentiment, West jurors are told." The Times, October 4.
—. 1995. "West: I fell under Fred's spell." The Times, October 31.
Gloucester Echo. 1994. "Did builder know Mary?" Gloucester Echo, March 8: 3.
—. 1994. "Graden bodies: Who were they?" Gloucester Echo, March 2: 1.
Gloucestershire Echo. 1995. "From angelic child to coldest of killers." Gloucestershire Echo 5.
—. 1995. "Fred West found dead." Gloucestershire Echo, January 2: 1.
—. 1995. "I'll see you in court, Rose." Gloucestershire Echo, January 4: 1.
Knight, Adam. 2014. Fred West's brother denies incest claims. November 7. Accessed March 17, 2024. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11587578.fred-wests-brother-denies-incest-claims/.
Lee, Adrian, Tim Jones, and Damian Whitworth. 1996. "Fred West's brother hangs himself." The Times, November 29.
Ovington, Paul. 1974. "Hunt steps up as fear grows for Lucy, 21." Western Daily Press and Times, January 4: 1.
Sounes, Howard. 1995. Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors. New York, NY: Open Road Media.
United Press International. 1995. "British jury convicts West of 10 murders." UPI Archive, November 22.
West, Mae, and Neil McKay. 2018. Love as Always, Mum: The True and Terrible Story of Surviving a Childhood with Fred and Rose West. London, UK: Seven Dials Press.
Williams, Martin. 1994. "'Our sister is still alive'." Gloucester Echo, February 26: 1.
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This week’s hometowns include a murder of crows and reckless golf cart driving.
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In 1944, nearly a dozen men show up at a hospital in New York. All are violently ill and passing out – and they all have bright blue skin. A medical investigator rushes to figure out what is making them sick… and what is causing their bizarre appearance.
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“Life in Paradise”
In 1993, a man living in a retirement community in Tennessee falls ill with what he thinks is the flu. But, within hours, he’s comatose and suffering from multiple organ failure. His doctor is stunned, and becomes even more perplexed when the man’s neighbor shows up with the same symptoms. Is it all just a coincidence? Or is a silent killer lurking in the community’s manicured grounds?
“The Stranger”
One day in 2014, an elderly Frenchman comes home to find a stranger hiding in his bathroom. The intruder doesn’t seem dangerous, although something about him feels…off. And when the man discovers who it is, it changes his life forever.
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In 2007, a worker at a pork processing plant in Minnesota suffers nerve damage so severe that he can no longer move his legs. Within a few months, his co-workers begin to develop similar alarming symptoms. Investigators search for a common thread, and what they find is more disturbing than anything they could have imagined.
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In 2012, a healthy high school volleyball star suddenly has to fight for every breath she takes. Within a few weeks, she’s on the list for multiple organ transplants and needs a refrigerator-sized machine to keep her alive. Her doctors have no idea why this is happening to her – until the answer comes from a place nobody ever expected.
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On Christmas Day, 2008, a surfer living in Hawaii wakes up with a splitting headache and itching all over his body. Soon, the man is comatose and nearly brain-dead in a hospital as doctors struggle to understand what’s happening. His doctors don’t think he’ll recover, but his mother refuses to give up hope – will her belief be enough to save him?
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“Gut Instinct”
In the summer of 2021, a doctor celebrates his retirement with a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. But shortly after he gets back, he begins experiencing debilitating stomach pain. Desperate to figure out what’s wrong with him, he tries to diagnose himself. He suspects the answer is a horrible disease that people rarely survive.
“Into the Woods”
After a camping trip in the summer of 2009, a woman develops a gruesome rash that covers her body with painful welts and makes her mouth bleed. Multiple doctors can’t figure out what is wrong with her – because the answer is something few physicians would ever suspect.
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In the summer of 1846, a young doctor is thrilled to join Austria’s prestigious Vienna General Hospital. But he soon discovers that new mothers in one of the hospital’s maternity wards are dying at a disturbing rate. He desperately seeks an answer for why it’s happening… and what he finds changes the field of medicine forever.
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Before the full episode of “Boo Hags,” John and RUN, FOOL! host Rodney Barnes have a conversation about the genesis of the show, and his inspiration for the podcast.
In “Boo Hags,” a woman named Miri begins to have terrible nightmares and sleep paralysis when she moves into a new house in rural Georgia. She isn’t too concerned about it at first, but then she encounters something that literally gets under her skin."
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In this four part series, we dive into the horrific crimes of Fred & Rose West. We begin by exploring Fred's formative years which laid a foundation for his callousness and depraved appetites.
Thank you to the wondrous Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for Research!
References
Amis, Martin. 2000. When darkness met light. May 11. Accessed March 21, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/may/11/features11.g2.
BBC News. 1998. Fred West 'admitted killing waitress'. March 25. Accessed March 19, 2024. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/69928.stm.
—. 2001. How many more did Fred West kill? September 27. Accessed March 19, 2024. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1567038.stm.
—. 2021. The 12 victims of Fred and Rosemary West. May 27. Accessed March 18, 2024. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57182844.
Bennett, Will. 1995. Step-daughter Charmaine was first to die. November 22. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/stepdaughter-charmaine-was-first-to-die-1583071.html.
Birmingham Evening Mail. 1974. "Missing girls theory." Birmingham Evening Mail, January 7: 1.
Birmingham Post. 1968. "Missing waitress mystery deepens." Birmingham Post, January 23: 2.
—. 1974. "Student missing for six days may return ton university-police." Birmingham Post, January 2: 2.
—. 1968. "Yard detectives join search for Gloucester girl." Birmingham Post, January 9: 1.
Campbell, Duncan. 1995. "How a string of girls came to die in depraved and appalling circumstances." The Guardian, October 7.
Duce, Richard. 1995. "West's suicide avenged killings, QC tells jurors." The Times, November 16.
Duce, Richard, and Bill Frost. 1995. "Court told of depravity at 25 Cromwell Street." The Times, October 7: 4.
Evening Post. 1968. "Helicopter joins hunt for Mary." Evening Post, January 8: 1.
Evening Standard. 1974. "Have you spotted this girl?" Evening Standard, July 4: 18.
Frost, Bill. 1995. "Cromwell Street murders case man is dead." The Times, Janaury 2.
Frost, Bill, and Richard Duce. 1995. "I'm being made a scapegoat, says West." The Times, November 2.
—. 1995. "No place for sentiment, West jurors are told." The Times, October 4.
—. 1995. "West: I fell under Fred's spell." The Times, October 31.
Gloucester Echo. 1994. "Did builder know Mary?" Gloucester Echo, March 8: 3.
—. 1994. "Graden bodies: Who were they?" Gloucester Echo, March 2: 1.
Gloucestershire Echo. 1995. "From angelic child to coldest of killers." Gloucestershire Echo 5.
—. 1995. "Fred West found dead." Gloucestershire Echo, January 2: 1.
—. 1995. "I'll see you in court, Rose." Gloucestershire Echo, January 4: 1.
Knight, Adam. 2014. Fred West's brother denies incest claims. November 7. Accessed March 17, 2024. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11587578.fred-wests-brother-denies-incest-claims/.
Lee, Adrian, Tim Jones, and Damian Whitworth. 1996. "Fred West's brother hangs himself." The Times, November 29.
Ovington, Paul. 1974. "Hunt steps up as fear grows for Lucy, 21." Western Daily Press and Times, January 4: 1.
Sounes, Howard. 1995. Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors. New York, NY: Open Road Media.
United Press International. 1995. "British jury convicts West of 10 murders." UPI Archive, November 22.
West, Mae, and Neil McKay. 2018. Love as Always, Mum: The True and Terrible Story of Surviving a Childhood with Fred and Rose West. London, UK: Seven Dials Press.
Williams, Martin. 1994. "'Our sister is still alive'." Gloucester Echo, February 26: 1.
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We are joined by Christopher Cassel, Director of 'Pathological: The Lies of Joran Van Der Sloot', We discuss his documentary which dives deep into the crimes of the Van Der Sloot, and the countless people his actions have negatively impacted.
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This week, Georgia and Karen cover the New Bedford Highway Killer and the McDonald’s Monopoly scam.
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A doctor in the early 1900s is tasked with discovering the cause of a sometimes-fatal disease ravaging the American South. But in order to figure it out, he has to conduct a dangerous experiment that puts people’s lives at risk.
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A 9-year-old girl in Hawaii suddenly loses vision in one eye, and nobody knows why. And by the time she gets an answer, it might be too late to save her eye at all.
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This week’s hometowns include a ruthless jury duty scam and a babysitting story from the '80s.
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On today’s episode, Karen covers murderer Russell Williams and Georgia tells the story of serial imposter Frédéric Bourdin.
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