**TRIGGER WARNING**Suicidal Ideation**

Come listen as Alisa tells the shockingly true story of the UFO Cult, AKA Heaven's Gate. This story will make you lose your mind, and maybe even a testicle?!

Sources: Heaven's Gate: The History and Legacy of Marshall Applewhite's Notorious Doomsday Cult (Book)

Wiki.com

This episode is a little different, but we promise it's fun and you will laugh! Listen as Samantha tells three local historical stories and Alisa has to guess which ones are true, and which one is a lie!

This episode we dive back into the case of Laci and Connor Peterson. The LA Innocence Project has taken on Peterson's case and we dig just a little deeper into the declaration LAIP filed on his behalf.

Sources: Exhibit 19: Declaration of Scott Peterson, The People vs Scott Lee Peterson document, www.oxygen.com, vox.com, abcnews.com.

In this episode, Samantha dives into the infamous true story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the legendary outlaw couple who captivated America during the Great Depression. From humble beginnings in Texas to a deadly, high-speed crime spree across the Midwest, Bonnie and Clyde became both romanticized folk heroes and feared criminals. We explore their turbulent relationship, the bank robberies and police shootouts that kept them on the run, and the violent end that turned them into icons of rebellion and tragedy. Was it love, desperation, or something darker that drove them?

Sources used: Wiki, history.com, chatgtp, discovery.com

During this episode, the girls chat about Linda Hazzard who was known as the starvation doctor. Her methods were very unorthodox and she created treatment plans before doing any examinations. Once her patients were pretty much incapacitated, she would badger them into naming her their guardian or power of attorney.

Sources: Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen, Fasting for the Cure of Diseases by Dr. Linda Hazzard, Wiki, www.digitalarchives.wa.gov.

In this episode, the girls talk about the internets first serial killer, John Robinson and how he found his victims. This is one depraved man who was known online by his screen name, The Slave Master and was into the BDSM lifestyle. Tread with caution on this one!

Sources: wiki, investigationdiscovery.com, abcnews.go.com and the book The First Cyber Murderer by Jack Smith

The McDonald's Monopoly scandal is a fascinating tale of deception and greed that unfolded over more than a decade. The scandal came to light thanks to an anonymous tip, leading to an FBI investigation that involved undercover operations and even a fake TV commercial to catch the culprits. The story has been chronicled in the HBO documentary series McMillions, which delves into the intricate details of the scam, the people involved, and the eventual takedown of the operation. This scam resulted in over $24 million dollars and over 50 people involved.

Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/arts/television/mcmillions-hbo-explained.html

https://www.biometrica.com/how-one-man-with-mafia-ties-swindled-24m-from-mcdonalds-monopoly-game/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/07/how-mcmillions-scam-rigged-the-mcdonalds-monopoly-game.html

The book by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lizarte McMillions

The HBO documentary McMillions

In this episode, we dive into the harrowing and shocking story of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped at the age of 11 in 1991 and held captive for 18 years by Phillip and Nancy Garrido. This episode also highlights the missed opportunities for rescue by authorities and the eventual breakthrough in her case, when she was found in 2009, living just miles away from her family.

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jaycee_dugard/jaycee-dugard-interview-describes-giving-birth-phillip-garridos/story?id=14021938

Wiki.com

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard