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Apple for the Teacher — True Crime
Apple for the Teacher

True crime stories in the school system – told by a teacher from Australia. For people looking for something different in the true crime genre, other than Ted Bundy or the Zodiac Killer. Diverse and lesser-known stories – an albino student murder in Africa, schoolgirl sexual slavery in Libya, a teacher beheaded in France, Polish teachers executed by the Nazis, just to name a few. School-based tragedies are also featured – a school bus stranded in a snowstorm, a school wiped out by a landslide, the drowning of students in a sinking ship. So join host Ana Thomas, as she presents the bad apples.

Copyright: © Ana Thomas

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EP 221 - Reality Bites Sep 09, 2023

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In the last few decades, reality TV has become a worldwide phenomenon, offering viewers a voyeuristic look into the lives of everyday people, as well as celebrities. These seemingly unscripted shows, have huge audiences who tune in for the conflicts and dramas, emotional breakdowns and shocking twists. But behind the glitz and glamour, there is a dark side to reality tv which can negatively impact on the lives of its participants. For some, there is a high price to pay for the pursuit of fame and fortune.

Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Send voice mail - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast⁠⁠⁠

Sources -

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/26/bigbrother.broadcasting

https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2022/07/reality-tv-contracts/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8WLq-rE-6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj4FRoA_a_0&list=PLfcTAzHuSOuhMqoY239XBaOgRuNU6AgdU&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egDhTAMfpW0

http://boxingtalk.com/A-tribute-to-Najai-Turpin-How-NBC's-The-Contender-Destroyed-A-Good-Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1SNEBXUUBw

Podcast - Edge of Reality: The Story TV's Too Scared to Tell with Jacques Peretti(Audible)

EP 220 - The Great Pretender (Part 2) Aug 15, 2023

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(Part 2 of 2)

Back in 1994, a 13 year old boy went missing in Texas, in the US. Three years later he was found alive in Spain, but with a harrowing story of abduction and a paedophile ring. His family was overjoyed to have him back home safe. But things were not quite as they seemed.

Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Send voice mail - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Sources -

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI1-0t3QWQU⁠ - "The Imposter" 2012 , A&E Indie Films, Red Box Films and Passion Pictures.

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin⁠

⁠https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/28/crime.unitedstates⁠

⁠https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann⁠

⁠https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/imposter-netflix-frederic-bourdin-nicholas-barclay-b2269897.html⁠

⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-19949847⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUiHjg_thc&t=42s⁠ - 60 Minutes Australia

⁠https://broomeclosetorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/the-chameleon-by-david-grann.pdf⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEU2R3F4Syw⁠

⁠https://mg.co.za/article/1998-10-30-the-lost-american-boy-who-came-back/⁠

EP 219 - The Great Pretender (Part 1) Aug 12, 2023

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(Part 1 of 2)

Back in 1994, a 13 year old boy went missing in Texas, in the US. Three years later he was found alive in Spain, but with a harrowing story of abduction and a paedophile ring. His family was overjoyed to have him back home safe. But things were not quite as they seemed.

Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Send voice mail - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email - ⁠⁠⁠⁠applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast⁠⁠

Sources -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI1-0t3QWQU - "The Imposter" 2012 , A&E Indie Films, Red Box Films and Passion Pictures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/28/crime.unitedstates

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/imposter-netflix-frederic-bourdin-nicholas-barclay-b2269897.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-19949847

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUiHjg_thc&t=42s - 60 Minutes Australia

https://broomeclosetorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/the-chameleon-by-david-grann.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEU2R3F4Syw

https://mg.co.za/article/1998-10-30-the-lost-american-boy-who-came-back/

EP 218 - Phantom of the Opera Jul 22, 2023

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This episode looks at a practice which was common in Italy from the 16th to 19th centuries. A practice which saw young boys subjected to a procedure which resulted in their vocal cords not changing with the onset of adolescence. And this was the procedure of castration. The result was that a lack of testosterone allowed these boys to keep their youthful singing voices. The term used to describe these boys was the castrati, quite an unfortunate choice of word. As the castrati progressed into manhood, their voices became very unique.

So in churches all over Italy, including the Sistine chapel, these men made careers from singing. Their voices were preferred over male singers and their dominance was helped because the Vatican had banned women from church choirs in the 1500’s. And with the development of opera, these men also had lucrative careers as opera singers. For three centuries, these singers became superstars of their time, demanding high sums for their services, singing in choirs and operas in Italy, but their fame also spread all over Europe.

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Send voice mail - ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message⁠⁠⁠

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Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast⁠⁠

Sources -

https://allthatsinteresting.com/castrati?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-realhistoryuncovered&utm_content=later-35423875&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/arts/music/in-opera-a-different-kind-of-less-is-more-handel-and-the.html

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/what-is-a-castrato/

https://www.operaforall.co.uk/who-were-the-castrati/

https://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2009/11/natures_rejects.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjvfqnD0ws&t=16s

https://gizmodo.com/what-did-it-mean-to-be-a-castrato-1732742399

https://archive.org/search?query=the+castrato&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqDEU0y9BSI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U8VZ6riNk

https://www.google.com/search?q=georgia+brown+g10&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBAU973AU973&oq=georgia+brown+G&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i512l5j0i22i30l4.14711j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:73b3185b,vid:Ia57VfDaESw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wj9fnUAmj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wRZ4iYHgE

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-jackson-really-castrated-conspiracy-14003595

https://www.vice.com/en/article/9aeepv/the-bonkers-conspiracy-theory-about-michael-jacksons-castration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgTIDcTVu8w

https://hekint.org/2017/01/30/the-castrati-a-physicians-perspective-part-1/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrITKSRCqGo

EP 217 - SPECIAL FEATURE - Justice for Jacob Jeremiah Landin Jul 09, 2023

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Tapes from the Darkside - ⁠https://www.tapesfromthedarkside.com/category/s7-jacob-jeremiah-landin/⁠

Please sign the petition at - ⁠Petition- Jacob Jeremiah Landin⁠

Today I am bringing you a story from another podcast about the death of a 9 month old baby, back 36 years ago in 1987. Baby Jacob Jeremiah Landin lost his life while in the care of his mother’s boyfriend. His story is covered on the true crime podcast Tapes from the Darkside with host TZ Borden. I was so saddened by Jacob’s story, that I reached out to TZ and wanted to help spread the word about Jacob’s death. So today I present you the first episode in a series of 4 episodes, and after listening I would encourage you to listen to the remainder of the story on Tapes from the Darkside. Baby Jacob had a 6 year old brother at the time of his death, Eric Carter-Landin. I am sharing this story with you in the hope that you can help Eric to bring his brother's murderer to justice. Eric has created a petition on change.org which reads as follows -

Hi. My name is Eric Carter-Landin and my baby brother was murdered 36 years ago. His murderer was my mom's boyfriend. The suspect confessed and failed the lie detector test that was administered at the time. The autopsy report and a subsequent investigation conducted by the cold case investigator at the State Police confirm that he was responsible for Jacob's death. When the case was brought before the DA at the time he cited a lack of evidence and statute of limitations as the reason he wouldn't prosecute. I find it hard to believe that murdering a baby would have a statute of limitations. I also would like to know how a suspect's confession, as well as corroborating reports from the forensic pathologist, qualifies as a lack of evidence. I am creating this petition to urge the current DA, Clint Wellborn, to reopen this case and to bring charges against the person responsible for this heinous crime and bring him to justice. New Mexico has failed to hold child abusers and child murderers accountable for decades and it needs to stop. A message needs to be sent that we will not tolerate the abuse of children in this state. Please help me in signing this petition to get the attention of the District Attorney.

So after listening to this episode, please listen to the remaining 3 episodes on Tapes from the Darkside and also sign the petition at change.org. Baby Jacob and Eric need your support.

EP 216 - Cash on Delivery (Part 2) Jun 20, 2023

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The man smuggled himself in a box to Australia. What happened? An Australian man was in London, but wanted to return to Australia. He was broke and couldn’t afford a plane ticket. And that’s when he concocted a daring plan to ship himself to Australia in a box as air freight.

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Send voice mail - ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message⁠⁠

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Sources -

⁠https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2987568/The-man-posted-London-Perth-wooden-BOX-went-escape-death-sentence-Sri-Lanka-smuggling-heroin-lives-quiet-life-Adelaide-two-dogs.html⁠

⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31700049⁠

⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32151053⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyE5hEdLBOs⁠ –

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyE5hEdLBOs⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mail⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_May_Pierstorff⁠

⁠https://medium.com/history-of-women/a-5-year-old-girl-was-mailed-to-her-grandma-for-53-cents-in-postage-493028c50154⁠

⁠https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/⁠

Book - "Out of the Box" - Julie and Marcus McSorley, 2015, Roaring Forties Press

EP 215 - Cash on Delivery (Part 1) Jun 17, 2023

Show notes

The man smuggled himself in a box to Australia. What happened? An Australian man was in London, but wanted to return to Australia. He was broke and couldn’t afford a plane ticket. And that’s when he concocted a daring plan to ship himself to Australia in a box as air freight.

Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - ⁠https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/⁠

Send voice mail - ⁠https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message⁠

Email - ⁠applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com⁠

Twitter - ⁠https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher⁠

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Facebook - ⁠https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast

Sources -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2987568/The-man-posted-London-Perth-wooden-BOX-went-escape-death-sentence-Sri-Lanka-smuggling-heroin-lives-quiet-life-Adelaide-two-dogs.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31700049

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32151053

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyE5hEdLBOs –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyE5hEdLBOs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_May_Pierstorff

https://medium.com/history-of-women/a-5-year-old-girl-was-mailed-to-her-grandma-for-53-cents-in-postage-493028c50154

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/

Book - "Out of the Box" - Julie and Marcus McSorley, 2015, Roaring Forties Press

EP 214 - DRAGNET - The Case of Marion Parker Jun 03, 2023

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This episode covers the case of Marion Parker from the year 1927, followed by an episode of the radio play Dragnet which did a dramatization of the story back in 1949. Dragnet was a radio series which ran on NBC from 1949 to 1957 and then continued on as a television series. It featured real crime cases that had occurred in Los Angeles.

Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/⁠⁠⁠

Send voice mail - ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message⁠⁠⁠

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Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast⁠

Sources -

Dragnet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2U4D-T5c-s

EP 213 - Chameleon (Part 2) May 29, 2023

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The mother was reunited with her son. But was she? A mother is frantic when her 9 year old son goes missing. But her prayers are answered when he is found 5 months later, alive and well.

Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/

Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast

Sources -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztaHlQTd18k⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVbS0nkkhGo⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztaHlQTd18k⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMu7_Xpp1SM⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Collins⁠

⁠https://allthatsinteresting.com/walter-collins⁠

⁠https://archive.org/details/nothingisstrange0000paul⁠

⁠https://archive.org/details/roadoutofhellsan0000flac⁠

⁠https://www.mamamia.com.au/walter-collins/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmfjureC-5I⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztaHlQTd18k⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling_(film)⁠

EP 212 - Chameleon (Part 1) May 27, 2023

Show notes

The mother was reunited with her son. But was she? A mother is frantic when her 9 year old son goes missing. But her prayers are answered when he is found 5 months later, alive and well.

Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/

Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast

Sources -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztaHlQTd18k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVbS0nkkhGo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztaHlQTd18k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMu7_Xpp1SM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Collins

https://allthatsinteresting.com/walter-collins

https://archive.org/details/nothingisstrange0000paul

https://archive.org/details/roadoutofhellsan0000flac

https://www.mamamia.com.au/walter-collins/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmfjureC-5I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztaHlQTd18k

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling_(film)

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