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Update - Season 2 Jun 24, 2021

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Just an update on Season 2...and an introduction to a new member of the Dark Side family!
Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

22: Episode 20 - The Home of the Brave May 12, 2021

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Today's episode is the conclusion of the Fred Korematsu story. After losing his Supreme Court case in 1944, Fred went into a life of obscurity...until a conversation with a young girl in 1967 started Fred back on the journey to right the wrongs bestowed against him, and Japanese American people...and to stop America from making the same mistakes again.
Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: info@darksidepodcast.co.uk Voices: Narrator: SuZe Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com YouTube Sound Effects
Music & Sounds: Possession by Purple Planet – All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources:

President Gerald Ford rescinded a Democrat Outrage Against Japanese-Americans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJyr-lkayTM
FRED KOREMATSU: A CIVIL RIGHTS HERO - https://www.niot.org/niot-video/fred-korematsu-civil-rights-hero
Supreme Court Landmark Case [Korematsu v. United States] - https://www.stitcher.com/show/cspan-landmarkcases/episode/supreme-court-landmark-case-korematsu-v-united-states-42674029
Civil Wrongs & Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story - https://vimeo.com/118490262
A Man of Quiet Bravery - https://vimeo.com/140002761
Donald Trump seen calling for Muslim registry in new video despite denials - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-muslim-registry-video-president-islam-policies-immigration-a7424511.html
President Reagan's at the Japanese-American Internment Compensation Bill signing on August 10, 1988 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcaQRhcBXKY
Barack Obama tells Muslim Americans the US is ‘one big family’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/jun/23/obama-iftar-dinner-ramadan-one-big-family-video
Donald Trump seen calling for Muslim registry in new video despite denials - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-muslim-registry-video-president-islam-policies-immigration-a7424511.html
Donald Trump surrogate cites America's Japanese internment camps as 'precedent' for Muslim registry- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-surrogate-muslim-registry-japanese-internment-camps-precedent-a7422171.html
Exclusive: Donald Trump Says He Might Have Supported Japanese Internment - https://time.com/4140050/donald-trump-muslims-japanese-internment/
Student shoots video of WTC on 9/11 A former NYU student - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qiVBOqNiOs
Remembering Civil Liberties Hero Fred Korematsu - https://www.aclu.org/blog/remembering-civil-liberties-hero-fred-korematsu
Guantánamo Bay: 14 years of injustice - https://www.amnesty.org.uk/guantanamo-bay-human-rights
US tortured detainees' after 9/11 attack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FZC3yQMhPI
Rasul v. Bush - https://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/our-cases/rasul-v-bush
Essay: Remember Endo? - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/214393479.pdf
A plea to cast aside Korematsu - https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/01/a-plea-to-cast-aside-korematsu/
Obama Administration Refuses Opportunity to Repudiate Japanese Internment Ruling - https://reason.com/2014/04/01/obama-administration-refuses-opportunity/
The American National Anthem — US Army Chorus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gv8mIF7l-A
Trump adviser Stephen Miller says the president's power 'will not be questioned' - https://www.washingtonpost.com/videonational/trump-adviser-stephen-miller-says-the-presidents-power-will-not-be-questioned/2017/02/13/0f772184-f14f-11e6-9fb1-2d8f3fc9c0ed_video.html
SCOTUS Conservatives Repudiate Yet Echo Korematsu On Muslim Ban - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_n3EVoamA
A licence to discriminate: Trump's Muslim & refugee ban - https://www.amnesty.org.uk/licence-discriminate-trumps-muslim-refugee-ban
Supreme Court finally rejects infamous Korematsu decision on Japanese-American internment - https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/korematsu-supreme-court-travel-ban-roberts-sotomayor/index.html
Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban, president claims vindication from 'hysterical' critics - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban-n873441

21: Episode 1 of Dark Shadows - Why, FDR...WHY? May 05, 2021

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On this very first episode of Dark Shadows, Why FDR, WHY? We're taking a deep dive into what led Franklin Roosevelt to make the decision to intern an entire ethnic population of the USA, treated them like criminals, locked them up like animals, and removed their civil liberties. Yes, I’ll be tackling the internment of the Japanese Americans during world war two in the United States and just how and why a Government could turn on its’ own citizens in the supposed land of the free.
Are you ready for the deep dive?
Excellent...here we go...
Voices: Narrator: SuZe Kotsui Korematsu: Hieu Tieu Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources:

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) - Our Documents - https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=26
Mexican-American War - https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War
The Gold Rush of 1849 - Facts, Summary & Video – HISTORY - https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849
ECONOMIC PANIC OF 1873 -https://www.historycentral.com/rec/EconomicPanic.html
Chinese Exclusion Act - https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882
Extending a beacon of hope to all who seek refuge - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/extending-beacon-hope-all-who-seek-refuge/
Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History - https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/
Rumors of War: Immigration Disputes - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2008.00745.x
Gentlemen's Agreement - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen529
Closing the Door on Immigration - https://www.nps.gov/articles/closing-the-door-on-immigration.htm

19: Episode 19 - The Land of the Free? May 04, 2021

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Fred Korematsu was a law abiding, loyal citizen of the United States. He held no criminal record and loved his homeland so much so, that he wanted to don a uniform to defend her. So, why then did his country turn on him and treat him like a criminal? Convicting him, incarcerating him, interring him, and leaving him with a criminal record? Fred would spend a lifetime trying to defend the injustice bestowed against him, and the thousands of others in his position.
Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: info@darksidepodcast.co.uk Voices: Narrator: SuZe Kotsui Korematsu: Hieu Tieu Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com YouTube Sound Effects
Sources:

Pennsylvania Polka - The Andrews Sisters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rmDlhgPqk
Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search.
Sources:
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) - Our Documents - https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=26
Mexican-American War - https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War
The Gold Rush of 1849 - Facts, Summary & Video – HISTORY - https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/gold-rush-of-1849
Pearl Harbor Attacks - As It Happened - Radio Broadcasts (1941) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Buw4XYc8E
Supreme Court Landmark Case [Korematsu v. United States] - https://www.stitcher.com/show/cspan-landmarkcases/episode/supreme-court-landmark-case-korematsu-v-united-states-42674029
ECONOMIC PANIC OF 1873 - https://www.historycentral.com/rec/EconomicPanic.html
Chinese Exclusion Act - https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882
Extending a beacon of hope to all who seek refuge - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/extending-beacon-hope-all-who-seek-refuge/
Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History - https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/
Rumors of War: Immigration Disputes - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2008.00745.x
Gentlemen's Agreement - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen529
Closing the Door on Immigration - https://www.nps.gov/articles/closing-the-door-on-immigration.htm
Second Generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) before WWII - http://picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/depression-era-1930s/second-generation-japanese-americans-nisei-wwii/info
Karl Bendetsen - https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Karl_Bendetsen
The Munson Report - https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/munson_report.cfm
Kenneth Ringle - https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Kenneth_Ringle/
FRED KOREMATSU: A CIVIL RIGHTS HERO - https://www.niot.org/niot-video/fred-korematsu-civil-rights-hero
Pearl Harbor & Executive Order 9066 | And Then They Came for Us - https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pearl-harbor-executive-order-9066-video/korematsu-institute/
Executive Order 9066 - https://www.fdrlibrary.org/executive-order-9066
A Look Back at the Executive Order that Cleared the Way for Internment - https://www.nbcnews.com/video/a-look-back-at-the-executive-order-that-cleared-the-way-for-internment-865872451965
Civil Wrongs & Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story - https://vimeo.com/118490262
A Man of Quiet Bravery - https://vimeo.com/140002761
Japanese American internment - https://www.britannica.com/event/Japanese-American-internment

18: Episode 18 - The Pendulum Swings Apr 20, 2021

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Today's story is something very different to the norm, and as of 24 hours ago, completely unplanned. The episode that should have aired today hit a curve ball at the 11th hour, and so, not wanting to disappoint, I have put today's episode together instead. Like I said, it's very different to my normal episodes, but I do hope that you enjoy it...
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Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: info@darksidepodcast.co.uk
Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search.

17: Episode 17 - A Cry for Help Apr 06, 2021

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In June 2016, 20-year-old Michael Sandford from sleepy, rural Dorking, Surrey, UK had made an epic journey of over 5000 miles in total, on a mission. Michael was known for how polite, articulate, kind, compassionate, and sweet he was. So, how did this sweet young man go on to almost change the course of history with an attempted crime that aimed to murder one of the most influential people in the Western World?
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British phone sound - Telephones: Ringing Cadence - US v UK - https://www.youtube.com/ch?v=pK-euL_PukY
USA Chants - The three times Trump’s SOTU speech drew chants of ‘USA, USA’- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5dIMEYafiU
Trump Chants - Unfiltered Voices From Donald Trump's Crowds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9YPYRaeTW0

Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources:

The Brit who tried to kill Trump Full Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8sQCoAW6XY
That Trump Assassination Attempt Was A Big Deal - https://www.bustle.com/articles/168385-yes-that-donald-trump-assassination-attempt-shouldve-gotten-more-attention
Why isn’t the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump Bigger News? - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/21/why-isnt-the-assassination-attempt-on-donald-trump-bigger-news/
Donald Trump: We have some bad hombres here - Final Presidential Debate - Hillary Clinton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NveATfcxta4
`We`re going to build the wall,’ Trump says at RIR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MJ4TFQ8JBI
Plot to kill Donald Trump: New details on the suspect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnrLrPwhKdU
My son 'tried to shoot Donald Trump' BBC News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n07qzH4Qpc4&t=202s
Man who tried to kill Trump from Hoboken: Feds say - https://www.fox5ny.com/news/man-who-tried-to-kill-trump-from-hoboken-feds-say
Brit Michael Sandford who tried to shoot Donald Trump with cop’s gun at election rally reveals voices in his head told him to assassinate US President - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3513071/michael-sandford-donald-trump-rally-cops-gun-voices-kill-president/
Donald Trump Wins Presidential Election, Sending Shockwaves Around the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO-LR_fEwfQ
He’s not a bad person’ Mother of man who attempted to shoot Trump defends crowd-funding - https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/695706/Donald-Trump-shoot-assasinate-mum-crowdfunding
Mother of jailed Briton in Trump attack pleads for son's return - https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/mother-of-jailed-briton-in-trump-attack-pleads-for-sons-return
Sandford Parents Speak Out On Their Son's Sentencing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrRjW03d9HU
WARM WELCOME: Crowd cheers for President Trump - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJHTeLp-qTU

16: Episode 16 - What Goes Around... Mar 23, 2021

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Arek Hersh was a 10 year old boy when he was taken from his family and thrust into a terrifying world. He was beaten and starved, he ate grass and chewed on his shoes to abate hunger. He was worked almost to death, toiling for long hours in often sub-zero temperatures. He lived in this perpetual hell for years…until, one day, he was randomly chosen for an experimental project in another country. And this project would go onto have repercussions that would benefit society today, and change the way child development is conducted across the world.
Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: info@darksidepodcast.co.uk Voices: Narrator: SuZe Arek Hersh: Himself Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources:

My Jewish Learning - https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/holocaust-survivors/
Harrogate High School - Arek Hersh full interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqmr8g7DEhY
Arek Hersh - UTC Holocaust Film Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qRRpxouhI
Escaping Death at Auschwitz - https://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2019/march/arek-hersh-holocaust-centre-huddersfield/
When "Holocaust" Became "The Holocaust" - https://newrepublic.com/article/121807/when-holocaust-became-holocaust
Kindertransport - https://www.worldjewishrelief.org/about-us/kindertransport
The Boys - https://45aid.org/45-aid-society/

15: Episode 15 - 4 Days of Hell Mar 09, 2021

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18 year-old Kelsey Smith was at her local Target store in Kansas buying a present for her boyfriend. She called her mother and told her she'd be home soon...but Kelsey never returned home. The Police, the FBI, and the whole community were soon searching for Kelsey. Everyone, in fact, was trying to help the Smith family find their daughter...everyone except the one company that had the ability to find her. Kelsey's disappearance would start a campaign that would tackle head-on one of the largest corporations in America, and ultimately, change the way law enforcement is conducted in the USA today.
Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: info@darksidepodcast.co.uk Voices: Narrator: SuZe Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources:

Getting the Kelsey Smith Act Enacted – VIDEO – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbFM0PEujLg
Kelsey's Law (Kelsey Smith Act) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/69730170954/
Edwin Hall: 'I'm So, So Sorry' – VIDEO – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyBv41qEHRg
Edwin Hall Pleads Guilty In Kelsey Smith Slaying – VIDEO – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93qertvdR70
Kelsey Smith Act, named after OP teen, could become federal law – VIDEO – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri4rO8EkLoU
Kelsey Smith Act – VIDEO – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Ms9V6WPy0
The Communications Act of 1934 - https://it.ojp.gov/privacyliberty/authorities/statutes/1288
Three Days To Live: Episode 3 Bonus Clip - The Kelsey Smith Act – VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQPrbmAxcR0
The Teen Who Never Came Home From The Store - VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr3LiOBT9U
Best Places to Live in Kansas - https://livability.com/ks/where-to-live-now/best-places-to-live-in-kansas
Slaying Suspect May Have Had MySpace Page - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/slaying-suspect-may-have-had-myspace-page/
Suspect in teen's killing threatened sister - https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19107235
Why is Ping a Thing? - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjhm5rB1Y_vAhVTVBUIHR2UBmQQFjABegQICBAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2014-10-29%2Fwhy-is-ping-a-thing&usg=AOvVaw2do2KEsg_NP-iXduC1-IiH
Locating Mobile Phones through Pinging and Triangulation - https://pursuitmag.com/locating-mobile-phones-through-pinging-and-triangulation/
What is the difference between analog and digital cell phones? - https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question31.htm
Last Call: Analog Cell Phone Service Disappearing - https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=4260439
The Kelsey Smith Foundation - https://kelseysarmy.org
Murder of Kelsey Smith - http://lawyer-wiki.blogspot.com/2018/08/murder-of-kelsey-smith.html
Cable TV show revisits Kelsey Smith’s abduction and murder - https://jimmycsays.com/2015/02/18/cable-tv-show-revisits-kelsey-smiths-abduction-and-murder/
Should Phone Records Be Used To Find Missing Persons? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLIlOQuzTnU
Prepared Testimony of Melissa Smith Mother of Kelsey Smith - https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20160413/104764/HHRG-114-IF16-Wstate-SmithM-20160413-U1.pdf
Nine years after Kelsey Smith’s murder, family on a quest to pass federal law - https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/community/joco-913/overland-park-leawood/article83853112.html
Seven Communications Bills, One Gruesome Story - https://morningconsult.com/2016/04/12/kelsey-smith-act-house-energy-and-commerce-hearing/
Suspect in Teen's Murder Arraigned - https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3257590&page=1
Seawright Kelsey Smith Press Conference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx_kFFpvM_k
Renewed push to pass Kelsey Smith Act a decade after it was introduced - https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/renewed-push-to-pass-kelsey-smith-act-a-decade-after-it-was-introduced

14: Episode 14 - The American Dream Feb 22, 2021

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Shandra Woworuntu had an established career in Indonesia. However, the financial crisis in the late 1990's left Shandra destitute. One day, she received an opportunity for a job in the land of her dreams, America. Little did Shandra know that this opportunity would result in her never seeing her homeland again...but this would go on to saving the lives of so many, many more people.
Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: info@darksidepodcast.co.uk Voices: Narrator: SuZe Music by: Possession by Purple Planet
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All media outtakes have been sourced via open media and are readily available via an internet search. Sources:

Shandra Woworuntu Acceptance Speech - The Last Girl Changemaker Award - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrsxPR8j3Jw
Queens Stories - The War Against Human Trafficking: Shandra Woworuntu - https://vimeo.com/282002017
Voices of Resilience: Trafficking Survivor - https://www.listennotes.com/search/?q=shandra%20woworuntu&sort_by_date=0&scope=episode&offset=0&language=Any%20language&len_min=0
I Was Forced to Work As a Sex Slave in New York While in Captivity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYooq32ZZ1g
Shandra Woworuntu Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=2589252561213745&_rdr
Mentari Foundation - https://www.mentariusa.org
Survivors of Slavery - https://survivorsofslavery.org/survivorsspeakers/shandra-woworuntu/
Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/asian-america-the-ken-fong-podcast-ken-fong-FlyWRQ259qM/
Victim Returns to Hill as Human Trafficking Bill Announced - https://www.rollcall.com/2016/04/20/victim-returns-to-hill-as-human-trafficking-bill-announced/
Antislavery Usable Past - http://antislavery.ac.uk/items/show/148
Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre - http://kolkatamarywardsc.org/international-conference/speaker/shandra-woworuntu/
Shandra Woworuntu: My life as a sex-trafficking victim - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35846207

13: Episode 13 - Turning a Blind Eye Feb 16, 2021

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Sherry Johnson was an 8-year-old girl in 1968, living in Tampa, FL with her family, whom were part of a very strict sect of the Apostolic Church. The church was the centre of their world. So, when the Bishop of the church gave Sherry a gift of a red bicycle, her mother was very proud...but Sherry knew the gift was meant to buy her silence. And it was this silence that would hold her captive in a legal loophole for years to come and eventually motivate Sherry into a battle that she is still fighting to this day.
Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suze_darksidepodcast/ Email: info@darksidepodcast.co.uk Voices: Narrator: SuZe Bishop Emmerson: Anonymous Principal: Tennille Irish Doris Johnson: SuZe Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com YouTube Sound Effects
Myinstants.com Sources: