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Colleen Slemmer & Christa Pike | Murder | Ep.122 Apr 22, 2025

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Christa Pike is the only woman currently on death row in Tennessee and holds the distinction of being the youngest woman ever sentenced to death in the United States when she was convicted of the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer,

If executed, Pike would be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in over 200 years and the first person executed in the state who was 18 at the time of the offense since the death penalty was reinstated.

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The Wendigo & Other Stories | Folklore | Ep.121 Apr 14, 2025

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Bedtime stories for you this week. Kate tells us four folklore tales from around the world....

The Goblin Rat, Rauhnächte, Botan Dōrō & The Wendigo.

Sleep well.....

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Campfire Scary Stories 2 | Creepy | Ep.120 Apr 07, 2025

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In this eppisode we give you some of Reddits most scariest stories!

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The Stanford Prison Experiment | Perplexing | Ep.119 Mar 31, 2025

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The Stanford Prison Experiment—one of psychology’s most infamous “what-were-they-thinking” moments. Conducted in 1971 by Dr. Philip Zimbardo, it was supposed to last two weeks but was shut down in just six days because things went horribly wrong (or incredibly right, depending on how you measure “insight into human nature”).

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The Pyramids Of Giza New Discovery | Mystery | Ep.118 Mar 25, 2025

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Recent reports have emerged about a potential discovery of a vast underground city beneath Egypt's Pyramids of Giza. Researchers from Italy and Scotland, utilizing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology, claim to have identified a network of structures extending over a mile below the surface. These structures reportedly include five interconnected rooms, eight vertical shafts surrounded by spiral staircases, and corridors that may lead to significant chambers, such as a "chamber of wisdom" and possibly the legendary Hall of Records.

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Manosphere - Mens Rights Movement - The Red Pill Mar 23, 2025

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In relation to the Manosphere documentary we have decided to release this episode to everyone.

In todays BLAM, Kate has delved into the new Netflix series Adolescence and the subject of the Red Pill an Mens rights.

Mens Rights Movement is an offshoot of the Men’s Liberation Movement, a social movement formed in the 1960s as a response to second-wave feminism. The Men’s Liberation Movement believes in freeing men from their traditional roles and understandings of masculinity.

How did a movement designed to allow mens voices to be heard turn into violence against woman.

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Dark History of Medical Treatments | Origins | Ep.117 Mar 18, 2025

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The history of medical treatments is a wild ride through human creativity, superstition, and scientific progress.

In this episode we discuss some of the most bizarre historical treatments ranging from mice paste to cocaine laced wine.

These historic treatments will have you blessing the 20th century and the perks of modern medicine

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Aileen Wuornos | Serial Killer | Ep.116 Mar 11, 2025

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Aileen Wuornos was an American Female serial killer with a life story straight out of a dark, twisted movie. Born in 1956, she had a hellish childhood—abandoned, abused, and forced to fend for herself from an early age. She ended up working as a prostitute along Florida’s highways and, between 1989 and 1990, killed at least six middle-aged men. While she initially claimed the killings were in self-defense, she later admitted that money and survival were the real driving forces. Her notorious case turned her into a kind of grim celebrity, inspiring documentaries and the Oscar-winning film Monster, where Charlize Theron brought her chilling story to the big screen. In 2002, after a lengthy legal battle and over a decade on death row, Wuornos was executed by lethal injection. It’s a story of tragedy, controversy, and a life that became a cautionary tale of society’s failures.

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Gary Heidnik Basement of Horror | Survival | Serial Killer | Ep.115 Part 2 Mar 03, 2025

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PART TWO - Gary Michael Heidnik (1943–1999) was an American serial rapist, kidnapper, and murderer who became notorious for his brutal crimes in Philadelphia. Between 1986 and 1987, he abducted six women—torturing and sexually abusing them while keeping them captive in a pit he dug in his basement. Two of the women died as a result of his horrific acts, which included electrocution, dismemberment, and other extreme forms of violence. His crimes were so shocking that they partly inspired the character Buffalo Bill in "The Silence of the Lambs." Convicted on multiple counts of murder, kidnapping, and rape, Heidnik was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in 1999, becoming the last person executed in Pennsylvania.

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Gary Heidnik Basement of Horror | Survival | Serial Killer | Ep.114 Part 1 Feb 24, 2025

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PART ONE - Gary Michael Heidnik (1943–1999) was an American serial rapist, kidnapper, and murderer who became notorious for his brutal crimes in Philadelphia. Between 1986 and 1987, he abducted six women including Josefina Rivera —torturing and sexually abusing them while keeping them captive in a pit he dug in his basement. Two of the women died as a result of his horrific acts, which included electrocution, dismemberment, and other extreme forms of violence. His crimes were so shocking that they partly inspired the character Buffalo Bill in "The Silence of the Lambs." Convicted on multiple counts of murder, kidnapping, and rape, Heidnik was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in 1999, becoming the last person executed in Pennsylvania.

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