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SX | tori4fun (2 of 2) Apr 16, 2025

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In a video on the official Facebook page for the USA's largest volunteer-supported child mentoring group, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Eleanor Hunton Hoppe stares down the barrel of the camera's lens and states:
"I'm Eleanor and I support Big Brothers and Big Sisters because our mentoring model works."
Eleanor was employed by the organization from December 2017 to June 2019 and once even served briefly as their interim Director of Philanthropy.
This is one detail among a cache of brand-new information we have unearthed for you in this episode.
Information that—as far as we're aware—has not yet been covered by any news media organization, outlet, blog, or website.
We're breaking this one wide open.
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SX | tori4fun (1 of 2) Apr 15, 2025

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During the afternoon hours of March 16, 2023, a forty-five-year-old woman named Eleanor Hoppe got into her SUV and began the one-and-a-half-hour drive from her home in Charlottesville, Virginia to a hotel located in Warrenton.
To say Eleanor was excited about this road trip would be an understatement. She had been planning it for weeks. And as her car took the on-ramp to US 29 North and the white noise of rubber on asphalt hummed away—sexual fantasies flooded Eleanor’s mind.
But these were not normal sexual fantasies.
And this was not a normal road trip.
Eleanor didn’t know it at the time, but the man she was planning to meet was not who he said he was. He didn’t have an eight-year-old daughter like he and Eleanor had discussed in their chats on an encrypted messaging app. The man was in fact an undercover FBI agent.
This is the depraved tale of Eleanor Hunton Hoppe, or as she was known online: tori4fun.
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Update:
I thought this would be a one-off episode, but tonight I’ve discovered new information and am working on a part 2 right now. Will release it as soon as it’s finished.
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SX | The Paria Incident (2 of 2) Apr 14, 2025

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Part 2 of 2.
When Christopher Boodram reached the top of the riser his nightmare was far from over. In fact, you might say, it had only just begun.
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SX | The Paria Incident (1 of 2) Apr 03, 2025

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During a routine maintenance check on a submerged oil pipeline, a team of five experienced divers encountered a catastrophic event. An unforeseen error during their work triggered a powerful suction effect commonly referred to as DELTA P within the pipeline, rapidly pulling all five divers into its depths.
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SX | LaMDA Apr 02, 2025

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Part 1 of 1.
This story is about an artificial intelligence chatbot named LaMDA and the Google engineer who thinks it has become sentient.
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Episode Website:
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Featured Promo: Morbidology
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Music:
Emmanuel Witzthum, The Symphonic Garden Piece 2
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Augusta Treverorum, Nightmares
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20Six Hundred, Cimmerian Shade/Last Moments
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Sources:
https://blog.google/technology/ai/lamda/
https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917
https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/scientific-data-and-religious-opinions-ff9b0938fc10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience
https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/13/23165797/blake-lemoine-google-sentient-artificial-intelligence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/
Originally published: June 23, 2022

SX | A Psychopath Apr 01, 2025

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Part 1 of 1.
Call transcript:
>Police Department.
>A man is trying to break in my door. I don’t know who he is. He said, ‘let me in.’
>He’s doing what?
>He’s trying to break in my door!
>What’s your address?
>[redacted]
>What’s your name, ma’m?
>Karen [redacted].
>Karen, I want you to stay on the telephone, okay?
>Okay.
>Where are you now?
>I locked the front door and I’m upstairs in the bedroom.
>Is there anyone with you?
>No, just my baby.
>Karen, are you still there?
>He’s in the house! He broke through the door!
>He broke in—Karen, are you still there?
>Uh-huh.
>Shut the bedroom door. Lock it if you can and come right back to the phone.
>He’s at the door!
>What?
>He’s at the door! He’s here! He’s here!
>Are you still with me?
>Uh-huh.
>Tell him you’ve got the police on the phone.
>I’ve got the police on the phone. Who are you? Why are you here?
>He’s in the bedroom with her.
>I’ve got the police on the phone! I’ve got the police on the phone! Why are you here? Why are you here? Why!? Why!?
>Karen? … Karen?
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Originally published: May 17, 2022

S9 Chapter 20: She Posed as a Romantic Interest (Interview w/ Lisa G) Feb 19, 2025

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We talked about her in-person visits to Dodge Correctional Institution to visit Chandler Halderson, Chandler's confession to her, and the escalation of their "relationship."
This is my full 1.5 hour conversation with Lisa G.
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S9, Chapter 19: Interview with a Bunkmate Feb 10, 2025

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In November of 2023, I put out an open call to interview anyone who had any relation to the Halderson case. At first the lines were quiet. Then I made contact with a man who goes by the name "Wallace."
He claimed to have been bunkmates with Chandler back in county jail. I verified this man's identity and, surely enough, his claim checks out.
Here is our nearly two hour long conversation.
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S9, Chapter 18: Retribution Jan 29, 2025

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Let's dive right in with the jury's decision in the trial of Chandler Halderson.
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Sources:
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https://www.wkow.com/news/we-were-all-shocked-halderson-juror-says-defenses-lack-of-witnesses-helped-seal-killers-fate/article_bcf8f72e-7ef8-11ec-a0ad-6320731a1b80.html
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https://www.channel3000.com/news/crime/judge-orders-chandler-halderson-must-attend-sentencing/article_09d6f76d-58fb-5db1-aa28-5e34d26f6203.html
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S9, Chapter 17: Closing Arguments Jan 15, 2025

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As this case winds down we have a tale of two closings arguments. A clunky closing from the defense — and a razor sharp one from the prosecution.
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