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The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators is a show dedicated to the dark and disturbing stories from history your teacher never told you about. On the show I discuss unsolved mysteries, serial killers, survival stories, strange disappearances and other bizarre true events from the past.

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Ep. 187 - The Anthology Aug 22, 2022

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In this extra special episode, I'm presenting to you five mini stories, each telling a different strange tale from different parts of history. Hear the story of the casket girls of New Orleans, the time wolves caused a truce during World War I, the hilarious circumstances where a Nazi U-Boat commander accidentally sunk his own boat, the tale of the fastest surgeon in Victorian London, and of the creepy tale of a missing boy and a C.B. radio.

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Notes:

https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/truth-casket-girls/

https://gonola.com/things-to-do-in-new-orleans/history/the-casket-girls-wives-for-french-new-orleans

https://www.military.com/military-life/soldiers-world-war-eastern-front-fought-common-enemy-wolves.html

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/germans-and-russians-wwi.html?safari=1

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/nazi-u-boat-sunk-toilet-malfunction-1455820

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/poop-sank-wwii-german-u-boat

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-me-gentlemen-the-fastest-surgeon-of-the-19th-century/264065/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-liston

https://medium.com/true-crime-by-cat-leigh/child-pleads-for-help-through-cb-radio-21e1cc6489e0

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

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Ep. 186 - The Secret Life of Pope Joan Aug 08, 2022

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There's a story that claims back in the middle of the 9th century CE, there once lived a Pope named John Anglicus. Very little is known about what this Pope actually did during their reign. But one thing that is believed by some historians is that Pope John actually held a shocking secret. You see, legend has it, Pope John Anglicus was actually a woman known as Pope Joan, who managed to hide her gender and rise to the most powerful throne in Europe.

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Notes:

https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/how-history-keeps-ignoring-james-barry

https://www.history.com/news/the-extraordinary-secret-life-of-dr-james-barry

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Pope-Joan-Alain-Boureau/dp/0226067459

https://www.press.umich.edu/135037/afterlife_of_pope_joan

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329309405_Pope_Joan_The_covered-up_pontificate_of_a_woman_or_a_fictional_legend_Second_Edition

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-coins-suggest-legendary-female-pope-may-have-existed-after-all-180970297/

https://www.livescience.com/63598-female-pope-joan-medieval-coins.html

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Ep. 185 - The Angel Particle Jul 25, 2022

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Throughout history there have been a few scientists considered so brilliant they become household names. People like Albert Einstein or Galileo. But one name you might not be familiar with is Ettore Majorana, a genius Italian physicist who helped develop our understanding of the structure of the atom. One day in March of 1938, Majorana vanished without a trace, leaving behind a mystery to this day.

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Notes:

https://cerncourier.com/a/ettore-majorana-genius-and-mystery/

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012019/pdf

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XC74T7W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200103141035.htm

https://theconversation.com/this-is-what-happened-the-morning-the-first-atomic-bomb-created-a-new-world-142184

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/us/trinity-test-anniversary.html

https://www.energy.gov/lm/doe-history/manhattan-project-background-information-and-preservation-work/manhattan-project-1

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The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod

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License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://incompetech.com

The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://incompetech.com

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Wondery Presents: Who Killed Daphne? Jul 11, 2022

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When a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of journalists comes together to continue her work. Along the way they start to uncover clues that might lead to her killers. From Wondery, comes a new story about power, corruption and one woman’s fight for the truth. Hosted by investigative reporter Stephen Grey.
http://wondery.fm/TCP_Daphne

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Ep. 184 - The Pattern Jul 11, 2022

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A lot of conspiracy theories can be explained away as simple coincidence, and the way our human minds are designed to seek connections in places where there aren't any. And yet, there are some stories that make you wonder if something more sinister really is going on. During the 1980s nearly two dozen people working for a British defense firm all died under unusual circumstances. Were these just coincidences, as the British government insisted? Or were they all killed in a game of foreign espionage?

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Notes:

https://theunredacted.com/dead-scientists-the-marconi-murders/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-08-mn-185-story.html

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-mysterious-death-of-indian-prime-minister-and-top-indian-nuclear-scientist-7bcf40b8562e

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Verdict-Tony-Collins/dp/0747401462

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/01/06/from-the-archives-when-several-indian-nuclear-scientists-died-mysteriously.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDA3gGBzMKA

Music:

The following music was used for this media project:

Music: Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Artist website: https://incompetech.com

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Music: Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 183 - The Outlaw Trail Jun 27, 2022

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In 1908, news broke that the legendary outlaws known as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were gunned down in a shootout in Bolivia. But is that what really happened? Almost as soon as the gunsmoke cleared, rumors began to spread that Butch and Sundance might have survived, and lived on for years after.

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Notes:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/butch/

https://www.amazon.com/Butch-Cassidy-Story-American-Outlaw/dp/1501117483/ref=asc_df_1501117483/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509234950067&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10024823998848774111&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-923944284217&psc=1

https://www.biography.com/news/butch-cassidy-sundance-kid-real-story

https://www.grunge.com/180040/the-truth-about-butch-cassidys-death/

https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-deaths-of-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid

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

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Ep. 182 - The Coral Castle Jun 13, 2022

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Near the town of Homestead, Florida stands one of the most unique tourist attractions in the United States. It's a massive monolithic park built from 1,100 tons of limestone that today is known as the Coral Castle. The strangest part of this remarkable structure is that it was built by one man. Did the creator Edward Leedskallnin discover the secret of anti-gravity? Find out in this episode.

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Notes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/

https://coralcastle.com

https://www.livescience.com/41075-coral-castle.html

https://www.amazon.com/Coral-Castle-Leedskalnin-American-Stonehenge/dp/098421321X/ref=asc_df_098421321X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312176338241&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17409254240294197034&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-570489770565&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60258870897&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312176338241&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17409254240294197034&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016906&hvtargid=pla-570489770565

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Ep. 181 - The Blood Gospel May 30, 2022

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Throughout history, many cultures have considered blood to have magical properties. In fact, some people have held blood in such high regard that they actually turned to drinking blood in order to prolong their lives.

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Notes:

https://www.livescience.com/15899-drinking-blood-safe.html

https://www.ranker.com/list/carter-brothers-vampire-legend/jodi-smith

https://yesterdaysamerica.com/the-forgotten-history-of-two-new-orleans-vampires/

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5085&context=etd

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/blood-lust-the-early-history-of-transfusion/

https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Wakeman-vs-Antichrist-Strange-but-True-ebook/dp/B00INIXUAS

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Ep. 180 - The Madness of Two May 16, 2022

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In February 1933, a pair of sisters, Christine and Lea Papin were working as servants in a wealthy household, when the pair snapped and committed one of the most brutal and horrific crimes in French history. Was this a case of shared madness or class warfare?

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Notes:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/papin-sisters

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/12/the-papin-sisters-and-the-murder-case-that-still-haunts-france-after-more-than-80-years/?safari=1

https://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Oxford-Studies-European-Culture/dp/0198160119

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-crimes-of-the-papin-sisters-amy-delaney/1126474717

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Wondery Presents Blood Ties Season 3 "Strange Days" May 09, 2022

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ur family members are not always who we think. When Eleonore Richland exposed her father’s dark legacy, she vowed to clean up the family business – and hired her half-brother, Santino Reyes, to help her do it. But old habits die hard. In the shocking new third season, Eleonore reckons with what her father always taught her growing up: medicine is a bloody business. From Wondery, the makers of “The Shrink Next Door” and “Dr. Death,” Blood Ties stars Gillian Jacobs (Community, Love), Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why), and Peter Stormare. Listen to all six episodes ad free on Wondery+ on May 9.
Listen to Blood Ties - Strange Days:
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