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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.

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 159 - The Windigo Jul 26, 2021

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Throughout the Algonquian speaking tribes of Canada there exist legends of a terrifying, cannibalistic creature that stalks the forest. Windigo legends have grown so popular they've even become part of our own modern pop culture in movies, comics and video games. But the history of the winding goes much deeper than that. And it turns out, involves some very real murders.
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Notes: https://www.backstoryradio.org/blog/the-mythology-and-misrepresentation-of-the-windigo/ https://legionmagazine.com/en/2003/01/beware-the-windigo/ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/ http://www.murderpedia.org/male.R/r/runner-swift.htm https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/meet-jack-the-cannibal-killer/67368/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/vince-li-discharge-1.3977278 https://allthatsinteresting.com/vince-li
Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
https://dexterbritain.com/

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Ep. 158 - The Boy in the Box Jul 12, 2021

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In February 1957, a man walking through the woods of the Fox Chase area outside Philadelphia made a gruesome discovery. It was the body of a little boy, who had been badly beaten and discarded inside a cardboard box. More than six decades later, the identity of the little boy and who murdered him, remains a mystery.
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Notes:
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2006/05/15/who-is-the-boy-in-the-box-part-one/

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/real-time/the-boy-in-the-box-1957-DNA-philadelphia.html

https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/the-box-in-the-box

https://the-line-up.com/boy-in-the-box-case

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/us/01boy.html

Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://dexterbritain.com/

Loss by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4003-loss

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Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 157 - The First Detective Jun 28, 2021

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During the 18th century there once live a rather remarkable individual in France who is considered today to be the father of modern criminology. Eugene Vidocq lived his life by one philosophy, in order to catch a criminal, you had to be able to think like one. Which was fortunate in his case, because on top of being the first modern detective, Vidocq was also a wanted criminal.

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Notes: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/edgar-allan-poe-invented-detective-story-180962914/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edgar-allan-poe-tried-and-failed-to-crack-the-mysterious-murder-case-of-mary-rogers-7493607/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P88796W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/eugene-francois-vidocq-french-criminal-detective/https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Eugne-Franois-Vidocq-The-Convict-Who-Became-the-Father-of-Modern-Criminal-Investigation https://www.vidocq.org/history/https://allthatsinteresting.com/eugene-francois-vidocq

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 156 - The Mad Trapper Jun 14, 2021

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Back in 1932, a mysterious stranger who led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on a wild manhunt through the frozen wilderness of the Canadian Northwest. What should have begun as a simple questioning by police, turned into a violent gun battle and one of the largest manhunts in the history of the northwest. Although the man went by what is most likely an alias of Albert Johnson, he's better known by the name given to him by the newspapers, The Mad Trapper of Rat River.

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Notes:

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1955/10/1/who-was-the-mad-trapper-of-rat-river

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Manhunt-Hunt-Mad-Trapper/dp/B01K10D9IS

https://www.whitehorsestar.com/History/a-most-bizarre-case-the-mad-trapper-of-rat-river1

https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/community/the-mad-trapper-part-4-the-quest-to-identify-albert-johnson-begins/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-trapper-albert-johnson

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://dexterbritain.com/

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Long note One by Kevin MacLeod

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Ep. 155 - The Yeti Hunters May 31, 2021

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For centuries, stories have existed of a large, hairy ape man roaming the Himalayas. Hear the stories of the people who have hunted this elusive creature that some people call the Yeti, while others call the Abominable Snowman.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Slick-True-Encounters-Cryptozoology/dp/0941936740/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/138-5558208-5801144?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0941936740&pd_rd_r=6e7576c5-1778-45c6-9094-134134e0d39a&pd_rd_w=LC253&pd_rd_wg=mPLFe&pf_rd_p=a0d6e967-6561-454c-84f8-2ce2c92b79a6&pf_rd_r=9SY9H2ZNNCGNNHN5S99F&psc=1&refRID=9SY9H2ZNNCGNNHN5S99F https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2011/09/06/the-badass-hall-of-fame-tom-slick-millionaire-yeti-hunter https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/yeti-abominable-snowman-bear-daniel-taylor https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/so-much-abominable-snowman-study-finds-yeti-dna-belongs-bears http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150630-is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-yeti https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Cryptozoology-Mongolian-Deathworms-Not-So-Mythical-ebook/dp/B07N1WS26W

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep 154 - The Dark Night of the Soul May 17, 2021

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Back in 1929, the nude body of a young woman named Netta Fornario was discovered on the tiny Scottish island of Iona. She was draped in a black cloak, and her body was laid out over a cross carved in the earth. To this day no one knows exactly what caused her death. But there are those who believe she was killed by supernatural forces, and they all lead back to a mysterious secret society of magicians.

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Notes: https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/netta-fornario https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/555841/strange-1920s-death-iona-scotland-nora-emily-fornario https://medium.com/@anncarney51/the-strange-death-of-netta-fornario-b4d6817d7e6f https://www.nps.gov/subjects/air/humanhealth-sulfur.htm https://www.google.com/books/edition/Priestess/H5JCPgAACAAJ?hl=en https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Magicians_of_the_Golden_Dawn.html?id=1sc2AAAAMAAJ http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=dennis-denisoff-the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-1888-1901 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-western-mysticism-and-esotericism/golden-dawn-and-the-oto/89C65341BF3D3912E35E25A6F3759B07

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Ep. 153 - The Kingfish May 03, 2021

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Hey everyone, here’s the latest conspiracy-laden episode, featuring guest host Rob Kristofferson of "Rolling Through the Realms", "The Order of Podcasters" and "Our Strange Skies".
During the 1930s, Huey Long was the ultimate political heavyweight in Louisiana. He simultaneously acted as the state's governor and U.S. Senator. But in 1935, according to the history books, a young doctor named Carl Weiss assassinated Long by gunning him down inside the state capitol. But is that what really happened? In this episode we tell you about the wild and colorful history of Long's political career, and explain why Long's alleged assassin might really be innocent.
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Notes: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/huey-long/ https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_1f01fd4b-424d-55d6-95cc-b3782e81da79.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AO54EWA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.hueylong.com/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/13089/when-julius-caesar-was-kidnapped-pirates-he-demanded-they-increase-his-ransom
Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/
Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 152 - The Last Train to Paris Apr 19, 2021

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Hey everyone! While I’m recuperating I wanted to introduce you to my special guest host for this episode, the amazing Nina Innsted of the Already Gone Podcast!

The history books generally state that the inventor of motion pictures would either go to Thomas Edison or the Lumiere brothers. But there's considerable evidence that title should actually go to a lesser known inventor named Louis LePrince, who built his first single-lens motion picture camera years before Edison or the Lumieres. The reason you may never have heard of Louis LePrince though is because before the inventor ever got a chance to publicly demonstrate his remarkable invention, he vanished without a trace from a moving train, along with all his plans.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Edison-Electric-Invention-America/dp/0143124447 https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Reel-Christopher-1-Nov-1990-Hardcover/dp/B012HUROVS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=christopher+rawlence&qid=1618589576&sr=8-1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702108701603 https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/06/01/was-thomas-edison-a-patent-troll/id=10829/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33198686 https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/587550/Louis-Le-Prince-new-documentary-world-s-first-motion-picture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_the_first_powered_flight https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/who-invented-radio-guglielmo-marconi-or-aleksandr-popov

Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/

Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4994-mesmerize License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Ep. 151 - The Anthology Apr 05, 2021

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Hey listeners, while I'm recuperating from surgery, here are three of my favorite spooky mini episodes Patreon to tide you over:

The Valley of the Headless Men

There's a massive section of pristine wilderness in Northern Canada called the Nahanni National Park Reserve. But legend has it during the early 20th century, several decapitated bodies were found there, giving it the more descriptive nickname The Valley of the Headless Men

Notes:

https://www.outdoorjournal.com/news/secrets-nahanni-valley-headless-men/

https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/canada/experiences/news/the-haunting-history-of-this-canadian-national-park

https://medium.com/chameleon/the-valley-of-headless-men-e249a493efed

Music:

March of the Mind by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4020-march-of-the-mind

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Entity

In 1986, two teenage girls performed a seance to try to summon the spirit of their deceased mother. Instead, they caught the attention of something altogether terrifying.

Notes:

https://www.joeturnerbooks.com/post/daniel-laplante

https://medium.com/chameleon/daniel-laplante-a-chilling-story-of-a-disturbed-young-killer-8ee51bfc7db9

https://www.wattpad.com/769259411-real-crime-stories-paranormal-hauntings-daniel

Music:

Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Iceman Curseth

In 1991, some hikers in the Otztal Alps came across a remarkable discovery: the frozen remains of a prehistoric man dating back to between 3400 to 3100 BC. Although Otzi the Iceman, as he's become known, was a major scientific discovery, there are those who believe his remains came with a deadly curse.

Notes:

https://www.dw.com/en/curse-of-the-iceman-linked-to-scientists-death/a-1765550

https://www.iceman.it/en/the-iceman/

https://www.ranker.com/list/otzi-iceman-curse/april-a-taylor

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/apr/20/science.italy

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Special Announcement Apr 02, 2021

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Hi listeners, I need to share with you a special announcement regarding the future of the show.

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