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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. 244 - The Oakville Blobs Oct 14, 2024

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In 1994, something strange translucent drops of a jelly-like substance rained over the tiny Pacific Northwest town of Oakville, Washington. Immediately after, the townspeople began falling ill, then the animals started dying.

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https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/

https://www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bVpc4mWWuM

https://www.netflix.com/title/81593881

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/oakville-blobs-mystery

https://web.archive.org/web/20240719053950/https:/www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/04/22/army-report-details-germ-war-exercise-in-ny-subway-in-66/70772a8b-8223-47de-99b4-876d5e57dd9c/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1950-us-released-bioweapon-san-francisco-180955819/

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

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Ep. 243 - The Deep Sep 30, 2024

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In this episode I'm going to tell you three stories about some of the most horrific diving accidents in history.

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Notes:

https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/pipeline-diver-tragedy-corporate-manslaughter

https://medium.com/@mrodriguez0/the-terrifying-paria-diving-disaster-trapped-in-an-underwater-oilpipe-7001ce9a5179

https://newsday.co.tt/2024/07/11/3-face-court-over-paria-diving-tragedy/

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-pipeline-deaths-blamed-on-oil-companys-gross-negligence/

https://www.coursehero.com/file/85910708/Assessment-about-Star-Canopus-diving-accidentdocx/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Canopus_diving_accident#CITEREFPrangley/Ward_FAI1979

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/byford-dolphin-accident.htm

https://zero.sci-hub.se/5268/7dda7cee52d7eb3ec606a82d0f1b9a61/giertsen1988.pdf

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/norway/540650/byford-dolphin-diving-incident-casts-long-shadow-40-years-on/

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Ep. 242 - The Dogmen Sep 16, 2024

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During the late 1980s and 1990s, a series of reported sightings throughout Elkhorn, Wisconsin and northern Michigan began appearing about large, hairy, half man, half dog hybrid creatures that can only be described, as a real life werewolf. In this episode I'm going to tell you the history of the Beast of Bray Road and the Michigan Dogman.

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https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Bray-Road-Wisconsins-Werewolf/dp/0996263055

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Wolfmen-Encounters-Modern-America/dp/1585429082/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_2/140-5513919-1736818?pd_rd_w=jrhKC&content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_r=FE9JQNTS4SBJWVW088VH&pd_rd_wg=dreQR&pd_rd_r=88733dcd-fb14-482b-a396-4db68a64714c&pd_rd_i=1585429082&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/I-Know-What-I-Saw-Linda-S-Godfrey-audiobook/dp/B07T3HTQ1W/encoding=UTF8&pdrd_w=SFIUg&content-id=amzn1.sym.f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_p=f76d456a-cb0d-44de-b7b0-670c26ce80ba&pf_rd_r=140-5513919-1736818&pd_rd_wg=Mr8Ra&pd_rd_r=592795e2-a266-40f2-b5b8-6495b8d3276c&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-bray-road

https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Legend-or-lore-Michigan-s-Dogman-still-haunts-17292455.php

https://mysteriousmichigan.com/the-michigan-dogman

https://radio.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-10-31/dog-man-story-starts-as-song-continues-as-legend

https://kryptos.fandom.com/wiki/Gable_film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2n2vVyT8cw

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Ep. 241 - The Lake of Death Sep 02, 2024

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Lake Lanier is a man-made reservoir in the northern part of Georgia. It's one of the state's biggest tourist attractions, drawing in millions of visitors each year. But Lake Lanier also has a sinister reputation for being or cursed. Since the lake was formed in the 1950s, more than 700 people have either drowned or vanished entirely in the lake. In this episode I dive into the lake's dark and tragic history.

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Notes:

https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier

https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Recreation/Lake-Sidney-Lanier/

https://time.com/6984594/georgia-death-lake-lanier-haunted/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/2024/05/10/lake-lanier-oscarville-local-hidden-gem/73455267007/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/community/voices-for-equality/oscarville-lanier-lake-black-town-riot-mae-crow-chattahoochee-beulah-rucker/85-8647e2be-a07b-4e80-91cc-61613d0ff472

https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/learning-research/projects-initiatives/originals/forsyth-1912/

https://www.amazon.com/Underwater-Ghost-Towns-North-Georgia/dp/1540235602?keywords=underwater+ghost+towns+of+north+georgia&qid=1649991264&sprefix=underwater+ghost+t%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=sogomedia-20&linkId=b92257593dc8ae4dcc519005e3b75573&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il

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Ep. 240 - The Deadly Skies Aug 19, 2024

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In October 1978, an Australian private pilot named Frederick Valentich took off on what should have been a one hour flight to nearby King Island. But 40 minutes into his flight, Valentich radioed into ground control telling them he was being pursued by a UFO. Minutes later, Frederick Valentich vanished without a trace.

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Notes:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/what-were-mysterious-foo-fighters-sighted-ww2-night-flyers-180959847/

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/11/the-valentich-disappearance-another-ufo-cold-case-solved/

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/australia/B1497_V116-783-1047_10491375.pdf

https://unsolved.com/gallery/ufo-disappearance/

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/farmer-may-hold-ufo-clue-to-36year-valentich-plane-mystery/news-story/5d495b78d705f6d2efdcd8d8a4a7797e

https://allthatsinteresting.com/frederick-valentich

https://www.ranker.com/list/frederick-valentich-ufo-disappearance-facts/linda-meyers

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/truth-was-out-there-after-all/news-story/2973bd131c27da0a31f4a7b8eba643fe

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/ufo-suspicions-still-cloud-disappearance-of-frederick-valentich/news-story/238397f0c2734c8b91cf4b96ae497bc5

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Ep. 239 - The Stranglers Aug 05, 2024

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Between 1962 to 1964, 13 women in the Boston area were strangled to death by a serial killer. A 33 year old handyman named Albert DeSalvo would go on to confess to the murders. But did he really do it?

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Boston-Stranglers-Susan-Kelly/dp/0786032510

https://time.com/6263843/boston-strangler-hulu-true-story/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-tenacious-women-reporters-who-helped-expose-the-boston-strangler-180981786/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-the-boston-stranglers-identity-was-finally-confirmed-50-years-after-his-reign-of-terror-ended

https://www.boston.com/culture/movies/2023/03/17/boston-strangler-movie-whats-real-not/

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Ep. 238 - The Anthology Jul 29, 2024

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In this special episode, I'm bringing to you three stories around some of the ways magic and mysticism played a role in World War II.

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In this episode I'm bringing you a collection of short stories, all around the central theme of some strange events during World War II involving magic and mysticism.

Notes:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86145/operation-cone-power-when-british-witches-attacked-adolf-hitler

https://www.thoughtco.com/british-witches-hitler-spell-4134250

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78979/jewish-psychic-who-tricked-hitler

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780922915682

https://www.salon.com/2002/02/27/hanussen/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23456119#

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-man-who-wrote-hitlers-horoscope/

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Ep. 237 - The Devil's Music Jul 22, 2024

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In the history of the Delta blues, there is no bigger name than that of Robert Johnson. According to popular legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads, in exchange for his musical talent.

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https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942

https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/obituaries/robert-johnson-overlooked.html

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/devils-music-myth-robert-johnson/

https://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136063911/robert-johnson-at-100-still-dispelling-myths

https://www.classicfm.com/composers/paganini/niccolo-gifted-violinist-deal-with-devil/

https://www.vialma.com/en/articles/266/Niccolo-Paganini-The-Devils-Violinist

https://radiolab.org/podcast/199705-crossroads

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0981600212/radiolabbooks-20/

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452279496/radiolabbooks-20/

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Ep. 236 - The Cellar Jul 08, 2024

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Dr. Hawley Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in history. But modern forensic D.N.A. tests may change everything we think we know.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/conspirators to get 10% off your first month.

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Notes:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-me-basement-babies-20101116-story.html

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/

https://www.amazon.com/Thunderstruck-Erik-Larson/dp/1400080673

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7050714.stm

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Ep. 235 - The Crash Pad Jun 24, 2024

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Was Charles Manson part of a CIA mind control program? In 1969, Charles Manson and his cult shocked the world when they committed the Tate-LaBianca murders. But is that the whole story? A 2019 book by journalist Tom O'Neill offers evidence that there's a lot more to the story than we know.

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https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Charles-Manson-History-Sixties/dp/0316477559?dplnkId=3442e754-04ae-46cc-8842-b198b10fdd5f&nodl=1

https://jacobin.com/2023/05/the-manson-murders-may-have-something-to-do-with-cia-mind-control-experiments

https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/dec/19/mkruby/

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