Best True Crime Encyclopedia Podcasts (2024)

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How to Sabotage a Supply Chain 53:49

6M ago53:49

53:49

In this episode, we speak to Theresa Campobasso about the threats facing supply chains across the world. Theresa Campobasso is Senior Vice President of Strategy at Exiger, a Supply Chain Security software company, where her operational and technical strategies drive success for both federal government organisations and private industry. She has spe…

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How to Run a Troll Farm 1:04:58

6M ago1:04:58

1:04:58

In this episode, we talk about misinformation, disinformation, and troll farms in the 21st century with Olga Belogolova and Regina Morales. Olga Belogolova is the Director of the Emerging Technologies Initiative at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She is also a professor at the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecuri…

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How to Wage Economic Warfare 1:29:21

6M ago1:29:21

1:29:21

In this episode, we speak to Max Hess and Nicholas Michelon about economic warfare. Maximilian Hess is a political risk analyst and consultant, as well as a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Max is the founder of Enmetena Advisory. Max speaks German, Russian, Georgian and Spanish, and has written for the Financial Times, the New Stat…

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How to Steal Corporate Secrets 1:07:07

7M ago1:07:07

1:07:07

In today's episode we speak to Dr. Maria Robson-Morrow and Holden Triplett about the fascinating world of corporate espionage. Dr. Maria Robson-Morrow is the Program Manager at the Harvard Kennedy School's Intelligence Project. She worked as a global security intelligence analyst at Nexen Energy in Canada and then as an independent security intelli…

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How to Conduct a Drone Attack 52:47

7M ago52:47

52:47

In this episode, we speak with Dr. James Patton Rogers on how to conduct a drone attack. Dr. James Patton Rogers is the Executive Director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University. An expert on disruptive technologies and the history of weaponry and war, James currently advises the United Nations and NATO on the global prol…

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How to Steal a Nuke 58:35

7M ago58:35

58:35

In this episode, we talk to Vitaly Fedchenko on nuclear security. Vitaly Fedchenko is a Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme. He has worked at SIPRI since 2005 and has 20 years of experience in nuclear security research and nuclear security assistance program implementation. He received a Master’s degree in nuclear…

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How to Get Rich Selling Fake Drugs Online 1:05:10

8M ago1:05:10

1:05:10

In this episode, we speak to Anne Devaud, global head of product security at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms, about the threats posed by pharmacrime gangs. She has spent the last 25 years in both the private sector, and in France’s customs enforcement agency combating crimes such as smuggling and counterfeiting. Anne holds a Masters…

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How to Launder Money 1:11:05

8M ago1:11:05

1:11:05

Today, we discuss money laundering in the modern and everchanging world. Yaya is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security where his research focuses on crypto, blockchain, and central bank digital currencies. Earlier in his career, he spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA, where he r…

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How to Avoid Being Killed in a Warzone 52:20

8M ago52:20

52:20

On this episode, we discuss combat reporting, warzones, and how to survive them with Rosie Garthwaite. Rosie is an executive producer at BBC World Service's Investigations Unit, and is currently based in London making documentaries and interactives about the Middle East and North Africa. She founded Mediadante, producing the Emmy-nominated, “The Wo…

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How to Break the Internet 57:08

8M ago57:08

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In this episode, we discuss the security of deep-sea internet cables with Dr. Bruce Jones. Bruce Jones is a senior fellow with the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution; he also works with the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, and is a consulting professor at the F…

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How to Recruit a Spy 55:04

8M ago55:04

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On this episode, we speak to former CIA operative Marc Polymeropoulos on how to recruit a spy. Marc retired from the Senior Intelligence Service ranks in 2019 after serving for 26 years in the Intelligence Community in operational field and leadership assignments. He is an expert in counterterrorism, covert action, and human intelligence collection…

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How to Poison Your Enemies 55:28

9M ago55:28

55:28

In our next episode, we interview Dr. Neil Bradbury on poisons and their uses. Dr Bradbury is a graduate of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and the University of Wales School of Medicine, with degrees in Biochemistry and Medical Biochemistry. Although he grew up in the UK, he now lives and works in Illinois, USA, where he’s a scientist, …

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How to Invade a Country 40:54

9M ago40:54

40:54

In the first episode of our second season, we interview Mick Ryan on how to invade a country. Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the U.S. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College and School of Advanced Warfighting. He has comma…

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"Forgotten Serial Killers - Season Finale!" 2:56:50

11M ago2:56:50

2:56:50

You said you wanted an episode on serial killers, and after months of absolutely heinous research (Kim cried), recording, and editing, it’s finally here: The Season Two Finale, “Forgotten Serial Killers,” featuring the stars of Netflix’s MINDHUNTER series. Teams Kimberly and Edward endeavored to find tales of true “multiple murderers” not already d…

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Secret Story Time Bonus Episode: The Toy Box Killer 16:15

11M ago16:15

16:15

If you’re not already familiar with The Toybox Killer case, you’re about to be….and head’s up that it’s from the deepest, darkest, stankest part of history’s colon. You may need a fresh baptism afterwards just from listening. If you’ve ever wondered why there’s such a loud movement to shut down social media accounts teaching misogyny, and backlash …

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Secret Story Time Bonus Episode: The Saga of GOLDUST: How The WWE Turned Homophobia Into Dollar Signs 1:02:02

1y ago1:02:02

1:02:02

This episode was written as an epic Pride Season gift to our beloved Patreon subscribers, but given recent Supreme Court rulings and the fresh wave of anti-LGBTQ+ mouth diarrhea that SCOTUS fuckery spawned, it seemed an important story to release into the wild. Because while it might sound like a joke, few things are more epic, gayer, AND more pres…

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"Wild Wilderness Survival" 2:57:17

1y ago2:57:17

2:57:17

We may ALL be struggling to survive the surrealist nightmare which is “post-Pandemic” 2023, but there’s still stuff to be grateful for. Not dying slowly of scurvy in the frozen Arctic, or roasting like a pair of hot nuts under a relentless Sahara sun, for starters. We’re also collectively blessed with an uncanny ability to adapt, overcome, and expe…

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"Joe Exotic" 48:03

1y ago48:03

48:03

Full disclosure: When Edward proposed this interview back in March, Kimberly’s immediate response was “Why the fuck would we talk to Joe Exotic?” (She’s a delicate flower like that.) And it’s a fair question. While Tiger King was a savagely addictive and jaw-dropping series, it was also rife with animal abuse, unchecked misogyny, predatory sexual b…

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"Thomas Kinkade: The Painter of Light" 46:34

1+ y ago46:34

46:34

He was hailed as “The Painter of Light,” a titan of pastoral landscapes which glowed whimsically from the windows of malls and Disney stores across America in the 1990s. But inside Thomas Kinkade, the famed born-again Christian artist behind one of the most commercially successful art entities ever created, lurked a darkness even he couldn’t cover …

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"Guys & Dolls: He Made It Weird" 2:55:23

1+ y ago2:55:23

2:55:23

We’re all capable of royally screwing up a romance, but some guys are so good at it we still talk about them 100 years after their relationships tank. In this month’s battle of storytelling, Team Edward flies into Key West, Florida, to unearth the story of Carl Tanzer and his extremely unhinged relationship with a beautiful, dead Cuban tuberculosis…

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"Medical F*ckery" 2:59:37

1+ y ago2:59:37

2:59:37

Terrible things happen when we put professions on pedestals. Over the last two centuries, “Medicine” has improved so significantly the human lifespan increased dramatically. Unfortunately, medical science and medical ETHICS are two different things—and they aren’t always practiced together, even today. This episode dives into two of the most horrif…

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Secret Story Time Bonus Episode - "Santa is Dead": The Story of Paul Schäfer - Nazi, Child Rapist, and Christian Cult Leader 33:57

1+ y ago33:57

33:57

Ho, Ho, Holy shit. It takes a special kind of dick hole to be jealous of a kid's affection for Santa Claus. But when you take into consideration that Paul Schäfer was a Nazi, pedophile, and notorious cult leader, his disdain for jolly old St. Nick starts to make a bit more sense. After all, how could he afford to make space for the children of his …

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The Fuckerrecap #2: October 2022 Weird News in Review 11:29

1+ y ago11:29

11:29

It’s that time again, folks—our monthly, pithy recap of the previous month’s most mentionable public human fuckery, plus a few honorable decency mentions for everyone’s sanity. Several weeks of October 2022 in the United States were dominated by surprise anti-semitism being spewed by billionaire rappers, resulting in one of the more entertaining gr…

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Ivan the not that terrible yet. (Ivan the Terrible pt.1) 36:30

1+ y ago36:30

36:30

Ivan the first Tsar of Russia is sometimes thought of as a madman, a psychopath whose paranoia leads to some horrible acts being brought upon those he declared to be enemies. Although in the early years of Ivan IV's reign, he could be better described as, Ivan the soon-to-be but not at the moment, terrible. In part one of our two-part episode on Iv…

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This is Halloween? 27:52

1+ y ago27:52

27:52

We talk about a few ghost-y stories we have, read a scary story (The Mystery of the Semi-Detached by Edith Nesbit), and talk a little bit about where trick-or-treating comes from. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Support the showBy Matthew & Marissa

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"Scare Me!" 2:18:07

1+ y ago2:18:07

2:18:07

It’s that time of year again folks! The veil is thinning, and the rate of spooky fuckery is on the rise. Last season, our Halloween stories were thematically in sync, as we brought you tales of two haunted homes on opposite sides of the world. But this year, the hosts were left with a lot more space to explore Satan's grundle. The assignment: "scar…

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MKUltra: Tune In, Tune Out, and Turn Your Eyes Around 42:35

1+ y ago42:35

42:35

Project MKUltra was a series of illegal experiments carried out by the CIA that were designed to test the effects of drugs and how they might be weaponized. We discuss this and a little about white room torture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=776lDlNopJU&t=79s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDAOFgye1M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc …

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How to Kill a Journalist 44:56

1+ y ago44:56

44:56

In the Season 1 finale, we discuss the threats posed to journalists around the world with Dr Mark Grant. Dr Grant is the head of high risk, safety and security at Sky News, and has operated in high-risk environments around the world for nearly 2 decades and has supported and directly managed security for the BBC and CNN. Mark holds a doctorate in s…

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The Brutally Beastly Bloody Benders who Butchered the Bodies of Bucolic Kansas 41:44

1+ y ago41:44

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In what is called one of the biggest mysteries of the American Old West, the Bender family fled from suspicion and a looming search of their homestead... and nobody can agreed on what happened to them. This search would result in finding the bodies of many people who had gone missing in the area, but what happened, and who were these... Bloody Bend…

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How to Hijack a Ship 58:48

2y ago58:48

58:48

In the penultimate installment of the first season of the podcast, we discuss the threats to global shipping posed by piracy, state actors, and other dangers with two members of the Encyclopedia Geopolitica team. Cormac Mc Garry is an Associate Director at the specialist risk consultancy Control Risks, where he heads up their maritime security inte…

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The Fuckerrecap #1: September 2022 Weird News in Review 13:44

2y ago13:44

13:44

What a time to be alive! Deadly weather events, dickheads holding office, adult toddlers running around doing adult toddler shit—it’s too much to keep up with. So we’re helping out. Now that our amazing new subscribers Denise and “J” have tipped us over into the 30+ paying patrons mark, we’re able to make this monthly roundup of human fuckery just …

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How to Join an Extremist Group 47:11

2y ago47:11

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In the latest installment of our new podcast, we sit down with Dr Muhammad Fraser-Rahim to discuss radicalisation and extremism, and how individuals find themselves recruited into extremist groups. Dr. Fraser-Rahim currently is Vice President, Global Intelligence, Resilience and Response Operations at Salesforce and is on faculty at the Citadel and…

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Bad Moon Rising (Terrible Weather Events & Eclipses) 49:20

2y ago49:20

49:20

Throughout our history, there have been terrible weather events that have impacted history, and solar eclipses have had a special place as well, as frightening and unexpected events. In this episode, we'll discuss a few of these events. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Support the…

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How to Kidnap an Executive 47:10

2y ago47:10

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In the latest installment of our new podcast, we sit down with a kidnapping historian and author and an executive protection and kidnap & ransom expert, to discuss the topic of executive kidnappings. Philip Jett is a retired attorney who has represented multinational corporations, CEOs, and celebrities from the music, television, and sports industr…

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"Alien Encounters" 2:25:46

2y ago2:25:46

2:25:46

Thirty years ago, alien talk was mostly restricted to trashy daytime talk shows or weird sitcom fodder. (RE: “ALF?”) But with the very recent declassification of hundreds of pages of United States military case files on UFOs, plus an ever-expanding Internet cache of compelling videos and eyewitness reports, alien encounters are no longer taboo…and …

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Monk-Hieing Around: The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei 1:01:35

2y ago1:01:35

1:01:35

Taking a turn toward the bizarre this week, we discuss the marathon monks of Mount Hiei where monks walk 24,000 miles to clarify their mind and spirit. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Ref: https://www.trailrunnermag.com/people/culture-people/the-marathon-monks-of-mount-hiei/ http…

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How to Stage a Coup 38:45

2y ago38:45

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In the first installment of our new podcast, we sit down with Professor Rory Cormac to discuss coups, subversion, and covert influence. Professor Cormac teaches International Relations at the University of Nottingham, and specialises in secret intelligence and covert action. Rory is the author of "Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Se…

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How to Assassinate a Diplomat 39:29

2y ago39:29

39:29

In the third installment of our new podcast, we sit down with Fred Burton to discuss threats to diplomats around the world. Fred is a former police officer, special agent and New York Times best-selling author. He has served on the front lines of high-profile investigations like the hunt for and arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the fir…

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Weird Ways Rulers Have Died 35:03

2y ago35:03

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This week, we explore some weird ways rulers have died throughout history. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Support the showBy Matthew & Marissa

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How to Get Rid of a President 1:05:04

2y ago1:05:04

1:05:04

In the second episode of "How to get on a Watchlist", we sit down with Dr. David Priess to discuss the risks Presidents face from assassinations or impeachments in order to remove them from office, as well as the risks posed by Presidents trying to cling onto power. Dr. Priess is the publisher and chief operating officer at Lawfare. He's a former i…

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Floyd Allen and the Hillsville Massacre 48:49

2y ago48:49

48:49

From a chance detour, we came across the Sidna Allen House. Then into the wormhole on this week's episode about the Hillsville Courthouse Massacre, a bit of forgotten Appalachian history. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Ref: https://theroanoker.com/interests/history/hillsville-ma…

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How to Shoot Down an Airliner 42:53

2y ago42:53

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In this episode we sit down to discuss the risk posed to commercial airliners by terrorism and armed conflicts with Aviation Security expert William Sandover. After 29 years in the UK Foreign Office, with postings in Vienna, Buenos Aires, Paris and Pakistan, William joined British Airways in 2008 as their International Risk Adviser, responsible for…

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"Traumatic Treachery" 2:06:38

2y ago2:06:38

2:06:38

Pontius Pilate may have been the one who condemned Jesus of Nazareth to death, but the name reviled most today is “Judas.” And that’s because treacherous backstabbers—men like Ephialtes of Trachis and Benedict Arnold—who betray friends, lovers, or countrymen for personal gain are so shameful we put them on display forever, a collective reminder of …

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Ra Ra Ra Ranavalona! 45:19

2y ago45:19

45:19

Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar was responsible for the deaths of 1/3 of her people during her reign, through a series of campaigns to avoid Westernization. This Queen of Madagascar will go down in history for her bloody reign. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Support the show…

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H.H. is for Homicide! The H.H. Holmes Hotel 50:27

2y ago50:27

50:27

H.H. Holmes (real name Herman Webster Mudgett) was an American con artist, bigamist, and serial murderer. His gruesome deeds made him famous, and the newspapers expanded that fame. People know the story of his murder castle, where gruesome tortures, dissections, and murders supposedly took place. But when you look at the story as a whole, what is a…

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The West Memphis Three (Satanic Panic IV) 49:36

2y ago49:36

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In a shocking case that captured the attention of the nation, the West Memphis Three were sent to jail for a crime they.. didn't commit. The final part of our Satanic Panic series. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Ref: http://proclaimjustice.org/?fbclid=IwAR28GsnooHLvVthG13yp6C7qV…

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The Devil's in the Details: Satanic Panic Vol 3. 41:01

2y ago41:01

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If you want to learn more about the Satanic Panic, "aideperbacam ot netsil." Oh wait... "listen to Macabrepedia." Backmasking is hiding messages in songs when they're played backward... and that caused a lot of trouble once upon a time.... Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Ref: Jud…

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Devils in the Daycare: Satanic Panic Vol 2 48:51

2y ago48:51

48:51

In this entry, we discuss the McMartin Pre-School case and the rise of ritualistic child abuse accusations of the 1980s and 90s. Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepedia Instagram: @macabrepediapod Email us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.com Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R21tWs-qCw https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wpJHaSIGEDby9ZipHKhWp?si=f56bb073671…

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"Charlatan Scam Artists: Tiny Spirit Optimizers” 2:04:29

2y ago2:04:29

2:04:29

Internet shamans, TV hucksters, wellness grifters, slimy CryptoBros—humanity is bombarded by successful scam artists using the internet for evil, and we wanna make sure they’re LESS successful. Branding guru Alyssa Bonanno, and Fyre Festival crew survivor Will Desena, join Teams Kimberly and Edward to help listeners ID scammers before they get into…

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Secret Story Time Preview: "Christ-loving Conmen and Bedazzled Designer Denim: The Alamo Ministries Cult, Part 2" 22:01

2y ago22:01

22:01

So what happens when two broke Jews-turned-Christian-Evangelicals fall in love, then decide to grift a bunch of poor people out of money using The Bible as leverage? SPOILER ALERT: It’s…uh, yeah, it’s not great. It involves a lot of gaslighting, hypocrisy, some sexual assault, and a prodigious amount of abuse. But in the case of The Alamos, it also…

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