River Donaghey grew up in a cult. Or at least that’s what some people called it. His parents called it a “personal-growth seminar group.” Its leader called it “one big happy family.” But there was a dark side to the world River grew up in. One he never heard about as a kid. In the 1970s and 80s, a self-help company called Lifespring took America by storm. Hundreds of thousands of people walked out of Lifespring as true believers, convinced that the seminars had the power to change the world. ...
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Episode 112: The Mysterious Death of Jennie Cramer
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Take a trip back to Connecticut in the late 19th century with Katie and Liz on this week's episode of True Crime New England! This episode examines the interesting life and the mysterious death of local beauty and flirt, Jennie Cramer, whose whole life was devoted to her social status and finding a rich, successful man to marry. So, when she wins the heart of Jimmy Malley, the nephew of the town's richest man, she couldn't be more ecstatic. Little did she know that Jimmy, his cousin Walter, and a sex worker from New York, Blanche Douglass, would actually lead to her downfall. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truecrimene/support
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Take a trip back to Connecticut in the late 19th century with Katie and Liz on this week's episode of True Crime New England! This episode examines the interesting life and the mysterious death of local beauty and flirt, Jennie Cramer, whose whole life was devoted to her social status and finding a rich, successful man to marry. So, when she wins the heart of Jimmy Malley, the nephew of the town's richest man, she couldn't be more ecstatic. Little did she know that Jimmy, his cousin Walter, and a sex worker from New York, Blanche Douglass, would actually lead to her downfall. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truecrimene/support
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