Episodes
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Brittany and Heather are back for Part 2 of our con artist series where Brittany tells the story of how Anna Delvey tricked the New York socialites and (almost) made her way to the top. Grab your champagne and your Birkin bag - you're not going to miss out on this one.
Sources:
https://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html
https://people.com/crime/inventing-anna-true-story/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a38517687/anna-delvey-sorkin-inventing-anna-true-story/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_toc_md_pmx_hybd_mix_us_17942344289&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7ZO0BhDYARIsAFttkCjg63qKvuFHqPYqxjW3V_x0o0GMnA3vFd1yd-OuAVjztvwyRjvgXXMaAug4EALw_wcB
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a38962970/where-is-anna-delvey-today/
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/video/anna-delvey-documentary/
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/inventing-anna-fact-check
https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/anna-delvey-now-rcna15204
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a21563727/summer-of-scam-anna-delvey-explained/20/20 - The Sinfluencer of Soho
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Heather gives Brittany the history behind some of the most well-known nursery rhymes, and let us tell you - some are downright creepy!
Sources:
https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families/rhymes-in-time/muffin-man
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/10/04/the-muffin-man-is-the-beloved-nursery-rhyme-based-on-a-serial-killer/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muffin-man-song-serial-killer/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes
https://theghostposts.com/8-dark-nursery-rhymes/ https://cafemom.com/parenting/meanings-nursery-rhymes-lullabies/this-old-man
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/famous-nursery-rhymes-popular-song-meanings
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
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Brittany and Heather are getting into con artists! Scammers, phonies, fakes, scheisty individuals... whatever you call them, you're not going to want to miss part one of this series where Heather shares the details on Victor Lustig. Did we con you into listening?
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/
https://strawpoll.com/most-famous-con-artist https://thehustle.co/originals/the-con-man-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice-1
https://www.uselessinformation.org/lustig/index.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9880185/The-man-conned-world-Audacious-scams-career-criminal-Victor-Lustig-told-new-book.html
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Chris try to figure out where those garden dudes orginated from, and some of the trouble they caused along the way. Get out your shovels for some digging.
Sources:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gnome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome
https://www.britannica.com/art/gnome
The Gnome by The Brothers Grimm
Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes by R.L. Stein
https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/Lawn_Gnomes
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
New Way Off Track incoming! Brittany really wanted to talk about when people got accidentally buried alive back in the day, and Thurlow helped with the technical stuff.
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/people-feared-being-buried-alive-so-much-they-invented-these-special-safety-coffins-180970627/
https://www.nmfh.org/buried-alive-boetticher/
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/07/13/the-terrifyingly-true-stories-of-people-that-were-buried-alive/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial#:~:text=In%20the%20seventeenth%20century%20in,burial%20was%20changed%20to%20beheading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial#:~:text=In%20the%20seventeenth%20century%20in,burial%20was%20changed%20to%20beheading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher
https://poemuseum.org/the-cask-of-amontillado/
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Thurlow are back for part 2 of (Class) Action Park where the choas continues.
Sources:
https://arlenlawfirm.com/the-real-facts-about-class-action-park/#:~:text=By%20the%20time%20Action%20Park,were%20injured%20throughout%20the%20years.
https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-action-park-new-jerseys-most-dangerous-water-park
https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a33795371/class-action-park-rides/
https://arlenlawfirm.com/the-real-facts-about-class-action-park/
https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20220313/32428/action-park-americas-most-dangerous-amusement-park
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Thurlow wet their theme park appetites with part one of the wild story of Action Park. We'd tell you to buckle up, but there are no seatbelts.
Sources:
https://arlenlawfirm.com/the-real-facts-about-class-action-park/#:~:text=By%20the%20time%20Action%20Park,were%20injured%20throughout%20the%20years.
https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-action-park-new-jerseys-most-dangerous-water-park
https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a33795371/class-action-park-rides/
https://arlenlawfirm.com/the-real-facts-about-class-action-park/
https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20220313/32428/action-park-americas-most-dangerous-amusement-park
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
In this spooky episode, Brittany and Jenna talk about "the most haunted house in London"... supposedly. It's best to listen and make up your own mind.
Sources:
https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-most-haunted-house-in-london/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Berkeley_Square
The Most Haunted House In London - 50 Berkeley Square: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hcPcFLjayA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8InnbKy4L8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwn9
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
In this Way Off Track episode, Jenna give us the down-low on Victorian Architecture. While we know this was mostly for Jose, we hope the informatoin is enjoyed by all!
....spelling "architecture" is hard.
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Heather discuss the MANY stalkers of Taylor Swift, as well as the stalking of Jodie Foster that ultimately led to the attempted assissination of former President Ronald Regan.
Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/ronald-reagan-attempted-assassination-john-hinckley-jodie-foster
https://www.famous-trials.com/johnhinckley/533-letter
https://www.biography.com/crime/john-hinckley-jr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFXMsGIBQxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0R2GHaaHUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k46rWLMXoHc
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=kTQNM0cYcyY
https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/slideshow/2579817/celebrity-stalkers/1/
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/taylor-swifts-alleged-stalker-arrested-again-shortly-leaving-court.amp
https://nypost.com/2024/02/07/metro/taylor-swifts-nyc-stalker-mentally-unfit-for-trial-attorney-claims-in-plea-to-get-him-out-of-rikers-island/amp/
https://celebrityaccess.com/2024/02/11/alleged-taylor-swift-stalker-david-crowe-deemed-mentally-unfit-for-trial/
https://www.newsweek.com/who-frank-andrew-hoover-taylor-swift-alleged-stalker-threatening-notes-singers-784584
https://pagesix.com/2024/01/20/entertainment/taylor-swifts-alleged-stalker-arrested-after-trying-to-get-into-her-building/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/taylor-swift-stalker-domestic-violence-restraining-orders/
https://nypost.com/2022/01/11/taylor-swifts-terrifying-stalker-history-through-the-years/
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
This is not a trick! Brittany and Chris discuss the story of Rumpelstiltskin, which involves a lot of questions and, of course, theories.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rumpelstiltskin
https://icelandicknitter.com/gilitrutt-an-icelandic-tale/
https://interestingliterature.com/2017/01/a-summary-and-analysis-of-the-rumpelstiltskin-fairy-tale/
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
You're not seeing double! Brittany and Jenna discuss the paranormal phenomenon of doppelgangers and the case of Emilie Sagee.
Sources:
Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Eerie Doppelgänger Of Emilie Sagée - Unexplained Stories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_Sag%C3%A9e
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetch_(folklore)
https://www.communication-generation.com/doppelganger-origins-and-meanings/#:~:text=If%20someone%20saw%20a%20relative,believed%20to%20signal%20impending%20death.
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Thurlow are finally back for part 2 of Al Capone's story! This is where things start to go downhill for our ol' pal Al.
Sources:
https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/al-capone/https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/may-2010/get-capone-st-valentines-day-massacre-jonathan-eig/#:~:text=THE%20COLDEST%20CASE%3A%20Since%20February,usually%20point%20to%20Al%20Capone.https://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id242.htmhttps://websites.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/nkazmers/capone2.htmlhttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone
https://asliceofbrooklyn.com/al-capones-early-life-in-brooklyn/
https://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id242.htm
https://nypost.com/2018/08/11/these-are-the-spots-where-al-capone-became-a-hardened-gangster/
https://smileandgun.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/he-fcking-deserved-it-how-al-capone-got-his-famous-scars/
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Thurlow go waaaaaaaay off track when they are joined by special guest, Jose, who gives them the (public knowldge) downlow on NORAD.
Sources:
Modern Marvels: NORAD: America’s Secret Underground Nuclear Base l Super Structures
(youtube)
https://oceanliteracy.unesco.org/ocean/#:~:text=Oceans%20cover%20about%2071%25%20of,w
ater%20found%20on%20our%20Planet.
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator
https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-nuclear-testsday/history#:~:text=The%20world's%20nuclear%20arsenals%20ballooned,1980s%20(United%20
States%2023%2C000%20and
https://fasttrackteaching.com/ffap/Unit_11_Cold_War/U11_Cold_War_Maps.html
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/warsaw-treaty
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Heather are back to discuss Gypsy Rose Blanchard's life after prison and the recent docuseries that was released.
Sources:
https://people.com/gypsy-rose-blanchard-murder-case-timeline-8421449
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2024/1/8/24024249/gypsy-rose-blanchard-timeline-murder
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/gypsy-rose-blanchard-timeline-prison-release/amp/ https://www.ranker.com/list/dee-dee-blanchard-case-timeline/bailey-benningfield
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001555.htm#:~:text=Munchausen%20syndrome%20by%20proxy%20is,like%20the%20child%20is%20sick.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/munchausen-by- proxy
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9834-factitious-disorder-imposed-on-another-fdia
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/munchausen-syndrome/overview/#:~:text=Munchausen%20syndrome%20is%20a%20psychological,are%20the%20centre%20of%20attention.
The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686 -
Brittany and Heather jump on the bandwagon and cover the fascinating case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her part in the murder of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard.
Sources:
https://people.com/gypsy-rose-blanchard-murder-case-timeline-8421449
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2024/1/8/24024249/gypsy-rose-blanchard-timeline-murder
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/gypsy-rose-blanchard-timeline-prison-release/amp/ https://www.ranker.com/list/dee-dee-blanchard-case-timeline/bailey-benningfield
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001555.htm#:~:text=Munchausen%20syndrome%20by%20proxy%20is,like%20the%20child%20is%20sick.
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/munchausen-by- proxy
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9834-factitious-disorder-imposed-on-another-fdia
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/munchausen-syndrome/overview/#:~:text=Munchausen%20syndrome%20is%20a%20psychological,are%20the%20centre%20of%20attention.
The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
https://www.amazon.com/REAL-AMITYVILLE-HORROR-Behind-Murders/dp/1521798699 -
Brittany and Chris are back for part two of werewolves, where they spend some time discussing the pop culture of it all. Or at least try to.
Sources:
The Werewolf in Lore and Legend by Monatgue Summers
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend
https://www.history.com/news/6-famous-wild-children-from-history
https://www.werewolves.com/docs/werewolf-timeline/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf
https://cultural-phenomenons.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolves_in_popular_culture
https://www.werewolves.com/docs/werewolf-timeline/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5620125/
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies -
This week Brittany and Chris delve into werewolves; no suprise that Chris had a LOT of thoughts on this topic.
Sources:
The Werewolf in Lore and Legend by Monatgue Summers
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend
https://www.history.com/news/6-famous-wild-children-from-history
https://www.werewolves.com/docs/werewolf-timeline/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf
https://cultural-phenomenons.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolves_in_popular_culture
https://www.werewolves.com/docs/werewolf-timeline/
Chris' Brain, I guess -
Jenna, Heather, and Brittany are back for Part 2 of the Amityville series where they cover the (supposed) haunting after the murders, which of course wouldn't be complete without the brief mention of the Warrens.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoyXIxKiz4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.
https://www.amazon.com/Night-DeFeos-Died-Ric-Osuna/dp/1591095867
https://allthatsinteresting.com/amityville-murders#:~:text=The%20real%2Dlife%20horror%20story,nearby%20bar%2C%20crying%20for%20help.
The Night the Defeos Died: Reinvestigating the Amityville Murders by Ric Osuna
The Real Amityville Horror: The True Story Behind the Brutal Defeo Murders by Frances J. Armstrong
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
https://www.amazon.com/REAL-AMITYVILLE-HORROR-Behind-Murders/dp/1521798699 -
Brace yourselves for the first ever three host episode where Jenna and Brittany are joined by Heather to cover one of the most notorious family annihilation cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoyXIxKiz4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.
https://www.amazon.com/Night-DeFeos-Died-Ric-Osuna/dp/1591095867
https://allthatsinteresting.com/amityville-murders#:~:text=The%20real%2Dlife%20horror%20story,nearby%20bar%2C%20crying%20for%20help.
The Night the Defeos Died: Reinvestigating the Amityville Murders by Ric Osuna
The Real Amityville Horror: The True Story Behind the Brutal Defeo Murders by Frances J. Armstrong
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
https://www.amazon.com/REAL-AMITYVILLE-HORROR-Behind-Murders/dp/1521798699 - Montre plus