This week we're switching things up and each telling a spooky story to celebrate our favourite time of the year!

Sources

https://medium.com/never-stop-writing/countess-elizabeth-bathory-real-life-vampire-or-scapegoat-of-history-dd70322adb03

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331911064_Elisabeth_Bathory_-_a_true_story

Join us this week as we ascend to the Next Level and talk about the wild Heaven's Gate cult!

Sources:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-26/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/12/heavens-gate-cult-of-cults-docuseries-hbo-max?srsltid=AfmBOorcvApNDP1NaalJexNTlB1eMPRvcjs9d-0DgM1ec64eyi7nenWC

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

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Marshall-Applewhite-heavens-gate-cult-17184301.php

https://daily.jstor.org/behind-the-curtain-of-the-heavens-gate-cult/

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

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

Trust Me: Frank Lyford – Heaven’s Gate: Part 1: The NomadicLifestyle

Trust Me: Frank Lyford – Heaven’s Gate: Part 2: BreakingAway

Finally, after weeks of promising, it's here! The Radium Girls! Hear all about the corporate greed that led to the dissolving of the jaws of women working with radium in the 1920s. Are we any better off now? Let us know!

This week we're talking about Belle Gunness, Midwestern murderess, also known as Hell's Belle. Belle Gunness lured suitors with promises of love and farmland… only for them tovanish without a trace. Was she a grieving widow, a savvy businesswoman—or something far more sinister?

Sources

Belle Gunness: The disturbing life of the lady Bluebeard

Belle Gunness: The Untold Story of America’s Most Notorious Female Serial Killer – True Crime Archives

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

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/

Join us this week as we laugh and cry in celebration of the man who created a genre that defined generations of music to come.

REFERENCES:  

https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/The-26-Craziest-Things-Ozzy-Osbourne-Ever-Did  

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ozzy-osbourne-most-insane-bouts-drug-addled-madness/  

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/ozzy-osbourne-pop-culture-moments-bat-biting-1235392013/  

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/02/entertainment/ozzy-osbourne-retires-quits-tour  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14957893/Ozzy-Sharons-love-story-Fans-share-heartwarming-clips-Osbournes-rocker-calls-wife-soulmateand-says-wouldve-dead-long-ago-without-her.html  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp4gee2egz8o  

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/25/he-spoke-up-for-me-when-i-was-in-prison-anthrax-lamb-of-god-rick-wakeman-and-more-share-memories-of-ozzy-osbourne  

https://www.loudersound.com/features/ozzy-osbourne-my-life-story  

https://www.eonline.com/news/1420195/ozzy-osbourne-sharon-osbournes-love-story  

https://www.newleafrecovery.co.uk/ozzy-osbournes-addiction-story/  

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/09/arts.artsnews  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14959647/Ozzy-Osbourne-Elton-Johns-decades-long-friendship.html  

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/ozzy-osbournes-brushes-death-including-35602096  

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132396&page=1  

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-09-me-ozzy9-story.html  

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-pictures/ozzy-osbourne-funeral-photos-1235396779/  

https://news.sky.com/story/ozzy-osbourne-latest-family-and-fans-to-say-goodbye-to-black-sabbath-star-at-birmingham-procession-13403472  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgeryx3j01go  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cqxgwj3ly9vt  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5ew3x3963o  

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

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

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ozzy-osbourne-outsell-black-sabbath/  

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/ozzy-osbourne-through-the-years-black-sabbath-and-beyond/  

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

Join us this week as we talk about one of the bravest and most influential women to come out of India. Hear about her time as a bandit and gang leader and her lasting impact on Indian culture. Trigger warning: sexual and physical violence against women.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35650616

https://www.theatlantic.com/past/issues/96nov/bandit/bandit.htm

https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2017/indias-bandit-queen/

https://blog.bham.ac.uk/historybham/women-in-history-phoolan-devi/

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

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/asequals/india-rape-crisis-justice-failures-as-equals-intl-cmd/

This week we're getting into our time machines and heading back to turn of the century New York City where typhoid is tearing through wealthy families and a disappearing chef named Mary Mallon is in the cross-hairs of the authorities!

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52291327

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3959940/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/mary.html

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

Assume Nothing: The Hunt for Typhoid Mary – BBC Radio Ulster

Typhoid Mary— Women’s Museum of Ireland

https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Folklife-Collections/Folklife-Collections-List-(1)/Other/The-Times-Rural-Ireland,-1850-1950/The-Times-exhibition-Timeline-of-events

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z99m2v4/revision/5

Join us for episode 101 where we're talking about POWERHOUSE woman, the founder of investigative journalism and worldwide adventurer, Miss Nellie Bly.

Join Emma and Steph for the 100th episode of I don't beerlieve it podcast where we're be talking about some of the world's dumbest criminals!

We're back with the third and final part of the capture of the Golden State Killer series. Hear about some more of the investigation, some of the amazing people who helped bring him to justice and finally, let's get some retribution!

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jane-doe-child-case-uncovered-serial-killer-identified/story?id=69648434

Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video

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

I’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamara

Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715955/4-murder-counts-filed-California-serial-killing-case.html

https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116056/2020/08/Exh-5-VIS_6.pdf

https://lamag.com/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-killer-the-writers-cut

https://www.biography.com/crime/michelle-mcnamara-golden-state-killerhttps://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/1627/Lyman___Charlene_Smith_murder_revealed_to_be_work_of_serial_killer.html)

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article209834384.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/golden-state-killer-investigation-carol-daly-detective

https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-timeline-crimes-golden-state-killer/story?id=54744307

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53226327

https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/golden-state-killer-sentenced-to-life-for-26-rapes-slayings-QV7ezQlhXLeECgyv/

We're back with the capture of the Golden State Killer this week and meeting some incredible people who moved the case on by leaps and bounds. Part two of three.

Sources:

Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video

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

I’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamara

Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715955/4-murder-counts-filed-California-serial-killing-case.html

https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116056/2020/08/Exh-5-VIS_6.pdf

https://lamag.com/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-killer-the-writers-cut

https://www.biography.com/crime/michelle-mcnamara-golden-state-killerhttps://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/1627/Lyman___Charlene_Smith_murder_revealed_to_be_work_of_serial_killer.html)

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article209834384.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/golden-state-killer-investigation-carol-daly-detective

https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-timeline-crimes-golden-state-killer/story?id=54744307

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53226327

https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/golden-state-killer-sentenced-to-life-for-26-rapes-slayings-QV7ezQlhXLeECgyv/

This week we're kicking off a two-parter about the capture of a man that terrorised California in the 1970s and 80s.

Sources:

Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video

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

I’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamara

Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715955/4-murder-counts-filed-California-serial-killing-case.html

https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116056/2020/08/Exh-5-VIS_6.pdf

https://lamag.com/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-killer-the-writers-cut

https://www.biography.com/crime/michelle-mcnamara-golden-state-killer

https://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/1627/Lyman___Charlene_Smith_murder_revealed_to_be_work_of_serial_killer.html)

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article209834384.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/golden-state-killer-investigation-carol-daly-detective

https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-timeline-crimes-golden-state-killer/story?id=54744307

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53226327

This week we've got a feel good episode where we'll discuss some of the incredible medical advancements in the field of Alzheimer's research and some of the awesome things charities are doing.

Join us as we travel through time and space to try and solve one of the most prevailing mysteries in history: was Atlantis real. And, if it was, where is it?

Sources

Finding Atlantis, National Geographic - Disney+

Atlantis Rising, National Geographic - Disney+

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atlantis-legendary-island

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/atlantis#:~:text=Plato%20told%20the%20story%20of,that%20penetrated%20to%20the%20center.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/atlantis_01.shtml

https://www.thoughtco.com/platos-atlantis-from-the-timaeus-119667

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/atlantis

https://www.historyhit.com/plato-and-the-lost-city-of-atlantis/

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a45701132/race-to-study-submerged-prehistoric-settlements/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ancient-cities-lost-to-the-seas-37942779/

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200106-did-the-trojan-war-actually-happen#:~:text=Most%20historians%20now%20agree%20that,may%20even%20hint%20at%20warfare.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/search-lost-city-troy#:~:text=The%20city%20of%20Troy,generations%20have%20lived%20at%20Troy.

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

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/lost-city-of-atlantis-swamped-by-tsunami-may-be-found-idUSTRE72B2JR/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aegean-civilization

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22527821

https://greekreporter.com/2024/02/06/atlantis-minoan-civilisation-santorini/

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

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

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220727-the-iberian-civilisation-that-vanished

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Plato/Dialogue-form

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/plato

Join us this week as we head back to the 1930s to talk about the Cleveland torso murderer, also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.

This week we're talking about a discovery that might turn what we think we know about the evolution of our species on its head!

Sources:

Netflix: Unknown Cave of Bones

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

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/data/naledi/

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/homo-naledi-your-most-recently-discovered-human-relative.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68942123

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1720842115

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-human-species/

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/june/claims-homo-naledi-buried-their-dead-alter-our-understanding-human-evolution.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/22/small-brained-early-humans-homo-naledi-cleverer-storm

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

https://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics/brains

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/earliest-human-burial-homo-naledi-berger

https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/rising_star_cave/rising_star_cave/index.php

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-latest-on-homo-naledi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus)

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Cradle-of-Humankind/601978

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Ples 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Berger_(paleoanthropologist) 

https://news.wisc.edu/naledi/#:~:text=Dating%20the%20fossils%20remains%20a,of%20time%20and%20depositing%20bodies.%E2%80%9D&text=According%20to%20Hawks%2C%20years%20of,Liberal%20Arts%20Seed%20Grant%20Program.

This week we're talking about an incredible woman that changed the lives of so many others whilst fighting her own demons at home.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckrrgdpvrdpo 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/21/my-heart-does-not-have-any-other-job-lhakpa-sherpa-the-record-breaking-nepalese-climber-who-cleans-houses-in-connecticut

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/sports/lhakpa-sherpa-everest.html

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

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

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

https://www.sherpaadventuregear.com/en-gb/blogs/journal/who-are-the-sherpa-people-of-nepal 

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

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa - Netflix

It's the final part in Emma's Medellin Cartel series! Tune in for Part 5: Pablo the Executioner and hear about the Escapades of Escobar!

It's Christmas so let's throw some Christmas miracles your way! See you next year you lovely bunch!

Welcome to part 4 of Emma's Medellin in Miami series! This week we're meeting the infamous Griselda Blanco, The Black Widow. Tune in for all the gory details!