#31- The Mysterious Slumber Party Death - Death of Tamla Horsford

Rosa was in her 80s and struggling with dementia. But recently, it seemed like things had gotten worse. Rosa would point at the door at the end of the hallway and whisper to her family -“Rudy is here. He’s there. He’s in that room.”Her adult children would all glance at one another before comforting Rosa that there was no way Rudy was there. Rudy Farias was a boy that had gone missing 5 years ago. 3 years after Rosa passed - Rudy Farias was found alive. He had been living in that locked room for the past 8 years. He had been held captive. Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

3 Elo 20231h 10min

May of 2022, 26-year-old “Minhee,” was walking home after meeting up with friends. She didn’t realize someone was following her home.When she walked inside her apartment building and waited for her elevator- the stalker came up behind her and kicked her in the head 6 times.She was knocked unconscious… he then dragged her limp body to a dark corner of the lobby that didn’t have CCTV cameras. He was with her body for 7 minutes. What on earth happened in those 7 minutes?And why was Minhee randomly attacked by a complete stranger?Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

30 Heinä 20231h 15min

December 2018, 20 year-old Sanda Dia was brought into the emergency room by his so-called “college friends.” He was unconscious and cold to the touch.His friends did not give doctors any information on what was wrong with him. They didn’t tell doctors that for the past 48 hours, they had tortured Sanda to the point of his death.After fighting for his life in the hospital - Sanda died of multiple organ failure. Doctors performed an autopsy to discover in his stomach - whole goldfish, decapitated heads of mice, decapitated heads of eel, and more than 2 months of the average salt intake.Sanda Dia was tortured to death by the fraternity all because he was black.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

26 Heinä 20231h 20min

The boarding school of nightmares shouldn’t have been open for as long as it was. The Inhwa Boarding School was for students that had mental, physical, and intellectual disabilities.It was nestled in the mountains of South Korea - and it was keeping a dark secret.It was filled with what the students called “perverts.” The perverts would force students into empty classrooms to sexually assault them. The perverts would play movies in class and drag students to the back to assault them in front of their friends. The perverts would play adult films for the students. And if the victims ever got pregnant - they disappeared. The students were beaten into silence.The perverts were the very teachers and administrators that vowed to protect, teach, and serve the students with disabilities.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

24 Heinä 20231h 17min

What would you do if you saw a child on the side of the highway at night? What if the child was in distress, alone, and in a diaper?July 13, 2023, Carlee Russell saw a small toddler on the side of the highway. She stopped her car, called 911, and while on the phone with her friend, she got out to check on the child.She would go missing, and the whole nation believed she was human trafficked by evil people who used a child to lure her out of her car.49 hours later, she showed up at her parent’s doorstep - barefoot and dazed. Her reappearance only promoted more questions. Where is the child now? Why won’t Carlee answer the questions? Is she even telling the truth?Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

20 Heinä 202355min

This was the first hit that Zainab’s family got after she went missing. The shop owner said he didn’t see her personally but he had CCTV cameras outside his shop.The family sat around holding their breath - eyes scanning the grainy footage. Some of the others were comforting them that they would find her in the footage and realize she was just lost. She would come home safe.But it fell silent. Nobody believed that anymore. On the screen, they saw 7-year-old Zainab in her pink coat walking hand in hand with a stranger. A strange man. He was not someone the family knew. He was Pakistan’s worst serial killer.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

16 Heinä 20231h 6min

In an upscale cafe in Jakarta - 3 women sat in a booth. Jessica, Hani, and Mirna had been friends since college and decided to reunite to catch up.One had gotten married and was ready to start her own family.Another had just landed a new job.Another was going to live full-time in Australia with her boyfriend.And by the end of the coffee date - one would be dead in the booth. The culprit? A strange yellow-colored coffee sitting at the table.Was the coffee tainted? Was she deliberately poisoned? Who were the suspects, her best friends from college?Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

12 Heinä 20231h 11min

The house was on fire, and it was going to collapse. The firefighters stood in front of it doing everything they could to put out the angry flames. There was a 66-year-old lady screaming at them.“Please my son is in there! You have to go back in and get my son!”They knew the house was going to collapse any minute now - but the firefighters always sacrificed their own lives in an attempt to save another. 10 firefighters went in. The house would collapse killing 6 of them.But the son was never found in the house - did he even exist? Where was he? Did his mom know he wasn’t in there? And who set the fire?This is the house of horrors that changed South Korea forever.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

9 Heinä 20231h