CULT: The Breatharians
In this episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes, host Vanessa Richardson traces Breatharianism from its fringe origins to a worldwide movement that has been linked to at least six deaths. Be...
3 Jun 41min
CONSPIRACY THEORY: The Banana Wars
In 1954, the CIA orchestrated a covert coup that removed Guatemala's democratically elected president, Jacobo Árbenz, at the behest of Cold War anxieties and the United Fruit Company's political influ...
1 Jun 39min
CRIME: The Vampire of Düsseldorf
In 1929, Peter Kürten terrorized the German city of Düsseldorf in a months-long killing spree that claimed at least nine lives, including those of young children. In this episode of Conspiracy Theorie...
29 Mai 40min
CULT: Rod Ferrell & the Vampire Clan Murders
In November 1996, a group of teenagers calling themselves the Vampire Clan drove from Kentucky to Eustis, Florida, and beat Richard Wendorf and Ruth Queen to death in their own home. Their leader, 16-...
27 Mai 38min
CONSPIRACY THEORY: Mercy Brown & the Vampire Panic featuring Dr. Harini Bhat
In 1892, as tuberculosis ravaged the small town of Exeter, Rhode Island, a grieving family made a desperate decision: they exhumed the body of 19-year-old Mercy Brown, convinced the dead were feeding ...
25 Mai 45min
CRIME: Chandra Levy, Pt. 2
In May 2001, 24-year-old Chandra Levy vanished from Washington, DC, and all eyes turned to the married Congressman she'd been secretly dating. But while Gary Condit stonewalled investigators and domin...
22 Mai 35min
CRIME: Chandra Levy, Pt. 1
In May 2001, 24-year-old Chandra Levy, a government intern from Modesto, California, vanished from her Washington, DC apartment without a trace, leaving behind her wallet, half-packed suitcases, and n...
20 Mai 32min
CRIME: Idaho Murders
In November 2022, four University of Idaho students, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. The suspect, Bry...
18 Mai 37min
