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

The hospital staff were frantic trying to save the 26 bodies that were being wheeled into the emergency room. A local psychiatric clinic had suspiciously burst into flames. Mental health professionals, doctors, and patients were being rushed into the hospital.The doctors focused on saving their lives. They started getting to work on a man that was wheeled in with the others. They gave him compressions, checked his vitals, and went to empty his pockets for safety reasons - and they found something odd.Two cans of tear gas, a knife, and a melted lighter.They soon realized they were trying to save the life of the killer. The man who started the fire and would soon kill 26 people. But who would target a mental health clinic and kill those who were already so vulnerable?Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

19 Apr 202350min

Have you ever played Hide & Seek? The game? Sarah and her boyfriend Jorge Torres decided to play one night. The best hiding spot they could find was inside a suitcase. Jorge crawled inside, and Sarah zipped it up.She waited a moment, then she watched as he pushed up against the suitcase trying to get out. He was struggling to get enough oxygen. He started begging her to let him out. She recorded his screams and laughed in his face.“This is what it feels like when you cheat on me” - she said.Sarah left him in the suitcase, calmly went upstairs, and fell asleep for the night. He would be dead by morning.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

16 Apr 20231h 13min

He killed 3 people on Chinese New Year. He admitted to it, he turned himself in, and he said in court that he didn’t regret a single moment of it. He had waited 20 long years to finally do it and now he felt free. He confessed to a triple homicide so why was a whole country rooting for him?Because he had gotten revenge on his mom’s killers. He had waited 20 years to take what he felt was his—an eye for an eye. Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

9 Apr 202347min

17-year-old Janice was hiding under the bed. There were 3 masked men that had broken into the family home. They were going from room to room attacking anyone they stumbled across.Janice managed to slide under her bed, but she had no idea if they would find her - if she were next. She couldn’t make a single noise.She tried to text her family to send help. She posted on Facebook, hoping someone would read it and call the police.By the time her father came home - 2 of the 3 siblings were found dead. But in today’s case - nothing is what it seems.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

5 Apr 202357min

Lee’s girlfriend had just moved in with him. It was perfect; Christmas of 2022 was just around the corner, and he was the perfect gift to her life.Lee, was attentive, caring, compassionate, and the perfect boyfriend.He even had 3 adorable cats that she grew attached to.While Lee was out running errands, she started unpacking, and realized she needed to feed one of those cats. She searched everywhere for the bag of cat food, nowhere in the kitchen or pantry. She found herself staring at the open hallway storage closet.She was just looking for cat food.But she had stumbled across a dead body.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

2 Apr 20231h 1min

Yeram’s wedding day was almost perfect. It was one of the happiest days of her life in a very long time.She spent the day grabbing fast food with her new husband, unpacking their newlywed house, and calling each other “wife” and “husband.”Later that night, on their wedding night, Lee Yeram would take her own life. Why? Why would she do this after one of the happiest moments of her life? Just 81 days prior, she was sexually assaulted by her Air Force senior sergeant. This case would become one of South Korea’s most talked about cases with layers of corruption.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

29 Mars 20231h 11min

Her only mistake was picking up the phone. That’s it. She didn’t know it was the bully’s boyfriend calling her. This “mistake” almost cost her her life.She was dragged into a karaoke bar - beaten to an inch of her life. Then later, dragged into an alleyway near an abandoned factory where she was beaten by 5 bullies. They assaulted her for hours until she was drenched in blood, and the whole thing was caught on CCTV.She barely made it out alive but her nightmare was just beginning. These photos started to circulate in her high school and the victim was taunted for the fact that she was tortured.That’s just the story of one victim. Another victim was burned all over her body with a hair straightener. Another one was lit on fire for his birthday as a “celebratory candle.”These are the real-life school violence stories that inspired the K-Drama “The Glory.”Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

26 Mars 20231h 20min

If you go to South Korea, there are a lot of fortune tellers. They have cafes, automated fortune dispensers, and palm readings; they have everything you need to figure out what’s in store for you in the future.They have all the answers. When SJ sat down in front of his fortune teller, she smiled. His future was clear as day. So easy to read.She told him - “You, my dear, will become famous. You will make videos and be known by everyone.”What she didn’t tell him was that he would be known for being a super spread of Herpes and will be arrested for his crimes.Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

22 Mars 20231h 2min