"Jolly Jane" Toppan: The Nightmare Nurse Who Killed for a Thrill
In this episode of pplpod, we examine the chilling case of Jane Toppan, a Massachusetts nurse whose friendly demeanor earned her the nickname "Jolly Jane," masking her reality as one of America's most...
3 Feb 23min
The Death House Landlady: The Crimes of Dorothea Puente
To the community in Sacramento, she was a respectable matron in vintage clothing who ran a charitable boarding house for the elderly and mentally disabled. But when police began digging in her garden ...
3 Feb 32min
The Lady of Silence: The Case of Serial Killer Juana Barraza
In this episode of pplpod, we enter the ring with Juana Barraza, a professional wrestler known as "La Dama del Silencio" (The Lady of Silence) who lived a dark double life as one of Mexico’s most noto...
3 Feb 28min
The Moors Murders: Ian Brady, Myra Hindley, and the "Utmost Depravity"
In this episode of pplpod, we delve into the dark history of the Moors murders, a series of child killings that terrorized Manchester, England, between July 1963 and October 1965. We profile the perpe...
3 Feb 31min
One Man Rule: Warren Jeffs, the YFZ Raid, and the Secrets of the FLDS
In this episode of pplpod, we investigate the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a sect that split from the mainstream LDS Church to continue practicing polygamy after ...
3 Feb 35min
Shoko Asahara: The Blind Guru, The Doomsday Cult, and the Tokyo Subway Attack
In this episode of pplpod, we investigate the terrifying trajectory of Shoko Asahara, the visually impaired yoga instructor who transformed a meditation circle into the deadly doomsday cult known as A...
3 Feb 32min
Yoga, Sarin, and the Apocalypse: The Rise and Fall of Aum Shinrikyo
In this episode of pplpod, we dive into the terrifying history of Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese doomsday cult responsible for the deadly 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack. We explore how a movement that be...
3 Feb 38min
The Fox of Oxford: Isaiah Berlin on Liberty, Pluralism, and the Tragedy of Choice
In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and mind of Sir Isaiah Berlin, the Russian-British social theorist hailed as "the world’s greatest talker" and one of the finest minds of the 20th centur...
3 Feb 52min
