Corrupt Podcast
Join podcast co-hosts, Paige and Angela, as we dive into our obsession with true crime, history, and mysterious stories. We’ll explore the intricate details of the corrupt, the cruel, and the calculating.
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Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
It’s the final episode of 2025! We wanted to take this time to reflect on our first year of podcasting, share some blooper reel laughs and favorite moments.
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“Man Found Living in Decked-out Crawl Space of Oregon Condo without Owner’s Knowledge, Deputies Say - CBS News.” CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Today’s Latest Headlines, https://www.facebook.com/CBSNews/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-found-living-crawl-space-condo-happy-valley-oregon/. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
McCormack, Caitlin. “Oregon Man Discovered Living inside Tricked-out Crawlspace in Quaint Condo Complex.” New York Post, New York Post, 5 Sept. 2025, https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/us-news/oregon-man-discovered-living-inside-tricked-out-crawl-space-in-quaint-condo-complex/.
#thatsawrap #blooperreel #quiz #favoritemoments #podcast #bloopers #shorts #paige #angela #corrupt #crew #corruptpodcast #patreon #mystery
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
In December 1996, a woman was found in a Virginia cemetery next to a decorated Christmas tree. For more than 25 years, she remained unidentified, known as The Christmas Tree Lady. It wasn’t until 2022, through DNA genealogy, that her true identity was revealed.
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Sources for this episode:
“245UFVA.” Doe Network: International Center For Missing and Unidentified Persons, https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/245ufva.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawMxrUZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFFWFk5bDdub1VnRmhaeFhqAR4E9b-SnCzNBRKT4-dSjYOSCQoATcWjAeL6Jl43eBcX7WwI0Ac2NSm2FuFrHA_aem_KzIL33gu-_GCvYM0kvzRBg. Accessed 13 Sept. 2025.
Click2Houston, 2. Solving Cold Cases with DNA: Othram’s Breakthrough Forensic Lab. YouTube, 20 Mar. 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApdcjBLMrS4.
“FamilySearch.Org.” FamilySearch.Org, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GXGW-VFN/joyce-marilyn-meyer-1927-1996. Accessed 13 Sept. 2025.
Jackman, Tom. “She Died and Became the ‘Christmas Tree Lady.’ Now We Know Her Name.” 245UFVA, https://www.doenetwork.org/closed/articles/245UFVA_article.pdf. Accessed 13 Sept. 2025.
A woman who took her own life in a Fairfax cemetery is an Iowa native, but many other questions remain
Kalmbacher, Colin. “Joyce Marilyn Meyer Sommers Identified in Suicide Cold Case.” Law & Crime, 7 July 2022, https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/dna-testing-gives-solace-to-family-of-missing-woman-by-solving-1996-suicide-case-of-the-christmas-tree-lady/#disqus_thread.
Miller, Jax. “Virginia’s ‘Christmas Tree Lady’ Identified As Joyce Meyer.” Oxygen, Oxygen, 8 July 2022, https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/virginias-christmas-tree-lady-identified-as-joyce-meyer.
Staff. “‘The Christmas Tree Lady’: DNA Match Helps Solve 25-Year-Old Cold Case.” WHAM, https://www.facebook.com/13wham, 7 July 2022, https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/the-christmas-tree-lady-dna-match-helps-solve-25-year-old-cold-case-joyce-meyer-fairfax-county-jane-doe-identified.
Vogen, Michael. “After 25 Years, ‘Christmas Tree Lady’ Is Identified.” DNASolves.Com, DNASolves®, 7 July 2022, https://dnasolves.com/articles/christmas-tree-lady-joyce-sommers/.
#TheChristmasTreeLady #JoyceMeyer #JoyceSommers #CorruptedChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasPodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #mystery #doenetwork #virginia
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Five of the ten Sodder Children disappeared after a Christmas Eve 1945 fire at their home. Decades later, their fate is still a mystery. Were they killed in the fire, kidnapped or murdered? The Sodder family believed the five missing children survived the fire but despite the decades-long hunt for answers, no definitive answers were ever found.
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Sources for this episode:
Abbott, Karen. The Children Who Went Up In Smoke. 25 Dec. 2012, https://www.doenetwork.org/media/sodders.pdf.
“Betty Dolly Sodder (1940-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17174320/betty_dolly-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“FayCo History: The Sodder Children – Thoughts and Ponderances.” Thoughts and Ponderances, https://www.facebook.com/WordPresscom, 8 Nov. 2019, https://seletyn.com/2019/11/08/fayco-history-the-sodder-children/.
“Five Children Perish in Yuletide Fire.” Schenectady Gazette, 27 Dec. 1945.
https://books.google.com/books?id=f44kAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=sodder+children&article_id=760,7215871&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja4PKX88yQAxU0kYkEHYewAXQQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=sodder%20children&f=false
Frater, Jamie. “10 Facts About The Sodder Children Mystery That Don’t Add Up - Listverse.” Listverse, Listverse.com, 25 Jan. 2021, https://listverse.com/2021/01/25/10-facts-about-the-sodder-children-mystery-that-dont-add-up/.
“George ‘Ted’ Sodder Jr. (1929-2012) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102344696/george-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Giorgio V. ‘George’ Sodder (1895-1969) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18304007/giorgio_v-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
Horn, Stacy. “Mystery of Missing Children Haunts W.Va. Town | SDPB.” SDPB, SDPB, 23 Dec. 2005, https://www.sdpb.org/2005-12-22/mystery-of-missing-children-haunts-w-va-town.
“‘I Still Have Hope’ Woman Seeks Children 34 Years.” Williamson Daily News, 26 Dec. 1979.
https://books.google.com/books?id=MJdDAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=sodder+children&article_id=6858,321092&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw78bx7syQAxUdC3kGHXOOL_AQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=sodder%20children&f=false
“Jennie Lauriessa Cipriani Sodder (1903-1989) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18304176/jennie_lauriessa-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“John Frederick Sodder (1923-2001) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173351729/john_frederick-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Joseph Samuel ‘Joe’ Sodder Sr. (1924-2010) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219649842/joseph_samuel-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Louis Erico Sodder (1935-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17174767/louis_erico-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Martha Lee Sodder (1933-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17179305/martha_lee-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Mary Ann ‘Marion’ Sodder Crowder (1926-2005) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102344854/mary_ann-crowder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Maurice Antonio Sodder (1931-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17179362/maurice_antonio-sodder. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
Miles, Dorothy. The Missing Sodder Children. 2017.
“Missing Sodder Children in West Virginia – Legends of America.” Legends of America – Traveling through American History, Destinations & Legends since 2003., https://www.legendsofamerica.com/missing-sodder-children/. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Photos of Michael Sodder - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17503770/michael-sodder/photo. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Sodder Family House - Clio.” Clio, https://theclio.com/entry/45724. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Sodder Kids Mystery.” My West Virginia Home, https://www.mywvhome.com/forties/sodder.html. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“Sylvia Ann Sodder Paxton (1942-2021) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226118601/sylvia_ann-paxton. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
“What Happened to the Sodder Children, the Siblings Who Went Up in Smoke in a West Virginia House Fire?” Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Dec. 2012, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-happened-sodder-children-siblings-who-went-up-in-smoke-west-virginia-house-fire-172429802/.
#sodderchildren #thesodderchildren #westvirginia #MauriceSodder #MarthaSodder #LouisSodder #JennieSodder #BettySodder #GeorgiaSodder #coldcase #missing #housefire #fire #corruptedchristmas #christmaspodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Lori Erica Ruff was an identity thief whose mysterious life and death sparked widespread speculation across the internet following her 2010 death. Law enforcement, journalists and online sleuths spent years attempting to identify the woman, eventually identified as Kimberly McLean.
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Sources for this episode:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113577602/becky_sue-turner#view-photo=84707771
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-journal-missing-ep-1-beck/16591529/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113578500/kimberly_maria-mclean
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Mystery-woman-After-30-years-and-a-suicide-Lori-9239232.php
https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/09/25/true-identity-of-lori-ruff-revealed-six-years-after-she-committed-suicide/
https://www.grunge.com/340317/the-bizarre-truth-about-lori-ruff-the-woman-without-an-identity/
https://ciphermagazine.com/articles/2016/10/29/hello-kimberly-goodbye-kimberly
https://rachelkincaid.substack.com/p/lori-ruff-little-girl-lost
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/special-reports/my-god-thats-kimberly-online-sleuth-solves-perplexing-mystery-of-identity-thief-lori-ruff/
https://websleuths.com/threads/ben-perkins-jr.215624/
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2994dfaz.html
#KimberlyMcLean #LoriRuff #LoriEricaRuff #California #Texas #Idaho #CorruptedChristmas #Christmas #podcast #TrueCrime #truecrimepodcast
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
The bodies of Ed & Minnie Maurin were discovered on a logging road on Christmas Eve 1985. The elderly couple had been missing for days, and their deaths would shock the community, beginning a decades-long investigation into their murders.
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Sources for this episode:
Homicide for the Holidays: Killing of the Christmas Tree Farmers. Season 5 Episode 3: Killing of the Christmas Tree Farmers
/ Stephanie Schendel. “1985 Maurin Murders: Solving the Puzzle | The Daily Chronicle.” The Daily Chronicle, The Daily Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2013, https://www.chronline.com/stories/1985-maurin-murders-solving-the-puzzle,90639.
---. “UPDATED: Riffe Sentenced to 103 Years in Prison for 1985 Murders | The Daily Chronicle.” The Daily Chronicle, The Daily Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2013, https://www.chronline.com/stories/updated-riffe-sentenced-to-103-years-in-prison-for-1985-murders,90480.
“Aloysius George ‘Louie’ Hadaller (1899-1958) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36204479/aloysius_george-hadaller. Accessed 14 Sept. 2025.
“Joseph Ellsworth Hadaller (1925-1925) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155276834/joseph_ellsworth-hadaller. Accessed 14 Sept. 2025.
“Maurin Murder Trial: Defense Attorney Tells of Two Other Suspects « Lewis County Sirens.Com.” Lewis County Sirens.Com, https://lewiscountysirens.com/?p=21519. Accessed 14 Sept. 2025.
“Maurin Murder Trial: Robin Riffe’s Family Talks « Lewis County Sirens.Com.” Lewis County Sirens.Com, https://lewiscountysirens.com/?p=21851. Accessed 14 Sept. 2025.
Medred, Craig. “Man Arrested in Alaska for 1985 Murder of Elderly Wash. State Couple - Anchorage Daily News.” Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2012, https://www.adn.com/alaska-beat/article/man-arrested-alaska-1985-murder-elderly-wash-state-couple/2012/07/09/.
News. “1985 Washington Cold-Case Homicide of Elderly Couple Solved - ABC News.” ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2012, https://abcnews.go.com/US/1985-washington-cold-case-murder-elderly-couple-solved/story?id=16746875#:~:text=Wilhelmina%20%22Minnie%22%20Maurin%20and%20Edward,dragged%20into%20a%20wooded%20area.
Schendel, Stephanie. “Justice at Last: Rick Riffe Found Guilty of 1985 Murders | The Daily Chronicle.” The Daily Chronicle, The Daily Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2013, https://www.chronline.com/stories/justice-at-last-rick-riffe-found-guilty-of-1985-murders,91362.
---. “Murderer Ordered to Pay Restitution for County’s Costs | The Seattle Times.” The Seattle Times, The Seattle Times, 4 Jan. 2014, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/murderer-ordered-to-pay-restitution-for-countyrsquos-costs/.
---. “Riffe Accepts Complex Plea Agreement to Settle Rape Charges | The Daily Chronicle.” The Daily Chronicle, The Daily Chronicle, 5 Sept. 2014, https://www.chronline.com/stories/riffe-accepts-complex-plea-agreement-to-settle-rape-charges,80639.
---. “Riffe Trial: The Witnesses So Far | The Daily Chronicle.” The Daily Chronicle, The Daily Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2013, https://www.chronline.com/stories/riffe-trial-the-witnesses-so-far,92672.
“Wilhemina Mary ‘Minnie’ Kirpes Maurin (1901-1985) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36204613/wilhemina_mary-maurin. Accessed 14 Sept. 2025.
#washington #coldcase #solved #edandminniemaurin #maurin #corrupt #corruptpodcast #corruptcrew #christmas #corruptchristmas #rickriffe #gregriffe #chrysler #newport
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
The Santa Claus Bank Robbery occurred on December 23, 1927. Just days before Christmas, four men held up the First National Bank in Cisco, Texas. The robbery was a failure that led to, at the time, the largest manhunt in Texas history. Of the four men involved, one died during the robbery, one was sentenced to death in the electric chair, one was lynched and one served time in prison before changing his ways.
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Sources for this episode:
Association, Texas State Historical. “Santa Claus Bank Robbery.” Texas State Historical Association, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/santa-claus-bank-robbery. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
“Henry Helms (1897-1929) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15182228/henry-helms. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
“Henry Helms, Convict Biography, September 6, 1929.” Texas State Library, https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/prisons/inquiry/henry_helms_sep6_1929_4.html. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025. The Texas Prison Systems First 100 years. Archives
Hollister, Stacy. “Texas History 101: July 2002.” TexasMonthly, July 2002, https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/texas-history-101-50/.
“Lewis Elmore Davis (1895-1927) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41665380/lewis-elmore-davis. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
“Marshall Fields Ratliff (1903-1929) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15565349/marshall_fields-ratliff. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
“Mattie Belle Minica Elkins (1898-1984) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96513179/mattie_belle-elkins. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
McKinney, Noah. “Cisco Collectors Show off Remnants of the Towns Infamous ‘Red Christmas’ on 95th Anniversary.” Big Country Homepage, 17 Dec. 2022, https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/cisco-collectors-show-off-remnants-of-the-towns-infamous-red-christmas-on-95th-anniversary/.
“Meets Death Kicking and Struggling [Henry Helms, Texas, 09/06/1929]—VictoriaAdv Pg01 Pt1 - Newspapers.ComTM.” Newspapers.Com, 6 Sept. 1929, https://www.newspapers.com/article/victoria-advocate-meets-death-kicking-an/125819221/.
Sneed, Lani. “Author Released New Story on Survivor of 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery.” Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene Reporter-News, 19 Dec. 2023, https://www.reporternews.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/12/19/author-released-new-story-on-survivor-of-1927-santa-claus-bank-robbery/71911957007/.
“The Cisco Santa Robbery.” Product Listing, https://member.texasbankers.com/Magazine/magazine/Vault/22-01-The-Cisco-Santa-Robbery.aspx. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
#texas #bank #bankrobbery #badsanta #santa #santaclaus #firstnationalbank #cisco #marshallratliff #ratliff #criminal #corrupted #corruptcrew #jointhecrew #corruptedchristmas #christmas
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
In 2002, Thad Roberts and three accomplices arranged a heist to steal moon rocks from NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The stolen lunar material had been collected during every Apollo mission from 1969 to 1972, and was considered a national treasure until it fell into the hands of these four conspirators.
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Sources for this episode:
Carreau, Mark, and Roma Khanna. “Moon-Rock Heist Ended Dream to Be Astronaut.” Chron, 24 July 2002, https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Moon-rock-heist-ended-dream-to-be-astronaut-2098050.php.
“CollectSPACE - News - ‘NASA JSC Co-Op: Thad Roberts.’” CollectSPACE | Space History | Space Memorabilia | Space Artifacts | Space Collectibles, https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072202b.html. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
“Everett Gibson | The Planetary Society.” The Planetary Society, https://www.planetary.org/profiles/everett-gibson. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
“Four Students Arrested in NASA Moon Rock and Mars Meteorite Heist | CollectSPACE.” CollectSPACE.Com, https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072202a.html#:~:text=While%20the%20moon%20rocks%20may,27. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
Goldstein, Michael. “Sheer Lunacy - Los Angeles Times.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2004, https://www.latimes.com/la-tm-moonrocks23jun06-story.html.
“Johnson Space Center - NASA.” NASA, https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
La Corte, Rachel. “Four Charges in Plot to Sell Moon Rocks.” The Bryan Times, 23 June 2002, https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5sJAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=thad+roberts&article_id=5432,3031834&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX_OCl-5-QAxX_5ckDHXYLAUAQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=thad%20roberts&f=false.
Mezrich, Ben. Sex on the Moon. Anchor, 2012.
Roberts, Thad. Passages. 2017, p. 187.
“Rock Bottom For Aspiring Astronaut - CBS News.” CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Today’s Latest Headlines, https://www.facebook.com/CBSNews/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rock-bottom-for-aspiring-astronaut/. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
“Utah Man Sentenced in Moon Rocks Case | KSL.Com.” Utah Breaking News, Top Stories & Sports | World, US, Local, ksl.com, 27 Aug. 2003, https://www.ksl.com/article/89261/utah-man-sentenced-in-moon-rocks-case.
Who the Bleep Did I Marry?: Houston We Have a Marital Problem. 2012.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379086/ Season 3 Episode 5: Houston We Have a Marital Problem
Wolchover, Natalie. “6 Questions with the Man Who Had Sex on the Moon.” NBC News, NBC News, 25 July 2011, https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43885432.
Wood, Benjamin. “Story of Utah Moon Rock Thief Now a Book, May Become a Movie – Deseret News.” Deseret News, Deseret News, 22 July 2011, https://www.deseret.com/2011/7/22/20385817/story-of-utah-moon-rock-thief-now-a-book-may-become-a-movie/.
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
David Brinson is a quadruple murderer convicted in 1994. From California State Prison he would murder his wife, Stephanie Dowells 30 years later.
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Crane, Emily. “Mass Murderer Strangled His Wife during Conjugal Prison Visit: Officials.” New York Post, New York Post, 21 Mar. 2025, https://nypost.com/2025/03/21/us-news/mass-murderer-strangled-his-wife-during-conjugal-prison-visit-officials/.
DuBose, Josh. “Infamous L.A. Murderer Accused of Killing Wife during Prison Visit.” KTLA, 20 Mar. 2025, https://ktla.com/news/local-news/woman-killed-during-conjugal-visit-with-infamous-california-murderer-officials-say/.
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Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Based on the urban legend, a Woman in White is a ghostly figure often described as sorrowful, and sometimes a vengeful woman dressed in white. The Woman in White is typically tied to a tragic or violent death of herself or a child. Joining Paige and Angela are Jenny and Dawn from the Spirits & Supernatural podcast!
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Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
The Montauk Project has it all, time travel, secret experiments, teleportation, mind control, government cover ups and possibly even contact with aliens.
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Blair, Anthony. “I’m a Time Traveller from 2137 - a Nuclear War Wipes out Millions by 2025 and Much of Britain Has Vanished.” The US Sun, The US Sun, 17 Dec. 2022, https://www.the-sun.com/news/6936829/time-traveller-2137-nuclear-war-britain-wiped-out/.
Charitan, Alexandra. “Camp Hero and the Montauk Project: Conspiracy Theories, Mind Control, and Stranger Things Inspiration.” Roadtrippers, https://facebook.com/roadtrippers, 2 Oct. 2024, https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/camp-hero-montauk-conspiracy-theories/.
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