Small Foreign Fact Check

Small Foreign Fact Check

Factual analysis of the Unfathomable - weekly Content Delivering Murder, Mystery, and MLA Formatting, hosted by Jill Goguen.New episodes on Tuesdays. Video content available on Youtube. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. Email: SmallForeignFC@gmail.com

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April 20, 2021 3 mins

A Small Foreign Fact Check is hosted by Jill Goguen. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. The show can be reached at SmallForeignFC@gmail.com.

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In August of 1996, director James Cameron and his crew were working on filming the now iconic film, Titanic, alongside his star studded cast that included the likes of Kate Winslet, Bill Paxton, and Leonardo Dicaprio. 

However, production would be temporarily halted when the crew was suddenly overtaken by bizarre and maniacal behavior on set, which would later be identified as the effects of the street drug PCP.

How did the crew of t...

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March 30, 2021 24 mins

A Small Foreign Fact Check is hosted by Jill Goguen. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. The show can be reached at SmallForeignFC@gmail.com.

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Episode Citations: coming soon

Music:
Lightless Dawn by Kevin MacLeod
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March 23, 2021 26 mins

In January 2010, Patrick Alford, Jr was 7 years old and living in a foster home in Brooklyn, New York, along with his younger sister, after having been removed from their mothers custody a few weeks prior. 

On the night of January 22nd, 2010 Patrick Alford vanished in the blink of an eye while accompanying his new foster mother on what should have been an easy and routine chore. 

Where is Patrick Alford? Did Patrick run away to try t...

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A Small Foreign Fact Check is hosted by Jill Goguen. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. The show can be reached at SmallForeignFC@gmail.com.

If you liked the episode, please rate and review. As a new show, your reviews are so helpful in getting word out about the show.

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March 9, 2021 32 mins

On October 31st, 2008, Halloween day, 16 year old high school student Annie McCann left a strange note on her bed, proclaiming she no longer felt suicidal, she loved life, and that she was ready to finally live. 

She then headed out in the family’s white Volvo, skipping school, and taking $1,000 of her savings with her. Her intended destination was unknown. 

Upon learning that their daughter never made it to school that day, Annie’s ...

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A Small Foreign Fact Check is hosted by Jill Goguen. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. The show can be reached at SmallForeignFC@gmail.com.

If you liked the episode, please rate and review. As a new show, your reviews are so helpful in getting word out about the show.

Merch:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/smallforeignfc

Episode Citations:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J2VOi4VQl8_M9Ed_zuEWvZvbZuSkoKuN1q...

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A Small Foreign Fact Check is hosted by Jill Goguen. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. The show can be reached at SmallForeignFC@gmail.com.

If you liked the episode, please rate and review. As a new show, your reviews are so helpful in getting word out about the show.

Merch:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/smallforeignfc

Episode Citations:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1623M7SB2qG2KeitnFhqpTkV2s64lRab-DS...

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A Small Foreign Fact Check is hosted by Jill Goguen. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. The show can be reached at SmallForeignFC@gmail.com.

If you liked the episode, please rate and review. As a new show, your reviews are so helpful in getting word out about the show.

Merch:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/smallforeignfc

Episode Citations:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mo8GxkveNnGlemJoThc4yhCO_uO-bEne-...

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February 2, 2021 30 mins

TW: This episode contains themes and descriptions of violence against the LGBTQ community.

In July of 2013, a badly battered body in women’s clothing was found dumped in some bushes to the side of a street in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

The body would be identified as Dwayne Jones, a 16 year old who had been living in the slums of Montego Bay with two transgender friends after being forced out of their home by their family at the age of ...

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January 27, 2021 40 mins

In September of 2015, 26 year old Asha Kreimer was living with her boyfriend of 5 years in Mendocino County, California, when she suddenly descended into a mental health crisis shortly after an old friend came to visit Asha from Australia.

After 4 sleepless days and increasingly bizarre behavior, Asha’s boyfriend and friend would lose sight of her for mere moments while dining at a quaint coastal cafe, changing all three of their li...

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January 19, 2021 25 mins

In April of 2013, a man using the name Herman Emmanuel Fankem was arrested in Canada after conning a Toronto man out of $450,000 dollars using a so-called “black money” scam.

Six months earlier, the man had entered Canada from Cuba using a French passport, and overstayed his 10 day visitor’s visa.

Once in immigration custody, it became clear that the man was not Herman Emmanuel Fankem and his actual identity and country of origin co...

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On December 11, 1994, 4 year old D’Wan Sims was shopping at the Wonderland Mall in Livonia Michigan with his mother when he suddenly disappeared. Soon into the investigation, inconsistencies in D’wan’s mother’s story would come to light, leading to questions about what truly took place that day.

Despite numerous tips and possible sightings, D’wan’s whereabouts remain unknown.

What happened to D’wan Sims on December 11, 1994? Did he...

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January 5, 2021 40 mins

In February 1987, a secret organization known as The Finders would be uncovered when a concerned citizen phone police after witnessing two strange men playing in a park with several dirty, bug-bitten children, launching a conspiracy theory that would persist for over 40 years.

Who were The Finders? Were they an alternative lifestyle group pushing the boundaries of self discovery and child rearing? Or were they actually a satanic ch...

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December 29, 2020 78 mins

In this bonus episode I'm joined by faction member Jamar Edoho for an AMA (Ask me Anything). Season 2 premieres January 5th with all new episodes!

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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A Small Foreign Fact Check is hosted by Jill Goguen. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram at SmallForeignFC. The show can be reached at SmallForeignFC@gmail.com.

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December 15, 2020 61 mins

In January of 2016, Otto Warmbier was a 21 year old American college student visiting the North Korean capital of Pyongyang with a tour group, when he was detained for attempting to steal a propaganda poster from the staff only area of the hotel he had been staying in.

Otto would be convicted and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment with hard labor. Little would be heard about Otto until 17 months later when the North Korean gover...

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December 8, 2020 31 mins

On December 2nd, 2010, the body of Phoebe Handsjuk was found in the trash room of her luxury apartment building in Melbourne, Australia, after having fallen 12 stories down the building’s narrow trash chute. Phoebe survived the initial fall, but the trash compactor at the bottom of the chute almost fully severed her right foot, causing her to bleed out while struggling to escape the trash room.

What events in Phoebe’s life led to th...

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December 1, 2020 30 mins

In 1973, Rose Cole was 16 years old and had recently run away from her controversial drug and alcohol treatment center, and was living on the streets.

After writing two letters to her family telling them that she was safe, and that she wouldn’t write again out of fear of being discovered and returned to the treatment facility to face unknown consequences, Rose would disappear without a trace for over 45 years.

What happened to Rose...

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November 24, 2020 24 mins

In September 1988, the skeletal remains of a woman were found off the road in a wooded area in central Florida. An initial examination was conducted by a highly skilled forensic anthropologist and artists provided sketches of what the unidentified woman might have looked like, but the case went cold without ever being able to provide an identity for the woman.

In 2010 advances in DNA technology would reveal additional insights into...

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Bonus content is finally here! Welcome to the first episode of The Faction! In this first episode we induct Jamar Edoho into the Faction and discuss San Diego true crime including the Rebecca Zahau case, the "I Just Don't Like Mondays" shooting and everyone's favorite Nike-sporting cult, Heaven's Gate. Join us for all of this and more on this bonus episode.

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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