That's So Fcked Up
That's So Fcked Up is a true crime lite podcast primarily about cults, but also murder and other generally awful things. TSFU brings you enthralling stories while looking at what causes them to happen. Join host Ashley Love Richards as she and her various co-hosts discuss what inspires people to do the awful things that they do. Nature? Nurture? Society? Let's investigate from our couches together!
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June 7, 2024 • 50 mins
Get ready for this wide ride! This week, Fallon tells Ash about the tragic and bizarre saga of Dean and Tina Clouse.
1978, New Smyrna Beach, Florida —Dean (19) and Tina (15) fall madly in love, get hitched, and have a baby. Then, in 1980, their perfect life takes a dark turn when they move to Texas and suddenly vanish. Their decomposed bodies are found near Houston, murdered in cold blood. Cue the mysterious robed women who returns ...
1978, New Smyrna Beach, Florida —Dean (19) and Tina (15) fall madly in love, get hitched, and have a baby. Then, in 1980, their perfect life takes a dark turn when they move to Texas and suddenly vanish. Their decomposed bodies are found near Houston, murdered in cold blood. Cue the mysterious robed women who returns ...
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We now have FIFTEEN episodes filled with Biblical fun on our Patreon, so we've decided to start sharing the magic. Every month we'll be releasing a past Bible episode here on the regular feed! We've compiled the first 3 episodes of "Ash and Michelle Do the Bible" for your listening pleasure... make sure to listen to those HERE before digging into this episode!
This week, former co-host Michelle Mosher wraps up Genesis with the follo...
This week, former co-host Michelle Mosher wraps up Genesis with the follo...
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May 31, 2024 • 21 mins
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Welcome back to our second episode of Ash Goes Down the Rabbit Hole, we hope you found ou...
Welcome back to our second episode of Ash Goes Down the Rabbit Hole, we hope you found ou...
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May 27, 2024 • 34 mins
✨Check out our Patreon for the sweetest swag around, 450+ ad free episodes (including 200 that aren't on the regular feed), monthly new bonus episodes (like Ash Learns the Bible and TSFU Presents) and access to all of our old bonus episodes, and SO much more! We really do pride ourselves on having one of the absolute best Patreons in the game!✨
We are SO FREAKING EXCITED to kick off TSFU's newest segment where you get to hang with A...
We are SO FREAKING EXCITED to kick off TSFU's newest segment where you get to hang with A...
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May 24, 2024 • 73 mins
Picture this: a 1950's pinup model in a bikini with jet black hair and short bangs... chances are that even if you don't know who she is, you're picturing the iconic Bettie Page.
Today we're diving into the fascinating and controversial life of the iconic pin-up queen, and one of Ash's idols, Bettie Page. Ash takes us through her troubled childhood and her rise to fame, becoming the first famous bondage model, pushing boundaries in ...
Today we're diving into the fascinating and controversial life of the iconic pin-up queen, and one of Ash's idols, Bettie Page. Ash takes us through her troubled childhood and her rise to fame, becoming the first famous bondage model, pushing boundaries in ...
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May 22, 2024 • 125 mins
We now have FIFTEEN episodes filled with Biblical fun on our Patreon, so we've decided to start sharing the magic. Every month we'll be releasing a past Bible episode here on the regular feed! We've compiled the first 3 episodes of "Ash and Michelle Do the Bible" (4 episodes total), for your listening pleasure... join us here on the free feed next month for episode 4, or listen to episode 4 right NOW on Patreon. "Ash Learns the Bib...
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Welcome to the second episode of our new segment, "TSFU INTERVIEWS..."!
In this episode, Fallon sits down with author Cait West to chat about her life and her new memoir, "Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy". Cait spills all the details about growing up in the strict Christian Patriarchy movement, which adopts the beliefs of the Quiverfull Movement (check out our episode "The New F Word- Ep. 5: "Under Authorit...
In this episode, Fallon sits down with author Cait West to chat about her life and her new memoir, "Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy". Cait spills all the details about growing up in the strict Christian Patriarchy movement, which adopts the beliefs of the Quiverfull Movement (check out our episode "The New F Word- Ep. 5: "Under Authorit...
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May 17, 2024 • 54 mins
We're officially back Cultlings!
Today we're talking about a fairly new cult on the horizon, The University of Cosmic Intelligence, and its mysterious and problematic leader Rashad Jamal. Fallon tells us how this group got on the public radar, their criminal actions, and what we know about the cult and its missing members. The gals also talk about cults growing online as a new danger.
✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free an...
Today we're talking about a fairly new cult on the horizon, The University of Cosmic Intelligence, and its mysterious and problematic leader Rashad Jamal. Fallon tells us how this group got on the public radar, their criminal actions, and what we know about the cult and its missing members. The gals also talk about cults growing online as a new danger.
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May 10, 2024 • 51 mins
Note: this season of TSFU Presents originally aired in February 2023. We will be back with a brand new episode next Friday!
In this episode of "Jarring Japan", a TSFU Presents season where we explored the more interesting aspects of Japanese culture, Ash and guest co-host Alex of Weird Distractions Podcast talked about insane reality, game and prank shows.
Skip to 22:03 to hear the story of Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi ("Eggplant"), a...
In this episode of "Jarring Japan", a TSFU Presents season where we explored the more interesting aspects of Japanese culture, Ash and guest co-host Alex of Weird Distractions Podcast talked about insane reality, game and prank shows.
Skip to 22:03 to hear the story of Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi ("Eggplant"), a...
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May 3, 2024 • 63 mins
WE HAVE A NEW SEGMENT, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST OF THREE THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT! WE PRESENT TO YOU "TSFU INTERVIEWS..."! This is a new segment where Ash, Fallon and friend of the podcast Chauntee Pitts will interview survivors, authors and all sorts of other incredible guests!
In this first conversation, Ash and Shelly Snow Pordea discuss Shelly's new book, 'The Cheating Wife,' which explores the themes of abuse, control, and ...
In this first conversation, Ash and Shelly Snow Pordea discuss Shelly's new book, 'The Cheating Wife,' which explores the themes of abuse, control, and ...
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April 29, 2024 • 30 mins
Hi friends! This episode is a hodgepodge of updates around our mental health, Ash's recent lapse in sobriety and why she's glad she's not in AA, and what's happening on TSFU in the coming weeks. We've got a special interview and Patrons are getting a brand-spanking new episode of Ash Learns the Bible!
Ash also kicks off the show telling Fallon about a problematic singer that she recently discovered on the interwebs. Let us know if y...
Ash also kicks off the show telling Fallon about a problematic singer that she recently discovered on the interwebs. Let us know if y...
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April 28, 2024 • 104 mins
Note: this episode originally aired in September 2021. Chad Daybell is currently on trial and the episode starts with an update of what's happened since our original episode aired.
Cam covered the story of Lori Vallow and her fifth husband Chad Daybell, and the disappearance of several of those around them. Daybell is the author of several Doomsday books and was the leader of a small cult, of which Lori was a devout follower. When ...
Cam covered the story of Lori Vallow and her fifth husband Chad Daybell, and the disappearance of several of those around them. Daybell is the author of several Doomsday books and was the leader of a small cult, of which Lori was a devout follower. When ...
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Happy Saturday friends! This week's episode is a bit late because there's so much up to date info in it!
OJ is dead, as most of you probably know. Ash gives the deets surrounding his death. If you'd like to hear our previous episode on the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, that episode is available exclusively to Patrons here.
Netflix's Baby Reindeer is a phenomenal show that Ash tells Fallon a bit about and highly rec...
OJ is dead, as most of you probably know. Ash gives the deets surrounding his death. If you'd like to hear our previous episode on the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, that episode is available exclusively to Patrons here.
Netflix's Baby Reindeer is a phenomenal show that Ash tells Fallon a bit about and highly rec...
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April 17, 2024 • 90 mins
Note: This episode originally aired in December 2022.
There has been a recent resurgence of talk about the Synanon organization, thanks in part to documentaries released on Max and Paramount+. So we decided to reach back to December 2022 for a re-release of our Synanon episode.
Synanon started out as an alternative to AA, a rehab program for "dope fiends", but quickly turned into a sinister and deadly cult. Synanon was also the basis...
There has been a recent resurgence of talk about the Synanon organization, thanks in part to documentaries released on Max and Paramount+. So we decided to reach back to December 2022 for a re-release of our Synanon episode.
Synanon started out as an alternative to AA, a rehab program for "dope fiends", but quickly turned into a sinister and deadly cult. Synanon was also the basis...
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April 12, 2024 • 69 mins
Where do we even start with "Dr." flipping Phil. He's not a licensed anything, accept for a-hole, and hasn't been for years. He's known for berating and being abusive towards guests, enabling victims of addiction, exploiting mental illness, and maybe best of all, sending multiple kids to Troubled Teen institutions.
✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access ...
✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access ...
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April 9, 2024 • 71 mins
Have you seen the colorful ads enticing you to come experience "China before Communism" through the art of song and dance at a Shen Yun performance? What about the far-right wing newspaper "The Epoch Times" that preaches misogynistic, racist, homophobic and prejudiced views? They're both owned by the dangerous cult of Falun Gong which Ash tells Caitlyn and Lindsey about this week!
Caitlyn co-hosts PNW Haunts & Homicides, a podca...
Caitlyn co-hosts PNW Haunts & Homicides, a podca...
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April 5, 2024 • 59 mins
In 2014, two friends named Kris Kremers (21) and Lisanne Froone (22) headed from their home in the Netherlands to Panama to go on a trip to go sightseeing, and with the goal of doing community service. On April 1st, they left their host family’s house in Panama to go on hike and disappeared in the forests of Panama.
✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access...
✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, check out our Patreon! You get access...
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April 2, 2024 • 57 mins
TSFU Presents is BACK! This season Ash is joined by various friends from other awesome indie podcasts! Our first episode is with Alecia Watson from Twisted & Uncorked! Ash and Alecia go down the Project Modern Day Knight rabbit hole, PMDK is an $18,000 bootcamp for men who wants to go from beta boy to Alpha Man. It's a toxic masculinity mess... here we go!
This is the first season that will be half Patreon exclusive... everyone ...
This is the first season that will be half Patreon exclusive... everyone ...
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March 27, 2024 • 110 mins
"The untold story of the toxic and abusive environment inside '90s kids' TV; hearing harrowing accounts from former child stars and crew who probe the balance of power in the industry and reveal an era that inflicted lasting wounds still felt today." - Investigation Discovery
Ash and Fallon dig into the new docu-series "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV". Ash summarizes the four part series that details the trauma that many chi...
Ash and Fallon dig into the new docu-series "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV". Ash summarizes the four part series that details the trauma that many chi...
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March 22, 2024 • 55 mins
Linda Hazzard billed herself as a "fasting specialist" despite no formal medical degree and little training. She believed that all diseases came from food, and starving was the only cure. She opened her “sanitarium” in Olalla, Washington in the early 1900s, calling it Wilderness Heights. But residents of the small town called it "Starvation Heights" because of the countless patients who went to see Hazzard... and vanished. Both fig...
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