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Another cult for you this week dolls! This time, we head to Japan for a new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. There is a lot to unpack in this episode, and as per usual it begins with a fairly innocent movement surrounding yoga, mediation and positive thinking. But of course, things turn terrible and we cover the cults ultimate demise due to a deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995. We might h...

We're wrapping up "The Family Murders" this week dolls, with a special guest appearance of Dad K, providing us some context surrounding Adelaide at the time of the murders. Tune in to hear how investigators honed in on the main Monster Bevan Spencer Von Einem, as well as some compelling first hand accounts from people close to "The Family" at the time.

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Back to AUS this week and this time Adelaide dolls, and this case is a rough one. We dive into “The Family Murders” which follows a series of five murders in Australia, speculated to have been committed by a loosely connected group of individuals who came to be known as "The Family". The details are terrible and rough doll...

A miracle survival amidst a tragedy this week dolls. Guest co-host Max K back in the studio as we cover the story of the incredible, Harrison Okene; a Nigerian Cook who survived 3 harrowing days in a sunken tug boat. This accidental aquanaut’s story is wild! Open your ears dolls and listen to believe it.

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Kidnapping centric case this week dolls, with hints of conspiracy and historical mystery. Once deemed “The Kidnapping” and “The Crime of the Century”, the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping sure did shock the nation during the Great Depression. The consequent media frenzy would ultimately force the family into hiding. Listen as we cover the terrible kidnapping and circumstances surrounding the kidnapping of 20-month-old Charles Augustus Lin...

In January 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer began shooting 30 rounds of ammunition at the Cleveland Elementary School, in San Diego, US. If you haven’t heard of it, perhaps you’re familiar with the song “I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats? Well this terrible story is what inspired Bob Geldof to write the song. Listen as we cover this terrible ordeal and TTKG’s first shooter based episode.

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Israel Keyes was an American serial killer, bank robber, burglar, arsonist, kidnapper and sex offender who murdered at least three confirmed victims and up to at least 11 suspected victims across the United States from July 2001 to February 2012. This calculated killer gives us particular shivers in our timbers based on his premeditation and lack of victim profile. Keep going and listen to the ep dolls.

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We’re finally in New Zealand for this week’s episode as we cover the terrible Parker-Hulme murder. Our first matricide case, with hints of folie a deux and all the more terrible as our perpetrators are adolescents. Our case takes us back to 1954, in Victoria Park, Christchurch where; armed with a brick in a stocking, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend Juliet Hulme, 15, became two of New Zealand’s most notorious murderer...

Another WILD survival story for you dolls. In April of 1995, Jennifer Morey, a 25 year-old attorney, was savagely attacked in her Houston TX apartment. We discuss the incredible fight for her life, her quick thinking as well as the 911 dispatcher saved her life that night. *Plays survivor by Destiny Child* ...Casey K is Beyonce and Amy K is Michelle, obvi xo

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*WARNING* crimes (sexual) committed against underage victims

In this weeks episode Casey K and Amy K discuss the Angel's Landing Cult led by Daniel Perez, a religious group that captured the attention of the nation in the mid-2000s. There are some terrible ongoings in this episode dolls, please have something light lined-up afterwards. Perez, also known as "Lou Castro," convinced his followers to abandon their lives a...

Back to Australia for this terrible case, we discuss the life and crime of Tracey Wigginton. Deemed by the media at the time as “The Lesbian Vampire Killer”; we cover events leading up to the senseless act of violence that left the community in shock, as well as the controversy surrounding her mental health and the nature of the barbaric act itself.  

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Max K is back for another disaster ep! A burst molasses storage tank in Boston, 1919, created an over 12 meter (40 foot) high wave of 8 million litres of sweet, hot and sticky syrup that covered the town. This was far from a slow sludge, this disaster flooded Boston at over 56km per hour (35mph), covering property and horses, and killing 21 people and injuring around 150. Listen as we cover this terribly bizarre man-made disaster.

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Our first survival dedicated episode. We dive in to one of the most remarkable cases, that of the astonishing 15 year-old Mary Vincent, whom fought for her life after a terribly savage attack from serial predator Lawrence Singleton. The episode covers her miraculous and brave ordeal, as well as that of terrible crimes of Lawrence Singleton.

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In 1999, 15-year-old Rachel was murdered by her former neighbour and babysitter, 19-year-old Caroline Reed Robertson. Although Robertson’s exact motive remains unclear, the court was told during the trial that Caroline had an unhealthy obsession with Rachel and was considering assuming her identity.

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In TTKG’s first fire-centric terrible case, 35 ride-goers boarded the Sydney Ghost Train ride in Luna Park. Seven of them would not leave the train tunnel alive. Inadequate fire-fighting measures and low staffing caused the fire to completely destroy the amusement park's ghost train. Was electrical faults to blame, or was there a more sinister and spooky arson the real explanation? This is a mystery that has yet to be solved over f...

Maria Korp was reported missing for four days and later found, barely alive, in the boot of her car on 13 February 2005 near the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. Who was responsible? Listen to today’s episode to find out. This terrible crime, which the media dubbed Australia’s “Body in the Boot” was a crime that shocked the nation.

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We couldn't let you go two weeks without an episode! Ken Rex McElroy, Skidmore Missouri’s local Bully; a cattle rustler, thief, rapist and so much more. Listen to today’s episode to hear how McElroy’s life come to an abrupt end in 1981. Let us know if you think it’s; justice, karma or something else?

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Oliver Sipple the man known for intervening to prevent an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975. Your hosts discuss the assassination attempt and aim to highlight a glimpse of the awful attitudes and stigmas towards homosexuality in the 70's. Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple was so much more than a man that intervened that day, he had a right to live his life privately and peacefully. 

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