By All Means Necessary
Maja is the name, lighthearted true crime is the game! In my stories, a person decides to commit to a bad deed, by all means necessary. We know the who, the when , the what and the where. What we try to get to is the motive. We go backwards from the discovery of the crime, as true armchair detectives, while Maja does her best to put you in the shoes of a character in the story. And to stop talking to herself in third person or in general. Join her to get to the bottom of the motives, by all means necessary.
Episodes
December 18, 2023 • 111 mins
Just popping by before this episode to say the podcast (as well as my YT channel) are being put on an indefinite hold, while I try to focus on other professional and personal projects. If you have been here since the beginning or joined for a single episode, I appreciate you more than you know. Thank you for being part of this journey - here's to hope we meet again very soon!
Now let's get into this.
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November 20, 2023 • 104 mins
He used to write to make a living, but now he's writing to survive. The character Misery Chastain, who made him a bestselling author is dead, allowing Paul Sheldon to move on from the current book series.
But a car accident interrupts his plan and he wakes up at the house of his biggest fan. When she discovers that her favourite writer killed off her dearest character, she is not happy. And you simply don’t want Annie Wilkes mad. ...
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October 23, 2023 • 94 mins
Four girls’ worlds turn upside down when an anonymous hacker starts leaking the town secrets. They will find themselves prosecuted by the whole town when their own secrets start bubbling to the surface.
This is the story of Assassination nation.
0:00 Better than revenge
3:40 We need to talk about Sam
45:10 Assassination nation recap
1:25:50 Final thoughts
https://youtu.be/DLB8IDpeOrs
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September 18, 2023 • 119 mins
In 2018, a couple was sentenced to life for brutally murdering their au pair over an obsession with an ex-Boyzone pop star.
A woman whose experience as a live in nanny should have been fulfilling, turned into a nightmare; one she would not make it out of alive.
This is the story of the murder of Sophie Lionnet.
0:00 Au pairing corner
8:45 The live in hostage
18:06 The fire
24:30 Sam and Sabrina
48:35 Sophie's story
1:24:10 The i...
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August 21, 2023 • 139 mins
In 2003, a toxic friendship led to murder. Almost 20 years later one of the killers has a shot at freedom. Can the timeline of events prior to the crime help us understand the motive behind it?
This is the story of the murder of Kelly Bullwinkle.
0:00 We all got a questionable teen crush tale
8:25 The friendship
1:05:43 The day of
1:13:55 The investigation
2:04:10 Justice?!
https://youtu.be/iRBJ0fgIsnI
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July 24, 2023 • 75 mins
In 1993, a man named Trevor was born. In 2021, he will post a Youtube video parachuting out of a plane due to the engine failure. Except the plane jump might have happened for a different reason.
Less than two years after he jumped out of the plane, Trevor will plead guilty to a deliberate plane crash.
This is a story of Trevor Jacob, a Youtuber who crashed his plane for views.
0:00 Intro
2:48 We need to talk about Trevor
18:23...
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June 19, 2023 • 158 mins
In March 2014, an aircraft with 239 people on board lost contact with the ground and vanished off the face of the Earth. Over a year later, parts of debris will start washing up to the shore. Due to the conclusions made by the officials, the conspiracy theories about the flight MH370 continue to run rampant.
Could the past searches offer us an explanation as to what happened in the air during the night of 8th of March 2014 or do ...
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May 22, 2023 • 141 mins
On the early morning of March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines operated a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. This was one of two daily flights and had a total of 239 people on board including two pilots, 10 cabin crew members, 227 passengers, and 14,296 kg of cargo.
After just over 45 minutes into the flight, the plane will disappear from any radar, never to resurface again.
Over the next 9 years, profess...
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April 16, 2023 • 126 mins
On May 31st, 2009, a scheduled passenger flight took off from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, headed towards Paris, France.
The flight would enter a stall, and the pilots would be unable to recover from it, resulting in the plane crashing into the Atlantic Ocean. This tragic event resulted in the loss of all 228 passengers and crew on board, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Air France's history.
This is the story of the Air ...
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March 20, 2023 • 117 mins
In the year 2000, a 15 year old under a handle Mafiaboy launched a major denial-of-service attack. The attack, named Rivolta (meaning "riot" in Italian) brought down Yahoo!, eBay, CNN and Amazon, resulting in an estimated $1.7 billion in damages.
This is the story of Michael Calce.
0:00 Live, laugh, hack
6:00 The rise of Mafiaboy
1:16:26 The downfall
1:48:31 Mafiaboy 2.0
https://youtu.be/CQVPCxF233c
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February 20, 2023 • 64 mins
In 2016, a sex toy company was exposed by two hackers, with a class action suit to follow. The claim alleged its manufacturer has been unlawfully collecting and sharing users data. All of this without the knowledge of over 300k users.
This is the story of the We vibe privacy class action lawsuit.
0:00 The good ol' 'how we got here'
5:56 The Venn diagram
13:02 We vibe
21:44 The exposé
41:50 The lawsuit
1:00:21 Grace and decorum
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January 23, 2023 • 100 mins
His conversations always started the same way. A woman would get a message online that would say “Can I tell you a secret?”
The person behind the message appeared to be a woman, signing it all off with a kiss. But they weren’t a woman or an acquitance, but a stranger. They were a 30-year-old man and their target would be one of at least 62 women. He would harass women online over an 11-year period, making him “Britain’s worst cybe...
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December 26, 2022 • 69 mins
I could start this story with a murder, I could start with a plane crash, I almost started with the book. But then I was lucky enough to have my researcher speak to a person who read the book and tried the diet, so I thought I’d start instead with an inside look. Today we will be talking about a woman who developed the Weigh Down Diet, founded the Remnant Fellowship Church and turned it into a cult.
This is the story of Gwen Sham...
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December 19, 2022 • 63 mins
On April 23rd 2018, she posted her first mukbang video on Youtube. After 30 videos, In November of 2019 she disappeared. But almost 3 years later, she has returned.
Can the new videos she’s posted since reveal to us where she has been and why is she back?
This is the story of Kate Yup.
https://youtu.be/LDiXt-Qhpg0
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November 21, 2022 • 96 mins
On April 28, 2021, Miguel Lamboy alerted the Salida police department in Colorado that there was a dead body in his home. He said he’d been in Denver when a woman, Amy Carlson, died in the house he owned, and when he came back, he found her mummified in the bedroom.
Who was Amy Carlson and why was she mummified? This is the story of Love has won movement.
https://youtu.be/VpKLsB_PqSg
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October 24, 2022 • 155 mins
On June 19, 2019, Keith Raniere, the leader of NXIVM and founder of *Executive Success Programs* was found guilty of sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy, and racketeering. Under a name that is theorised to stand for nexum, a type of contract used in the Roman republic, where a person agrees to offer their body as collateral for a loan, women were groomed, trafficked, branded and ultimately assaulted.
Today we’ll see how some ...
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September 19, 2022 • 130 mins
In 2003, Avril Lavigne released her debut studio album Let go, after which she supposedly died and was replaced by a body double Melissa Vandella.
Except Avril never died. And neither did the conspiracy theories surrounding her death.
Today I’m putting you into the shoes of a woman who was killed off by a blog post 11 years ago, and the bizarre world of conspiracy theorists who still believe it.
This is the story of Avril Lavig...
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September 5, 2022 • 48 mins
A young couple gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to win 5 million dollars. The catch : stay is a room resembling a blank space for 50 days.
Will they be able to endure or will their lives forever change? Welcome to the Immaculate room, enjoy your stay.
https://youtu.be/820TsceRs_A
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August 22, 2022 • 114 mins
In 1997, 10 weeks after Louise Woodward started the job as a nanny for the Eappen family, eight-month-old baby Matthew died in her care.
The jury will find her guilty, only for the judge to overturn the verdict. Can the re-examination of the details of the case 25 years later offer us further insight into whether or not Louse Woodward was innocent?
This is the case of Matthew Eappen.
0:00 Intro
5:25 The case of Matthew Eappen
1...
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August 8, 2022 • 183 mins
60 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe’s passing in August of 1962 has the biographers and online sleuths divided. People close to her exploited her, while those in her wider circle of acquaintances didn’t have her best interest at heart either.
Can the research in the aftermath of her death point us in the direction of a potential cover up and if so, who and why would have the reason to make death of Marilyn Monroe the case fo...
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