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This week we're talking about Belle Gunness, Midwestern murderess, also known as Hell's Belle. Belle Gunness lured suitors with promises of love and farmland… only for them tovanish without a trace. Was she a grieving widow, a savvy businesswoman—or something far more sinister?SourcesBelle Gunness: The disturbing life of the lady BluebeardBelle Gunness: The Untold Story of America’s Most Notorious Female Serial Killer – True Crime Archiveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunnesshttps://www.legendsofamerica.com/belle-gunness/

Join us this week as we talk about one of the bravest and most influential women to come out of India. Hear about her time as a bandit and gang leader and her lasting impact on Indian culture. Trigger warning: sexual and physical violence against women.Sources:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35650616https://www.theatlantic.com/past/issues/96nov/bandit/bandit.htmhttps://roadsandkingdoms.com/2017/indias-bandit-queen/https://blog.bham.ac.uk/historybham/women-in-history-phoolan-devi/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Indiahttps://edition.cnn.com/interactive/asequals/india-rape-crisis-justice-failures-as-equals-intl-cmd/

Join us for episode 101 where we're talking about POWERHOUSE woman, the founder of investigative journalism and worldwide adventurer, Miss Nellie Bly.

We're back with the third and final part of the capture of the Golden State Killer series. Hear about some more of the investigation, some of the amazing people who helped bring him to justice and finally, let's get some retribution!Sources:https://abcnews.go.com/US/jane-doe-child-case-uncovered-serial-killer-identified/story?id=69648434Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Videohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngeloI’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamaraUnmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killerhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715955/4-murder-counts-filed-California-serial-killing-case.htmlhttps://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116056/2020/08/Exh-5-VIS_6.pdfhttps://lamag.com/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-killer-the-writers-cuthttps://www.biography.com/crime/michelle-mcnamara-golden-state-killerhttps://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/1627/Lyman___Charlene_Smith_murder_revealed_to_be_work_of_serial_killer.html)https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article209834384.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/golden-state-killer-investigation-carol-daly-detectivehttps://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-timeline-crimes-golden-state-killer/story?id=54744307https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53226327https://www.police1.com/legal/articles/golden-state-killer-sentenced-to-life-for-26-rapes-slayings-QV7ezQlhXLeECgyv/

This week we're kicking off a two-parter about the capture of a man that terrorised California in the 1970s and 80s. Sources: Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo I’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamara Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715955/4-murder-counts-filed-California-serial-killing-case.html https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116056/2020/08/Exh-5-VIS_6.pdf https://lamag.com/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-killer-the-writers-cut https://www.biography.com/crime/michelle-mcnamara-golden-state-killer https://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/1627/Lyman___Charlene_Smith_murder_revealed_to_be_work_of_serial_killer.html) https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article209834384.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/golden-state-killer-investigation-carol-daly-detective https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-timeline-crimes-golden-state-killer/story?id=54744307 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53226327

Join us as we travel through time and space to try and solve one of the most prevailing mysteries in history: was Atlantis real. And, if it was, where is it? Sources Finding Atlantis, National Geographic - Disney+ Atlantis Rising, National Geographic - Disney+ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atlantis-legendary-island https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/atlantis#:~:text=Plato%20told%20the%20story%20of,that%20penetrated%20to%20the%20center. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/atlantis_01.shtml https://www.thoughtco.com/platos-atlantis-from-the-timaeus-119667 https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/atlantis https://www.historyhit.com/plato-and-the-lost-city-of-atlantis/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a45701132/race-to-study-submerged-prehistoric-settlements/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ancient-cities-lost-to-the-seas-37942779/ https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200106-did-the-trojan-war-actually-happen#:~:text=Most%20historians%20now%20agree%20that,may%20even%20hint%20at%20warfare. https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/search-lost-city-troy#:~:text=The%20city%20of%20Troy,generations%20have%20lived%20at%20Troy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar https://www.reuters.com/article/world/lost-city-of-atlantis-swamped-by-tsunami-may-be-found-idUSTRE72B2JR/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aegean-civilization https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22527821 https://greekreporter.com/2024/02/06/atlantis-minoan-civilisation-santorini/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarshish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartessos https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220727-the-iberian-civilisation-that-vanished https://www.britannica.com/biography/Plato/Dialogue-form https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/plato

This week we're talking about a discovery that might turn what we think we know about the evolution of our species on its head! Sources: Netflix: Unknown Cave of Bones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Star_Cave https://www.pbs.org/newshour/data/naledi/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/homo-naledi-your-most-recently-discovered-human-relative.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68942123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1720842115 https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-human-species/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/june/claims-homo-naledi-buried-their-dead-alter-our-understanding-human-evolution.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/22/small-brained-early-humans-homo-naledi-cleverer-storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Humankind https://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics/brains https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/earliest-human-burial-homo-naledi-berger https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/rising_star_cave/rising_star_cave/index.php https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-latest-on-homo-naledi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Cradle-of-Humankind/601978 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Ples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Berger_(paleoanthropologist) https://news.wisc.edu/naledi/#:~:text=Dating%20the%20fossils%20remains%20a,of%20time%20and%20depositing%20bodies.%E2%80%9D&text=According%20to%20Hawks%2C%20years%20of,Liberal%20Arts%20Seed%20Grant%20Program.