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Limerence is being infatuated and obsessed with someone, where reciprocation is uncertain. You ponder, fantasize, and interpret every interaction. It’s not a medical diagnosis or an excuse. It can determine how you feel, but you’re still in control of your actions. Some people on TikTok have used limerence to explain the bizarre text messages between Caleb Flynn and his mistress, Alleigha Botner. But I don’t think anything can explain the god awful AI song played in the courtroom. Caleb is on trial for the murder of his wife, Ashley. And while her loved ones sit there, a song he created for his mistress echoes through the courtroom. “We were friends on the surface, but deep down inside you were always my love~” He tells her: “It’s your song and these are my words to you.” All while, according to the messages, the two of them talked in depth about how much they hate Calebs wife, the mother of their children, and how much they want her dead. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

Caleb Flynn had a particular way of proving he was alone. He sent his girlfriend videos from the family kitchen, filming his dogs and calling out: “If anybody’s listening, I love Alleigha Botner” In another video, he called out for his daughters, then shouted “Hello? I LOVE Alleigha!” Sometimes his daughters were home. Sometimes they weren’t. But why send these videos at all? What exactly was he trying to prove? Alleigha wanted reassurance that one particular person wasn’t there. And hearing Caleb loudly announce his love for her was apparently part of that reassurance. The person she was worried about was Caleb’s wife. The mother of his two children. And Alleigha wasn’t just his girlfriend, she was his mistress. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

Politicians typically are THE most loved when they’re dead. That’s not a threat. Something about no longer wielding power makes them more lovable. And obituaries typically omit the bad stuff. Which brings us to Lee Hong-koo, South Korea’s former prime minister, who held office when the Sampoong Department Store collapsed, a case we covered. His legacy spans decades. But now, netizens speculate that his grandson could become better known than him. They believe Winston Lee, one of the accused in the Cornell 7 case, is his grandson. That connection remains unconfirmed. But if true, Lee comes from one of South Korea’s most prominent families. And he’s lawyered up. His lawyers want New York’s Attorney General off the case. This is the final part of the Cornell 7 case. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

Senior Night at a high school football game is a very big deal. It’s kind of like the Oscars and a State of the Union coming together for one night. There are tears, balloon arches, and slow-motion football videos, with a coach trying his best to sound like Morgan Freeman. But at Timberline High School in Boise, Idaho, the spotlight has shifted from football to protests, police involvement, and student walkouts. Homecoming festivities, including the game, were canceled after a Snapchat group chat allegedly involving football players went viral. The messages allegedly discussed how they were going to r*pe and kill a female student. “Let’s make her life hell.” “Hell yeah.” Then came a chilling reference: “You think Cornell was bad? Just wait for us.” This is part 2 of the Cornell 7 case. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

There aren’t many reasons why a pedestrian gets hit by a car ends up being at fault. But at Cornell, a student whose foot was allegedly run over by university president Michael Kotlikoff’s car was banned from campus for a year. A few months later, Cornell faces another scandal. Jane Doe files a civil lawsuit against the university and seven fraternity brothers, alleging she was gang raped for seven hours. Her dream university becomes a nightmare, while some of the accused allegedly receive punishments like workshops and essays. Now, Snapchats, text messages and recorded phone calls are emerging. One accused says he was assaulted by Jane Doe, not the other way around. Some people have already picked sides. But like most cases, maybe it’s not so simple. This is the case of the Cornell 7. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

Eight months after the Clancy children were killed, Patrick Clancy has a new city, a new life, and the internet has a whole new list of questions. Who is Rachel Danis, and when exactly did she enter the picture? From a blurry Barry's Bootcamp photo to a coincidence in trips to Costa Rica, netizens have been pulling at every thread. These are all the rumors, the timelines, and the online theories surrounding Patrick's move to NYC, the mistress allegations, and the woman some say looks a little too familiar. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

If you ever feel the urge to occupy yourself entirely with learning about the directionality of stroller wheels, is it an all-wheel-drive baby stroller? There’s dense literature on Reddit parenting forums. You’ll come out more educated on strollers, and equally confused about which one to buy. But that’s surface-level content. It gets much deeper. You might stumble on posts asking whether it’s normal to hear cries that aren’t really there in the middle of the night: phantom cries. They used to call it “insanity of lactation.” Now it’s postpartum psychosis, a rare, severe condition distinct from postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is more common, affecting about one in eight people who give birth. Postpartum psychosis affects roughly one to two per 1,000 births. Depression can mean persistent sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion. Psychosis can involve hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized behavior, and it can be intermittent, hidden behind long lucid periods. That distinction has become central to the question surrounding Lindsay Clancy: did she have postpartum psychosis, or didn’t she? Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

It's unclear who the saying "it can always be worse", is meant for. A girl named Liv is suspicious that her boyfriend of 8 months is cheating on her. But it can always be worse, right? But what if it's as bad as it can get? What if there is no worse… this is the bottom? Then what? Liv reaches over while Mason sleeps. There is only one way to find out if he's cheating on her, go through his phone. Within the hour, she's packing her things and making a run for it. What she found wasn't another woman. It was Mason negotiating prices with strangers on Telegram: $20 for videos, $30 for megalinks, $80 for all of the above. And links to what she later described to police as little girls between the ages of 6 and 7 years old, some as young as 3. This is the case of Mason Hullo, a TikTok looksmaxxer exposed by his ex for purchasing CSAM, and his bizarre excuse behind why. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com

One prominent UFO researcher once said, if you start looking for patterns, you will find them. And people think one of the worst patterns to emerge in 2026 is the pattern of important scientists going missing or ending up dead. Is it a fear‑mongering conspiracy where netizens are connecting together a few dots and calling it a line? A link? Or is it a real legitimate theory? I can’t be the one to tell you. Dr. Chen, a Chinese researcher based in the United States, has the type of resume where if something happens to him it makes you want to throw coincidence out the window. Outside a small Massachusetts courthouse, he locks eyes with a younger man… and within seconds, Chen is running him down, firing 5 to 6 shots, and leaving his 23‑year‑old nephew dead in the parking lot. Has this once brilliant scientist finally gone mad? Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com