Press Conference: Utah's Troubled Teen Industry
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Hear from a soon-to-be-revealed courageous survivor from a Utah program, Meg Appelgate, and Alan Mortensen as we all come together to announce a lawsuit against a well-known facility in Utah and expose an Industry that has been hiding in Utah for far too long.
Tune in to find out which Utah program is on the docket for JUSTICE!
Happy Saturday, Cultings! We know Halloween has passed, but this may be the scariest episode yet!
In our final episode of "The New F Word" (for now) Fallon summarizes the last episode of Shiny Happy People, "Arrows Activated". In this episode, we see how even though Josh Duggar's AND Bill Gothard's crimes have been made public, these fundamentalist sects are able to raise a generation of arrows to place themselves into positions of political power to reshape society.
Ash then talks about one of the scariest movements out there, the Joshua Generation: a far-right fundamentalist Christian movement which aims to push teens and Bible based values into the political realm to "take back America." Terrifying.
Listen to the episode, out now wherever you get your podcasts!
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We hope you enjoyed CULTOBER, but now back to our regularly scheduled programming! This week's episode is out NOW on our Patreon and you can subscribe for free and listen to this insane, intense episode -- or join one of our Patron tiers for some awesome perks!
This week, Ali tells Ashley Love Richards about the "German torture cult," started by Nazis in Parral, Chile. Villagers in the 1960's and 70's were convinced that if their children could live there, they would have a chance at better lives. Behind the scenes residents of Colonia Dignidad were subjected to forced labor, abuse, torture, and imprisonment. Take a listen to this episode and play some cult bingo along with us! TW: Listener discretion advised!
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We're closing out Cultober with these final Cultertainment Corner episodes. @ashleyloverichards shares her best entertainment recommendations with some of her friends from around the podcast world!
In these eps, Ash talks to YouTube's @ApostateAlex and @coffeetilvodka about culty and scammy movies and TV shows.
Both episodes out now, wherever you get your podcasts!
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In these Cultober special episodes, Ashley Love Richards shares her best entertainment recommendations with some of her friends from around the podcast world.
First, Ash talks to Roberta Blevins from the Life After MLM podcast and the Amazon Prime Docuseries LulaRich about culty and scammy documentaries and shows, and all things Fyrefest.
Next, she talks to researcher-turned-TSFU cohost Fallon Morey about her favorite (mostly scam-related) TV shows and docs.
Both episodes out now, wherever you get your podcasts!
#lifeaftermlm #robertablevins #cultpodcast #fyrefestival #lularich #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast
Binge or Bust? - Ep. 18: White Right: Meeting the Enemy. Ashley Love Richards tells us all about Deeyah Khan's amazing documentary, a thought provoking story with a powerful message. We call it a 100% Binge - what do you think?
" 'White Right: Meeting the Enemy' is a 2017 documentary directed by Deeyah Khan. Deeyah travels to the United States to meet with some of the country's most prominent neo-Nazis and white supremacist leaders to seek to understand the personal and political reasons behind the apparent resurgence of far-right extremism in America. She made the film after being interviewed on TV about multiculturalism for which she received many threats and hate speech on social media." - Wikipedia
Out NOW on our Patreon - join us on patreon.com!
Out tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts!
#whiterightmeetingtheenemy #deeyahkahn #fuusefilms #documentaries
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast
Hey friends! Check out our newest episode of "The New F word!"
In this episode of the series, Ashley Richards and Fallon Morey watch and discuss the third episode of the Amazon Prime Docuseries "Shiny Happy People." We talk more about IBLP and how the movement uses unpaid labor, especially of young people, to continue to grow. Abuse runs rampant, and Bill Gothard is finally ousted from the organization after years of his sexual misconduct comes to light.
Fallon also covers the Quiverfull movement in more detail, which sees large families as a blessing from God and how sometimes this ideology can lead to dangerous outcomes.
Listen to the episode, out now wherever you get your podcasts!
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Hey friends! Make sure you Have you heard our new "Binge or Bust" episode yet?
In this episode of the series, Ashley Love Richards and Fallon Morey watch and discuss the second episode of the Amazon Prime Docuseries "Shiny Happy People." In this episode, we talk more about Bill Gothard and his fundamentalist movement the IBLP, which forms the patriarchal and abusive power structure followed by fundamentalist families like the Duggars.
Ash also talks with Fallon about "To Train Up a Child," the official child rearing manual of the IBLP and other fundie groups which encourages breaking the wills of children from infancy. Warning: Major triggers for child abuse.
Listen to the episode, out now wherever you get your podcasts!
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Ep. 162- Asylums: America's Most Haunted Part II
This is the second part of a two part episode, make sure to listen to part one first (we pick things back up at The Waverly Hills Sanatorium and the beginning of the episode won't make sense without listening to part one first)!
Ali finishes telling Ash about the horrors at The Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky, and talks about two of America's other most haunted asylums. The gals take you to Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Spring City, Pennsylvania, and Eloise Psychiatric Hospital in Westland, Michigan. Shock therapy, hydrotherapy, lobotomies, unsanitary conditions, violence, abuse, corruption, ableism, mentalism, ghosts and more! #spooky #spookyhalloween #creepy #asylums
The 27 Club- Ep. 2: Janis Joplin This week Ali tells the story of Janis Joplin, aka "The Wild Woman of Blues", who joined the 27 Club in October of 1970, at the height of her career and the psychedelic rock era. Janis, like so many other young rockstars, loved to party, with Southern Comfort and the ever popular drug of the time, heroin, as her party favors of choice. She hung out with other members of the 27 Club including Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. She was mercilessly teased in high school, and her sexual freeness and appetite, and bluesy music, made her quite the controversial character in her time, but one that is beloved by many today.
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast #janisjoplin #27club
Binge or Bust?- Ep. 17: The King of Kong- A Fistful of Quarters
This is the BORB that you didn't know you wanted or needed, but abso-freaking-lutely do. You're welcome y'all, this week gets 5 bingeable gold stars!
"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive arcade gaming directed by Seth Gordon. It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from Billy Mitchell." - Wikipedia
#kingofkong #donkeykong
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast
Stockholm Syndrome: The Origin Story and the Kidnapping of Patty Hearst. he phrase "Stockholm Syndrome" is widely recognized, but not many people know its' origin story. This week, Ali tells Ash about the failed Swedish bank heist in which the captor's hostages quickly started sympathizing with them, and how it led to the well known term.
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast #stockholmsyndrome
Aaannnddd the list grows longer on #peoplewecantlistentoanymore. What is wrong with people? The more we look, it seems the fewer "artists'" work we can support, Die Antwoord being the latest. Of course, they have some pretty catchy songs, ugh. But that doesn't mean that they aren't terrible people, they are, and we've taken them off of our playlists now.
This week, Ali talks about Die Antwoord, an alternative hip hop duo out of Cape Town, South Africa. Partners on stage and in life and sickness, Watkin Tudor “Ninja” Jones and Anri “Yolandi Vassir” du Toit, have been accused by several people, including their adopted son, Gabriel “Tokkie” du Preez, of sexual abuse. Tokkie came forward to expose the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated on him by Ninja and Yolandi, and how they essentially adopted him to make him a slave. #truecrime #dieantwoord #truecrimepodcast
Leslie Van Houten was 19 at the time of the crime that she committed under the coercive control of arguably the most infamous cult leader of all time, Charles Manson. She has spent 54 years in prison for stabbing a dead or dying woman. We are not negating the brutality of the crimes committed by the Manson Family, and do not wish to diminish the atrocities that were inflicted on the victims.
One important fact that is often misreported is that Leslie was not present at the infamous Tate murders on Cielo Drive. Many myths surround the "Manson Girls", and after reading Karlene Faith's book Leslie Van Houten's Long Prison Journey, Ash felt the need to tell Leslie's story as it happened, and not how it's been sensationalized by the media.
Again, we implore you to listen to these episodes with an open heart and mind. Make sure to listen to part I first!
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast #leslievanhouten #charlesmanson #mansonfamily
This week Ash is taking you back to one of the biggest crimes of the '90s! Who remembers an incredibly slow chase on LA's 405 freeway... a white Ford Bronco was going about 35 mph for around 90 minutes, and it was the thrill of the goddamn decade! OJ Simpson allegedly murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown, and an incredibly kind server who was just doing Brown a favor, Ron Goldman, in cold blood on June 12, 1994. You thought you knew this story of a former famous footballer and his beautiful wife, but you have no idea...
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast #oj #ojsimpson #90s
UPDATE on Natalia Grace! When Ash and Megan from Give Us Morgue first discussed Natalia's case, they were very skeptical about whether Natalia was a conniving little person or an abandoned little girl. Since more information has come out, Ash is now convinced that Natalia was an abused and abandoned child. Ali agrees, and they discuss, as they do. Reach out and let us know what you think!
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast #nataliagrace #thecuriouscaseofnataliagrace
TSFUP Ominous Oceans Howdy sailors! This month, TSFU Presents: Ominous Oceans! Duh-nuh... duh-nuh.. duh-nuh, duh-nuh, duh-nuh, duh-nuh!! Ash and GURU level Patron, TSFU team member and generally amazing friend of the show, Celi Riojas, help you gain a fear of the ocean if you don't already have one. Happy Summer!
In their first episode, Ash and Celi talk about the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Considered one of the most notorious places on earth and haunted but not recognized on official maps, it is located in the Atlantic Ocean, off North America. More than 50 ships and 20 airplanes said to have disappeared in this region, although some sources cite much higher numbers. Ships have been found abandoned for no reason, some transmitted no distress signals before everyone disappeared, some were just never heard from again. In many cases, wreckage has not been found. What the heck is going on here?!
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UNDERCURRENT THE DISAPPERANCE OF KIM WALL "This two-part documentary directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Erin Lee Carr tells the story of accomplished journalist Kim Wall, who tragically went missing in 2017.
Wall was last seen just prior to interviewing the eccentric entrepreneur Peter Madsen aboard his self-made submarine in Danish waters. Madsen changes his story multiple times during the course of a police investigation that ultimately uncovers the truth: Wall was murdered on the submarine. Madsen is soon put on trial, and a judge is tasked with determining what actually happened on the vessel.
The documentary weaves together trial testimony, expert opinion, never-heard-before audio from Madsen himself, key new interviews with those who knew Wall and Madsen, and includes commentary from a range of officers, scientists, and journalists close to the case." - HBO
#tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast #SUB #SUBMARINE #KIMWALL
EP 149. Hate Crime - The Death of Matthew Shepard
We tried to get this out in June, during Pride Month, but alas sometimes the schedule doesn't work out as planned... and shouldn't every month be pride month?
This week Ali talks about the death of 22 year old Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. Matthew was a gay man who got into a truck with two homophobes who lured him into their vehicle saying they just wanted to hang out... with the intent of robbing and killing him instead. This was one of the first cases to get any proper attention for the plight of the LGBTQAI+ community. #tsfuthepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truecrimecommunity #pinkaesthetic #coloradopodcast #denverpodcast #matthewshepard #lgbtq #pride
EP. 148- Culty Gwen and GOOP. Gwyneth Paltrow, you know her from things such as being a famous actress, dating Brat Pitt, coming up with the term "conscious uncoupling", naming her daughter Apple and recently looking like Jeffrey Dahmer at a ski accident trial. And likely from her weird white woman's wellness cult called GOOP, which sells stuff like eggs for your vagina, vagina candles, and other vagina related things. By the time this year rolled around, GOOP has expanded to include a Netflix series, a podcast, retail stores, a book imprint called goop Press, and a franchise of wellness summits.
