
Episode 340 - The Sea Orphan
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03/21/24 • 44 min
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Found drifting on the open ocean on the brink of death, Terry Jo Duperrault’s survival was nothing short of a miracle.
She’d been at sea for over 3 days, enduring harsh heat, bitter cold, and the tormenting bites of the parrot fish. Terry Jo was the survivor of an apparent yacht accident – yet when the boat’s captain was told the incredible news, he went to a motel, and took his own life.
This is the gut-wrenching story of the sinking of The Bluebell, and the deaths of 4 members of the Duperrault family
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Found drifting on the open ocean on the brink of death, Terry Jo Duperrault’s survival was nothing short of a miracle.
She’d been at sea for over 3 days, enduring harsh heat, bitter cold, and the tormenting bites of the parrot fish. Terry Jo was the survivor of an apparent yacht accident – yet when the boat’s captain was told the incredible news, he went to a motel, and took his own life.
This is the gut-wrenching story of the sinking of The Bluebell, and the deaths of 4 members of the Duperrault family
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Episode 339 - Sherri Papini: The Woman Who Fooled the World
Three weeks after going missing, Californian ‘supermom’ Sherri Papini was found running down a highway with a chain tied to her waist and the word "exodus" burned into her back.
Her story defied belief. Kidnapped outside of her home, by a pair of Latina women and driven hundreds of miles with nothing but mariachi music for company, it seemed almost too strange to be true.
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And what detectives found, turned out to be even stranger than Sherri's bizarre story...
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Episode 341 - Michael Barrymore & The Death of Stuart Lubbock
Found dead and with severe internal injuries in the swimming pool of the UK’s biggest TV star, Stuart Lubbock’s tragic demise became an instant tabloid sensation.
Michael Barrymore’s handling of the tragedy left a lot to be desired – as did the conduct of the British press. But what really happened the night Lubbock died, and who was responsible?
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