The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators is a bi-weekly show dedicated to the dark and disturbing stories from history your teacher never told you about. On the show I discuss unsolved mysteries, serial killers, survival stories, strange disappearances and other bizarre true events from the past.

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Ep. 245 - The Death Car

The Conspirators Podcast

10/28/24 • 29 min

In this episode I tell you several stories about haunted cars. Hear the story of the Surrey Ghost Car, the deadly Golden Eagle and the most infamous cursed vehicle of them all, James Dean's Little Bastard.

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Notes:

https://yourirish.com/folklore/coiste-bodhar

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/looking-back-infamous-a3-ghost-25385369

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/a3-burpham-ghost-crash-2002/

https://dragonquillca.medium.com/the-murderous-motorized-golden-eagle-8c14a678f1f9

https://jalopnik.com/meet-the-golden-eagle-the-car-claimed-to-have-killed-a-1830037928

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/us-scene/what-really-happened-to-james-deans-cursed-porsche/

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/james-deans-car-cursed.htm

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Ep. 198 - The Lost Cosmonauts

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01/23/23 • 37 min

The 1950s and 1960s marked a time when the United States and the Soviet Union were in a proverbial space race to see who could be the first to successfully send human beings into outer space. But did the Soviet Union cover up several embarrassing and tragic accidents even before Yuri Gargarin was credited with being the first man to orbit the earth?

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Ep. 197 - The Snow Angels

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01/09/23 • 41 min

Between 1976 and 1977 four children were abducted and murdered in Oakland County, Michigan. To this day no arrests have ever been made in the case of the Oakland County Child Killer.

Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Jar-Obsession-Detroits-Notorious/dp/1507204027

https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Killings-Inside-Oakland-Investigation/dp/1476684006/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=yqUe9&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=N69MPGA8PSVXPQDQ6AMH&pd_rd_wg=j6CnA&pd_rd_r=57353770-bacf-4c6b-8670-276a06357d85&pd_rd_i=1476684006&psc=1

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2019/02/01/the-oakland-county-child-killer-case-background/

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Ep. 250 - The Devil of London

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01/06/25 • 32 min

Victorian London was once terrorized by a mysterious figure in a strange costume, who reportedly could leap great distances, and breathe fire. They called this demonic figure Spring-Heeled Jack. Was he an actual demon? Or just a clever prankster?

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Spring-Heeled-Jack-Fiend-Penny-Dreadful/dp/1546689338

https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Spring-Heeled-Jack-Victorian-Steampunk/dp/1620554968/ref=sr_1_2?crid=712RXTDEEIT4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y83uxAzfk1kJTD9ddA7VVmohSHPMyiw0voh2rTJnqk_BmmX7whL-3sPEe_nYKy3yOasdRadOcSEo0GidZcyVUZUAsZHTPU767565K_pVAgPBqpJHIdb7k-Sps6TK22GJfvpg2-QaY1Th4FspX-o2u-QbFafjHrSChWzcdppXM5B3jxuxsiQY8vX2kLFk5SM5tfRh4QltCJitXqyTMUdyur8yCXuJMSNtfEDbi4Uw-pQ.pR-h7371tAXbEsu6G93U_3-yCv-aRXWhvjQ3ummgzy8&dib_tag=se&keywords=spring-heeled+jack&qid=1736009055&sprefix=spring-heeled+jack%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-2

https://www.amazon.com/Spirits-Industrial-Age-Impersonation-Spring-heeled/dp/1499268777/ref=sr_1_4?crid=712RXTDEEIT4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y83uxAzfk1kJTD9ddA7VVmohSHPMyiw0voh2rTJnqk_BmmX7whL-3sPEe_nYKy3yOasdRadOcSEo0GidZcyVUZUAsZHTPU767565K_pVAgPBqpJHIdb7k-Sps6TK22GJfvpg2-QaY1Th4FspX-o2u-QbFafjHrSChWzcdppXM5B3jxuxsiQY8vX2kLFk5SM5tfRh4QltCJitXqyTMUdyur8yCXuJMSNtfEDbi4Uw-pQ.pR-h7371tAXbEsu6G93U_3-yCv-aRXWhvjQ3ummgzy8&dib_tag=se&keywords=spring-heeled+jack&qid=1736009055&sprefix=spring-heeled+jack%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-4

https://www.amazon.com/Spring-Heeled-Jack-Philip-Pullman/dp/044041881X/ref=sr_1_5?crid=712RXTDEEIT4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Y83uxAzfk1kJTD9ddA7VVmohSHPMyiw0voh2rTJnqk_BmmX7whL-3sPEe_nYKy3yOasdRadOcSEo0GidZcyVUZUAsZHTPU767565K_pVAgPBqpJHIdb7k-Sps6TK22GJfvpg2-QaY1Th4FspX-o2u-QbFafjHrSChWzcdppXM5B3jxuxsiQY8vX2kLFk5SM5tfRh4QltCJitXqyTMUdyur8yCXuJMSNtfEDbi4Uw-pQ.pR-h7371tAXbEsu6G93U_3-yCv-aRXWhvjQ3ummgzy8&dib_tag=se&keywords=spring-heeled+jack&qid=1736009055&sprefix=spring-heeled+jack%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-5

https://allthatsinteresting.com/spring-heeled-jack

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Ep. 196 - The Campden Wonder

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12/26/22 • 33 min

One of the strangest stories to come out of medieval England is that of the Campden Wonder. It's a peculiar mystery involving a missing man, witches, pirates, and so much more.

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Notes:

https://www.chippingcampdenonline.org/the-campden-wonder

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2018/04/time-england-three-people-hanged-murder-william-harrison-turned-alive/

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/906/mithridates-poison-elixir-fact-or-fiction/

http://www.campdenwonder.plus.com/

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Ep. 234 - The Darkest Depths

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06/10/24 • 34 min

Approximately 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans. Yet 95% of that area remains unexplored. Throughout history there have been people who have encountered gigantic creatures we would describe as sea monsters. In this episode, I'm going to tell you about some of them.

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Notes:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/fishermen-dredged-up-30ft-dinosaur-30731086

https://www.wired.com/story/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-mythical-sea-monsters-may-have-been-whales-with-unusual-dining-habits-180981729/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-real-sea-monsters-brought-life-early-naturalists-180953155/

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/regaling-tales-of-the-gloucester-sea-serpent-a-forgotten-legend-of-cryptozoology

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/09/gloucester-sea-serpent-mystery-solved-after-two-centuries/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/strange-sea-serpent-sightings-from-history

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/08/great-american-sea-serpent/

https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-sea-serpent/#:~:text=Their%20origins%20can%20be%20traced,multi%2Dhead%20serpent%20called%20Tiamat.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/water/sea-monsters#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20years%20ago%2C%20European,longer%20than%20a%20school%20bus.

https://www.iflscience.com/the-uss-stein-monster-in-1978-a-massive-creature-attacked-a-navy-frigate-shredding-parts-of-its-hull-65325

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Ep. 236 - The Cellar

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07/08/24 • 29 min

Dr. Hawley Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in history. But modern forensic D.N.A. tests may change everything we think we know.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/conspirators to get 10% off your first month.

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Notes:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-me-basement-babies-20101116-story.html

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/

https://www.amazon.com/Thunderstruck-Erik-Larson/dp/1400080673

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7050714.stm

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Ep. 255 - The Hysteria

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03/17/25 • 38 min

Throughout the Victorian era and into the 20th century, women throughout Europe and America were often sent to insane asylums for so-called hysteria. In this episode I'll tell you about the history involved, as well the tragic story of what happened to one woman who vanished from an asylum in Indianapolis.

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Notes:

https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-wandering-womb/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JKNHQR2/?bestFormat=true&k=unwell%20women&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_12&crid=3PR3IRMBYDVZX&sprefix=unwell%20women

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria

https://www.nytimes.com/1920/04/27/archives/find-womans-skeleton-after-20-years-quest-miss-selvage-indianapolis.html

https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Indianapolis-Crimes-Murder-Mystery/dp/1596299894

https://historicindianapolis.com/rufus-cantrell-intruder-in-the-dust/

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Ep. 161 - The Murderous Dr. Cream

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08/23/21 • 36 min

In 1892, a convicted serial killer named Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was led to the gallows. One story goes that just before the hangman pulled the lever, Dr. Cream was in the middle of confessing to being the most famous serial killer of all time, Jack the Ripper.

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Notes:

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cream-thomas-neill.htm

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GFZQ442/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.police1.com/bizarre/articles/15-infamous-last-words-from-criminals-on-death-row-SSCSJ5XRWVk2Osva/

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/politics-law/the-evil-deeds-of-dr-cream

Music:

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

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Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod

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Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod

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Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

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Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

https://dexterbritain.com/

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Ep. 239 - The Stranglers

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08/05/24 • 37 min

Between 1962 to 1964, 13 women in the Boston area were strangled to death by a serial killer. A 33 year old handyman named Albert DeSalvo would go on to confess to the murders. But did he really do it?

Patreon:

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Notes:

https://www.amazon.com/Boston-Stranglers-Susan-Kelly/dp/0786032510

https://time.com/6263843/boston-strangler-hulu-true-story/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-tenacious-women-reporters-who-helped-expose-the-boston-strangler-180981786/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/how-the-boston-stranglers-identity-was-finally-confirmed-50-years-after-his-reign-of-terror-ended

https://www.boston.com/culture/movies/2023/03/17/boston-strangler-movie-whats-real-not/

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