It's a cult of one dynamic almost too frightful for this show. When your very own caregiver poisons, manipulates, exploits, and lies to you for personal gain... it's the cult of Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome, a nightmare phenomenon made internationally famous by the notorious (iconic?) Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a victim of child medical abuse, who played a role i ... Show More
Jul 8
The Cult of America's Next Top Model
This week, Chelsea, Amanda, and guest Sarah Hartshorne (@sarahbhartshorne) dig into the high-gloss, high-drama, and disturbingly high-control world of America’s Next Top Model. Once hailed as a launchpad for aspiring models, the long-running franchise masked emotional manipulatio ... Show More
1h 21m
Jul 1
The Cult of Elon Musk (Part 2)
What happens when a billionaire tech mogul starts to look less like a CEO and more like a modern-day messiah? This week, Chelsea, Amanda, and Reese team up with historian and authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) to explore the cult of personality surrounding Elo ... Show More
1h 12m
Jul 2021
Ad Free: the Disappearance of Maura Murray Part 1
FAM!! In anticipation of our LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY (July 31st), we are rereleasing our episodes covering "The Disappearance of Maura Murray." Come see us cover this case LIVE on Saturday night at the Wilbur Theater in Boston where we will be joined by Maggie, Lance, and Tim (.. ... Show More
50m 50s
Sep 2019
159 - Josephine Baker: Spy, Sex Symbol, Superstar
Josephine Baker. What a meatsack!! Such an incredible person. The modern world's first internationally famous black, female celebrity. She lived a lot of life. She was born into extreme poverty in St Louis. She overcame incredible odds to become a touring performing as a young te ... Show More
2h 30m
Jun 2023
300: Mass Murderer or Misconception: Who Was Patient Zero?
For decades, one man has been blamed for bringing AIDS to the United States and knowingly spreading is from coast to coast. He's known as Patient Zero. He's been vilified as a narcissistic, sex crazed, maniac without whom AIDS might not have become a worldwide pandemic. But how m ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2024
EP.171 - CANADA'S BIGGEST TRUE CRIME STORY, BRITNEY SPEARS CLONE THEORY, & REAL PARANORMAL VIDEOS
Jump in with Carlos Juico and Gavin Ruta on episode 171 of Jumpers Jump. This episode we discuss: The truth of happiness, Brotherhood movie plot twist, Canada's biggest serial killer true crime, Neurolink theory, Faces carved in the floor haunted story, FBI agent true crime story ... Show More
1h 8m
Oct 2022
319 - The Bloody Harpes
How much do you know about America's first documented serial killers, The Bloody Harpes? Micajah and Wiley Harpe went on a crazy murder spree out on the western American frontier, starting in late 1798. The murdered men, women, children, and even babies. And they'd been bad, murd ... Show More
2h 13m