Cult Liter with Spencer Henry Wondery

This week we’re recapping episodes 3 & 4 of Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up and boy do things get interesting!

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This week we are rounding out our Playboy coverage with some more horror stories tied to controversial publishing tycoon Hugh Hefner and the Playboy enterprise.

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Sources: 
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/the-playboy-murders/how-twin-sister-playboy-playmates-got-mixed-up-in-murder
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-02-28/secrets-of-playboy-ae-hugh-hefner-bunny
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10443917/The-mini-Playboy-mansions-women-trafficked-drugged-raped.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/lorraine-nicholson-childhood-at-playboy-mansion
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/playboy-mansion-cult-confessions-humiliating-26042180
https://decider.com/2023/07/11/secrets-of-playboy-season-2-ae-review/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541646/Playboy-playmate-Cassandra-Lynn-Hensley-34-dead-bathtub-cocaine-champagne.html
https://people.com/tv/secrets-of-playboy-hugh-hefner-exes-kristina-shannon-karissa-shannon-discuss-secret-abortion/
https://nypost.com/2022/08/22/playboy-bunnies-fed-to-hef-like-meat-in-gross-hoarder-orgy-room/
https://www.ocweekly.com/natural-causes-6385292/
https://www.newsweek.com/stephanie-adams-playboy-suicide-son-939433
https://people.com/crime/death-playboy-centerfold-son-murder-suicide/
https://people.com/human-interest/playboy-playmate-ashley-mattingly-dead-suicide/
https://www.newsweek.com/hugh-hefners-one-true-love-was-his-male-physician-claims-daughter-playboy-mark-saginor-1688062
https://people.com/crime/secrets-of-playboy-shadow-mansions-dr-mark-saginor/

Well..the title says it all! I'm reacting to the first two episodes of Lifetime's 'Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up.'

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This week we’re discussing Anna Nicole Smith’s rise to fame. Some called her a gold-digger, to others she was an icon. Listen in as we discuss her rise to fame, tumultuous legal battles and untimely death. 




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Sources: 

https://www.eonline.com/news/1318421/500-former-playboy-employees-defend-hugh-hefner-amid-misconduct-allegations

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/obvious-history-anna-nicole-smith-ended-marrying-89-year-old

https://people.com/human-interest/from-the-archives-anna-nicole-smith-weds-j-howard-marshall-ii-1994/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/44-drugs-found-in-anna-nicole-smiths-bahamas-home-says-official/1922409/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17815384

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-08-mn-31757-story.html

https://www.distractify.com/p/anna-nicole-smith-relationship-history

https://www.dailynews.com/2006/09/11/anna-nicole-smith-gives-birth-to-a-baby-a-few-days-later-her-20-year-son-is-found-dead/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-nicole-smith-a-whos-who/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-07-la-me-anna-nicole-smith-20100807-story.html

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/psychiatrist_details_anna_nicole_s_drug_addiction/2060578/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10443917/The-mini-Playboy-mansions-women-trafficked-drugged-raped.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-09-me-51979-story.html

https://www.healthyplace.com/depression/articles/woman-says-electric-shock-treatment-destroyed-her-life

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/10/08/Former-Playboy-centerfold-sues-magazine/4786718516800

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/the-playboy-murders/obsessive-fan-shoots-playboy-playmate-s-husband-in-murder-suicide

https://www.biography.com/celebrities/anna-nicole-smith

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022800142_pf.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-anna-nicole-smith-28-02-2007/

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This week I went down the Michael Jackson rabbit-hole, from insane allegations to alleged truths, even reports of buying bones….




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Sources: 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/how-did-michael-jackson-die

https://www.theguardian.com/music/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/this-new-michael-jackson-biopic-will-glorify-a-man-who-abused-children

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeavingNeverland/comments/byrzj7/megathread_the_case_against_leaving_neverland/

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/699995484/michael-jackson-a-quarter-century-of-sexual-abuse-allegations

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In the second installment of our Playboy miniseries we’re diving into the even darker underbelly of the Playboy empire, including the grisly 1980 murder of Dorothy Stratten. 




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Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 




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Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now! 




Sources: 

https://www.villagevoice.com/death-of-a-playmate/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/09/29/hugh-hefner-the-murder-of-dorothy-stratten-and-the-dark-side-of-playboy/?pagewanted=all

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/02/08/hugh-hefner-secrets-of-playboy-allegations/9301152002/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/revisiting-hugh-hefner-apos-1986-171018496.html

https://www.eonline.com/news/884093/hugh-hefner-s-most-controversial-moments

https://people.com/crime/secrets-of-playboy-hugh-hefner-predator-number-one/

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/sep/28/hugh-hefner-playboy-founder-91-dark-side

https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a6301/rob-lowe-playboy-mansion-hugh-hefner/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjvyvw/dont-mourn-for-hugh-hefner

https://coolmaterial.com/lifestyle/entertainment/history-of-playboy-magazine/

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/01/new-york-city-1980s-clubs-playboy-advice.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/hugh-hefner-wives-girlfriends-list-2017-9#at-the-same-time-he-was-dating-crystal-harris-who-eventually-became-his-third-wife-12

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hugh-hefner-rape-allegations-secrets-of-playboy-011034682.html




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