
158 episodes

The Conspirators Podcast Dark Myths
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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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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Wondery Presents: The Apology Line
If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as “Mr. Apology.” As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn’t just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, comes a story about empathy, deception and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six episode series.
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Ep. 145 - The Lost Treasure of Victorio Peak
In New Mexico's Hembrillo Basin there stands a small mountain called Victorio Peak. Back in the 1930s, a man named Doc Noss claimed to have discovered a secret passage into the mountain leading to an enormous cavern. Inside that cavern, Doc Noss claimed to have discovered a treasure estimated at $2 billion dollars.
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Notes:
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/victorio-peak-treasure/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Victorio_Peak_Treasure
https://unsolved.com/gallery/victorios-peak-treasure/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-16-vw-1352-story.html
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VBWSY7L/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/29/us/following-1937-story-of-buried-gold-family-searches-new-mexico-s-sands.html
http://www.mcguiresplace.net/the%20treasure%20of%20victorio%20peak/
http://culturecrossfire.com/etc/unsolved-mysteries-victorio-peak-part-2/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjV3Ki_h4_uAhXBU80KHftfBAwQFjADegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsmr.army.mil%2FPAO%2Fvps%2FPages%2FPart2--2990--Howthegoldwasfoundhowitgotthere.aspx&usg=AOvVaw05j634pyxMMxBgiGlX92aF
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Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
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Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod
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Mesmerize by Kevin MacLeod
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Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod
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Ep. 144 - The Hotel Savoy
One of the most remarkable stories to come out of World War II is that of Jan Baalsrud. He was a Norwegian saboteur who found himself wounded, barefoot and on the run from German soldiers swarming the country looking for him. Listen as I tell you what happened on the man's harrowing journey.
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Notes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/magazine/the-fugitive.html
https://nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/jan-balsrud-is-the-man-that-never-gave-up/
https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/the-wwii-survival-story-of-jan-baalsrud/
https://www.amazon.com/We-Die-Alone-David-Howarth/dp/B000JCBCXS
https://www.amazon.com/12th-Man-WWII-Escape-Endurance/dp/151071863X/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_2/145-4535570-7808019?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=151071863X&pd_rd_r=0bed382e-5e94-40ec-bc03-5c39c4ca45f6&pd_rd_w=cjAGI&pd_rd_wg=fa63O&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB&psc=1&refRID=GY1QNJ9KWH04QEWYFNJB
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Ep. 143 - The Bones of the Saints
Throughout its long history, the Catholic Church has anointed countless saints. And with all those many, many saints there also come many strange stories. Some of the strangest tales have occurred long after these saints were dead. Listen as I tell you some tales of miracles, of murder, of intrigue and of mysteries that remain unsolved to this day.
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Notes:
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/10/28/blessed-carlo-acutis-first-millennial-saint-catholic-church-children-canonization
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Thomas-Becket/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2MDYCW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/becket_thomas.shtml
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/thomas-becket-the-murder-that-shook-the-middle-ages/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs-284882/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/12/131219-santa-claus-origin-history-christmas-facts-st-nicholas/
https://www.history.com/news/who-was-st-nicholas
Music:
Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod
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Despair and Triumph by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3641-despair-and-triumph
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We Wish you a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod
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Ep. 142 - The Apprentice
The 1980s were a dangerous time to be a child in Ohio. Throughout the decade, several young girls were abducted, raped and murdered in seemingly connected crimes. Although one man, Robert Buell, would be convicted and sentenced to death for one of these crimes, some investigators believe Buell had an accomplice who was never caught.
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Notes:
https://www.amazon.com/Serial-Killers-Apprentice-James-Renner-ebook/dp/B007BXNHTU
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/buell801.htm
https://www.indeonline.com/article/20100313/NEWS/303139992
https://www.cleveland19.com/story/947368/with-eyes-closed-convicted-killer-is-executed/
https://www.toledoblade.com/news/state/2002/09/26/Killer-claims-secret-before-his-execution/stories/200209260049
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Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
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Ep. 141 - The Monster of Glamis
In the Scottish lowlands there stands an ancient castle that some historians claims holds a terrible secret. Although Glamis Castle has more than its fair share of ghost stories attached to it, there's an even darker rumor that a flesh and blood creature once lived inside the castle's walls.
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Notes:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2540030/Mysterious-room-hidden-ruins-Medieval-Scottish-castle-opened-time-500-years.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-monster-of-glamis-92015626/
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/200-year-old-mystery-monster-glamis-603388
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/dark-secret-behind-hidden-room-glamis-castle-006821
http://www.normanconnections.com/en/norman-sites/important-norman-buildings/the-white-tower/
https://mikedashhistory.com/2012/02/11/the-monster-of-glamis-2/
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/nostalgia/1319138/from-the-human-toad-to-the-tongueless-woman-glamis-castle-hides-some-dark-secrets/
Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
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