Cult Liter with Spencer Henry Wondery

This week we’re discussing the life and times of Hugh Hefner and dive into the the dark underbelly of the Playboy world, revealing that ‘Hef’ may just be less of a media mogul…and more of a predatory cult leader.

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Sources: 
A&E Secrets of Playboy
https://www.distractify.com/p/hugh-hefner-girlfriend-kendall
https://people.com/crime/secrets-of-playboy-shadow-mansions-dr-mark-saginor/
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4917325/secrets-playboy-hugh-hefner-miki-garcia/
​​https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-01-31/secrets-of-playboy-hugh-hefner-don-cornelius
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gloria-steinem-publishes-a-bunnys-tale-show-magazine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/18/playboy-nude-photos-bunny-gender-feminism
https://www.nylon.com/life/the-most-disturbing-secrets-we-learned-from-the-playboy-documentary
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/hugh-hefner-animal-abuse-playboy-mansion-bestiality
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/judy-huth-testifies-bill-cosby-molested-her-playboy-mansion-1363577/
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a38813101/playmates-life-with-hugh-hefner-playboy-mansion-cult/
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/smith-on-tragic-list-playmates-who-died-before-50/
https://www.the-sun.com/news/725334/playboy-tragedies-shootings-mutilations-murder-suicide/
​​https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/the-life-and-death-of-bobbie-arnstein/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Adams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner
​​https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/hugh-hefner-marilyn-monroe-541688

This week’s little liter kicks off with the latest headlines regarding Chad Daybell before we get into some emails from the babes. If you have a story you’d like to share with the cult send it on over spencer@cultliter.com

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Sources: 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/01/chad-daybell-sentenced-to-death-in-doomsday-murders-case/73938215007/
https://hotelmonteleone.com/all-posts/haunted-tale-maurice-begere/

Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder case that could be ripped from the pages of her novels.




From Wondery, this is a story about what happens when the line blurs between fiction and reality. 




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This week we’re discussing a series of murder in Fall River, MA that had many suspecting a satanic cult was heavily involved. 




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Sources: 

Fall River Docuseries (EPIX)

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/courts/2022/03/04/fall-river-cult-murders-robin-murphy-up-parole/9347774002/

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/14/robin-murphy-fall-river-ma-convicted-satanic-cult-murderer-parole-granted/73688680007/

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/386/386mass345.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/drew-carl.htm

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/387/387mass79.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/397/397mass65.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-three-dead-prostitutes-triggered-a-wild-satanic-panic

https://cvltnation.com/sex-satanism-sacrificial-slaughter-fall-river-cult-murders-1979-80/

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/lifestyle/2013/10/06/looking-back-murder-in-satan/42739663007/

https://www.religionnewsblog.com/9065/cult-killer-story-takes-a-turn

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2003/04/22/cult-murders-killer-murphy/50293636007/

https://www.wcvb.com/article/memorial-day-fashion-2024/60886099

https://www.mass.gov/doc/robin-murphy-life-sentence-decision/download

https://linesandstringsandstrangedays.wordpress.com/2019/06/04/harborterraceparttwo/




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TGIF Cult Babes! This week we’re talking about a case that had 10-year-old me quaking, a Tammy Faye Bakker run-in, and a juicy AITA! 




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Sources: 

https://people.com/why-did-andrea-yates-drown-her-five-children-inside-shocking-case-8653651

https://www.abc12.com/news/crime/pastor-with-living-word-church-in-midland-charged-with-sexual-assault/article_69d4ddb0-187f-11ef-83d5-7bcce368ec41.html

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This week we are discussing the murder of Dan Brophy and the media circus that ensued when the main suspect became his wife, Nancy, an author who penned such works as; How To Murder Your Husband. 




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Write me: spencer@cultliter.com




Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 




Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry




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




Sources: 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6878934-STATE-of-OREGON-vs-NANCY-LEE-CRAMPTON-BROPHY

https://archive.ph/D1s2X#selection-171.0-310.0

https://allthatsinteresting.com/nancy-brophy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/14/how-to-murder-your-husband-life-sentence/

https://www.courttv.com/news/or-v-crampton-brophy-romance-novelist-murder-trial/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/us/husband-murder-trial-nancy-brophy.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/novelist-nancy-brophy-murder-husband.html

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