Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

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Cult Liter Podcast Host Spencer Henry brings the bizarre every Tuesday. Each week we'll dive into a new story of cults, crime, televangelists gone wild, you never really know what you're going to get, just a guaranteed good time.

  1. DEC 24 • WONDERY+ EARLY ACCESS

    Ruby Franke

    Online, Ruby Franke appeared to be a wholesome mommy vlogger sharing her life with her husband and their children on the popular Youtube channel ‘8 Passengers.’ It wasn’t until the brave escape of one of her children that unravelled years of abuse, which heightened when Ruby joined forces with controversial “life coach” Jodi Hildebrandt. Call the Hotline: 747-322-0273 Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary 
 Merch! Merch! Merch!: wonderyshop.com/cultliter 
 Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  
 Write me: spencer@cultliter.com 
 Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  
 Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry 
 Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter 
 Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  
 Sources:  https://www.washco.utah.gov/departments/attorney/case-highlights-media/utah-vs-franke-hildebrandt/ https://media.washco.utah.gov/franke-hildebrandt/Documents/ https://media.washco.utah.gov/franke-hildebrandt/Documents/Timeline_Journal%20(Highlighted)_Redacted.pdf https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=53846601&itype=cmsid https://www.biography.com/crime/a60319774/ruby-franke-story https://pagesix.com/parents/ruby-franke-children/ https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/09/13/ruby-franke-case-husband-kevin/ https://www.ksl.com/article/38122710 https://abcnews.go.com/US/ruby-frankes-husband-sues-business-partner-jodi-hildebrandt/story?id=109173970 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/jodi-hildebrandt-ruby-franke-connexions-therapy-former-clients-share-rcna108031 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ruby-franke-jodi-hildebrandt-sentenced-child-abuse-youtube-eight-passengers/ https://kutv.com/news/local/niece-breaks-silence-on-alleged-decade-old-abuse-under-therapist-jodi-hildebrandt-ruby-franke-8-passengers-youtube-duct-tape-child-abuse-charges-connexions-classroom-therapy https://www.abc4.com/news/8-passengers/franke-husband-bizarre-tale-jodi-hildebrandt-upended-his-life/

    45 min
  2. 4 DAYS AGO

    Brenda Spencer

    In this week’s episode we are discussing the tragic story of a school shooting from the 1970’s, back when they weren’t an everyday occurrence. Listen in as I discuss how Brenda Spencer became known as the “Grandmother of the school shooting.”  Call the Hotline: 747-322-0273 Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary Merch! Merch! Merch!: wonderyshop.com/cultliter Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7953273/Infamous-dont-like-Mondays-killer-inducted-Golden-Girls-club.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_(San_Diego) https://allthatsinteresting.com/brenda-ann-spencer https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-21-mn-10587-story.html https://www.snopes.com/articles/463142/brenda-spencer-i-dont-like-mondays/ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2019/01/29/40-years-ago-brenda-spencer-took-lives-changed-lives-in-a-mass-shooting-at-a-san-diego-elementary-school/ https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/30/archives/san-diego-girl-slays-2-with-rifle-and-wounds-9-on-school-grounds.html https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/i-dont-like-mondays-school-shooter-brenda-spencers-bid-for-freedom/news-story/edc28524f11afaa7bbee4583d163955c https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/35996181/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308221608_Brenda_Spencer_Sorting_Out_the_Contradictions https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19800609.2.30&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/04/23/echoes-of-a-different-schoolyard/b94d62b6-fcd6-4392-935b-7f9f085d3c33/ https://usafacts.org/articles/the-latest-government-data-on-school-shootings https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463594/number-of-k-12-school-shootings-us See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    33 min
  3. DEC 10

    Los Narcosatanicos

    Cult Babes!! This week we’re going back to where it all started as we discuss the murder of Mark Kilroy, amongst many others, at the hands of cult leader Adolfo Constanzo.  Call the Hotline: 747-322-0273 Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary Merch! Merch! Merch!: wonderyshop.com/cultliter Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-work-of-the-devil/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/1107672456/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-the-standard-dec-08-1989-pg/148328406/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Constanzo https://web.archive.org/web/20120626145244/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/constanzo/1.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073814005349 https://elpais.com/mexico/2023-07-14/sacrificios-humanos-canibalismo-y-trafico-de-drogas-el-regreso-de-sara-aldrete-y-los-narcosatanicos.html https://books.google.com/books?id=pUDPAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT3&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.max.com/shows/la-narcosatanica/1a943127-be9a-40f8-8bb5-2736b929d843 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    51 min
  4. NOV 26

    The Manhattan Alien Abduction: The Story of Linda Napolitano

    Cult Babes imagine you are peacefully laying in bed, getting ready to drift off to sleep and next thing you know you’re levitating into the night’s sky surrounded by gray beings. This is the story of a woman who claimed to have been abducted from her Manhattan apartment on a November night in 1989.  Call the Hotline: 747-322-0273 Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary Merch! Merch! Merch!: wonderyshop.com/cultliter Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://allthatsinteresting.com/linda-napolitano https://gregsandow.com/ufo/Contents/From_IUR_--_An_Analysis_of_the/from_iur_--_an_analysis_of_the.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100605092529/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theyre-coming-to-take-us-away-can-space-aliens-really-have-abducted-the-former-secretarygeneral-of-the-united-nations-it-sounds-absurd-but-thousands-of-americans-seem-convinced-by-a-rumour-which-has-become-a-cause-celebre-even-outside-the-mad-world-of-modern-ufology-1397440.html http://www.tricksterbook.com/ArticlesOnline/LindaCortileCase.htm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/netflix-manhattan-alien-abduction-ufo-linda-napolitano-b2637980.html http://paratopia.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/paratopia-mag_vol1_1-15-11.pdf See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    41 min

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Cult Liter Podcast Host Spencer Henry brings the bizarre every Tuesday. Each week we'll dive into a new story of cults, crime, televangelists gone wild, you never really know what you're going to get, just a guaranteed good time.

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