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. NOV 26 • WONDERY+ EARLY ACCESS

    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

    41 min
  2. NOV 12

    MADAM: Heidi Fleiss

    This week we are discussing the rise and fall of Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss.  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.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-fleiss26-2008jun26-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-09-tm-52712-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/08/us/heidi-fleiss-given-37-month-sentence.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBYzd0D_SrA https://jewishjournal.com/culture/health/4651/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-06-me-20979-story.html https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/1989/11/alex-adams-madam-hollywood https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-16-me-471-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/08/03/madam-to-the-stars/72ce114a-32f4-48cd-9261-2cac4cef12f0/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-me-29467-story.html https://wwd.com/feature/heidi-fleiss-8217-new-risqu-233-business-1492198-1654498/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-17-me-63754-story.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-heidi-fleiss-hollywoods-most-notorious-madam/ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/how-ex-call-girl-helped-nab-notorious-hollywood-madam-heidi-fleiss/ https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/ex-hollywood-madam-heidi-fleiss-on-celibacy-meth-and-steve-bing/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/heidi-fleiss-is-finally-ready-turn-a-client-but-why-1214002/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-05-me-20571-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-06-me-20979-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-16-me-63396-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/07/01/hollywood-madams-big-spenders-testify/855f1f68-230f-4109-a8d0-bf7fa4718f53/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-06-fg-israel-mafia-la6-story.html https://ronaldrichards.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/138.htm.pdf https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-me-40902-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/08/12/at-studios-hollywood-confidential/52aa516b-d63a-4365-bfb1-4a8d9c203af4/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-me-29467-story.html See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    47 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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