Do You Want To Hear Something Awful?

Do You Want To Hear Something Awful?
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This investigative crime and society podcast pulls back the curtain on the world's most corrupt systems, fraud, crimes, and cultural cover-ups. From shocking hidden financial schemes, organizational manipulation, to cult dynamics, fraud wellness scams, lobbyists against human rights, and institutional exploitation, we expose awful things. But we also empower you with ways to fight back and make the world less terrible, always ending on a positive note. If you're a fan of documentaries, true crime, and dark comedy, this is a show you won't want to miss.

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    Sharenting: How Posting Pictures of Kids (Even on Private Accounts!) Feeds Dark Web Rings, AI Deepfake Exploitation, Extortion, Identity Theft, and Real-Life Predators

    In this episode, we expose the dark side of sharenting and a movement toward pulling children off the internet entirely. We dismantle the illusion that a private profile keeps your family safe, and how corporate Terms of Service agreements use your private photos as data to train generative AI. We dive into investigations that caught mainstream recommendation algorithms promoting predator networks. We'll investigate topics from early internet sharenting victims to stalker home invasions and TikTok luring rings. Stick around to learn more about:  How an audit of 5,000 mom-run profiles shows that as a minor's account grows, the percentage of adult male followers skyrockets. The specialized features allowing accounts to charge up to $250 a month for exclusive photos and private chat sessions with underage girls. Why private photos are harvested from social media to train deep-learning facial recognition software and deepfake nudify apps. The reality of growing up as a permanent digital asset, living in a twilight zone where teachers and peers have access to your home details. The case of Ava Majury's stalker tracking her to orchestrate an armed home invasion, and a recent predator who used a 1,862-page, single-day text onslaught on TikTok to lure a child into a four-hour Uber ride. What you can do to protect the next generation:  Commit to an absolute ban on public and private sharenting. Mask faces with emojis, take photos from behind.  Hit Not Interested or block family vlogging and mom-influencer accounts. Starve them of the metrics used to secure corporate sponsorships, and boycott brands that fund the exploitation of minors for content. Lobby representatives to mandate that tech platforms overhaul anti-spam automation so parents are never limited or penalized for blocking predatory users. Push for Right to be Forgotten legislation allowing adults to legally wipe their childhood digital footprints. If you notice suspicious saving spikes or timestamp tracking on minor imagery, report the post to Meta, and if you think a child is at risk, report the activity to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) via their cybertipline. References:  Goodlet, E. (2025). The money behind mommy: Addressing the exploitation of kidfluencers on social media. The Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review, 9(2), 191–214. Harrod, C. (2024). Influencer “sharenting” and the inherent conflict of interest. Cardozo Law Review, 45(4), 5–28. Keller, M., & Valentino-DeVries, J. (2024). A marketplace of girl influencers managed by moms and stalked by men. The New York Times. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. (2024). Cybertipline analytic reports: The intersection of parental sharing and peer-to-peer dark web image distribution networks. NCMEC Forensic Unit Publications. Public Broadcasting Service. (2024, May 15). The dangers of parents sharing their children's lives on social media. PBS NewsHour. State of Illinois. (2023). Senate Bill 1782: An act concerning child labor and the financial safeguarding of minors featured in monetized social media content. Illinois General Assembly. Stratman, A. (2024). Sharenting and exploitation: A content analysis of public reactions to the Wren Eleanor situation. Department of Sociology, MacEwan University. The Cornell Undergraduate Law Review. (2025). The exploitation of children in family vlogging: Truman babies under the digital glare. CULSR Research Articles. Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office. (2025). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. [Sealed Defendant]: Criminal complaint regarding algorithmic grooming, cross-county luring via paid rideshare services, and technology-facilitated sexual assault. Pennsylvania Judicial Records. White, J. (2022). Stalked online and targeted at home: The Ava Majury case and the immediate need for digital footprint security for minors. Journal of Cyber Law and Interpersonal Security, 14(3), 112–135.

    26 min

  2. Jun 12

    Robert & Debbie Morris’s Gateway Money Machine: Cover-Ups, A Missing $12 Million, Lawsuits, Submission, and Control

    Trouble runs much deeper at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas than just Robert Morris's crimes. You’ll hear about multiple lawsuits, silenced whistleblowers, and calculated healing, prophetic, and freedom ministries engineered to keep members compliant, volunteers working for free, and an enormous amount of cash flowing to the top. You’ll learn about actions you can take and changes that can hold megachurches accountable.  Leave a rating if you enjoyed the podcast, and get in touch with us at iwanttohearsomethingawful@gmail.com with suggestions, comments, questions, and concerns! We’ll explore:  The active federal class-action lawsuit (Leach v. Gateway Church) filed by betrayed church tithers over a fraudulent 15% global missions promise and the silenced whistleblower. Robert Morris's legal battle demanding millions while Gateway was laid off 40% of its staff. A look into Debbie Morris's book, The Blessed Woman, and how her theology of female submission and weaponized forgiveness created a buffer zone for abuse. We cover the $1 million defamation lawsuit brought by survivor Cindy Clemishire exposing how the Morris family tried to frame a crime against a child as a mutual, consensual affair.The dark mechanics of Gateway’s Freedom Ministry and the children’s version of the event. We’ll look at how Gateway engineered its Healing and Prophetic ministries to prevent the truth from coming out.  We look at ways to take action and the push for legislation that subjects high-revenue megachurches to mandatory IRS Form 990 public disclosures. Always believe survivors. Resources Cited:  Leach, et al. v. Gateway Church, et al., No. 4:2024cv00885 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 17, 2025). Ginter, A. (2026, May 15). Gateway Church moves retirement pay dispute. Crosswalk. Lindstrom Livingston Law Group. (2024, October). Gateway Church faces class action lawsuit over alleged financial misrepresentation. DLL Law Blog. Roberts, K. (2025, September 22). Lawsuit to continue against Gateway for misappropriating tithes. MinistryWatch. Roewe, M. (2025, October). Gateway Church accused of violating law that has been used to prosecute mafias. The Roys Report (Archived via Bishop Accountability). Clemishire v. Morris, et al., No. DC-25-xxxxx (Dallas County District Court, Tex. 2025–2026). CBS News Texas. (2026, May 20). Gateway Church, founding pastor Robert Morris agree to arbitration to end multimillion-dollar retirement dispute. CBS News. MinistryWatch Investigative Staff. (2026, February 16). Two former elders of Gateway Church denied dismissal from defamation lawsuit by Cindy Clemishire. MinistryWatch. Rivera, P. (2026, February 6). Defamation lawsuit against former Gateway Church elders will continue, judge says. KERA News. WFAA Staff. (2026, April). Gateway Church founder Robert Morris released from Oklahoma prison, officials say. WFAA ABC 8. Morris, D. (2013). The blessed woman: Learning about grace from the women of the Bible. WaterBrook Press. (Specifically Chapter 7: Finding Favor Through Biblical Submission). Gateway Church Governance Board. (2022). Amended and restated bylaws of Gateway Church, a Texas non-profit corporation. Southlake, TX. (Sections outlining elder qualifications and restrictive complementarian governance models). CBS News Texas. (2025, October 31). Dallas County judge rules defamation lawsuit against Gateway Church, Robert Morris, and Debbie Morris can move forward [Video]. CBS News. NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. (2024, November 15). Gateway Church internal probe reveals multiple elders and staff knew of abuse allegations for years [Video]. NBC DFW. NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. (2025, September 18). Federal judge denies Gateway Church's motion to dismiss tithe fraud class-action lawsuit [Video]. NBC DFW. WFAA ABC 8. (2026, March 23). Former Gateway pastor Robert Morris released from Osage County jail after serving six months for child sex abuse charges [Video]. WFAA

    32 min

  3. Jun 12

    The Dark Side of the Love Island Look: Unregulated MedSpas, Counterfeit Fillers, Black Market Beauty, and Drug Cartels

    In this episode, we strip away the pastel, aesthetic facade of the multi-billion dollar MedSpa industry. We expose side effects like instant blindness and face-rotting tissue necrosis, and botulism outbreaks tied to counterfeit filler with industrial caulking and mineral oil smuggled from overseas. Even more shocking, we trace the industrial supply line of gray-market weight-loss injectables and GLP-1 peptides back to the exact same Chinese chemical syndicates that manufactured fentanyl and amphetamine precursors for transnational drug cartels.  Give this podcast a rating to help us grow, and send any suggestions, questions, comments, or concerns to iwanttohearsomethingawful@gmail.com! Stay tuned for: The real story of a licensed esthetician who faked being a registered nurse, reused a contaminated lip needle on a client's forehead, and was charged with an importing charge carrying up to 20 years in prison, while each of the counterfeit drug/device charges carrying up to 10 years.The industrial-scale criminal network utilizing corporate shell companies, crypto transactions, and falsified customs manifests to flood the U.S. with unsterilized peptides and lethal counterfeit insulin pens.Why fake dermal fillers cut with industrial silicone, mineral oil, or architectural caulking cannot be dissolved, leaving victims with hard, inflammatory lumps that require invasive facial scraping surgery to remove Learn ways to take action, including: How to verify the Allergan holographic seal and the explicit active ingredient OnabotulinumtoxinA. How to look up your injector’s name on your state’s online occupational licensing portal Ways to identify shady gray-market clinics How to report unauthorized products or adverse reactions to the FDA’s MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program. For suspected systemic botulism, have a doctor contact the CDC Botulism Consultation Service immediately for the emergency antidote.Stick around until the very end of the episode to hear today's three pieces of positive news! The following sources and legal frameworks are cited this episode: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). Botulism Consultation Service: Emergency antitoxin administration protocols for iatrogenic botulism outbreaks. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Chainalysis. (2024). The crypto-fueled gray market: Tracking the international blockchain pipeline of unregulated Chinese peptide manufacturers and cartel-linked chemical suppliers. Chainalysis On-Chain Intelligence Reports.Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Fadanelli. (2024). Criminal complaint and emergency license suspension regarding Skin Beauté, unlicensed injections, and the smuggling of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Massachusetts District Court.Food and Drug Administration. (2024). Warning letter issued to Pure Indulgence Aesthetics regarding biohazard compliance, unlabeled botulinum neurotoxins, and improper medical waste disposal. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.State of New York Department of Health. (2024). Statewide enforcement sweeps and compliance audits of appearance enhancement businesses and medical spas: Summary of citations and biohazard violations. New York Regulatory Enforcement Records.State of Texas. (2025). Jenifer's Law: Standardized compliance frameworks, on-site physician delegation requirements, and remote medical director restrictions for aesthetic medical spas. Texas Statutory Codes.U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (2024). Falsified manifests, residential delivery networks, and the seizure trends of restricted, overseas medical devices and black-market cosmetic preparations. Department of Homeland Security.United States v. [Sealed Defendant]. (2024). Criminal complaint regarding international pharmaceutical fraud, transit of counterfeit weight-loss injectables via Middle Eastern distribution hubs, and the $18.8 million supply chain infiltration. United States District Court.

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This investigative crime and society podcast pulls back the curtain on the world's most corrupt systems, fraud, crimes, and cultural cover-ups. From shocking hidden financial schemes, organizational manipulation, to cult dynamics, fraud wellness scams, lobbyists against human rights, and institutional exploitation, we expose awful things. But we also empower you with ways to fight back and make the world less terrible, always ending on a positive note. If you're a fan of documentaries, true crime, and dark comedy, this is a show you won't want to miss.

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