In the early 1900s, self-proclaimed “Doctor” Linda Burfield Hazzard promised to cure any disease through fasting. Instead, her methods led to a trail of emaciated bodies and stolen fortunes in the woods of Washington State.
Join Vanessa Richardson as she exposes the deadly world of Starvation Heights — a sanitarium built on greed, deception, and starvation disguised as salvation.
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CONSPIRACY THEORIES: The Circleville Letters
In the 1970s, residents of Circleville, Ohio, began receiving hundreds of anonymous letters — filled with threats, accusations, and terrifying secrets.What started as a small-town scandal spiraled into a decades-long mystery involving murder, blackmail, and a botched investigation.Join Vanessa Richardson as she unravels one of America’s strangest unsolved cases — the chilling story of The Circleville Letter Writer.
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CULTS: NXIVM
What began as a self-help movement for ambitious women became one of the most disturbing cults in modern history.
Led by so-called guru Keith Raniere, NXIVM lured in Hollywood stars, heiresses, and professionals — only to trap them in a secret society built on control, blackmail, and abuse.
Join Vanessa Richardson as she unravels how NXIVM’s “executive success” seminars turned into a nightmare of branding, manipulation, and modern-day slavery.
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From Crime House: Crimes Of... with Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien
We’re introducing you to one of Crime House’s newest shows, Crimes Of... with Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien.
Crimes Of... is a weekly true crime anthology series that explores a new theme each season, such as crimes of the paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more.
For Season 2, Sabrina and Corinne are delving into paranormal crimes, real cases where the evidence doesn’t end at bloodstains and fingerprints but drifts into the unexplainable and unknown. The line between fact and fiction blurs, forcing you to ask yourself: what do you really believe?
In this episode, Sabrina and Corinne uncover the chilling true story that became the basis for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the first U.S. murder trial to argue demonic possession as a defense.
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CRIMES: The Murder of Charles Walton
In 1945, the quiet village of Lower Quinton, England, was rocked by a brutal killing. Seventy-four-year-old Charles Walton was found dead in a field — pinned to the ground with his own pitchfork, his body marked in what looked like ritual sacrifice.
Was it a crime of passion… or something darker?
Join Vanessa Richardson as she investigates one of Britain’s most chilling unsolved murders — where wartime paranoia, black magic, and folklore collide.
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Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes is a true crime and conspiracy theories podcast about the people who take belief too far and the deadly consequences that follow.
Hosted by Vanessa Richardson, each weekly episode unpacks real stories of murderous cults, criminal cover-ups, mass manipulation, and twisted conspiracies. From Jonestown and Heaven’s Gate to CIA mind control experiments, presidential assassinations, and the Octopus Murders. This is true crime at the intersection of faith, fear and manipulation.
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