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Under the glare of fluorescent lights, the world feels suspended in time. Highway stops where strangers cross paths for minutes and then vanish back into the dark. Places built on movement, anonymity, and trust between people who know almost nothing about each other.When that tru ...  Show more

On a warm March night in Ocala, Florida, a quiet household settles into its familiar routine. A movie plays. The lights go out. Nothing feels out of place. By morning, that sense of normalcy is gone.Join us, as we examine the disappearance and murder of Tim Smith, a man known for ...  Show more

From UFO cults and mass suicides to secret CIA experiments, presidential assassinations, and murderous doctors, these aren’t just theories. They’re real stories that blur the line between fact and fiction. In Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, host Vanessa Richardson takes you ...  Show more

In 1997, 39 Heaven’s Gate cult members died by mass suicide, believing a UFO would grant them salvation. In this debut episode, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes peels back the layers of how a cosmic prophecy and Marshall Applewhite’s delusion ended in the deadliest cult suici ...  Show more

In 1993, a cult outside Waco, Texas went to war with the U.S. government. Seventy-six people, including 25 children, didn’t survive. In this episode, "Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes" unravels the terrifying rise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidians...and how belief in a ...  Show more

In 1983, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanished from Vatican City...and never came home. For decades, her family searched for answers. What they uncovered pointed to something far darker than a kidnapping. In this episode, "Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes" takes a deep dive i ...  Show more