237: Jim Jones & The Peoples Temple Part Three: The Move To Guyana
In this episode we highlight the pressures and motivations that led Jim Jones to migrate his flock to the middle of the jungle in a South American country in a location so remote - escape was almost impossible. Until Leo Ryan, a U.S. Congressman, touches down in jungle on a congressional investigation into the communist settlement known as Jonestown. After offering asylum to Jim Jones' brainwas...
35m Feb 16, 2025
35m
236: Jim Jones & The Peoples Temple Part Two
Jim Jones & The Peoples Temple Part Two
46m Feb 09, 2025
46m
235: Jim Jones & The Peoples Temple
Jim Jones was an American cult leader and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what Jones termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. As a child Jim Jones was entranced with two things - Pentecostal preac...
34m Feb 02, 2025
34m
234: Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton - Moonshining Master
Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton was born on October 5, 1946. He was as Appalachian as you can get. The accent was off the charts and he had moonshine in his blood. Legend says that he only lit one cigarette in this life, the rest lit by the other cigs he was smoking. He was a moonshiner, a boot-legger and an outlaw.  LINK TO FILM COMPOSER STEVE'S GOFUNDME: https://gofund.me/51ad26ed
49m Jan 26, 2025
49m
233: High Voltage Horror Stories From Electrician Mike Hunter
Rachael and Greg are back in Indiana on a late holiday visit and after hearing tall tales of the trade we decided to welcome, Rachael's very own Father In-Law - Mike Hunter onto the podcast to tell us about some of the scariest moments he experienced as a High Voltage electrician during his 37 year career.
51m Jan 19, 2025
51m
232: Meeting A Con With Vanessa Paven Part Two
Part Two of Vanessa's story.
37m Jan 12, 2025
37m
231: Meeting A Con With Vanessa Paven
Family friend of our host, Vanessa Paven, is like a second sister to Rachael so when her life was turned upside down by love bombs, gaslighting and a disappearing act - we had to know more... this is only part one.
44m Jan 05, 2025
44m
230: The Bad and Beautiful Life of Lana Turner
Lana Turner's last love affair ended with her own daughter killing her mobster boyfriend - but it wasn't the first time murder had hit close to home for Lana.
32m Dec 29, 2024
32m
229: Rodney Alcala - The Dating Game Killer Part Two
When we left off last week, we had learned about The Dating Game contestant Rodney Alcala’s assault of 8-year-old Tali and his first murder victim in NYC (at least, the first that we know of). We also reveled in the fact that a couple of his school-aged campers recognized his photo on the FBI Most Wanted list hanging in the Post Office near their New Hampshire camp (and yes, he changed his nam...
43m Dec 22, 2024
43m
228: Rodney Alcala - The Dating Game Killer
The Dating Game once had a serial killer as a contestant.
31m Dec 15, 2024
31m
227: Outlaw Of The Sky - D.B. Cooper Part Three
Coincidentally, while we are covering this case - there was a break after years of evidence going cold. Just this week children of a man they claim to be D.B. Cooper finally broke their silence now that their mother has passed and have a parachute they claim their father used in the infamous sky jacking - we also speak with former flight attendant Derrick Danzl for an exclusive take on what it'...
47m Dec 08, 2024
47m
226: Outlaw Of The Sky - D.B. Cooper Part Two
Part Two on the skyjacking saga of D.B. Cooper.
35m Dec 01, 2024
35m
225: Outlaw Of The Sky - D. B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper has never been identified even though he hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, Cooper told a flight attendant he had a bomb, demanded $200,000 cash and four parachutes upon landing in Seattle. Somewhere south of Seattle D.B. opened the escape hatch and parachuted into the black ...
33m Nov 24, 2024
33m
224: Charles Joughin - The Drunken Baker Who Survived The Titanic
This week Rachael tells us stories from the sea. Including a tale about a drunken baker who survived the Titanic!
30m Nov 17, 2024
30m
223: The Piedras Negras Jail Break
Three unwitting criminals take a gig breaking a former pro-wrestler's son "Cooter" out of a Mexican Prison. Rachael got a last minute opportunity to see Stevie Nicks so this weeks episode was recorded on the run while Greg drove her to the Denver airport before she flew to LA. Music from: Vinyl Fields Tranquil Harmony by UNIVERSFIELD  Dreamy Piano Romance by ViraMiller
1hr 16m Nov 10, 2024
1hr 16m
222: The Pyramid House In The Woods
Deep in the annals of Aguilar, Colorado - miles down a dirt road, lies a black Pyramid house nestled under the Spanish Peaks built by a man determined to bring back his wife's soul from the dead. But that was 50 years ago. Now, the homestead is owned by a former Los Angeleno named Austin who after renovating the Pyramid house has come face to face with spiritual entities - perhaps the forme...
47m Nov 03, 2024
47m
221: Waco - David Koresh - The Siege
Suspecting the group of stockpiling illegal weapons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms obtained a search warrant for the compound and arrest warrants for Koresh and several of the group's members. Starting on February 28th 1993 The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, were prepared to stay put at their Mount Carmel Center ranch while the U.S. federal government and Texas state law ...
35m Oct 27, 2024
35m
220: Waco - David Koresh - The Genesis
The beginnings of the Waco Siege story
31m Oct 20, 2024
31m
219: Quarter Horses & Drug Cartels Part Two
In this week's episode Rachael talks to a horse trainer that actually had encounters in the quarter horse world with different cartels. The eye opening interview with the anonymous trainer is peppered in with the true story of how the Treviño brothers infiltrated the Quarter Horse racing world and laundered millions of dollars through it before the FBI caught onto their scent. Rachael also ...
51m Oct 13, 2024
51m
218: Quarter Horses & Drug Cartels
All eyes are on the most violent Mexican drug cartel, the Zetas, by way of their dealings in the quarter horse racing business.
35m Oct 06, 2024
35m
217: A Conversation with Bob Marmor
Bob was a California Kid when the Source Family and Manson Family were gaining momentum in the late 60's & early 70's Los Angeles scene. Both of these groups influenced the record industry at the time and Bob's brother in-law was the founder of Kama Sutra Records and Family Productions and was a mega music industry exec and prolific producer of the Bubblegum Pop era. This connection would place...
1hr 1m Sep 29, 2024
1hr 1m
216: Father Yod & The Source Family Part Three
As with all cult leaders - absolute power, corrupts absolutely and in the case of Jim Baker and his "Father Yod" persona it was no different. What started out as a hip, vegetarian restaurant and Sunday meditation classes quickly spun into a hedonistic, rock n' roll fueled cult that bankrupted its own commandments for Dionysian lust. Father Yod claimed 13 wives before an impending apocalypse pro...
58m Sep 22, 2024
58m
215: Father Yod & The Source Family Part Two
In Part Two we dive into Jim Baker's second killing with his bare hands, a few more wifes and the restaurant that fueled it all - The Source Family Restaurant
39m Sep 15, 2024
39m
214: Father Yod & The Source Family
This episode profiles the wild up bringing of Jim Baker better known as "Father Yod" and how he ended up in California starting one of the country's first health food restaurants on Sunset Strip before he started a cult. Jim would later found a spiritual commune in the Hollywood Hills known as the Source Family and of course, front a psychedelic rock band.
39m Sep 08, 2024
39m
213: The Unknown Indiana Serial Killer: Herb Baumeister
Herb Baumeister was an unsuspecting, Thrift store owner and serial killer whose reign of terror gripped Indiana in the 1980s & 90s. He is considered to be the number one suspect in the I-70 strangler case and after scattering thousands of human bones all over his Fox Hollow Farms estate - the land has remained haunted to this day.
37m Sep 01, 2024
37m
212: The Unsolved Killing of Chandra Levy
Chandra Levy was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in 2001. She was presumed murdered after her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park a year later in May, 2002. Despite multiple suspects, including a false confession by an inmate and an alleged affair with a congressman - The case remains unsolved to this day.
36m Aug 25, 2024
36m
211: Hell On A Highway: Traffic Jam Horror Stories
Greg was recently stuck on I-40 in the Mojave Desert for over 12 hours after a semi-truck hauling lithium-ion batteries crashed and shut down I-15 and all the traffic was diverted. After more collisions and break downs the bottle necks kept piling up until Greg's only shot at freedom was through the Mojave Preserve..... This harrowing Traffic Jam gridlock story prompted us to research other ho...
1hr 4m Aug 18, 2024
1hr 4m
210: The Shocking Death of SNL Legend Phil Hartman
And on this week of 7DS we are profiling, perhaps one of the bigger tragedies to the comedy corner of the entertainment world, was the shocking murder of Phil Hartman, beloved SNL actor, voice on the Simpsons, household name, an every man, but a legend.
43m Aug 11, 2024
43m
209: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood
The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood.
32m Aug 05, 2024
32m
208: The 1955 Le Mans Disaster
What started out as a competition with both car manufactures and the drivers alike in 1923 became the most famous car race in history. It all began in 1923 when Mercedes, Jaguar, etc wanted to be the best at creating the ultimate car has now evolved into the smartest, most strategic teams of drivers showcase their skills, their ability to work as a team and dance the ultimate high speed dance o...
35m Jul 28, 2024
35m
207: Pride - Aaron Hernandez Part Two
Part Two of Aaron Hernandez
44m Jul 21, 2024
44m
206: Pride - Aaron Hernandez
Racheal is joined by her homesteading ranch wife partner in crime; her neighbor on the ranch, Natalie; and the two discuss the tragic downfall of Aaron Hernandez.
38m Jul 14, 2024
38m
205: A Series Of Unfortunate Events On The Ranch
Bear with us guys - We're down bad on the ranch. First Rachael was in horrible hail storm truck accident that left her with a burst fracture in her L2 vertebrae but actually 12 hours before that Greg was in the hospital getting 7 stitches. Then well, two weeks later and Greg's Dad has a freak accident on the ranch and is air lifted by Helicopter to the hospital.Is it just bad luck or is there a...
35m Jun 24, 2024
35m
204: Wrath - Anne Hamilton-Byrne & "The Family"
The Family, also known as the Santiniketan Park Association or the Great White Brotherhood, was an Australian New Age group formed in the mid 1960s under the leadership of Anne Hamilton-Byrne. The group taught a hodgepodge of Western and Eastern religious doctrines, with Hamilton-Byrne claiming to have been a reincarnation of Jesus. Classic cult move, Anne.... The group became the centre of co...
31m Jun 16, 2024
31m
203: Listener Stories - The Time I Took Out Seven Trees In My Truck and More!
Rachael was in a terrifying accident in her truck this week and so she is telling her OWN wild listener stories as well as more from our inbox! Thank you for sending in your stories and please keep them coming!
46m Jun 09, 2024
46m
202: There IS honor among thieves with Matthew Hahn - Part 2
Matthew Hahn risks life in prison in order to save a young girl - and due to Hahn's prior criminal record and the 3 strikes law in California turning over this memory card to land in the hands of the proper authorities effectively provides evidence not only of a sexual assault on a child but also of a burglary committed by Matthew Hahn. He knew he was sealing his fate inside of that envelope ...
1hr 9m Jun 02, 2024
1hr 9m
201: There IS Honor Among Thieves with Matthew Hahn - Part 1
Back in December of 2019 Rachael traveled to San Jose, CA to interview Matthew Hahn - a man whose story will rock you to your core. He's an open book and his unwavering honesty from where he grew up, to his drug addiction, to losing a friend and ultimately making a decision that could have landed him in prison for the rest of his life - but saved a child's life from anymore abuse.
51m May 26, 2024
51m
200: Exploring The Franklin Scandal with Nick Bryant
The Founding Father of Franklin Scandal Reporting is here to discuss the heinous abuse of power from Nebraska to D.C. as well as how the criminal thread weaves into Epstein's web.
1hr 3m May 19, 2024
1hr 3m
199: Wrath - The Story of Tupac & Biggie Part 2
Part Two of the Tupac & Biggie hip hop epic. In this episode Rachael details the events surrounding the murders and we discuss who was likely responsible.
1hr 2m May 12, 2024
1hr 2m
198: Wrath - The Story of Tupac & Biggie Part 1
TUPAC SHAKUR, LEGENDARY POETIC RAPPER, CONTRAVERSIAL FIGURE, CONVICTED CRIMINAL…..COMPLICATED MAN.  WHEN INNER CITY GANGS MET UP WITH THE BURGEONING RAP INDUSTRY THINGS WENT SOUTH QUICKLY AND THE RIP TIDE AT THE CENTER OF IT WAS THE MURDERS OF TUPAC AND BIGGIE.  THIS WILL BE THE TWO PARTER ON THE MURDER OF TUPAC, THEN THE MURDER OF BIGGIE AND ALL THE CONNECTED EAST COAST WEST COAST VIOL...
39m May 05, 2024
39m
197: Franklin Scandal - Alisha Owen Part 2
Part 2
40m Apr 28, 2024
40m
196: Franklin Scandal - Alisha Owens
This is the unbelievable followup to the Franklin Scandal. Yes if you’re a long time listener you know I did about a 1000 part series back in 2021 on the Franklin scandal. It may have been only 7 eps but you get the point, I was obsessed with it. I wanted to connect the dots, I wanted to solved the unsolved.  So when earlier this week, a victim of this scandal, perhaps the most well known ...
56m Apr 21, 2024
56m
195: Pride - WWII Sexpionage
This is a story of women with grit, women who were brave and women who were sometimes, also seductive. This story was inspired by a new podcast out by Neil Strauss where he interviews an actual Russian female sex spy so I decided to look into this world further, the world of sexpionage and how brave and alluring female spies helped to change the course of the second world war.... And likely a...
31m Apr 14, 2024
31m
194: Lust - Pastor Timothy Tillman
The story of a man who almost got away with murder had it not been for the suspicions of his wife’s siblings. This is the story of preacher with secrets, a con-man and convicted murderer, Timothy Tillman, was it an accident or an actual murder? I’ll let you decide. 
38m Apr 07, 2024
38m
193: Envy - The Murder of James R. Jordan
Michael Jordan was the all time great. Everything he touched seemed to turn to gold. Handsome, magnetic, captivating, and obviously an unbelievable athlete. Beyond the court he became THE MOST MARKETED MAN ON EARTH AND WAS ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON DURING THAT ERA. He couldn’t go anywhere without a camera in his face or fans just trying to touch him. He was absolutely hounded by the medi...
54m Mar 31, 2024
54m
192: Gluttony - Gwen Shamblin
Gwen Shamblin just could never get enough.
43m Mar 24, 2024
43m
191: Gluttony - The Killing of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery Part 3
The final installment of the Candy Montgomery Saga.
1hr 12m Mar 17, 2024
1hr 12m
190: Gluttony - The Killing of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery Part 2
What happened on the morning of June 13th 1980 in Wylie, TX?
50m Mar 10, 2024
50m
189: Gluttony - The Killing of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery Part 1
In 1980 a small quiet town in Texas was uprooted with the news that a church going house wife was killed with an axe while her husband was out of town. As the story unravelled they came to find out that killer was their own Candy Montgomery, a Sunday school teacher beloved by all - how did this happen? Why did this happen? A kiss that lead to an affair that led to tragedy for two families f...
51m Mar 03, 2024
51m
188: Sloth - The Godfather of Troubled Teen Camps - Steve Cartisano
This is a tragic story of several lives hit by confusion, misled by an ill equipped leader, who also suffered tragedy and angst within his own family. This is the negligent world of Steve Cartisano and the world he created that spiraled into hellish troubled teen camps that still exist today.
41m Feb 25, 2024
41m