We follow the Gonzalez Valenzuela sisters of Mexico, known as Las Poquianchis, from a violent upbringing to a brothel network that authorities link to trafficking, torture, and mass murder.

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Mexico Daily News, Mexico: Sisters of Shame, Las Poquianchis sisters: Mexico’s most notorious serial killers, The Dark Tale of the González Valenzuela Sisters, The New York Times, 2 Mexican Sisters Guilty In the Slaying of 80 Girls, Espooky Tales

Reading Killer Women: Narratives of Twentieth Century Latin America: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University

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A respected Tampa, FL family is found butchered by an axe and the only survivor is an adult child, Victor, sitting in clean church clothes with blood stains underneath. Why did Victor slay his family? Was it hereditary mental illness? Or was it a drug fueled murder spree? Listen to hear how the Licata family murders were used to inspire fear throughout the nation for corporate gain and drug control.

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Tampa Bay Times , Tampa Morning Tribune , The Tampa Tribune ,

Tampa Daily Times , Medical Report, Fee.org, New York Daily, Fox13 News ,

TampaMafia.com, Marihuana Tax Act of 1937,

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Everyone knows the Wright brothers. Almost nobody knows the sister who kept the whole operation running. Katharine Wright packed the trunks, managed the politics, and got erased anyway. Listen to hear the Wright family story.

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Wright Family Bio, Wright Family History, Wright Family Stories , An Unusual Childhood , Milton's Diaries, Wright State University , Brittanica , The Wright's Sister , Who Flew First?, Katharine Wright , Katharine's Letters, The World Magazine , NPR- The Forgotten Wright, Bicycle Shop , Printing Press, New York Times , Samuel Langley , In Her Own Wright-Podcast

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The Netflix documentary, "The Carman Family Deaths" only scratches the surface of their family deaths. Listen to hear how a high status, New England family can ruin themselves from within.

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US Department of Justice, The Keene Sentinel , Rita's Obituary , John's Obituary , Biography.com, People.com, CTPublic.org, CT Insider ,

Dark Down East Part 1, Dark Down East Part 2, Dark Down East Part 3, Time.com , Netflix.com

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John Weems' determination to free his family from slavery is one of trust, cooperation, and human ingenuity, spawning from the most desperate of situations. Listen to hear how John Weems and the underground railroad raised money and awareness to ensure the entire Weems family found freedom.

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BlackPast.org , Weems The People, WorldHistory.org, Archives of Maryland, The Shadow on the Household, Railroad Ties, Anna Maria Bio, HeritageMontgomery.org

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From sailors’ ropes to Paris bartenders, our language gets tipsy in this Borrowed Words episode. We highlight popular drinking words and phrases on the biggest bar night of the year!

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Snopes.com , Factcheck.com, OED.com, Dictionary.com, Learnreligions.com, phrases.org, English.stackexchange.com, therealdill.com, Silvercircledistillery.com

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A colony vanishes, a single word carved in wood, and a baby named Virginia Dare. Did the Roanoke colony assimilate, starve, or flee the storm?

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The blue Fugates of Kentucky were a family like none other. Donning either pale white or blue skin, this Appalachian family stood out.
Listen as we walk through the Fugate family line, dispelling untruths, and telling the whole story.

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Painting of the Fugates

Howstuffworks.com, DNAexplained.com, Historycollection.com, Blue People of Troublesome Creek, Ancestral Findings, MCMSNJ.net , More DNA stuff

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