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S5 E6 - Still Minding The Beehive - Surviving Sex Crimes, Part 6 PHASE 2 - Minding the Beehive updates - PART 6, A VISIT WITH KITTY CW/TW - DISTRESSING CONTENT - detailed accounts of sexual assault and sextortion, brief mention of CP This season is more serialized than it is episodic, and we felt the urgency to raise awareness on all types of sex crimes - starting with Sexual Extortion, or "Sextor...

S5 E5 - Still Minding The Beehive - Surviving Sex Crimes, Part 5 PHASE 2 - AWARENESS AND EDUCATION - PART 5, KATI CW/TW - DISTRESSING CONTENT - detailed accounts of sexual assault and sextortion, brief mention of CP This season is more serialized than it is episodic, and we felt the urgency to raise awareness on all types of sex crimes - starting with Sexual Extortion, or "Sextortion". This is pha...

S5 E4 - Still Minding The Beehive - Surviving Sex Crimes, Part 4 PHASE 1 - SEXTORTION - PART 4, TATUM CW/TW - DISTRESSING CONTENT - detailed accounts of sexual assault and sextortion, brief mention of CP Today we wrap up phase one of this series with Tatum, who you all heard from in season two's MINDING THE BEEHIVE series. This season is more serialized than it is episodic, and we felt the urgency...

S5 E3 - Still Minding The Beehive - Surviving Sex Crimes, Part 3 PHASE 1 - SEXTORTION - PART 3, PARIS CW/TW - DISTRESSING CONTENT - detailed accounts of sexual assault and sextortion, brief mention of CP This season is more serialized than it is episodic, and we felt the urgency to raise awareness on all types of sex crimes - starting with Sexual Extortion, or "Sextortion". Sextortion, often linke...

S5 E2 - Still Minding The Beehive - Surviving Sex Crimes, Part 2 PHASE 1 - SEXTORTION - PART 2, LEXIE CW/TW - DISTRESSING CONTENT - detailed accounts of sexual assault and sextortion, brief mention of CP This season is more serialized than it is episodic, and we felt the urgency to raise awareness on all types of sex crimes - starting with Sexual Extortion, or "Sextortion". Sextortion, often linke...

S5 E1 - Still Minding The Beehive - Surviving Sex Crimes, Part 1 PHASE 1 - SEXTORTION - PART 1, ASHLYN CW/TW - DISTRESSING CONTENT - detailed accounts of sexual assault and sextortion, brief mention of CP This season is more serialized than it is episodic, and we felt the urgency to raise awareness on all types of sex crimes - starting with Sexual Extortion, or "Sextortion". Sextortion, often link...

To Exit the Cultiverse - Courtney’s story CW/TW - detailed accounts of sexual assault, suicidal ideation, mentions of mental health Todays episode is a bonus episode. Courtney gets real, raw and finally talks about how she navigated her way out of a labyrinth of what would turn out to be a cult, all of the trials and tribulations she saw and witnessed, and how it affected her then and even to this...

Season 5 is among us, and on June 20, 2023, we open it up with a massive deep dive on various sex crimes. From awareness, to advocacy, to various interviews of victims and survivors of these crimes, to reenactments of actual texts with several other podcasters as well as underrated and little known about voice over talent, to interviews with advocates and allies. We even give a refresher crash cou...

Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem, Part 2 This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters including Foul Play, Already Gone, Crimelines and Yours Truly, as we all share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be exploring the twisted tales that lurk behind the shadows. Po...

Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem, Part 1 This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters including Foul Play, Already Gone, Crimelines and Yours Truly, as we all share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be exploring the twisted tales that lurk behind the shadows. Po...

Season 4 Finale! CW/TW - DISTRESSING CONTENT - serial rape and murder of minors under 18, animal cruelty, severe depictions of Polymorphous perverse personality, sexual deviancy. Please take extra care when listening to this episode. Today, for our final episode of Season 4, we close out with what we feel is the worst of the worst - the most sick, depraved, morbid, cruel and utterly senseless crim...

Todays episode is a special bonus episode I’ve been sitting on for a little while. First off we have a few updates from Holly from the Minding the Beehive series regarding her abuser. Then, Courtney finally had a chance to interview our anonymous friend from the DFW Exposures groups. DFW Exposures is an amazing nonprofit type of organization that sets up their own sting ops in order to expose sexu...

WE are about to be ending season 4 with a case that will need approximately 800 disclaimers, so why not serve you all with a palate cleanser ahead of it? Courtney sucks and couldn't make it, so Amanda and Chey are joined by Damsel Ninja Nancy, our resident safety expert. Whitney Houston does get brought up in this episode, and so does WORLD'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS! Oh, fudge I almost forgot. We talk a...

S4 E13 - Little Notes - Justice for Karen Bodine CW/TW - mentions of drug use, murder. Karen Bodine was 37 years old when she was subjected to a brutal attack resulting in bruises and cuts to her body, as well as a ligature mark around her neck. The perpetrators responsible for her death have yet to be apprehended and sadly are still at large. We want to continue to amplify awareness on this case...

S4 E12 - Red Herring - the trafficking crimes of Anthony Patterson and Janreani Bell CW/TW - mentions of sex trafficking, sextortion, mentions of sexual assault and abuse of minors. Sex trafficking is a crime that we don’t talk about much on this podcast, but we will moving forward. Sex trafficking is defined as the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to an...

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S4 E11 - Collective Blue - Justice for Michelle O’Connell  CW/TW - mention of suicide, domestic violence, brief mention of sexual assault due to statistics  Michelle O’Connell’s death was initially ruled as a suicide, but the circumstances surrounding her death were questionable. Her boyfriend, a police officer named Jeremy Banks, reported the shooting. However, a second independent investigation...

INTRODUCING Coffee and Cases - What happened to Dulce Alavez? Please enjoy this feed drop from our friends Allison and Maggie over at the Coffee and Cases podcast! It was supposed to be a fun day at the park when Noema, along with her 3-year-old son, met both her 5-year-old daughter and her 8-year-old sister at the bus stop after school. She took the kids to get ice-cream before heading to Bridget...

S4 E10 Ambush at the Sanctuary - What happened to Jared Bridegan? CW/TW - brief mention of domestic and child abuse, murder On the evening of Feb. 16, 2022, Jared Bridegan was traveling back to his home in St. Augustine from Jacksonville Beach, where he had just dropped off his 10-year-old twin son and daughter. He had his 2-year-old daughter in the car with him when he stopped near the exit of Th...

S4 E9 - He had a history - Mass Murder in Tennessee Colony CW/TW - murder of a minor, mention of sexual assault, mention of death penalty, mental health issues such as narcissism and psychopathy What would you do if you purchased a deed for land, and wanted to celebrate someone’s birthday by camping on said land that rightfully belonged to you, only for it to be pitted against you in the worst way...

S4 E8 - Taken away - the disappearance of Erica Baker CW/TW - Mentions of SA/CP and murder of a minor On February 7, 1999, Erica Baker stepped out of her small home in Kettering, Ohio, wearing her raincoat and leashed up her beloved dog. She was on her way to the local park. It was a cold, rainy winter afternoon. Little did anyone know that this would be the last time they would ever see Erica. Ne...

S4 E7 - A motive of estate? Justice for Lori Lynn CW/TW - Mentions of abuse and bullying, mentions of mental health, mentions of animal harm This case is a bit different than what we normally cover, it’s the case of a daughter who lost their mother to murder. It’s widely speculated that the murderer had a financial motive, involving property deeds owned by the family. This case also brings to ligh...

INTRODUCING - Murder and Mimosas - The McMartin Preschool Ritual Abuse CW/TW - Mentions of Sexual Abuse of a minor, references to mental health and belief systems. Did one preschool secretly abuse children for almost 30 years with no disclosures? Or did Satanic Panic lead to a witch hunt of secret tunnels under the preschool where supposedly hundreds of children were sexually abused, witnessed Sat...

INTRODUCING - The Sirens Podcast - VICTIMOLOGY With Professor McNeely Raven & Holly get to the nitty gritty with Mandy McNeely, our resident Victimology Professor, about what victimology is. They all have some great safety tips as well. www.thesirenspodcast.com. TRUE CRIME AND PARANORMAL PODCAST FESTIVAL THIS YEAR IN AUSTIN AUGUST 25 - 27, 2023! Use code BEES to get a discount when you check o...

S4 E6 - To bloom in Bloomington - What happened to Lauren Spierer? DISCLAIMER - Please listen for an important bit of unfortunate news that might explain some things in the coming weeks. Lauren Spierer, born on January 17, 1991, was a 20-year-old student at Indiana University when she disappeared on June 3, 2011. She had spent the evening at Kilroy’s Sports Bar in Bloomington, Indiana prior to her...