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As we all know, unless you were living under a rock which is cool too, the '90s took 2023 by storm. Butterfly clips, gigantic pants, Ed Hardy and Juicy all unfortunately came back, so let's bring back some of the cool stuff from the '90s too... like the crimes we alllll remember! This week, Ash tells Fallon about Tonya Harding and her infamous rivalry with fellow figure skater, Nancy Kerrigan. Ton...

Remember Amy Carlson? Called herself Mother God and was found deceased wrapped in a sleeping bag and Christmas lights, with her eyes covered in glitter?! Trevin from "Live, Laugh, Larceny" and I went live a couple of weeks ago to talk about the last two episodes of "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God". "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God chronicles the life and death of Amy Carlson, also known...

Remember Amy Carlson? Called herself Mother God and was found deceased wrapped in a sleeping bag and Christmas lights, with her eyes covered in glitter?! Marilyn Honig from @coffeecultsandcrafts on YouTube and I went live a couple of weeks ago to talk about the first two episodes of "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God"." " Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God chronicles the life and death of Amy...

It's raining episodes! Are you a fan of "The Bachelor", a sucker for "Love is Blind" or lover of "90 Day Fiancé"? We're so sorry for presenting this ugly peek behind the curtains, it can really take the fun out of watching this stuff when you know what the actors/subjects/contestants are subjected to. Fallon breaks Ash's heart as she tells her about how the producers pull a lot of strings behind t...

THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF A TWO PART EPISODE, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LISTEN TO THE FIRST PART, AND THEN THIS EPISODE, OR YOU'LL BE TOTALLY LOST :) Ash joined historian and comedian Dawn Brody on her show HILF: History I'd Like to F**k in June of this year. Now that it's winter, we thought it'd be a perfect time to bust out this Titanic episode for those of you who never got the chance to hear it on...

THIS IS PART 1 OF 2, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LISTEN TO THIS FIRST :) Ash joined historian and comedian Dawn Brody on her show HILF: History I'd Like to F**k in June of this year. Now that it's winter, we thought it'd be a perfect time to bust out this Titanic episode for those of you who never got the chance to hear it on HILF! Titanic is a history Rockstar. Lady Gaga. A subject so intriguing that eve...

Woohooo, we are back for a new season! We're pivoting away from fairy tales and back to more traditional true crime. The '90s took 2023 by storm this whole year so we thought what's a better way to wrap up this year than with those crazy crimes from that decade that we all remember so well! Ash and Fallon kick off the season with one of the most well known cases on the 1990's, the infamous affair...

We thought it would be fun to do a Christmas crime, but oh my fuck y'all, they are all SO depressing! This week, Ash is joined by long time team member, research assistant and friend, Kesha Epperson. Kesha tells Ash about Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. murdered 16 people, and wounded several others, between December 22nd and December 28th in Arkansas in 1987. Fourteen of his victims were his own family m...

We've been teasing this episode for awhile and here it finally is! Sarah Edmonson is a survivor of and whistleblower for the NXIVM cult. She now hosts the podcast A Little Bit Culty with her husband and fellow NXIVM whistleblower Nippy Aims, where they discuss cults and coercive groups with survivors and experts. She also wrote the bestselling book Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, t...

Ash and Katy Hearne-Church from Queens Podcast wrap up this whacky season of TSFU Presents with plagues, beheadings, human sacrifices, a handsy king and all sorts of other little diddies that seem totally appropriate for kids! Follow Katy and her co-host Nathan on Instagram and YouTube ! They get boozy and talk historical queens, it's an absolute blast! 🔪✨If you'd like access to over 125 episode...

Have you seen "May December" on Netflix? Hot garbage in our opinion... we really don't even know what that movie was trying to convey. This is an incredibly important story though. Ash recently spoke with Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) cult survivors, siblings Shelly Snow Pordea and Jon Snow on our YouTube channel ( episode was also available slightly edited as audio only ). Jon was incr...

Hey friends, have you heard yet that we're now live on YOUTUBE?! That's right, you can finally see our faces!* TW: Basically all of the kinds of abuse possible. Join Ash as she speaks with siblings Shelly Snow Pordea and Jon Snow, who both grew up in the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) sect. Both are incredible survivors and advocates, and Shelly is also an author and Jon is an actor! The...

This week, Ash and Katy Hearne-Church from Queens Podcast are talking about scandals within the wonderful world of Disney. We've got racism, sexism (even SA, ewww what?!), psychedelics, Stockholm Syndrome, secret dicks drawn on castles and more! Follow Katy and her co-host Nathan on Instagram and YouTube ! They get boozy and talk historical queens, it's an absolute blast! And make sure to check ou...

We have a special episode for y'all today in honor of HBO's release of Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God. This puppy is from the Patreon Vault, enjoy! Today we're taking you alllll the way back to May of 2021 when Ash and one of her amazing former co-hosts Cam talked about Colorado cult Love Has Won! At the time of the recording, "Mother God" had been found dead just weeks prior. It's not been...

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Ashley Love Richards from That's So Fcked Up the Podcast and Katy Hearne-Church from Queens Podcast are back for another insane episode of TSFU Presents: Fairy Tale Fckery ! Last week Katy and Ash talked about the origins of some of the most famous fairy tales in history, and they have quite dark themes. That's a great episode to start with as it gives some context for today's st...

Ash has the pleasure of co-hosting with Katy Hearne-Church from Queens Podcast this month! Ash and Katy spend this season talking about all things fairy tales, and nursery rhymes, and princesses, and Disney! If this doesn't sound like TSFU material to you, we promise it is! This week the gals kick off the season with fairy tale origins. They talk about the history of fairy tales and how they origi...

The Twin Flames Universe (CULT) is on fire! Amazon recently came out with Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames and Netflix came out with Escaping Twin Flames today! Back in August of 2022, Ash and Michelle talked about the insane cult that's supposedly trying to help people find their super soulmates aka Twin Flames. Michelle talked about a truly insidious group, Twin Flames Universe...

Ok, we know that Halloween has passed, but this is probably the scariest episode we've released in some time. In our final episode of "The New F Word" (for now) Fallon summarizes the last episode of Shiny Happy People , "Arrows Activated". In this episode, "despite Gothard's demise and Josh Duggars' disturbing new crimes, the movement goes on. Fundamentalists have consolidated political power nati...

Happy Halloween Cultlings! It's TSFU's third annual Spookysode, how exciting! Today, Ash and Fallon bring you anonymous stories from listeners around the globe! Murders, terrifying nightmares and ghosts. All of the spooky Halloween stuff. Be safe out there tonight friends! -Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon ! -We have super fun merch , go take a look! -We'd love to see you in our Disc...

We've been talking about Christian Nationalism quite a bit recently as we've been discussing Christian fundamentalism and other related topics. It got us to thinking about why people think and behave the way that they do, and the answers that we found in the doc were surprisingly deep and pretty heart-wrenching. " White Right: Meeting the Enemy is a 2017 documentary directed by Deeyah Khan. Deeyah...

kan TW: sexual assault and child sex abuse. -Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon ! -We have super fun merch , go take a look! -We'd love to see you in our Discord , come hang out! -Audio editing by River Innes. -Sources: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/q-and-a/a41047/growing-up-quiverfull-interview/ https://www.npr.org/2009/03/25/102005062/in-quiverfull-movement-birth-c...

Tristan Redman is a journalist who doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom – weirder than normal. When, years later, he discovers subsequent occupants of his family home say they have been visited by the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s curious. It just so happens that the house Tristan grew up in is right next door to the house where his wife’s great grandmother...

This week Fallon summarizes the second episode of Shiny Happy People , "Growing Up Gothard". In this episode, "as IBLP's homeschooling empire grows, it becomes clear that patriarchal, abusive authority is at the core of Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar's power." - Amazon Prime Ash then talks to Fallon about the IBLP's official child abuse manual, To Train Up a Child. Authored by Michael and Debi Pe...

Follow MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge the first 8 episodes, early and ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. The human body is a miracle. But when it’s not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. On this new series from master storyteller MrBallen, we’re sharing medical horror stories and diagnostic mysteries that are surgicall...

"The New F Word" is a sort of hybrid between "TSFU Presents" and "Binge or Bust?", where Ash and co-host Fallon Morey watch and discuss the Amazon Prime docuseries, " Shiny Happy People ", about the Duggar family, their TLC show "16, 17, etc. Kids and Counting", the charismatic leader that they follow, Bill Gothard (a Fundamentalist Christian, aka "Fundie", minster), Christian Fundamentalism and t...