Conspiracy Club

In this episode of Conspiracy Club, Tom and Emir discuss the story of the scalding incident involving an elderly woman and a cup of McDonald's Joe that lead to a lawsuit that changed the warning labels on coffee cups. That story was twisted by corporate interests, business-centric lawmakers, and entertainers trying to make an easy joke into a complete work of fiction. What really happened to Stella Liebeck and what stood in between her and justice? Listen now to hear the story. 

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In this episode of Conspiracy Club, Tom and Emir discuss the bizarre and tragic mystery surrounding the disappearance of 5 children on Christmas Eve, 1945. The tale unwinds into something so profoundly nonsensical that no single question could ever possibly get to the bottom of it. Listen now to hear the story.

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This episode covers the tragic life of James Raymond Jordan Sr., the father of the Greatest Basketball Player of All Time, Michael Jordan. Listen now to hear how the Jordan family lost its patriarch at the height of Jordan Mania.

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This episode covers the incredible true story of 3 Dutch girls who worked with the Dutch resistance. Freddie & Truus Oversteegen and Hannie Schaft did a lot for the cause, including killing nazis, but for decades their stories were practically erased because of their ties to the Dutch Communist Party. Listen now to hear about these amazing women.

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Tom and Emir cover the story of Carlee Russell and the baby she saw walking barefoot down I-459 in Hoover, Alabama. This stories endless series of twists and turns left Carlee's family and The Hoover Police Department angry and us confused.

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In the long-awaited return of Conspiracy Club, Tom and Emir cover the murder of beloved wife and mother, Vicki Wegerle, and the twists and turns of her case that turned the state of Kansas upside down. The first episode in 4 years is part of a new Conspiracy Club series, How They Got Caught, which revisits notorious criminals by tracing what led to their downfall.

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What happened to the unregistered naval vessel known as the SS Ourang Medan? Rescues followed distress calls to a ship littered with dead bodies, decaying rapidly with images of horror frozen on their faces. What could have caused this and where did initial investigations lead?

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We are back with a new episode about the online legend...The Goatman. In this episode, we read the classic creepypasta "Anansi's Goatman" and then discuss our thoughts about it and about creepypastas in general. If you like this sort of thing, let us know at our instagram or twitter @tomandemir or at facebook.com/conspiracyclub.

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Not once, not twice, but three times people left at the budding Roanoke Colony disappeared mysteriously. Was it attacks from the native populations or perhaps from their rival colonizers, the Spanish? What remained at Roanoke was practically nothing, save for a skeleton and some strange writing on trees. Between the privateering, senseless attacks against the native populations, and terrifying storms, the investigations into the lost colony were delayed decades...and were never really completed at the time. Now, historians have found next to no archaelogical evidence pointing to the end of the colony. So...what happened?

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What could possibly go wrong when you put a bunch of drunk, drugged up, testosterone-filled professional wrestlers on their own private 747? Nothing good.  Does someone get peed on? Almost. Is it all that funny? Definitely not. The infamous plane ride would lead to multiple firings, court cases, and ponytails getting cut off, and featured the likes of Ric Flair and Brock Lesnar. So, what exactly happened and how was it not a bigger story?

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In this episode, we talk about the grandfather of all conspiracy theories. The one upon which so many others are founded, the New World Order. A shadowy one-world organization that puppets nations from the darkness. How will it be implemented and is it already here? Listen and find out. 

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This episode is about a time-traveling television set used by the Catholics in the fifties. Not only could you allegedly view historic events (like the crucifixion), but you could view the future. This secret Catholic science experiment remained locked in the Vatican archives for only few trusted eyes to use, before it was destroyed....or was it?

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In this super long episode, we talk about the two earliest and most prominent cases of alien abduction: Antonio Villas-Boas and The Hills. Betty and Barney Hill are celebrities of the UFO community and arguably kicked off the more popular UFO craze in the United States, with an incomparably detailed story of their abduction which involves strange dreams, disembodied eyes, and hypnotic recollection. They no doubt would have rushed Area 51 in September if they were still around. Both stories are truly insane, but are they true? Listen for yourself, to this episode which includes collected accounts from Betty Hill herself. Make sure you join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir, as well as following our Facebook page at facebook.com/conspiracyclub. 

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If you're looking for someone to skyrocket your chances of completing your six degrees of Kevin Bacon, Christa Helm will really help. She was involved with people like Warren Beatty, Joe Namath, and the Shah of Iran. She was a professional party-thrower, practically famous for being famous. What also may have helped Christa stay famous...as well as lead to her death, was her little black book rating her sexual partners, other members of the hollywood elite. On top of that, she secretly recorded her encounters. Was it the proposed tell-all that lead to her demise? Why didn't the police investigate the more obvious characters...and why did the regular gossip magazines ignore her brutal murder entirely? Listen to this episode, where we explore the life and tragic death of Christa Helm and try to answer some of the strange questions surrounding both. And if you enjoy it, make sure you join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir, or liking our Facebook page at facebook.com/conspiracyclub.

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Emir is afraid of hot dogs and late-night mesothelioma commercials. He talked about runaway cars and strange knocks on his third-story window, but the things that seemed to shake him the most....were hot dogs and tv commercials. On top of that we talked about ouija board experiences, ghostly silhouettes, bad nyquil trips, and more in the first of a continuing and intermittent series at Conspiracy Club, titled Ghost Stories. In the future we'd love to have guests come on and talk about their supernatural or otherwise mysterious experiences, but we kicked off the first part with our own! If you have some juicy stories to share, you can send them to our Facebook page, facebook.com/conspiracyclub, or our Instagram and Twitter, both @tomandemir. While you're there, make sure you join the club by following or "liking" us. 

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Yes, we are still having audio issues. Tis the plight of the broke college podcaster. You could be upset about it, like us, or you could choose to see it as a glitch in the matrix...perhaps a ghost in the machine, or even a real ghost. Boo! To the real point of this description, this episode is about the loneliest of lonelies, Dr. Carl Tanzler. Was he a necrophiliac? Maybe, but that's about the only part of the story that is contested. What we do know is that he was obsessed with a dying young girl, built her a mausoleum of which he had exclusive access once she passed, then dug up her body and made her into a human doll. There's also something in here about spaceships and the life-giving force that apparently looms just outside Earth's atmosphere. That's about normal for an episode of Conspiracy Club, and if you love it, then make sure to join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir, as well as by liking our Facebook page at facebook.com/conspiracyclub!

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This episode is a trip, folks. It's got dolphins, drugs, and an inter-species love story for the ages.  Not to mention Jeff Bridges, Carl Sagan, and maybe the faint mention of aliens. Hey, it was the sixties. It feels weird titling this episode as such, because it doesn't really encompass what happened here and any true title would be way too long. Some of our considerations before sticking with our generic one were as follows: Lovatt in the Sea with Dolphins, Drugs and Dolphins in the Caribbean, Dr. John Lilly, or How I Learned to Take LSD and Teach Dolphins English, Free Willy 5: XXX,  Laboratory of the Horny Dolphins, and Teaching Dolphins English, and other experiments that definitely should not have happened.  See, they get a little long-winded. Needless to say this episode is about as wacky as it gets, and you thought that it couldn't get worse after the Emu War. Be sure to join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir and by liking our Facebook page, facebook.com/conspiracyclub

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In this (delayed) episode, Emir experiences a glitch in the system while teaching us about the great Australian emu war. When veteran farmers were faced with the hungry plight of emu tearing apart their crops, they turned to the Australian military to handle the problem for them. This lead to the war...if you can even call it that, a handful of men against 20,000 birds. You can join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir. We apologize for the audio quality in this episode, we had some unforeseen struggles in editing due to us playing around with new recording processes. It will all get better from here...ideally.

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In this episode of Conspiracy Club, we dig into the tiny town of Skidmore. Hardly cresting 300 people, Skidmore has a remarkably violent past that cemented it in the annuls of weird world history in 1981 with the vigilante killing of Ken McElroy. McElroy's death would be followed by only more murders and even one of the most baffling missing persons cases you'll hear about. You can join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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AKA the one where Tom and Emir test new remote recording techniques during summer break. Also described as the episode where Tom loses the ability to speak and the main culprit is Kuma from Tekken. More accurately the newest and delayed episode of Conspiracy Club delivers on promises in our last release, a follow-up on the original Dyatlov Pass Incident, a story more baffling than its California counterpart. Why did the young Soviet hikers cut themselves out of their tent in the dead of night and what caused their remarkably unique injuries? Could it have been the forces of nature or something that the Soviet Union tried desperately to cover up? Join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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The Tom and Emir brand reunites in this episode to cover the Wyoming State Penitentiary All-Stars, a team who played for their lives. A team made of death row inmates where every win meant a shorter sentence and every loss could prove fatal. Join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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Can a chair be haunted? This week Emir and a special guest talk about the story of the Busby Chair and have an even deeper conversation about if energy ever truly dies. Join the club.

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The infamous games of Curt Schilling and the future World Series Champs, the Boston Red Sox. It's a day that will live in infamy. Was the bloody sock actually blood though? Is it dumb to even have a conspiracy about this in the first place! We dig into this week on Conspiracy Club. Join the club.

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In this episode we delve into the surprisingly secret world of glitter, it's not one you'll want to miss. Don't forget to join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir, as well as subscribing and leaving a review!

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In only a couple years time Robert Johnson transformed from an inept musician to one of the greatest guitar players of all time...not to mention a Playboy and a nomad. So, how did it happen? Was it all the graveyard practice sessions or maybe the work of a more sinister force?

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In 1971, a man identifying himself as Dan Cooper boarded a a Boeing 727 claiming he had a bomb. Clad in a suit and polite as ever, the James Bond-esque figure was successful in achieving his demands for $200,000 and 4 parachutes. Somewhere over the Pacific Northwest he jumped from the plane....so what happened to the infamous skyjacker?

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In this episode of Conspiracy Club, we talk the myterious substance known as Red Mercury. A highly lethal and expensive substance that is literally whatever you want it to be...Sounds absurd, but prices for a kilogram of red mercury reached nearly $2 million. Join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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In this episode of Conspiracy Club, we discuss the disappearance of 3 Australian children in broad daylight. Left to their own devices, the children, aged 9, 7, and 4, went out for a day at the beach in 1956, and never was seen again....make sure to join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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In this one we wrap up our Jonestown series by talking about the fatal flavor-aid-filled finale to the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project. We also talk about the aftermath dealing with the survivors and various discrepancies/theories. join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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In the penultimate episode of our Jonestown series, we are finally in Guyana...in Jonestown. The self-declared purest Communist community in the world struggles to keep their community from disarray and scrutiny as Jim Jones swims further into the deep end. join the club by following us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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For our first episode of the new year, we begin our deep dive on Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple as the cult-like church descended further into chaos. Populated with clips recorded as the notorious group expanded and shifted, these episodes will provide sharp and haunting insight into their lives. As always, join the club by following us on Twitter and Instagram @tomandemir

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Gearing up for the holidays and our special Jonestown episodes, Conspiracy Club brings you a short episode about murder and church games with the Liquid Matthew Case. join the club by following us on Instagram & Twitter @tomandemir

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Time to take a step back to the days before DNA analysis. In this episode, we talk about the strange case of Bobby Dunbar, the child who was claimed by two separate families. He couldn't have been both, so who was he? Why didn't he speak up?

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In the latest episode of Conspiracy Club, we finally get around to covering Area 51! Everything we know for certain about America's most secret airbase has only been public for 5 years. But is that the truth? Or is it just an elaborate piece of America's organized disinformation campaign? remember to join the club by following us on Twitter and Instagram @tomandemir

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This week, following our previous episode on his rise to superstardom, we talk about Chris Benoit's tragic fall. What lead Chris to commit a gruesome double-murder-suicide? was it grief? drugs? brain damage? or a bit of everything? What we do know is the outcome of that fateful weekend and how he inadvertently nearly brought down the WWE.

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In this episode of Conspiracy Club, we are joined by a special guest from our Andmore family, Chadd. As a wrestling fan, Chadd helps us break down the rise and fall of wrestling superstar Chris Benoit. You don't need to know anything about wrestling to enjoy the episode, Tom certainly doesn't, and it's all explained for you. In the first part we look at who Chris Benoit was, how successful he was, and just how high things were before the eventual steep drop which will be detailed in the next part. As always, you can stay up to date with us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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This week we take a look at one of Canada's most notorious criminals, cult leader Roch Theriault and his radical religious group he called the Ant Hill Kids. Roch Theriault was a violent and sadistic person, and as such this episode is pretty rough. He held his followers to strict rules, and punished them in an absolutely unrestrained and manic manner. So, how did he get away with it for a decade? For that, and more details, you'll have to join the club and listen. As always, you can keep up with us on Twitter and Instagram @tomandemir

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TRIGGER WARNING In this episode we look at 2 true stories of women who were horribly brutalized and left for dead, but willed themselves through it and clung to life. We look at Mary Vincent and Alison Botha, what happened to them on those tragic days and the outcome for their monstrous attackers. We do not hold any fault against the victims of these incidents. We have great sympathy and respect for them. Keep up with us on Twitter and Instagram @tomandemir

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This week Emir delivers us a grab bag of movie theories, a light-hearted break from the terrors of the Donner Party. He breaks down prominent fan theories surrounding James Bond, Quentin Tarantino, and Pixar. Just how plausible are they? you'll have to listen to find out. keep up with us on Twitter and Instagram @tomandemir

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The latest episode of Conspiracy Club we wrap up the Donner Party, how many people make it to safety in California? What lengths to the survivors at Truckee Lake take to keep pushing on? Does James Reed rescue his family? What terrors await?

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In this episode we begin our look into the descent of the Donner Party as they emigrate from Missouri to California. They started out optimistic, but along the way the wagon train faced Native American attacks, dehydration, starvation, murder, and a total loss of hope. In this first part, we talk about the Donner Party's trip up until they reached Truckee Lake and detail the desperation mission deemed "Forlorn Hope" which began to indulge in the notorious acts for which the Donner Party is known: cannibalism. In the next part we will cover the happenings back at camp during and after Forlorn Hope, as well as attempts by James Reed to reach his family snowbound on the mountain. Keep up with us on Twitter and Instagram @tomandemir

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This week on Conspiracy Club we give the reins back to Emir to discuss the eerie Pollock Twins. Is reincarnation real? Is John Pollock up to some shenanigans? Why does Gillian start with a G?? keep up with us on Instagram and Twitter @tomandemir

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The very first episode of Conspiracy Club! Tom and Emir get right into it with the unsolved mystery of the Somerton Man. Was he a Russian spy? An American soldier? Or something else entirely? We may never know, but that doesn't stop us from exploring the possibilities.

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