In this episode, Payton dives into the case of Sophie Lancaster, a woman who found herself in a horrifying attack in Lancashire.

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Case Sources-

Real Stories Docu Series: Murdered for Being a Goth Girl - https://youtu.be/ZcLMVk5bjbY

BBCNews.com - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-61093939

Independent.co.uk- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-guilty-of-goth-murder-801435.html

LancashireTelegraph.co.uk - https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/1612606.couple_left_badly_beaten_in_skate_park/

Wikipedia.com - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster#cite_note-1

RossendaleFreePress.co.uk - https://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/local-news/young-couple-fighting-lives-after-1709148

TheGuardian.com - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/mar/13/ukcrime

TheTimes.com - https://www.thetimes.com/article/goth-killing-trial-extracts-from-the-999-call-960kcqzdclk

TheIsLancashire.co.uk - http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1643390.mostviewed.skatepark_youth_may_face_murder_charge.php

Medium.com - https://medium.com/crimebeat/kicked-to-death-for-being-different-the-story-of-sophie-lancaster-37d328ef697d

LeiscesterMercury.co.uk - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/killer-who-beat-sophie-lancaster-3835137

DailyMail.co.uk - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10714117/Sophie-Lancasters-campaigning-mother-dies-suddenly-hospital.html

SophieLancasterFoundation.com - https://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/

Report-it.org.uk - https://www.report-it.org.uk/alternative_sub_cultures

DailyStar.co.uk - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/horrifying-injuries-goth-girl-beaten-26488833

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In this episode, Payton dives into the unknown when dozens of soldiers all witness strange lights followed by memory gaps and other strange occurrences.

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Incident at Fort Benning by John Vasquez and Bruce Stephen Holms

The Truth Denied - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWgFTgeMak&list=PL5jxaxj_ufKTwZwPinnjPwJ5KRgY7GKTy&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pII3uggqbU&list=PL5jxaxj_ufKTwZwPinnjPwJ5KRgY7GKTy&index=4  

Fox 5 Atlanta - https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/jimmy-carter-ufo-sighting 

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In this case, Payton delves into the disappearance of Rosa Chacon, a woman who vanished after getting into a rideshare. As her family searches for answers, they are met with a devastating and shocking discovery that changes everything.

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Case Sources:

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/vigil-balloon-release-rosa-chacon/

ABC 7 Chicago - https://abc7chicago.com/rosa-chacon-chicago-missing-body-found-little-village/12968837/

https://abc7chicago.com/little-village-chicago-missing-women-azreya-lomeli/12992526/ 

Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/19/rosa-chacon-open-homicide-case/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/03/18/family-community-gather-for-what-would-have-been-22nd-birthday-of-missing-little-village-young-woman-found-dead-in-west-side-alley/ 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/03/05/a-migrants-dream-cut-short-womans-killing-in-chicago-prompts-guatemalan-community-to-band-together-speak-out-on-dangers-of-migrating-north/ 

CWB Chicago - https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/medical-examiner-undetermined-ruling-rosa-chacon-death-chicago.html

WGN TV - https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/vigil-to-mark-anniversary-of-little-village-woman-found-dead-in-laundry-cart/

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/woman-21-missing-from-little-village-since-january-family-says/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD1p2wNpSAs&t=259s 

People - https://people.com/crime/15-year-old-goes-missing-in-chicago-after-2-women-found-dead-in-same-area/

Block Club Chicago - https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/23/after-young-women-murdered-and-girl-goes-missing-on-southwest-side-neighbors-beg-police-for-answers/

The Independent - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/rosa-chacon-missing-chicago-woman-body-found-b2304142.html

Law & Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/body-of-missing-illinois-woman-found-tied-up-wrapped-in-sheet-and-discarded-in-shopping-cart-in-chicago-alley/

New York Post - https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/missing-chicago-woman-rosa-chacon-found-dead-in-shopping-cart/

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/quickreport?missingName=Azreya%20Lomeli&img=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.missingkids.org%2Fphotographs%2FNCMC2022440c1.jpg&posterUrl=%2Fposter%2FNCMC%2F2022440%2F1 

Family of Rosa Chacon - https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-rosa-chacon 

Investigation Discovery - https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/chicago-woman-who-went-missing-after-taking-uber-ride-has-been-found-dead

McInerney Central Chapel - https://memorials.chapelc.com/rosa-chacon/5160953/

Compact Mag - https://www.compactmag.com/article/chicago-s-rebuke-to-defund/ 

WTTW News - https://news.wttw.com/2023/03/25/little-village-residents-demand-answers-police-cases-missing-and-murdered-young-women 

ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/US/chicago-2-women-dead-teen-missing/story?id=98083888 

Little Village Community Council - https://www.facebook.com/lvcommunitycouncil/posts/unfortunately-another-young-lady-is-reported-missing-in-little-village-this-will/601495268687350/ 

Aurora Illinois Police Department - https://www.facebook.com/AuroraILPolice/posts/update-101220-304-pm-azreya-has-been-located-and-is-safe-thank-you-for-sharing-a/3383818555017201/

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Payton delves into the enigma of Cicada 3301, a cryptic online puzzle that challenged only the world's most skilled hackers. Who was behind it, and what was its purpose?

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Rolling Stone - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/cicada-solving-the-webs-deepest-mystery-84394/amp/ 

Medium - https://medium.com/@talktorahul.b/what-is-cicada-3301-mystery-74de69dba653  

Virginia Tech Magazine - https://www.archive.vtmag.vt.edu/sum15/ology.html  

The Face - https://theface.com/life/cicada-3301-the-codebreakers-still-working-on-the-internets-strangest-mystery 

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/10/cicada-3301-i-tried-the-hardest-puzzle-on-the-internet-and-failed-spectacularly  

GitHub - https://github.com/scream314/cicada3301/blob/master/liber_primus.md 

ScreenRant - https://screenrant.com/dark-web-true-story-cicada-3301-internet-mystery/  

Uncovering Cicada - https://uncovering-cicada.fandom.com/wiki/How_the_solved_pages_of_the_Liber_Primus_were_solved 

Nox Populi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8iP5VOclQ&t=13s 

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In this episode, Payton explores a series of mysterious deaths occurring within hospitals. When autopsies reveal that patients have been poisoned by someone inside the facility, it triggers a full-scale police investigation.

Case Sources- 

WCPO Cincinnati - https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/inmate-charged-in-cincinnati-angel-of-death-donald-harveys-fatal-prison-beating 

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/her-dad-died-at-the-hands-of-a-serial-killer-in-cincinnati-now-she-wants-others-to-learn-more-about-his-life 

Fox 19 - https://www.fox19.com/2019/09/24/he-just-liked-killing-donald-harvey-convicted-murders/ 

Cardinal Scholar - https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/6e1ddae6-7792-47b0-8928-70e40a513539/content  

Kentucky Historical Institutions - https://kyhi.org/2021/03/04/the-marymount-hospital-serial-killer/ 

Crime Library - https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/1.html 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/2.html 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/3.html 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/4.html 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/5.html 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/6.html 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/7n.html 

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/donald_harvey/8.html 

Time Magazine - https://time.com/archive/6710121/lethal-doses-police-probe-34-deaths/

The News Journal - https://www.thenewsjournal.net/whitley-knox-native-gets-life-in-prison-for-killing-angel-of-death-serial-murderer/#google_vignette 

Oxygen - https://www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/season-1/episode-5/videos/license-to-kill-bonus-donald-harvey-admits-to-murdering 

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In this episode, Payton explores three officially confirmed UFO videos, delving into the intriguing footage acknowledged by the U.S. government.

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CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tic-tac-ufo-sighting-uap-video-dave-fravor-alex-dietrich-navy-fighter-pilots-house-testimony/ 

History - https://www.history.com/videos/uss-roosevelt-gofast-ufo-declassified-video

https://www.history.com/news/ufos-near-nuclear-facilities-uss-roosevelt-rendlesham 

CNBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO_M0hLlJ-Q 

Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/normalizing-ufos-retired-us-navy-pilot-recalls-tic-tac-encounter-2021-06-25/ 

PBS News Hour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlrz84nEXtk 

US Department of Defense - https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ 

New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/pentagon-ufo-videos.html 

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/11/i-study-ufos-and-i-dont-believe-the-alien-hype-heres-why 

Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/12/18/former-navy-pilot-describes-encounter-with-ufo-studied-by-secret-pentagon-program/ 

Popular Mechanics - https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a32289669/navy-official-release-ufo-videos/ 

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a30538203/navy-ufo-video-investigation/ 

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29771548/navy-ufo-witnesses-tell-truth/ 

NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-confirms-videos-did-capture-ufo-sightings-it-calls-them-n1056201 

CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/pentagon-ufo-videos/index.html 

New York Magazine - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-and-a-with-navy-pilot-chad-underwood.html 

Supercluster: https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/the-growing-uap-narrative-still-lacks-hard-evidence 

Rev: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/house-holds-hearing-on-ufos-and-government-transparency-transcript 

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In this episode, Payton explores the chilling case of a murderer who may have drawn inspiration from a world-renowned horror film.

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Case Sources:

Justia Law - https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/48/247.html

Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-24-me-669-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-14-mn-686-story.html 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-11-me-896-story.html 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-23-me-963-story.html 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-25-me-1347-story.html 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-04-me-5098-story.html 

The Ledger - https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19840913&id=5jROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3406,5325543 

UPI - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/15/A-convicted-killer-who-said-drugs-and-the-movie/8683471934800/ 

Stanford Law School - https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-boyer-33625 

McClatchy DC - https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article75150457.html 

The Orange County Register - https://www.ocregister.com/2015/07/17/death-penalty-upheld-for-man-who-killed-fullerton-couple/ 

Daily Star - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/real-life-michael-myers-stabbed-28169438

Statista - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346792/popularity-horror-movie-genre-age-group-united-states/

Yahoo! Life - https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-scary-movies-good-mental-040000683.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF0L0vpOTz2LsY2QgeuLQjzmfS-X9uh8ZAwnL2rTufJpIT0H_ReWcKWgF9awg_dXt18AXyAhm_BbI4mazEhcFiJVJsnn_olclt4YaTwDJQ1YDODQH4jBLbWRj72PZoE-nfTyiE4FJ_bNDg25CBqnOHoqvNA4IwJfymJ68wczp7La

American Film Market - https://americanfilmmarket.com/what-the-data-says-producing-low-budget-horror-films/ 

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In this episode, Payton delves into the mysterious death of Ben Renick, a snake breeder found dead in his warehouse. Was his death the result of a snake's deadly strike, or was there a more sinister plot at play?

Case Sources- 

CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ben-renick-snake-breeder-murder-timeline/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ben-renick-missouri-reptile-breeder-murdered-lynlee-renick-48-hours/ 

People - https://people.com/crime/ben-renick-murder-wife-lynlee-convicted/ 

Columbia Missourian - https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/snake-breeders-wife-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-for-her-husbands-murder/article_6a1a22a8-7d40-11ec-bcdd-73506d104f79.html 

KSDK 5 On Your Side - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/dateline-special-montgomery-county-snake-breeder-murder-ben-renick/63-2b4e43d5-ae25-4365-970e-1e8bd8fb00ed

ABC 17 News - https://abc17news.com/news/top-stories/2023/01/31/man-convicted-in-ben-renick-murder-claims-key-witness-testimony-hearsay/

Law & Crime Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJJOh0j6Zc 

13 KRCG - https://krcgtv.com/news/local/appellate-court-denies-appeal-from-man-convicted-of-murder-of-montgomery-county-snake-breeder-ben-renick-lynlee-michael-humphrey 

World of Ball Pythons - https://www.worldofballpythons.com/breeders/ben-renick/

WebMD - https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-7277/percocet-oral/details

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In this episode, Payton investigates the legends surrounding Stonehenge. How was it built? Who built it? And most importantly, why was it built?

Case Sources:

Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos by John North

Stonehenge: A Brief History by Mike Parker Pearson

National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/stonehenge-1 

Sky News - https://news.sky.com/story/stonehenge-mystery-solved-heres-why-the-monument-was-made-12555094   

American Academy of Audiology - https://www.audiology.org/the-acoustic-mystery-of-stonehenge/ 

London Toolkit - https://www.londontoolkit.com/whattodo/stonehenge_mystery.htm 

BBC - https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170713-why-stonehenge-was-built  

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53580339 

Astronomy - https://www.astronomy.com/science/a-stonehenge-mystery-could-be-solved-june-21/ 

Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/15/what-was-it-like-when-the-first-humans-arose-on-earth/ 

Carnegie Museum of Natural History - https://carnegiemnh.org/earth-history-in-your-hand/ 

Encyclopedia Brittanica - https://www.britannica.com/question/Where-did-writing-first-develop

https://www.britannica.com/question/Was-Stonehenge-built-by-aliens 

Southwestern Railway - https://www.southwesternrailway.com/destinations-and-offers/sights-and-attractions/trains-to-stonehenge 

University of Brighton - https://www.brighton.ac.uk/research/research-news/feature/stonehenge-researching-sarsen-stones.aspx 

History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4qEBjqZ1Do 

StuDoc - https://www.studocu.com/en-us/document/brown-university/cult-archaeology-fantastic-frauds-and-meaningful-myths-of-the-past/stonehenge-paper-grade-a/6761022

Purdue Convocations - https://convocations.purdue.edu/who-was-king-arthur/

SciTech Daily - https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-debunk-controversial-theory-of-stonehenge-as-a-solar-calendar/ 

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In this episode, Payton explores the case of Karen Silkwood, a chemical technician who may have found a secret that cost her life.

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The Killing of Karen Silkwood by Richard Rashke 

El Pais - https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-14/who-killed-karen-silkwood-the-antinuclear-activist-who-made-no-apologies-for-not-being-an-exemplary-mother.html 

PBS - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/interact/silkwood.html  

KOCO News 5 - https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-karen-silkwood-story-nuclear-legacy-crescent-plant-uranium-contamination/46618226

Encyclopedia Brittanica - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karen-Silkwood

National Whistleblower Center - https://www.whistleblowers.org/whistleblowers/karen-silkwood/ 

Time - https://time.com/3574931/karen-silkwood/ 

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In this episode, Payton explores the case of Tara Calico, a girl who mysteriously vanished while on a bike ride in New Mexico. 

Case Sources:

People - https://people.com/crime/tara-calico-polaroid-photo-true-story/ 

The Mirror - https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/chilling-polaroid-picture-gagged-teenager-29407909?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

The FBI - https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/tara-leigh-calico 

KOB 4 - https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/4-investigates-new-leads-in-the-tara-calico-case/

News Bulletin - https://www.news-bulletin.com/news/35-years-later-tara-calico-disappearance/article_40c128eb-b548-59e0-8783-2a5f54b7c4f9.html

KOAT Action News 7 - https://www.koat.com/article/tara-calico-case-update/44185576

News Nation - https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/tara-calico/

Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-mexico-authorities-identify-suspects-1988-cold-case-disappearance-19-year-old-tara-calico.amp

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/mysterious-disappearances

Thought Catalog - https://thoughtcatalog.com/jordan-windnagle/2020/03/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-unsolved-case-of-tara-calico/

Los Alamos National Laboratory - https://mission.lanl.gov/

The Line Up - https://the-line-up.com/unsolved-mysteries-episodes-solved

Clovis News Journal - https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-29-1990-378015/ 

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