Modus Operandie

Sleepless in the Cultworld - Urantians

TW : Racism, eugenics Maybe you've seen a headline or two about the cult behind sleepytime tea and it's mother company, well we wanted to know more so we dug up the beliefs of this mostly decentralised religion(?) cult(?). I don't know what to call such a decentralised but clearly cultish in beliefs fringe group so we went with cult. It was quirky to start with lots of aliens and faux togetherness that quickly disseminated into straight-up raging racism. It was uncomfortable to talk about for sure, but these people are flying under the radar a bit much for our liking so, I guess, let's talk about it.

The Branch Davidians

TW: talk of suicide *explicit*, talk of sexual and physical abuse of children The Branch Davidians were a sect of Seven Day Adventists who settled at Mt. Carmel near Waco, Tx. They flew under the radar for years until the ATF launched an attack on the compound, they would stare each other down for over 50 days until tragedy struck. Few members survived and the attack left it's mark on history.

An Open Secret - Danny Paquette

What if very few people cared about your murder? What if a whole town turned a blind eye to the truth? That happened nearly 40 years ago, in the 1980's, when Danny Paquette was shot in his backyard while working and, despite the murderers' identity being an apparently open secret, no one turned them in until 20 years later. A step daughter confessed and a man went to prison.

Environmental Disasters - London's Smog

Pea soup or the smog event of the century? The smog cloud that shut down London in 1952.

The Spine Collector Caught in the Net

The ghost in literary machine, a thief who left some trace but no name. This man conned his way into acquiring an unknown wealth of unpublished manuscripts only to... keep them for himself? While he awaits trial we talk deets on the man that had the whole publishing industry shaking in their boots.