The Wise and The Wicked

** Trigger warning** This episode deals with a case of an individual taking their own life. The topic of suicide is the main focus of this episode. Listener discretion is advised. Back by poplular demand we have Shu on the pod today! On this episode we delve into the case of Michelle Carter. The subject of HBO documentaries, Hulu Series "The Girl From Plainville" and many many heated debates. Links to documentaries mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWnXPf-gc4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl_LMUiLOws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va4uBRt1_QA&rco=1 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

YouTube Mommy Vlogger turned deadly. This episode covers the case of Ruby Franke and her parter Jodi Hildebrant. *TRIGGER WARNINGS* This story details crimes committed against children. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdL7PnmysDY&list=PLoW1SIeAWaWbJRXxDp0S7jL4ONHPoWg3I&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAAPRVst1Ng Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a little teaser of the most recent Patreon episode. This week KJ & Shu took a deep dive into the controversial king himself, Andrew Tate. Looking into his early life, upbringing, potential Dzaddy issues, how he made his millions and where he is now. Follow the link below to join us on Patreon for the full episode and more deep dives. Enjoy! KJ & Shu ❤️ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode delves into the story of Aileen Wuornos. From 1989 to 1990 she shot and killed seven men in the state of Florida. Some of these men were just offering a hitchhiker a lift while others were looking for sex for money. All fell victim to Aileen. Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjaBBZmz_Vc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExGZtlzL1x4&t=871s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eGbaaC6f4s Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/aileen-wuornos https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/10/usa.oliverburkeman https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/snapped-oxygen-who-alleged-victims-serial-killer-aileen-wuornos https://www.biography.com/crime/aileen-wuornos https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/aileen-wuornos-sex-worker-americas-first-female-serial-killer http://lindseyboswell.weebly.com/richard-mallory.html Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing Shu! In this episode KJ and Shu go through the Gypsy Rose Blanchard story. We take a deep dive into the case and discuss the various questions that it raises. Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV_2k1sCq2w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRmtwvREfLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6l-nKvYBgc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV0HC0k3mtI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTih8uo2SQ4 Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/05/gypsy-rose-blanchard-mother-murder-first-tv-interview https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/who-is-gypsy-rose-blanchard-what-to-know-about-the-bizarre-case-as-she-is-released-from-jail/3312836/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/young-wheelchair-bound-woman-treated-illnesses-ended-prison/story?id=52138979 https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a63069/dee-dee-gypsy-mother-daughter-murder-munchausen-by-proxy/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gypsy-rose-blanchard-shooting-revelation_n_65988440e4b0f9f6621cb969 https://www.biography.com/crime/gypsy-rose-blanchard-mother-dee-dee-murder https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2024/1/8/24024249/gypsy-rose-blanchard-timeline-murder/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode looks into the story of the first woman in Australian History to be sentenced to life in prison without parole, Katherine Knight. We look into Knights relationships that time and time again turned violent and abusive. We detail the crime that sentenced her to spend the rest of her life behind bars. This episode is very graphic, listener discretion is advised. ***Trigger warnings*** Sexual abuse, child abuse, animal abuse, domestic abuse, violence, murder, mutilation, graphic descriptions & graphic dialogue. Sources https://macabreatmidnight.medium.com/katherine-knight-878d0d38342b https://myhouseduringmylife.fandom.com/wiki/Katherine_Knight https://www.the-sun.com/news/8870355/katherine-knight-what-happened-now/ https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/katherine_knight/4.html https://vocal.media/criminal/how-katherine-knight-turned-her-lover-into-stew https://victimsofhomicide.fandom.com/wiki/John_Price https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/cops-horrific-discovery-inside-wa-home-still-haunts-them/news-story/73553ade114298cf8bfda4730d845e5b https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/casefile-true-crime/id998568017?i=1000399149352 https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knight-katherine.htm Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode we look into the story of "The Bitch of Buchenwald", Ilse Koch The wife of a Nazi prison camp commander, Koch became increasingly involved in the grotesque activities in the camp, and these acts are truly shocking A harrowing story of a monstrous woman Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ilse-Koch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox6J4vlrfF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFGodTJH4ws https://allthatsinteresting.com/ilse-koch/3 https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/07/archives/ilse-kochs-posthumous-rehabilitation-sought-by-son.html https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ilse-koch https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-witch-of-buchenwald-is-sentenced-to-prison Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Halloween Special covers three Irish ghost stories. We look into the hauntings of Kinnity Castle, The White Lady of Kinsale and the hauntings at Loftus House. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://myrealireland.com/cork/white-lady-kinsale/ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irelands-most-famous-ghost-white-lady-kinsale-charlesfort https://www.authenticvacations.com/the-white-lady-of-kinsale https://spiritedisle.ie/explore-listing/charles-fort/ https://www.irelandseye.com/irish/ghost/stories/tbride.shtm https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/kinnitty-castle-hotel-co-offaly-ireland “Haunted Ireland” by Tarquin Blake. “The Little Book of Irish Ghost Stories” by Colm Lally. https://www.kinnittycastlehotel.com/history.html https://www.independent.ie/life/theres-a-ghost-in-my-house/26328545.html https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/eerie-figure-captured-camera-offaly-29581547 https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/loftus-hall-haunted-ireland/ https://visitnewross.ie/loftus-hall-new-ross-history/ Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are travelling back to 1324 to look at the first every witch trial in Ireland. We are looking at the story of Alice Kyteler. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/witchipedia-ireland-s-most-famous-witches-1.3262008 https://www.historyireland.com/the-sorcery-trial-of-alice-kyteler-by-bernadette-williams/ https://www.historickilkenny.com/alice-kyteler https://www.ria.ie/news/dictionary-irish-biography/alice-kyteler-irelands-first-witch https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/common-misconceptions/who-burned-the-witches.html https://www.historyireland.com/the-sorcery-trial-of-alice-kyteler-by-bernadette-williams/ https://www.thejournal.ie/alice-kyteler-witch-kilkenny-4744665-Aug2019/ https://www.historickilkenny.com/alice-kyteler Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we look into the story of the Osage Reign of Terror, the horrendous chapter in American History that inspired the best selling novel, Killers of the Flower Moon. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2378-the-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-an-account https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2381-osage-reign-of-terror-murder-trials-images https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2391-testimony-at-the-anna-brown-inquest https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2382-confession-of-john-ramsey https://www.famous-trials.com/osage-home/2383-the-osage-reign-of-terror-accounts-in-the-new-york-times Killers of the Flower Moon , By David Grann. https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OS005 https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/osage-murders-case https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/osage-murders-killers-of-the-flower-moon https://osagenation.s3.amazonaws.com/G/G.1.a.ReignTerrorFactSheet.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/31/books/books-of-the-times-digging-up-a-tale-of-terror-among-the-osages.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm https://www.history.com/news/the-fbis-first-big-case-the-osage-murders Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks episode takes a deep dive into one of the most famous psychological experiments in History. This experiment aims to answer the question "what happens when you put good people in an evil place". This is the Stanford Prison Experiment. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/bio-philip-zimbardo https://www.verywellmind.com/philip-zimbardo-biography-2795529 https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html https://www.prisonexp.org/the-story https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-real-lesson-of-the-stanford-prison-experiment https://www.verywellmind.com/the-stanford-prison-experiment-2794995 https://www.verywellmind.com/the-milgram-obedience-experiment-2795243 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jYx8nwjFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_LKzEqlPto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D04U2hzOH8U https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17449118/stanford-prison-experiment-fraud-psychology-replication https://www.apa.org/topics/forensics-law-public-safety/prison Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode takes a look at the life and works of the Father of the Animated Cartoon, Emile Cohl. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://www.proquest.com/openview/a146bd3972260f0a35d308d6e64aa7d5/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2026363 https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cohl_emile.htm https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/cohl-emile-1857-1938 https://www.fudgeanimation.com/journal/the-evolution-of-animation-a-timeline https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/fantasmagorie-first-animated-film-1030219-2017-08-18 https://makematic.com/blog/emile-cohl-father-of-animated-cartoon https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/editorial-cartooning#:~:text=An%20Editorial%20Cartoon%2C%20also%20known,known%20as%20an%20editorial%20cartoonist.%20%2D https://archives-exhibits.rit.edu/exhibits/show/editorial-cartoons/essays/history-cartoons https://aabhas.com/2020/04/08/emile-cohl-01/ https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/prehistory-cartoons#:~:text=The%20modern%20comic%20strip%20dates,images%20directly%20onto%20movie%20film. https://dbpedia.org/page/Incoherents https://artcanon.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/incoherents/ https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/exhibition/counter-culture-111798-011699/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171209223354/http://www.artsincoherents.info/histoire_de.html http://www.lips.org/bio_cohl_GB.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7651/%C3%A9mile-cohl Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode takes a look at the incredible story of Private Wojtek, a Syrian Brown bear that fought along side the Polish Army in the Second World War. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://www.thecollector.com/wojtek-the-bear-poland-ww2/ https://www.expatspoland.com/polish-people-characteristics/ https://time.com/4731787/wojtek-the-bear-history/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlp5K5T91jo https://www.scribd.com/article/574345458/Wojtek-The-Soldier-Bear http://thesoldierbear.com/index.html https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/polish-veteran-had-special-comrade/article_633a2358-231f-5d0f-a7c8-2ef9e94c9c24.html https://www.contentcucumber.com/blog/the-story-of-wojtek-a-courageous-soldier-and-gentle-giant https://www.scribd.com/article/574345458/Wojtek-The-Soldier-Bear https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2015/11/wojtek-the-soldier-bear-from-the-polish-army.html#:~:text=In%20search%20of%20his%20favourite,he%20captured%20an%20Arab%20spy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/bear-helps-world-war-ii-soldiers/2021/08/30/fd22b7a4-ee70-11eb-a452-4da5fe48582d_story.html https://www.thecollector.com/wojtek-the-bear-poland-ww2/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LMMkaxknW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZTjsCHYMqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x94BqWK1Ks4 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wojtek-bear-named-second-world-war-film-polish-soldiers-monte-cassino-snowman-private-army-carried-shells-a8553001.html Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode takes a look at the incredible story of Malala Yousafzai. We look into her family, her life and her incredible fight for education. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://malala.org/malalas-story https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/facts/ https://greenheart.org/greenheart-international/malala-yousafzai-one-girl-can-change-the-world/3131/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malala-Yousafzai https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/malala-yousafzai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfV3dOTjlk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H15x7V_I-A https://www.biography.com/activists/malala-yousafzai https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/facts/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/11/malala-father-ziauddin-yousafzai-i-became-a-person-who-hates-all-injustice https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2019/05/05/malalas-father-how-to-raise-confident-children-and-fearless-leaders/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2DHzlkUI6s https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2019/07/16/news/malala-s-dad-ziauddin-i-brought-my-daughter-up-to-believe-in-herself-and-in-equality-1661799/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29565738 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7834402.stm Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode takes us back to the Second World War. Here we have a deep dive into the human experiments that took place at Unit 731 and the evil man at the helm. Credits: Research/writer/producer/host: KJ Producer/sound engineer: Mark Monks Logo: Sam Kirwan Title Music: David McGeary Sources: https://books.google.ie/books?id=i4UQCAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT115&dq=Shir%C5%8D+Ishii&pg=PT115&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Shir%C5%8D%20Ishii&f=false https://allthatsinteresting.com/unit-731 https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=1090 https://benhills.com/articles/the-war/inside-japans-wartime-factory-of-death/ https://www.pacificatrocities.org/blog/marutas-in-manchuria-imperial-japanese-biological-warfare-1931-1945 https://apjjf.org/-Tsuneishi-Keiichi/2194/article.html https://www.pacificatrocities.org/human-experimentation.html https://www.opindia.com/2021/06/unit-731-japan-china-usa-russia-biological-warfare-bioweapons-plagues-cholera-world-war/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20dangerous,infected%20persons%20among%20healthy%20prisoners. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-wise-the-wicked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.