DeepSummary
Henry and Ed discuss various bizarre and true crime stories in this episode of Side Stories. They start by talking about the Karen Read trial ending in a mistrial and analyzing the Netflix series 'Worst Roommate Ever'. Henry is particularly disturbed by the first episode involving a woman poisoning her roommate multiple times.
They also cover a Florida man who accidentally sneezed out his intestines after recent surgery, and a 'slapping healer' named Hong Chi Xiao who is facing charges after several deaths related to his unconventional therapy methods involving slapping patients.
Another major story is about a 32-year-old woman named Shelby Hewitt who posed as various underage girls to get into schools and be placed with foster families, going to disturbing lengths to fabricate identities and documents. The episode includes listener emails, one from a former 'cannibal cafe' participant discussing their past disturbing interests.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- The Netflix series 'Worst Roommate Ever' contains disturbing true crime stories that profoundly affected Henry.
- A bizarre case emerged of a 32-year-old woman posing as underage girls to infiltrate schools and be placed with families.
- The dark web and online anonymous forums enable the sharing of disturbing content and communities related to cannibalism and other horrific interests.
- 'Alternative' health practitioners can be extremely dangerous and make false claims about curing illnesses through unscientific methods.
- Henry and Ed analyze these strange criminal cases through a lens of macabre fascination and dark humor.
- The episode covers a wide range of bizarre and upsetting true stories related to crime, the internet, and human psychology.
- Listener emails provide disturbing first-hand accounts related to the episode's themes of cannibalism and harmful obsessions.
- Henry values anonymity and free speech on the internet while acknowledging the existence of deeply disturbing online communities.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “I am fascinated with this.“ by Henry Zabrowski
- “You know, sometimes seeing somebody else's worst problems are great.“ by Henry Zabrowski
- “Just know, right. It's not going to do everything else for you. You know what it's going to be really good at doing? Making you pink.“ by Henry Zabrowski
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Episode Information
Last Podcast On The Left
The Last Podcast Network
7/4/24