Today's episode dives into another scary urban legend...The weeping woman who is La Llorona.

Sources -

https://www.sfgate.com/mexico/mexicomix/article/Mexico-s-legend-of-La-Llorona-continues-to-3933072.php

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/10/la-llorona-an-introduction-to-the-weeping-woman/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/La-Llorona

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/gh-lallorona/

Let's take a look at one of the most infamous cults in history and how its leader's paranoia brought everything to an ugly head.

Sources -

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/jonestown/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Jones

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/jonestown-13-things-you-should-know-about-cult-massacre-121974/

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/jonestown

A look into the deadliest aviation incident in the World's History.

Sources -

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/reviews-crash-in-canary-islands-180972227/

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kNZVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6418%2C7066417

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/planecrash/minutes.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1dg3fk8/deadliest_aviation_accident_ever_the_tenerife/

What should have been a simple commute home for many people aboard the

Pacific Southwest Airline Flight 1771 turned into a horrific nightmare as a result of an angry man seeking revenge for his termination.

Sources -

https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/murder-in-the-sky-how-one-mans-rage-brought-down-a-plane-759ed697b226

Mayday: Air Disaster: Three Horrific Disasters that were linked to a breakdown in security measures

https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326646

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a68zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JzIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=3776%2C5100444

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E0YjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=APADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7113%2C8413028

Over 30 years ago, a father wound up convicted of indecency with a child and accusations of being involved with a Satanic Cult. It took a long while before he and his children would be able to exonerate him of a crime he never commited.

Sources -

https://innocencetexas.org/cases/melvin-quinney-2/

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/04/10/san-antonio-man-wrongfully-convicted-in-1991-has-charges-dismissed-in-satanic-panic-case/

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/indecency-child-satanic-panic-overturned-17789445.php

https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2023-04-11/after-30-years-a-father-is-exonerated-in-satanic-panic-case

American Panic on Spotify – Melvin Quinney

The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial of LA – Known to be one of the longest and most expensive cases in American history.

Also set a precedent for the Satanic Panic problem of the 1980s-1990s through even now.

It's a wild and insane story and the credibility of the initial witnesses really had people divided and questioning whether or not the accused were actually guilty.

sources -

https://web.archive.org/web/20040331115902/http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/psychology/mcmartin_daycare/5.html

https://famous-trials.com/mcmartin/902-home

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/mcmartin-preschool

In 1968, one of many brutal massacres would occur in Vietnam at the hands of the very soldiers there to protect the South Vietnamese citizens. They attacked under the guise the village was sympathizing and hiding Vietcong soldiers. This is the story of an innocent village and the heartbreak through the years as they try to give forgiveness.

Sources -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/lhrjrs9z9a/vietnam-1968

https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/english_editorials/1093344

https://academic.oup.com/california-scholarship-online/book/23211

https://apjjf.org/Heonik-Kwon/2451/article

https://www.thearmorylife.com/blue-dragons-korean-marines-in-the-vietnam-war/

in 1993, three boys were found brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. Three teenage boys were pinned for the murder, despite there not being anything but circumstantial evidence. This is the story of the West Memphis 3 and the story of Satanic Panic in the United States during the late 80s./early 90s.

sources -

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/west-memphis-three-3039/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/us/west-memphis-3-arkansas-dna-testing/index.html

https://arkansasadvocate.com/2024/04/18/arkansas-supreme-court-reverses-west-memphis-three-ruling-allows-for-dna-testing/

MAX - Paradise Lost