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Hooked

Hooked

Written by: Rachel Diamond
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 Join your host Rachel on a journey through the perplexing and sometimes deadly world of internet catfishing. Why do people catfish? How many lies can they tell before they get caught? And what happens to the victims who get snared in their tangled web?© 2021 Social Sciences True Crime
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  • Rachel Dolezal

    Rachel Dolezal
    May 9 2025

    In June of 2015, Rachel Dolezal was found to be a white woman pretending to be Black. The discovery imploded her life, a life that she is still having trouble putting back together. But lying about her race wasn't the first big lie she'd told. Claiming to be Black followed a lifetime of little lies... a pattern she has yet to break.

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    https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-spokane-naacp-rachel-dolezal-resigns-20150615-story.html#page=1 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/18/rachel-dolezal-under-pressure-to-quit-police-ombudsman-board https://tucson.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/rachel-dolezal-tucson-catalina-foothills-school-district-onlyfans/article_7adc55f6-cb6e-11ee-8803-3bcd55b84f0c.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/25/rachel-dolezal-not-going-stoop-apologise-grovel

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    24 mins
  • Belle

    Belle
    Mar 1 2025

    Belle Gunness has a reputation as one of the first female serial killers. By placing personal ads in newspaper, protraying herself as a successful farmer, she lured men to her with promises of marriage. But as soon as the men arrived, they were never heard from again.

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    https://www.historynet.com/belle-gunness-poisonous-pen/ https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gunness-belle.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/ccca/belle-gunness-story/
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    20 mins
  • The Cottingly Fairies

    The Cottingly Fairies
    Nov 8 2024

    In 1917, cousins Elsie and Frances used the excuse of fairies to get out of trouble with their mothers, and even presented photo evidence. To them, it was all a bit of fun, but when the adults around them- including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- became obsessed with the photos, the girls realized they may have gotten in over their heads.

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    19 mins
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