adds her to during the podcast that are not in my voice or placed by third party agencies outside of my control and should not imply an endorsement by Weird Darkness or myself. Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and is intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised. Welcome Weirdos, I'm Darren Marlar and this is Weird Darkness. Here you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained. Coming up in this episode. In March 1788 Maria Smith was attacked by a stranger who uttered some foul words, stabbed her, then ran. She survived but was only the first of more than 50 women to suffer the same in London. This wasn't Jack the Ripper. He wouldn't come along for another 100 years. This was the monster of London. On his first day walking to the bus stop alone before school, Eton Pates was abducted and became one of the first children whose face ended up on a milk carton. If you're left handed, you might be offended by one of the stories I have in this episode. But then you lefties are all sinister anyway, right? In 1827, young Maria Martin slipped into a red barn to meet her secret lover. It was the last time she would be seen alive. It sounds like the makings of a paranormal slasher film. A woman is followed home one day by a paranormal entity, an entity that is angry because it used to be a human that was murdered. Imagine your business is failing and you need to drum up customers, so you hire a consultant. No problem, he says. All I need is a few things to get started.  Welcome to Mootie Magic that some say still takes place even today. Edward Howard Bell was a murderer on the run and evaded capture for close to 20 years. When finally captured, authorities found out they didn't have just a murderer but a serial killer who he claims had sent 11 young girls to heaven. If you're new here, welcome to the show. And if you're already a member of this Weirdo family, please take a moment and invite someone else to listen. Recommending Weird Darkness to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show. And while you're listening, be sure to check out WeirdDarkness.com where you can find me on Facebook, Twitter and more, along with the Weird Darkness Weirdos Facebook group.  In March 1788, a London woman named Maria Smith was standing on a friend's doorstep when a stranger suddenly accosted her, muttered some unrecorded but evidently horribly vile comments, stabbed her with a knife and fled, leaving her slightly wounded. Although she had no way of knowing it at the time, she was the first victim of a bizarre crime spree that would not be eclipsed in notoriety until Jack the Ripper stalked the land a century later. Over the next two years, some 50 other women, mostly young and attractive ones, would be attacked in a similar fashion. The attacks were simple and rarely varied. The annual register neatly summed up this peculiar reign of terror. During the course of the two last and present months, the streets at the Metropolis were infested by a villain of a species that has hitherto been nondescript. It was his practice to follow some well-dressed lady whom he found unaccompanied by a man and sometimes, after using gross language, sometimes without saying a word, to give her a cut with a sharp instrument he held concealed in his hand either through her strays or through her petticoats behind. Several ladies were attacked by him in this manner and several wounded, and the wretch had always the address to escape undetected. Nowadays, our psychoanalytically inclined society would have all manner of elaborate clinical terms to describe and explain such a warped miscreant, but Londoners of the time had an exquisitely expressive, straightforward name for him. He became famous as The Monster. The women of London became understandably panicky. A male contemporary recorded peevishly that, when he walked the streets, every woman we meet regards us with distrust, shrinks, sidling from all touch. On one occasion a gentleman presented a young lady of his acquaintance with a bouquet. When she took it from him, a wire binding the flowers pricked her hand. She immediately became hysterical, thinking her suitor was The Monster in disguise. The befuddled man was arrested and hauled off to the watchhouse before she realized her error. The crimes became so notorious that many women, perhaps insulted at being ignored by The Monster, claimed falsely to have been among his victims. In April 1790, a reward of £100 was raised for anyone who could apprehend the villain or give information which would lead to his capture. The suspect was described as about 30 years old, medium height, thin, a little pockmarked with light brown hair, pale skin and a large nose. Servants were told to report any suspicious activity by their employers. Washer women were advised to be on guard for any men's clothing with unexplained blood stains, and cutlers were asked to take note if any customer matching the monster's description wanted his knives sharpened. As always, the entertainment industry was not slow to capitalize on the uproar. One theater put on a musical piece called The Monster. We're told that the songs were well adapted and produced unbounded applause. More traditional criminals also found The Monster useful. In May, a man was robbed by some pickpockets. As a diversion, the thieves pointed at their victim and yelled, That is The Monster. Within seconds an angry crowd had gathered and the poor man was forced to flee for his life while his muggers made a clean getaway. It was only with great difficulty that good Samaritans managed to help him escape to the police office where he was safely hidden until the would-be Lynch Bob finally disbanded. A variation on this scam was utilized by a young woman whom a man found lying on the ground with blood on her dress. The distressed lady explained that she had just been the victim of The Monster and would he be kind enough to fetch her a coach. After she had driven off, her rescuer realized that she had managed to rob him of his watch. Monsters come in many different forms. On the evening of January 18, 1790, a girl named Anne Porter was climbing the steps of her house when a man she knew by sight suddenly dashed over and stabbed her in the hip. Five months later, she saw her assailant in St. James Park, a male acquaintance walking with her managed to chase the man down and the suspect was taken into custody. At long last, it seemed they had finally caged The Monster. Four days later, the man, a 23-year-old dancer turned artificial flower maker by the name of Rennwick or Rennwick Williams, was formally charged in Bow Street. He was described as a well-dressed young man of genteel appearance and Porter and five other women identified him as the man who had stabbed them or used vial language to them in the street. In his defense, Williams asserted that he could prove that he was at work at all the times these women were assaulted. He was sent to the new prison at Clarkinwell to await trial. It was not an easy task to transfer him to his prison cell. News of his capture had spread, with the result that, according to the Edinburgh Herald, the streets were very much crowded. The mob were so exasperated that they would have destroyed him could they have got at him. Later, more of The Monster's victims came forward and unhesitatingly identified Williams as their attacker. Williams went through two trials. The first quickly collapsed on a technicality at the Old Bailey in a courtroom that was uncommonly crowded. He pleaded not guilty. The arguments put forward by the prosecution and the defense were uncomplicated. A troop of women took turns taking the stand to tell of the verbal and physical abuse that they had suffered at the hands of The Monster and to declare that the defendant was their attacker. When it was Williams' turn to speak, he denied all the charges against him and a long, impassioned speech largely devoted to complaining about the scandalous paragraphs the public prints carried about him. He made the not unreasonable point that the malicious exaggerations made about the case had so prejudiced public opinion against him that it was impossible for him to receive a fair hearing. He closed by saying that he appealed to the great author of truth that I have the strongest affection for the happiness and comfort of the superior part of his creation, the fair sex, to whom I have in every circumstance that occurred in my life endeavoured to render assistance and protection. On paper, at least, the case against Williams does not seem very impressive. A search of his room found no weapons or bloodstained clothing. His employer and six of Williams' co-workers gave him an alibi for the time of the attack on the principal prosecution witness, Ann Porter, and gave the accused the best character a man can have. In his summing up, the judge pointed out that the testimony of these alibi witnesses showed various contradictions and discrepancies, but this would hardly be unusual. After all, they were trying to recollect details of a then-inconsequential January night six months after the fact. Other character witnesses, many of them female, testified to Williams' humanity in good nature. He had no known previous history of violent behavior. The sole evidence against Williams was the parade of victims identifying him as the monster. Although the testimony of the victims contained their own share of inconsistencies, the women all asserted unwaveringly that he was their attacker. On the other hand, I would certainly hate to put my life in the hands of eyewitnesses. They have continually to be shown to be unreliable. Were these women so certain Williams had attacked them because he was, in fact, the monster, or did their vehemence stem from everyone's understandable anxiety to bring closure to the terrifying crime spree? A further complication is that Williams and Ann Porter, the woman most responsible for his arrest, had met before under unpleasant circumstances. He reportedly once made a pass at her in a pub and insulted her when she rejected his advances. Could this have caused him to harbor a grudge serious enough to later attack her with a knife? Or, as Williams claimed, was Porter out to frame him as revenge for having verbally disparaged her? Williams had said that he was content to leave his fate to the decision of a British jury. He probably regretted those words when the verdict of guilty was immediately delivered. After his conviction, Williams remained in Newgate until his sentencing at the Decembera Sizes. He wild away the time in classic Georgian-era fashion. He threw a thumping good party. In August, he sent out invitations to about 20 couples to call on him in his cell. Tea was served, after which they had dancing, with music provided by two violins and a flute. A contemporary account stated sardonically that the cuts and entree chats of the monster were much admired. The merry dance was followed by a cold supper and a variety of wines, such as would not discredit the most sumptuous gala. The party broke up at 9pm, that being the usual hour for locking the doors of the prison. In early December, Williams received his sentence for assault with intent to kill. In one of British legal history s quirkier moments, it was very fortunate for him that this was the crime for which he was found guilty. The physical attacks were considered mere misdemeanors. If he had been sentenced for deliberately slashing the women s clothing, a far more serious offense, he would have been hanged. He was given six years. Fortunately for Williams, the monster quickly faded from public memory. Modern-day researcher Jan Bondensen believed that he changed his name to Henry Williams and returned to his old career of flower making, as if nothing had happened. Williams had fathered a child during his imprisonment and upon gaining his freedom, he married the mother and disappeared from history. This is one of those naggingly uncertain cases that leaves you feeling vaguely annoyed. Was this nondescript flower making Mr. Jekyll concealing an inner Mr. Hyde, which for a brief period was unleashed upon the women of London?  Or, as Bondensen suggested, was there never really a monster at all? Were the attacks unconnected copycat crimes that became seen as the work of one frightening overpowering figure thanks to the power of a sensationalist media building up mass hysteria? We will likely never know. Coming up on Weird Darkness, if you're left handed you might be offended by one of the stories I have coming up next, but then you lefties are all sinister anyway, right? But first, on his first day walking to the bus stop alone before school, Eton Pates was abducted and became one of the first children whose face ended up on a milk carton. 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It was his first time walking there alone before school, and the last day his parents would ever see him. That's because someone abducted Eton during that walk. In his parents' effort to find him, Eton became among the first children to be featured on milk cartons. Julian Stanley Pates didn't realize that their son was missing until later that day when he didn't come home from the Independence Plaza school. They soon learned he hadn't been in his first grade class that day or even made the bus that morning and called the police. Eton's disappearance led to a nationwide search that wasn't resolved until 2017 Pedro Hernandez was convicted of abducting and killing him. Eton was among the first non-celebrity missing children to gain national attention the way Jean-Benet Ramsey would in 1996. In the early 1980s, Eton's face appeared on milk cartons all over the country, encouraging people to contact the authorities if they'd seen him. Eton's case also led President Ronald Reagan to declare May 25, National Missing Children's Day in 1983 and played a role in the founding of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In the decades after Eton went missing, there were fake confessions, false leads, and even young men who showed up at the pizza's doorstep claiming to be Eton. For a long time, investigators suspected Jose Ramos of abducting him. Ramos was a friend of Eton's former babysitter who was convicted of child molestation in the 1980s, but investigators were never able to confirm that Ramos was guilty. In 2000, authorities declared Eton legally dead, and the case went cold. Investigators reopened the case in 2010. In two years later, they excavated the foundation of a home near Eton's to look for clues. The excavation didn't turn anything up, but the media coverage of it did lead people to report some new tips, one of which led investigators to the person that they were looking for. That person was Pedro Hernandez, who had been 18 and worked at the bodega near Eton's bus stop the day he disappeared. Investigators discovered that in 1982, Hernandez had admitted in an open church confessional that he had killed a young boy. His family knew about this and had begun discussing it again when they saw the news of the excavation. Police interrogated Hernandez, and he confessed that he had lured Eton into the bodega and strangled him. He then put his body in a box and left it outside in a trash pile a couple of blocks away. Hernandez's 2015 case ended in a mistrial because one juror was not convinced he was guilty. Like the defense had argued, the juror was concerned that Hernandez was mentally ill and that police may have coerced him into a false confession. At his next trial in 2017, Hernandez was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years to life in federal prison. A favorite book of many young adults when growing up was The Face on the Milk Carton, a novel written by Caroline B. Cooney. The book is about a 15-year-old girl named Janie Johnson who lives with her loving parents. One day, Janie is startled to see her face on a milk carton under the heading Missing Child. The milk carton claimed that Jenny Spring was kidnapped from a New Jersey shopping mall at the age of three. The rest of the book explores Janie's journey to find the truth as she begins having flashbacks of people and places that suggest that her past isn't what she thought. The book was eerily similar to a real-life case. In the 1980s, seven-year-old Bonnie Lohman saw her face on a milk carton and set off a chain of events that would lead to her being reunited with her father. In the late 1970s and 1980s, several high-profile Missing Child cases dominated the news, prompting the founding of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 1984. The most famous of these cases included, of course, the disappearance of Aiton Pates and the murder of Adam Walsh, son of America's most wanted host, John Walsh. At the time, there was no uniform system of raising awareness for Missing Children. In September 1984, Anderson and Erickson Derry printed on their milk cartons the images of two local paper boys who had been kidnapped. The nonprofit National Child Safety Council latched onto the idea and soon created a nationwide program called the Missing Children Milk Carton Program. By March 1985, almost half of America's independent dairies had adopted similar milk carton initiatives. On its face, the milk carton campaign seemed like a brilliant idea. After all, nearly every family bought milk. Thus it followed that milk cartons seemed a logical vehicle for mass communication. Unfortunately, despite the billions of milk cartons distributed under the campaign, most of the Missing Children featured were never found, including Aiton Pates. One reason may have been that most of the children featured were abducted by a non-custodial divorced parent rather than a stranger. This statistic was reinforced by the Bonnie Lohman case. At the age of three, Bonnie was taken from her father by her mother and stepfather. One day, Bonnie was at the supermarket with her stepfather when she spotted herself on a milk carton. She was too young to understand the significance of her discovery, which may be why her stepfather allowed Bonnie to cut out and save her picture. He warned his young stepdaughter to keep the image a secret though, but the neighbors recognized Bonnie's face from the milk carton and called the police. Bonnie was soon reunited with her father. In addition to the campaign's overemphasis of the idea of stranger danger, critics pointed out that the children featured were overwhelmingly white, which was not at all representative of the demographics of Missing Children. Stand-up comedian Eddie Griffin even had a routine called White Kids on Milk Cartons based on this troubling statistic. Lastly, idiotricians were concerned that normalizing the occurrence of Missing Children by plastering their faces on milk cartons was potentially scarring for young children. As a child of the 80s, I certainly remember the smiling faces staring back at me while I ate my cereal. I wouldn't say it terrified me into thinking that I too might be abducted. I only recall feeling sadness for the parents and hoping that they would be reunited with their kids. The milk carton campaign faded out in the late 1980s and was abandoned altogether when the Amber Alert system was created in 1996. The replacement of paper milk cartons with plastic jugs also contributed to its demise. Most recently, in 2000, the parents of Mollie Bish put their daughter on a milk carton in addition to leveraging other resources when their daughter disappeared from her lifeguarding job. Tragically, the milk carton tactic failed yet again. Mollie's body was found three years later and her case remains unsolved to this day. While the milk carton campaign may not have successfully recovered abducted children, it did raise crucial awareness about child abductions generally. One revelation for advocacy groups was that Missing Children could include everything from stranger kidnappings to non-custodial abductions to runaways. If you read the face on the milk carton as a young adult, you might have fantasized that that was how many Missing Children cases were resolved. Sadly, save for Bonnie Lohman's incredible story, this couldn't be farther from the truth in the 1980s. Each year, 800,000 children are reported missing in America, including those who are lost, injured, have run away from home, or are abducted. Thankfully, the likelihood of finding a missing child has increased tremendously in recent years due to advances in technology and faster action taken by authorities. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, when accounting for all the missing children, that number goes way up, more than 99% come home alive. With those kinds of statistics, I'm happy to leave the milk carton campaign behind in favor of methods that actually help bring kids home. Lefties have never had it easy. From the dawn of recorded history, being left-handed is often been viewed with fear and suspicion. The Bible contains numerous passages condemning left-handedness. The most famous of these references comes from the book of Matthew. Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come ye, blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me he cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Everything from handshaking customs, sharing the left hand rather than the right, is still considered a deep insult in many Muslim cultures to language use seems stacked against the lowly southpaw. In most European languages, right has a double meaning conveying justice, lawfulness, and truth. For example, righteous, right-minded, etc. Words for left, on the other hand, they don't fare so well. The French gauche, the Italian sedistra, and the Portuguese canhoto also provide alternative meanings such as brash, awkward, and uncouth. The very word sinister comes from the Latin word for left and also provides the medical term for left-handedness, synestrality. Strangely enough, actual references to right and left-handedness tend to be difficult to find prior to the 19th century. While archaeological examination of Stone Age implements tends not to show a clear right-handed preference in those populations, evidence for hemispheric lateralization and presumed hand preference likely predates humanity itself. Despite famous historical figures who were known to be left-handed, including Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, and Lewis Carroll, there was little actual evidence that left-handed people were persecuted in ancient times. Of course, prior to the advent of universal literacy, left-handers who aren't typically ambidextrous to some extent had few difficulties in conforming to social norms relating to proper hand usage. The earliest known medical reference to left-handedness was by Sir Thomas Brown who published Sudoxia Epidemica, or Inquiries into Very Many Received Tenets and Commonly Presumed Truths, which examined proved but vulgar errors in 1648. In dismissing prejudice against left-handers as being a vulgar error, Brown struck the first blow for fairness. A century later, Benjamin Franklin wrote the famous A Petition of the Left Hand, directed against right-handed bias in schools. Aside from those two examples, however, there was little else written on the subject prior to the 1800s. By the mid-19th century, however, things began to change. Medical researchers often debated on whether left-handers were born or made, i.e., was it due to heredity or environment? With the discovery of hemispheric lateralization and specialized brain structures linked to language, the question of why right-handedness tended to be predominant in most cultures was inevitably linked to evolutionary factors. Darwin was all the rage at the time. Anthropologists reporting on primitive cultures, such as hotentots and bushmen, found a greater than expected incidence of left-handedness. Similar findings were made by archaeologists researching prehistoric art, which reaffirmed the impression that right-handedness was a mark of evolutionary success, while those left-handers who still remained could be seen as hereditary degenerates. Over the next few decades, researchers linked left-handedness to a range of psychiatric and medical abnormalities, including feeble-mindedness and psychosis. The most notorious indictment of left-handedness came from Cesar Lombroso, who was already world-famous for his research linking heredity and crime. In 1903, Lombroso published in Left-Handedness and Left-Sidedness in North American Review. In his paper, Lombroso reported that a disproportionate number of criminals and lunatics were left-handed, and that persons who are more agile with the left-hand are ordinarily found among women, children, and savages, and they were more numerous in ages past than they are now. By associating left-handedness with genetic inferiority, new policies designed to weed out left-handedness became another platform in the growing eugenics movement of the time. Almost inevitably, the arguments against left-handedness took on a decidedly racist component. In his 1913 diatribe against left-handedness, Edward Tenney Brewster wrote that synestarity, left-handedness, is slightly more common in the lower strata of society than in the higher, among negroes than among white persons, and among savages than among civilized persons. He added that the curious thing about the inheritance of left-handedness, which as we have seen depends on a peculiarity of the brain, is that it resembles closely the inheritance of two other peculiarities which are also dependent on brain structure, namely mental ability and moral excellence. Breeding out left-handedness became a sacred duty for eugenics supporters. In pathologizing left-handers, teachers and child care authorities in most cultures began to advocate the forced reorientation of left-handed children. Although some early educational psychologists spoke out against the practice and some even encouraged teaching children to become ambidextrous instead, forcing left-handed children to use their right hands became accepted practice in countries around the world. The methods used ranged from gentle encouragement to physical discipline and the results were often mixed. While some children made the transition with few problems, the long-term consequences of forced right-handedness remain controversial and often depend on the harshness of the teaching method used. Although stuttering, emotional stunting and motor impairments have long been reported in hand reorientation cases, research into converted left-handers has also shown evidence of neurological changes, increased incidence of schizophrenia and potential writing problems. That's not from being left-handed but being forced to not be left-handed. Since forced right-handedness continues to be practiced in some countries, in fact many countries, the true extent to which it actually occurs likely can't be determined with any accuracy. Countries where active discouragement of left-handedness have been known to occur until relatively recently include China, Japan, Russia and most Muslim countries. Given the ongoing biases favoring right-handedness in most settings, left-handed children still face numerous obstacles at school and at home. Still, in recent years there has been a groundswell of support for left-handers, including resources to make living in a right-handed dominant world easier. So lefties of the world unite. You have nothing to lose, but right-handed scissors and right-handed coffee mugs. You sinister beings. When Weird Darkness returns, in 1827, young Maria Martin slipped into a red barn to meet her secret lover. It was the last time she would be seen alive. Plus, it sounds like the makings of a paranormal slasher film. A woman is followed home one day by a paranormal entity, an entity that's angry because it used to be a human that was murdered. And imagine your business is failing and you need to drum up customers so you hire a consultant. No problem, he says, all I need is a few things to get started.  Welcome to Mootie Magic that some say still takes place even today. These stories are up next on Weird Darkness. Nothing goes better with chocolate than vanilla, and nothing goes better with the darkness than vampires, so we've combined all of them into a new blend of weird dark roast coffee called Very Van Pilla.  So good, you'll want to sink your fangs into the fresh roasted bag itself. Weird Dark Roast Very Van Pilla, the only thing at stake, sorry, not sorry, bad pun, is your dissatisfaction with your old coffee. Sip it while the sun is down if you're one of the undead. Or when the sun is up if you just feel dead and need a bit of a boost, get your Weird Dark Roast Very Van Pilla at WeirdDarkness.com slash coffee. That's WeirdDarkness.com slash coffee. In March, 1826, a love affair blossomed between 24-year-old Berea Martin and 22-year-old William Quarter. Just one year later, their secret romance ended in slaughter and became one of the most notorious murder cases in English history. The couple hailed from Polsted, a small town in Suffolk, England.  He once swindled his father out of his own pigs and helped steal livestock from another farmer. The Cumbly Martin was no stranger to romance either. She already birthed two children. One was from William's older brother, though the baby died as an infant. The other was a baby boy, whose father wanted nothing to do with the illegitimate child, apart from sending money from time to time. William preferred to keep the relationship secret. Yet in 1827, the pair had a child. Though the offspring died soon after birth, young William still seemed intent on marrying Maria. Alas, Maria had a less-than-favorable reputation in the community.   They were to meet at the Red Barn, a popular landmark located on Barnfield Hill less than a mile from the Martin home. Afterward, they would leave for Ipswich. A date was set, Wednesday, May 16, 1827. William appeared eager to marry his sweetheart. As the secret wedding day arrived, however, he delayed not once but twice. Two days later, William visited Maria and, as witnessed by Maria's stepmother, told her that they had to flee at once. A warrant, he claimed, was out for her arrest. Historical records indicate that no such warrant had been issued. Nevertheless, William's words frightened Maria. She feared being seen, so William convinced her to disguise herself as a man. The two were to meet in the Red Barn, where William would wait for her with a disguise. They would then flee to Ipswich as originally planned. The unsuspecting Maria did as she was told and made her way to the Red Barn. It was the last time she would be seen alive. Maria vanished after that day in May. When family and friends questioned William, he claimed that she had simply left for Ipswich ahead of him. Inquiries continued, and William made himself scarce, leaving town altogether. He wrote to the Martin family claiming that he and Maria were indeed married and living together on the Isle of Wight. Various excuses were made as to Maria's silence. She was ill, her hand hurt, and she could not write a letter. She did write a letter, but it must have been lost in the mail. Months went by, and the suspicions in the Martin family only grew. It was around this time that stepmother Ann spoke of troubling dreams. She had visions of Maria's murder, her body being buried in the Red Barn. On April 19, 1928, Ann's husband made his way to the barn to soothe his wife's troubled mind. As instructed, he dug in one of the grain storage bins. What he discovered was shockingly consistent with Ann's vision. Wrapped in a sack were human remains. While the body had decomposed, family members successfully identified the body as Maria's thanks to preserved hair and clothing. A tooth missing from Maria's mouth was also missing from the corpse's jaw, and one glaring piece of evidence implicated Maria's former lover, William's signature green handkerchief, was wound tightly around the body's neck. The constable of Polstead set out to find William Quarter. The man had turned out put little effort in covering his tracks. Authorities secured an address through one of William's friends. With the help of London policeman James Lee, they soon tracked down the suspect in London. William had established a new life in England's capital as the master of a boarding house known as Everly Grove. He'd recently married Mary Moore, a woman he met courtesy of a singles ad in the paper. Lee devised a sting operation to catch the suspect. He posed as a father inquiring about boarding his daughter, then cornered Quarter and notified him of the charges. William feigned innocence of knowing about Maria or her murder. He was taken to Suffolk instead trial at Shire Hall, Burry St. Edmonds, where he pled not guilty. By then, news of the case spread throughout the region. Crowds converged upon the courthouse while media outlets reported on every little detail. The throng grew so large that spectators who wished to view the trial had to be chosen by ticket. The evidence against William Quarter was overwhelming. Maria's stepmother recounted the events leading up to the murder. Distalled elopement and claims of a warrant, William's luring of Maria into the red barn on the last night she was seen alive. Maria's father testified about discovering the body and Maria's little brother claimed he saw William with a pistol and a pickaxe on the day of the murder. Leah also found the pistols incriminating letters and a French passport at William's new residence. The precise cause of death was hard to determine. The body had gunshot wounds, there was William's handkerchief around the neck, and a gash to the eye that may or may not have been a posthumous wound resulting from the pickaxe. As for motive, prosecutors suggested William was eager to get rid of Maria because she knew too much about his criminal activities and that they quarreled over the child support she received from the father of her child. Additional rumors swirled over the mysterious death of Maria and William's infant. The baby was supposed to have been interred in Sudbury, though no record of the burial or trace of a proper burial at all could be found. The jury deliberated for a mere 35 minutes. They found William Corder guilty. The judge sentenced him to hang. In a grisly twist of the era, the judge also declared that William's body would be dissected for medical study. William fretted over confessing as he awaited his execution. Finally, at the behest of his wife as well as the prison warden and governor, he admitted to the death of Maria Martin. He claimed that he had been quarreling with his former lover when he accidentally shot her in the eye. He also wrote in his confession that the two argued about someone discovering the actual burial site of their child. On August 11, 1828, a weak William Corder stepped onto the gallows. He was hanged before a crowd of 7000 or 20,000 depending on which version you believe. By the time of the hanging, the tale of the Red Barn murder had swept beyond England. Numerous plays, novels and tabloid-style newspapers chronicled the events. Charles Dickens reluctantly included the story in his magazine All the Year Round. Many, many years later, American songwriter Tom Waits penned Murder in the Red Barn, a song that some critics suggest was inspired by the sensational story. Supposed locks of Maria's hair and strands of the rope that hung William Corder were readily purchased by buyers. Around 5,000 people viewed Corder's body after the hanging. His body was then taken to Cambridge for an autopsy in front of students and physicians. Surgeons conducting a phrenological examination noted that the killer's skull was developed in the areas of secretiveness, acquisitiveness, destructiveness, and a lack of benevolence. The Red Barn and nearby Martin Cottage became tourist attractions. The barn itself was stripped clear by souvenir hunters and much of the wood was turned into toothpicks. Tourists chipped away at Maria's tombstone until it was little more than a rocky nub. After the dissection was complete, Corder's skeleton went on display in a museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His skin was tanned by a surgeon and bound forever to a bull's eye. A 21-year-old woman says she was forced to call in a psychic medium to cleanse her haunted home after an angry and aggressive ghost assaulted her in the shower. Leah Lewis says that she had endured months of ghostly activity in the Newhall House that she shared with her mother, Colette, before things took a turn for the worse and she discovered unexplained scratches on her thigh that she believes were left by a ghost. She claims the medium helped the ghost to pass to the other side and leave this world. She said, I didn't feel anything at all in the shower until I saw the scratches when I was drying myself. I told my mom and she said, I think we need to contact Ian Griffiths, the psychic medium now. We've been putting it off for a while, but now I have been physically assaulted. Incredibly, it's believed the ghost followed Leah home from her work at a shop in Burton that it had been haunting. A claim Mr. Griffiths had made after he has said that he had seen the ghost follow her home. There was speculation from shop staff that the ghost was a man who may have been murdered in the area years before it became a shop, as he was described as aggressive and angry. The trouble started a few weeks after Leah's grandfather died. Her mother, Colette, said Leah started saying that she could see and hear things which none of us could. I remember this one evening driving to my mom's. She asked me if I saw the little girl stood on the roadside and I was blown away as I couldn't see anyone in sight. Fast forward a few months and her ability has only got stronger. She come home from work and tells me about the activity she had experienced while being there. Little did we know she would end up having the man upstairs as she referred to him, follow her home and become our worst nightmare. Leah started to hear noises and movement upstairs and then one particular night she says as she left her bedroom and saw a tall, bald, slender man leaving another bedroom.  It was three low breaths. That same evening, Leah found the scratches after taking a shower and insists that she could not have done them herself as they were two pronounced. She later went into her mother's room, asking her what she was looking for in a wardrobe as she could hear her mom rummaging around in there. However, she was shocked to discover that her mom was in bed and had not moved nor been in her wardrobe. The next night, Leah took a shower and after she got out came downstairs to show her mom another mark she had across her hip. Her mom said, with her now being physically harmed, I thought enough is enough and I needed to do something about it. I asked around my friends and they asked their friends and I got quite a few recommendations for Ian Griffiths and I reached out to him, giving him a small description of what had been going on and right from the get-go, he was amazing. Leah says she is now looking into her own supernatural abilities and said, when Ian came to our house he was able to describe my brother's bedroom in detail and he hadn't even been in. He went into my mom's bedroom and went straight to the wardrobe and said that he could sense activity. I said this is where I had been hearing everything too and thought I was going mad. He went into my bedroom and saw my candles which I used when I meditate and speak to my granddad. He confirmed everything we had experienced and then he passed the man over to the other side from his house. One day at around 6.40pm I was leaving my house to go to the shop and suddenly I felt really angry and I felt I needed to get out. Ian later said this was around the same time the man passed over. Mr. Griffiths told Staffordshire Live that as soon as he heard from Leah's mom he pictured the man as slim and tall, wandering around the house and had never been there before. He said I told her what I was picking up and she says that's what's been happening and what we have seen wandering around the house. The male spirit didn't seem positive. I got a more negative feeling from him. Over the years of mediumship I have learned how to remove spirits. It's years of learning and experience removing good and negative spirits. Some negative ones can be very challenging at times. Some can mark you as it did with Leah or make you feel ill and put unwanted emotions on people. I've been affected by some negative ones, pushed, marked, and even nasty comments close to my ear or face but in the end it comes down to learning about how to deal with each negative spirit that I have come across over the years. Once I've removed the spirit I start blessing the person that's been affected and blessing the home. In each room I say prayers and they take a bit of time going around the home. Some places may have portals where spirits can and go through like a doorway. This home had two portals where spirits can come and go. I seal them up so nothing else comes into the home. Each time someone texts about spirits in the home you never know what you're going to come across or what challenges you face. Sometimes it can take over your life. I love the work of mediumship and paranormal investigating. Today when we think of medicine we think of drugstores, pharmacies. Medicine comes in many forms from cough syrup to painkillers and more. We don't generally think about where it came from, how it was discovered, who first thought of it. I venture to guess that many people don't know that penicillin was discovered by mistake and began as a form of mold. If we go back even further there are stories of people using mummies grinding up their bodies for medicinal purposes. In South Africa some forms of medicine called muti have utilized rituals consisting of dancing, chanting, playing drums and sacrifice. The sacrifices over time have come to be known as muti killings. Muti derived from umuti the zulu word for tree has become synonymous with traditional African medicine. Most commonly it is made from herbs and plants to cure common ailments. Muti is also used in complex medical situations as well as providing a sort of magic, delivering love spells or curses. For example, a person could be given lion fat for courage. In fact, muti is part of a ritual with the South African soccer team. So far, muti seems pretty harmless, unless you are the animal being sacrificed of course. There is however a darker side of muti, a side that believes the human body is extremely valuable for its parts. Human sacrifice while not common is a part of muti. It is believed that after 300 people are sacrificed each year so that their body parts may be used. The goal is not necessarily to kill but rather to harvest. Unfortunately, killing is almost always the end result. The harvest is ordered by a sangoma or witch doctor who was hired by a client with a specific need. If a client is looking to bring in more business to their shop, hands would be cut off then buried palm up in front of their shop. Various body parts are buried on farms in order to guarantee a good harvest. Blood is good for vitality. Genitals, breasts and placentas are used for infertility and good luck with the genitalia of young boys and virgin girls is the most sought after. Brains are good for political power. There is a belief that the body parts removed from a person while that person is alive and screaming are more valuable, their screams making their power stronger. On September 21, 2001, a body was discovered floating in the River Thames. On average in London approximately 40-45 bodies are recovered from that river but this one was different. This one was a child. The body was badly mutilated and found floating near Tower Bridge. He appeared to be about five to seven years old and of Afro-Caribbean descent. His autopsy showed that his legs had been severed above the knees, his arms had been cut off at the shoulders and his head was removed. His stomach contained traces of cough medicine, cause of death, violent trauma to the neck, after which his limbs were skillfully removed. Unable to identify the boy, police began calling him Adam. People began to speculate that Adam had been a mootie sacrifice, a victim of a mootie killing. Not only that, but his death opened their eyes to what may have been happening for a while. Had Adam been the latest in a long line of cult-like mootie killings? Police requested assistance from the investigative psychology unit of the South African Police Service. They were put in contact with a Sangoma called Credo Mutua, who could provide his insights. Mutua believed Adam's death was a result of a ritual sacrifice that is common in West Africa. Unfortunately, Mutua was widely considered a fraudster and his belief could not be wholly trusted. On January 29, 2002, Dr. Hendrik Schultz traveled to London from South Africa to perform a second post-mortem examination. He believed Adam was a victim of mootie killing. It is my opinion that the nature of the discovery of the body features of the external examination, including the nature of the wounds, clothing, and mechanism of death, are consistent with those of a ritual homicide as practiced in Africa. According to Dr. Schultz, Adam was likely beheaded while he was still alive. The case of Adam remains unsolved. It is widely held that the easiest victims of a mootie killing will be trafficked to children. According to UNICEF, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, 1,000-1,500 Guatemalan babies and children are trafficked each year for adoption by couples in North America and Europe. Girls as young as 13, mainly from Asia and Eastern Europe, are trafficked as male-order brides. In most cases, these girls and women are powerless and isolated and at great risk of violence. Large numbers of children are being trafficked in West and Central Africa, mainly for domestic work, but also for sexual exploitation and to work in shops or on farms. Nearly 90% of these trafficked domestic workers are girls. Children from Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana are trafficked to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Gavin. Children are trafficked both in and out of Benin and Nigeria. Some children are sent as far away as the Middle East and Europe. While it may seem like traditional mootie is a thing of the past, you can still visit a mootie market today in Johannesburg, South Africa. You won't find victims of mootie killings there, but you will find people ready to share their knowledge of traditional African medicine. Up next on Weird Darkness, Edward Howard Bell was a murderer on the run and evaded capture for close to 20 years. When finally captured, authorities found they didn't have just a murderer. They had a serial killer who claimed he had sent 11 young girls to heaven. That story is up next. To what lengths will someone go in order to survive? Does the survival instinct override their conscience and allow them to commit not only murder, but also the taboo act of cannibalism? What happens when a person crosses the line from dark fantasy to real-life acts of brutal rape, murder, and cannibalism? Are these people driven by a desire so insatiable that they are incapable of controlling it? Murderous Minds Volume 3 Stories of Real-Life Murderers that Escape the Headlines is the latest offering in a series that takes you inside the lives of killers who committed cold-blooded murder for a glimpse at events that drove them to kill. Authored within a historical context, each chapter is an unbelievable venture inside the dark and twisted world of real cannibal killers whose names and crimes might not be familiar to you. By weaving a tale in which dark fantasies become reality, this audiobook invites you to see life from a perspective few ever witnessed, from that of the killer. Along with a historical look at cannibalism through the ages, these stories beg the listener to answer the question, was the murderer committing cannibalism because he was incapable of resisting the urge to kill and consume or is the explanation simply pure evil? Murderous Minds Volume 3, written by Ryan Becker and Curtis Giles Vasey, narrated by Weird Darkness host Darren Marlar. Hear a free sample on the audiobooks page at WeirdDarkness.com. Edward Howard Bell was convicted of murdering United States Marine Larry Dickens after Dickens confronted Bell for exposing himself to a group of children. When Bell posted Bell, he evaded law enforcement for nearly 20 years. However, when he was caught, Bell reportedly told police he murdered multiple people, not just Dickens in the 70s. He claims that he sent 11 young girls to heaven. The mystery that surrounds the disappearance of 11 young girls around Galveston, Texas continues to haunt families in the surrounding communities. What's unclear is whether Bell is being truthful in his confession or taunting police and victims. A&E has a six-part documentary which examines Bell's claims. Bell identified nine of the 11 alleged victims by name. A&E fills in the blanks by suggesting the names of the other two victims that were never named by Bell. The documentary reexamines evidence and profiles the murderer gathering information from police and the reporter who broke the story. Bell was a former United States Marine who worked as a youth counselor. Bell had a wife and one daughter. In his youth, he was a Boy Scout and earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Texas A&M. He claims that he suffered abuse at the hands of his father which programmed him to become a child molester, rapist and murderer. In 1978, Bell murdered United States Marine Larry Dickens. That year Bell was staying with his mother in Pasadena, Texas. One afternoon he exited his white van and he was nude from the waist down. He started to self-gratify in front of a group of children in Larry Dickens neighborhood. Dickens confronted Bell and attempted to prevent his escape until law enforcement arrived. Instead, Bell shot and killed Dickens. Bell received a 70-year prison sentence for the homicide of Dickens. While Bell was serving his sentence, he reached out to Texas prosecutors. He told them his 1978 murder of Dickens wasn't his only homicide that year. In fact, Bell told prosecutors he killed seven other people. He explained the seven victims were all young girls. At the time, prosecutors did not have enough evidence to pursue Bell's claims. In 2011, the Houston Chronicle interviewed Bell and during that interview, he admitted he killed more than seven young girls. He claimed he actually murdered 11. The Houston Chronicle quotes Bell as saying it was 11 that went to heaven. He described the crimes as sexually driven. Bell went on to blame the abuse he received from his father for his sexual deviancy and desire to murder innocent children. Bell even provided names for some of the victims. Captain Chris Concello of the Brasoria County Sheriff's Office told the Houston Chronicle that he was never able to prove Bell's claims. After Bell murdered Dickens, he posted bail. He then evaded police for 20 years. When he got arrested in 1992, he told law enforcement about the other murders. Bell had refused to provide law enforcement with written confessions and has requested immunity for the killings. The murders of the 11 young girls remains a mystery, and it is unclear if Bell is mentally unsound or a cold-blooded killer and pedophile. Former prosecutor Kurt Sistrunk told the Houston Chronicle of Bell's confession. I didn't believe we had sufficient evidence that we could proceed to grand jury with, and without getting into specifics, that's the decision that had to be made, no matter the temptations to proceed otherwise. It wasn't for a lack of effort. A six-part documentary on A&E examines the mystery surrounding the 11 young girls murdered in Texas. The series explores Bell's criminal and psychological profile, according to his confession. Bell has provided the names of nine out of the 11 victims and admits that he doesn't remember the names of the last two. Nonetheless, investigators explore Bell's purported sexual deviancy as well as his tendency to target young women in an attempt to identify the final two victims. It is accurate that 11 young women in and around Galveston, Texas, did go missing in the 1970s. What's unknown is whether Bell's confession is reliable. So far, it's been impossible to know if he is the actual culprit. The A&E program includes an interview with the Houston Chronicle reporter, Lisa Olsen, who broke the story about Bell's 11 that went to heaven claim. The documentary also features interviews with then homicide detective, Fred Page, who worked the case and was still an active officer at the time of the documentary. The documentary included statements from Olsen and Page, as well as Bell's letter to the former Galveston District Attorney, which stated, quote, I have decided to tell you that I was brainwashed into killing Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson in November 1971, unquote. In the documentary, Page recounts the details of Ackerman and Johnson's murder. Their murderer stripped them of most of their clothing and threw them into waste-deep water before shooting them with a .38 caliber pistol at close range. Bell claimed to have killed 15-year-olds Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson together. He also killed 14-year-olds Sharon Shaw and Rhonda Johnston together in Webster, Texas. He murdered Colette Wilson on her way home after attending a summer band camp. Wilson's bones were later discovered in a reservoir mixed in with the bones of 19-year-old Gloria Gonzalez. He killed 16-year-old Kimberly Pitchford after she had just finished a driver's education course.  When Bell made the 11 went to heaven comment, he would recall murdering two other girls but he couldn't remember their names. A&E suggests that 14-year-old Brenda Jones and 12-year-old Susan Bowers, both of whom went missing in Texas during the 70s, do fit Bell's given profile. Jones disappeared from Galveston in 1971 and Bauer vanished from Galveston in 1977. The A&E investigators looked at the similarities between the cases of Jones and Bowers, coupled with what Bell admitted and his tendency to target young girls as support that Bell was potentially the murderer. Since the 1970s over 30 bodies of young women have been discovered in an area referred to as the Texas Killing Fields. The area is located in League City in between Galveston and Houston, Texas. It's an area of abandoned oil fields and overgrown brush. It's the location where Colette Wilson's body was found after she went missing in 1971. Thanks for listening. If you like the show, please share it with someone you know who loves the paranormal or strange stories, true crime, monsters or unsolved mysteries like you do. You can email me anytime with your questions or comments at darren at WeirdDarkness.com. Darren is D-A-R-R-E-N. And you can find me on Facebook, Twitter and more, including the show's Weirdo's Facebook group on the Contact social page at WeirdDarkness.com. Also on the website, if you have a true paranormal or creepy tale to tell, click on Tell Your Story. All stories in Weird Darkness are purported to be true unless stated otherwise, and you can find source links or links to the authors in the show notes. The Boy on the Mill Carton was written by Liz Jen from Medium and from History.com. The Sinister Left-Handers is by Dr. Romeo Battelli for Providenceia. The Red Barn Murder is by Stephanie Almeson for the lineup. The Haunting of Leah Lewis is by Helen Creft for Staffordshire Live. The Monster of London was posted at Strange Company. Murderous Mootee Magic was posted at the Scare Chamber. And He Sent Eleven Young Girls to Heaven was written by Matthew LaVell for unspeakable times. Again, you can find links to all of these stories in the show notes. Weird Darkness is a production and trademark of Marlar House Productions. And now that we're coming out of the dark, I'll leave you with a little light. Psalm 82 verses 3 and 4. Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them from the hands of the wicked. And a final thought from Aristotle. Anybody can become angry. That's easy. But to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose and in the right way, that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. I'm Darren Marther. Thanks for joining me in the Weird Darkness. We'll be spending two hours with Hexen Arcane, sisters Morgan and Celeste Parker. These sexy sirens, these gorgeous ghouls, will be presenting 1972's Moon of the Wolf, starring David Janssen, Barbara Rush and Bradford Dillman. After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he might be dealing with a werewolf. Our weirdo watch party is always free to watch online, so grab your popcorn, candy and soda and jump into the fun and even get involved in a live chat as we watch the movie. It's Moon of the Wolf on Saturday, March 2nd, hosted by Hexen Arcane. The show begins at 10 p.m. Eastern, 9 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. Mountain and 7 p.m. Pacific. You can watch a trailer for the film and watch horror hosts and schlocky B-movies anytime, day or night on the Weirdo Watch Party page at WeirdDarkness.com. Hope to see you March 2nd. Our brain is a wonderful thing, allowing us to make decisions, work on problems, plan for the future, live for today and remember our past. But that last item, remembering our past, can sometimes be painful if we're stuck going back to those memories again and again feeling shame for something we did or didn't do. How can we deal with our yesterdays? That's the topic of this week's message over at the Church of the Undead podcast, which you can get to by going to WeirdDarkness.com slash church.


MGM. We don't play games with your YouTube gaming career. What is up Freedom Family? Today on a show we're interviewing Noble Warrior 99, one of our MGM partners. Great to have you on the show. Hello, Nate. It is an honor to be here today with you guys. So tell us about yourself. Where are you from and where are you now? I was born in Texas and have lived here all of my life. However, I am of Hawaiian origin and I am proud of it. That is actually where my name comes from, Noble Warrior 99, because my name is Keikooponolihi. Now, this may be a mouthful, but it means Noble Warrior. Therefore, I got the name Noble Warrior 99. Got some pineapple in that sauce, eh? How long have you been with MGM? I have been with MGM for a few months now, and I really feel accepted here. It is a great community and it has been really cool to have worked with Raptor, another MGM partner. Yeah, we interviewed Raptor a couple of weeks ago here on the show. He's a jolly old bloke. So what do you do on your channel? On my channel, I mainly post destiny, tutorials, tips, tricks, news, and even some funny content. In fact, I have a parody of Uptown Funk coming very soon about destiny. So I think you guys would really enjoy it. I think we've all got a little funk in our step here at MGM. Cause uptown funk gon' give it to ya. Cause uptown funk gon' give it to ya. Sad night, we're ridin' the spot. Don't believe me, just watch. Oh, the camera's still on. Awkward. Any plans for the future? I hope to eventually be able to do YouTube as a part-time job, but I'm also looking at getting a business degree. I'm currently a sophomore in high school, so it seems a bit far off, but I know it's coming soon. Also, if anybody would like to play Destiny with me, I would definitely want to do that as well, so you can message me at Noble Warrior 99. I'm seeing a theme here, but you know, I have to ask, what's your favorite game? My favorite game would definitely have to be Destiny. Besides Call of Duty Blockups 2, I've never played a game for such a long time with the same enthusiasm. I knew you were destined to give that answer. No pun intended. Well, thanks for speaking with us, Noble Warrior 99. Go check out our channel here and hone your Destiny skills. This is Dave for MGM, signing out.


Hi everyone, Joe for jasby'scasewrakes.com coming at you with a pack of 2023 prism football hobby pack break number six so our last filler given away Texans Colts and 10 pack spots being given away so a lot a lot of things happening here remember top name will get the Texan second name will get the Colts when we do our third dice roll big thanks to this group here for making it happen gather all these names here so we only ended up selling 22 spots outright and almost half of you are going to get extra spots top 10 after two and a three five times one two three four and five there's the top 10 right there Nick Kyle Simon Chris Kyle Kyle Colleen Kyle Kyle and Chris those little rooftops will let you know that those are your spots that you won all teams are in now let's do the pack break itself three and a five eight times one two three four five six three and a five eight times for the teams two and eight all right there's the first half of the list right here and the second half of the list right over there and now let's print and rip after we do the pack break we'll do the third and final dice roll Eric Houston what's going on Eric how are you man all right here's the final printout hot off the presses let's do this pack break these surprises there maybe not we've got a hype Justin Herbert Patrick Peterson 35 out of 49 Darnell right kashon boot Kyle gets the Steelers we'll get the Patrick Peterson not in this topler though look at that what no all right now let's see who's going to win the uh so name on top gets the Texans and the second name down we'll get the Colts easy top two we'll get in so let's gather everybody's names one through 32 there's everybody right there third and final dice roll top two fingers crossed top two after eight four and a four eight times one two three four five six seven and eight also this was a question earlier if you do win both spots yes that does count as that does count as an entry for the break credit problem all right Kyle apologies very close just not quite thanks everybody for giving this shot but ultimately sad times happy times though for the top two that's going to be Christopher and Kyle you're in nothing to worry about Kyle so there you have it Kyle with the Texans Christopher with the Colts we'll see you in the next video for the break Jasper's casebreaks.com bye


Ever wondered why some folks just seem to have that magnetic appeal? Drawing others in like moths to a flame. Sure, they might have the lurks, but it's more than skin deep. Attractiveness is about more than just physical appearance. It's also about confidence, kindness, warmth, humor, and wit. It's about having a certain charisma that makes people want to know you more and be around you just to soak up your allure.  Focusing on what truly matters. Curious what we mean?  Getting everyone to like them. We all know we can't please everyone, so some people simply don't try. Instead, they focus on accepting themselves and embracing authenticity. And you know what? A lot of the time it only makes them more attractive. Because rather than wasting their time and energy trying to win everyone's approval and change things about themselves just to fit in, they understand that everyone has their own preferences, beliefs, and ways of thinking. So they don't let the validation of others dictate their sense of self-worth. Having to prove themselves. Similar to our first point, attractive people are secure in their abilities and worth. So they don't feel the need to constantly prove their capabilities or achievements to others. They're aware of their strengths and are content with their progress. And this self-assuredness is a big reason why they're so attractive. They appreciate their own skills and accomplishments without needing anyone else's approval. Seeking perfection. Perfection is an illusion. And attractive individuals understand this well. They know that chasing perfection is pointless and that it only leads to stress, anxiety, frustration, and dissatisfaction. So instead of driving themselves crazy in a never-ending pursuit of appearing flawless and always being the best, they focus on simply doing their best and making continuous progress. They embrace their perfections and see them as opportunities for growth and learning. Not something to hide, excuse, or be ashamed of. They're genuine, humble, and compassionate with both themselves and others. Getting by on their looks. Physical attractiveness can be a gift, sure, but it can only get you so far. And no one knows this better than the truly attractive people. They know that true beauty lies in one's character, kindness, and intellect. So they don't rely solely on their looks to navigate life or attain success. They invest in cultivating their personalities, improving their skills, and being genuinely kind and empathetic towards others. They understand that a beautiful soul is more captivating than a beautiful face. Comparing themselves to others. Attractive people know that comparing themselves to others is a toxic habit that can erode one's self-esteem and confidence. They understand that because each person's journey is unique, comparisons are not only unfair but unproductive, so they don't waste their time with it. Instead, they focus on their personal growth, setting their own goals, and appreciating their progress without being preoccupied with how others are fearing. Looking down on others. Attractive people understand that being secure in themselves doesn't mean putting others down. In fact, they see the importance of supporting and lifting others up. They genuinely cheer for the success and achievement of others, because they know that a rising tide lifts all boats. They believe in fostering a positive and encouraging environment where everyone has the chance to shine.  So, Psych2Goers, do you agree with any of the things we've mentioned? What does true attractiveness look like to you? And what are some other things attractive people don't waste time on? Let us know in the comments down below. And if you're interested in learning more, click here to watch our video on exposing five good qualities that are actually bad. Don't forget to like and subscribe before you go. Thanks for watching!


Thanks for checking out this no spoilers movie review surprise surprise It's for slumber party massacre to a 1987 film that is currently streaming when I'm recording this on the shutter streaming service So you could check it out there As you'll notice there's no the at the beginning of the title on this one only in the first one So slumber party massacre to I'm gonna go ahead and tell you right off the bat I didn't really like this film. I if you go back and watch my review for the first one, which you should Especially if you want to watch this one I Enjoyed that one. I thought that one was a lot of fun. It wasn't anything like crazy new like I said It was very much like Halloween They just changed a few things they use that same story and formula basically but This one was a very big departure and actually in this one they rift a lot on a nightmare on Elm Street So they went from Halloween to a nightmare on Elm Street a lot of aspects of it We're kind of taken out of there and there was even a very heavy nod at 1.2 a nightmare on Elm Street Where there's a police officer whose name is officer Krueger. So there you go But you'll see what I mean if you've already seen this movie or if you're gonna see this movie You'll see what I'm talking about So yeah, not not a big fan of this one cuz well, I'll get into it like I said in 1987 film So this is what five years after the first one I believe This was written and directed again by a female The first one was written by a female and directed by a different female This one written and directed by the same female and this individual did rock and roll high school forever that was another film that she wrote and directed and It's kind of funny because in this movie in slumber party massacre 2 there's a point point where some of the characters are watching television and Rock and roll high schools on so the fact that she went on to do rock and roll high school forever. It's kind of funny This is definitely tied into the first movie They make that apparent immediately because there are all these flashbacks to scenes from the first one So it really lets you know. Hey, this isn't gonna be basically like a standalone like some of these sequels are It's directly tied into it and I mean I'm fine with that but how they chose to do it There's some very heavy foreshadowing in this Which I don't think was at all necessary. It's totally unnecessary because People who have seen the first film usually people are gonna see the first film and then see the sequel You know what you're gonna get like you have a very good idea of what will happen You know the events of the first one so you don't need the heavy foreshadowing Like they have in this like you know things are gonna go bad. It's a horror film It's a sequel nonetheless. You can do that with an original film But with this one when it sequels you don't need the heavy foreshadowing in the beginning You don't need any foreshadowing in the beginning to be honest So one of the interesting things the first film was very focused on women who are kind of like bimbos as I as I said in There not that intelligent But then this one actually kind of flips that around and it focuses more on the women being any more power position It focuses a lot and has a lot of themes about women taking control of relationships that they're in so much stronger female characters and the guys in this actually are Kind of portrayed as like pretty much idiots including one of the guys who actually Tries his hardest to do his Sean Penn from Fast Times of Ridgemont High if people haven't seen it He's Spicoli a stoner surfer guy. So there's a character who's trying to rip that character off in this not doing a very good job though There's a great quote from this that I wrote down That I just love the quote quote was Sunday's my birthday and I don't want to go to a mental hospital That's a a funny quote and be so true who wants to go to a mental hospital on their birthday Nobody Anyway, I just really like that quote so I had to put it in there the nightmare and flashback scenes in this end up getting crazy Excessive and become very very very annoying. That is one of my biggest problems with this film It's over and over and over with the nightmare and flashback scenes and you're just like okay. We got it We get it you can lay off this for now get to the killing and that's the other thing is the killing doesn't happen until like I Don't know 45 minutes 50 minutes into it or something and it's a film. That's only like an hour and 20 minutes So it takes forever whereas the first film did a good job and they got pretty much right into it I think I had said on that review that they That there was a kill within the first 10 minutes. I think it was like it at minute number eight or something So they should have followed that and done the same thing, but they didn't Um Sexuality and nudity in this is way toned down way way way toned down It's still there and there's actually a big theme around sex and actually it's mainly a theme around The pressures of sex the pressures of especially high school aged people to have sex and the kind of conflicting feelings of like well I want to but at the same time I kind of don't want to it's scary What happens if um, you know, something goes wrong because I do think that the killer in this is actually kind of a metaphor for sexually transmitted diseases, believe it or not If you have watched this or if you do watch this, let me know what you think about that Do you think that's that makes sense or am I just totally making that up put a comment down there? but Yeah, so so that it's this big theme of Sexual pressure like to give into sexual pressure pressure or to not from your peers from someone you're interested in Yeah, and yeah, I think that's one of the big themes in this But with that, you know, the sexuality and nudity is toned down from the first one There's not nearly as much nudity, but there is still a scene where it's like wait a minute when women are alone They still like to get naked together So kind of harkening way back to the first one. So It takes a while a while a while a while to get into things in this film. It takes its sweet time The first like I said the first one just jumps right into it and I hate the fact that it takes forever to get places The oh the other thing tied into the little sexual theme of this I think it's making a very good point about consent in the film because there are numerous times where to also go along with Women having the upper hand and relationships and taking control relationships. It shows numerous instances where women are Kind of telling the guys how it is like they're like, oh, do you want to do it now? And they're like, I don't think so. So it's kind of making a good point about sexual consent The oh also the the main weapon from the killer, which is the same as in the first one, but it's Heavily stylized in this one really updated and it looks really cool. It looks really really cool But I think that also can symbolize in this with all the sexual context can symbolize rape actually So once again, let me know what you think people I already went over that one The guys are being the guys are portrayed as idiots did that seems really slow This film is only about an hour and 20 minutes and it seems crazy slow That's not a good thing, especially when it's only about an hour and 20 minutes. So bad bad bad And it just kind of feels like there's not much of any actual pay off when they give you pay off I hate how they do it. It's terrible. It's it just doesn't work for me And I even wrote I wrote this down with how bad that film is It's crazy to think. Yes. There was a slumber party massacre three It's slumber party massacre three Get that through your head, especially after you've watched this watch this movie then get that through to your head They did a third one, which I guess I feel like I have to find that now. It's not on shutter at the moment I feel like I got to find it. There's a oh the very heavy nod to nightmare on Elm Street already went over that So there's a portion toward the end where the killer killer does something that's super super over the top and I was sitting there and I was like What really we're doing this we're doing this It is crazy over the top. It comes out of nowhere It makes the movie ridiculous and the problem is at that point You've gone too long trying to be serious that when you throw in that ridiculous twist and make it just over the top Ridiculous it doesn't work. You needed to introduce the ridiculousness of it from the beginning pretty much And that's one of the problems like it's about balance There are films that the whole thing's gonna be ridiculous or the whole thing's gonna be serious or it's gonna be a mixture and It's hard to get the mixture right, but if you're gonna do the other two they kind of need to be Just about fully about that about being either fully serious or being fully ridiculous You know, you can mix in a little bit, but the problem is it's this there's no mixing at all It's like the film's just like series series series series series and then it hits towards I don't know like the 50 minute marker an hour marker something and then it becomes Ridiculous and that does not work. It makes people turn around and just be like what What? Because you're in the mode of thinking that they're trying to do something that's actually scary That's very serious and then they throw out the ridiculousness Whereas something that like a you know chopping mall a movie like that. It's ridiculous from the get-go or What's another one basket case ridiculous from the get-go so you can enjoy it for that reason this one God the mixture. It's bad. It's just really bad Also, there's too much music in this and I'm not talking about the score to it. I'm talking about musical Scenes where people in the film are performing music Especially very much towards the end and if you've seen this, you know what I'm talking about if you watch it You will see what I'm talking about.  So but that that's actually it like I said you can probably tell I was not a fan of This film. I did not like it if they would have made it ridiculous from the get-go I think I could have found a lot to enjoy in it Once this film is fully resolved. You're like No, thank you not a fan of that terrible Because they also employ something that a lot of people roll their eyes at nowadays especially so yeah, but This is gonna be hard my five-star scale for rating with half stars in play. I'm gonna give this a One and a half. I got to give it a one and a half. I could bump it up to a two if All the musical stuff wasn't thrown in there because that takes it even further into the ridiculous Yeah, but one and a half stars obviously not good Don't recommend it unless you're a completist and you're like well I saw the first one got to see the second one I can't even imagine what the third one's gonna be like But I kind of feel like I need to see it now. 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And it's actually, as Zahra was mentioning, it's very interesting, because a lot of people and not all different cultures and religions, the beginning of their year is often associated with celebrations and parties or whatever it may be, but the beginning, but what Allah swt wants to really show to us that Imam Hussein alaihi salam and the Pontus of Muharram, we want to actually seek nearness to Allah swt before we enter the new month. And what better way, I guess, in terms of, it's actually very interesting because a lot of people's emotions are heightened when it comes to Muharram, their nearness to Allah swt through Imam Hussein alaihi salam is heightened during Ashurat, right? So it's the coincidence or the miracle of it is that Allah swt wants to tell you in this dua that seek nearness to Allah through the month of Muharram Imam Hussein alaihi salam, which is the pinnacle of emotions as that people, that's okay. So would you like to commence your reciting? Sure, inshallah.


Hello Freedom Family! This is the first time we are paying out a new revenue stream at the end of this month in a few days. All of you will get the hitbox earnings that you've accumulated since the first day you started streaming in February and March. That is going out at the end of this month along with March payments for YouTube. How many of you are streaming on hitbox and are looking forward to your first paycheck? Tell me in the comments below. How many of you haven't even tried hitbox yet? All you need to do is sign in by clicking the link below. That'll take you to the Freedom Dashboard where there is going to be a new integration. But there's more on that in a different video. Today I just want to talk about this new revenue stream that all of you are now able to get, hitbox live stream revenue. And there will be one more new revenue stream to be announced very shortly. Some of you may remember it from a few months ago, but it never happened. Well, it is happening and I'll announce it as soon as it is ready. For those of you who already know what I'm talking about, tell me in the comments below and we'll see if you are right. Hitbox is the world's fastest live streaming platform. What that means is from the moment you start streaming to the moment your audience sees your stream, that time is less on hitbox than on YouTube, than on Twitch, than on every other live streaming platform. That's their benefit. Hitbox gets your stream to your audience in less time. So it's more real time. So you can chat with your audience and when they see your stream, they can talk about it. You don't have to wait 45 seconds or however long it takes on other platforms. And that's why I suggest you try creating a hitbox.tv live stream account and see if your streams come through in less time than wherever you're currently streaming. And if they do, try it. Your audience will appreciate it because you'll be able to interact with them in less time. Are you already a fan of hitbox? What do you think of hitbox? Good and bad? I would love to know. Tell me in the comments below. And who am I? I am George, CEO and founder of Freedom and you've been watching and we will grow together as a family because this is the freedom family. You are part of it. We are all part of it and we're all growing together. So grow with us and partner with freedom. That play now button right there on the video bar is all you need to click to get started.


Hi everyone, Joe for Jaspy's casebreaks.com. Happy Thursday coming at you with a couple quick boxes of Panini Contender's Optic Basketball 2019-2020 edition. This is pick your team number 99. And at the end, if you follow the instructions here, I'm going to give away a little bit of break credit as well. But first, the break itself, big thanks to everyone here for making this happen. Appreciate it. You got Samuel with double last bottom mojo there. There's everybody else. And there are the Contender's Optic Box. Remember we marked those with X's so we know they're from the same case. Now we only have two more boxes. I already loaded them up. So we've got two more boxes loaded up on Jaspy's casebreaks.com right now. The last two boxes of that case. I don't think we have any more. At least I didn't see any. Two cards on the bottom right there. All right, we got All-Star, Aspirations, Chris, Weber for the Kings. That'll be for the X-Line. We've got a randomizer here. Historic picks. First overall, Allen Iverson. Hi, re-urving. So that'll be a randomizer between the Sixers. Terry and the Cavs. Andrew. Not numbered, but you see that cracked ice pattern back there which looks really sharp. Behind Ben Simmons is Bradley Beale. Bradley Beale's silver for Andrew. Behind Ben Simmons is a Jalen Brown. Red parallel, not numbered. Celtics, that'll be for Sam. And the auto behind Ben Simmons is going to be Lucas Samanich, 30 out of 99. Blue rookie ticket autograph for the Spurs. Nelson with San Antonio. Second box. Just a quick little break here. Redemption on the bottom. Any guesses on the redemption? There's historic slams. Zach Levine. Here's a lottery ticket. Rui Hachimura. Al Horford. Silver. Behind Lamarcus Aldridge is Marcus Saul. Red. Nelson's thinking Jha or Tyler Hero for sure. There's Lamarcus Aldridge. Let's see. It's going to be... No, it's Admiral Schofield for the Washington Wizards. Andrew, he's the other guy that sometimes is a redemption out of here. Thanks for playing though, Nelson. Congrats to Andrew with the Wizards. Schofield's got some pretty good penmanship. Still young enough to see his game improve greatly. I think he had a no-case season this year. All right. Nelson's like, that was a lack that I was thinking of. All right, so we're going to use the same dice roll. Let's flip back to the dice. New dice. We're going to use the same dice roll for the historic picks. Philadelphia and Cleveland. And we'll use the same dice roll for the giveaway right here. So let's sort by column A by your first name. So if you bought at least two teams... Recap. Nice. Nice one. Andrew with two teams. That's one entry. Charles with four teams. Two entries. Jeremy two teams. One entry. The X-Line went big. He's got ten teams. That's five entries. Matthew Schirr only got one. Michael only got one. Michael Schwartz got two teams. That's one entry. Nelson got two teams. That's an entry. Samuel got four teams. That's two entries. And Terry got two teams. That's an entry. So let's see if I got it. So we got Terry, Samuel, Nelson, Michael. This Michael's not in. This Michael's not in. I got Josh, Jeremy, Charles, and Andrew. All right, so let's grab all these names right here. And the top five will win break credit. All right, let's roll it. Let's randomize it. Both lists five and a four. Nine times. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. After nine, Cleveland. This is for you. Goes to Andrew and Cleveland. Let's see who's going to win that break credit. Once again, five and a four. Nine times. Top five after nine. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. After nine, congrats to the top five right there. Five and a four. Nine times. There is nine times. There is the top five. So Michael, with $60 of break credit, Samuel, $60 of break credit, Nelson, $60 of break credit, Jeremy, and Charles, $6 of break credit. Check your email. It'll be sent to you as a gift card code if you're receiving break credit. Sometimes it might end up in the spam folder. So look there if you see it. Give it a little bit of time. And it only works on jaspyscasebreaks.com. It doesn't work on the personal breaks channel over there. What else? If you have multiple emails for whatever reason, when you're ordering from jaspys, check your other email if you don't see it in your first one. There you go. Congrats. You're welcome, Nelson. Thank you. Thanks everybody. We've got two more boxes of this same break credit promo. Get into it on jaspyscasebreaks.com and I'll see you next time for that one. Bye.