Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to discuss the heist of Transylvania University in 2004. Four students created a plan to steal some rare books from the schools Special Collection in the Rare Books Room, selling them for millions of dollars. Only problem? Well, there were a lot actually. Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Eric Borsuk, and Chas Allen II were not as smooth as they thought they were.

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True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• Book - American Animals: A True Crime Memoir Paperback by Eric Borsuk

• Book - Mr. Pink The Inside Story of The Transylvania Book Heist by Chas Allen

• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/15/inside-the-2004-6-million-transy-book-heist-and-how-they-got-caught.html

• https://www.transy.edu/1780/2020/09/transylvania-special-collections-librarian-retires-after-26-years-of-connecting-researchers-with-historical-treasures/

• https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article212180224.html

• https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/02/transy-book-heist?srsltid=AfmBOoq7CCVxnBFhXtGw5xoWvCgeiaFK4NGOgcgm2i39Rj7rbkAHHrLu

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the mystery that is the life and death of Cindy James. Cindy and her husband separated and four months later she started receiving harassing phone calls, stalkers, attacks, and more. The police didn’t believe Cindy, and ultimately she was found dead. What happened to Cindy James? Was this Munchausen Syndrome or a stalker turned murder?

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True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• Book - The Deaths of Cindy James by Neal Hall
• Book - Who Killed Cindy James Mass Market Paperback by Ian Mulgrew
• https://unsolved.com/gallery/cindy-james/
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/cindy-james
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-ozzie-says-they-have-m/77580511/
• https://newspaperarchive.com/brandon-sun-feb-19-1991-p-49/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-phoenix-star-phoenix-saskatoon/77579488/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-march-24th-1990/77575803/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about Hyungje Bokjiwon (also known as Brothers Home). Brothers Home was an “internment camp” in South Korea following WWII and the Korean War. Many members of the internet have said it was the visionary basis of the Netflix show Squid Game. However, the truth behind this place is far worse, it was instead a brutal detention centre that held thousands of people while exploiting their human rights.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52797527
• https://apjjf.org/2023/6/kim-et-al
• https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/12/10/secrets-of-south-koreas-house-of-horrors-hidden-in-australia
• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/world/asia/korea-abuse-brothers-home.html