Nancy (sleep) walks you through the little known cancer scammer whose alleged grifting goes way beyond Belle Gibson or "Scamanda."

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KEY SOURCE LIST:

Scamanda Podcast:

Maintenance Phase "Illness Influencer"

FTC Complaint against Greg Anderson:

Nixon's War on Cancer 50 Years Later:

History of "Tuberculisis Chic" :

Susan G Komen Origin Story:

Steve McQueen, Gerson Therapy, and Mesothelioma:

Steve McQueen and Laetrile:

A passionate love affair turns toxic when a jilted mistress is accused of killing her rival with a deadly box of chocolates.

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"Killer Candy" via King River Life Magazine

Newspaper article with juicy details about the trial from 1898 (via UC Riverside Archive)

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A violent killer in Northern England tries to fool CCTV when he disposes of a woman's body far away from the crime scene. Little does he know there are a million little followers tracking his every move — ready to spill his dirty secret.

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Patricia Wiltshire's two book titles:

"The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace" and "The Natural History of Crime"

More on the "Valentine murder" case: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/08/ukcrime

Detectives in a small English town are stumped when a local man is viciously and mysteriously attacked after leaving a local pub. With no suspect, no weapon, and no witnesses, they turn to a unique forensic expert who digs deep - very deep - to solve this baffling mystery from the ground up.

In this David Lynch tribute, Nancy revisits the murder case that inspired Twin Peaks's Laura Palmer saga: the "beautiful and beguiling" Hazel Drew, a 20-year old small town girl whose mysterious life and violent death was a shocking, enduring mystery for over a century.

That is, until two diehard Twin Peaks fans took a crack at the case — and wrote a book about their investigation. Who killed Hazel Drew, the real-life Laura Palmer? They have a clue. Enjoy this very sleepy true crime story inspired by the late great David Lynch.

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Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery that Inspired Twin Peaks by David Bushman and Mark T Givens

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A young Utah widow who wrote a book about grief becomes the prime suspect in her husband's suspicious death. Are the murder accusations against her fact...or fiction?

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Classic crime made for nighttime. Gripping - not graphic. Narrated by award-winning journalist Nancy Miller ("I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "Love & Death" "The Staircase") Out Weekly.

Guilty is one thing. Confession another. Here's a Dead Sleepy history of pleas, true crime lovers!

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American Bar Association Recommendation here

Tituba's accurate historical account here and here.