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Valley of Shadows is a new true crime podcast that digs into a nearly 30-year old secret buried in the California desert. On June 11, 1998, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Jon Aujay set out for a run in California’s Devil’s Punchbowl park — and never came back. Aujay has yet to be found. The Sheriff’s Department rules Aujay’s disappearance a suicide, but friends, family, and fellow deputies insist the story doesn’t add up. Instead, they believe Aujay may have stumbled into the Mojave Desert’s criminal underworld — where outlaw biker gangs crank out methamphetamine and local cops operate on both sides of the law. Through exclusive interviews, revealing wiretaps, and buried police files, journalists Hayley Fox and Betsy Shepherd explore one of Southern California’s most mysterious missing person cases. In Valley of Shadows, they ask: What is the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department hiding? Find Valley of Shadows wherever you get podcasts.

Strictly Stalking is a weekly true crime podcast exploring true stalking cases from survivors- in their own words. Every Tuesday, hosts Jaimie Beebe and Jake Deptula cover a unique stalking case by interviewing stalking survivors, advocates, and experts.  This episode highlights the phenomenon of Erotomania in a non-celebrity case.  Find their podcast here.  Subscribe to their YouTube channel here.  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

Welp. Here it is. All the thanks you and goodbyes in the world would not be enough.  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

We are leaving you with the future. For our final episode, we explore the occurrences of "AI Psychosis" and lay out what chatbots are really doing. Spoiler alert, they don't care about your well-being. Future Policing podcast The Daily Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral podcast Episode 28 Folie a Deux: The Madness of Two Episode 185 Folie a Deux Revisited Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/  L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

For our final Behind the Couch, we talk with Leah, the producer and co-host of the Dark City podcast, about the importance of research in historical true crime storytelling and revisit some of the vintage cases we have both covered, including Lizzie Borden and Winnie Ruth Judd of the Trunk Murders. Listen to Dark City here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dark-city-touring-the-hidden-history-of-famous/id1738799067 Watch our conversation over on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/bSfEcckxliI?si=1ixmuuhNKAsixO1u Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/  L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

Cults, Black Widows, and spies, oh my! The act of poisoning has been used by a very diverse set of perpetrators throughout history and all the way up to today. We give you several case examples to try and cover them all after looking at the profiles of poisoners and answering the question- Do women kill more often with poison? Episode 32 Killer Nurses Episode 69 Facticious Diroder Part 1 Episode 70 Facticious Diroder Part 2 Episode 107 Assassinations Behind the Couch: Medical Child Abuse w/ Det. Mike Weber Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network Notes from friend of the show, John, on films related to A Blueprint for Murder and poisenings Joseph Cotten films, selected: Too Much Johnson (1938) - a work print of a silent film, meant to be screened during a stage production, lots of amusing footage. It has some very beautiful images toward the end. Welles inadvertently ahead of his time, it's an edit-your-own movie, with your choice of music as well. Citizen Kane (1941) - every time I see this, I notice something else amazing about it. This exchange has taken on new dimensions in the internet era: Carter: "There's no proof that that woman was murdered, or even that she's dead." Kane: "...she's missing, and the neighbors are getting suspicious." Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) - deep Hitchcock with lots of psych and noir interest, I very much recommend it. The father character and his friend are True Crime enthusiasts, and they have a detailed discussion about poisoning. Gaslight (1944) - Angela Lansbury's first movie, the title has entered the common lexicon. It's memorable, plenty of psych and noir interest. Duel In The Sun (1946) - great cast, and the color really works well: there's something strangely camp about this film. Standout performances include Jennifer Jones, Lillian Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Charles Bickford, and the opening narration by Welles. The Third Man (1949) - classic and sort of its own thing, it involves poisoning in the context of a tainted-penicillin racket, central to the plot. Othello (1951) - I've seen this several times and until today I didn't even know Cotten was in it, an uncredited cameo. Niagra (1953) - solid crime drama starring Marilyn Monroe, it also features Cotten's 'A Blueprint For Murder' co-star Jean Peters. Touch Of Evil (1958) - three words: Welles, Dietrich, Mancini. Mercedes McCambridge is great in this too. Cotten plays a medical examiner. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - you know: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Cotten, Agnes Moorhead, and Mary Astor in her last movie. Al Martino (Johnny Fontane in The Godfather) sings the title song. The Grasshopper (1970) - wild exploitation film, not to be taken too seriously: a late-nighter to be sure. It's scheduled on TCM, Saturday, 9/6 at 1:15 am, and probably streaming after that. F For Fake (1973) - essential Welles, with great musings on authenticity, deception, and fraud: Cotten appears as himself. *** Though perhaps not directly related to 'A Blueprint For Murder', Hitchcock's Notorious (1946) involves poisoning and seems influenced by Gaslight (1944), both films with a distraught Ingrid Bergman character. *** 'A Blueprint For Murder' cinematographer Leo Tover shot many worthy movies, including: Bachelor Apartment (1931) - star and director Lowell Sherman attended the Fatty Arbuckle hotel party disaster, and later testified about it in court. Is My Face Red? (1932) - very offbeat comedy-drama, expertly directed by William Seiter, it includes a quintessential pre-Code image: a chorine bending over completely to exclaim from between her own legs, "Meow!" It also has one of the era's most gruesome descriptions of mob violence. Thirteen Women (1932) - Largely set in Los Angeles, and Peg Entwistle's only film before jumping off the Hollywood sign. Also, remember pages 94 and 105 of 'Applied Psychology' by Hollingsworth and Hoffenberger. No Man Of Her Own (1932) - originally a novel by Val Lewton (I Walked With A Zombie, The Seventh Victim, The Curse Of The Cat People), and the only movie with Gable and Lombard (they married 7 years later), Edmund Goulding (The Flame Within [outstanding early psych relevance], The Razor's Edge, Nightmare Alley) has a story credit. I'm No Angel (1933) - a scene at the piano with Mae West and Cary Grant--as Mae sings "I Want You, I Need You"--emanates a sparkling old Hollywood glamour. It's her last pre-Code release ("Your best isn't good enough. Try doing your worst"). Murder At The Vanities (1934) - while not a great movie, it has a strong appearance by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, and also the legendary production number "Sweet Marijuana". Dead Reckoning (1946) - noir with Bogart, it's worthwhile, but not one of my favorites. note: Tover shot the original film adaptation of The Great Gatsby (1926), which apparently hasn't survived. *** A Blueprint For Murder (1953) writer-director Andrew Stone also directed the great Stormy Weather (20th Century Fox, 1943), a landmark musical with an all-black cast. *** Shorter version: some movies with notable poisoning content are Shadow Of A Doubt (1943), Notorious (1946), and The Third Man (1949).

Join us as we have a conversation with Detective Mike Weber about his book, The Mother Next Door, three stories of incredible cases of medical child abuse (Munchausen By Proxy). Book: https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Next-Door-Deception-Munchausen/dp/1250284279 Det. Mike Weber's page: https://www.mikeweberconsulting.com/ Nobody Should Believe Me podcast: https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

This week, we dive into a very specific sexual paraphilia, often associated with serial murder cases. We lay out the foundational research and see how it has been analyzed in case studies, dating back to the 1700's. We also discuss the London Monster, the Whitechapel Murders, and more recent cases, including whether or not we think piquerism fits with the Idaho 4 case. Dr. Watson short video on the London Monster Eavesdroppin Podcast Our Knife Crime Crisis documentary Watch our past Behind the Couch livestreams here Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/  L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

Join us as we have a conversation with Katherine Schweit about her new book, Women Who Talk to the Dead, a story of incredible determination of female law enforcement officers in the pursuit of justice for 200+ murder victims. See LA in A Day Tours Kate Schweit's book Kate Schweit's website Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

A special announcement about the future of the show.  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

We welcome our Criminology besties, Dr. Meghan Sachs and Dr. Amy Schlosberg of the podcasts Women & Crime and Direct Appeal to talk about the intersection of media and crime.  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

Jumping off of our last forensic psych episode on true vs false confessions, we explore how moral panic has infiltrated our country's history from the beginning, and how it rose it's ugly head again in the 80's and 90's. It even lingers today (despite some major research in the right direction) in some legal cases and in politically-fueled phenomena. Cult Liter podcast episode Devil and the Deep Blue Sea episode Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod   Join our Patreon family!   You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/    L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

Join us as we talk to author, attorney, and former CA State Assemblyman, Mike Gatto, about his book Noir By Necessity which covers the unsolved murder of his father here in Los Angeles. If you prefer to watch this conversation, go here! Mike Gatto's Book Mike Gatto's websiteCrime Victim Resources Crime Victim Compensation (CVC) Programs Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Funding National Center for Victims of Crime VictimConnect Helpline  LANSC Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lanotsopod You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/ L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network

It's Dr. Scott's birthday, so why not drop a re-release. This one felt appropriate.  This week, the docs delve into the sequence of events that precipitated the tragic and disastrous "Zoot Suit" riots in Los Angeles. Despite the Zoot Suit riots receiving far less attention than deserved in the annals of the civil rights struggle in the United States, they represent a pivotal moment in both Los Angeles and national history. The docs investigate how the media exacerbated tensions by demonizing the Latino community, while also shedding light on the pervasive racism and marginalization perpetuated by industry and law enforcement through opinion pieces. Harvard Implicit Bias Test Berkshire Podcast Festival You can find all of our resources on our website: https://www.la-not-so-confidential.com/  L.A. Not So Confidential is proud to be part of the Crawlspace Media Network