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Death of the Pastor's Wife covers the tragic death of Mica Miller, who was (arguably) driven to end her life after suffering under the coersive control of her husband and pastor JP Miller, who had groomed her since she was 13. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocoptimist, is an interesting primer into the type of shit Kim and I are fascinated with and keeping ourselves up at night with. Content Warning for Death of the Pastor's Wife: Coersive control, spousal abuse, suicide. Content Warning for the AI Doc: The end of humanity Watch Death of the Pastor's Wife on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81989322 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wgC1XVGolE Watch The AI Doc on Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPbV3IRe4Y Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPbV3IRe4Y Audio Note: Kim and I recorded in person for this D-Sides and f****d up the recording pretty badly. I spent hours getting it as close to perfect as I could- I apologize for audio fidelity issues and we'll make sure it won't happen again. 0- 3:30 Intro 3:30 - 26:30 Recap 26:30 - 2:10 Death of the Pastors Wife 2:10 - End Quick AI Doc Discussion ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

Watch Idaho Murders: College Nightmare on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81683870 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrUb7JYjAk8 Watch Instadocs: Prediction Games on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/82772143 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_0I8uU4wtc Content Warning for Idaho Murders: Murder. Content Warning for Prediction Games: Gambling Addiction TIMESTAMPS: Intro: 0 - 1 Insta-Intro Recap: 1 - 26 Idaho Murders: 26 - 1:52 Prediction Games: 1:52 - End ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

It's summer, so you know what that means. Murder and cruise disasters! But in all seriousness, Maternal Instinct is a horrifying recounting of the murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn child Braxlynn Sage Hancock by Taylor Parker, who had faked a pregnancy for ten months and was desperate to continue her charade any way possible. Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea describes the events following the Italian super cruise ship Costa Concordia running into some rocks in the Mediterranean in 2012. It tracks several passengers and crew member's experiences that night, but doesn't really go into the aftermath much. Watch the preview for Maternal Instinct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzW61JgRbNk Watch Maternal Instinct: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81766093 Watch the preview for Shipwrecked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWPdwVtVx9Y Watch Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81757898 CONTENT WARNING: Maternal Instinct contains graphic descriptions of the murder of a pregnant woman by a woman who wanted to steal her baby. Proceed with extreme caution. Shipwrecked contains suspenseful scenes and drowning. TIMESTAMPS: 0 -3 Intro 3 - 48:45 Maternal Instinct 48:45 - End Shipwrecked Sources: Notice of Extraneous Offenses: Taylor Parker | PDF | Prison | Criminal Law Internet Historian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/trial-of-costa-concordia-captain-begins-in-italy-a-911838.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150924212412/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/francesco-schettino-jail_n_6663010.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/costa-concordia-trial-was-captain-francesco-schettino-really-the-only-one-at-fault-for-the-disaster-10046725.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/costa-concordia-captain-francesco-schettino-testifies-trial-n259711 ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

The Crash is a brutal re-collection of the fatal crash that killed two young people in Strongsville Ohio in 2022 under extremely bizarre circumstances. Mackenzie Shirilla was driving 100 mph down a suburban road when she hit a brick wall - was it murder or a crazy, awful accident? This episode we are also covering Worst Ex Ever S2E2 featuring Geoffery Paschel from 90 Day Fiance. He definitely qualifies. Watch The Crash on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81941710 Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fODfHjrBz6Y Watch Worst Ex Ever S2E2: https://www.netflix.com/watch/82011634 Preview (For the whole season): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nrk0bGttMU Content Warning For The Crash: Child Death, Suicide Worst Ex: Extremely shocking DV. Time Stamps: 0 -3 Intro 3 - 1:32 The Crash 1:32 - End Worst Ex ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

No. But in all seriousness, this is more complicated a question than it sounds. Should I Marry a Murder follows a Scottish medical examiner, Caroline Muirhead, as she navigates what to do when her fiance tells her that a few years ago he and his twin brother killed a cyclist while drunk driving and buried him in the hills. Yeah. WTF. Naturally she decided to do cocaine and move in with him. Watch Should I Marry a Murderer on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81924891 Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTOgDYEZ-Mg Content Warning: Death, DV Threats, Suicide, Severe Psychosis Time Stamps: 0 -2 Intro 2 - 33 Recap 33 - End Discuss ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

What happens to a community when their religious prophet, an almost god-like figure, is rotting in prison and losing his mind? Well... another piece of shit will almost always swoop in to try and exploit the situation. Trust Me - The False Prophet explores what happened to the fundamentalist Mormon offshoot sect living in Colorado City / Short Creek Arizona after Warren Jeffs went to prison for his innumerable sex crimes. Spoiler: Nothing good. Watch Trust Me On Neflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81758532 Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iPaXgUN0-U CONTENT WARNING: This entire documentary is about a false prophet who uses his position to rape children. TIMESTAMPS: 0 - 3 Intro 3 -25 Recap 25 - End Discuss ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, a feature-length Netflix documentary, follows legendary filmmaker Louis Theroux to Marbella, Miami, and New York as he embeds with some of the most prominent — and extreme — male influencers driving the online "manosphere." Through interviews with Harrison Sullivan (HSTikkyTokky), Justin Waller, Myron Gaines (Fresh and Fit), Ed Matthews, and Sneako, the film examines how these men profit from rage bait, exploit young male audiences with get-rich-quick schemes and misogynistic ideology, and reshape ideas about masculinity — all while revealing the broken homes and absent fathers behind the bravado. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms23FeJWvKU Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of misogyny, homophobia, toxic masculinity, online radicalization of minors, domestic violence, suicide, childhood trauma and neglect, financial exploitation, pseudoscience, and sexual content. Please take care of yourself while listening. Timestamps: 0 - 17:20: Intro 17:20 - End: Recap

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, a three-part docuseries, looks back at the complicated legacy of ANTM through interviews with former contestants and key insiders (including Tyra Banks), revisiting how the show was made, the “iconic” moments it manufactured, and the darker realities behind the scenes — from body scrutiny and racial insensitivity to boundary-crossing production choices and the long aftershocks for the young women who had the least power in the room. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64eaReTHCgc Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of body shaming, disordered eating, racism, sexual harassment, sexual assault, coercive reality-TV production tactics, and blackface. Please take care of yourself while listening. Timestamps: 0 - 9:20: Intro 9:20 - End: Recap ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription?

Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart: This documentary chronicles the 2002 abduction of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart from her family’s home in Utah and follows the nine months she was held captive before her rescue. Told largely through Elizabeth’s own account, with additional perspective from family and investigators, the documentary revisits how the case unfolded publicly, how key leads emerged, and the long aftermath that shaped her life and advocacy work. Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story: Discusses the rise and fallout of Utah life coach Jodi Hildebrandt, whose partnership with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke ended in a child abuse case that exposed how influence, “self-improvement” ideology, and coercive control can escalate inside a family Watch the Trailers:
 Watch on Netflix:
Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart: https://www.netflix.com/title/81744530 Netflix
 Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story: https://www.netflix.com/title/81925846 Netflix Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of child abduction, sexual violence, coercive control, religious extremism/high-control belief systems, child abuse, and emotional/psychological manipulation. Please take care of yourself while listening. Timestamps: 0 - 8 Intro 8 - 1:58 Elizabeth Smart 1:58 - 2:20 - Evil Influencer ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

This month on D-Sides we cover two different Netflix documentaries, one which deals with boat murder. (Why are there so many deaths at sea? Why?) The Carman Family Deaths on Netflix digs into the bizarre case of a wealthy New England family torn apart by tragedy at sea and the complicated, unresolved investigation into what really happened. Netflix Sean Combs: The Reckoning on Netflix is a four-part docuseries produced by 50 Cent that revisits the life and criminal conviction of Sean “Diddy” Combs, with a special focus on Episode 4 and how the trial unfolded. Netflix Timestamps Intro: 0 – 5:30
Carman Family Deaths: 5:30 – 1:39:00 Sean Combs: The Reckoning: 1:39:00 - End Trigger Warning: Violence, homicide, sexual assault, abuse. Watch the previews / trailers The Carman Family Deaths — Official Trailer:
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/videos/the-carman-family-deaths-trailer Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Official Teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGyKtVA6ntI

It’s a double feature this month!

The Perfect Neighbor follows the shooting of Ajike Owens and the self-defense claim that shook Florida. We break down the case, the Stand Your Ground angle, and why a recent Jacksonville investigation makes it even more troubling. Then we cover Rebel Royals — a royal love story that turns into crystals, grifting, and pure chaos. Princess Märtha Louise and “Shaman Durek” say they’re misunderstood spiritual rebels. We say it’s one of the worst docs we’ve watched. Trailers: The Perfect Neighbor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNp85HGJtoo Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39d7dreq6GA Content Warning Gun violence, racism, murder, exploitation. Timestamps: 0 - 8:30 - Intro 9 - 1:32:30 - The Perfect Neighbor 1:33 - end - Rebel Royals Sources: https://sykepleien.no/2019/10/sykepleiers-bokanmeldelse-stoppet-sjaman-durek https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/durek-verrett-sier-han-har-kontakt-med-ari-behn-han-ber-meg-hilse-til-barna/304836 https://www.nettavisen.no/livsstil/durek-verrett-hevder-han-kan-rense-kvinner-som-har-hatt-mange-sexpartnere/s/12-95-3423857052 https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/sjaman-durek-verrett-star-frem-som-reptil/740864 https://www.nettavisen.no/livsstil/durek-verrett-erklarer-seg-selv-som-romvesen-og-gar-til-angrep-pa-5g-nettet/s/5-95-311994 https://www.newsner.no/de-kongelige/jeg-visste-at-twin-towers-kom-til-a-falle-to-ar-for-9-11-men-alle-ma-akseptere-sin-egen-skjebne/ https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jacksonville-homicides-police-self-defense-cca7c1ed ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Other Links: Leave us a review: https://realitycraycray.com/review-us Listen to Our Intro Song Playlist: https://realitycraycray.com/playlist Support our sponsors and save money: https://realitycraycray.com/ad-codes Gift a Subscription: https://realitycraycray.com/gift

AKA Charlie Sheen is an engaging and entertaining watch, but who is this for? Is it just the latest in the 90's nostalgia trend of streaming documentaries lately, is this Charlie starting a redemption arc, or is there something more to this? Was Sean Penn ever a sane person? We discuss. Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqQUvfsavO4 Watch AKA Charlie Sheen on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/82052729 Content Warning DRUGS. Overdoses, etc, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Suicide. Timestamps: 0 - 2 Intro 2 - 37 Recap 37 - End Discussion ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

Fit for TV: The Reality of the Bigger Loser chronicles the super-hit show The Biggest Loser, which ran for 18 seasons on prime time network TV. The Biggest Loser wasn't just an inspiring story of people getting healthy and losing weight - it was basically a torture camp that put people's health at risk, and, ultimately - didn't work. As a documentary, we thought it was sub-par, but obviously there is a ton to talk about, we hope you enjoy! Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQGCPZ2VC0c Watch Fit for TV on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81670924 Content Warning This is an episode about extreme weight-loss, fat shaming, and diet culture. It will be extremely triggering for some people. Timestamps: 0 - 4 Intro 4 - 33 Recap 33 - End Discussion ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

Thinking about going on a cruise? Maybe skip this one. Trainwreck: Poop Cruise is... well... it's what it sounds like. A good time as a viewer, bad time as a passenger. Amy Bradley is Missing - not so fun, but a fascinating and chilling documentary about someone who went missing on a cruise with her family 27 years ago, and whose whereabouts are still unknown. Poop Cruise Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p81PafZ2d_8 Watch Poop Cruise on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81763679 Amy Bradley Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKX5zhoYsmU Watch Amy Bradley is Missing on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81781094 Content Warning for Amy Bradley is Missing: Sex Trafficking Suicide Murder Timestamps: 0 - 3 Intro 3 - 39 Recap 39 - End Discussion ===================================== Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq

Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster is probably the most predicted documentary of all time, and it does a decent job getting into the nitty-gritty of how this happened. In a word: Ego. Well... I guess two, 'physics' might have played a slight role. Watch Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81712178 Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplcmrxZMyo CW: Thalassophobia Timestamps: 0 - 2 Intro 2 - 28 Recap 28 - End Discussion Competing HBO Doc on Titan: https://www.max.com/movies/implosion-the-titanic-sub-disaster/6fb172ef-8a64-4cc5-a489-32e7df7a1c4e ============================ Thank you for being a Reality Cray Cray subscriber! Questions about your subscription? https://realitycraycray.com/faq