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The Zed Team. An unholy crew of misfits that turned on one of their own.Research - Hagar BarakPatreon - www.patreon.com/darktopicpodSOURCES :i. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-facebook-injuries-13206066ii. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-40324334iii. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/03/cultish-neighbours-tortured-and-killed-tyneside-man-jury-told-jimmy-proutiv. https://metro.co.uk/2017/06/27/killers-jailed-for-life-for-boiling-mans-testicle-and-forcing-him-to-eat-it-6738376/v. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-39794370vi. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-35907061vii. https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/20/ex-wishes-she-could-say-sorry-to-dad-forced-to-eat-his-own-testicle-8157848/viii. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6406371/Cult-victims-ex-girlfriend-reveals-agony-not-able-save-him.htmlix. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7722572/dangerous-uk-cults/x. https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/the-murder-of-jimmy-proutxi. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-trial-live-13006731xii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/police-increasingly-concerned-man-woman-11099701xiii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-trial-live-12978134xiv. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/story-jimmy-prout-dad-two-13206598xv. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/truth-cult-killer-zahid-zaman-13218270xvi. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/he-like-poison-estate-residents-13205442xvii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/wheelchair-bound-puppetmaster-behind-jimmy-13205337xviii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-shields-death-cult-how-13205619Stay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/darktopic* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Truck Stop Killer. Robert Ben Rhoades.This episode was co-written by Tyler Bell of The Westside Fairytales Podcast. Visit www.westsidefairytales.com for some horror fiction in podcast form.Research Credit: Doctor BarakMusic Credit: Tyler Jakes - Woodchips & Pouty Lips. www.tylerjakes.comFor DT Merch and more, visit www.darktopicpodcast.comSources:ARTICLES: https://www.gq.com/story/truck-stop-killer-gq-november-2012The author of this article was a teenage runaway hitchhiking at truck stops during the time when Rhoades was active. She had a scary encounter with a man who she later came to suspect was Rhoades, and she goes to attempt to verify her suspicion. It’s a good read with lots on insights into hitchhiking in the ‘80shttps://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/the-haunting-case-of-robert-ben-rhoades-truck-stop-muderer.htmlhonestly, I cannot attest to the journalistic credentials of truck driver jobs, but they do have a refreshing angle, in that they don’t assume that truck drivers are, in general, a bunch of creepy psychos.https://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/truck-stop-killer-robert-ben-rhoades-ex-wife-recounts-time-with-serial-killer-and-rapist/basically, a link to the ID interviewhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-trucker-traveling-torture-chamber-admits-murders/story?id=16037743on the 2012 trialhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2223778/The-night-I-murdered-truck-stop-serial-killer-One-woman-tells-story-survival.htmlVanessa Veselka, who wrote the GQ article, got covered in the DM! so you know it’s truehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9175140/Torture-chamber-trucker-sentence-to-life-in-prison.htmlsummary of the case on after the 2012 trialhttps://healthpsychologyconsultancy.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/making-of-a-monster-robert-ben-rhoades/ An interview with a psychologist who specialized in childhood abuse (who did not interview Rhoades but did review the material) on the events that may have contributed to create this serial killer.http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Rhodes,%20Robert%20Ben%20spring%202007.pdf Behold a timeline of his life events (that are related to his murders) recorded by students at the psychology department at Radford: (I will be checking this against the other sources to ascertain its reliability, since, just to start with, they misspelled ‘Council Bluffs, Iowa’)VIDEOS:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21lu4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1H3_aQhTgStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/darktopic* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Herb Baumeister, using the alias "Brian Smart", is on the hunt. . He drives his blue Buick out to the city most evenings, and brings home men whenever his wife and kids aren't home. Which, as a result of his deteriorating facade, is quite often these days.Sourceshttps://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121http://www.peoplespressindy.org/2018/12/29/herb-baumeister-the-fiend-of-westfield/https://people.com/archive/while-julie-was-away-vol-46-no-26/https://www.learning-history.com/herb-baumeister/https://www.ranker.com/list/herb-baumeister-murder-facts/jessika-gilberthttp://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Baumeister,%20Herb%20-%20fall,%202005.pdfhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/21146253/the_indianapolis_star/VideoHerb Raccoon - Wish TV Archive Files - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuj30TsMQ0Paranormal - Knocker "BUG" (19:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdr4AsJxAk&t=1167sGhost Adventures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVScfTTI1w&t=318sBooksWhere the Bodies are Buried, St Martin’s True CrimeYou Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm/Ryan Green, Ryan Green PublishingStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/darktopic* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Herb Baumeister was an odd boy who grew up to become a successful, well respected family and business man. Maybe most impressive, Herb achieved his dreams while leading a double life as a gay man, and moonlighting as a prolific serial killer. Part 1.Research - Hagar BarakMusic - Tyler Jakes - www.tylerjakes.comPatreon - www.patreon.com/darktopicpodWebsite - www.darktopicpodcast.comSourceshttps://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121http://www.peoplespressindy.org/2018/12/29/herb-baumeister-the-fiend-of-westfield/https://people.com/archive/while-julie-was-away-vol-46-no-26/https://www.learning-history.com/herb-baumeister/https://www.ranker.com/list/herb-baumeister-murder-facts/jessika-gilberthttp://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Baumeister,%20Herb%20-%20fall,%202005.pdfhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/21146253/the_indianapolis_star/Books-Where the Bodies are Buried, St Martin’s True Crime-You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm/Ryan Green, Ryan Green PublishingStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/darktopic* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy