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Looking in from the outside, she had it all. A loving husband who doted on her, a career as a romance author, a comfortable life and home. But she wanted more, and she left dozens of clues to her deadly plans in plain sight for years before taking her husband's life. 

Writer of 'How to Murder Your Husband' now on trial in her husband's killing

Nancy Brophy, romance novelist who wrote "How to Murder Your Husband," found guilty of murdering her husband - CBS News

'How to Murder Your Husband' writer Nancy Crampton Brophy found guilty of murder : NPR

Nancy Crampton-Brophy case: Request to seal court documents - DocumentCloud

Former cellmate of Crampton-Brophy testifies in murder trial | KATU  

Pamplin Media Group - Vigil honors 'Chef Brophy' after fatal shooting

Nancy Crampton-Brophy sentenced to life in prison for murder of chef husband  

When a fetish turns deadly, DC homes are turned into smoking piles rubble in the wake of a man named Thomas Sweatt. 

DC Area Serial Arsonist | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

Letters From an Arsonist 

'As with most sociopaths, he likes to brag': An investigator recalls DC's deadly serial arsonist - The Washington Post 

Southeast DC - Millie

The horrifying, brutal murder of Matthew Shepard sparked an international debate over what should or should not be considered a hate crime. 

Our Story - Matthew Shepard Foundation 

The Murder of Matthew Shepard | WyoHistory.org 

Matthew Shepard | Biography, Death, Legacy, & Facts | Britannica 

Matthew Shepard Murder: A Chronology 

Matthew Shepard: The murder that changed America - BBC News 

Wyoming - the Land That the Roaring '90s Forgot - CSMonitor.com 

Murderer: “Matt Shepard needed killing”

Join the Brookes down the rabbit hole that is the horrifying Project MKUltra. Cold War feared gripped the hearts and minds of all as titans faced off against one another, and commonsense fled in their wake. Once good men reacted to these threats and soon found themselves embroiled in schemes of illegal, involuntary human experimentation and torture. Shrouded in mystery and hearsay, MKUltra is a paranoia inducing nightmare that truly happened and we can't help wondering what else may be going on under our noses even today!  

PROJECT MKULTRA, THE CIA'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION JOINT HEARING

“There's Something Rotten in Denmark:” Frank Olson and the Macabre Fate of a CIA Whistleblower in the Early Cold War

LSD - Alcohol and Drug Foundation

The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief' 

In the second and final part of our dive into the wildness that was the Order of the Solar Temple, we see the group take a hard left into very scary behavior and malicious manipulations that ended in tragedy in the 90's. If any of the warning signs of cult tactics or behaviors sounded personally familiar to yourself or about someone you care for, please see the resources below for links to organizations that can help in the process of helping to identify and hopefully leave destructive groups. 

Cult Education Institute 

Dare to Doubt 

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the difference between a religion and a cult?—Hopes&Fears 

How to identify a cult: Six tips from an expert - CBS News 

The Order of the Solar Temple 

Order of the Solar Temple | New Religious Movement | Britannica 

An Apocalyptic Vision Finds a Logical, Tragic End : Religion: Solar Temple members foresaw environmental doom as the post-Cold War end.

In Pt. 1 of this two part series on the Order of the Solar Temple, we discuss the tangled history of religions and cults and how to identify one. Brooke struggles with "Franch" pronunciations and we meet the key players in this tragic tale of when faith turns murderous.

the difference between a religion and a cult?—Hopes&Fears

How to identify a cult: Six tips from an expert - CBS News  

The Order of the Solar Temple Order of the Solar Temple | New Religious Movement | Britannica

An Apocalyptic Vision Finds a Logical, Tragic End : Religion: Solar Temple members foresaw environmental doom as the post-Cold War end.. 

Evil can take many forms... and sometimes it chooses to take the form of a 13 year old, red headed, be-speckled child. The death of four year old Derrick Robie will haunt our minds, and the hearts of the citizens of Steuben County to this day. 

People v. Smith, 217 AD2d 221 | Casetext Search + Citator 

Boy's death grieves NY town arrest is even more shocking Teen's confession stuns neighbors 

A Big-City Horror in a Small Town - The New York Times 

Eric Smith was 13 when he murdered a child. Now he's back in the headlines. - CBS News 

Difference Between First and Second Degree Murder? - FindLaw 

Huntley Hearing Law and Legal Definition | USLegal, Inc. 

Parents of Derrick Robie, the 4-year-old beaten killed 27 years ago say that they can now move on | Daily Mail Online