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Details about Elizabeth Smarts kidnapping and how she overcame it.
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A 25-year-old estate agent disappears in 1992 on a routine house viewing in the West Midlands. Andy Whittaker and criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw look back on all the twists in this sinister story with a mixture of contemporary interviews, audio drama and BBC archive. There’s graphic descriptions of violence. For details of help and support in the UK, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. Michael Sams is played by Anthony Lewis. Julie Dart is played by Joanne Moore. Producer: Andy Whittaker. Onlin ...
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A college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
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An undercover police officer is unmasked by the friends and lovers he was sent to spy on.توسط BBC Local Radio
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Was Babette's relationship with the Judge and Billie a polyamorous triad? Did Babette commit suicide? Wouldn't Babette's story be better told by someone less cis? Babette's house sounds super creepy, was it haunted? You share a lot of personal bodily details about Babette. Isn't that disrespectful? Was Babette aware the FBI surveilled her? What was…
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This final chapter includes details from Babette's FBI files and other supporting documentation that completes some gaps in her story. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Near the end of silver trolling season, a chance dive bar encounter in Sitka loops back an unexpected figure from Babette's obsessions. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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At long last I read Babette's favorite book during a longlining season in the Gulf of Alaska. I become struck with its appropriateness while writing about our times together. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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A poorly planned memorial to Babette is disrupted by emergency croquet with gutterpunks. Following an auto theft, another kidnapping unfolds. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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After concluding final affairs, I make a final tour of Babette's house before ending my residence and moving on. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette's lawyers encounter difficulties and Bonnie Church brings me a surprising gift. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Following Babette's wishes, Zoya and I scour the house and eliminate Canadian material yet many other items come to light only deepening the mysteries. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Following Babette's sensational demise, Roselyn reveals her true identity. I also meet Babette's third wife and the Ellsworth family becomes inadvertently involved in the complex situation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette invites several favorite students over for a dinner party and afterward viewing one of her favorite films, Babette's Feast. She reveals her final scheme for tricking a church into honoring Hitler. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette discovers a long lost relative and begins strategizing their reunion. She also receives an alarming email from Canada as the game with Mother Superior ignites. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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After 9/11 delays Babette's return from France, she spends the holidays with my family in Seattle while suppressing her usual urges toward shocking people. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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While Babette summers in France, Zoya and I play house and she poses a question that allow one final moment of bliss before the world changes forever. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette's friend Bonnie from Canada visits and we exchange information. I learn even more about the mysterious Benedictine convent. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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I spend a night out with Annakiya introducing Zoya to the local stripping scene, yet things take an unexpected turn. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette invites an old colleague out to view the film Chocolat, as her church harshly criticized it. I learn more about her life pre-transition and receive another warning. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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A visit from my friend James leads to Babette turning her anger against me for the first time. We negotiate a new understanding, yet our relationship feels newly tenuous. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette invites my friend and choreographer Buenaventura over for dinner. We entertain her with incidents from past performances and afterward I explain to him some of the cognitive dissonance necessary in my living situation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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My friend Annakiya invites me out for an evening of cruelty voyeurism which leads to some tense moments during a sex scam operation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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On a luxury train trip together, Babette finally reveals more information about her Canadian convent. She admits to a secret scheme involving Mother Superior. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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We visit Yakima again to see Babette's favorite pianist, but before the performance, her hospital injury returns, causing the lease relaxing Jacuzzi episode in my life. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette awakens me under alarming circumstances and a bloody adventure ensues. We traumatize a Wong's Garden waitress after I break her out of the hospital. The following night another nocturnal adventure ruins my sleep. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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I begin dance rehearsals as the Dance SS and lead an impromptu teenage mob against a Democrat Party fundraising event featuring the band Everclear and an anarchist drum line. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Annakiya invites me out for an evening and lets me observe her operate. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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While out dancing, I'm invited to take part in a Nazi themed gay dance performance. I find out more details on a late night political postering mission funded by the Reform Party who seeks to solve global crisis using transcendental meditation. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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A strange encounter in my creative writing class leads to another bizarre friendship. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette buys a hot tub and details life after her forced emigration from France. She describes falling in love with Billie Shoemaker, the wife of a prominent local judge. Judge Raymond Shoemaker came from the early 20th century freethinker movement and was best known as a fierce proponent of police accountability during his many years on the bench.…
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I go out dancing solo at the Tonic Lounge and encounter a nocturnal jazzpunk from LA named Salazar Manilla. With his roommate Zoya, we dumpster dive on the way to the Civic, a notorious tenement building downtown. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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Bebette's friend Naomi spells out some obvious realities I'd missed regarding Babette's identity and my doomed relationship implodes. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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My failings as a romantic partner are on full display and Babette dismays at my clueless efforts. A friend of hers moves into our house over Thanksgiving. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette and I host our first dinner party together and she describes her favorite escargot recipe before pulling a wine switch on our guests. Afterward I invite a classmate out dancing to my favorite gothic club and we spend an unforgettable evening together. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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Babette's enthusiasm for cinema leads to a late night dessert mission and political discussion. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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A weekend visit to hear the Seattle symphony in Yakima exposes more of Babette's eccentricities. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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I hear more sensational stories about Babette's childhood in Europe during WWII from the Indian-Axis volunteers under Subhas Chandra Bose, her cousin little Foulques enlisting in the Waffen SS, Vichy collaboration amongst de Lareinty-Tholozon family members and how she survived the end of the war. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-…
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Babette takes me on a trip to the old Rajneesh compound, now under Young Life management, and begins stirring up trouble. We spend time exploring the high desert and my professor sustains a strange injury. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette tells me about her relationship with the old Rajneesh Puram commune in Oregon. Our religious conversations lead to her favorite biblical historian S.G.F. Brandon and his excellent research on the subject. She presses me to read Jesus and the Zealots as an introduction. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: ag…
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My professor discovers DVD technology and we embark on a trip to Music Millennium in search of some operas. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Babette reveals the curious circumstances involving her teenage birth mother Mildred Sweet-Holm in Yakima, plus the involvement of Germaine Bonnefont and Robert Brown Sr. The saga leads from upper class French society to revolutionary Ireland in 1919 and winds through the rural Northwest. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 o…
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I create a detailed list of overstocked pantry items and confront Babette with her hoarding. She reluctantly acknowledges food storage has become a problem and we arrive at a creative solution. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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My professor expands on her love for Marcus Aurelius. While dining at the golf course nearby, a dark view into my professor's childhood is exposed. Content warning: child abuse If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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I discover Babette maintains her relationships between multiple churches the way some lovers conceal affairs. If that isn't enough, she also announces her intention of joining a convent in Canada. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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An Anton Bruckner symphony disrupts our neighborhood and I learn more details about my professor's mysterious past. It seems incredible that a French woman would express sympathy for WWII era Germany. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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I move into Babette's house and navigate a bizarre situation on her doorstep. I take up residence in the basement pantry surrounded by endless drygoods and an immense model train table. We set up some expectations for our new relationship. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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Dr. Ellsworth deepens our relationship and invites me to visit Mt. Angel Abby. I am escorted into her museum-like house which contains an extensive library. The very next day after class she extends a serious offer. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com…
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I begin attending Portland Community College and encounter an unusual history professor with terrible driving skills. She invites me out for lunch and I begin discovering more strange aspects about Dr. Ellsworth. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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The story rewinds to 1998 as I abandon a questionable living situation in Seattle and ride my motorcycle south to embark on new adventures. I move into a boarding house in the suburb of Gresham with an unemployed trucker across the hall who befriends me. Misfortunes soon abound, yet despite losing multiple vehicles, Portland isn't the worst place t…
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Portland. The year 2000. A subculture youth encounters a bloody hospital scene and becomes faced with a wrenching decision. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.comتوسط Ross Eliot
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Trauma expert Stephen Regel discusses what Stephanie went through mentally later life. Stephanie also explains some of this in her interview with Andy Whittaker before she died. Also, former police officer Ellie Baker explains the significance of Michael Sams’ typewriter and there’s a dive into the true crime archives to look at other kidnappings w…
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Dr Miriam Stoppard is overcome with emotion after learning that she helped to save Stephanie’s life through a book she wrote. Also, Stephanie’s best friend Stacey Kettner explains how Michael Sams set a trap for Stephanie in his Newark workshop to test her. Producer: Andy Whittaker.Online Producer: Rachael Smith.Executive Editor, BBC Radio Nottingh…
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