That's So Fcked Up

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That's So Fcked Up is a true crime lite podcast primarily about cults, but also murder and other generally awful things. TSFU brings you enthralling stories while looking at what causes them to happen. Join host Ashley Love Richards as she and her various co-hosts discuss what inspires people to do the awful things that they do. Nature? Nurture? Society? Let's investigate from our couches together!

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TSFU UPDATES, RECS AND PREVIEWS: OJ's Dead, "Baby Reindeer" is Phenomenal and Kundalini Yoga is Awful

Apr 20 2024 62 mins  
Happy Saturday friends! This week's episode is a bit late because there's so much up to date info in it!OJ is dead, as most of you probably know. Ash gives the deets surrounding his death. If you'd like to hear our previous episode on the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, that episode is available exclusively to Patrons here.Netflix's Baby Reindeer is a phenomenal sh

TRENDING TOPIC: Synanon- Drug Rehab Turned Dangerous Cult

Apr 17 2024 90 mins  
Note: This episode originally aired in December 2022.There has been a recent resurgence of talk about the Synanon organization, thanks in part to documentaries released on Max and Paramount+. So we decided to reach back to December 2022 for a re-release of our Synanon episode.Synanon started out as an alternative to AA, a rehab program for "dope fiends", but quickly turned into a s

TSFU: Ep. 151- Unqualified AF: Dr. Phil and Decades of Destruction

Apr 12 2024 69 mins  
Where do we even start with "Dr." flipping Phil. He's not a licensed anything, accept for a-hole, and hasn't been for years. He's known for berating and being abusive towards guests, enabling victims of addiction, exploiting mental illness, and maybe best of all, sending multiple kids to Troubled Teen institutions.✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays inste

TSFU PRESENTS: Sinister Sects- Ep. 2: Shen Yun and Falun Gong

Apr 09 2024 71 mins  
Have you seen the colorful ads enticing you to come experience "China before Communism" through the art of song and dance at a Shen Yun performance? What about the far-right wing newspaper "The Epoch Times" that preaches misogynistic, racist, homophobic and prejudiced views? They're both owned by the dangerous cult of Falun Gong which Ash tells Caitlyn and Lindsey about this week!C

TSFU: Ep. 150- Mysterious Deaths: The Disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon

Apr 05 2024 59 mins  
In 2014, two friends named Kris Kremers (21) and Lisanne Froone (22) headed from their home in the Netherlands to Panama to go on a trip to go sightseeing, and with the goal of doing community service. On April 1st, they left their host family’s house in Panama to go on hike and disappeared in the forests of Panama.✨If you wanna get your TSFU episodes ad free and on Tuesdays in

TSFU PRESENTS: Sinister Sects- Ep. 1: Project Modern Day Knight

Apr 02 2024 57 mins  
TSFU Presents is BACK! This season Ash is joined by various friends from other awesome indie podcasts! Our first episode is with Alecia Watson from Twisted & Uncorked! Ash and Alecia go down the Project Modern Day Knight rabbit hole, PMDK is an $18,000 bootcamp for men who wants to go from beta boy to Alpha Man. It's a toxic masculinity mess... here we go!This is the first seas

PATREON EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK: Ash Learns The Bible- Ep. 10: Easter Eggs and Crucification

Mar 29 2024 16 mins  
✨If you want to hear the rest of this episode and ALL FOURTEEN of the other Bible episodes, join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month! We started this segment over a year ago with Genesis (the first book, for my other Biblically-challenged friends)!✨Happy Good Friday! That works as a special holiday greeting to our friends who celebrate and also just a nice greeting for ever

TRENDING TOPIC: "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV", Nickelodeon Nightmare

Mar 27 2024 110 mins  
"The untold story of the toxic and abusive environment inside '90s kids' TV; hearing harrowing accounts from former child stars and crew who probe the balance of power in the industry and reveal an era that inflicted lasting wounds still felt today." - Investigation DiscoveryAsh and Fallon dig into the new docu-series "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV". Ash summarizes the fou

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: Back to the Very Beginning with Lilith and Eve- Ash Learns the Bible

Mar 26 2024 44 mins  
It's Women's History Month and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than to talk about the OG women of like... the entire world (according to some), Lilith and Eve! Haven't heard of Lilith? It's because she was pretty naughty, so we're excited to introduce her to you!In Ash's first ever Bible lesson back in 2022, former co-host Michelle took Ash back to the very beginning

TSFU: Ep 149- Starvation Heights: Linda Hazzard aka "The Starvation Doctor"

Mar 22 2024 55 mins  
Linda Hazzard billed herself as a "fasting specialist" despite no formal medical degree and little training. She believed that all diseases came from food, and starving was the only cure. She opened her “sanitarium” in Olalla, Washington in the early 1900s, calling it Wilderness Heights. But residents of the small town called it "Starvation Heights" because of the countless pat