That's So Fcked Up

May 03 2024 243
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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 INTERVIEWS: Author and Cult Survivor Shelly Snow Pordea

May 03 2024 63 mins  
WE HAVE A NEW SEGMENT, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST OF THREE THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT! WE PRESENT TO YOU "TSFU INTERVIEWS..."! This is a new segment where Ash, Fallon and friend of the podcast Chauntee Pitts will interview survivors, authors and all sorts of other incredible guests!In this first conversation, Ash and Shelly Snow Pordea discuss Shelly's new book, 'The Cheating Wife,

TSFU UPDATES: Ash Relapsed and AA Sucks, Mental Health Stuff and Shanin Blake Shenanigans

Apr 29 2024 30 mins  
Hi friends! This episode is a hodgepodge of updates around our mental health, Ash's recent lapse in sobriety and why she's glad she's not in AA, and what's happening on TSFU in the coming weeks. We've got a special interview and Patrons are getting a brand-spanking new episode of Ash Learns the Bible!Ash also kicks off the show telling Fallon about a problematic singer that she rec

TRENDING TOPIC: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, Murderous Doomsday Couple

Apr 28 2024 104 mins  
Note: this episode originally aired in September 2021. Chad Daybell is currently on trial and the episode starts with an update of what's happened since our original episode aired.Cam covered the story of Lori Vallow and her fifth husband Chad Daybell, and the disappearance of several of those around them. Daybell is the author of several Doomsday books and was the leader of a smal

TSFU PRESENTS PREVIEW: Kundalini Yoga... and Some Updates on OJ's Death and Netflix's "Baby Reindeer"

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