PODCAST: Cold Facts Hot Takes – Helen Keller

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In episode four of Cold Facts Hot Takes, co-hosts Kayla Mayer and Lauren Price discuss the re-emerging conspiracy viralized on TikTok about deafblind author and activist Helen Keller.

SOURCES
www.perkins.org/history/people/helen-keller&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1618071561531000&usg=AOvVaw3SsmYqlsxecQBTQdLSWlOL
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/07/helen-keller-why-is-a-tiktok-conspiracy-theory-undermining-her-story&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1618071561534000&usg=AOvVaw1xel9m45EapVNPdLL6lN5u
https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/02/helen-keller-tiktok-conspiracy.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1618071561535000&usg=AOvVaw28a7o8suqrvkyxeMf9y4YT
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44461451?seq%3D2%23metadata_info_tab_contents&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1618071561532000&usg=AOvVaw0FfzYaKkxa8PdPQ_zgKg3g
https://www.afb.org/about-afb/history/helen-keller/books-essays-speeches&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1618071561533000&usg=AOvVaw1aMV2c0V2pL_FyfT1h6IPC
View at Medium.com

Kayla Mayer can be reached at maye8518@stthomas.edu.
Lauren Price can be reached at pric5448@stthomas.edu.
Rabia Malik can be reached at mali5345@stthomas.edu.

PODCAST: Cold Facts Hot Takes – The Amityville Horror

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In episode three of Cold Facts Hot Takes, co-hosts Mae Macfarlane and Elijah Todd-Walden discuss the Amityville Horror hauntings, lies and origin story behind the infamous case.

Mae Macfarlane can be reached at macf7507@stthomas.edu.
Elijah Todd-Walden can be reached at todd5861@stthpmas.edu.
Madeline Combs can be reached at comb5953@stthomas.edu.

PODCAST: Cold Facts Hot Takes (S3, E1) – Larry Stylinson

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In the season three premiere of Cold Facts Hot Takes, hosts Mae Macfarlane and Kayla Mayer discuss the popular fan theory Larry Stylinson, the celebrity ship name for Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.

Kayla Mayer can be reached at maye8518@stthomas.edu.
Mae Macfarlane can be reached at macf7507@stthomas.edu.

Source links:
https://heatworld.com/celebrity/news/larry-stylinson-tumblr-fanfic-news-quotes/
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/18/11384118/larry-stylinson-one-direction-conspiracy-theory

https://www.tumblr.com/hazzalovesboo/20290668948/evidence-for-larry-sylinson

https://www.tumblr.com/bulletprooflarry/152071414556/20-october-2015-a-day-in-1d-infamy


https://thecommuniquechs.com/2456/entertainment/harry-styles-and-olivia-wilde-dating-rumors-debunked/

PODCAST: Cold Facts, Hot Takes (S2E1): Bigfoot

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In the season 2 premiere of Cold Facts, Hot Takes, Kayla Mayer and Mae Macfarlane discuss everyone’s favorite cryptid… Bigfoot! They talk about its history and how to go Bigfoot hunting.

Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/bigfoot-legend-newspaper
https://www.history.com/news/bigfoot-fbi-file-investigation-discovery
https://www.seattlenorthcountry.com/blog/the-history-of-bigfoot-and-how-to-find-them/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/
https://www.outsideonline.com/2097161/10-most-convincing-bigfoot-sightings
http://bfro.net/

PODCAST: Cold Facts, Hot Takes (S1E7) – Avril Lavigne/Keanu Reeves

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In episode seven of Cold Facts, Hot Takes, Mae Macfarlane and Kayla Mayer talk about the conspiracies surrounding pop star Avril Lavigne and actor Keanu Reeves.

Links to our sources:

Avril:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1245099/bio
https://www.eonline.com/news/982957/avril-lavigne-finally-responds-to-viral-conspiracy-theory-that-she-died-years-ago
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/r7pebb/was-avril-lavigne-killed-off-and-replaced-with-an-actress
https://psuvanguard.com/was-avril-lavigne-replaced/
https://www.ofuxico.com.br/noticias-sobre-famosos/avril-lavigne-muda-o-nariz/2006/10/20-49333.html
https://youtu.be/bV8fZsQt5ck
https://youtu.be/rJnQ1XZBI5I
http://avrilestamorta.blogspot.com/

Keanu:
https://www.keanuisimmortal.com/
https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/slideshows/arts/celebrities-lookalike-who-might-just-be-immortal/page/2
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000206/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/keanu-reeves-is-too-good-for-this-world
https://www.gq.com/story/the-legend-of-keanu-reeves
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/12/entertainment/keanu-reeves-women/index.html

PODCAST: Cold Facts, Hot Takes (S1E2) — JonBenet Ramsey

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In episode two of Cold Facts, Hot Takes, Kayla Mayer and Mae Macfarlane talk about the unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey and the conspiracies surrounding the case.

Sources:
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jonbenet-ramsey/
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/jonbenet-ramsey/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/11/jonbenet-ramsey-the-brutal-child-that-still-haunts-america/
https://www.thoughtco.com/jonbenet-ramsey-investigation-973290/

New confession:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jonbenet-ramsey-murder-gary-oliva-confession-letters-778025/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/who-killed-jonbenet-ramsey-8-possible-suspects-129125/