"If we were trying to create a civilization to enhance mental illness, we couldn't do a lot better than the one we've created now"- Sebastian Junger

"It is easier to build strong children, than repair broken men"- Frederick Douglass

"If your friends all jump off a cliff, would you jump too?"- Unknown

Sources:

Australian Bureau of Statistics website abs.gov.au

covid-19-au.com

worldometers.info/coronavirus

https://publish.illinois.edu/clair-patterson/history-of-lead-use-in-america/

https://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antivaxer

Eric Bischoff Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/n2RCT6Li4UQ?si=z_26hdX-X9gaaoVw

Today's episode is half true crime from the 1993 child murders case of West Memphis and half propaganda analysis and is best paired with the Paradise Lost documentary series. Most of the clips you'll hear cut into this recording are taken from the 3 movies, at times I do speak as if the listener has already seen the films and I apologise for that as the wording can make it difficult to follow without having first seen these films.

WARNING- GRAPHIC CONTENT

The details of the crime discussed in this episode are without a doubt some of if not the most gruesome things I've ever heard of happening to anyone let alone children. As they say in the closing statements "This case is gonna mark everyone that's been involved in it for life, it will affect you." I don't speak of the details until well into the recording and give plenty of warning prior. To avoid them I'd invite you to turn off this episode around an hour and a half in.

Sources and further reading: http://callahan.mysite.com/