Haunted, Hopeful, and Traumatized Dolls (with Creative Sobriety)

Grab your towel animal, your bottomless daiquiri, and your basic human rights waiver, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of cruise ship horror stories. From the infamous “poop cruise” where passengers slept in sewage, to the final ship before COVID where people were locked in cabins while the virus spread like a nightmare… to the women who boarded and were never seen again- we’re setting sail into the absurd, the disgusting, and the unsolved. And don’t worry, I saw Titanic 13 times in theaters, so if the idea of this episode emotionally nauseates you? Just know- I’ve been preparing for this since 1997.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your court transcripts, your conspiracy corkboard, and a very strong cup of coffee, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of June’s wildest crimes, trials, acquittals, disappearances, and internet-fueled chaos. Trigger warning because this one contains everything from sexual assault to pet death to missing children to Stockholm syndrome and Twitter serial killers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your consent forms (but don’t sign them yet) and your government-issued fetal monitoring bracelet, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of what happens when people aren’t treated like people but like data, vessels, and experiments. The body keeps the score- even when it’s for medical horror stories. From Adriana Smith, kept alive against her will to serve as a human incubator under Georgia’s abortion laws, to Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were stolen, immortalized, and monetized without her knowledge or family’s consent, this episode unpacks the long, horrifying legacy of unethical medical research in America. We’ll walk through the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, the Holmesburg Prison experiments, the HIV-tainted blood scandal that infected kids like Ryan White, while the government spent more money on the Tylenol murders than AIDS research. And this isn’t ancient history, it’s happening today- not just with Adriana Smith, or Terri Schiavo as a human prop before her but with forced sterilizations, CRISPR babies, and what happens when “the greater good” doesn’t include you. This isn’t an anti-science episode. I’m pro-science, but not when the most marganilzed among us have to die for it. And in a world where women, people of color, and the poor are still being used, sometimes even after death- it’s more important than ever to ask: Who gets to be a patient? And who’s just a test subject?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Hello neighbors, lovers, friends, and anyone watching two of the most vile men in the world implode in real time. I’m Daniela Scrima and this is Broads Next Door Grab your keyboard, your ketamine and Andy Cohen because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the first break-up of Pride Month & we’re doing it in a way that would make any housewife proud, for a country that feared women could start WW3 over menstrual cramps- it’s The Real Housewives of Politics- Elon Musk vs. Donald J. Trump.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your bone broth and maybe a raw testicle if you’re feeling ambitious, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of the Liver King, the carnivore craze, and what happens when health becomes not just a religion but a cult that lives inside your head.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Get a box of tissues, and your strongest emotional armor, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of one the darkest kinds of killer- the family annihilator. Often pretending to be the perfect dad, the perfect spouse until they lose control and everyone pays the price. Chris Watts, Josh Powell, John List & the more recent horrifying crimes that continue. Why does this happen? How are there more annihilators than school shooters? And how do we change a system that blames women and children for their own deaths? CW: child abuse, child death, sexual assault, domestic violence, suicide Sources:Men Who Murder Their Families: What the Research Tells Ushttps://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/230412.pdfFamilicide: When Domestic Abusers Kill Their Families and Sometimes, Themselveshttps://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/identifying-abuse/familicide-when-domestic-abusers-kill-their-families-and-sometimes-themselvesThe Scandalous Truth about Nichol Kessingerhttps://youtu.be/QiJFUHELNCk?si=5zQgrfnRL2F2Wc0AAnnie Elise, 10 to LifeChris & Shannan Watts appeared to be in love https://youtu.be/QiJFUHELNCk?si=5zQgrfnRL2F2Wc0AABC NewsWhat are family annihilators https://youtu.be/kHhL0tUeojk?si=-vL1BJaxNMWuX0rFNetflix The Watts Family Tragedyhttps://youtu.be/dSI_5IuhsHI?si=3xYofOuqbNsHoN6eLMNBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your phone charger, your doomscroll thumb brace, and your latest screen time report because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of why the internet doesn’t feel dead but undead, how we became social media zombies, and why we can’t stop scrolling. What is this doing to our brains- and worse, what is it doing to our futures and the next generations? Will friendships be replaced by an always flattering AI or can the internet ever going back to being a place instead of something that just exists in our phones?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Turn off CourtTV and take a break to listen to me catch up on all things true crime from last week. From the tragic drowning of Trig Kiser, the disappearance of Lily & Jack Sullivan, Kohberger Defense delays, Kid Cudi’s testimony in the Diddy Trial and what’s going on with the Karen Read juryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Put your hair in soft curls and get ready for some ketamine therapy, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of why we love Mormons on television and why I binged Season 2 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives in one sitting like I was performing a sacred riteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your tiny plastic tea set, your irrational attachment to Samantha’s velvet holiday dress, and maybe an extra rosary, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of dolls with baggage (with some help from Kristen Bear of Creative Sobriety) From the American Girl historical trauma pipeline to the haunted legends of Robert and Annabelle, we’re busting out our broken babydoll memories and trying to understand why we wanted harrowing backstories instead of pristine BarbiesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.