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S1E9 - BURIED TRUTH S1E9

What Happened?

Episode Notes

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The hosts share what Ricky’s siblings believe happened, what a pair of Ricky’s cousins believe happened, and what they believe happened when he died.

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Content warning: This podcast contains graphic content, discussion of criminal conduct, cultlike practices, and animal abuse, and descriptions of sexual assault, risk taking, and abuse, including abuse of children. Each episode will feature at least one if not all of these potential triggers, in order to share Ricky’s story in its true context. Note that even the language used in descriptions can be triggering. Most personal names* and geographical names* in this podcast have been changed, due to the subject matter, and because of questions about whether a crime was committed. In addition, most non-host comments were made in writing and so are voiced here by family, friends, and Boston-area actors Tom Call, Gamalia Pharms, and Jackie Silva.

Resources:

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Decades Of Deceit Chap 01 (all chapters are on YouTube.com)

JW.org, on atonement

Kroll, M. W., et al., “Acute forces required for datal compression asphyxia: A biomechanical model and historal comparisons,” Medicine, Science and the Law, 2017, 57(2):61-68

New World Bible Translation Committee, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Philadelphia and International Bible Students Association; copyright ©1961, 1981, 1984, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.

(Image) Nude Man Ascending a Ladder Nude man ascending a ladder, Calisphere, University of Southern California. Consulted March 4, 2026.

PeopleSearch.com, to help track down people with whom we’d lost touch

permies.com, for discussion of baling twine (Differences between rope making and twine making (SKIP) (pep-textiles forum at permies)

reddit.com, for discussion of knots (r/knots)

Sah, B., Yadav, B. N., and Jha, S., “A case report of Traumatic Asphyxia,” Journal of College of Medical Sciences–Nepal, 2014, Vol 10 No 3, pp 51-55

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Shields, Lisa B. E., et al., “Autoerotic Asphyxia, Part I,” American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2005(26):45-52

Stojer-Polańska, Joanna, et al., “Death as a Result of Autoerotic Activities – Criminalistic, Legal, Forensic-Medical and PsychologicalAspects” (98_Stojer.pdf), Problems of Forensic Sciences, 2014(98):151-164

Voucharas, Christos, et al., Accidental compression of the thoracic wall. Mechanical asphyxia rather than trauma is the main culprit - ScienceDirect, Trauma Case Reports, August 2024, Vol 52, Article 101064

Ward, Tony, and Beech, Anthony R., Chapter 2: An Integrated Theory of Sexual Offending, Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (Sexual Deviance - Google Books), 2nd edition (D. Richard Laws and William T. O’Donohue, eds.). Copyright ©2008 The Guilford Press, New York (click on link’s text page, upper right, for contents of book)

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