Rotten Mango

There are only a few ways of getting out of it alive. The one rule - no matter how good it feels - DO NOT let sleep whisk you away. The only options are as follows: 1. Cover yourself completely in plastic and only stick your head out to breathe when necessarily. 2. Crawl into a cardboard box and try your best to stay awake. 3. Take the frozen goods and stick them into your clothing.   That is how you stay alive if you are trapped inside of a commercial walk in freezer. Or at least that’s what they say but the odds of survival do not look good.   The police are concerned that, that is where 5 year old, Ashley, is going to be. Maybe she accidentally locked herself in the freezer with no way out?   The officers look through the freezer bins, cardboard boxes filled with packaged meats, and grocery bags…   She’s is not there. But that’s the thing about humans - we all have a blind spot. They looked left, right, under the tables of the restaurant… but have they looked up?           Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com [http://rottenmangopodcast.com]

The hardest part to understand is - you know that they’re dead but you still expect them to start moving around. That’s what the CSI techs say is the strangest part of their jobs. Well - that and the photographs that they have to take.   The evidence log for the case is extensive. There are pictures of the green door that leads into the unit. Unit #1707.   Pictures of the thick trail of blood leading from the living room couch, into the hallway, and straight into the bedroom. Pictures of the bloody claw hammer. Pictures of the brain matter scattered all over the carpet.   But the two pictures the investigators really are intrigued by are the two letters left behind by the killer.   One left for the police. Taunting the police. “Chase me oh - and sorry for the mess.”   And another one that reads - “Don’t lose your head. She may yet live (although I doubt it). Hurry Desirae.”   Desirae is the 23 year old daughter of the murder victim. Why would they kill Desirae’s mom? Why are they targeting Desirae now? And will the killer get to Desirae before the police can?         Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com

Where is the first place she goes after being released from prison? The investigators and reports want to know… They start following her - into the mountains?   The first place she visits has an unsettling feeling. It’s in the middle of the mountains and there is a giant stone monument at the entrance that reads - “final resting place for souls.”   What is that pink building? It’s a square baby pink shade colored building with NO doors. Just two tiny prison style windows. That’s it. Outside the building there are all sorts of “offerings” for the spirits…   Whoever built this “temple” built it to feed off the energy of dead spirits. Whoever did this - is using dark magic to their benefit.   When reporters look into it - they realize the pink home allegedly belongs to the President of South Korea and the First Lady of the nation.   The ones accused of using shaman magic to win the election, change the trajectory of the nation, and ultimately lock down the country to take control.        Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com [http://rottenmangopodcast.com]

The story starts on TikTok. First, with all the things that don’t make sense.    After Gabby goes missing - the only person that knows where she might be is her fiancé Brian Laundrie. But he’s now missing.    He goes missing for a month straight - before his body is found in a local park in Florida… by his parents. The FBI have been searching for over a month, reportedly spending over a million taxpayer dollars - and his parents find his remains within an hour?   What about his mom’s “Burn After Reading” letter? She writes that if he needs to bury a body she will bring a shovel.    Or the fact that his remains are completely skeletonized? These are the things that lead people to believe…there is no way Brian Laundrie is actually dead.    The conspiracy being that he faked his death and is now getting away with murdering his fiancee. But how could that even be possible?    Could he really be living in a bunker under his protective parent’s house? How would they be able to pull something like his off? Is there any truth to the conspiracy? What does the Laundrie family know?

15 days before the murder.    “Hello, I would like to report a dispute. I saw a gentleman slapping the woman.”   The police chase after the van life YouTuber couple in their white, sprinter van. By the end of the hour long investigation of questioning both Gabby and Brian - the two police officers step off to the side to figure out what to do next. One officer tells the other -    “Too many times women who are at risk want to go back to their abuser. They don’t want him charged. They don’t want him to go to jail. Then they end up getting worse and worse treatment and then they end up getting killed.”    The officers decide not to press DV charges….against Gabby. They believe she is the primary aggressor.    In 2 weeks Gabby Petito will be murdered.  And the only person that might know where she is - goes missing.       Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com