Welcome to the 50th episode of Wild Society!

Jane Toppan was one of the most popular and adored nurses employed at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She always expressed a pleasant and upbeat personality, earning her the nick name “Jolly Jane”. But Jane had another side….a side of pure evil.

Violet Jessop travelled the world for 43 years as a stewardess aboard ships at sea. Many know her as the “Unsinkable Woman” because she survived not one, but three shipwrecks, two of which the ship completely sank. Being a Titanic survivor, Violet's story is wild and baffling!

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Jane Toppan Sources:

• The New England Historical Society
• Crime Museum
• Murderpedia
• Wikipedia

Violet Jessop Sources:

• Ranker
• Museum Hack
• Encyclopedia Titanica
• History of Yesterday
• All Thats Interesting

Welcome to the 49th episode of Wild Society!

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Phantom Killer Sources:

• Fox 4
• Grunge
• Wikipedia
• NY Daily News
• BuzzFeed Unsolved

Hindenburg Sources:

• Internet Archive
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia
• The Independent
• Smithsonian Magazine

Welcome to the 48th episode of Wild Society! 

Nannie Doss soon became known as the “Giggling Granny” because of her odd flirty behavior while in jail. What was such a happy woman doing in police custody? Well it may have been that she murdered four of her five husbands and multiple family members. In this weeks episode we unravel the case of the serial husband killer and her motivate behind the murders.

On December 18, 2004, 27 year old Alison Botha was abducted outside her apartment. After being driven to a remote location on the outskirts of town, she was subject to one of the most horrific crimes in South Africa’s history. But perhaps the most shocking part, was that she survived.

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Nannie Doss Sources:

• Tulsa World
• All That’s Interesting
• Wikipedia
• America’s Most Haunted
• The Famous People
• Alabama Heritage
• Find A Grave

Alison Botha Sources:

• UK Daily Star
• Times Live
• Celeb Hook