Just an update on Season 2...and an introduction to a new member of the Dark Side family! Music by: Possession by Purple Planet All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's episode is the conclusion of the Fred Korematsu story. After losing his Supreme Court case in 1944, Fred went into a life of obscurity...until a conversation with a young girl in 1967 started Fred back on the journey to right the wrongs bestowed against him, and Japanese American people...and to stop America from making the same mistakes again.Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram:...

On this very first episode of Dark Shadows, Why FDR, WHY? We're taking a deep dive into how and why the internment of an entire ethnic population of the USA were treated like criminals, locked up like animals, and had their civil liberties stripped from them. Yes, I’ll be tackling the internment of the Japanese Americans during world war two in the United States and just how and why a Government could turn on its’ own citizens in the supposed land of the free. Are you ready for the deep...

Fred Korematsu was a law abiding, loyal citizen of the United States. He held no criminal record and loved his homeland so much that wanted to don a uniform to defend her. So, why then did his country turn on him and treat him like a criminal? Convicting him, incarcerating him, interring him, and leaving him with a criminal record? Fred would spend a lifetime trying to defend the injustice bestowed against him, and the thousands of others in his position. Find me at: Website:...

Today's story is something very different to the norm, and as of 24 hours ago, completely unplanned. The episode that should have aired today hit a curve ball at the 11th hour, and so, not wanting to disappoint, I have put today's episode together instead. Like I said, it's very different to my normal episodes, but I do hope that you enjoy it...Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/319473136054221 Instagram:...

In June 2016, 20-year-old Michael Sandford from sleepy, rural Dorking, Surrey, UK had made an epic journey of over 5000 miles in total, on a mission. Michael was known for how polite, articulate, kind, compassionate, and sweet he was. So, how did this sweet young man go on to almost change the course of history with an attempted crime that aimed to murder one of the most influential people in the Western World?Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk Facebook:...

Arek Hersh was a 10 year old boy when he was taken from his family and thrust into a terrifying world. He was beaten and starved, he ate grass and chewed on his shoes to abate hunger. He was worked almost to death, toiling for long hours in often sub-zero temperatures. He lived in this perpetual hell for years…until, one day, he was randomly chosen for an experimental project in another country. And this project would go onto have repercussions that would benefit society today, and change the...

18 year-old Kelsey Smith was at her local Target store in Kansas buying a present for her boyfriend. She called her mother and told her she'd be home soon...but Kelsey never returned home. The Police, the FBI, and the whole community were soon searching for Kelsey. Everyone, in fact, was trying to help the Smith family find their daughter...everyone except the one company that had the ability to find her. Kelsey's disappearance would start a campaign that would tackle head-on one of the...

Shandra Woworuntu had an established career in Indonesia. However, the financial crisis in the late 1990's left Shandra destitute. One day, she received an opportunity for a job in the land of her dreams, America. Little did Shandra know that this opportunity would result in her never seeing her homeland again...but this would go on to saving the lives of so many, many more people. Find me at: Website: www.darksidepodcast.co.uk (http://www.darksidepodcast.co.uk/) Facebook:...

Sherry Johnson was an 8-year-old girl in 1968, living in Tampa, FL with her family, whom were part of a very strict sect of the Apostolic Church. The church was the centre of their world. So, when the the Bishop of the church gave Sherry a gift of a red bicycle, her mother was very proud...but Sherry knew the gift was meant to buy her silence. And it was this silence that would hold her captive in a legal loophole for years to come and motivate Sherry into a battle that she is still fighting...

This week's story is the second part of the story about two friends, Ben and Andrei, who grew up in a small town in Poland in the 1930's. Despite a definite divide in their wealth and status, the two boys were good friends. And then in 1939, the Russian army marched into their town and started a chain of events that would pit neighbour against neighbour, religion against religion...and friend against friend. During the war, Ben and Andrei fled their hometown under very different circumstances...

Despite there being a clear ethnic and religious division within the town of Domachevo, Poland, which was common in Eastern Europe, there was a true sense of community spirit within the town. Neighbour really did help neighbour. This community spirit was never more embodied than in the friendship between Ben and Andrei. From polar opposites of the town's wealth divide, this didn't stop the two friends playing together every day. But, marching towards them was a force that would pit neighbour...

Nicole 'Coco' Fox-Fenton from Ireland was a bubbly, lively young lady. She'd made a new group of friends and started going clubbing with them. At first, they had fun. But soon, the girls turned on Coco and turned her life into a living hell, which would have devastating consequences, but ultimately go on to be the genesis for a campaign to try change a relic of a law in Ireland... Voices: Narrator – SuZe Dara Quigley – Anonymous Irish friend President Michael Higgins – Stewart Gibson Sound...

In last week's episode, we heard the tragic story of Martin Fletcher and what happened to 3 generations of his family on that fateful day in May 1985 at Bradford City Football Stadium. Martin often wondered why he survived when his family didn't, but a revelation from his mother some 9 years after the disaster, sent him on a 15-year-long hunt to find answers...and what he found was so explosive that he now knew why he'd been chosen to survive...so that he could share the truth. Sound...

Martin Fletcher, aged 12 and his brother Andrew, aged 11, were with their father, Uncle and Grandfather to see their favourite football team; Bradford City play their final match before being moved up into the 2nd division. It was expected to be a momentous day, and it was...but for all the wrong reasons. What happened that day had devastating consequences for the Fletcher family and many, many other families. These consequences sent one of the Fletcher family on a 15 year long quest for...

A girl is sitting at Boston Logan Airport waiting for a flight home for to surprise her family for Christmas. She wasn't a good flyer. She was nervous. But, the flight was delayed. Very delayed. The passengers were told the delay was due to heavy traffic because of the holidays. And this just added to her anxiety. However, when the flight finally arrived at its' destination she, along with all the other passengers on board, would discover the real reason the flight was delayed...and the...

A lovely young couple from Canada go on a work trip to Seattle. It was supposed to be fun. It turned out to be anything but. Their families and the police spend years searching for resolution...but it took a highly questionable, almost laughable suggestion that would bring about answers... Sound Effects: zapsplat.com Voices Provided by: Narrator: SuZe I Bloodline Detectives: Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg Murders Music by: Possession by Purple Planet All music used under an Attribution...

A young girl has gone missing. The only witnesses are two young boys. Their testimony and composite led to the arrest of the suspect...but this also led one man into a fight for his life Voices: Narrator: SuZe Sound Effects by: zapsplat.com  Documentary: Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man (2015) produced by Lovelymachine Music by: Possession by Purple Planet All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ An Innocent Man ~ Billy Joel acoustic guitar...

In a sleepy, suburban village in middle-England, a young girl goes missing; Lynda Mann. This beautiful girl's murder would go unsolved for many years....until a local Doctor made a mistake in an experiment he was conducting....

9-year-old Shawn Hornbeck went out for a ride on his bike one Sunday...and never came home. His family searched; the Police searched; the FBI searched, but he had vanished without a trace. Four years later, another boy was reported missing...a boy that happened to look an awful lot like Shawn Hornbeck...was there a connection? Hmmm.....you'll have to listen to find out! Voices: Narrator:  SuZe Young Shawn: Ethan Gann Music: Possession by Purple Planet All music used under an Attribution...

It was supposed to be a clean job. Well prepared, years of research, all accouterments in place... but one woman was having none of it... A slight reprieve this week from the absolute macabre, but non the less, unpleasant and important... and it went onto change law protection in the...

Judy Malinowski was on her way to starting a new life. Her hopes and ambitions were within her grasp...until a terrible tragedy curtailed those goals. But Judy was a force to be reckoned with...so much so that she would go onto to change a law. No one would have to suffer her fate without the proper justice...

Dark Side - a new true crime podcast that delves into the dark side of humanity, morality and sanity with a focus on crimes that changed laws, and law enforcement and international crimes.  Music by Purple Planet Music - Possession All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/