Thrice Cursed Episode

Podcast Description:

Welcome to the final feature of Powerful Women with Powerful Podcasts. This week comes from Thrice Cursed! Rebekkah Rosewood is on the scene to help you keep your curses hexy and your hexes sexy. The show is dedicated to telling lesser known true crime stories, with an emphasis on the unsolved, in as empathetic a way possible.


In the episode today, Heaves’ta Betsy aka Gary Lee Schaefer, Rebekkah almost has a mental and emotional breakdown as she tells you all about the gruesome rape and murders of three young girls, as well as the sexual assault of another in Springfield, Vermont.


So pop a squat on the barstool, order up your favorite brew, and tune in to Thrice Cursed.


TW/CW for rape, sexual assault, graphic descriptions of murder and violence.


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