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Hello and welcome back to Cult Leader. I'm your Cult Leader, Spencer Henry. And what is up you guys? I missed you and before we get into anything, I want to talk about what happened with the episode on Monday because I've been getting a few questions about it. So I want to just clear it up and clear up any questions that you guys might have.

So I was in Salt Lake City. I was at the airport all my way back to LA and I think it's on Friday and there was this breaking news about a recent story about a missing girl from the University of Utah.

She had been murdered under strange circumstances and I started reading about all the details and I was like, okay, this is going to be my episode from Monday.

And I knew going into it would be different than the normal cases I covered because it was so recent.

Long time listeners know that I always do my best to approach each episode with complete respect for victims while still maintaining my normal demeanor. I keep things pretty light on here.

And I definitely did the same thing with this episode. But as soon as I uploaded it, I started getting messages within literal minutes from you guys that felt somehow connected to McKenzie's story in one way or another.

And I do quote leader to entertain you guys. Yes, but I also hope that it helps, you know, bring some attention to the fact that these are real things that happened.

And I ended up taking the episode down because I felt like it was pushing lines or controversial looking back on it. I don't know if it actually was or if it's just because it's recent.

So it feels weird for people, but since doing so I talked to a few of my friends about it. And I guess we all kind of came up with the same question.

Like what is different about this episode and the only conclusion that I've been able to reach is like timing.

So I want you guys to think about that for just a second. Hear me out. Every single case I've covered, there are victims.

And you should feel the same empathy, whether it was last week, last year or 80 years ago.

But I never want anyone to think that I'm being like thoughtless. So I just wanted to say something for those of you that were still wondering.

In essence, I still don't know if I did the right thing by taking down the episode because in all actuality, like I want to be able to cover recent stories from time to time because it's important to know like these aren't just things of the past.

Women are being murdered every day, especially persons of color and minorities. And it's not always talked about.

So I don't want anyone to feel triggered or feel like cold leader is like an unsafe space for them to just tune out. So in the future, if and when I talk about a more recent story, just know that it will be done with the same respect that I've used since day one.

Sound good? We good? In other news, I threw some pins back on the merch shot this week. I think they're sold out now.

I will I think continuously be restocking the pins because they seem to sell well and I love them. I just like having them for me even. So there you go.

Most of you know, I was in Wyoming last week vacationing in Yellowstone. As I do every trip, I start immediately googling before I leave like murders in Wyoming.

Wyoming serial killers haunted Wyoming because you know, I got to know, got to know what's up where I'm going. Got to know something big happened. But during my googling session, I stumbled upon a serial killer that I completely forgot about and I was like, fuck yeah, like how have I not talked about this guy.

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