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Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

The Bystander Effect Part 2

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week I’m joined by my OBITCHUARY cohost Madison Reyes to discuss the psychological phenomenon of the bystander effect. In part 2 we’re going over several more stories in which victims lost their lives or found themselves on the brink of death as some sat by idly instead of intervening.  Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://listverse.com/2009/11/02/10-notorious-cases-of-the-bystander-effect/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/shanda-sharer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shanda_Sharer https://www.wdrb.com/news/melinda-loveless-mastermind-of-1992-murder-of-shanda-sharer-released-from-prison/article_994b41c4-d00e-11e9-8e56-9b9b497efced.html https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/37-who-saw-murder-didnt-call-the-police-apathy-at-stabbing-of.html https://www.history.com/topics/crime/kitty-genovese https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect?amp https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richmond-high-school-gang-rape-three-more-arrests-in-homecoming-attack/ https://abcnews.go.com/WN/high-school-gang-rape-stuns-california-community/story?id=8925672 https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/07/18/timeline-of-richmond-high-school-gang-rape-case/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richmond-gang-rape-911-ca_n_350209 https://abcnews.go.com/WN/high-school-gang-rape-stuns-california-community/story?id=8925672 https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2013/07/18/timeline-of-richmond-high-school-gang-rape-case/ http://www.shallow-waters.com/videos-photos https://abc7news.com/archive/8989284/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/alameda-police-release-memorial-day-drowning-911-calls/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1993/03/26/648593.html?pageNumber=3 https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/kevin-carter https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,165071,00.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/kevin-carter https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vulture-little-girl/

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

You're listening to a morbid network podcast.

0:13.4

The show you're about to listen to may contain themes of violence, occult activities, strong

0:17.4

language, and other sensitive material.

0:19.6

With an emphasis on cults, murder, and other adult matters, listener discretion is advised.

0:23.9

On Cult Leader, I strive for telling stories in a truthful matter, though press media

0:27.3

and other resources cannot always be verified, sources can be found in the show notes.

0:57.3

Welcome back to Cult Leader, I'm your cult leader, Madison Reyes.

1:07.3

Oh, don't you dare.

1:09.7

You got a lot of balls.

1:11.7

I do.

1:12.7

I think it's balls on this side of time.

1:14.5

It's bigger than yours, honey.

1:16.7

Welcome back to Cult Leader, I'm your cult leader, Spencer Henry.

1:20.0

And joining us as you've heard is my co-host.

1:23.5

I was a star last episode.

1:25.3

Oh, sorry.

1:26.3

A star of a majority podcast.

1:29.5

Mrs. Madison Reyes.

1:31.0

And we're back this week with some more examples of the bystander effect.

1:35.6

And we have a compilation of stories, neither of us actually knows what the other one is

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