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Ray and Faye Copeland are often known as the oldest couple ever to be sentenced to death in the United States. At the ages of 76 and 69, the couple was sentenced to death in separate trials for the murders of five vagrant men that they had taken in, hired, forced to commit fraud, and then finally killed to keep quiet. While Ray's guilt in the crime was indisputable, Faye's role in the crimes is muddled as she was the victim of severe physical abuse at the hands of Ray.

To many, the name Carl Switzer doesn't ring a bell; the name Alfalfa, however, does. As Alfalfa, the freckle-faced kid with an unmanageable cowlick, Switzer won movie fame in the Our Gang comedies of the early 1930s. Carl Switzer played the iconic character from 1935-1940, and his popularity surpassed many of the other characters. At the time, no one could've foreseen the tragic circumstances that lead to the end of Switzer's life within 20 years of him leaving the show.

A dying husband needs a devoted wife. But when love runs out, marriage becomes a burden. On October 8, 2000, Wendi Andriano snapped. She had played the part of devoted wife to her terminally ill husband, Joe Andriano, for years, but when the love left their marriage, so did Wendi's patience for her husband's eventual demise. Wendi had a plan to help nudge nature along, and when her Plan B expired, she took matters directly into her own hands...

Paula Scharrer und Olivia Merz, zwei junge Musikerinnen aus Zürich, feiern mit ihrer Indie-Band Fräulein Luise erste Erfolge. Sie spielen auf Festivals und bekommen immer mehr Aufmerksamkeit. Gleichzeitig spüren sie, dass sie anders behandelt werden als ihre männlichen Bandkollegen. In diesem Podcast wollen sie herausfinden, welchen Platz es in der Schweizer Musikwelt für sie und ihre Werte gibt. Dafür sprechen sie mit zahlreichen Schweizer Musiker*innen (Steiner & Madlaina, Big Zis, Lou Kaena, Gina Été, Soukey) und Expert*innen (Pablo Vögtli, Sirah Nying) über ihre Erlebnisse ...