142: REBROADCAST: Too Much Betrayal & the Reluctant Lottery Winner
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Steven Beard woke up on October 2, 1999, in horrible pain. His stomach was split open. His intestines were exposed. When he called 911, he couldn’t tell the dispatcher what had happened — he could only say that he desperately needed help. It didn’t take investigators long to discover that...
2hr 1m Sep 30, 2020
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141: The Pitfalls of Being a Child Star & a Troubled Marriage
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Jackie Coogan landed his first movie role when he was just an infant. A few years later, when he was performing the shimmy on stage, Charlie Chaplin was taken by his performance. He cast little Jackie in a couple of his films, and with that, Jackie’s career took off. Jackie became one of ...
2hr Sep 23, 2020
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140: High Schoolers
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) As the Civil War came to an end, Alexander Clark saw possibilities. He’d helped dismantle slavery, and now he wanted a piece of the next big fight -- the fight for equality. So he and other black men lobbied Iowa for voting rights. When they won that fight, Clark turned his attention to e...
2hr 5m Sep 16, 2020
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139: A Facebook Stalker & a Foreclosure
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It all started with a friend request. Amanda Playle was flattered to see the Facebook request come in from her old high school boyfriend, Anthony Reynolds. The two hadn’t spoken for a while, but they quickly reconnected. They talked about their lives. So much had changed since their high ...
1hr 57m Sep 09, 2020
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138: The Ken and Barbie Killers & the Cocoanut Grove Fire
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) In the early 1940s, Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub was *the* place to see and be seen. The club owner, Barnet “Barney” Welansky, was a sharp businessman. He ensured that the club was beautifully decorated with blue satin hanging from the ceilings, heavy drapes, and support columns that...
2hr 22m Sep 02, 2020
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137: A Poisoner & A True Douche Canoe
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Audrey Marie Frazier defies true crime labels. Was she a black widow? Was she a master of disguise? An escape artist? We like to think she was all three! See, ladies? We really can have it all. Audrey was a chronic spender. She never had enough money to support her expensive tastes. So sh...
2hr 13m Aug 26, 2020
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136: The Great Molasses Flood & a Father's Love
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was the winter of 1919, and the folks at the Purity Distilling Company were working their asses off. Prohibition was right around the corner, and they wanted to make as much rum as they could -- while it was still legal. They received shipment after shipment of a key ingredient: Molass...
1hr 57m Aug 19, 2020
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135: Love Stories
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) This week, we covered two romantic entanglements that’ll have you reaching for the puke bucket. Burt Pugach was a wealthy, married lawyer when he met 21-year-old Linda Riss on a park bench in New York City. Linda wasn’t particularly attracted to Burt, but he was pushy. They’d been dating...
2hr 35m Aug 12, 2020
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134: The Kidnapping of Jeremy London & a House Fire
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Cameron Todd Willingham woke up to his two-year-old daughter screaming “Daddy, Daddy!” He sat up in bed, but was surrounded by smoke so thick he could barely see. He made his way out of the burning house and yelled for his neighbors to call the fire department. His two-year-old daughter a...
2hr 12m Aug 05, 2020
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133: The Watcher & Laura Ingalls Wilder
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Derek and Maria Broaddus couldn’t have been more thrilled. In the summer of 2014, they bought their dream home in Westfield, New Jersey. But their dream home quickly turned into a nightmare when the couple received a series of unsettling anonymous letters. The letter writer knew their nam...
2hr 26m Jul 29, 2020
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132: Brandi's Back & the Black Widow of Keller, Texas
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Michelle Williams called 911 in a panic. She’d woken up from on her living room couch to a loud bang. She groggily made her way to the master bedroom, only to be struck in the face by a man dressed in black. When she came to, she made her way to the bed. Her beloved husband Gregory Willia...
1hr 52m Jul 22, 2020
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131: Conrad Hilton III & a Bad Pot of Coffee
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Daryl Pitts, aka DP, is back for his third illustrious guest appearance on the podcast, and he has one hell of a story to tell. Conrad Hilton III is young, rich, and accustomed to getting what he wants. So when he boarded a commercial flight (the horror!) from London to Los Angeles and w...
1hr 38m Jul 15, 2020
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130: Rebroadcast: Bad Dads! (Featuring DP)
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Hey everybody! With Brandi out on maternity leave, we decided to rebroadcast one of our favorite episodes -- the Bad Dads episode, featuring Kristin's Dad, Daryl Pitts. But why this episode? Well, hold onto your hat. We chose this episode to prepare you for NEXT week, when DP will guest s...
2hr 30m Jul 08, 2020
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128: A Museum Heist & Dalia Dippolito
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Dalia Dippolito was mid-workout when she got a terrible phone call. A police officer informed her that she needed to come home immediately. He wouldn’t say why. Dalia rushed back to the townhome she shared with her husband Mike, only to find their neighborhood swarming with police officer...
2hr 12m Jul 01, 2020
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127: PATREON BONUS EPISODE: The Candyman & Buried Alive
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Barbara Mackle had just been kidnapped. An armed man and woman had stormed into her hotel room, bound and chloroformed her mother, and taken her at gunpoint to their car. They drove for roughly 20 miles, then stopped in a remote, wooded area outside of Atlanta. They injected her with tran...
2hr 16m Jun 24, 2020
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126: Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw & a Shocking Medical Diagnosis
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Buckle up. This first story is awful. Daniel Holtzclaw had been an officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department for a few years when a woman came forward with an accusation. Her name was Jannie Ligons. She told officers that she’d been stopped by a police officer late at night, as sh...
2hr 16m Jun 17, 2020
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125: Larry Flynt vs. Jerry Falwell & the Murder of Becki Dillard
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Moody, Missouri, isn’t known for its crime rate. So when a passerby discovered a dead body on the side of the highway, they called 911 and reported a fatal car crash. But when police arrived on the scene, they discovered something much more unusual. The body belonged to 24-year-old Becki ...
2hr 15m Jun 10, 2020
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124: The Chicago Tylenol Murders and Corruption in Kansas City
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) TW: Police Brutality We don’t normally do trigger warnings, but we’re making an exception this week. In this episode, Brandi’s case very briefly mentions police brutality. The case is old timey and the alleged brutality wasn’t racially motivated, but in light of police officer Derek Chau...
2hr 4m Jun 03, 2020
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123: A World Health Organization Researcher & a Fallopian Tube
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Jean-Claude Romand was a pretty big deal. He was a medical doctor. He was a researcher for the World Health Organization. He had an eye for good investments. To the outside world, Jean-Claude Romand looked like he was living the good life. His work was intellectually stimulating, and his ...
1hr 49m May 27, 2020
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122: Fruitcakes & an Obsessed Girlfriend
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) The Collin Street Bakery makes one hell of a fruitcake. For more than 100 years, the bakery has shipped their fruitcakes to everyone from Grace Kelly to Vanna White. In fact, the small-town bakery is such a big deal that Corsicana, Texas, is known as the fruitcake capital of the world. So...
2hr 15m May 20, 2020
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121: Family Annihilator Neil Entwistle & a Tumor
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Rachel Entwistle’s friends knew something was up. They’d had plans to get together, but Rachel wasn’t answering the door. She wasn’t answering her phone, either. Plus, earlier that day, she’d blown off lunch plans with her mom. That didn’t seem like Rachel. Her friends convinced police to...
2hr 10m May 13, 2020
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120: Pizzagate & the Seton Hall Dorm Fire
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Pizzagate is a wildly stupid, debunked consipracy theory. It goes a little something like this: There’s a pizza place in Washington DC! They have a child sex ring in the basement!! Hilary Clinton and a bunch of other politicians go there to abuse kids!!!! There’s not an ounce of truth to...
2hr 24m May 06, 2020
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119: Kate Middleton's Topless Photos & William Wallace
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) William Wallace was on a wild goose chase. He’d been told to go to 25 Menlove Gardens East, in Liverpool, for a business meeting. But no matter how hard he tried, or how many people he asked for directions, he couldn’t find the address. Dejected, he headed back home. But when he got home,...
1hr 50m Apr 29, 2020
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118: The Lululemon Murder & A Woman in a Trunk
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Mary Scott Castle was hot, rich, and well connected. But when she met a 21-year-old Porter Charlton, she was down on her luck. She’d just gotten divorced, and she’d blown her reputation to bits by shooting a man in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria. But when Mary and Porter locked eyes, it...
1hr 25m Apr 22, 2020
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117: The Murder of Skylar Neese & Dr. Ossian Sweet
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) This week, Brandi makes up for Kristin’s April Fool’s Day prank by *actually* covering the murder of Skylar Neese. It was the summer of 2012, and Dave Neese was supposed to have lunch with his 16-year-old daughter, Skylar. But Skylar wasn’t anywhere to be found. Dave was annoyed. It wasn...
2hr 8m Apr 15, 2020
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116: The Springfield Mall Shooting & Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was February of 1917, and 18-year-old Ruth Cruger was missing. Her family panicked. They called the police. But detectives didn’t seem too concerned. They assured the family that Ruth would come back. And if she didn’t? Well, Ruth was probably… on the prowl. The Crugers were offended b...
1hr 57m Apr 08, 2020
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115: Pepsi's Big Mistake & the Murder of Skylar Neese
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was the early 90s, and Pepsi needed to make a name for itself in the Philippines. So they came up with a brilliant idea. They dubbed it Number Fever. Under the bottle cap of each Pepsi product, consumers would find a number. If they were lucky, that number would earn them extra cash. T...
1hr 25m Apr 01, 2020
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114: The Biggest Idiot Ever & a Woman Who Refused to Marry a Rapist
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Picture it. Sicily. 1963. Franca Viola was 15 years old, and engaged to a mafia member named Filippo Melodia. When Filippo went to jail for theft, Franca broke off the engagement. She moved on with her life. She became engaged to a childhood friend. Life seemed pretty good, until Filippo...
1hr 27m Mar 25, 2020
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113: The Murder of Peter Porco & the Boorn Brothers
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Kristin starts us off with our most old timey story ever. It was May of 1812 in Manchester, Vermont, and something was up. Russell Colvin was missing. People were pretty sure he’d come back. He had a wife. He had a child. He had obligations. Plus, he was known to wander off from time to t...
1hr 37m Mar 18, 2020
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112: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis & the Caffey Family Murders
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) In the summer of 1945, the USS Indianapolis was tasked with a top secret mission. The ship was to transport materials for the atomic bomb that the United States would later drop on Hiroshima, Japan. Under the leadership of Captain Charles B. McVay III, the ship accomplished its mission. F...
1hr 49m Mar 11, 2020
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111: Chocolate Candy Murders & the Wrongful Conviction of Scott Hornoff
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with a wrongful conviction story unlike any we’ve ever covered. When Scott Hornoff was put on trial for the murder of Victoria Cushman, he had every conceivable advantage. The prosecution didn’t rely on junk science. There were no faulty eye witnesses. He had good leg...
1hr 21m Mar 04, 2020
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110: The Murder of Emmett Till & Justice for Cyntoia Brown
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) This week, Kristin starts us off with a case that’s as awful as it is important. Emmett Till was just fourteen years old in 1955, when he traveled from his home in Chicago to visit relatives in rural Mississippi. Before he left, his mother warned Emmett that Chicago and Mississippi were t...
1hr 46m Feb 26, 2020
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109: An Interview With The Dog Lady of Lansing Prison
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Get ready for a wild ride. This week, we sat down with Toby Dorr, who made international headlines in 2006 when she helped an inmate escape from Lansing Federal Prison. Back then, her name was Toby Young, and she had what seemed like a normal life. She was married. She had two kids. She ...
1hr 53m Feb 19, 2020
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108: A YouTube Lawsuit & the Disappearance of Lizabeth Wilson
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) In 2013, Matt Hoss created an exceptionally cringey YouTube video. He cast himself as the cool guy. He cast a hot young woman to act alongside him. He wrote a script where he gave himself all the good comebacks, and made the woman swoon for him. His video got millions of views. Then one d...
1hr 58m Feb 12, 2020
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107: Fatal Attraction & the Kidnapping of Brooke Hart
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Dave Kroupa thought he’d hit the jackpot. He’d just met Cari Farver, a beautiful, intelligent woman who wasn’t looking for a long-term commitment. The two dated casually for a little while, but all of a sudden, Cari became much less easy going. She dumped him, via text and abruptly left t...
1hr 55m Feb 05, 2020
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106: Cases Covered by America's Most Wanted
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) This week, we’re talking about cases profiled by America’s Most Wanted. Kristin starts us off with the story of David James Roberts -- the first fugitive featured in the pilot episode of America’s Most Wanted. Coincidentally, he was also the first fugitive ever captured thanks to America...
1hr 32m Jan 29, 2020
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105: The Mother from Hell & the Kidnapping of Yingying Zhang
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) In the summer of 1984, a small fire broke out along a California highway. A driver pulled off the road to get a closer look at the blaze, but that closer look brought more questions than answers. What the hell was that awful smell? Soon, another driver arrived on the scene. He used a fire...
2hr 5m Jan 22, 2020
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104: The Hazing Death of Matt Carrington & a Murderer Turned Professor
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Matt Carrington wasn’t your typical frat boy. He was reserved. He didn’t drink much. But when a friend asked him to rush the Chi Tau fraternity at Chico State University, Matt said sure. He couldn’t have guessed what he was in for. Over the course of what is commonly referred to as “hell ...
1hr 27m Jan 15, 2020
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103: Carol Burnett v. The National Enquirer & the Seemingly Perfect Couple
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with a story from her Johnson County, Kansas, bubble. Ed and Tyler Patton seemed like the perfect couple. In many ways, they were opposites. He was a partier, while she was more straightlaced. Their friends figured that Ed and Tyler’s differences were what made them a...
1hr 24m Jan 08, 2020
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102: The Origin of Miranda Rights & an "Ugly" Anchorwoman
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) We all know that Miranda rights are important. They’re a staple in every episode of Law & Order. They’re a quick and concise way of making a person aware of their rights. But how did we get Miranda rights? Well, it’s complicated. And it all started with a world-class douchebag named Ernes...
1hr 45m Jan 01, 2020
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101: Holiday REMIX
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It’s time for a remix! In honor of the holiday season, we are re-releasing last year’s ridiculously fun holiday episode. But we’ve added some new stuff, too! There’s a new set of holiday-themed questions at the end, plus SUPREME COURT inductions. Plus: Someone’s mom bought them a SUPREME ...
1hr 31m Dec 25, 2019
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100: Can we get a re-do??
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Can you believe it? It’s our 100th episode! Holy sexy times! Thank you to everyone who joined us on this perilous journey. We hope you’ll stay with us for many episodes to come. If you don’t, we’ll send a Bob Moss after you. Or maybe a juvenile bigfoot. In honor of our 100th episode, we ...
2hr 3m Dec 18, 2019
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99: Another Family Annihilator & the Smiling Widow
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Lowell Lee Andrews seemed like a brainy, well-behaved teenager. In fact, the local newspaper called him, “the nicest boy in Wolcott.” After he graduated from high school, he took off for the University of Kansas, where he majored in zoology. Lowell’s life seemed unremarkable in its normal...
1hr 35m Dec 11, 2019
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98: Celia Fought Back & the Disappearance of Kelsey Berreth
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Celia was sick and tired. She was an enslaved woman, living in Missouri. It seemed the man who purchased her had done so for the sole purpose of raping her. For years, Robert Newsom raped Celia. She did everything she could to stop him. Then, after roughly five years of abuse, Celia reach...
1hr 39m Dec 04, 2019
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97: A Biology Professor & Winona Ryder’s Shoplifting Trial
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was a seemingly normal day at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The biology department was holding their weekly meeting. Biology professor Amy Bishop was unusually quiet that day, but her coworkers didn’t seem to mind. She tended to dominate their meetings. Perhaps being denied ...
1hr 41m Nov 27, 2019
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96: Taylor Swift’s Assault Trial & Ali Kemp
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Taylor Swift was doing her thing. Before her concert started, she stood backstage, greeting fans and posing for photos. It all seemed pretty normal. Then, a Denver morning radio DJ named David Mueller approached her with his then-girlfriend, Shannon Melcher. Taylor chatted with Shannon. B...
1hr 23m Nov 20, 2019
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95: Mob Bosses! (a.k.a. Bob Mosses)
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with the ultimate mob boss, Al Capone. For years, Al Capone ran Chicago. He was the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Mafia, commonly known as the Chicago Outfit. During the Prohibition era, Capone made big money by operating illegal establishments. Anyone who threat...
1hr 43m Nov 13, 2019
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94: Skechers Shape-Ups & a Ton of Leaves
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Ten years ago, Skechers Shape-Ups took the world by storm. The shoes were a miracle. They melted our fat, sculpted our hips buns and thighs. And the best part? We didn’t have to do any extra work. All we had to do was put on a pair of Skechers Shape-Ups, and BOOM! Instant workout! Except…...
1hr 19m Nov 06, 2019
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93: A Psychic & Nightmares in a Mansion
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Jude Deveraux is a prolific romance writer. She’s a New York Times Bestseller and the author of more than 40 novels. One day, the celebrated novelist sought out the services of a psychic named Rose Marks. The two bonded immediately, and pretty soon, Jude found herself forking over million...
1hr 41m Oct 30, 2019
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92: A Man Who Sued His Wife’s Lover & a Robbery at a Video Game Store
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Kevin Howard’s wife, Julie, announced that she wanted to separate, Kevin was stunned. They’d been married for twelve years. They had two children. He thought they were happy. Julie claimed she didn’t like how much time Kevin spent at work, but Kevin suspected he wasn’t getting the fu...
1hr 43m Oct 23, 2019
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