192: A Wild Robbery and the Honeymoon from Hell
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Marjorie Jackson was a multi-millionaire who didn’t trust banks. So, when she discovered that a high ranking bank employee had stolen from her, she took action. Over the course of four months, she showed up at the bank with a suitcase or a couple of grocery bags and made massive cash with...
2hr 26m Oct 20, 2021
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191: Bresha Meadows & Nailah Franklin
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Bresha Meadows had run out of options. She’d tried talking to the police. She’d tried running away from home. She tried everything she could think of to get away from her abusive father. Nothing seemed to work. So, in July of 2016, when she was 14 years old, Bresha took her father’s gun a...
2hr 15m Oct 13, 2021
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190: A Mighty Slut Shaming & Brothers
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) T’was the fall of 1882, and Nicholas Dukes had a lot going for him. He was a prominent attorney. He’d just been elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. To top it all off, he was engaged to Lizzie Nutt. Lizzie came from a prominent family and was hot as hell. But as Nicholas ...
2hr 28m Oct 06, 2021
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189: The Secret Serial Killer & a Mother
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was the summer of 2004, and Charlie and Teri Brandt needed to get someplace safe. With Hurricane Ivan headed for their home in Big Pine Key, the couple went to Orlando to stay with their niece, Michelle Jones. Michelle was thrilled to have them, but toward what should have been the end...
2hr 16m Sep 29, 2021
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188: The Mysterious Death of Greg Fleniken & a Love Triangle
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Detective Scott Apple entered room 348 of the MCM Elegante Hotel, he didn’t think he had a mystery on his hands. A man named Greg Fleniken lay dead on the floor. The hotel room showed no signs of a struggle. Greg’s wallet contained more than $1,000. His body showed no obvious signs o...
2hr 33m Sep 22, 2021
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187: What are the chances??
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Candy Williams couldn’t believe her luck. She’d been out on the beach in late 2005, when a handsome stranger approached her. His name was Jovan Collier. The pair quickly hit it off. Jovan was charming and funny -- and not at all afraid of commitment. Three months later, Candy and Jovan we...
2hr 21m Sep 15, 2021
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186: The Murder of Robert Schwartz & a Mystery in Miami
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When a utility worker came across Inna Budnytska, he initially thought she was dead. She’d been severely beaten and abandoned in a vacant lot in Miami. She was unconscious, and remained in that state until a team at Jackson Memorial Hospital nursed her back to health. The next day, when I...
2hr 30m Sep 08, 2021
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185: The Clinton 12 & the Murder of Adrianne Reynolds
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Adrianne Reynolds had a tumultuous childhood. But when she turned 16, she moved to East Moline, Illinois to live with her adoptive father and stepmother, and it seemed that Adrianne was on steady ground. She began working toward her GED at Black Hawk College Outreach Center, got a job at ...
2hr 36m Sep 01, 2021
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184: 2002!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Lydia Fairchild was in a tight spot, financially. She had two young children, was pregnant with a third, and she was unemployed. So she applied for welfare. As part of Washington state’s application process, she and the children’s father both submitted DNA samples to confirm that they wer...
1hr 48m Aug 25, 2021
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183: Exonerations!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Kathy Sigman and Maria Ridulph were best friends. The little girls played together constantly, and the evening of December 3, 1957, was no exception. But that evening, a young man approached them. He seemed friendly. He offered them piggyback rides and asked them about dolls. He told them...
2hr 41m Aug 18, 2021
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182: Kidnappings!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When he was working as a manager at Imo’s Pizza, Michael Devlin put up a pretty good front. He was personable. Well read. Friendly. But back at his apartment, Michael was a different man. He was rude and quiet. His son, Shawn, appeared to have adopted Michael’s habits. Neighbors said they...
2hr 9m Aug 11, 2021
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181: Sh*tbags!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) This episode nearly killed us. ….Or was it the Oreos, Pringles and alcohol that nearly killed us? When we sat down to record this episode a *second time,* we about lost our minds at the thought of talking about these two shit bags again. But ya girls persevered, technology issues and tum...
2hr 6m Aug 04, 2021
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180: Candy Montgomery & Ruth Snyder
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Candy Montgomery was bored. Her life wasn’t half bad. She was living in her dream home in the outskirts of Dallas, she had two kids, and a husband who made bank at Texas Instruments. Plus, she had a church community that she loved. But Candy wanted more. She wanted fireworks. More specifi...
2hr 36m Jul 28, 2021
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179: A Mother-Daughter Bond & A Speech
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Steven Robards was in rough shape. He’d been perfectly fine just hours earlier, but suddenly, the 38-year-old man’s arms and legs went stiff. He couldn’t swallow. His mouth foamed. By the time paramedics arrived at Steven’s apartment, there was little they could do. Steven died, apparentl...
2hr 10m Jul 21, 2021
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178: An Old Timey Meghan Markle & A Possession
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Ready for some old timey Meghan Markle vibes? Unfortunately, America has its own homegrown case. Back in the day, the Rhinelander name was synonymous with success. The Rhinelanders were as wealthy as they were well connected. They were American royalty. But the Rhinelander family was rock...
2hr 18m Jul 14, 2021
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177: A Cold Case & A Lover
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Corey Wieneke was popular. He’d been a high school football star, and soon after graduation, he began working in his family’s bar -- Wink’s Bar & Grill. His good looks and gregarious personality made him a well-liked bartender in West Liberty, Iowa. That’s why it was such a shock when, in...
2hr 19m Jul 07, 2021
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176: Disappearance of Kyron Horman & a Suicide Helper
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Nadia Kajouji was having a rough time. It was her first year of college, and she was suffering from depression. Feeling isolated, Nadia turned to an online forum where she found people struggling with suicidal thoughts. It didn’t take long for Nadia to make a new friend -- someone who und...
2hr 2m Jun 02, 2021
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175: A Cult & the Murder of Doris Angleton
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Sherry Shriner had a wacky belief: That alien lizards had come to Earth, shape shifted into human form, and were conspiring to put the antichrist in power. Sherry shared this belief online, and incredibly, her views gained traction. Soon, thousands of people came to believe the “prophet” ...
2hr 19m May 26, 2021
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174: A Determined Mother
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Patrick Smith called 911, distraught. He told the dispatcher that his wife, Amanda, had just shot herself in the head. When police arrived on the scene, they found gun cleaning equipment near the bed. The room was bloody, but Patrick wasn’t. He told the police what happened that night, bu...
1hr 34m May 19, 2021
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173: The Kidnapping of Zephany Nurse & the Dionne Quintuplets
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Celeste lay in her hospital bed, drifting in and out of sleep. Her newborn baby, Zephany, lay sleeping in a cot next to her. At some point, Celeste remembers a woman in a nurse’s uniform coming in to comfort her baby. Celeste didn’t think much of it. She fell back asleep. But when she wok...
2hr 31m May 12, 2021
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172: The Murder Of Botham Jean & A Fire
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Botham Jean had been looking forward to a quiet night at home. The 26-year-old accountant made himself a bowl of ice cream and settled into his comfy leather couch, ready to watch some football. But Botham didn’t get a quiet night at home. Instead, an off duty police officer named Amber G...
3hr 5m May 05, 2021
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171: An Intruder & A Real Estate Agent
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Julene Simko called 911 in a panic. She’d just discovered her husband dead in their bed. He’d been shot in the back of the head by an intruder. She’d already grabbed a gun and fired two shots to scare off the attacker, but she feared the person was still in the house. But who could the in...
2hr 16m Apr 28, 2021
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170: A Catfish & A Brutal Murder
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brian Hile was smitten. He’d never had much luck with the ladies, but at 28, his dream had come true. He’d found a smokin’ hot girlfriend. She had long blond hair, piercing eyes, and she loved to send him sexy pictures. But after two years of dating, Brian discovered that he’d been catfis...
2hr 25m Apr 21, 2021
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169: Cold French Fries & a Texas A&M Professor
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Cindy Reese had a bad feeling. The second she opened her front door, she saw that her house had been ransacked. She called for her husband, Michael, but he didn’t answer. Clearly, something was wrong. So Cindy called the police. When they arrived, police discovered Michael Reese dead on t...
2hr 22m Apr 14, 2021
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168: A Man Who Hated Domino's & a Family Annihilator
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Mitchell Carlton Sims was pretty proud of himself. He’d landed a job as the manager of a Domino’s Pizza in West Columbia, South Carolina. But the good times didn’t last long. He got into a disagreement with his boss over a bonus and flipped out. Mitch tried to stage a coup. It didn’t work...
2hr 47m Apr 07, 2021
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167: A Supposedly Sketchy Medical Examiner & the Murder of Mandy Stavik
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Kay Sybers hated going to the doctor. According to her husband, Bill Sybers, Kay hated going to the doctor so much that she refused to get medical treatment for her ongoing chest pain. The morning of May 30,1991, Kay woke up in pain. Bill, who was a pathologist and medical examiner, attem...
2hr 46m Mar 31, 2021
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166: An Office Romance & a Terrible Fall
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) As far as 911 calls went, this one was strange. An anonymous woman claimed that her neighbor, whose name she didn’t know, had been attacked by a man. Then she hung up. When the dispatcher called back, she realized that the “neighbor” had called from a pay phone outside a fast food restaur...
2hr 42m Mar 24, 2021
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165: A Missing Bullet & the Black Widow of Las Vegas
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Tim Noble called 911, desperate for help. He’d just walked into the home he shared with his fiance, Debra Holden, and found her dead on the couch. A gun lay next to her. It appeared she’d died by suicide, and that’s exactly what the medical examiner ruled. Investigators couldn’t find the ...
2hr 36m Mar 17, 2021
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164: The Tesco Bomber & a Sinister Minister
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) John Purnell was having a pretty normal day at his job as head of security for Great Britain’s biggest supermarket chain. Then he got a bizarre phone call from a local newscaster. The newscaster said they’d found a troubling document in their photocopier. The document was an extortion let...
2hr 15m Mar 10, 2021
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163: Ewell Family Murders & April Kauffman
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with a very Brandi case. It was Easter weekend, 1992, and Dana Ewell was concerned. He was spending time with his girlfriend’s family and couldn’t get a hold of his parents. When investigators arrived at the Ewell home, they discovered a chilling scene. Dana’s sister ...
2hr 26m Mar 03, 2021
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162: Undercover Mother & Another Bathtub Murder?
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Mark Fisher just wanted to have a little fun. That’s why the 19-year-old college sophomore headed into New York City with his friends. While they were out drinking, Mark ran into another friend, and by the end of the night, he found himself at a house party in Brooklyn, surrounded by most...
2hr 35m Feb 24, 2021
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161: The Murder of Randy Sheridan
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was just before Christmas 1992. Randy Sheridan was out jogging near his house in Junction City, Kansas, when he was ambushed and killed. An investigation revealed that he’d been shot five times -- three times at a distance, and twice at point blank range. When investigators spoke to Ra...
1hr 41m Feb 17, 2021
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160: The Mysterious Death of Sarah Widmer
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was nearly 11 p.m. when Ryan Widmer called 911. He told the dispatcher, “My wife. She fell asleep in the bathtub, I think. I was downstairs. I just came up here and she was laying face down in the bathtub.” He said that his wife, Sarah, fell asleep in the bathtub “all the time.” Ryan d...
1hr 29m Feb 10, 2021
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159: The Worst Woman on Earth & a Cruise Ship
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 about a serial killer who the New York Times dubbed, “the worst woman on Earth.” In 1889, Lizzie Brown took a job working as a housekeeper for a 70-year-old farmer named Paul Halliday. Paul quickly proposed to Lizzie, but he’d come to regret that decision...
2hr 36m Feb 03, 2021
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158: Rosa Parks & a Serial Killer
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) We all think we know the story of Rosa Parks. She was an old, tired woman who got on a bus in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. When the white bus driver asked her to give up her seat to a white passenger, Rosa refused. She was tired! Her feet hurt! For refusing to move, Rosa Parks was arre...
2hr 21m Jan 27, 2021
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157: Amber Alerts!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Stephenie Woods was beyond exhausted. She’d just had a c-section a week earlier, when she gave birth to her daughter, Abby. So Stephanie laid down on her couch for a nap. Abby was asleep in her crib, and Stephanie’s one-year-old son, Conner, was in his playpen. Stephenie woke to a strange...
2hr 15m Jan 20, 2021
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156: The Mysterious Lloyd Gaines & a Creepy Church Lady
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Lloyd Gaines requested a course catalog from the University of Missouri’s School of Law, the registrar sent one right away. Later, when Lloyd applied to the school, university officials thought nothing of it. He was a qualified applicant. Then the university’s registrar received his ...
2hr 27m Jan 13, 2021
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155: A Killer Son-in-Law & An Innocent Joke!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Kenneth Parks showed up at his local police station in a haze. He was covered in blood. His hands were horribly injured. He was confused, but horrified. He told police, “I think I have just killed two people.” In fact, he’d just murdered his mother-in-law, Barbara Ann Woods. He’d attempte...
1hr 50m Jan 06, 2021
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154: PATREON EXCLUSIVE: Typhoid Mary & Scrunchies
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Hello you skeezy scunches! We’re off this week for New Year’s, but we’ll be back next week with a brand spankin’ new episode. We hope you’re having a safe and happy holiday season! And if you enjoy this episode and feel so inclined, please join our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/lgtcp...
1hr 44m Dec 30, 2020
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153: REBROADCAST: EHR MAH GERD! A CERH BERM!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Hi everyone! We are taking the week off to celebrate the holidays, but we're rereleasing one of our all-time favorite episodes. We hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays from the LGTC crew! Amy Anderton was concerned. Her boyfriend, Logan Storm, *seemed* like a good guy. He was a middle school m...
2hr 23m Dec 23, 2020
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152: Embezzlement and Sisters
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Rita Crundwell had just about everything. She owned multiple properties. A kick ass RV. 400 horses. A freezer full of horse semen. How did she support herself? Well, that depended on who you asked. Some people thought her parents had been early investors in Campbell’s Soup. Other people t...
2hr 30m Dec 16, 2020
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151: A "Massive" Defense Strategy & Ed Johnson
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Richard Henry Patterson was mortified. His girlfriend, Francisca Marquinez, was dead in his bed, and he knew exactly what was to blame. His sizable penis. He was certain she’d choked and died while performing oral sex. Richard was so embarrassed that he took a few days to call the police....
2hr 10m Dec 09, 2020
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150: Consensual Murder & Horror at Dollar General
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was the mid-90’s and Sharon Lopatka was super into the brand spankin’ new world wide web. She launched a handful of online businesses. She chatted with newfound friends. She also explored her sexuality. The anonymity of the internet allowed Sharon to discuss some pretty kinky stuff. Sh...
2hr 6m Dec 02, 2020
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149: Wrongful Convictions
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Kathleen Schroll called her mom late one night in the spring of 2008, her voice shook with fear. She said that a man named Ollin “Pete” Coones was in her house. He’d stolen her lawn mower, and now he planned to kill Kathleen and her husband, Carl. Kathleen told her mom that Pete said...
2hr 50m Nov 18, 2020
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148: A Dwelling Defender & a Normal Middle Class Family
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Byron David Smith was in his basement on Thanksgiving Day, minding his own business when he heard a window break upstairs. Then he heard someone enter his home. Byron grabbed his gun and waited quietly as the intruder roamed the house. When the intruder came down the stairs, Byron fired h...
2hr 4m Nov 11, 2020
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147: MURDER!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Bruce Rouse didn’t show up for work one summer morning in 1980, his employees immediately knew something was up. So they called his house and Bruce’s teenage children went to their parents’ master bedroom to check on them. But the scene in their parents’ bedroom was shocking. Their m...
2hr 24m Nov 04, 2020
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146: Dane Cook & Ryan Ferguson
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) For a few years in the mid-2000’s, Dane Cook was on top of the world. He performed high-energy stand up routines to countless adoring fans. He sold out Madison Square Garden. One of his stand up comedy albums went platinum. The next one went double platinum. He got movie deals. He created...
2hr 24m Oct 28, 2020
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145: The Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews & Eliza Jumel's Divorce
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was a cold February day, and mother of the year Karen Matthews was in a panic. Her nine-year-old daughter, Shannon Matthews, hadn’t come home from school that day. Immediately, the tightknit community of Dewsbury, England, came together to find the missing child. Investigators searched...
1hr 50m Oct 21, 2020
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144: The Queen of Mean & Sunny von Bulow
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Leona Helmsley referred to herself as the queen of the palace, but her terrible personality earned her a more apt nickname -- the queen of mean. She and her husband were rich beyond most peoples’ imaginations. They stayed that way in part thanks to savvy real estate investing, and to tact...
2hr 15m Oct 14, 2020
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143: Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Identity Theft
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer. When she entered Harvard Law School, she was one of just 9 women in a class of nearly 500 men. Later, in her legal career, she faced incredible discrimination. But Ruth didn’t let the douchebags get her down. She was whip smart, and a tireless worker...
1hr 54m Oct 07, 2020
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