Episodes

We discuss Andrew Jesus Arroyo’s vehicular rampage, as he drove his Subaru Outback through a CarMax showroom, shattering glass and ruthlessly causing bodily injuries and paralysis. We review conflicting eyewitness reports, Carmax employee reports, and crash footage.

We discuss the vile and depraved abuse of power by North Bergen, New Jersey Police Chief Robert Farley, and the eight or more allegations of intimidation and harassment. Farley is accused of exposing himself and defecating in the presence of fellow officers and creating a hostile work environment.

We discuss two absurd and em-bear-assing cases involving criminals who attempted to frame (and blame) bears for murder and insurance fraud.

We discuss the Cocoa Beach house party hosted by Roosevelt Elementary School Principal Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan and third-grade teacher Karly Anderson. A raucous neighborhood scene played out with teens shouting obscenities, puking on the front lawn, drunk driving, smoking marijuana, and wielding a …

We explore narratives of a child ghost haunting The Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas. We dive into the Finney family history and discuss Debra Pickman’s ghost memoir, The Sallie House: True Story, which outlines her year-long accounts of living with “Sallie” and the alleged ghost’s temperamental at…

We examine the brazen and hyperpolarized case of Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old who premeditated, plotted, and pulled the trigger of his self-designed, 3D-printed ghost gun on 50-year-old Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, on December 4, 2024. We present a nuanced timeline leading up to th…

We discuss 23-year-old content creator Kelli Tedford and her participation in (and recording of) public urination in the Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene, NH, and the surrounding area spanning four years. We investigate whether Tedford was inspired–and participated in–a sub-culture of public pissers o…

We discuss the egregious and incomprehensible defrauding of members of Victorious Grace Church by Pastor Eligio (Eli) Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, by establishing a worthless cryptocurrency, INDXcoin, in 2024. We explore the levels of rhetorical manipulation and outright greed by weapon…

We discuss the case timeline of the four-part docuseries Lorena (2019) and comment on the intersectionality bias in the media and the volatile events surrounding the infamous severing of John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis on June 23, 1993.

We discuss the infamous Long Island Lolita case as re-told through the documentary Amy Fisher: Kill for Me (2021). We give a brief bio and overview of Amy Fisher, the Buttafuocos, and the obvious media bias and perpetuation of sensational to “slutty” tropes.

We discuss the 2023 double homicide in an affluent neighborhood in Herndon, Virginia, in which 23-year-old Brazilian au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães and her 39-year-old married lover, lured in Joseph Ryan, who had a profile on the fetish website FetLife, to restrain Banfield’s wife, Christine, for …

We discuss the scintillating details of ex-porn star-turned-racquetball instructor Robert Baker and his affair with Monica Sementilli, the wife of renowned hairstylist Fabio Sementilli, that led to his murder. We unravel the scandalous details of their 18-month affair, sexually-charged jailhouse le…

We discuss the numerous patient sexual abuse, assault, rape, negligence, and endangerment cases of Acadia Healthcare and nationwide subsidiary facilities for children, teens, and adults with mental illness to opioid addictions. We begin with the New York Times exposé and deep dive into the case fro…

We conclude our two-part discussion of the JonBenét Ramsey case based on the streaming episode of Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey. We talk about media spectacles, the sexualization of pageant children and depictions of youth in the media, and the biases for and against the Ramsey family.

We discuss the JonBenét Ramsey case by providing a timeline, analyzing the language of the ransom note, and reacting to the streaming episode of Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey.

We discuss the 2010 Russian “illegal” spies arrested in the U.S. as part of the FBI’s “Operation Ghost Stories.” We look at the case in-depth, focusing on Richard and Cynthia Murphy, two “Illegals” who posed as run-of-the-mill suburbanites in the idyllic town of Montclair, New Jersey.

We scanned the bags of 23-year-old, alleged drug trafficker Ceestra Burgess as she traveled with her lover from Fort Lauderdale to St. Croix with approximately 25 lbs of marijuana, vacuum-sealed and wrapped as Christmas gifts. We weed through the details, cut through the smoke, and debunk the skunk…

We timeline and discuss the ongoing “mystery” drones looming over the East Coast, particularly New Jersey. Listeners are welcome to draw their own conclusions based on the facts and FAA regulations that outline drone licensing and operations.

We discuss (with minimal egg-aggeration) the curious and combustible case of the eggnog explosion at a Totowa, NJ, pharma lab in August 2014. The blast tore through three stories and blew out the back of the building from a reported mechanical failure. We toast to the lives spared and only minor in…

We discuss the ostentatious Christmas display of Jeremy Morris, a.k.a. “Mr. Christmas” or the “Christmas Lawyer” in the documentary, ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas (2021). He was federally banned from decorating the outside of his home in Idaho and writ large. We consider the way(s) he weaponized…

We discuss the “merry” murderer, Bruce McArthur, as he played Mall Santa for those in Toronto’s Gay Village in 2018. Self-employed landscaper and Old Saint Nick-turned-serial killer disposed of his victims’ skeletal remains in planters around Toronto. Don’t miss the Grinchiest of killers, as the gi…

We discuss the three-decades-long, unsolved homicide of Sigrid Stevenson, a 25-year-old, graduate student at The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College). We detail the brutality of her sexual assault and crime scene details; we provide updates on the college’s memorial and a Cold Cas…

We discuss the recent Mattel misprint on Wicked-branded packaging for its line of Glinda and Elphaba dolls. Using a pun-charged and humorous perspective on the adult website, we explore the magical mayhem of a misprint and speculate on whether this was an intentional marketing ploy or poor proofrea…

We explore Netflix’s new true-crime docuseries, This is the Zodiac Speaking (2024), to discuss whether Arthur Leigh Allen could be The Zodiac, though DNA (and other evidence) previously ruled him out as a suspect. We perform a language analysis on the first Zodiac letter and an accompanying envelop…