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Xoxo, The Wine & Crime Gals

Episode 1: Necrophilia

Released February 2, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Gio Dominico Negro Langhe Nebbiolo, 2014
    • Pop
  • Cases/Murderers/Criminals:
    • Lucy (05:11): History, background, and Jeffery Dahmer
      • Keywords: Penis bone, honey to preserve
    • Kenyon (33:56): Anatoly Moskvin
      • Keywords: corpse dolls
    • Amanda (1:12:20): Edmund Kemper & Bryan James Hathaway
      • Keywords: The Co-Ed Killer, The Wisconsin Deer-Fucker
  • Other Notes:
    • In the U.S., there is no Federal legislation barring having sex with a corpse (what?!).
    • There are 10 tiers to Necrophilia
      • Role players, Romantic, Fantasizers, Tactile, Fetishistic, Necromutilomania,  Opportunistic, Regular, Homicidal, Exclusive
    • 92% of necrophiles were male, 8% female
    • You can mummify a friggin’ hot dog
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Nice Pop #nicepop (or alternate nice pahp)
    • Corpse benefits
    • #knowyourrights
    • Jeffery Dahmer was the first ultimate Pinterest fail (expectations vs. reality)
    • Amanda is going to bedazzle a pig skull
    • Getting drunk and booing books (except Harry Potter)
    • Patriarchy
    • Drunk as a Russian gravedigger
    • Sorry ‘bout it #sorryboutit
    • Stahp (stop but said in the best Minnesotan accent)
    • #minnetonkapride
    • #murderthough
    • Fucking Wisconsin
    • Keep it creepy

Episode 2: Arson

Released February 8, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Garnacha de Fuego, 2009
    • Already opened – no pop or crack
  • Cases:
    • Kenyon (03:36): Background and some psych. No cases mentioned.
    • Amanda (25:45): John Leonard Orr
      • Keywords: The Pillow Pyro, forensic files, arson investigator, points of origin (book), incendiary device
    • Lucy (42:15): Chris North, Julio Gonzalez, Robert Dale Segee, Peter George Dinsdale (later Bruce George Peter Lee – fan author note: btw, dude looks like my ex-husband. Weird)
      • Keywords: revenge, Lydia, Happy Land nightclub, The Hartford Circus fire, The Day the Clowns Cried, Selby Street fire  
  • Other Notes:
    • So hot. Hot topic.
    • There are degrees of arson – which is opposite of the degrees of burns
    • 95% are one-off cases. The rest are serial arsons
    • Amanda is definitely on a list somewhere
    • Lucy is suspicious of everyone
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Grenache with panache
    • Pecan sandy-ism
    • Fucking Wisconsin
    • Basically psychologists now
    • When Cher says jump, you say how hiiiigh (in your best Cher impression)
    • Fucking patriarchy!
    • Gals will be buried together. Lucy calls middle. Kenyon is the bottom bitch
    • Leave Michaels alone!

Episode 3: Lesser Known Cults

Released February 15, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Kendall Jackson, 2015 Chardonnay
    • Pop (Nice Pahp!)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (04:30): Background, no case
    • Kenyon (20:33): Credonia Mwerinde and The Movement for the Restoration of the 10 Commandments of God (MRTCG)
      • Keywords: Southwest Uganda  
    • Amanda (52:16): Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Lou Nettles and the Heaven’s Gate Cult
      • Keywords: Texas
  • Other Notes:
    • If you’re in a cult, tweet at us
    • Chardonnay is popular because Americans like cola and candies
    • “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled” by Mark Twain
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • #SorryBoutIt
    • The bowel movement that attracted 6,000 followers
    • Be alone always
    • Church of Credonia!!!
    • #HolyCredonia (start of Credonia movement)
    • Nothing good ever happens in Texas

Episode 4: Peeping Toms

Released February 22, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: The Naked Grape Merlot
    • Box – no pop or crack. Nice twist?
    • Mer-low level crime, mer-low level wine
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:12): History, background and psych. A poem about a voyeur.
      • Keywords: Paraphilia, casual crime
    • Kenyon (29:45): Covers a self-confessed peeping tom who started a Reddit AMA; Eduard Petrovich and Eduard Alexander Kovynev; Eugene Holcombe Buckle
      • Keywords: Reddit, Duluth, Georgia, movie theater, Lake Oswego, Oregon
    • Amanda (51:30): Gross guy (no name mentioned) and the portable toilet peeping incident in 2015; Kenneth Enlow
      • Keywords: Portable toilet, Oklahoma, feces, septic tank, firehose
  • Other Notes:
    • Stay turned for a crude drawing of Kenyon’s vagina. New patreon level (minimum 1 million dollars per month to get this one)
    • Voyeurism is the official term
    • Burping is like an airy barf
    • Amanda exclusively uses technology while pooping. You’re welcome, hackers.
    • Amanda is not a fan of underwear and would ditch it on the way to school causing her mother to do a panty check
    • Check your port-a-potties from here forward
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Turn your knobs (not your crotch)
    • Amanda needs a doctor
    • Saul Goodman (S’All Good, Man)
    • Suckin’ On Chili Dogs
    • Edward Cullen is a peeping tom
    • Kristen Stewart on SNL…might need some alone time in a bath (#KristenStewartAwokeSomethingInMe)
    • #fuckingpatriarchy
    • Literal shit storm
    • Wrongful dumping (pun intended)
    • What is the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches watches…(Get it? Instead of watching snatches?)

Episode 5: Crimes of Passion

Released March 1, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: The Affair, 2015 Pinot Noir
    • Already open
    • Would have been a crack
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (06:48): Background. Mentions cases for Kenneth Peacock, Jodi Arias, and Lorena Bobbitt
      • Keywords: impulsive crimes, relationships, honor killings, justifiable homicide, motives, hormones, Arias, Arizona, Bobbitt
    • Kenyon (33:40): Georgina (a.k.a Sally) Challen
      • Keywords: Sally Challen, U.K. Richard Challen, *69, diminished responsibility
    • Amanda (57:13): Gabrielle P. (no last name in German cases)
      • Keywords: Germany, Alex H., circular saw, Christian
  • Other Notes:
    • Cuckold is a terrible word
    • Germany has super strict privacy laws, so cases usually only include first names and last initials. Germany, that’s great but also could you not?
    • Goggles won’t protect you
    • Daily Mail basically writes these episodes 😉
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Fucking patriarchy
    • Confession: We’re feminists
    • Pecan-sandy-ism
    • Deah Diahry (that’s how you say it in the accent…)
    • Ladyboys
    • Bitch, I’m tryna eat!
    • I’m so hungry #ImSoHungry
    • Amanda’s dog takes Viagra. That or Dan is lying about the dog needing it.
    • Distant foghorn and terrible seagull sounds

Episode 6: Munchausen’s Syndrome

Released March 8, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Melodramatic Red Blend
    • Pop
    • Shout out to Matt at Total Wine in Bloomington
    • 50% damsel and 50% villian
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:30): Background and some psychology. No cases
      • Keywords: Russia, munchausen’s by Proxy, malingering
    • Kenyon (23:18): Julie Gregory
      • Keywords: Munchausen by Proxy, Sickened book, Sandy
    • Amanda (53:30): Gypsy Rose & Dee Dee Blancharde
      • Keywords: Springfield, Hurricane Katrina, Nick, stabbing, mailed knife
  • Other Notes:
    • Kenyon is NOT preggo – she has shingles
    • First mention of Dr. Nandi
    • New episode idea: killers who post on social media
    • Kenyon emailed the journalist in her case…stay tuned
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Buckle the fuck up
    • Spiraling by Proxy (Kenyon, every episode)
    • I’m not a war vitamin. I respect vitamins so much. Gummy and otherwise.
    • God Bless the Vitamins
    • #PagingDrNandi
    • Wine and Crime #deepthroat
    • Under a layer of sweat, I shall persevere
    • Bitch has no teeth…
    • Fucking Wisconsin
    • Joke: So when I heard there was a cure for Munchausen Syndrome, I was very relieved. (yes, that’s the joke…I don’t get it)

Episode 7: Cruise Ship Disappearances

Released March 15, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Vega Sindoa Garnacha Rose
    • Pop
    • Amanda got a hernia from opening this one
    • From Spain
    • Pops are not a sound effect
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (07:44): Background & legality. Mentions Daniel Belling and John Halford cases
      • Keywords: Moral of the story is never go on a cruise ship, Carnival Cruises, Royal Caribbean, foreign soil, Dr. Ross Klein, Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Ship Industry book, Dublin, Xing Lei Li, Rhapsody of the Seas, Bahamas Celebration, The Macau Success, Brilliance of the Seas, The Celebrity Mercury
    • Kenyon (34:05): Karen Waltz & Dr. Scott Robin Roston
      • Keywords: Sundance Cruises, Stardancer, married to a kite, Israeli Secret Agents
    • Amanda (01:07:39): Amy Lynn Bradley
      • Keywords: Royal Caribbean, Rhapsody of the Seas, Curacao, risk manager, attorney, FBI, Alister Douglas, Yellow, human trafficking, tazmanian devil tattoo unsolved
  • Other Notes:
    • Kenyon still has shingles and Amanda has bird flu (are the gals on Oregon Trail?!)
    • You can contract bird flu by doing the terrible ocean noises that Amanda did in Episode 5
    • People who disappear probably go to the upside-down (Stranger Things, anyone?)
    • Amanda can’t stand it when you use your dessert spoon to eat your soup
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Branded wine bras, anyone?
    • Aggressive Pressing (Kenyon and Lucy are into it now)
    • Tamiflu is already rearing its beautiful head with Amanda
    • Subtle foghorn sounds throughout the episode
    • Ouch, my bird flu!
    • #PagingDrNandi
    • SS Quickie
    • Boobs will not keep you afloat in the ocean
    • Bitch I’m tryna eat (again)
    • He’s pretty spineless for a chiropractor

Episode 8: Killer Kids

Released March 22, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Cascina Castlet Barbera d’Asti, 2014
    • Pop
    • Creepy kid label
    • Scary story about wine additives – we need an episode on WINE CRIMES…hello, namesake.
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (10:00): Background & psych. Mentions cases for Joshua Phillips, Craig Chandler Price, Eric M. Smith, John Venables/Robert Thompson
      • Keywords: motives, body under mattress, neighbors, James Bulger
    • Kenyon (38:32): Mary Flora Bell
      • Keywords: The Tyneside Strangler, Betty Bell, Billy Bell, Norma Bell (no relation), Rat Alley, Martin Brown, Brian Howe, Tin Lizzie
    • Amanda (1:16:35): David Brom
      • Keywords: Axe, Rochester, Paulette, Bernard, Rick, Diane, mental illness, negative land band
  • Other Notes:
    • Amanda cut her hair with scissors, got scared and threw the scissors into the bay to avoid getting in trouble. The hair went behind a chair, scissors in the bay. Not a criminal mastermind, girl.
    • Kenyon at this age had an eye patch and a mullet.
    • The gals promise childhood photos in the future if the podcast really takes off.
    • Amanda didn’t put jelly beans in her bum (so she says)
    • Lucy is naming her kid Dameon Faye (and he’ll probably be a killer kid)
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • OSureOcean (in a Minnesotan accent)
    • These cases caused Amanda to text her gyno and get her tubes tied
    • Hide your jelly beans
    • Dear Diary (in Amanda’s terrible “southern” accent)
    • New drinking game: when Amanda mentions Harry Potter, when Lucy says something sexual
    • Bringing back the term ‘drunkard’
    • Rectal sugar poisoning
    • Facebook Wine and Crime Happy Hour group is started!
    • Video of Amanda drunkenly making macaroni & cheese

Episode 9: Lucky Bastards

Released March 29, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: 19 Crimes Red Blend, 2016
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:12): Background and Robert Durst
      • Keywords: The Jinx, All Good Things, personality decomposition, Kathie McCormack, Susan Berman, Morris Black, Gilberte Najamy, band-aids, Susan Criss,
    • Kenyon (38:49): Robert “Willy” Pickton
      • Keywords: Canada, pig farm, Pig Farmer Killer, Piggy Palace Good Time Society, Wendy Lynn Eistetter, meat grinder, long pig
    • Amanda (01:19:15): H.H. Holmes
      • Keywords: Devil in the White City, Herman Webster Mudgett, first serial killer, Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, murder castle, con artist, bigamist, Myrta Belknap, Georgiana Yoke, Elizabeth S. Holton, World’s Fair Hotel, impression management, torture, Julie Smythe, panic of 1893, Benjamin Pitezel, Jeptha Howe
  • Other Notes:
    • What does “Lucky Bastards” mean? Basically, how the HELL did the criminal get away with that
    • Long Pig is another term for human flesh in some countries
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Plucky ass turds
    • Count your beans
    • ABV is a percentage so we’re basically mathematicians
    • Dr. Nandi (again)
    • He was a poor, creepy moron
    • Uh, Nah
    • Amanda’s Buffalo Bill impression “oh wait…”
    • #FuckingPatriarchy
    • Where there’s smoke, there’s long pig #LongPig
    • “Shot someone up the sqwack with a dildo gun” – sqwack???!!!
    • LongPigLover69 was definitely his AIM handle
    • Special thanks to Chipotle. It’s an honor to hear Amanda chewing

Episode 10: Blood Spatter

Released April 5, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Bloody Mary (Not Wine, *GASP*)
    • Nice pour, I guess?
    • Good crunch (pickle)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:23): Background on blood stain patterns and some science on blood
      • Keywords: BPA (bloodstain pattern analysis), luminol, recreating the scene, area of convergence, origin, 3-D model, hemospat, aged pigs blood, SWGSTAIN, soothing blood titles
    • Kenyon (48:05): Dr. John Hamilton and wife Susan
      • Keywords: Forensic Files: Bloody Valentine, Oklahoma, Valentine’s day, abortion doctor, cards, voice stress expert
    • Amanda (01:17:20): Azaria Chamberlain
      • Keywords: Cry in the Dark, Meryl Streep, Dingo ate my baby, Australia, Uluru, Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, fetal hemoglobin, jumpsuit, Michael Chamberlain, wrongful conviction
  • Other Notes:
    • Origin of bloody mary has varying reports
    • Bloody Mary was invented by Mary. She was on her period, needed a cocktail and there we go
    • Mention of documentary titled The Staircase
    • Check out Crime Scene Cleaners Inc on instagram (@crimescenecleanersinc)
    • Bloodspatter.com
    • The gals are guests on podcast The Cryptid Keeper soon!
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • The best thing about bloody mary is there’s snacks inside
    • One good thing Wisconsin does is the bloody mary with a cheeseburger skewer in it
    • If you say splatter or wear socks with sandals, turn this off
    • “A Few of My Favorite Things” is always applicable
    • The gals will re-record that Sound of Music song with murder theme. Tweet the gals your lyric ideas
      • Lyrics are on the blog
    • Lucy is twitterpated over blood
    • Supercalifragilistic-expirated spatter
    • Dick pic with quarter for scale
    • Is Nationwide always on your side?
    • Lucy’s soothing blood video titles yoga
    • Namaste
    • Fucking Patriarchy
    • Team Can’t Rule it Out #TeamNoClearance
    • Always Suspicious #AlwaysSuspicious
    • Paging Dr. Nandi #PagingDrNandi

Episode 11: Psychotic Breaks

Released April 12, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Twisted Old Vine Zinfandel
    • Crack
    • $4.99 – cheapest bottle yet!
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (05:11): Background and psych. Mentions James Holmes and personal story about someone who experienced a break
      • Keywords: Acute psychosis, delusions, hallucinations, absence of affect, grandiosity, thought interference, delusions of persecution, colorado movie theater
    • Kenyon (41:55): Richard David Falco/David Berkowitz
      • Keywords: Son of Sam, .44 Caliber Killer, New York City, Summer of Sam, letters, Harvey (dog), black lab next door, Son of Hope  
    • Amanda (01:16:55): Anthony (Antony) Waterlow
      • Keywords: Australia, Nicholas (Nick) Waterlow, Chloe Waterlow (Heuston), mental illness,
  • Other Notes:
    • 31 years left until Amanda’s next break
    • There’s a list of acceptable list of drugs approved by the Wine & Crime gals
    • Interesting article (Link HERE) by Kyla Marshell on her experience with a psychotic break and the intersection of illness and creativity
    • Waterlow looks a little like Kenyon’s fiance
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Total Wine Bloomington (Matt in particular) should sponsor us
    • Thanks, brain!
    • Amanda’s Buffalo Bill impression makes another appearance #OhWait
    • Buffalo Betty
    • $25/month on Patreon will get Amanda’s Buffalo Bill/Betty voicemail – Amanda gives consent
    • Fucking patriarchy
    • Amanda’s drag name will be Chubby Behemoth #ChubbyBehemoth
    • Thanks David Berkowitz!
    • Kenyon’s drag name Pretty Larceny #PrettyLarceny
    • Lucy’s is still LongPigLover69
    • Drunker than a russian gravedigger #DrunkerThanARussianGravedigger
    • Schizophrenia and Pokemon Go is probably a terrible combination

Episode 12: Exorcisms Gone Wrong

Released April 19, 2017

    • Wine Pairing: Santa Elvira Pinot Grigio
      • Crack
      • Mutant clone grape variety
    • Cases:
      • Lucy (07:27): Background, psych, and techniques
        • Keywords: Exorcismus, demons, spirits, religion, prayers of deliverance, monomania, trepanation, The Exorcist (movie), Mademoiselle Elizabeth de Ranfaing, Clara Germana Cele, Robbie Mannheim
      • Kenyon (44:28): Maricica Irina Cornici
        • Keywords: Romanian Orthodox Church, Romania, Holy Trinity Convent, Tanacu, Nun, Father Daniel Corogeanu, pitchforks, Beyond the Hills (movie)
      • Amanda (01:12:35 but really 01:18:32): Maxi Castro
        • Keywords: Sri Lanka, Colombo, Wasantha Bandara, Yak Adura, animal sacrifice, buried alive, sword,
    • Other Notes:
      • Amanda can explain away all of these happenings with simple things
      • Can’t top blood spatter yoga poses voiced by Lucy
      • Imagine the Google car car trying to get around the horse-drawn cart in this Romanian town
      • Beyond the Hill movie based on Maricica Irina Cornici and Father Corogeanu
      • Kenyon talks a bit about Sangomas in South Africa (around 01:13:55)
      • Don’t fry food at night otherwise you might get possessed

 

 

  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • We believe in Dr. Nandi and that’s it #PagingDrNandi
    • The hungry ghost is Amanda’s body type #HungryGhost #TheHungryGhost
    • Sorry ‘boud it #SorryBoudIt
    • Sho-far, Sho-good
    • Fucking patriarchy
    • #NotAllDemons
    • Talk about dark urine
    • So many babushkas #SoManyBabushkas
    • Garlic Butter is the siren song of the United States
    • Ward off Satan and his teammates #SquadGoals
    • Stick to sage, y’all

Episode 13: Angels of Death Part 1 (ft Dr. Nandi)

Released April 26, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Whispering Angel Rosé
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (12:50): Background and psych including Dr. Nandi insights and questions! Mentions Waltraud Wagner, Jack the Ripper, The Hillside Stranglers, Dr. Michael Swango, Dr. Marcel Petiot (none of these went into detail on cases, just examples)
      • Keywords: Healthcare Serial Killer (HSK), assisted suicide, Lainz Hospital
    • No other cases this episode
  • Other Notes:
    • Special guest Dr. Partha Nandi, MD. Also special thanks to Dr. Nandi’s wife, Kali!
    • Adrenaline – Amanda could have lifted a car when she got her Hall & Oates tickets
    • Dr. Nandi talks about the Munchausen’s case (mentions in Episode 6) – Julie Gregory. He concludes that she was telling the truth
    • Check local listings for Ask Dr. Nandi www.askdrnandi.com. A book by the same title came out September 2017
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • We paged Dr. Nandi and he answered #PagingDrNandi
    • Suspect everyone. Be an Aloicious #SuspiciousAloicious
    • Nandi-Nine Problems
    • Holland Oates
    • Most butts have shit!
    • #QuickDrawNandi
    • Cayenne West (formerly known as Kanye West)

Episode 13: Angels of Death Part 2

Released April 29, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: No new pairing – see part 1
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (03:56): Refresher of background and psych (listen to part 1 for in depth info)
      • HSK, red flags
    • Amanda (07:08): Jane Toppan
      • Keywords: Jolly Jane, nurse, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge Hospital, poison, strychnine
    • Kenyon (27:51): Josef Mengele
      • Keywords: Nazi Germany, Auschwitz, gas chamber, human experimentation, twins, doctator, Bashar al-Assad
  • Other Notes:
    • Amanda’s computer was cursed by a Sangoma
    • Switching it up this episode…they went out of the usual order
  •  Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Dr. Nandi shaped hole in our hearts
    • Nobody sexes my Nana! #HandsOffMyNana
    • Hopefully he got his dick blown off #BlewHisDickVanDykeOff
    • Sacrificial wham bam thank you ma’am
    • Buckle up we’re about to speculate
    • Dr. Garbage Man
    • Buffalo Jill

Episode 14: Mob Mentality Murders

Released May 3, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Tons de Duorum Red Blend
    • Pop
    • Little bit of a stretch pairing this week…Tons..like tons of people
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (10:51): Background and psych from bible-thumping Lucy
      • Keywords: herd mentality, bystander effect, convergence theory, emergent norm theory
    • Kenyon (47:07): Dhamara Ghat Rail Accident & Oakland, CA Teenage BART Train Mugging
      • Keywords: India, railway, train, pilgrims, fire, Oakland, California, BART,   
    • Amanda (01:12:34): Valley Stream Outlet Walmart Stampede & Walter Vance
      • Keywords: black friday, blackfridaydeathcount.com, Jdimytai Damour, Jimmy Overby, Target, West Virginia
  • Other Notes:
    • Online store is live!! Merch is nigh! www.wineandcrimepodcast.com/merch
    • Live show announced! It happens on Lucy’s birthday!
    • Kenyon painted a chair. It’s horribly uncomfortable, but it’s blue
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Never trust a Pepsi person
    • Fucking Wisconsin #FuckingWisconsin
    • Everything links back to Fast & Furious, guys
    • Riot girls #RiotGirls
    • Paging Dr. Nandi #PagingDrNandi
    • Terrible train puns
    • A beautiful version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” with special lyrics by Kenyon

Episode 15: Catfishing Crimes

Released May 11, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Predator Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (10:57): Background, some psych
      • Keywords: Nev Schulman, Manti Te’o, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, Lennay Kekua, dupers delight
    • Kenyon (39:42): Thomas “Tommy” Montgomery
      • Keywords: Lifetime movie, Buffalo, Jessi, Talhotblonde, Old military photo, beefcake, Brian Barrett, Mary Shieler
    • Amanda (01:11:00): Nick.com chat room/faked suicide story from a listener & Season 5, Episode 10: Kayla & Courtney (aired April 27, 2016)
      • Keywords: Catfish TV show, Medium  
  • Other Notes:
    • This week, the gals are old time-y prospectors
    • Live show on July 2 (Lucy’s 30th birthday!)
    • There were no rubies in Amanda’s dad’s prosthetic leg
    • Potential crossover podcast with And That’s Why We Drink (ATWWD)
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Sorry ’bout it #SorryBoutIt
    • Cab-fish crimes
    • Anything South of Iowa is the deep South
    • Hungry ghost #HungryGhost
    • Squish my cherry, Beefcak (yes, no ‘e’…pronounced beefKACK)
    • Fucking shit nasty, right?!
    • I’mma crack your peach pit, girl
    • God bless the vitamins

Episode 16: Missing Persons

Released May 17, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Witness Tree Viognier
    • Crack
    • Another stretch because…maybe there were no witnesses besides a tree
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (07:11 – slurpee time): Background, legalities, and psych. Mentions John “Johnny” Gosch case
      • Keywords: NamUs (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System), death in absentia, “What Happened to Johnny” documentary, Iowa, Noreen Gosch, Johnny Gosch Law, milk carton, Paul Bonacci
    • Kenyon (38:26): Ray Gricar  
      • Keywords: Disappearance, Pennsylvania, Patty Fornicola, Roy Gricar, Brush Valley, red mini cooper, laptop, theories, Jerry Sandusky, 20/20 Vision, time travel
    • Amanda (01:23:00): The Sodder Children
      • Keywords: fire, West Virginia, George Sodder, Jennie Sodder, missing ladder, cut telephone wire, Mussolini, Theo Renzo threat, billboard
  • Other Notes:
    • Listen to “Do You Hear Me” by Missing Persons
    • www.NamUs.gov
    • Kenyon briefly mentions man (Anton Pilipa) who was found barefoot in the Amazon
    • #2PodsADay – movement to promote independent podcasts! Check out their site at www.2podsaday.wordpress.com
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Matt from Total Wine mentioned again
    • Strong opinions on mini coopers
    • Red mini cooper? Pass.
    • Remember Ask Jeeves?
    • Stop trying to make Bing happen

Episode 17: Odd Modus Operandi

Released May 31, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Gran Passione Rosso Veneto
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:08): Background and psych (and a slight English/Latin lesson). Mentions Jeffery Dahmer in relation to M.O.
      • Keywords: mode of operating, method, pattern, behavioral profile, signature, forensic psychology, signature aspect, signature behavior, continuum
    • Kenyon (33:19): Ahmad Suradji
      • Keywords: Indonesia, Dukun, sorcerer, black magic, Sri Kemala Dewi, sugarcane field, saliva, firing squad
    • Amanda (01:13:25): Edward Joseph Leonski
      • Keywords: New Jersey, symbolic matricide, Ivy McLeod, Pauline Thompson, Gladys Hosking, The Brownout Strangler, Ursula
  • Other Notes:
    • Don’t put your fucking patriarchy wine glasses in the dishwasher
    • At Wine & Crime, we spiral and we speculate
    • Kenyon’s M.O. is obscure international crimes
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Rhymes with Dr. Nandi #PaginingDrNandi
    • Could be worse…he could be driving a red mini cooper
    • Is a backhoe kind of like a side hoe?
    • Fucking patriarchy
    • This is horrible. Continue #ThisIsHorribleContinue
    • Make that paper #MakeThatPaper
    • Joke this week: How is the M.O. shy, nymphomaniacal nursing student like part of a hardware store? She screws nuts and bolts!

Episode 18: Axe Murders

Released June 7, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Tinedo Cala N.1 Tempranillo Blend
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (07:35): Background, some psych. Also covers Villisca Axe Murder House
      • Keywords: weapon of opportunity, Iowa, Moore Family, Josiah Moore, Sarah Moore, Lena & Ina Stillinger, eye pulp, unsolved, Frank Jones, Reverend George Kelly, Andy Sawyer (transient), William “Blackie” Mansfield
    • Kenyon (39:50): Christopher Porco
      • Keywords: Season 13 Episode 25 of Forensic Files, Peter Porco, Joan Porco, survivor, forged transcripts, yellow jeep, EZ Pass
    • Amanda (01:19:05): The Massacre on the Mary Russell
      • Keywords: The Mary Stubbs, Ireland, Captain William Stewart, inquest, mutiny
  • Other Notes:
    • Kenyon is SUPES drunk
    • Kenyon’s case is really the inspiration for the whole podcast!!!
    • Lesson for today…do NOT get on a boat
    • Swear to Credonia that merch is real
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Mind your business, Mary Peckham
    • Axe-ident (get it? Like accident?)
    • We time travelin’!
    • Great words this week are Defenestration, Afluvia, and Ruffians

Episode 19: Stockholm Syndrome

Released June 13, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Spellbound Petit Sirah
    • Crack
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (14:25): Background and psych. Briefly discusses Swedish bank robbery and Patty Hearst
      • Keywords: Helsinki syndrome (INCORRECT), capture bonding, Nils Bejerot, Norrmalmstorgssyndromet, Lima Syndrome, reproductive conflict (fucking patriarchy), Jan-Erik Olsson, bank robbery, Kreditbanken, Clark Olofsson, Symbionese Liberation Army, Tania
    • Kenyon (48:22): Natascha Kampusch
      • Keywords: Austria, Wolfgang Priklopil, escape, inherited house 3096 Tage (book)
    • Amanda (01:30:39): Colleen Stan
      • Keywords: Red Bluff, California, Cameron Hooker, Janice Hooker, coffin box, head box, contract, “The Company”, waterbed, returned to family home
  • Other Notes:
    • Amanda is bringing wine to the every man
    • Lucy keeps a list of things she hates – we’re adding “It is what it is” and “Irregardless”
      • Adding red mini coopers and Wisconsin
    • Cats have barbed penises. Ew.
    • Balls are too squishy
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Mommy Fuckin’ Likey! #MommyFuckinLikey
    • Minnesotan goodbye

Episode 20: Beyond Stupid: Thieves

Released June 21, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Big House Pinot Grigio
    • Crack
    • Stupid criminals probably can’t operate a wine key so…
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (09:24): Psych on why we laugh at stupid criminals and basics/factors on general (stupid) criminals. Dumb criminals (quick cases) to name a few: Adan Juarez Ramirez, Marlon Moore, Donnie Guy, Clive Halford, Sean Roberts, and more!
      • Keywords: Schadenfreude (pleasure from another’s misfortune), basically describing Florida, You might be a dumb criminal if…
    • Kenyon (31:05): Sewage tank mistaken for gas tank and The Duct Tape Bandit
      • Keywords: Western Australia, syphon gas, sewage tank, Ashland, Kentucky, Shamrock Liquor, Kasey G. Kazee, do the math, do the homework, copycats
    • Amanda (51:27): Ruben Zarate, Albert Bailey, and Xavi the Getaway Donkey
      • Keywords: Chicago, muffler shop, cell phone number, Connecticut, call ahead, Xavi (escape donkey)
  • Other Notes:
    • Live show is SOLD OUT!
    • Xavi the donkey is our new mascot
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Ba-BAM! #BaBAM
    • Duct Tape Bandit…YES #DuctTapeBandit
    • I’m not no duct tape bandit #ImNotNoDuctTapeBandit
    • DO THE MATH, DO THE HOMEWORK #DoTheMathDoTheHomework
    • Duct TAAAPE
    • Cover your face in sweet, sweet Baklava
    • A dumb joke from Lucy at 01:01:50

Episode 21: Rage Blackouts

Released June 28, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Troublemaker Red Blend
    • Pop (ugly pop)
    • Differences between Syrah/Shiraz and Petit Sirah (besides the spelling)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:57): Background and minimal psych
      • Keywords: intermittent explosive disorder, memory time loss, berserkers, berserkergang, norseman
    • Kenyon (36:09): Michael C. Russian
      • Keywords: Paducah, Kentucky, shopping cart, Adam Bullock, rug, April Darnell, dumbbell, text messages  
    • Amanda (58:38): Matthew Bigboy
      • Keywords: Portland, Oregon, Uncle, facial tattoos, Eugene Bigboy
  • Other Notes:
    • If you want to start a podcast, don’t let the tech stuff worry you. The gals did minimal research and have socks over their mics.
    • Comin’ at ya live from a tin can!
    • Kenyon’s in Minnesota! But we’re NOT using her wine suggestion (Rafino…because in a rage you might ruff-ino someone up)
    • Lucy shares her experience with Ambien
    • “Thirsty” is disgusting  
    • Kenyon shares her hagrid/shopping cart/rat story
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • No one puts peanut butter on my Nana
    • Ba-BAM #BaBAM
    • She had a real pretty mouth (in your best deep south accent)
    • Exercising is dangerous. You can’t kill someone with a bag of potato chips. Don’t exercise ever, at all
    • Killer Kerfuffle #KillerKerfuffle

Episode 22: Wine & Crime LIVE! (MN Murders)

Released July 5, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Bauhaus Blood Orange Radler
    • No pop or crack – nice pour?
    • A little sweet and a little murder-y
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:23): Background and The most Minnesotan way to murder someone. Also covers Marjorie Congdon LeRoy Caldwell Hagen
      • Birthday girl!!! Happy 30th!!
      • Keywords: average crime rates, Minnesotan goodbye, Minnesota stereotypes, Duluth, Glensheen Historic Estate, Jennifer, Elisabeth Mannering Congdon, Velma Pietila, satin pillow, Roger Caldwell, arson, suicide pact, fraud
    • Kenyon (34:08): Paul Michael Stephani
      • Keywords: The Weepy-Voiced Killer, Austin Minnesota, Karen Potack, Wisconsin, St. Paul, Kimberly Compton, ice pick, big dream, Kathleen Greening, bathtub, Barbara Simons, Hexagon Bar, Denise Williams, escape, hysterical crying, skin cancer
    • Amanda (01:06:25): William Williams
      • Keywords: middle name probably Carlos, diphtheria, John Keller, St. Paul, gay lover, emotional insanity, botched execution, rope too long, last execution in Minnesota  
  • Other Notes:
    • Scott Artley (sp?) the gals childhood friend joins us!
    • Thank you to Bauhaus for hosting!
    • Audience member dressed as Duct Tape Bandit!
    • Musical called ‘Glensheen’ based on Lucy’s case
    • EXCELLENT audio clips accompany Kenyon’s case
    • Amanda burned her nipples off
    • “Just because there’s a goalie doesn’t mean I can’t score” – Kenyon hitting on Joe, the sound guy (he’s married)
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • #WineAndCrimeLive
    • Hops and Circumstance
    • Horse people are terrifying
    • Suspish #Suspish
    • Speculate Wildly #SpeculateWildly
    • We don’t talk about St. Paul
    • Pecan sandy-ism
    • What’s that shadowy place? That’s Coon Rapids…never go there, Simba
    • Sucks to suck #SucksToSuck
    • Joke (in your best Minnesotan accent): “So didja hear about that plane crash earlier today? Ya, a little cessna that crashed into a norwegian cemetary up north? Ya! Oh, it was a bad one. One of the worst in Minnesota history, ya. Sven and Oly volunteered on the search and rescue team. Ya, real bad. So far they’ve recovered 826 bodies and they expect the numbers to climb as the digging continues.”
    • Sorry Sean #SorrySean

Episode 23: International Abductions

Released July 12, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: The Prisoner: Blindfold White Blend
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (11:11): Background and some laws
      • Keywords: terrorist groups, migration crisis, exploitation, ransom, what to do in potential abductions situations, Hague Convention
    • Kenyon (47:13): Abduction of Cecilie/Sarah Finkelstein
      • Keywords: Tone (Tuna) Finkelstein, Herbert Finkelstein, Oslo, Norway, Crown Heights, Jewish community, Brooklyn, milk carton,
    • Amanda (01:17:53): Connie McAllister
      • Keywords: Wisconsin, Mexico, Skype confirmation, Freddie Ruiz, possibly drugged, three kids
  • Other Notes:
    • Drop Dead Gorgeous is life
    • New episode: Beauty Pageant Crimes
    • Nice Pop being added to merch!
    • Lucy has better ideas for how this is handled than the Government
    • A terrible accent…origin unknown. Sounds like Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • WhoAreYou? Said as one word…from Drop Dead Gorgeous (DDG)
    • Mommy Fuckin’ Likey #MommyFuckinLikey
    • Tone, pronounced Tuna #DolphinSafe
    • He stayed at her house…You mean can
    • You simply must listen to hear all the amazing Tuna jokes. I can’t do them justice in this document
    • A road trip with no snacks, that’s the real tragedy

Episode 24: Trust Fund Murders

Released July 19, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Blue Nun 24k Sparkling White
    • Pop
    • Special thanks to listener Jessica Kindron for the bottle of wine!
    • Pray to Credonia that Amanda doesn’t spill
    • Lucy is excited to poop out the gold flakes
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:54): Background on how trust funds work
      • Keywords: property, fiduciary system, grantor/trustor/settlor, beneficiary, spendthrift clause, tax advantages, estate tax bypass
    • Kenyon (29:29): Murder of Sheila Von Wiese-Mack
      • Keywords: brat, Heather Mack, Lois Heather Mack, Illinois, James Mack, aspiring rapper, Tommy Schaefer, St. Regis resort, Bali, Indonesia, vicious little monster, pregnant, suitcase
    • Amanda (01:16:32): Lucius Oliver Hamilton III
      • Keywords: Wabash College, Indiana, master of foxhounds, Russell Hamilton, Katherine (niece), Raymond Giehll III, home surveillance camera, suicide
  • Other Notes:
    • The uncomfortable blue chair that Kenyon painted makes another appearance
    • Every Tommy is naughty
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • I grew up on food stamps (say it proud!)
    • Champagne Ghost (who makes Lucy spill her sparkling wine)
    • Not All Rich #NotAllRich
    • Supes Excited #Supes (enter any word after, really)
    • The “daddy” voice begins #DaddysThirsty

Episode 25: White Male Terrorism

Released July 26, 2017

*Warning – Amanda’s sound quality is not great this episode*

  • Wine Pairing: Relax Riesling
    • Crack
    • For all men who has ever told a woman to “relax”
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (07:44): Background, statistics, and psychology
      • Keywords: definition, white supremacist, sovereign citizens, right wing militia, Timothy McVeigh (ew), Andrew Stack (ew), Dylan Roof (ew), Jared Loughner (ew), Ted Kaczynski (ew), Anders Breivik (ew), heuristics, confirmation bias, media
    • Kenyon (36:56): John “Rusty” Russell Houser
      • Keywords: Trainwreck movie, movie theater, Grand 16, Lafayette, Louisiana, shooting, reloaded, blue Lincoln Continental, arson, involuntarily committed, “enterprising figure”, nazi banner, bar owner, revoked liquor license, Honoring the victims: Mayci Breaux, Jillian Johnson
    • Amanda (01:13:56): Scott Roeder
      • Keywords: George Tiller, doctor, late term abortion provider, body armor, Shelly Shannon, sovereign citizen, Regina Dinwitty (Vagina Dimwitty)
  • Other Notes:
    • Episode brought to you by Alan (Allen?)…emailed the gals to let them know that they’re “kind of funny” and should “lay off Trump and lay off politics”. Then followed with a second, unprovoked email with hate speech about certain groups of individuals. Fuck off, Alan!
    • Amanda hates dolphins
    • If your menu has chicken wings AND pizza, put the wings ON the pizza…it’s not that hard
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Soft bodies ARE beach bodies
    • #GodBlessTheVitamins
    • The “I want to speak to a manager” haircut
    • Don’t google “rusty trombone” – diagram on the blog
    • Sorry, not sorry #SorryNotSorry

Episode 26: Psychos & Socios

Released August 2, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Ciros Torrontes
    • Crack
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (06:51): Background, lots of psychology, definitions, and some statistics
      • Keywords: spectrum, psychopathy, sociopathy, antisocial personality disorder, nature vs. nurture, psychopath test – more of a checklist,
    • Kenyon (33:48): Diane Downs
      • Keywords: Elizabeth Diane Frederickson Downs, Christie, Cheryl, Danny, Robert Knickerbocker, night drive, alleged carjacking, shooting, pregnant, Amy Elizabeth (now Becky)
    • Amanda (01:11:19): Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed
      • Keywords: The Blood Countess, Hungary, Guinness Record as most prolific female murderer, Cachtice Castle, György Therzó, maid servants, gynaeceum, mutilation, burning, torture, hanging cages swing against spikes, blood shower, house arrest…castle arrest?, Pop culture references, 70’s movie titled Thirsty American Horror Story: Coven
  • Other Notes:
    • Leaf peeping – it’s a thing
    • Buffalo Jill voicemail still up for grabs “Oh…wait…”
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Large, loose bunches of pale grapes… What Kenyon see in the mirror apparently
    • Hide yo wife, hide yo cat
    • Shotgun and an old tomato
      • Kenyon thought ultimatum was ‘old tomato’ growing up
    • Hungry ghost… Not Hungary
    • Choking on hypocrisy

Episode 27: Forensic Odontology

Released August 9, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Von Buhl Bone Dry Riesling
    • Crack
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (11:49): Background and clips from interview with Dr. Richard Leigh Evans
      • Keywords: Forensic dentistry, bite mark injuries, tooth pulp, natural disasters person identification, exploding teeth, bite mark identification, tsunami recovery
    • Kenyon (46:24): Mary-Lynn Breeden
      • Keywords: Season 2 episode 8 of forensic files, charred remains, dumpster, Milton Diaz, imposter, Christian Cruz, tooth pulp, Dr. David Sweet
    • Amanda (01:28:10): Linda Agostini – The Pyjama Girl
      • Keywords: Australia, burned body, yellow pajamas with dragon, Anna Philomena Morgan, Linda Agostini, on display, Antonio Agostini, confession
  • Other Notes:
    • Joke: Why didn’t the toilet paper cross the road? Because it got stuck in a crack!
    • Clips from an interview featuring special guest Dr. Richard Leigh Evans. Dr. Leigh is a forensic odontologist, practicing dentist, and lecturer at University of Dundee in Scotland (not Crocodile Dundee…). Entire interview available for Patreon members.
    • Lucy has a necklace of her teeth
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Is it wet in here or is it just me?
    • Tooth pulp #ToothPulp
    • Paging Dr. Leigh #PagingDrLeigh
    • Wipe it off! #WipeItOff

Episode 28: Cannibalism

Released August 16, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Ruffino Chianti Riserva
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (10:22): Background, history, examples, and psychology
      • Keywords: cultural, endocannibalism, religion, necro cannibalism, homicidal cannibalism (R vs. Dudley & Stephens example), prehistoric, kuru (neurodegenerative), mummy/mummia, flesh markets, Andes plane crash (rugby team aboard), aggressive spillover hypothesis, greek mythology, Cryptid of the Wendigo, vorarephilia
    • Kenyon (54:28): Mauerova Family *Disclaimer – disturbing, involves children*
      • Keywords: Czech Republic, Klara Mauerova, Katerina Mauerova, Ondrej, Jakub, Grail Movement cult, torture, chained, ukurist, skinning, baby monitor, Barbara Skrlova, Adam (looks like Uncle Fester)
    • Amanda (01:22:12): Tarrare
      • Keywords: France, constantly hungry, smell from afar, visible vapor, french army, eating at the morgue, tuberculosis, decaying organs, pus filled abdomen, polyphagia
  • Other Notes:
    • Mouthfeel is a terrible word
    • Documentary titled Pururambo on Netflix discusses cannibalism (among other things)
    • Book recommendation The Family That Couldn’t Sleep which discusses a family with a disorder similar to kuru
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Brought to you by Long Pig #LongPigLover69
    • Bitch, I’m tryna eat #BitchImTrynaEat
    • Mummy fuckin’ likey
    • I’m so hungry #ImSoHungry

Episode 29: Dangerous Minds

Released August 23, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Evolucio Furmint
    • Crack
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (06:35): Background, science, psych – some small cases
      • Keywords: neurology, amygdala, cerebral cortex, frontal lobe, traumatic brain injury (TBI), impulse dyscontrol, significant change in behavior, Phineas Gage, explosion, Jaycee Dugard, Phillip Garrido, motorcycle accident, Dr. Gilmer & Mr. Hyde, lack of serotonin, Huntington’s disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
    • Kenyon (56:05): Herbert Weinstein
      • Keywords: Author Kevin Davis – The Brain Defense, Manhattan, 12th floor, Barbara Weinstein, defensive wounds, witness, confession, brain scans, MRI, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), subarachnoid cyst, “Christmas Tree effect”,
    • Amanda (01:32:52): Stacy Fawcett
      • Keywords: McCann Utu, Josiah Utu, multiple concussions, Plano, Texas, antidepressants
  • Other Notes:
    • Condolences to Dr. Nandi who lost his Dad. We love you, Dr. Nandi!
    • Lucy mentions This American Life podcast, episode 492: “Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde”
    • 1st sponsor! Talkspace! www.talkspace.com/gals – use promo code GALS to get $30 off your first month
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Speculate Wildly #SpeculateWildly
    • It’s dangerous to use your body #DontExercise – the Amanda Jacobsen workout regimen
    • Huwhhuehh (barf noise) – next merch item
    • “If it’s a trial of my peers, they all need to be a bottle in” – Kenyon
    • Cookie Monster ate your brain

Episode 30: Workplace Murders

Released August 30, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Cass Marsanne
    • Crack
    • The crack life chose me
    • Thank you to Sterling at Cass Winery in California for this week’s wine selection!
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:26): Statistics and some background
      • Keywords: Types of aggression
    • Kenyon (29:18): Leo Held
      • Keywords: Children: Larry, Gerald, Barbara, Curt, Wife: Alta, assault with tree branch, pistols, Lockhaven Airport, Geraldine Ramm, Allen Barrett, Richard Davenport, Donald Walden, Carmen Edwards, Elmer Weaver, Floyd Quiggle, carpool
    • Amanda (01:03:13): Vester Lee Flanagan II
      • Keywords: Alison Parker, Adam Ward, WDBJ news channel, live broadcast, Virginia, pseudonym Bryce Williams, anger management, Vicki Gardner, caught on video, manifesto
  • Other Notes:
    • This episode could also be called
      • Workplace Whackings
      • Office Offings
      • Desk Job Doings In
    • 9-1-1 didn’t come about until 1968
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Lucy has 5 lamps in her cubicle #ILoveLamp
    • Age 70 – basically 90 (Me, errryday)
    • Everyone’s a little gay for K-Stew
    • Quit your quigglin’
    • Bitch I’m tryna Quiggle!

Episode 31: Criminal Profiling

Released September 7, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: 19 Crimes: The Warden Red Blend
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (05:02): Brief background and interview with Jim Fitzgerald
      • Keywords: Offender profiling, patterns, linkage analysis, FBI criminal profiling, Books: Journey to the Center of the Mind, Ted Kaczynski, letters, manifesto, linguistics, idiolect
    • Kenyon (01:02:14): The Mad Bomber
      • Keywords: New York City, Con Edison, patriotic hiatus, dastardly deeds, pipe bombs, psychiatrist James Brussel, offender profiling, double-breasted suit, Alice Kelly, George Metesky, workers compensation, linguistic clue: dastardly deeds, paranoid schizophrenic
    • Amanda (01:38:36): J. Frank Hickey
      • Keywords: Massachusetts, Edwin Morey, Michael Kruck, Central Park, Joey Joseph, outhouse, postcards, Nelson “Kid” Wilson, sexual assault, Book: The Postcard Killer
  • Other Notes:
    • Special thanks to Jim Fitzgerald who assisted in capturing the Unabomber!
    • Check out Mindhunter: Unabomber on Discovery Channel! Also check out Jim’s books A Journey to the Center of the Mind (3 book series, 4th potentially)
    • Lucy didn’t take the sock off her nice microphone
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Don’t give a madman 10 years to practice building a bomb (01:09:21 – “Maybe a nice hot dish, but if it’s a bomb, noo”) – this is the line I make people listen to when I’m describing the podcast. Excellent mix of Minnesotan accents, comedy, and crime
    • Brown the top or go to hell!
    • Tinkle pretty! – Kenyon’s grandma
    • Bag of dicks

Episode 32: Faking One’s Own Death

Released September 13, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Decoy Cabernet
    • Pop
    • Jammy. You’ve been JAMMED! (Parks & Rec reference!)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (12:37): Background and clips from the interview with Elizabeth Greenwood
      • Keywords: Pseudocide, financial, private investigators, death fraud, legalities
    • Kenyon (42:28): William “Bill” Sweet
      • Keywords: North Carolina, traffic stop, confession, Bennie Harden Wint, Patricia Lynn Hollingsworth, Daytona Beach, narcotics ring, Sonja Jones
    • Amanda (01:13:56): Belle Gunness
      • Keywords: Brynhild Paulsdatter Storseth, Mads Albert Sorenson, Myrtle, Lucy, Jennie, strychnine, Chicago, Indiana, Peter Gunness, sausage-grinding machine, Phillip Gunness, newspaper ads for husband, Andrew Helgelien, arson, body of headless woman, Ray Lamphere, sightings, Esther Carlson, forensic anthropologists, DNA analysis
  • Other Notes:
    • Winc Wine Club debuts as the new sponsor! Head to www.trywinc.com/gals and use promo code GALS to get $20 off your first order
      • Sorry Matt from Total Wine…Amanda’s now in bed with Winc
    • All levels of Patreon supporters can access the full interview with Elizabeth Greenwood!
    • Check out Elizabeth Greenwood’s book Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Congrats and go fuck yourself!
    • Margaritas fix everything
    • Triflers need not apply (also catchphrase of ‘My Favorite Murder’)

Episode 33: Hitchhiking Murders

Released September 20, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Brethren of the Road
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (14:13): Background and statistics
      • Keywords: FBI campaign, TV Movie: Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker, tips for hitchhiking
    • Kenyon (35:03): Mary Ellen Jones
      • Keywords: Florida, Mark Matson, hoofing, Eric, Albert Brust, torture chamber, cement-filled bathtub, cyanide and chocolate milk
    • Amanda (56:46): Mary Vincent
      • Keywords: Lawrence Bernard Singleton, Larry, California, chopped off arms, released early, brought about The Singleton Bill, Roxanne Hayes
  • Other Notes:
    • Grenache acreage is shrinking. Oh no! #SaveGrenache
    • Check out “I Survived” season 3, episode 1 for more on Amanda’s case
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • #SaveGrenache
    • HGTV shows for torture chambers: Dungeon Hunters International, Room with No View, Technically Finished Basements

Episode 34: Stashed Bods

Released September 27, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Funk Zone White Blend
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (08:26): Background and psych
      • Keywords: Hoarders, decomposition facts, autolysis, putrefaction, active decay, skeletonization, dry remains, environment, decomposers, insects, preserve
    • Kenyon (48:52): The Cleveland Strangler – Anthony “Tone” Edward Sowell
      • Keywords: abuse, missing women, attempted rape, foul smell, blamed step-mother upstairs, Ray’s Sausage Shop next door,
    • Amanda (01:22:04): Rita Wolfensohn & Charles Kaltenbach
      • Keywords: Hoarders, blind, son Louis Wolfensohn, skeletal remains, 20 years, neighbors, Ohio, welfare check, scavengers/squatters, headless remains, garbage
  • Other Notes:
    • Follow mrs_angemi on Instagram. She shares a lot about decomp and other body stuff!
    • Amanda will be buried with her Harry Potter wand TV remote
    • Amanda will grow cheeto-flavored morel mushrooms as she decomposes
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • YaHOOO! (said with your best Minnesotan accent)
    • Body by Papa Johns
    • Never trust a Pepsi person #NeverTrustAPepsiPerson
    • Images of corpsy-plums danced in his head
    • It’s crack-o’clock!

Episode 35: Political Assassinations

Released October 4, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Shinas Sweet Justice Moscat
    • Pop
    • A sweet wine!
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (12:31): Background & Psych. Touches briefly on Archduke Franz Ferdinand
      • Keywords: hashshashins, Japanese ninjas, sukari, Jewish zealots, regicide, tyrannicide (not dinosaurs), The Black Hand Society, delusional
    • Kenyon (36:37): Alexander Litvinenko
      • Keywords: KGB, FSB, whistleblower, defect, journalist, consultant to British Intelligence, called to testify, London, Andrey Lugovoy, Svetlana, Igor, Galina, Dmitry Kovtun, aspiring porn star, poison, radioactive polonium-210, poured down sink, radiation contamination
    • Amanda (01:23:23): Jorg Jenatsch & Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme
      • Keywords: Swiss political leader, Thirty Years War, Pompeius von Planta, axe, bear costume, California, Charles Manson, Manson family, President Gerald Ford, red cape
  • Other Notes:
    • Ass appears twice in the word. Can’t go wrong there!
    • Lucy is flying high on cough medicine
    • The gals are TOASTED by the middle of Kenyon’s case. It’s hilarious
  • Great Things/Potential Hashtags or Merch:
    • Table Grapes…just fun to say
    • Hash-hash-ins
    • We’re having a tuna moment #TunaMoment
    • Take a page from the pope – don’t drive in a convertible
    • Down with Quiznos
    • A liiitle fuckity
    • #NailedIt – next merch item
    • Uncapable

Episode 36: Beyond Stupid: Petty BS

Released October 11, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Low Hanging Fruit White Zinfandel
    • Crack (solid crack)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (22:17): Ricardo Jones
      • Keywords: Taco Bell, Beefy Crunch Burrito, Bryan Tillerson manager
    • Kenyon (43:42): Robert Lyons
      • Keywords: Avril Lavigne, damn cold night, Carol Stream, Illinois, complicated, Linda Bolek
    • Amanda (01:06:42): Jessica Conte and Peter Gaffey
      • Keywords: Florida, Palm Coast Pizza, garlic knots, dine and dash dingus, Dubliner Pub
  • Other Notes:
    • Lucy and Amanda misunderstood the assignment
    • Chris Jenkins – the gals are helping Discovery ID series to get more information on this case. If you have info, call 612-643-1410
    • Bryan Tillerson can come to Minnesota and get fed by Amanda
    • We’re boycotting Jimmy John’s
    • Avril Lavigne… Need we say more?
    • Amanda lettered in theater, choir and almost prom… Wait… What??? Prom???
    • Ghost pepper sauce from taco bell will probably decompose a body
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Not a witch origin story starts at 01:39 in the episode. You simply must say it quickly as one word notawitch.
      • #NotAWitch
    • Butt plug away
    • Not today, Satan!
    • Bitch, I don’t know how you eat
    • Bitch, I don’t know how you live
    • Listen to the episode for EXCELLENT Avril references
    • Avril only
    • Dear Diary (in a terrible “southern” accent)
    • Such a Conte
    • Dine and dash dingus

Episode 37: Occult Crimes

Released October 18, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Invoke Syrah, 2016 (trywinc.com/gals)
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (12:50): Background and mention of McMartin Preschool & The West Memphis Three
      • Keywords: satanic panic
    • Kenyon (58:12): Palo Mayombe cult, Leroy Carter Jr.
      • Keywords: Africa, santeria, Golden Gate Park, chicken, ritual
    • Amanda (01:20:48): Fall River Cult
      • Keywords: Massachusetts, Doreen Levesque, stoning, human sacrifice, Barbara Raposa, Andy Maltias, Karen Marsden, Robin Murphy, Carl Drew
  • Other Notes:
    • Talk about the Halloween events!
    • Old world grapes are old
    • Occult is “Knowledge of the hidden”
    • There’s a map underneath Minneapolis. A map to hot dish.
    • Magnets and math are magic
    • Satanic panic started in the 1980s
    • Amanda lost her LinkedIn password and now her dad can’t reach her from the great beyond
    • Kenyon has the same chiropractor as Chuck Norris
    • Amanda wants to be possessed. Demons, get on that shit.
    • Cumin makes anything edible
    • Lucy hates the phrases “keep your eyes peeled” and “reach out”
    • Amanda is thirty, flirty, and thriving
    • Don’t call Amanda Phyllis
  • Great Things/Potential Hashtags or Merch:
    • Dat pop doe #datpopdoe (or the alternate, dat pahp doe #datpahpdoe)
    • Not a vvitch (watch the movie VVITCH)
    • The devil’s garlic knots. Without cheese, naturally.
    • Suck it Miss Conti, ya cont
    • Supes dope #SupesDope

Episode 38: Sweet Revenge

Released October 25, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Loves Me Not, Rosé
    • Crack
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:57): Historic tales  
      • Keywords: Trung sisters, Trung Trac, Trung Nhi, Vietnam, Pope Boniface, Dante, Divine Comedy, fight against ISIS, gang violence
    • Kenyon (41:44): Mandy Power
      • Keywords: Wales, same sex relationship/affair, Allison Lewis, Steven, David Morris, fires, gold chain necklace, Justice Butterfield
    • Amanda (01:15:27): Kimberly Cunningham
      • Keywords: Snapped, Tennessee, daughter Amanda, Coy Hundley, Uncle, rape, juror issues
  • Other Notes:
    • This episode is a fan pick! Thanks Lynn Anne Price!
    • Season 5, episode 4 of “Snapped” covers Amanda’s case
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Ope!
    • Ope, comin’ through
    • White Chocolate is bullshit!
    • Don’t yuck her yum!
    • Not a witch…totally a witch #NotAWitch #TotallyAWitch
    • Supes didn’t apresh
    • Dat raffle doe
    • You are a waste of a meat raffle
    • First appearance of Justice Butterfield! #JusticeButterfield
      • He’s from Wales, but automatically assigned a “deep south” accent – it fits.
    • Excellent/terrible “southern” accents throughout the end of Kenyon’s

Episode 39: Militia Murders

Released November 1, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Alma Libre, Red Blend
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (12:11): Background
      • Keywords: civic duty, renaissance, organized or unorganized, Dick Act,
    • Kenyon (34:10): Algiers Point Militia
      • Keywords: predominantly white, New Orleans, Greater Algiers area, Hurricane Katrina, evacuations, misspelled signs, looting, Roland Bourgeois Jr., Donnell Harrington, yet to stand trial
    • Amanda (01:02:31): FEAR Militia
      • Keywords: Isaac Aguigui, Georgia, Westpoint, Deirdre, active military, the awakening, manifesto of sorts, rainbow 6 video game, Forever Enduring Always Ready (FEAR), Michael Roark, Anthony Peden, Christopher Salmon, Michael Burnett, weapon purchases
  • Other Notes:
    • This episode is gross because everyone is garbage
    • Joke: Did you hear about the two silk worms in a race? It ended in a tie.
    • Joke: What’s Forrest Gump’s email password? 1Forrest1
    • Joke: What’s the worst part about movie theater candy prices? They’re always raisinette…
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Don’t be a puppet #DontBeAPuppet
    • Bro-cult
    • Everything loops back to Kristen Stewart’s Totino’s Pizza Roll commercial #MyHungryGuys

Episode 40: Casino Crimes

Released November 8, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Ace in the Hole, Red Blend
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (07:05): Gambling Laws
      • Keywords: gross revenue $92 billion, legal in 4 states, casinos, riverboats, American Indian tribes, bingo parlors, classifications
    • Kenyon (48:42): Monique Laurent
      • Keywords: Deauville, France, roulette, radio receiver, pack of cigarettes, radio transmitter, lusty casino owner
    • Amanda (01:12:45): Jose Vigoa
      • Keywords: Las Vegas, Bellagio, car chase, Oscar Sanchez (Cisneros?), Pedro Duarte, Luis Suárez, armed guards
  • Other Notes:
    • Picture Amanda on her rascal with a cigarette in her mouth wasting her money on video roulette
    • Bookkeeping is magic math
    • Amanda’s named her vagina Cunt-eleeza Rice. She puts up with too much Bush
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Underneath your clothes…there’s a liquor bottle (the real translation to Shakira’s hit song)
    • John and Jane Balaya (get it…)
    • Schemes and scams! Scampy schemin’ and scams.
    • Lube and a bunch of candy
    • Soup spelled backwards is pous
    • Fish mouth magoo

Episode 41: Medieval Murders

Released November 15, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s One From The Quiver Malbec
    • Pop (that we couldn’t hear)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (11:12): Background & History
      • Keywords: 5th to 15th centuries, middle ages, dark age, crusades, black death, various weapons: mace, man catcher, etc., bedlam, trapination
    • Kenyon (35:21): Axlar-Bjorn
      • Keywords: Iceland, name means “shoulder bear”, Iceland’s only serial killer, mother craved blood while pregnant, Ormur, axe, Guomundur, farmland, wife Pordis, dung heaps, execution, breaking on the wheel
    • Amanda (01:07:24): Gilles Garnier
      • Keywords: France, isolated cabin, missing children, werewolf, The Hermit of St. Bonnot, The Werewolf of Dole, cannibalism, lycanthropy
  • Other Notes:
    • Lucy’s sound quality is a little off in this episode (if you care about that kind of thing). Sorry ‘boudit
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • For super accurate info on this time period, check out Monty Python’s The Holy Grail
    • Not a witch but you do you #NotAWitch #NotAWitchButNotJudging #NotAWitchButYouDoYou
    • Snuffleupagus peninsula (glad I’m not the only one who remembers Snuffleupagus)
    • An excellent Bjork impression from the gals

Episode 42: Mid-Coitus Murders

Released November 22, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Naked Winery’s Committed Red Blend
    • Pop
    • We Aim to Tease!
    • Great labels on this line
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (05:46): Background & Psych. Mentions Richard Patterson
      • Keywords: lust, erotophonophilia, breath control play/autoerotic asphyxiation (choking), gasper, BDSM, role playing, Florida
    • Kenyon (27:03): Oliver Dietmann & Rica Varna
      • Keywords: Germany, mistress, carrot, drunk, chopped cucumber, feeding dog, forgotten, mushy cucumber
    • Amanda (44:59): Jason Ash & Jessica Burlew
      • Keywords: Arizona, blood play, extension cord, mother, 911 transcript, Jessica age 16, Jason age 48, mental health issues
  • Other Notes:
    • If you want to learn 400 words for ‘drunk’ in German, listen to Kenyon’s case
    • Lively debate on proper wiping #FrontToBack #BackToFront (If you’re in the Facebook Happy Hour group…you learned a lot about all of us…)
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • We are good at seks #GoodAtSeks
    • Justice Butterfield’s first name is now Orifice
    • #ImSoHungry #HungryGhost
    • Don’t yuck other’s yum #DontYuckOthersYum
    • Go Figure, Florida #GoFigureFlorida
    • Go Figure Gazette #GoFigureGazette
    • Bite it clear off #BiteItClearOff
    • Das Seks Romp

Episode 43: Forensic Botany

Released November 29, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Field Theory Albarino
    • Pop
    • 14.1% ABV (Woo!)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (11:46): Background, Science & The Lindbergh Baby case
      • Keywords: crimesceneinvestigatoredu.org…sounds legit, plant material, leaves, dirt, spores, pollen, glandular hairs, palynology, dendrochronology, limnology, ecology, molecular biology, secret graves, disturbed soil, diatoms or algae, New Jersey, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Charles “Egg” Lindbergh, ladder, ransom letter, gold certificates, wood expert, missing floor board, planer markings
    • Kenyon (39:48): Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman case
      • Keywords: Soham, Cambridgeshire, BBQ, buying sweets, search party, Ian Huntley, Maxine Carr, interviewed, body language experts, burned, Dr. Patricia Wiltshire, queen of forensic science, The Snot Lady, nasal cavity, crochet hook, stinging nettle, Ian Nixon
    • Amanda (01:22:54): Bella Bond
      • Keywords: Baby doe, Deer Island, pine pollen, Shannon Ferguson, digital reconstruction, mom Rachelle Dee Bond, Michael P. McCarthy, history with CPS, didn’t want to go to bed (hello, toddler)
  • Other Notes:
    • Amanda is eating doughnuts. Deal with it.
    • Discussion of a picture from Lucy’s bachelorette party – a hungover Amanda eating doughnuts while wearing a ‘Meow’ hat (available on Patreon)
    • Tea is a civil right in England. Probably.
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Dumbledore’s first name meant ‘White’ – mind blown
    • Kenyon’s painted blue chair of pain #BlueChairOfPain
    • Not a witchford
    • Little bit of a prickwillow #LittleBitOfAPrickwillow
    • Paging Dr. Pat #PagingDrPat #DocSnot #YouMyBoySnotLady
    • Dawson was a whiny bitch

Episode 44: Hate Crimes (tough topic – trigger warning times 11)

Released December 6, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Folly of the Beast, Pinot Noir
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:11): Background and mention of Matthew Shepard
      • Keywords: Laramie, Wyoming, bias motivated crimes
    • Kenyon (37:02): Apartheid and Victor Rethabile Mlotshwa
      • Keywords: South Africa, Theo Jackson, Willem Oosthuizen, coffin
    • Amanda (01:18:37): Kedarie Johnson
      • Keywords: Burlington, Iowa, gender fluid, Jorge Sanders-Galvez, Jaron Purham
  • Other Notes:
    • U.S. laws around hate crimes are crap. Hate crimes are defined as crime that have an “added element of bias involved”
    • Hate crimes are underreported in general (duh)
    • Everyone is garbage
    • In some states, gender identity is not covered by hate crime guidelines (WTF)
  • Great Things/Potential Hashtags or Merch:
    • This episode fueled by Allen (Alan?) Fucking Allen/Alan (first appeared in Episode 25: White Male Terrorism)
    • Bluetooth is sorcery
    • Not all Allens (or Alan) #NotAllAllens #NotAllAlans
    • Down with chardonnay
    • Grunting helps you open wine
    • Ice cream may lead to homicide (according to Fox News)
    • AMANDA IS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A LICENSED THERAPIST!! CONGRATULATIONS, AMANDA!!!! You’re going to ROCK it!
    • Don’t tarnish Justice Butterfield
    • Not a lot of great things this week. I mean…look at the topic.
    • Golden Girls theme song. Always relevant.

Episode 45: Identity Theft

Released December 14, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Porter & Plot, Dolcetto
    • Pop
    • Dolcetto means “little sweet one” which is like the Dr. Pepper commercials (Lil Sweet on a tiny horse)
    • Tannins are a naturally occurring compound that exist in grape skin, seeds and stems
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (22:18): Background, no cases mentioned
    • Kenyon (54:30): Nicholas Barclay
      • Keywords: San Antonio, Texas, “The Imposter”, Frederic Bourdin
    • Amanda (01:36:55): Wendy Brown
      • Keywords: Green Bay, Wisconsin, Ashwaubenon High School
  • Other Notes:
    • Identity Theft is defined as the “deliberate use of someone else’s identity, usually as a method to gain financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in the other person’s name and perhaps to the other person’s disadvantage or loss”
    • Theft & Fraud are two different crimes. Theft is getting the info and fraud is getting and USING the information
    • Ear shapes can be as identifying as fingerprints (how great is forensics)
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Spicy Cokes #spicycokes
    • Tannins are a ghost #tanninsareaghost
    • It’s never a Nigerian Prince #ItsNeverANigerianPrince
    • Sole Searching#SoleSearching
    • Dad Jokes#DadJokes
    • Suspish #Suspish (short for suspicious)
    • Stop trying to make France happen
    • Spain’s day of reckoning is coming
    • Tannins are a mysterious ghost
    • It’s never a nigerian prince
    • Way to ruin the podcast, Lucy (kidding…)
    • Teenage boys are definitely like baby foals
    • Sure, but no #SureButNo
    • That’s cute, but no #ThatsCuteButNo
    • Look at the ears #LookAtTheEars
    • Blind in my brown eye
    • Obviously balding #ObviouslyBalding
    • So Wisconsin it hurts #SoWisconsinItHurts
    • Pahrump-pa-pum-pump PomPom Mom

Episode 46: Evil Twins

Released December 21, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Kin & Country, Primitivo
    • Pop
    • Medium bodied
    • 15% ABV
    • Notes of dark spice, cherry, and mint
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (10:18): Mythology
      • Keywords: Zoroastrianism religion
    • Kenyon (33:53): Albert Ebenezer Fox and Ebenezer Albert Fox
      • Keywords: The Twin Foxes (WHAT!?), England, bowler hats, creation of fingerprinting
    • Amanda (01:02:45): Ursula and Sabina Eriksson
      • Keywords: Sweden, folie a deux (“madness of two” or shared psychosis), ran around in traffic
  • Other Notes:
    • Squeals from Kenyon
    • Twins can often have two identities: Pair and Personal
    • If you have kids later in life, the likelihood of twins goes up (crap)
    • If you want to trap Lucy, use a Gin Trap (real gin, not the old-timey one Kenyon mentioned)
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Right in the boot
    • Nice pop filter
    • Bronzer Age
    • Grandfathers of the Contour
    • Evil David Hasselhoff (just regular David making an angry face)
    • Hair frizzing to oblivion
    • #CleanYoDick
    • Son 1 and Son 2
    • Lord Bumblefuck of Nasty
    • Comin’ at you live from Nasssty
    • Like, Ow
    • Pay me a brace of pheasants and I’ll consider it
    • Bad Blokes (England’s version of Cops theme song)

Episode 47: Organized Crime

Released December 28, 2017

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Chop Shop, 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Pop
    • It’s delishish
    • Surprisingly acidic. Amanda recommends opening an hour before drinking or decanting
    • Decanting is to separate sediment, aerate and take in oxygen which mellows out the acidity and brings out flavors  
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (10:09): Background on Mafia, some psych
      • Keywords: Mafiusu, racketeering, RICO Act, Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
    • Kenyon (36:58): Angelo Bruno
      • Keywords: The Gentle Don (not gentle dong), Philadelphia, Carlo Gambino, The Commission, Antonio Rocco Caponigro a.k.a Tony Bananas, passenger seat
    • Amanda (01:06:06): Gertrude Lythgoe
      • Keywords: a.k.a Grace, a.k.a Cleo, a.k.a The Bahama Queen, bootlegging, prohibition
  • Other Notes:
    • This episode, as with all other episodes, brought to you by Drop Dead Gorgeous.
    • Lucy’s Dad has the best Minnesotan accent and his hair looks great because Lucy is a great daughter
    • Minnesota was heavily settled by Scandinavians. Where other areas in the U.S. had some “Irish need not apply” at the turn of the century, Minnesota businesses had signs that said “Swedes need not apply”
    • Lucy could kill a white russian…the drink, not a person
    • If you’re vegetarian and decide to go back to eating meat, you could throw yourself a Meat Shower
    • Lucy would be a menacing Mob Boss “Passive Aggressive Luciano”
    • Crime Con promo code will come in January 2018 – wait to get your tix until we have the code. It will help the gals a bunch!
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Old-Timey Radio is coming back
      • Lucy’s old-timey radio voice is fantastic
    • Episodes would be 5 hours long (like that would be a bad thing?!)
    • You get yourself into so many pickles, you scamp
    • #CasualMonday
    • D-d-day drunk (powpowpowpow…that’s the horn noise typed out… don’t judge me)
    • Amanda’s Godfather voice was on point
    • #BabyCrimes
    • #GentleDong
    • Et tu, bananas? #EtTuBananas
    • We need a recipe for a “Bananas Funzi”
    • Funzi wears a onesie
    • Funzi-wunzi was a bear
    • Funzi in his onesie and Bananas in his pajamas
    • #StunnedBananas
    • #ImSoHungry (every friggin’ episode!)
    • That Bananas is full of beans!

Episode 48: Crazy Canadians

Released January 4, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Labatt Blue, Canadian Pilsener (ALERT: NOT WINE! GASP!)
    • Crack, I guess? (I’m not a beer drinker)
    • Airy fart noise from bottle
    • 5% ABV, 150 calories per can
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:12): Background and fun facts about Canada
      • Keywords: Apology Act, Justin Trudeau, Loonies, 1-800-OCANADA, 8 cent chocolate bar protest
    • Kenyon (36:08): Russell Williams
      • Keywords: Tweed Ontario, underwear, photos, Jessica Lloyd, Marie-France Comeau, An Officer and a Murderer
    • Amanda (01:10:12): The 2016 Maple Syrup Heist
      • Keyword: STICKY plot, Richard and Raymond Vallières, Étienne St-Pierre
  • Other Notes:
    • Amanda’s hungover
    • BRACE yourselves
    • “Canucks” might be derogatory – differing reports
    • Canadian Terms:
      • Canuck
      • Eh – a conversational device that allows a non-confrontational Canadian to turn into a statement into a poll of opinion
      • Molson Muscle – beer belly
      • Hosier – an unsophisticated person
      • Twofer – a case of beer
      • Homo Milk – term for whole milk (probably short for homogenized)
      • Chesterfield – couch
      • Keener – a brown-noser
      • The Girl Guides – like girl scouts
      • Five Pin Bowling – a smaller ball and only 5 pins; great for small children and drunks
      • Mickey – personal bottle of booze for casual events
      • That’s Jokes – like “oh, that’s funny”
    • Ego Dystonic – when someone find their own impulses distressing and unacceptable so they repress them until they cannot be controlled any longer
    • About 84% of the WORLD’S maple syrup comes from Quebec
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • #NiceCrack
    • General consent for JT Dick Pic
    • #BeHelpful #DontBuy8CentChocolate
    • #CanuckTuck
    • #DearDiary
    • Number your panties
    • Canadian prisons are basically IKEA with dorm fridges filled with Coconut La Croix
    • Syrup-ticiously

Episode 49: Cold Cases

Released January 11, 2018 (some places state release as January 10)

  • Wine Pairing: Cloud Break Sauvignon Blanc
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (06:44): Interview of Lt. Tommy Potter and some background
      • Keywords: Killing Fields, ID, Investigation Discovery, Carrie Singer, Carrie’s case, cold cases, Wight County, Virginia, criminology career advice, Torrey Anderson, 1-888-LOCKUUP regional number, clearance rate
    • Kenyon (46:54): Ricky McCormick
      • Keywords: Missouri, advanced decomposition, corn field, cryptic notes, cryptography, CRRU, cryptanalysis
    • Amanda (01:18:25): The Axeman of New Orleans
      • Keywords: American Horror Story: Coven, New Orleans, italian grocer or baker, The Boogeyman, Joseph Maggio, Catherine Maggio, Lewis Besumer, Harriet Lowe, Mrs. Schneider, Joseph Romano, Charles Cortimiglia, Rosie Cortimiglia, Mary Cortimiglia, Steve Boca, Sara Laumann, Mike Pepitone, jazz music, chisel back door, Joseph Mumfre  
  • Other Notes:
    • First portion of the episode is a recorded interview with special guest Lieutenant Tommy Potter of Investigation Discovery’s “Killing Fields: Murder Isle” (so audio changes in the middle, beware)
    • The gals nearly gave someone gangrene as kids
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • A wonderful legit southern accent (Virginia and North Carolina twang)
    • Early drinkin’ with your bacon and eggs
    • Kenyon’s probably banned from Virginia now
    • I’ve done worse for less
    • Neato (bringing that back)
    • Treat yo brain
    • Suspish
    • Pretty Baby is the new gross term (like Daddy)
    • Get a crack (for the code)
    • Besmeared is Lucy’s new favorite word
    • Earthly times
    • Jazz it #JazzIt #JazzItOrElse
    • Jazz + jazz = jazz

Episode 50 (!!): Crimes Solved by Psychics

Released January 18, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Diviner Sauvignon Blanc
    • Pop
    • Wine lees – we fancy, huh
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (14:16): Background and psych including interview with Lucy’s personal psychic Charles Tiemann
      • Keywords: intuitive consultant, tarot, clairvoyant, mystics, spiritual advisors, paranormic psychic abilities, post-cognition, psychometry, dowsing, divining/divination, pseudoscience, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
    • Kenyon (53:37): Edith Kiecorius
      • Keywords: Manhattan, Chelsea neighborhood, nickname “Google”, abducted, manhunt, Dutch clairvoyant, Gerard Croiset (mix of Billy Crystal/Scuttle), tenement housing, Fred Thompson, John Andrews
    • Amanda (01:34:28): Snapshot of life and cases of Dorothy Allison (author’s note: MY SAME BIRTHDAY, DECEMBER 29 – YAAAS QWEEN)
      • Keywords: New Jersey, recognizes numbers and letters of significance, describing the scene, assisted with many missing children, assisted with Patty Hearst, assisted with JonBenet Ramsey (misdirected hit), Dorothy Allison: A Psychic Story
  • Other Notes:
    • New sponsor! www.casper.com/gals $50 off select mattresses with promo code GALS
    • 50th EPISODE!!! WOOHOO!
    • Crime Con 2018! Use code WINECRIME for 10% off and to help the gals!
    • Connect with Charles Tiemann www.psychic-light.com
    • Watch the show ‘Medium’ with Patricia Arquette
    • Things that no one can ever fully know:
      • Math
      • Molecules
      • The Ocean
      • Psychics
      • How you live
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Top of the muffin to ya
    • Tinker, tailor, Google, spy
    • “I question your commitment to Sparkle Motion” (Donnie Darko reference)
    • Princess Bride, Billy Crystal’s character & Scuttle from Little Mermaid – looks like this dude (after he uses the dinglehopper to comb his hair)
      • Go to the blog to see the spot-on comparison photos
    • I don’t know how you live!
    • Plaid on plaid? Come on,guy. Do better. #DoBetter

Episode 51: Pet Crimes (NO animal abuse cases)

Released January 25, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Copycat Tempranillo
    • Pop
    • Sad pop…
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:37): Pet statistics, brief case of Bethany Stevens (warning: brief – very brief – talk of euthanasia)
      • Keywords: fish, cats, dogs, birds, reptiles, horses, pitbulls, indoor scavenging, medieval piglet exonerated,
    • Kenyon (43:14): Andrew Willson
      • Keywords: Mom Lisa Marie Willson, Michigan, dispute over puppy, (not related to case: Charles Buckland, Jean Wrigglesworth, shank, Judge Aquilina)
    • Amanda (01:04:50): The Pigeon King
      • Keywords: Arlan Galbraith, pigeon breeding, racing pigeon, pigeon pyramid scheme, Pigeon King International, Newsletter “The Pigeon Post”, bankruptcy, forensic accountant, stage play
  • Other Notes:
    • New sponsor Modsy! Modsy is a virtual home design service. 20% off any design package with promo code GALS at www.modsy.com
    • This topic is a fan pick!
    • Cat cafe in Boston! All levels of Patreon will have access to the email from listener and see video from Amanda’s Boston informant.
    • Spay and neuter your pets!
    • Adopt Don’t Shop!! Look at the adult animals too!
    • Stop the bias against pitbulls
    • ANOTHER new sponsor! Yay! Visit www.hellofresh.com and get $30 off your first order with promo code GALS30
    • Clip from the stage play for Amanda’s case at 01:22:33
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Rah, rah, rah – Go Mittens! (probably a real team…maybe)
    • I’m so hungry #ImSoHungry merch totally coming (hear that, gals?!)
    • Speculate Wildly #SpeculateWildly
    • A feather-brained scheme…he must be coo-coo

Episode 52: Road Rage Crimes

Released February 1, 2018 – HAPPY 1 YEAR of PODCASTING!!!

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s So This Happened… Red Blend
    • Pop
    • Good glug
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (11:55): Background, psych, statistics, legalities
      • Keywords: examples, Los Angeles, KTLA, highway hostility, Rick Bynum, intermittent explosive disorder
    • Kenyon (37:15): Lee Harvey (not Oswald), Tracie Andrews
      • Keywords: Worcestershire, Alvechurch, ford escort, “fat man with staring eyes”, swiss army knife, blood spatter, jaw surgery in prison, Phil Goldsworthy
    • Amanda (01:08:57): Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski
      • Keywords: New York City, impersonating police, fake badge, toyota camry
  • Other Notes:
    • The first episode released on February 2, 2017 – today’s episode is almost exactly 1 year later! Happy Podcast Anniversary, gals!!
    • Fan pick episode! Thanks Allison!
    • New merch item: Et Tu, Bananas? Mug!
    • New sponsor! Rx Bar – 25% off first order with promo code GALS
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Choking on swan gas (Drop Dead Gorgeous reference!)
    • Yaaas Queen Elizabeth!
    • The lick-y end (lickey? licky?) What end are they licking?
    • Lickey end and the sticky end (halloween costume!)
    • Shut your ford escort mouth!
    • Hungry ghost #HungryGhost

Episode 53: Infamous Females

Released February 8, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Honey Beast White Blend
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (09:47): Statistics
      • Keywords: statistics, “lifestyles”
    • Kenyon (31:51):  Darya Nikolaevna Ivanova
      • Keywords: Imperial Russia, Saltychikha, Gleb Alexeyevich Saltykov, serfs, beatings, ear removal, compared to Elizabeth Bathory, evidence of 138, convicted of 38, civil execution    
    • Amanda (01:05:37): Miyuki Ishikawa
      • Keywords: Japan, midwife, infanticide, neglect, charging for “taking care of” these babies (i.e. murdering them), crime of omission, appeal of charges, illegal abortion
  • Other Notes:
    • Fan pick from Grace!
  • Jokes/Catchphrases:
    • Titanic quotes – just because
    • Nevertheless, she persisted in murdering people
    • So many lions have our business cards
    • Kenyon is taping business cards to the geckos in her backyard
    • #Pousseyislife #PousseyForever
    • #KenyonVotedForTrump Make it trend y’all (but don’t…poor Kenyon)
    • Salty Chicka #SaltyChicka
    • Resting Saltych face
    • Salty Bitchka
    • Death of a SalesGleb
    • Spinoff podcast – Gossip at the Corpse Cart

Episode 54: Sleepwalking Crimes

Released February 15, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Pas Ordinaire Red Blend
    • Pop
    • What a pahp, what a pahp, what a pahp, what a mighty good pahp…
    • Wine Lake – yes please
    • Pairs well with stew
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:36): Background & Psych
      • Keywords: Somnambulism, sleep phases, sexsomnia
    • Kenyon (34:18): Kenneth Parks
      • Keywords: “The Sleepwalker Killing” movie on Lifetime, Karen (wife), Toronto, gambling, embezzlement, insomnia, confess to in-laws, sliced hand, driving, tire iron, knife, parasomnia, Gentle Giant
    • Amanda (01:08:05): Scott Falater
      • Keywords: Yarmila (wife), Phoenix, AZ, somnambulism, “Jewish American Princess”, stabbing, dragging, pool drowning
  • Other Notes:
    • Listen to the episode for tons of personal anecdotes from Amanda’s childhood – I can’t do them justice here! (teaser: more sewing shears…)
    • New sponsor! Check out www.zola.com/gals for a $50 credit on your registry
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:

Episode 55: South African Crimes

Released February 22, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Cape Route Chenin Blanc
    • Crack
    • Terrible crack!
    • Anticlimactic crack (new band name)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (17:57): Background & Psych
      • Keywords: Republic of South Africa, types of crime, corruption in law enforcement
    • Kenyon (55:23): Jason Rhode
      • Keywords: Western Cape, Stellenbosch, Susan Rhode, affair, Joleen (sp?), conference, hotel bathroom, strangulation, ligature, lung contusion, swallowed blood,
    • Amanda (01:35:08): The Van Breda Murders
      • Keywords: Martin Van Breda, Teresa Van Breda, Rudi Van Breda, axe attack, Marli Van Breda, Henri Van Breda, Stellenbosch, retrograde amnesia, urine on shorts, feces in toilet (without toilet paper) defense, stuttering, outcome of case unknown (February 2018 closing arguments)
  • Other Notes:
    • CrimeCon in Nashville, TN! May 4, 5, and 6! Use promo code WINECRIME to get 10% off AND help the gals get themselves
    • We retire the “propose dan” hashtag. Amanda is a fucking sorceress! (Author note: I removed all mentions of “Propose Dan” from this document – standing in solidarity with Amanda! -April)
    • This episode brought to you by fan Corey N.! Corey also chose Amanda’s case!
    • Get the new sweatshirt, cut out the nipples for a new fashion statement
    • LOLA Sponsor has a new promo code! Use GALS40 at www.mylola.com for 40% your first order!
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • Lucy’s drinking game! New patreon reward includes a super drunk conversation about a random topic – “Drunk Dive”…so the gals need to be wasted by the end of this episode. The game:
      • Anytime Kenyon interrupts with a personal anecdote or correcting some fact, DRINK!
    • Milk vs. melk (FYI – it’s MILK)
    • It’s NOT PELL-ow. PILLow.
    • #AlreadyDrunk
    • Amazing acting by all three reading the texts in Kenyon’s case
    • #SocksGetYouCaught
    • Poop emoji defense
    • Non-wipers need not apply

Episode 56: God Bless the Vitamins (ahem, Veterans) Murders

Released March 1, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Rogue Admirals Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Crack
    • You may want to decant this one!
    • Wine-ocologist. Add it to your LinkedIn profile (if you remember your password)
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (09:58): Statistics & Some Psych
      • Keywords: Veterans Affairs (VA), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), harassment, Military Sexual Trauma (MST),
    • Kenyon (29:43): LaVena Lynn Johnson
      • Keywords: From Missouri, Private First Class, Balad, Iraq, tent of private contractor on base, severe injuries, chemical burns, intraoral gunshot wound, ruled suicide, Kevin Byrnes, Documentary: “The Silent Truth”, unsolved
    • Amanda (58:10): Julia Jacobson
      • Keywords: Ongoing case, Second Lieutenant in Army, Bronze Star, San Diego, California, Dog “Boogie”, Ontario, California, abandoned car, ex-husband, Dalen Larry Ware, unincorporated desert land, shallow grave, details not out just yet, Ware’s previous divorce documents, abuse, donate in Julia’s name at www.petsforvets.com, Justice for Julia on Facebook
  • Other Notes:
    • Fan pick episode! Thank you Robin Reynolds (for your service AND for picking the topic)!
    • Today’s theme is a joke from a previous episode (Episode 6: Munchausen’s Syndrome)
    • Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 Extension 1. 838255 Text number. DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT IF YOU NEED SUPPORT
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • God Bless the Vitamins!
    • 7 anxious shits a day #7AnxiousShits
    • Even a blind squirrel catches a nut once in a while
    • Not a lot of great things this episode…#SorryBoudIt

Episode 57: Bio Crimes

Released March 8, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Sans Script Petit Verdot
    • Pop
    • New varietal!
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:18): Background & Science!
      • Keywords: biological agents, biological threat agents, biological warfare, pathogens, toxins, lethality, bacteria, rickettsia, virus, fungi, toxin, bomblet, ricin, SEB (stapho-something), botulinum, Q fever, other ones I can’t begin to spell correctly, smallpox, ebola, more that I can’t spell, monkeypox
    • Kenyon (51:18): Amerithrax (2001 American Anthrax Attacks)
      • Keywords: laced letters, Tom Daschle, Patrick Leahy, Tom Brokaw, forensic linguists, Robert “Bob” Stevens, Joseph Curseen, Thomas Morris Jr., Ottilie Lundgren, Katherine Nguyen, David Hose, Ames strain, Iowa lab, Robert Mueller, Steven Hatfill, Dr. Bruce Edwards Ivins
    • Amanda (01:36:13): Dr. Richard Schmidt & Nurse Janice Trahan
      • Keywords: Dr. Dickshit, pregnant, ultimatum (old tomato), blackmail, B12 shots, HIV positive, lab logs, viral DNA, Hep C,
  • Other Notes:
    • Fan pick episode! Thanks Jason!
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • Discussing sphincters
    • Go Brown Rat!
    • Potato blight
    • Never trust your butthole (new button!) #NeverTrustYourButthole
    • Et Tu, Hatfruit?
    • Begonia Cloot
    • Dr. Dickshit #drdickshit
    • Don’t dickshit where you eat

Episode 58: Beyond Stupid: Scams

Released March 15, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Endgame Chardonnay
    • Pop
    • Buttery pahp!
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (15:36): Background & Popular Scams
      • Keywords: elderly targets, emotions, catfish, phantom debt, caller ID spoofing, email scams, credit scams – nfcc.org
    • Kenyon (37:29): John Romulus Brinkley
      • Keywords: poor mountain people, incest, unaccredited medical college, Minerva, diploma mill, impotence, buck glands, goat gonads, surgery, infection, billy the goat gland baby, movie “Nuts!”
    • Amanda (01:29:08): Mark Gunn, Ellen
      • Keywords: phishing, band, check, online dating scam,
  • Other Notes:
    • New patreon content!! AMA (Ask Me Anything): accepting emails asking anything – yeah…ANYTHING. Friend of the gals Scott will be reading them so the gals can’t prepare. Put AMA in the subject line! This will be patreon content ONLY!
    • LIVE SHOW!!!! In Minneapolis at Illusion. Happening on April 29, 2018. Tickets are $20 on the website! (WHY DO I LIVE SO FAR AWAY)
    • Credit counselors at www.nfcc.org
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • Derek the intern. DEREK! #PagingDrDerekTheIntern #FakeIntern
    • Scammy scammers who scam!
    • Be suspicious
    • You’re a dumblewhore #Dumblewhore
    • You stiffed me on my stiffy!

Episode 59: Be Careful What You Wish For…CRIMES

Released March 22, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Wonderful White Blend
    • Crack
    • Dat Crack Doe
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (15:25): Phrasing & Background
      • Keywords: not too bad/shabby, ye olde yiddish curse, may you get what you wish for, be specific, W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey’s Paw, Goosebumps books, songs lyrics, popular in movie and TV. genies
    • Kenyon (37:11): Urooj Khan
      • Keywords: Chicago, dry cleaner, daughter Jasmeen, wife Shabana, gambling problem, lottery tickets, made hajj, wins 1 million, violently ill, lamb curry OR beef (WHICH WAS IT), toxicology, cyanide poisoning, father-in-law owed unpaid tax money, liens
    • Amanda (01:13:49): Scott Amedure
      • Keywords: secret crush, Jenny Jones Show, “Same Sex Secret Crushes”, Jonathan Schmitz, shotgun, confession, confession inadmissible, diminished capacity
  • Other Notes:
    • Amanda never wins with pull tabs
    • NEW MERCH! TOTE BAGS!!! Everyone has a lot of shit to tote
    • Patreon only AMA coming soon! Email the gals and make sure the subject has AMA
    • LIVE SHOW!! April 29, 2018 in Minneapolis (Illusion Theater)
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • “I haven’t been to a good, hearty meat raffle in ages!” #MeatRaffle
    • You gotta wiggle to find the sides!
    • Balabusta – yiddish expression that means homemaker or host (but sounds like ball buster so…that’s what we’ll go with)
    • Goosebumps books – Joy for Lucy; Anxiety for Kenyon
    • IT’S LIKE RAY-EE-AAAAIN
    • Amanda wants a giant check for any amount – Wine and Crime business checks will now be giant novelty checks
    • Science doesn’t know #ScienceDoesntKnow #TheresNoWayToKnow
    • If you die while eating curry, leave a note telling us if it was lamb or beef
    • Unasseptable

Episode 60: Shallow Graves

Released March 29, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Restless Earth Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (18:16): Background & Science
      • Keywords: mass grave, forensic archeology, taphonomy, disturbed vegetation, upcast, pioneer plants, PMI, tree roots, entomology
    • Kenyon (48:28): Olga Kupczyk Duncan
      • Keywords: pregnant, Frank, Elizabeth Ann Duncan “Ma Duncan”, multiple marriages, incest, suicide attempt, home nurse, impersonation for annulment, hit men, buried alive, defense attorney through appeals,
    • Amanda (01:27:11): McStay Family
      • Keywords: Joseph, San Diego, missing, popcorn left on futon, mexico, dormant case, victorville desert, Charles “Chase” Merritt, checks on accounting software
  • Other Notes:
    • If you’re going to Crime Con, the gals are doing a meetup on Saturday!!
    • Des Moines Meetup on May 7 after a seminar!
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • “I’m a winecologist, I give a nice pap (pahp)” – Amanda #Winecologist (we need this to be new merch…)
    • Measure twice, dig once #MeasureTwiceDigOnce

Episode 61: Hometown Gory

Released April 5, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Ville Basse Merlot
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (14:52): The Short Family
      • Keywords: Greenwood Minnesota, welfare check, Brian, Karen, shotgun, Cole, Madison, Brooklyn, 8 car garage, murder-suicide, allnurses.com founder, finances, defamation suit, theories  
    • Kenyon (51:20): Gerard Chevalier (sp?)
      • Keywords: Normandy France, land, farming, Louque (sp?), mayor, deputy mayor, hunting rifle, tree removal, standoff
      • Author note: usually I try to do minimal research to spell things correctly and get other keywords for the cases…I literally could not find one thing on this case…probably because I spelled everything wrong. The last 10+ pages of my internet history is variations of “gerard normandy france” “crimes in normandy france 2013” and more….sorry!
    • Amanda (01:26:55): Russell & Katherine Manfredi
      • Keywords: Hartford Connecticut, cardiologist, argument, head injury, 2nd story window, staged car accident, baseball bat, catathymic crisis
  • Other Notes:
    • Long episode! Yay!
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • #HairoftheDag
    • #DontTrustARussell

Episode 62: Drug Deals Gone Bad

Released April 12, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Dime Red Blend
    • Pop
    • Stone cold stunner
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (11:38): Background & Stats
      • Keywords: World Drug Report, NPS (new psychoactive substances), 2CB, China, Britain, silver, opium
    • Kenyon (34:25): Wonderland Murders (Four On the Floor)
      • Keywords: Dirk Diggler, boogie nights, John C. Holmes, Sharon, Laurel Canyon murders, Ron Launius, Billy DeVerell, Joy Miller, Barbara Richardson, pornography, large appendage *cough*, cocaine, friend’s daughter Dawn, abuse, nightclub owner Eddie Nash, wonderland gang, robbery, Susan (survivor)
    • Amanda (01:35:19): A Few Shallow Dives…
      • Keywords: Niceville Florida, shoots self in leg, marijuana, Anthony Carrasco, Brownsville Texas, door-to-door, off-duty police, framed Jesus Christ pictures stuffed with marijuana
  • Other Notes:
    • First child’s name: Brambly Fruits and Damien Faye
    • Movie ‘Wonderland’ covers Kenyon’s case
    • Val Kilmer creeps Kenyon out (I mean, his face IS weird)
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • Don’t ever exercise #DontEverExercise
    • Pee dot on sweatpants – blehh
    • Being Jesus is not easus (you’re welcome)

Episode 63: Unbelievable Acquittals

Released April 19, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Winc’s Matchlock Cabernet
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (13:04): Background, History & Legal
      • Keywords: not guilty, case law, not proven, double jeopardy, Emmett Till
    • Kenyon (37:50): Martha “Sunny” Von Bulow
      • Keywords: heiress, first husband Prince Von Auersperg, Claus Von Bulow, J. Paul Getty, daughter Cosima, unconscious, brain damage, vegetative state, coma, insulin overdose, hypoglycemia, conviction, acquitted
    • Amanda (01:21:10): Philando Castile *warning – could be upsetting*
      • Keywords: Officer Jeronimo Yanez, Minnesota, Diamond Reynolds, 4-year old daughter, pulled over, filmed, Facebook, 7 shots, racial profiling, 40 seconds, manslaughter charge, Larry Brubaker, trial, acquitted, culpable negligence
  • Other Notes:
    • Caution: Amanda’s case is recent, horrible, and could be triggering – fair warnings all around
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • Amanda like a motherfucker
    • I’m So Hungry
    • Empanaded (light, flaky crust)
    • Once a soaper, always a soaper

Episode 64: Brute Strength Murders

Released April 26, 2018

  • Wine Pairing: Rodney Strong Vineyards Cabernet
    • Pop
  • Cases:
    • Lucy (10:30): Etymology
      • Keywords: Brutus, Charles Bronson, Bill “The Brute” Sanger, Cherry Hill Gang, The Dandies
    • Kenyon (30:08): Robert McGill & Shirley Jean Longstreet
      • Keywords: high school sweethearts, high school reunion, rekindled, bankruptcy, cruise to Mexico, scorpion on bottle (or consumed?), beat and strangled, confession, questionable hair
    • Amanda (01:01:57): Susan Kuhnhausen
      • Keywords: nurse, Michael Kuhnhausen, Portland, janitor at adult video store, divorce, penniless, hired by husband, Ed Haffey, claw hammer, choke hold, plot twist
  • Other Notes:
    • If the podcast fails, Kenyon is going to be a casting director. Sitting behind a desk just yelling, “Get me Keanu!” and flipping through her rolodex
    • Amanda’s gyro was lamb AND beef (in case we need to know after her death)
    • Discussion of a fitbit tracking a struggle when a woman was attacked. Tech evidence episode!!
  • Running Jokes/Catchphrases, Potential Merch, etc.:
    • #ImSoHungry
    • #SpeculateWildly

More recent eps, TBD!

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