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Do you enjoy tales of serial killers, insane crimes, and occasional conspiracies? Then join Vicky and Rachel to talk about all of this and more! As long as it's in Bad Taste... Hosts: Vicky Walters and Rachel Bauman Sound and Editing: Tiff Weech Theme Music: Jason Zakrzewski
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- 3 days ago1h 34m
Episode 231 - You Lost Me With the Stonks
They say honesty is the best policy, but where's the fun in that? This week, we’re diving headfirst into the wildly unhinged world of white-collar wizardry, fake credentials, and people who decided that "fake it 'til you make it" is a lifelong career path. Grab your spreadsheets and your most skeptical side-eye—things are about to get legally questionable.Research links below!Britannica - "The Craziest Cam? Gregor MacGregor Creates His Own Country"Historic UK - "Gregor MacGregor, Prince of Poyais"Radical Tea Towel - "Gregor MacGregor: The most absurd radical of the 19th century"BBC - "The conman who pulled off history's most audacious scam"History Today - "Gregor MacGregor, the Prince of Poyais"Bruce Wilson Author - "Gregor MacGregor and the Poyais Scam" Vanity Fair - "How Sarma Melngailis, Queen of Vegan Cuisine, Became a Runaway Fugitive"Eater - "Raw Food Star Fugitive Sarma Melngailis Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Theft"Oxygen - "Why Was A Dominos Pizza So Important In Tracking Down Sharma Melngailis From 'BadVegan'?"The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office - "Owner of Vegan Food Business and her Husband Indicted for Allegedly Stealing from Employees, Defrauding Investors, not Paying Taxes"Parade - "How Bad Vegan Sarma Melngailis' Affair With Her Lawyer May Have Landed Her In Jail"
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
Episode 230 - Kleptomania is Just Another Name for Stealing
Behind every blurry profile picture and broken webcam is a masterclass in romance fraud, maxed-out credit cards, and federal wire charges. We are unpacking the dark side of digital dating where your soulmate turns out to be a syndicate. Tune in, reverse-image search your heartthrob, and remember: if they can't FaceTime, they're probably facing a grand jury.Research links below!:Crime + Investigation - "A deadly love triangle: What happened to Cari Farver?"TIME - "The Deadly Love Triangle Behind Netflix True Crime Documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer"A&E - "The Mysterious Murder of Cari Farver and How Digital Evidence Helped Crack the Case"People - "Real-Life Fatal Attraction: Nebraska Love Triangle Turns Deadly"Yahoo! - "'Lover, Stalker, Killer': What happened to Dave Kroupa?" Teara - "Biography: Bock, Amy Maud"RNZ - "Con-Artist: the story of Amy Bock"Wanganui Herald - "Amy Bock"Evening Post - "Sentence on Amy Bock"Otago Witness - "An Artful Schemer."New Zealand Geographic - "The Case of the Female Bridegroom"
- Aug 20, 20261h 19m
Episode 229 - Five Nights at Rachel's
Accidents happen, natural causes take their toll, and history marches on. Unless, of course, you are dealing with the internet's favorite pastime: refusing to believe anyone ever actually dies normally.This week, we are diving headfirst into the chaotic rabbit hole of death conspiracies. Forget the rich and famous—we are looking at the everyday mysterious exits, institutional cover-ups, and the sheer human need to believe that a botched life insurance scam or a rogue shadow government is behind every tombstone.Grab your tinfoil hat and your favorite skeptical side-eye. It is time to ask: was it a tragedy, or are they currently running a cash-only laundromat in scenic Idaho under the name "Bob"Research links below!:Variety - "A Dandy, a Charmer, a Bar Room Singer, a Murderer and a Cocaine Cook for Augusto Pinochet: Mad, Bad and Sad Eugenio Berrios Is Profiled in Sandic Industria Title 'Black Cocaine'"The Guardian - "Pinochet accused over murder of ex-president"Panacea - "La identificación de los restos del Dr. Eugenio Berríos"The Guardian - "Pinochet 'sold cocaine to Europe and US'"The Guardian - "Chile court overturns convictions for 1982 murder of former president Frei"Memoria Viva - "Eugenio Antonio Berríos Sagredo"In Focus - "From Perpetrator to Victim: The Case of Eugenio Berrios Sagredo"San Diego County - "Coronado Death Investigation"Fox5 San Diego - "14 years later, Rebecca Zahau's death at a Coronado mansion still a mystery"Greer & Associates - "Zahau Case"Mainorwirth - "Key Facts About Rebecca Zahau's Mysterious Death"People - "A Boy and His Dad's Girlfriend Were Found Dead at Calif. Mansion Days Apart. Was Her Death a Suicide or Murder?"
- Aug 5, 20261h 27m
Episode 228 - Pretend to be a Mule
Some people take "until death do us part" as a challenge rather than a vow. Join us this week as we dive into the dark, twisted world of spouses who decided divorce was simply too much paperwork. Grab a drink, lock your doors, and listen in on the ultimate cautionary tale about picking your life partner very, very carefully.Research links below!:POMC - "Robert Curley 'Bobby' 32 Years Old"Yahoo! News - "Taking a look back at how a wife poisoned and killed husband"Standard Speaker - "Bobby Curley remembered 30 years after his murder"Criminal - "Joann Curley's Tortuous Murder Plot"The Citizens' Voice - "Timeline of the Curley case"Times Leader - "Convicted killer Joann Curley finishes 20-year sentence, apparently returned to NEPA"Britannica - "Hawley Harvey Crippen"The History Press - "The notorious case of Dr. Crippen"PBS - "Executed in Error"Gettyimages - "Hawley Harvey Crippen"Crime + Investigation - "Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen"National Library of Medicine - "Solanaceae III: henbane, hags and Hawley Harvey Crippen"
- Jun 25, 20261h 16m
Episode 227 - Way to Be Rational
Pack your bags and leave your worries behind—or better yet, leave them for the local authorities to find. This week, the ladies are trading paradise for peril. From "lost in the woods" to "never seen again," join us as we explore the darker side of wanderlust and the vacation getaways that turned into permanent departures. Don’t forget your sunscreen, because these stories are about to get uncomfortably hot.Research links below!All That's Interesting - "What Happened To Lars Mittank, The German Tourist Who Vanished Near A Bulgarian Airport?"People - "Lars Mittank Was Last Seen Sprinting Toward a Forest 11 Years Ago. Revisit the 'Most Famous Missing Person on YouTube' Case"Mirror - "Chilling mystery of the 'most famous missing person on YouTube' who vanished into forest never to be seen again"BKA - "Search for missing MITTANK, Lars Joachim"Mel Magazine - "The Mystery of the Most Famous Missing Person on YouTube"new.com.au - "People who mysteriously vanished from airports"Spiegel Panorama - "Looking for Lars Mittank"Al Jazeera - "Timeline: Case of Charles Sobhraj - 'Bikini Killer', 'Serpent'"Britannica - "Charles Sobhraj"CNN - "From diplomat to detective, this man helped bring Asia's notorious 'Serpent' killer to justice"Oxygen - "Why Was Serial Killer Charles Sobhraj Nicknamed the Bikini Killer and The Serpent?"
- Jun 13, 20261h 15m
Episode 226 - Speaking of Socialism...
They say there’s honor among thieves, but these heists prove that’s mostly just a myth. From botched getaways and amateur slip-ups to the chilling, unintended consequences of a "simple" job, we’re cracking open the files on crimes that went sideways.Research links below!Argon - "The Goiânia Incident: Lessons from a Radiological Disaster"History - "The True Story Behind Brazil's Radioactive Emergency"Britannica - "Goiânia accident"PubMed - "The Goiânia incident, the semiotics of danger, and the next 10,000 years"IAEA - "Goiânia's Legacy Two Decades On"Hibakusha Worldwide - "Goiânia, Brazil"All That's Interesting - "Inside David Ghantt's Infamous Loomis Fargo Heist In October 1997"Levine Museum of the New South - "Loomis Fargo and Company"WCNC Charlotte - "25 years later: The Loomis Fargo heist"CNN - "Suspect in $22 million armored-car heist arrested"
- May 29, 20261h 27m
Episode 225 - Touch the Mule
They say "if it bleeds, it leads," but what happens when the blood is eclipsed by the spectacle? In this episode, we’re peeling back the curtain on the cases that stopped being about justice and started being about the ratings. From cable news talking heads to the digital mob, we examine how media frenzies distort the truth, turn victims into props, and transform crime scenes into pop culture events. Grab your popcorn—the court of public opinion is now in session.Research links below!EBSCO - "Halls-Mills murder case"A Little History - "New revelations in the Hall-Mills murder mystery"TIME - "Under The Crabapple Tree"The New York Times - "J.E. STRICKER DIES AFTER AND OPERATION; Former Middlesex Prosecutor Began Investigation of Hall-Mills Mystery. SIXTH DEATH DURING INQUIRY Rumor of Suicide Unfounded -- Death In Hospital Due to Peritonitis"Evening Courier - "All Charges Dropped in Hall-Mills Case"Press of Atlantic City - "Henry Carpender Dies; Was In Hall-Mills Case"The New York Times - "'Not Guilty' is Verdict in Hall Case: Plan to Free Prisoners on Bail Today and Probably Quash All Other Charges"Library of Congress - "Trials of the Century: 1900 to 1950"PBS - "Murder of the Century"Famous Trials - "The Trials of Harry Thaw for the Murder of Stanford White"Historical Society of the New York Courts - "Harry Kendall Thaw Had A Problem"EBSCO - "Harry Kendall Thaw"Murderpedia - "Harry Kendall Thaw"
- May 18, 20261h 8m
Episode 224 - Do We Still Get to See the Birds?
Think Hawaii is all pristine beaches and postcard-perfect sunsets? Think again. This week, we’re swapping our beach towels for crime scene tape as we dive headfirst into the dark underbelly of the Aloha State. From high-stakes island syndicates to mysteries buried deep beneath the volcanic soil, we’re proving that even paradise has a body count. Pack your sunscreen—and your skepticism—because it’s about to get shady in the sun.Research links below!SFGate - "The FBI warned Hawaii serial killers were coming. Then one struck."Serial Killer Calendar - "Murders in Paradise"PBS Hawai'i - "The Honolulu Strangler with Robbie Dingeman"Medium - "The Honolulu Strangler"Ke Alaka'i - "The tragic deaths of five women and an escaped murderer known as the 'Honolulu Strangler'"Hawaii News Now - "20 years ago, a killer shattered the morning calm and changed Hawaii forever"khon2 - "Xerox Murders"Star Bulletin - "Carlisle: Uyesugi was in control"Star Bulletin - "Grand jury indicts Uyesugi for first-degree murder"Star Bulletin - "7 dead in Nimitz Hwy. Xerox shooting"Star Bulletin - "Uyesugi's father, brother tell of torment in his head"State of Hawaii vs. Byrab Uyesugi
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