Synopsis
Have you listened to "Serial" Season One more than once? Do you have notes in the margins of your copy of "Zodiac?" Could you have watched seven MORE episodes of "The Jinx?" Us Too! Each week hosts Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle break down one of these true crime classics in the funny, engaging, and interesting way that only two gorgeous theater nerds can.
Episodes
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Class Action Park
06/07/2021 Duration: 50minDuring its 1980s and 1990s heyday, New Jersey’s Action Park earned a reputation as the most insane — and possibly the most dangerous — amusement park that ever existed. It was known as a lawless land, ruled by drunk teenage employees and frequented by even drunker teenage guests. The rides were experimental and illogical, and seemed to ignore even the most basic notions of physics or common sense—not to mention safety. And this documentary spills ALL. THAT. DRUNK. NEW. JERSEY. TEA! FAM OUR LIVE SHOW IN BOSTON IS BACK ON AND TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! If you had tickets to the original date, they have been refunded, check your email! Our new date is Saturday, July 31st at 7pm AT THE WILBUR THEATER!! We're covering Oxygen's "The Disappearance of Maura Murray" and we will be joined by Maggie Freleng (who hosted the series) and Tim and Lance from Missing Maura Murray podcast! TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! GET YOURS AND COME JOIN US! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes t
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187: White Boy
29/06/2021 Duration: 53minFam, if you thought New York in the 70s, was bad, WELCOME TO DETROIT IN THE 80s. It’s the height of “the war on drugs” and, according to local law enforcement, it seems that a new drug gang is popping up every week. Enter the notorious White Boy Rick—a SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DRUG KINGPIN WHO IS RUNNING DETROIT LIKE A MAFIA BOSS…or so the legend went. In reality, he was a14-year-old informant for the FBI who was thrust into the world of drugs and gun by his father, and then sold out by everybody. COME SEE US LIVE IN DC!! Friday, September 17th at 8pm! WITH RABIA CHAUDRY AND SUSAN SIMPSON OF "UNDISCLOSED." We're covering HBO's "The Case Against Adnan Syed." We're gonna talk about Don for like 6 hours (just kidding...but maybe?). It will be our hilarious, informative, and outrageous live show AND RABIA AND SUSAN WILL SHARE ALL THE SHOCKING NEW INFORMATION ON THE CASE! Get your tickets here! (IF YOU HAD TICKETS FOR THE PREVIOUS DATE, DO NOTHING! YOUR TICKETS STILL WORK!) LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, y
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186: Searching for Sheela
22/06/2021 Duration: 52minBUCKLE UP EVERYONE, GILLIAN IS REAL MAD THIS WEEK! So, Ok, remember Ma Anand Sheela from “Wild Wild Country?” She was Bagwan’s number 2, bus we all knew she was really the one running things in the Rajneesh Cult. Remember how she went a little bananas and tried to poison the entire town in Oregon where the cult was based and then she plotted to assassinate a Senator, and then went into hiding after leaving the cult. WELL GUESS WHAT, SHE’S GETTING HER OWN DOCUMENTARY! After 35 years, she’s headed back to India to promote her book. But she really doesn’t want to talk about the book or answer any questions AND GILLIAN IS NOT HERE FOR IT. Ugh, this is a doozy. FAM OUR LIVE SHOW IN BOSTON IS BACK ON AND TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! If you had tickets to the original date, they have been refunded, check your email! Our new date is Saturday, July 31st at 7pm AT THE WILBUR THEATER!! We're covering Oxygen's "The Disappearance of Maura Murray" and we will be joined by Maggie Freleng (who hosted the series) and Tim a
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185: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel: Part 2
15/06/2021 Duration: 52minThis is part 2 of our 2-part coverage. For episode 1, please see last week's episode! Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDING!”). Can web sleuths solve a truly bizarre death? (Patrick: “NO! GET OFF FACEBOOK AND GO. OUT. SIDE.). And what exactly is a hotel general manager’s job? (Patrick and Gillian: (“UNCLEAR!”) Welcome to the Cecil Hotel—a once grand hotel which rotted from the inside and became a place where “dreams go to die” and “serial killers let their hair down.” Elisa Lam knew none of that, of course, when she checked in on January 28, 2013. She went missing a few days later. And two weeks after that, out of desperation to find her, the LAPD released the now infamous “elevator video” of her which set the internet ablaze. Join us and the investigators and internet…sleuths?...as we all try to put together the pieces of her disappearance and death. And I promise, we land on an answer as to what happened to her. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL
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184: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
08/06/2021 Duration: 53minFAM: This is a two-part series. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDING!”). Can web sleuths solve a truly bizarre death? (Patrick: “NO! GET OFF FACEBOOK AND GO. OUT. SIDE.). And what exactly is a hotel general manager’s job? (Patrick and Gillian: (“UNCLEAR!”) Welcome to the Cecil Hotel—a once grand hotel which rotted from the inside and became a place where “dreams go to die” and “serial killers let their hair down.” Elisa Lam knew none of that, of course, when she checked in on January 28, 2013. She went missing a few days later. And two weeks after that, out of desperation to find her, the LAPD released the now infamous “elevator video” of her which set the internet ablaze. Join us and the investigators and internet…sleuths?...as we all try to put together the pieces of her disappearance and death. And I promise, we land on an answer as to what ha
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Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
03/06/2021 Duration: 42minFrom the 1975 disappearance of 20 people in small-town Oregon to the 1997 mass suicide of 39 people all wearing the same pair of Nike Decades in San Diego, “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” sketches the evolution of the UFO-worshipping cult that mystified Americans in the last quarter of the 20th century. OH, AND THERE'S MUSICAL THEATER! Fam! We're so excited to share episode 1 of our Patreon coverage of HBO Max's Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults! All 4 of our episodes are available right now and ad-free on Patreon! Join Here! On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!
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183: Why Did You Kill Me?
01/06/2021 Duration: 53minIn February 2006, 24-year-old Crystal Theobold was killed in a drive by shooting in front of her house in Riverside, California. Her mother Belinda became obsessed with tracking down her killer and took to social media, creating profiles she thought the killer would be attracted to in an attempt to trick them into confessing--and the line between justice and revenge is quickly blurred. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!
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182: WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
25/05/2021 Duration: 51minTICK TOCK IT'S CULOT O'CLOCK....AGAIN! And Gwyneth Paltrow is here? WHAT? If you live in a city, there was a time you saw a WeWork on just about every corner. It was the co-working space where all the cook kids went to, like, make stuff and drink coffee. But who even knew the whole thing was a cult-meets-pyramid-scheme with all you can drink "summer camps" and a leader who looks like the low rent Ashton Kutcher. OH BUT THEN REAL ASHTON KUTCHER SHOWS UP. This one is ridiculous. AND WE HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT OUR TIME WORKING AT A WEWORK. Dive in, lovelies. FAM! WE LAUNCHED A NEW PODCAST! Check out "Murder in Alliance." It's a "Serial"-style active investigation into who killed 26-year-old Yvonne Layne in Alliance, Ohio. The murder was brutal and personal. Her ex-boyfriend, David Thorne, was convicted of the crime, but he couldn't have done it--he was two counties away at a class with several people who saw him. Host Maggie Freleng and her team of investigators--including Jason Baldwin of the West Memphi
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181: Sasquatch: Part 2
18/05/2021 Duration: 52minIn 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, who lived in the dense forest near the farm. Investigative journalist David Holthouse in on a quest to solve the mystery. Was it the work of the mythical / illusive creature? And if so, Can David find one? FAM! WE'RE DOING A VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR TICKETS! The show is happening Thursday, May 20th at 8:30 pm ET. We're covering the documentary "Unraveled" all about the Long Island Serial Killer. We'll have special surprises, games, AND ALL OF OUR USUAL LIVE SHOW SHENANIGANS! JOIN US!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony
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180: Sasquatch: Part 1
11/05/2021 Duration: 52minIn 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, who lived in the dense forest near the farm. Investigative journalist David Holthouse in on a quest to solve the mystery. Was it the work of the mythical / illusive creature? And if so, Can David find one? FAM! WE'RE DOING A VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR TICKETS! The show is happening Thursday, May 20th at 8:30 pm ET. We're covering the documentary "Unraveled" all about the Long Island Serial Killer. We'll have special surprises, games, AND ALL OF OUR USUAL LIVE SHOW SHENANIGANS! JOIN US!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony
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179: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
04/05/2021 Duration: 54minOn February 4, 1974, 19-year-old Patty Hearst, heiress to the Hearst Newspaper fortune, was kidnapped from her Berklee apartment. The kidnappers were a group of young Americans calling themselves The Symbionese Liberation Army--a group dedicated to the violent overthrow of the US government. What resulted was America's first media frenzy. And things only got crazier when Patty became "Tania" and joined the ranks of the SLA. FAM! WE'RE DOING A VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR TICKETS! The show is happening Thursday, May 20th at 8:30 pm ET. We're covering the documentary "Unraveled" all about the Long Island Serial Killer. We'll have special surprises, games, AND ALL OF OUR USUAL LIVE SHOW SHENANIGANS! JOIN US!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 140 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With C
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178: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
27/04/2021 Duration: 56minDo you have an idiot kid you want to get into an Ivy League college? Are you super rich? Maybe you spent a couple seasons on "Full House?" Well have we got the scam for you! For over 10 years, a man named Rick Singer helped the rich and famous get their kids into the school of their parents' dreams--all done through cheating, manipulating, and paying people off. And guess what? THEY ALL EVENTUALLY GET CAUGHT! FAM! WE'RE DOING A VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR TICKETS! The show is happening Thursday, May 20th at 8:30 pm ET. We're covering the documentary "Unraveled" all about the Long Island Serial Killer. We'll have special surprises, games, AND ALL OF OUR USUAL LIVE SHOW SHENANIGANS! JOIN US!!
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177: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
20/04/2021 Duration: 53minDORIS PAYINE IS THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS JEWEL THIEF...AND SHE REALLY LOVES HER JOB, YOU GUYS! This is one of the wildest rides we've gone on in a while! This documentary tells the tale of how a poor, single, black mother from segregated West Virginia became the world's most notorious jewel thief. She's complicated and fabulous and we have a lot of feelings. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 140 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "Strange And Unexplained With Daisy Eagan" Do you believe in ghosts? How about bigfoot? Do you think it’s strange and fasc
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176: Serial Killer: "Sam Little: To Catch a Killer"
13/04/2021 Duration: 53minSam Little is America’s most prolific serial killer, murdering over 90 across 17 states over the course of 30 years. How is it possible that a man who was never particularly careful about his crimes could get away with a killing spree spanning so many decades? Beth Karas, and our pals at Oxygen, investigate CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "Strange And Unexplained With Daisy Eagan" Do you believe in ghosts? How about bigfoot? Do you think it’s strange and fascinating that a 4 year old in Oklahoma could look at a black and white picture of a man from the 1930s and say ‘that was me. Before.” And then provide actual, verifiable details of the man’s life? If so, “Strange and Unexplained With Daisy Eagan” is about to be your new Favorite podcast. Each week, Daisy looks at real stories of hauntings, disappearances, UFO encounters, the Bermuda Triangle, near death experiences, and anything else that feels just beyond what we can easily make sense of. She is your guide into the inexplicable details of these stories. But s
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175: Serial Killer: Oxygen's "Kemper on Kemper"
06/04/2021 Duration: 52minYou guys, please don't let your Wikipedia page start the way this guy's does: "serial killer, serial rapist, cambial, and necrophile..." YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKES. As a teenager, Kemper killed his grandparents, was sent to a mental hospital WHERE HE WAS RELEASED ON GOOD BEHAVIOR 6 YEARS LATER. He would go on to kill 8 more people--including 6 young women and his own mother. But when he was caught, he agreed to spill alllllllllllllllll the tea about how and why he became a killer in a formal sit-down interview. And so of course they made a documentary about it. CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "Strange And Unexplained With Daisy Eagan" Do you believe in ghosts? How about bigfoot? Do you think it’s strange and fascinating that a 4 year old in Oklahoma could look at a black and white picture of a man from the 1930s and say ‘that was me. Before.” And then provide actual, verifiable details of the man’s life? If so, “Strange and Unexplained With Daisy Eagan” is about to be your new Favorite podcast. Each week, Daisy looks
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174: Who Killed the Coed?
30/03/2021 Duration: 53minThe murder was so brutal—so violent—that detectives on the scene remarked that they’d never seen anything like it. On the morning of September 7, 2012 Faith Hedgepeth’s roommate Karena Rosario found her dead in her bed in the apartment they shared near their college, UNC Chapel Hill. She’d been brutally beaten over the head with a liquor bottle and left to die. Nothing made sense. Faith was beloved at her school. Who would want her dead? Was this a random act of violence? Or, as police would quickly wonder, was it revenge? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 140 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many m
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True Crime Obsessed Feat. Chrissy Teigen
25/03/2021 Duration: 01h47sEVERYONE BE COOL, CHRISSY TEIGEN IS HERE! After months of Instagram-DM-Friendship, Chrissy flew to New York for a (Covid-safe) in-person hangout with Patrick and Gillian! Nothing is off the table in this chat! We talk true crime, The Illuminati, Hooters, Biden, and nude roller skating videos! And Chrissy's husband, John Legend, makes an appearance or two! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 140 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!
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Drew Peterson: American Murder Mystery
23/03/2021 Duration: 49minWhen Stacy Peterson, a 23-year-old mother of 4, vanishes without a trace, authorities look to her husband Drew, a man 30 YEARS HER SENIOR! Peterson, a cop, claims--we swear to Goddess, you guys--that Stacy grabbed $25,000, the deed to the house, AND HER BIKINI-- and took off with another man. AND GUESS WHAT, THERE'S MORE! Turns out, Drew's third wife, Kathy, died under very mysterious circumstances. And so, as the search for Stacy continues, Kathy's body is exhumed....and all hell breaks loose. FAM: CHECK OUT THE TRAILER FOR OUR BRAND NEW PODCAST: "Strange And Unexplained With Daisy Eagan" Do you believe in ghosts? How about bigfoot? Do you think it’s strange and fascinating that a 4 year old in Oklahoma could look at a black and white picture of a man from the 1930s and say ‘that was me. Before.” And then provide actual, verifiable details of the man’s life? If so, “Strange and Unexplained With Daisy Eagan” is about to be your new Favorite podcast. Daisy is a Tony Award winning actor, writer, and true cr
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173: The Beatrice Six: Keith Morrison Investigates
16/03/2021 Duration: 59min1 murder. 6 convictions. But did any of them do it? Sometime after midnight on February 6, 1985, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and brutally murdered in her small apartment in downtown Beatrice, Nebraska. In an era before DNA testing, all investigators had to go on was the fact that the killer had a very rare genetic marker in his blood type. But there were no other viable clues. But four years after the crime, arrests started being made, one after another—six in total. And though they all claimed to have had nothing to do with the crime—and none of them had the rare genetic marker—they were all convicted. But when DNA evidence eventually exonerates them, the real killer is found out. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 140 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: Ame
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172: Framing Britney Spears Part 2
09/03/2021 Duration: 52minOOPS WE DID IT AGAIN! This is Part 2 of our 2-part series covering "Framing Britney Spears." How does a talented, productive, and financially successful pop star lose complete legal control of her life? Imagine, one minute you’re a singer at the top of you game—touring the world, selling millions of albums—and the next minute a father you have no relationship with is in full control of your finances, can decided who you can and can’t talk to, and can have you committed to a mental hospital with no explanation necessary. That is the story of Britney Spears and the #FreeBritney movement. Come hear us scream about it for 2 episodes, won’t you? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 140 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow" "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "The Jinx," "Mak