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SubscribersIt's pandemonium! And on this week's episode, we're talking about the Reefer Madness phenomenon that dominated the 20th century. We're breaking down the cult classic film and taking an in-depth look a...
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On our first episode via zoom since we've all been in lockdown, we talk about the pop culture true crime events that are happening during the pandemic including Tiger King and a Van Gogh painting thef...
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On our first solo episode, we're talking about the golden age of Hollywood with the assassination attempts of Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin and John Wayne. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe an...
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We're back! On today's episode, we talk about some of the high profile cases where the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons was blamed for violence and suicide. We talk about the disappearance of Ja...
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Today we’re talking with special guest Jason Brennan (from Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast) about Martin Cahill or the general, as dubbed by the media. From the early 1970s until his death in 199...
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Today we’re talking about the pretty insane story of the mysterious deaths of Kevin Spacey’s accusers in what can only be described as a conspiracy theorists wet dream. Thanks for listening. Please su...
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Animals have been harmed in films since the dawn of its invention. Leading up to next week’s episode about the film Cannibal Holocaust which notoriously killed several animals on camera, we are talki...
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A few recent shady book happenings; New York Times fake bestseller Triggered by Donald Trump Jr and the sentencing of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh for her Healthy Holly scandal got us interested in ...
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For our first episode of season 2 we wanted to start off the season with another Woody Harrelson movie that spread controversy in the 1990’s. So today we’re talking about the series of bombings of New...
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On this bonus episode recorded exactly 100 years to the day after the Axeman's last murder, we are talking about the letter supposedly written by The Axeman of New Orleans who claimed he would spare t...
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On today’s post-mortem episode of The Exorcist, we’re gonna talk about the film’s allegedly cursed production, the real life exorcism that influenced it, the real serial killer on the cast and other r...
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On this week’s Halloween episode, we dive into the brutal murder of 4 year-old Khunji Wilson by her mother, who was reportedly influenced by The Exorcist. After watching an edited version of the film ...
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Today, we are talking about the three true crime murders influenced by the Scream franchise. We also go into the history of the slasher Genre and Siskel and Ebert's crusade against it in 1980. We also...
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On this weeks bonus episode, Kindell and I talk about our experience seeing Todd Phillip's The Joker in theaters with all the increased security. After a few more discussions on unnecessary controvers...
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On this week’s post-mortem, we’re talking about 4 real life Fight Clubs and one copycat crime inspired by the film. As an honorable mention, we had to cite a cage-fighting ring that came out of a Dall...
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On today's bonus episode, we are talking about all of the controversy surrounding Todd Phillips 2019 The Joker. The film stars Joaquin phoenix and is set to be released this Friday, October 4th. We h...
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On Memorial Day in 2009, a bomb went off outside of Starbucks in New York City. When the bomber was finally caught, he claimed he was inspired by the film Fight Club to start his own version of Projec...
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People overreact to movies. A Lot. Today we talk about two of the films that sparked the most outrage and violence with the Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation o...
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This past week we lost an Austin Legend, Daniel Johnston. Throughout life and struggles with mental illness, he was able to create some of the most pure art and music ever created. Cutting between som...
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Following two mass shootings earlier last month, politicians again decided to go to one of their favorite scapegoats: blaming video games for the violence. we talk about the history of this and then t...
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On this weeks bonus episode, We talk about the true crime events that influenced the newish Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Was the boat scene influenced by the death of Natalie ...
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Today we are talking about a robbery and eventual court case that were influenced by the 2010 Ben Affleck film The Town. We also talk about the history of robberies in pop culture starting with the 19...
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Warning: Graphic details of crime and violence in this episode. Don't listen if you have a queasy stomach or soft teeth. This week’s episode bookends the brutal and tragic tale of real-life vampire, A...
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On today's episode, we talk about the tragic murder of Thomas McKendrick by his friend Allan Menzies who believed the vampire god Akosha had ordered him to kill after he had watched the film Queen of ...
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Today we are talking about death on movie sets. We go into Martha Mansfield who was killed after her costume lit on fire by a passing tossed cigarette, rising TV star and model Jon-Erik Hexum put a pi...
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Stephen King has written over 91 novels and only one of them has ever been banned. Rage, released under his pen name Richard Bachman, was written by King in high school and released in 1977. After sev...
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To lead us into episode 3, where we are talking about Stephen King's banned book Rage, we go into details on three other books that have inspired crime. We talk about the Rushdie Riots brought on by t...
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Today, we’re talking the Judas Priest subliminal message controversy. In 1990, while on a US tour, the heavy metal band Judas Priest played a show in Reno, NV, where they were served a subpoena, secon...
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Next week on episode 2, we are talking about a song that was blamed for a violent act. As a transition, we are talking about serial killers favorite music. We go into the above the line killers talkin...
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On our inaugural episode, we dive into a gruesome murder that was inspired by Oliver Stone’s film Natural Born Killers. Two crazed teens tore through the deep south on a murderous spree. They watched ...
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We’ve all seen the title card a dozens of times. Inspired by real events or this film is based on a true story. Some of the biggest films of all time are inspired by true crimes. Dog Day Afternoon. Go...
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We’ve all seen the title card a dozens of times. Inspired by real events or this film is based on a true story. Some of the biggest films of all time are inspired by true crimes. Dog Day Afternoon. Goodfellas. Zodiac. But what about real crimes inspired by media, itself? From Workshed Creative, comes Trueish Crime: the true crime podcast that combines everyone’s love of true crime and pop culture. Join us as we delve into some of the most shocking and bizarre crimes committed in the name of major pop icons like Natural Born Killers, Fight Club, Judas Priest, John Lennon and more.
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