A Slice of Ham

Well, howdy! 

I'm currently on a mental health break/social media hiatus for the time being, but I still had some time and energy to bust out the mic and give you guys a slick lil' update on my goings-on! 

I'm currently in my apartment, packing everything up to move to sunny San Antonio! I cannot WAIT to get out of here. If you want to listen to me reminisce about my hometown, teaching job, Tiktok career so far, and other things, give this update a listen!

Love ya! 

In this episode of the Monday Night Book Club, we will be continuing our reading of "The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin SIblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue" by the incomparable John Glatt. 

Specifically, this episode is going to cover the MANY more children that David and Louise had, as well as covering their move to Rio Vista, Texas. It's a boy! It's a girl! It's a nightmare!

The Turpin family came to the attention of the police and public in 2018 as a severe case of child maltreatment. On January 14, a Turpin child escaped from the home of David and Louise Turpin in Perris, California and contacted police who then raided the house and found disturbing evidence of prolonged abuse and torturous living conditions. Given the number of dependents involved, 13 siblings, the degree of abuse and the protracted nature occurring over decades, the story garnered significant national and international interest in the press. Experts in family abuse considered the case to be "extraordinary" for a number of reasons.

If this book is too heavy, let me know! I'm always open to suggestions as to what to read and when to read it. I only picked the book because I had it on hand, and it was the most accessible. If this is a case you're interested in doing a MEGA-DEEP dive on, then we can continue until we finish the whole damn thing!

That's the beauty of this podcast world - it's up to us!

Let me know what you think! You can leave a voice message in the link below, and you can also reach out through my Tiktok and Instagram links!

Tiktok: @mrhamilton Instagram: @chsteakhouse

Welcome to the Monday Night Book Club!

Hey, howdy, hey, everyone!

This past week, I have been feeling the burnout more than usual, so I decided to cover a rabbit hole that I could talk about on autopilot, basically.

Today, we are going to dig into the cautionary internet tale of Darek Savage, and his prize project, his MAGNUM OPUS: the Cool Cat children's franchise. Specifically, we are going to talk about the first Cool Cat feature-length film, "Cool Cat Saves the Kids". 

It's bad. Monumentally bad. Even worse? The reaction of the creator after he saw how many people completely shat on his movie.

This is a story about a man who cannot take criticism, constructive or not, and who will try everything in his power to strongarm and silence those who disagree with him, or who think that the product he puts out is inferior. He is trollbait, plain and simple. Daddy Derek is a man who cannot handle the internet at large. Unfortunately, that's exactly who's radar he ended up on.

I was at the forefront of this story, following every bit of it as it happened, so please, enjoy my inside look at the story of Daddy Derek, and the masterpiece of a stinker that is "Cool Cat Saves the Kids"!

In this episode of the Monday Night Book Club, we will be continuing our reading of "The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin SIblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue" by the incomparable John Glatt. This episode delves into the early life ov David and Louise's children, and the early abuse that eventually ramped up into the shocking conclusion we know today. We are going to get intot he abuse of the early Turpin children, so be warned! These guys suck!

The Turpin family came to the attention of the police and public in 2018 as a severe case of child maltreatment. On January 14, a Turpin child escaped from the home of David and Louise Turpin in Perris, California and contacted police who then raided the house and found disturbing evidence of prolonged abuse and torturous living conditions. Given the number of dependents involved, 13 siblings, the degree of abuse and the protracted nature occurring over decades, the story garnered significant national and international interest in the press. Experts in family abuse considered the case to be "extraordinary" for a number of reasons.

If this book is too heavy, let me know! I'm always open to suggestions as to what to read and when to read it. I only picked the book because I had it on hand, and it was the most accessible. If this is a case you're interested in doing a MEGA-DEEP dive on, then we can continue until we finish the whole damn thing!

That's the beauty of this podcast world - it's up to us!

Let me know what you think! You can leave a voice message in the link below, and you can also reach out through my Tiktok and Instagram links!

Tiktok: @mrhamilton Instagram: @chsteakhouse

Welcome to the Monday Night Book Club!

In this episode of the Monday Night Book Club, we will be continuing our reading of "The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin SIblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue" by the incomparable John Glatt. We will be learning about David Turpin's life in school, Louise Robinette's family life as a child, and the eventual elopement of David and Louise. Boy, these guys suck!

The Turpin family came to the attention of the police and public in 2018 as a severe case of child maltreatment. On January 14, a Turpin child escaped from the home of David and Louise Turpin in Perris, California and contacted police who then raided the house and found disturbing evidence of prolonged abuse and torturous living conditions. Given the number of dependents involved, 13 siblings, the degree of abuse and the protracted nature occurring over decades, the story garnered significant national and international interest in the press. Experts in family abuse considered the case to be "extraordinary" for a number of reasons.

If this book is too heavy, let me know! I'm always open to suggestions as to what to read and when to read it. I only picked the book because I had it on hand, and it was the most accessible. If this is a case you're interested in doing a MEGA-DEEP dive on, then we can continue until we finish the whole damn thing!

That's the beauty of this podcast world - it's up to us! 

Let me know what you think! You can leave a voice message in the link below, and you can also reach out through my Tiktok and Instagram links!

Welcome to the Monday Night Book Club!

Baby, baby, BABY - do I have a story for you today!

Welcome to Episode 2 of A Slice of Ham! 

Today's episode is one that I have been waiting to talk about for MONTHS now. This may be the entire reason I wanted to start a podcast in the first place, so here it is! 

Today, I'm going to be talking about one of the worst people in the history of motherhood, Michelle "Shelly" Knotek". If you haven't heard of Shelly Knotek, buckle up, because this case is a whopper in terms of the abuse and torture that was inflicted on the victims here. 

Shelly Knotek had the hands in the death of four people, and in the abuse of MANY more.

In this episode, you're going to learn about who Shelly Knotek is, what she did, and how it all eventually came crashing down.

Be sure to leave a voice message if you want to leave suggestions about the show Maybe give me some topics to talk about? Words of encouragement? Anything at all!

Thanks for getting your slice today!

Well, look at what we have here! A bonus! 

A lot of people throughout my life have told me that I have a great reading voice, so I figured I would give something new a shot and start a little podcast Book Club!

The first book I chose to read is a true-crime whirlwind, a book by the title of "The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin SIblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue" by investigative journalist John Glatt.

If you've never heard of the Turpin abuse case, it is one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever uncovered in the history of the United States. David and Louise are, decidedly, not very good people. 

If this book is too heavy, let me know! I'm always open to suggestions as to what to read and when to read it. I only picked the book because I had it on hand, and it was the most accessible. If this is a case you're interested in doing a MEGA-DEEP dive on, then we can continue until we finish the whole damn thing!

That's the beauty of this podcast world - it's up to us! Let me know what you think!

Welcome to the Monday Night Book Club!

Welcome to the first-ever FULL-LENGTH episode of my podcast! I am very excited that you all are here to hear what I have to say about things!

In this episode, I talk about my early life, and what led me up to this point. After I finish talking about myself, I'll cover a FASCINATING story about a woman by the name of Gloria Ramirez - The Toxic Woman of Riverside!

Remember, you can send me voice messages for me to play on the podcast! You can also check out my Instagram and Tiktok to give me suggestions as to what I should talk about on here. 

I'm glad you are here. Are you hungry? Is your brain thirsty for facts? Let me feed you, my child.

My name is Casey Hamilton - better known as @mrhamilton on TikTok. I am an internet content creator, voice actor, and former teacher who LOVES learning! I love learning about anything - the weird, the strange, the dark, the macabre, the shocking, the interesting, the unforgettable! I love learning about everything, and I love giving others the opportunity to learn.