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Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Nerd Crimes. Mike tells you about the murder of Lieth Peter Von Stein and the attempted murder of his wife.  

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In 1979, a missing teen genius accidentally birthed the 'Satanic Panic.'

Welcome to Brew Crime: Nerd Crimes, where fantasy meets felony. We're kicking off with the case that turned a brand-new tabletop game into a cultural boogeyman: the disappearance of 16-year-old child prodigy, James Dallas Egbert III.

Dallas vanished from his college dorm, leaving behind a confusing note and a pile of Dungeons & Dragons books. When a flamboyant P.I. started a bizarre search in the university's underground steam tunnels, the media latched onto a theory: did the brilliant student lose himself in a live-action game? Or was the tragic reality far more personal, heartbreaking, and complex than any fantasy quest?

Roll for a deep dive into the real story behind the headlines, the fear-mongering, and the life of the boy who became the scapegoat for a nation's moral panic.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/

https://www.sengifted.org/post/seng-s-25th-anniversary-conference-reflections-on-seng-s-history

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-dungeon-master-the-disappearance-of-james-dallas-egbert-iii_william-c-dear/341434/

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversies)

https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/dungeons-and-dragons-dd/

https://timharford.com/2024/11/my-epic-40-year-dungeons-dragons-odyssey/

https://news.virginia.edu/content/dungeons-dragons-and-burgers-really-bad-outcomes-when-we-dont-grasp-fractions

https://onthebanks.msu.edu/Exhibit/162-567-5/campus-legends-and-myths/

https://michiganlgbtqremember.com/2018/04/22/j-dallas-egbert-iii/

https://statenews.com/article/2024/02/msus-secret-steam-tunnels-reveal-hidden-history-beneath-our-feet

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Never trust a meal cooked with a secret ingredient.

Welcome back to Brew Crime: Poisonings, Part 2. We trade toxic soil for a quiet Australian kitchen in this gripping second episode. Join us as we unpack the mysterious and shocking case of the Leongatha Mushroom Murders.

What happens when a seemingly innocent family lunch turns into a death sentence? We dive into the baffling timeline, the tragic victims, and the single suspect at the heart of an investigation that gripped a nation. It's a dark tale where the most beautiful and seemingly harmless fungi concealed a terrifying, lethal truth.

Pour another, and be careful what you put on your plate. This is a cold-blooded killing disguised as a culinary mistake.

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https://brewcrime.com/2025/10/28/episode-184-leongatha-mushroom-murders-poisoning/

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Imagine your backyard is a ticking time bomb.

Welcome to Brew Crime. In our first chilling installment of Poisoning, we dig deep into the infamous Love Canal—the idyllic 1950s neighborhood built directly atop 21,000 tons of buried toxic waste.

Join us as we recount the decades of hidden illness, the desperate pleas of poisoned families, and the environmental catastrophe that birthed the Superfund cleanup program. It's a terrifying story of corporate negligence, government denial, and how the dream of suburbia became a waking nightmare of chemical poisoning.

Grab a drink and brace yourself. This is the truth bubbling up from beneath the dirt.

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Welcome to Brew Crime News!

This episode falls on October 2025. Listen to todays news, once monthly.

Special guest host Paige now of The Pop Culture Diary

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Welcome to Brew Crime News!

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Brew Crime is back as we cover Kidnappings this series. Mike Tells us about The October Crisis that happened in Quebec when two cells of the FLQ kidnapped Pierre Laporte and James Cross.

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Brew Crime is back as we cover Kidnappings this series. JT brings us the case of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III.

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https://studycorgi.com/the-history-of-kidnapping-of-john-paul-getty-iii/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III

https://www.forbes.com/profile/getty/

https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/hall-of-fame/j-paul-getty/

https://brightside.me/articles/the-story-of-the-richest-man-on-the-planet-who-refused-to-pay-a-ransom-for-his-own-grandson-733810/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AllThatIsInteresting/comments/1gmg35h/on_this_day_in_1972_kidnappers_of_john_paul_getty/

https://www.deciphr.ai/podcast/352-j-paul-getty-the-richest-private-citizen-in-america

https://www.quora.com/Did-J-Paul-Getty-III-recover-from-losing-an-ear-during-his-kidnapping

https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/getty-family-tree-fx-trust-tv-show

https://screenrant.com/all-money-world-john-paul-getty-3-abduction-what-happened/

https://www.factualamerica.com/behind-the-screenplay/billion-dollar-ransom-the-true-saga-of-all-the-money-in-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_Jr.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UtterlyUniquePhotos/comments/1gmfyjc/on_this_day_in_1972_kidnappers_of_john_paul_getty/

https://www.understandingitaly.com/john-paul-getty.html

https://www.theflorentine.net/2011/02/24/john-paul-getty-iii/

https://people.com/movies/true-story-all-money-world-j-paul-getty-iii-kidnapping/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPP6Yh4Aaxc

https://www.ebay.com/itm/356095414074

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/a-godfather-delivers-a-ransom-payment

https://thedigitalparty.com/main-course/how-to-stay-rich-gettys/

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Welcome to Brew Crime News!

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