Crime Diner

We watched the Netflix movie The Platform and we had a very deep and intellectual conversation all about it!

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For our 200th episode, we cover PT Barnum's sideshow people, or "freaks," who were unique individuals with physical or medical conditions who played a vital role in his entertainment empire. Their extraordinary appearances and captivating stories drew large crowds, while Barnum aimed to promote acceptance and celebrate human differences, though criticism arose regarding his portrayal, which some viewed as perpetuating stereotypes and exploitation. 

For dinner, we had fair foods, walking tacos, and Mexican street corn. For dessert, we had fried Oreos and spiked lemonade. 

Time stamp: 28:47

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This week we also got to work with some other podcasts we think you should check out! You can find them here:

CrimeDivers

Scottish Murders Podcast

Where did we get our info from? 

The History of Zoos

Carl Hagenbeck .

The human zoo

Joice Heth Exhibit

Sarah Baartman 

Ota Benga

Joice Heth 

General Tom Thumb 

Lavinia Warren

Julia Pastrana 

What did we eat? 

Elote Corn Recipe

Walking Taco..

How to Make Deep Fried Oreos 

What did we drink? 

Spiked Lemonade 

Sounds:

Circus March

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For over a decade, Todd Kohlhepp managed to evade capture for his criminal activities. He became known as the "Amazon Review Killer" due to his chilling online presence. Kohlhepp left unsettling reviews on Amazon for various products, some of which he likely used in his crimes. The reviews added another disturbing layer to his already violent and sinister profile. 

This week we share his story and a delicious meal consisting of hamburger steaks with Bourbon mushroom gravy, southern-style green beans, buttermilk mashed potatoes, and the most delicious Nutter Butter banana pudding this side of the Mason Dixon. We also shared a local Southern New Jersey drink called Sea Isle Spiked Tea. All were unimaginably delicious. 

Time stamp: 25:37

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This week we also got to work with some other podcasts we think you should check out! You can find them here:

Misty Mysteries

Murder Murder News

Where did we get our info from? 

The Grisly Crimes Of Todd Kohlhepp, The Amazon Review Killer

Todd Kohlhepp case: Chilling Amazon product reviews may be linked to alleged serial killer

The sickening reviews a suspected serial killer left on Amazon

What did we eat? 

Hamburger Steaks with Bourbon Mushroom Gravy

Southern-Style Green Beans

Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

Nutter Butter Banana Pudding 

What did we drink? 

Sea Isle Spiked Iced Tea

This week we took a break from the Crime Diner so we present to you a Patreon-only release where we watch the Paris is Burning documentary and critique it. Do you like laughing? Do you like documentaries? Do you love drag? Well, this is the episode for you. Happy Pride month!

Rikers Island is a tough prison no one will question that, but what happened there on the evening of February 1, 1957, changed many lives some had left there to rot. This week we share the story of the heroics of an unlikely crew and the lives that changed because of them. 

For dinner, we had Cindy’s own chicken parmesan on a bed of pasta, and for dessert, we had caramel apple cheesecake cupcakes. For drinks, we had 19 Crimes The Uprising red wine. 

Time stamp: 18:37

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This week we also got to work with some other podcasts we think you should check out! You can find them here:

Malice After Midnight 

Mission Spooky's Flowpage

Where did we get our info?

The History Of Rikers Island 

Rikers Island 

Northeast Airlines Flight 823 

The 1957 Rikers Island Plane Crash That Made Inmates Heroes 

How Rikers Island inmates became heroes after a 1957 plane crash

What did we eat? 

Chicken Parmesan

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Cupcakes 

What did we drink? 

19 Crimes Wine: The Uprising

A senseless crime, four innocent lives, one wannabe serial killer, a town upended, and a country asking why? This week we cover the Moscow Idaho tragedy with a guest who experienced firsthand what it was like to be on campus in the days following the massacre. 

For dinner, our theme was Idaho so think butter steaks and baked potatoes. For dessert, ice cream baked potatoes; almost too cute to eat. For drinks, we had whiskey sours; our favorites and apparently Idaho’s too. 

Time stamp: 20:00

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Navigating Advocacy

Full Circle 

Where did we get our info from? 

Idaho college murders: The complete timeline of events 

A Timeline of the Idaho Student Murders

What did we eat? 

Butter steaks and baked Idaho Potatoes 

Best Ice Cream Baked Potato Recipe

What did we drink? 

Whiskey Sour

This week we cover a bizarre and twisted story of love, betrayal, and attempted murder. The Toto family was not your usual dysfunctional marriage. This was a coupling so passionate that divorce was not an option and in the end they proved that marriage can be a dark comedy of sorts.

Our theme was Italian Mom and Pop Pizzeria. For dinner, we had homemade white pizza with mushroom, bacon and shallots and pepperoni pizza with dollops of garlic ricotta. For dessert, we tried Crazy for Crusts’, Easy Brownie Pizza. Our drink was a local brew from the Cape May Brewing Company. 

Time stamp: 32:05

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This week we also got to work with some other podcasts we think you should check out! You can find them here:

Disturbing Interests

Ain't It Scary

Where did we get our info from? 

For the Totos, a Hollywood Ending : Film: Frances spent four years in prison for trying to kill her straying husband Tony. Funny stuff? 'I Love You to Death' director Lawrence Kasdan thinks so--and the happy couple agree.

Allentown Journal; True Love, True Life, And Truly Bizarre

"Don't think of them as drug addicts, think of them as killers"

`I DON'T LOVE IT AT ALL,' SAYS HITMAN PORTRAYED IN FILM 

I Love You to Death (1990) 

What did we eat? 

White pizza with Mushroom, bacon and Shallots

Pepperoni pizza with dollops of garlic ricotta 

Easy Brownie Pizza - Crazy for Crust

What did we drink? 

Cape May Brewing Co

Sounds:

Allentown couple discuss forgiveness, love decades after wife hired hitmen to kill husband