Crime, Wine & Chaos

Amber is joined this week by her younger sister, Marissa. Marissa tells the story of the tragic death of Mia Zapata. Mia was an up and coming star from our hometown of Seattle, Washington. In the late 80's and early 90's she was making her name in the Seattle rock scene with her band the Gits, sharing stages with Nirvana and having Pearl Jam as fans. But, Mia's life was tragically cut short on July 7, 1993 while walking home in the community she loved.

Marissa pulled her sources from:

  Johnston, Lori. The Murder of Mia Zapata: The Killing of the Lead Singer of the Punk Rock Band The Gits Goes Cold For a Decade Before Justice is Served. Medium, 16 Dec 2021. 

The Gits: The Music, The Band, The Legacy. Directed by Kerri O’Kane, JAB Fills & Knockout Productions, 2005. 

 Leung, Rebecca. Who Murdered The Rock Star?. CBS News, 5 July 2005. 

 Pols, Mary F. Holding On To Mia's Magic -- Singer's Killing Leaves Grief In The 2 Worlds She Lived In. The Seattle Times, 26 Aug 1993. 

  http://www.teachhomealive.org/

Then Amber covers the E2 nightclub stampede. On February 17, 2003, at the E2 nightclub above the Epitome restaurant on  South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, 21 people died and more than 50 were injured when panic ensued from the use of pepper spray by a security guard to break up a fight.

Amber pulled her sources from:

www.nytimes.com “21 Die in Stampede of 1,500, at Chicago Nightclub,” Jodi Wilgoren, 2-18-2003

www.timeout.com “the E2 Tragedy Nine Years Later,” 2-14-2012

www.thenationaltriallawyers.org “$1.7M Settlement in Deadly Chicago Nightclub Stampede,” Larry Bodine, 8-20-2014

www.cbsnew.com “Families Remember Victims of E2 Nightclub Disaster,” CBS Chicago, 2-20-2016

www.chicagocrusader.com “20 Years Later, Last E2 Nightclub Lawsuit Scores Partial Victory in Federal Court,” Alan Jordon, 4-29-2022

www.wikipedia.org “E2 Nighclub Stampede”

www.isba.org “Illinois High Court Affirms Criminal Contempt Convictions of E2 Nightclub Owners,” Adam W. Lasker, May 2013 • Volume 101 • Number 5 • Page 222 

Marissa as drinking Cook's champagne, enjoying a little bubbly. Amber was drinking Marius, a red wine from Argentina.

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Guess who's back? Back again! Amber's older sister, Naomi joins the show again.
 
 This week, Amber tells the incredible survival story of Lenore. Lenore was working in a women's clothing boutique in Orangeville, Canada. It was he very first shift working alone when she is attacked by a "customer".
 
 Amber pulled her sources from:
 
 I Survived Season 9 Episode 3

www.thestar.com “Dangerous offender status sought for man who viciously attacked female shopkeepers,” Peter Small, 5-30-2012

 www.thestar.com, “Woman Critical After Orangeville Stabbing,” Precious Yutangco, 7-12-2009

 www.insauga.com “Mississauga man who attacked two women in 2009 denied parole,” Gene Pereira, 3-10-2021

www.shoporangeville.com “Creek Side Clothing Co”

 Then Naomi tells us all about the first time the Olympic Games came to the United States and the cast of characters that ran the opening Marathon event.
 
 Naomi pulled her sources from:
 
 www.smithsonianmag.com, “The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever,” Karen Abbott, 8-7-2012

 www.runnersworld.com, “The Unbelievable True Story of the Craziest Olympic Marathon,” Ashwin Rodrigues, 8-6-2021

 www.wikipedia.org “Marathons at the Olympics”

 www.wikipedia.org “Louisiana Purchase”

 www.penn.museum “The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games,” 

 Amber was drinking  Matt Parish Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley

Naomi is a Co-Founder and Producer at neon media. You can follow her work at https://www.neonmedia.io

You can also follow her on Twitter @MissGnomers

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Amber’s older sister, Naomi is back!

 Today, Naomi tells us the frustrating, tragic, and underreported story of the life and death of Mary Santina Collins, who was brutally murdered while we were all sheltering in place in March of 2020.

 Naomi pulled her sources from:

https://justiceformarysantina.com/

 www.charlotteobserver.com, “For Mary Collins’ mother, Charlotte woman’s lengthy sentence for murder ‘isn’t enough,’” Jonathan Limehouse & Kallie Cox, 6-30-2022

 Then Amber covers the disappearance of Misty Copsey. Misty was a popular student with good grades. By all accounts, she was a typical 14-year-old girl All that was cut short, however, when she mysteriously disappeared from the Washington   of Puyallup, WA

 Amber pulled her sources from:

Podcast – Crime Junkie, “Missing – Misty Copsey,” 5-20-2018

www.missing.fandom.com “Misty Copsey”

www.charleyproject.org “Misty Copsey” Last Updated 9-11-2017

www.kiro7.com “Vanished: 27 years since Misty Copsey, 14, last seen in Puyallup,” 9-17-2019

www.koin.com “True Crime Tuesday: What happened to Misty Copsey?” Emily Burris & Ken Bodie, 4-12-2022

www.ranker.com “Misty Copsey vanished from a small town fair in 1992; and we’re still looking for answers,” Stephen Morin, 8-22-2022

https://www.facebook.com/BringingMistyCopseyHome/ Misty Copsey Facebook page

Amber was drinking Mareas. A red blend from Argentina.

Naomi is a Co-Founder and Producer at neon media. You can follow her work at https://www.neonmedia.io

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This week Amber is joined once again by her cousin, Jeremy. Most of you know him by his professional name, Paul Abner. Paul is the creator of the music on this podcast as well at the founder and front man of Amber's band Tin Foil Top Hat, the drummer in Yet Set Go and the owner of 8th direction records. You can check out Paul's work through the links below:
 
 https://8thdirection.com
https://www.tinfoiltophat.com
https://www.yetisetgoband.com

This week, Jeremy covers the death of a kinkster. Tank Hafertepen and his partner Dylan, ran a popular blog about their relationship, but after Tank’s death from testicular silicone injections, many believed that Dylan should be held responsible.

Jeremy pulled his sources from:
www.buzzfeednews.com “When A Blogger Died From Silicone Genital Injections, His Fans Blamed His Partner,” Katie Notopoulos & Blake Montgomery, 11-15-2018

www.thestranger.com “Death of a Kinster,” Daniel Villarreal, 11-5-2018

 www.noodlesandbeefleftovers.tumblr

 www.nypost.com “Man dies after injecting silicone in genitals, mom blames sex ‘cult’ master,” Alexandra Klausner, 11-7-2018

 www.thedailybeast.com “Boyfriends Sued Over Man’s Death From Silicone Genital Injections,” Blake Montgomery, 10-8-2019

 www.vice.com “When Does BDSM Become Abuse?,” Steven Blum 11-16-2018

 www.twitter.com

www.redditt.com 

www.queerty.com “ 

The strange, sad tale of a man who died from having silicone injected into his genitals,” Daniel Villarreal, 11-6-2018

WordPress

www.legacy.com “Tank Heathcliff Hafertepen”

www.rollingstone.com 

 Talk about abuse with your friends and family. It can be hard to recognize even when it’s happening to you, but the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness has a good checklist of warning signs. If you or someone you know is scared to leave a relationship, if threats or coercion continues after you’ve withdrawn consent, if your partner isolates you from your support network, check in with a friend. Make a plan. Get help.

 Then Amber covers the Max Headroom incident. The signal hijacking occurred on the night of November 22, 1987, when the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois were hijacked, briefly sending a pirate broadcast of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume to thousands of home viewers.
 
 Amber pulled her sources from:
 Podcast – Stuff You Should Know “The Max Headroom Incident,” 6-5-2018

www.wikipedia.org

www.allthatsinteresting.com , “The Story of the Max Headroom Incident, America’s Creepiest Unsolved TV Hack,” Katie Serena, 5-25-2021

www.wbur.org, “Encore: the Max Headroom Incident – Revisiting The Masked Mystery,” Amory Siverston & Ben Brock Johnson, 1-7-2022

www.cybernews.com, “Unsolved Hijacking: The Max Headroom Incident,” Villius Petkauskas, 11-22-2021

Jeremy was drinking Dante Pinot Noir, from the Mich

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Guess who's back? Amber is joined once again by her sister, Naomi!

In this episode, Amber covers the murder of Ruthie Mae McCoy.  On April 22, 1987, 52-year-old Ruth Mae McCoy was murdered in her apartment on the 11th floor of the ABLA Chicago Housing Projects. The intruder was able to access her home through the medicine cabinet in the bathroom from the vacant apartment next door. 

Amber pulled her sources from:

Podcast - My Favorite Murder, "Rave After Rave," Episode 266, 3-18-2021
www.casetext.com "McCoy v. Chicago Housing Authority"
www.looper.com "The Terrifying Real Life Inspiration Behind Candyman," Patrick Phillips 
6-4-2021
www.chicagoreader.com "Cause of Death - What Killed Ruthie Mae McCoy - a bullet in the chest, or life in the projects?" Steve Bogira, 7-12-1990
www.unusualhorror.com "Secret Room Behind Bathroom Mirror: Ruthie Mae McCoy's Murder," Rodney Hatfield
www.wikipedia.org "ABLA Homes"

Then Naomi tells the ridiculous tale of Chris Weathersbee, aka Goat Man, and his unruly herd of goats.

Naomi pulled her sources from:

www.rutlandherald.com, "State Officials Worry As Goat Farmers Herd Grows,"  The Associated Press, 3-29-2004
www.archive.vpr.org, "Corinth Residents, Officials Make Plan For Dealing With Goats," Steve Zind, 8-27-2004
www.archive.boston.com, "Plea Bargain Gets Goats Back to Vermont Man," The Associated Press, 12-12-2004
www.sunjournal.com, "Fearing Goat Disaster, Farmer Hits School Bus," 5-31-2004
A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear: A Utopian Plot To Liberate An American Town (And Some Bears) / Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Amber was drinking CrowdPleazin - a 2020 Zinfandel from Dry Creek Valley Sonoma County. It had mocha and chocolate notes and it was pleazin this crowd!

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In this episode, Amber is joined by guest co-host and daughter, Jade! 
Jade covers the infamous man killer, Louise Peete. Louise loved money, diamonds and living the life of luxury; but it seemed that Louise  left wreckage and tragedy in her wake. Nearly every man she came in contact with died. Some by suicide and others by murder. Louise was able to get away with her evil ways for far too long.

Jade pulled her sources from:
www.YouTube.com,  Bailey Sarian, "Murder Mystery and Makeup Mondays"
www.murderpedia.org "Louise Peete"
www.wikipedia.org
www.crimescribe.com "Louise Peete" 4-11-2021
www.derangedlacrimes.com "Louise Peete," 2-11-2022

Then Amber covers the horrible first time home buying experience of Keisha Kelly. In 2005, Keisha had worked hard and saved her money and was finally able to purchase her own home. It was a dream come true, until it wasn't. The previous home owner did not want to let his home go, and he did everything he could to try to get Keisha to leave.

Amber pulled her sources from:

Podcast - Let's Go To Court, Episode 222, 8-10-2022
www.dallasnews.com "Obsessions With House He Lost Was Death of Dallas Man," Selwyn Crawford and Tanya Eiserer

Amber was drinking a Hedges Family 2019 red, C.M.S. and Jade was drinking a crisp A&W Root beer because she's only 19. 

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In this weeks 100th episode, Amber covers the life and trials of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Roscoe Arbuckle was a  silent-film actor at the height of his career, when he was arrested for the murder of aspiring actor Virginia Rappe.  The case went to trial three times. The first two resulting in a hung jury, and in the last trial Roscoe was acquitted, but the scandal put an end to his career.

Amber was drinking Pena Y Robles, a Spanish medium bodied red. It had a dark, rich fruity flavor.

Sources:

www.times.com / "Crimes of the Century: The Fatty Arbuckle Scandal, 1920” / Howard Chua-Eoan / March 1, 2007

www.smithsonianmag.com / "The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial” / Gilbert King / November 8, 2011

www.newyorker.com / "American Chronicles, Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal” / Michael Schulman / October 4, 2021

www.britannica.com / "Roscoe Arbuckle: American Actor and Director"

www.encyclopedia.com / "Fatty Arbuckle Trials:1921-1922"

Then Erika covers Woodstock 99, a music festival that was held from July 22 - July 25, 1999, in Rome New York. It was meant to be reminiscent of Woodstock '69 which was remembered fondly as a festival of love and peace. However, this Woodstock turned to chaos. It was marred by horrible conditions, overpriced food and water, poor sanitation, sexual assault, violence, arson, and looting just to name a few.  

Erika was drinking Mocho Velho Pardina, a Spanish white wine with a nutty flavor. 

Sources:

www.rollingstones.com / "9 Worst Things About Woodstock 99” / Daniel Kreps / July 23, 2021

www.goodto.com / "How many people died at Woodstock 99? Deaths, injuries, Trench Mouth and more explained – Everything you need to know” / Emily Steadman / August 2022

www.kerrang.com / "I was at Woodstock ’99 and it destroyed my innocence” / Ethan Fixell

www.salon.com / "The 7 most heinous “Trainwreck: Woodstock ‘99” revelations from Netflix’s docuseries – The three-part series looks into what went wrong in the making and execution of the infamous music & art festival” / Joy Saha / August 4, 2022

www.en.wikipedia.org

NETFLIX – "Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99" / Jaime Crawford / August 3, 2022

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This week, Amber is joined by guest co-host, Michael Mullins!

Michael covers Frank Abagnale, the inspiration for the movie "Catch Me If You Can". Frank Abagnale is now an American security and fraud consultant, but is better known as one of the  most infamous con-artists of all time. It's been reported that by the age of 19, he had cashed $2.5 million in fraudulent checks while using several different identities. It is believed that he assumed no less than eight identities in his short career as a fraudster, including: an airline pilot, a physician, a lawyer, and a professor. He was captured and sentenced in 1974, but was released after serving about three and a half years of his 12 year sentence, on the condition that he would work alongside the FBI to investigate crimes similar to those that he had committed.  But how much of Frank's very public story is true?

Sources:
www.slashfilms.com / “The Fascinating True (And Not So True) Story Behind Catch Me If You Can” / Shania Russell / August 10, 2022

www.WHYY.org / “Catch Me If You Can” / December 31, 2000

www.en.wikipedia.org 

SHOW: Johnny Carson / Episode aired October 4, 1978

SHOW: To Tell the Truth / Episode aired in 1977

www.youtube.com /Talks @ Google "Frank Abagnale"/recorded November 27, 2017

Podcast – Most Notorious / Episode 198: “Catch Me If You Can's Frank Abagnale - Perpetrator of the Ultimate Hoax? / with Alan C. Logan” / May 19, 2021

Podcast – Pretend “The Real Catch Me if You Can” / 5-part story from July 5, 2022 – August 30, 2022

www.abagnale.com

FILM: “Catch Me If You Can’ / Steven Spielberg / 2002

Michael was drinking LaCrima Purpura, a red wine from Spain.
Amber was drinking Mocho Velho Pardina, a white wine from Spain. Both were robust and delicious!


Then Amber covers the high school speech of Matthew Fraser. Matthew was a student at Bethel High School in 1983, and he delivered a speech to roughly 600 of his fellow classmates nominating his friend for student body vice president. Matthew's speech resulted in a suspension and being removed from the potential list of graduation commencement speakers. So Matthew did what any normal teenager would do, he took the school district to court.

Sources:
www.famoustrials.com

www.law.cornell.edu / "Bethell School District No. 403, et al., Petitioners v. Matthew N. Fraser, a Minor and E.L. Fraser, Guardian Ad Litem."

www.usccourts.gov / Tinker v. Des Moines

www.en.wikipedia.org 

Podcast – Let’s Go To Court / Episode from July 21, 2021

www.mtsu.edu / “Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986)” / David L. Hudson Jr. 

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In this episode, Amber covers the murder of Brooke Preston.  On March 25, 2017, Randy  Herman called police in West Palm Beach, Florida. He told them that he had committed a murder, and to come pick him up at nearby Haverhill Park. Upon being detained, he confessed to authorities that he had fatally stabbed one of his roommates, 21-year-old Brooke Preston, a shocking 25 times. He then goes on to tell them that he had no recollection of the incident. He was in bed asleep and the next thing he knew, he was standing over his friend with a knife. 

Amber was drinking a wine gifted to her by Courtney; a Cabernet Sauvignon Skyfall from Washington State. It was robust and delicious. 

Sources:
HULU Documentary – Dead Asleep

www.yahoo.com / What Piece of Evidence Made a Jury Convict Randy Herman Jr., Who Claimed He Killed Friend While Sleepwalking?/ Gina Tron / December 14, 2021

www.dailynewscatcher.com / 12-5-21

www.grunge.com /  The Tragic Murder of Brooke Preston Explained / Elizabeth Maxham / June 7, 2022

www.wptv.com / Man stabs suburban West Palm Beach woman to death but can't recall incident / Wanda Moore / Mar 27, 2017

Podcast – True Crime with Kendall Rae / April 28, 2022

www.Medlineplus.gov / “Sleepwalking”

www.mayoclinic.org / “Symptoms and Causes of Sleepwalking”

www.Universityhospitals.org / “Sleepwalking”

www.Smithsonian.com / “The Science of Sleepwalking” / Joseph Stromberg / May 17, 2012

Then Paul covers Able Archer 83.  Able Archer 83 was NATO exercise that started on November 2, 1983 and spanned the continent of Europe. It simulated a coordinated nuclear release. It used a new format of coded communication, radio silences, participation by heads of state, and a simulated DEFCON 1 nuclear alert. The realistic nature of the exercise,  led some in the USSR to believe that Able Archer 83 was a genuine nuclear strike. In response, the Soviets readied their nuclear forces and placed air units in East Germany and Poland on alert. This relatively obscure incident is considered by many historians to be the closest the world has come to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Sources:
www.nsarchive.gwu.edu / The National Security Archives. “Able Archer 83” / Nate Jones

Foreign Policy Research Institute / “Able Archer at 35: Lessons of the 83 War Scare” / Robert E. Hamilton / December 3, 2018

www.Livescience.com / Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear / Callum McKelvie / April 13, 2022

www.youtube.com

Beau of the Fifth Column  “Let's talk about the unthinkable in Able Archer 1983”

Arms Control Association Able Archer 83: How a Military Exercise Almost Spawned Nuclear War / Alexandra Crowley / November 17, 2017

Smithsonian Magazine / The 1983 Military Drill That Nearly Sparked Nuclear War With the Soviets / Francine Uenuma History Correspondent / April 27, 2022

 www.C-Span.org / NATO Exercise Able Archer 83 / Nate Jones / January 25, 2017

 www.wikipedia.org

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This week, Amber is joined by guest co-host, Allison Buist! Allison covers the murder of Grace Brown. On July 11, 1906, 19-year old Grace Brown and Chester Gillette were out rowing on Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. Grace was pregnant and she knew that she would be forever shamed if she were to be an unwed mother. This had  caused tension between the pair. Chester thought of himself as a ladies man who could not be tied down. But when Grace's body is found in Big Moose Lake, Chester can't seem to keep his story straight.
 
Amber and Allison shared a bottle of Atico Tempranillo Monastrel 2019. Chef's kiss!

Sources:

www.truecrimetv.com / "The Murder of Grace Brown" / May 16, 2022
www.unsolved.com / "Does a Century Old Murder Victim Haunt a Resort In Upstate New York?'  
www.murderpedia.org  / "Chester Gillette"
www.adriondack.net / "The Murder At Big Moose Lake"  / Craig Brandon
www.fresnostate.edu / Grace Brown and Chester Gillette [Laws F7]" The Ballad Index Copyright 2022 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.
www.wikipedia.org / "Grace Brown & Chester Gillette"
 
Then Amber covers the Fyre Festival. The Fyre Festival was advertised as a luxury music festival  founded by Billy McFarland. It was created with the intent to promote a music talent booking app for his company Fyre Media, that McFarland had just launched. However, after burning through investment money, taking out short-term loans, losing the lease on the intended location and several other poor choices made along the way, what was supposed to be a luxury festival turned into a complete disaster. 
 
Sources:

American Greed / Season 1 / Episode 2
www.wikipedia.org
www.bbcnews,com / "Fyre Festival: Inside The World's Biggest Festival Flop" / Michael Baggs / January 18, 2019
www.cnbc.com / "Fyre Festival: How A 25-Year-Old Scammed Investors Out Of $26 Million" / Tom Huddleston Jr. / August 22, 2019
www.nypost.com / "Fyre Festival Still Causing Woes With New Suit Over Netflix Documentary" / Priscilla DeGregory / April 4, 2022
www.abc.net / "Fyre Festival: Where Are They Now Three Years Later"
www.alnewstead.com / April 23, 2020
 
 
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