Hey, true crime friends! This week were are discussing the case of Gene Isaac Stees, a former professor at Ohio University involved in a love triangle, who savagely murdered his pregnant wife.

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Kidnapping,Murder, and Mayhem: Where is Professor Stees? (kidnappingmurderandmayhem.blogspot.com)

America'sMost Wanted Fans (amwfans.com)

GeneIsaac Stees Murder in Ohio - Newspapers.com

Post(Athens, Ohio), December 12, 1963 - Ohio University Student Newspapers - OhioUniversity Libraries - Digital Archival Collections

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David Armstrong, the enigmatic host of the Broadway Nation podcast, joins Andrew in the ITBR. David teaches at the University of Washington School of Drama about the history of the Broadway Musical. He has 40+ years of professional experience in the theater industry. Astoundingly, he has been a director, writer, producer, and choreographer on Broadway. David is best known for being the Producing Artistic Director and later the Executive Producer, from 2000 to 2018, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle, and now he’s the Artistic Director Emeritus. There, he produced 19 new musicals including “Hairspray” and “Memphis.”

With David’s extensive theater background, we are given so much information on the history of Broadway, for instance, how it rose in the United States and how it has changed overtime. Did you know that Broadway originally wasn’t meant for family audiences?

David also shares the subtle progressive themes that many musicals such as Hairspray have, and how they changed the world. 

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Today we welcome a special theatrical guest, Cristina Duarte who joins Andrew in the ITBR! She is a director, actor, and instructor (SDC. SAG/AFTRA . AEA). She and her colleagues call her an “actor’s director.” She was born in Portugal, and at the age of 7 immigrated to the U.S. with her mother. She has more than 20 years of professional experience. She is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. She has directed an array of productions in NYC and Santa Fe. As a director, she loves to tell stories about our complex and courageous humanity. She has taught acting and directing at Marymount Manhattan College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Queens College, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. She also performs in the ensemble for Saturday Night Live. 

Cristina reveals what her career is like as an actor’s director. She shares her days as a student in the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and how it has changed overtime now that she teaches there. She explains how as a teacher, she is there to guide her students to be working actors, and as a director, she is the eyes and ears of the audience. 

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Hey, true crime friends! This week we will be diving into a more recent (and ongoing) case from earlier this year. Darius Miles was a junior at the University of Alabama and a forward for the University of Alabama's basketball team- the Crimson Tides- when a rash decision landed him a capital murder charge.

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Sources:

Whois Darius Miles, Alabama basketball player charged with capital murder? -al.com

FormerUniversity of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles pleads not guilty tomurder in shooting | CNN

Alabamaforward Darius Miles charged with capital murder - ESPN

Whois Darius Miles? Everything we know about former Alabama basketball player'scapital murder charge (yahoo.com)

DariusMiles, Michael Davis get new bond hearing in death of Jamea Jonae Harris -al.com

CedricJohnson subpoenaed for Darius Miles, Michael Davis hearing (tuscaloosanews.com)

Whois Darius Miles, Alabama basketball player charged with capital murder? -al.com

DariusMiles: University of Alabama basketball player provided gun for shooting, courtdocument says | CNN

Hey, true crime friends! Here is a sneak peak of my breakdown of the murders of Laci and Conner Peterson- aka the trial of Scott Peterson.

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Renée Rosen, a bestselling Chicago-based author, joins Andrew for a chat in the ITBR to talk about her new historical novel, “Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl,” that’s all about Estée Lauder! She is the USA Today bestselling author of “The Social Graces,” “Park Avenue Summer,” “Windy City Blues,” “White Collar Girl,” “What the Lady Wants,” “Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties,” and “Every Crooked Pot.” She is working on a historical novel about Ruth Handler, the inventor of the Barbie doll that arrived in toy stores for the first time in 1959. 

Renée talks all about her writing process. She is not one to plan, but instead  goes where the book takes her! She describes her experience writing about Estée Lauder, which all began with some research, and the voice of the narrator speaking to her. 

Renée and Andrew also discuss the unique culture of NYC including fashion, couture,  beauty, theater, and all things that someone may dream about when looking at the beautiful designer pieces in Saks Fifth Avenue. 

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Today we have the pleasure of having Martha E. Stone, Literary Editor of The Gay & Lesbian Review, join Andrew in the ITBR. Martha is part of the selection process for books that end up being reviewed! She herself has written a wide range of book reviews. She currently serves on the Advisory Committee of The History Project for Documenting LGBTQ+ Boston. She was on the original Board of Directors for the Gay & Lesbian Review. She is also a retired research librarian from Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Martha shares all of her publishing wisdom, being that she’s a long-time contributor to The Gay & Lesbian Review. She talks all about the process of approving book reviews and what LGBTQ+ literature grabs her attention. Additionally, Martha raves about the books that she absolutely loves and what Spring and Summer LGBTQ+ Lit. to look forward to! 

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-"Abuela in Shadow," Abuela in Light by Rigoberto González

-"Henry James Framed: Material Representations of the Master" by Michael Anesko

-"Ma and Me: A Memoir" by Putsata Reang 

-"Moon in Full: A Modern Day Coming-of-Age Story" by Marpheen Chann. 

-"My Mother Says" by Stine Pilgaard

-"The Sea Elephants: A Novel" by Shastri Akella 

-"Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England"  by Nino Strachey

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Bethan Roberts, an award-winning author, joins Andrew in the ITBR. Bethan has five published novels: “The Pools” that won the Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers’ Award, “The Good Plain Cook” which was on BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime, “Mother Island” that received a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, “Graceland” that tells the story of Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys, “The Pools”, and of course “My Policeman” which was chosen as the 2012 City Read for Brighton. She writes drama and short fiction for BBC 4. She has been awarded the Olive Cook short story prize by the Society of Authors, and The Pindrop Short Story Award by the Royal Academy of Arts. She taught Creative Writing at Chichester University and Goldsmiths College, London. She currently lives in Brighton with her family. 

Bethan shares the process for writing her novels, which always begins with a real story. She gives us some examples of the real stories that her extraordinary novels sparked from. She emphasizes how she enjoys having a framework to jump from for some imaginative inspiration. 

Bethan also talks about the themes of desire and longing in her novel “My Policeman.” She reveals that the inspiration behind these themes came from growing up in the middle class as a woman, in which openly discussing erotic desire  was frowned upon.  She used this as inspiration for understanding the desires behind her characters Marion, Patrick, and Tom. 

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Michael Kushner, NYC’s leading multi-hyphenate, joins Andrew in the ITBR for a show-stopping discourse. He obtained his BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, served as the Director of Programming for The Green Room 42, is the Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated web series “Indoor Boys,” and he’s the owner of Michael Kushner Photography whose photographs have been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, The Tony Awards, Playbill, and more. He is the creator of The Dressing Room Project, which is dedicated to photographing actors on and off-Broadway. He is the creator of the podcast Dear Multi-Hyphenate (Broadway Podcast Network) and the author of “How to be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business: Conversations, Advice, and Tips from Dear Multi-Hyphenate.”

Michael talks all about the term “multi-hyphenate.” When he first searched up the term, he noticed how the definition seemed to only encapsulate celebrities that pursue multiple professional projects…but should the term only apply to celebrities? Michael shares how he changed the definition of multi-hyphenate in order to include any artist that has multiple proficiencies. 

Michael also dives deep into Broadway. He emphasizes that you do not need a BFA in order to successfully reach Broadway stardom, but rather anyone from any background with the confidence and talent can achieve it. He mentions how Broadway looks different for everyone. Some people see the dream as unattainable, while others are born into the industry just an arm’s length away. 

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Hey, true crime friends! This week we are covering a cold case that has come back ablaze. We are discussing the murder of Salem State University, computer science major Claire Gravel.

Claire Gravel was our with her softball team celebrating until the early morning when she was last seen. Two days later, three workmen discover her body by Route 128 in Beverly, Mass. It would be 36 years before officials could make an arrest.

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Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-indicted-36-year-massachusetts-cold-case-murder/story?id=88806979&utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-abcnews&utm_content=later-29170902&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2022/08/24/claire-gravel-cold-case-john-carey-murder-indictment/

https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/24/indictment-to-be-announced-in-1986-cold-case-of-claire-gravel-found-strangled-to-death-in-beverly/

https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/30-years-later-claire-gravels-death-remains-a-mystery/article_b61aa99c-6fc8-5dbd-8d95-ba18638c5e0d.html

https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/killing-of-salem-state-student-still-a-mystery-30-years-later/article_6e312eb9-8e75-5753-8e3e-f39a317bff20.html

https://www.mass.gov/news/suspect-in-1986-murder-indicted