Killafornia Dreaming Podcast

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A deep dive into the darker side of the Golden State hosted by Roseanne with a quietly intense storytelling style and is always ad-free

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#212 The Tale of a Girl Bos...

01.13.2022

In this multi part series of Killafornia Dreaming, we are going to take an in depth look at the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her biotech start up, Theranos. SOURCES: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Holmes https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgxjdd/elizabeth-holmes-not-blinking https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/why-did-elizabeth-holmes-use-a-fake-deep-voice.html ...

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01.13.2022 #212 The Tale of a Girl Boss & the Sili-CON Valley of Lies [Part 1] In this multi part series of Killafornia Dreaming, we are going to take an in depth look at the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her biotech start up, Theranos. SOURCES: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Holmes https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgxjdd/elizabeth-holmes-not-blinking https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/why-did-elizabeth-holmes-use-a-fake-deep-voice.html ...
01.02.2022 The Tale of the House of Murdaugh [Vacation Series] We take a look at the various deaths surrounding one of South Carolina's most powerful and prominent families - the Murdaugh's. We'll examine the 2015 death of Stephen Smith, a friend of Buster Murdaugh, the 2018 death of Gloria Satterfield, ...
12.17.2021 The Hoaxiest Hoax of Them All: 2021 A Year in Review For this (maybe) final installment of Killafornia Dreaming for 2021, we take a look back at some of the trials from some of the podcasts we listen to that made their way through the justice system in 2021 including Robert ...
12.03.2021 #211 The Tale of Step-Daddy's Little Girl In the Rolando Village neighborhood of San Diego, California, local defense attorney Tim MacNeil had come home in the middle of his work day on July 19, 2007 to pick up his 17 year old step daughter, Brae, for a ...
11.24.2021 #210 The Tale of the Manson Tunnel Murder In June of 1990, the day after the longest day of the year, hikers discovered the lifeless body of 21 year old UCLA student Ron Baker. He was laying just inside south opening of the Santa Susana Tunnel which had ...
11.11.2021 #209 The Tale of the Duffy Street Catastrophes In May of 1989, a quiet neighborhood in the City of San Bernardino, California was rocked was not one but two separate, but related disasters 13 days apart. In the end, 6 people were left dead, 18 homes were destroyed ...
11.05.2021 Interview with Bob Motta of The Defense Diaries Podcast We are joined today by the host of of The Defense Diaries Podcast, attorney Bob Motta, Jr. Earlier this year we discussed the case of native Californian, former doctor and current death row inmate Anthony Garcia who was convicted in ...
11.03.2021 #208 The Tale of a May December Romance Amy Preasmyer was an entitled out of control 16 year old when she met 20 year old Ricky Cowles, Jr. at a house party in December of 1996. He was tall, cute, and had a great job making good money. ...
10.27.2021 #207 The Tale of the Great Feather Heist [Part 7] He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music. At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy. On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in ...
10.18.2021 #206 The Tale of the Great Feather Heist [Part 6] He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music. At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy. On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in ...
10.13.2021 #205 The Tale of the Great Feather Heist [Part 5] He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music. At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy. On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in ...
10.04.2021 #204 The Tale of the Great Feather Heist [Part 4] He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music. At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy. On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in ...
09.28.2021 #203 The Tale of the Great Feather Heist [Part 3] He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music. At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy. On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in ...
09.28.2021 #202 The Tale of the Great Feather Heist [Part 2] He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music. At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy. On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in ...
09.16.2021 #201 The Tale of the Great Feather Heist [Part 1] He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music. At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy. On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in ...
09.06.2021 #200 The Tale of the Invisibility Juice [Vacation Series] Happy 200th episode to us Dreamers! This story has nothing to do with California, but everything to do with crimes that make you go hmmmmm.... But we must ask ourselves one burning, eye stinging question...what do you do when life ...
08.31.2021 #199 The Tale of the Firestarter [Part 6] From 1984 through 1991, thousands of fires were intentionally set from Southern California to the Central Coast, the Central Valley and countless places in between. Homes, business, dry brush...nothing was off limits. The arsonist left virtually nothing behind in the ...
08.24.2021 #198 The Tale of the Firestarter [Part 5] From 1984 through 1991, thousands of fires were intentionally set from Southern California to the Central Coast, the Central Valley and countless places in between. Homes, business, dry brush...nothing was off limits. The arsonist left virtually nothing behind in the ...
08.17.2021 #197 The Tale of the Firestarter [Part 4] From 1984 through 1991, thousands of fires were intentionally set from Southern California to the Central Coast, the Central Valley and countless places in between. Homes, business, dry brush...nothing was off limits. The arsonist left virtually nothing behind in the ...
08.13.2021 #196 The Tale of the Firestarter [Part 3] From 1984 through 1991, thousands of fires were intentionally set from Southern California to the Central Coast, the Central Valley and countless places in between. Homes, business, dry brush...nothing was off limits. The arsonist left virtually nothing behind in the ...
08.10.2021 #195 The Tale of the Firestarter [Part 2] From 1984 through 1991, thousands of fires were intentionally set from Southern California to the Central Coast, the Central Valley and countless places in between. Homes, business, dry brush...nothing was off limits. The arsonist left virtually nothing behind in the ...
08.09.2021 #194 The Tale of the Firestarter [Part 1] From 1984 through 1991, thousands of fires were intentionally set from Southern California to the Central Coast, the Central Valley and countless places in between. Homes, business, dry brush...nothing was off limits. The arsonist left virtually nothing behind in the ...
07.28.2021 #193 The Tale of When All Else Fails, Buy a Bakery WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE In 2001, Amanda Bossingham committed a federal crime by using someone else's social security number when taking out a $15,000. After years of delays and appeals, she finally served her 14 month sentence beginning in October of ...
07.24.2021 The Tale of Brandon Ketsdever and the Castle Doctrine [Remastered] This is a remastered re-release of a bonus episode from October of 2018 entitled The Tale of the Castle Doctrine. I was asked to take the episode down. It was one that was suggested to me by a listener. But ...
07.23.2021 #192 The Tale of Dr. Serial Killer [Part 4] On March 13th, 2008, the citizens of Omaha, Nebraska were shaken as news broke that there had been a double murder in Dundee, one of the city’s normally quiet, affluent neighborhoods. It was a mysterious crime that, on the surface, ...
07.20.2021 #191 The Tale of Dr. Serial Killer [Part 3] On March 13th, 2008, the citizens of Omaha, Nebraska were shaken as news broke that there had been a double murder in Dundee, one of the city’s normally quiet, affluent neighborhoods. It was a mysterious crime that, on the surface, ...
07.13.2021 #190 The Tale of Dr. Serial Killer [Part 2] On March 13th, 2008, the citizens of Omaha, Nebraska were shaken as news broke that there had been a double murder in Dundee, one of the city’s normally quiet, affluent neighborhoods. It was a mysterious crime that, on the surface, ...
07.12.2021 #189 The Tale of Dr. Serial Killer [Part 1] On March 13th, 2008, the citizens of Omaha, Nebraska were shaken as news broke that there had been a double murder in Dundee, one of the city’s normally quiet, affluent neighborhoods. It was a mysterious crime that, on the surface, ...
06.27.2021 #188 The Tale of the Kissel Family Curse - Vacay Series [Part 6] The Kissel boys were born and raised in what we used to think of as the quintessential American family...like something you’d watch on some wholesome sitcom. They were as competitive as they were ambitious and those qualities would take both ...
06.19.2021 #187 The Tale of the Kissel Family Curse - Vacay Series [Part 5] The Kissel boys were born and raised in what we used to think of as the quintessential American family...like something you’d watch on some wholesome sitcom. They were as competitive as they were ambitious and those qualities would take both ...
06.07.2021 #186 The Tale of the Kissel Family Curse - Vacay Series [Part 4] The Kissel boys were born and raised in what we used to think of as the quintessential American family...like something you’d watch on some wholesome sitcom. They were as competitive as they were ambitious and those qualities would take both ...
05.24.2021 #185 The Tale of the Kissel Family Curse - Vacay Series [Part 3] The Kissel boys were born and raised in what we used to think of as the quintessential American family...like something you’d watch on some wholesome sitcom. They were as competitive as they were ambitious and those qualities would take both ...
05.24.2021 #184 The Tale of the Kissel Family Curse - Vacay Series [Part 2] The Kissel boys were born and raised in what we used to think of as the quintessential American family...like something you’d watch on some wholesome sitcom. They were as competitive as they were ambitious and those qualities would take both ...
05.24.2021 #183 The Tale of the Kissel Family Curse - Vacay Series [Part 1] The Kissel boys were born and raised in what we used to think of as the quintessential American family...like something you’d watch on some wholesome sitcom. They were as competitive as they were ambitious and those qualities would take both ...
05.16.2021 Update Just a message from me and where we are headed...
05.07.2021 #182 The Tale of California's Very First Insanity Plea [Part 4] All William Edward Hickman needed to pick up 12 year old Marion Parker early from Mount Vernon Junior High School one day in December of 1927 was a pleasant personality and a friendly smile. Hickman was not the girl’s father, ...
05.03.2021 #181 The Tale of California's Very First Insanity Plea [Part 3] All William Edward Hickman needed to pick up 12 year old Marion Parker early from Mount Vernon Junior High School one day in December of 1927 was a pleasant personality and a friendly smile. Hickman was not the girl’s father, ...
04.14.2021 #180 The Tale of California's Very First Insanity Plea [Part 2] All William Edward Hickman needed to pick up 12 year old Marion Parker early from Mount Vernon Junior High School one day in December of 1927 was a pleasant personality and a friendly smile. Hickman was not the girl’s father, ...
04.11.2021 #179 The Tale of California's Very First Insanity Plea [Part 1] All William Edward Hickman needed to pick up 12 year old Marion Parker early from Mount Vernon Junior High School one day in December of 1927 was a pleasant personality and a friendly smile. Hickman was not the girl’s father, ...
04.06.2021 #178 The Tale of Aubreyanna Sade Parks This is the story of a young woman from Southern California who, despite what many people and newspaper articles have to say about her, was still a person who did have hopes and dreams for a better, stable, fulfilling life. ...
03.29.2021 #177 The Tale of a Rape of the Mind This is a story of 3 people whose lives came together when they each followed their dreams to serve this country in the United States Coast Guard. At least one of them dreamed of doing so since childhood. When you ...
03.23.2021 The Tale of the Rockefeller that Never Was [Extra] This is a follow up to episodes 175 & 176 where we covered the cons and crimes of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. The information in this short bonus comes directly from his 2015 appeal of his first degree murder conviction and ...
03.18.2021 #176 The Tale of the Rockefeller that Never Was [Part 2] This is the second part of a 2 part series. He said he was a screen actor, a film director, an art connoisseur, a physicist, a seafaring captain, a financier, and a member of the English aristocracy. The truth was, ...
03.08.2021 #175 The Tale of the Rockefeller that Never Was [Part 1] He said he was a screen actor, a film director, an art connoisseur, a physicist, a seafaring captain, a financier, and a member of the English aristocracy. The truth was, he was none of those things, with possibly the exception ...
03.01.2021 #174 The Tale of a Blue Crow This is the story of 2 best friends, Sheldon Steward and Trevor Holminksi, who went on one last drug fueled camping trip before one of them was set to pursue his lifelong dream of joining the United States Marine Corp. ...
02.22.2021 Premium Patreon Bonus Preview This is a preview of a premium episode available exclusively on Patreon for supporters at the $5 + tiers. IMPORTANT LINKS: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapod PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapod Merchandise: https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=u Website: https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreaming Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/killaforniapod Email: ...
02.20.2021 #173 The Tale of Dylan Redwine – Vacation Series [Part 2] In November of 2012, Dylan Redwine was sent to his dad's house for a court ordered visit that he did not want to go on, but had not choice. The next day, he disappeared. Suspicion quickly fell onto his father, ...
02.19.2021 #172 The Tale of Dylan Redwine – Vacation Series [Part 1] In November of 2012, Dylan Redwine was sent to his dad's house for a court ordered visit that he did not want to go on, but had not choice. The next day, he disappeared. Suspicion quickly fell onto his father, ...
02.10.2021 [Addendum] The Tale of Skeletons in the Closet Just some final words about Patricia Esparza and her involvement/non-involvement in the 1995 murder of Gonzalo Ramirez. So, if you have not listened to Episodes 169-171, listen to those first, then come back to this. In 1995, Patricia Esparza was ...
01.31.2021 #171 The Tale of Skeletons in the Closet [Part 3] The 1995 Murder of Gonzalo Ramirez

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