Lunchtime Crime episodes:

• May 25, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Saboteur or Scapegoat?

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  "Scott was charged under Missouri law for intentionally causing a catastrophe, defined as substantial damage to vital public facilities or buildings. The prosecution's case relied heavily on circumstantial evidence, including those very damning witness hearsay statements and Scott's own inconsistent accounts of what he was doing at the levee. But there wasn't strong physical evidence. So the defense argued that the levee was compromised by record river levels and that bulldozers brought in at the last minute to reinforce the levee may have actually weakened it."

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• May 24, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | It’s Alive!!!

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  "Just a quick bulletin for my lunch buddies. I'll be doing some more lunchtime crimes this weekend to keep the menu fresh. But Scandal Sisters is now live. It's on Amazon. It's on Barnes and Noble. I did not expect that until next week. So if you're bored and you want something to read, I would appreciate it. But very, very happy that the book is finally in the world. So thanks for all the support. Adding a little note here."

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• May 20, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | You Are Cordially Invited

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  "I just wanted to take a minute to be sure that my lunch buddies know that they are cordially invited to be a part of the creative conversation I'm hoping to do over at Scandal Sisters, another channel here. And you don't have to be a writer, you can be any kind of creator, and that covers a lot of territory. So I would love for you to be part of that conversation. And for people who don't know lunchtime crime, you are equally invited."

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• May 20, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Vitriol Man

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  "And I'm going to tell you about one reason. The memory of someone who was active in New York in the 1850s, Theodore Gray. Gray committed his crimes in New York City, and he was a serial offender. He threw acid at a string of women, seemingly at random. That lack of personal connection made his attacks a little different from typical acid attacks, which in that period were often rooted in jealousy, personal vendettas, disputes."

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• May 16, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Viral Ink

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  "It's time for lunch. You have the right to remain silent, but I won't remain silent. Welcome back to Lunchtime Crime. I'm finishing up a week of backward glances to Original Recipe Crime with a look at how crime went viral. Sort of a pre meme sharing of sensational and often shaming images. We live in a time where mugshots go viral and true crime tiktoks dissect the outfits of the accused in court. But she shocking image sharing is nothing new."

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• May 16, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Malice by Mail

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  "She was accused of having an affair with the school superintendent Gordon Massey. And she was threatened that unless she confessed something bad was happening and signs along her school bus route started appearing and a booby trapped box with a loaded gun became part of the story. That gun was traced to her former brother in law Paul Freshhour, and he was convicted of attempted murder in 1983. However, the letters did not cease when he was in prison."

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• May 16, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Pre Tinder Swindlers

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  "It's time for lunch. You have the right to remain silent. But I won't remain silent. Welcome back to lunchtime Crime. As part of this week's series of bringing back original versions of crimes we still see today, I'm going to talk about lonely heart scams. Before there were tinder swindlers or boiler rooms in Nigeria scamming your great aunt, there were men with a postage stamp and a lie."

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• May 16, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Criminals On Call

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  "It's time for lunch. You have the right to remain silent. But I won't remain silent. Welcome back to Lunchtime Crime. As part of our Original Recipe Crime series, this week, I'm going to talk about online harassment. 1900s style, the telephone had become a fixture and quickly thereafter, a weapon. You hear the phone ring, you answer, no one speaks. Or worse, maybe they do."

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• May 16, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Unhappy Hour

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  "It's time for lunch. You have the right to remain silent. But I won't remain silent. Welcome back to Lunchtime Crime. And be careful with your drinks. Bad things can happen if you aren't. And that was true in the last century as well. All this week, I'm going to go retro with our crimes du jour. Some original recipe if you like."

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• May 11, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Ice Cold

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  "It's time for lunch. You have the right to remain silent, but I won't remain silent. Welcome back to Lunchtime Crime. We talk about true crime here, but I'm going to put a little something different on the menu today. Let's consider it garnish, it's main dish adjacent. There are two perfect murder weapons that have popped up in popular culture, and I thought it would be fun to take a look at those both all natural."

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