Hustlers was a 2019 hit movie with stars like Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, and more. However, did you know it was based off of a true story? Rosie Keo and Samantha Barbash met the strip club Hustlers and eventually worked together in a streamlined operation to lure men to their club, and charge tens of thousands of dollars to their credit cards. Listen to find how they pulled it off, and how they got caught. 

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00:00 - Intro

4:39 - Start of case

5:35 - Roslyn Keo

8:13 - Lace

9:35 - meeting Samantha barbash

10:20 - Working

14:19 - The get money list

15:20 - Stockmarket tangent

16:44 - Samantha’s scam

22:26 - Rosie joins

30:07 - Falling apart

35:08 - The police and media get involved

39:32 - Arrests

41:39 - Rosie flips

42:45 - Fallout

46:31 - Wrap up

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Intro by the amazing Rux Ton: https://www.facebook.com/rukkuston

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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon: https://www.instagram.com/thesophisticatedcrayon/

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Sources:

https://www.thecut.com/2015/12/hustlers-the-real-story-behind-the-movie.html

https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/hustlers-where-are-strippers-now-what-do-they-look-like 

On July 4th 2009 NFL superstar, and former Tennessee Titan, Steve McNair was found shot to death at his condo. Nashville immediately grieved for their role model. However, things got messy. The woman found with Steve wasn't his wife, and that revealed a whole life Steve had hidden. 

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Content:

00:00 - Intro
6:00 - Start of case
8:48 - College Career
11:11 - Pro Career
12:35 - Titans/Kurt Warner Super Bowl 
14:09 - Ravens
16:06 - DUI by consent 
20:59 - Retirement
22:15 - Sahel “Jenni” Kazemi
23:47 - Kazemi and Steve meet
26:20 - Started a relationship
30:39 - The other woman
32:47 - Financial Struggles
34:07 - Kazemi DUI
36:50 - Buying a gun
38:10 - July 3rd texts 
42:44 - The murder
48:41 - Probate
52:37 - Conspiracy Theory
55:37 - Wrap Up

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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon: https://www.instagram.com/thesophisticatedcrayon/

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SOURCES:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/17/steve-mcnair-murder-jenni-kazemi-vincent-hill-titans-podcast/1655073002/ 

https://www.officialstevemcnair.com/ 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2464731  

https://web.archive.org/web/20070512012343/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/football/bal-mcnair0510,0,2911203.story?coll=bal-sports-headlines 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-McNair  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sahel-kazemi-and-steve-mcnair-final-texts-show-worries-of-love-and-money/ 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/17/titan-qb-steve-mcnair-jenni-kazemi-murder-details/1655070002/ 

https://nypost.com/2009/07/10/qb-gave-gal-a-goodbye-diss/  

https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4311808  

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/17/steve-mcnair-sahel-jenny-kazemi-anticipated-marriage/1654985002/ 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/17/jenni-kazemi-unraveling-life-murder-steve-mcnair/1655014002/ 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2009/07/04/steve-mcnair-and-sahel-kazemi-killed/28936587/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20090708140147/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090705/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_mcnair_killed 

https://web.archive.org/web/20111001041916/http://www.police.nashville.org/docs/newsletter/2009/0710.pdf  

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2019/07/03/steve-mcnair-death-sahel-jenni-kazemi-anniversary/1601318001/ 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5688303 

https://www.probatelawyerblog.com/2010/07/steve-mcnair-estate-unsettled-after-one-year.html#more 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5265005 

Welcome to a special series Madison is doing this February. Using Erika River’s website “OurBlackGirls.com” Madison will be highlighting cases of missing or cold cases involved black girls and women. Back girls and women go missing at a disproportionate rate, yet despite that they receive less coverage than white victims. To get some of these not so well known cases out there.

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This week I will be covering the disappearances of four black women. Anastasia Duke, a 34 year old woman, went missing from Citrus Heights California on June 21, 2021. Virgina Rambus was 19 years old when she went missing on May 20, 1985 in Seattle Washington. Tioni Theus was only 16 years old when her body was found on the side of the highway in Compton California on January 8, 2022. Brittany Palmer was 23 years old when she vanished leaving a friends house in August of 2020. Her body was later found in a cemetery in Jacksonville Florida with no clues to what happened

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You can find Erika Rivers at OurBlackGirls.com. You can find her on Tiktok and listen to her Podcast under the same name. Don’t forget to go to the website and donate at least five dollars and DM us your receipt for a 20% off coupon for our march website good for the month of February.

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SOURCES

Our Black Girls:

https://ourblackgirls.com/ 

The Podcast:

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83OWYxNmQ1NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 

The Cases:

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/09/05/anastasia-duke-34-disappeared-from-california-in-june-2021/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2022/02/11/virginia-rambus-19-vanished-in-her-own-apartment-complex/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2022/01/19/tioni-theus-16-family-wants-answers-after-teen-found-dead-on-side-of-freeway/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/09/19/brittany-palmer-23-vanished-after-visiting-friends-mother-in-2020/ 

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/missing-jacksonville-woman-body-found-mother-wants-justice-23-year-old-brittany-palmer/77-91eb6c7e-8184-4bc7-ac4b-d4ca0613d7d0 

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/02/15/remains-identified-as-jacksonville-woman-who-vanished-in-august-2020-jso/

In the finale of Taryn’s four part series. To wrap up the series Taryn tells us about the not so great investigations into the Cielo drive and LaBianca murders. The investigation would take months to lead investigators back to the Manson family. We then finish it off with the trial of the century where they try to convict Charles Manson of first degree murder for murders he wasn’t present for.

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Content:

00:00 - Intro

4:46 - Start of Case

5:45 - Discovery of Tate Murders

10:44 - Discovery of LaBianca

13:25 - Ruled No Connection

14:02 - Investigations of Murders

15:13 - Gun Found

17:31 - intertwining Investigations from Gary Hinman

20:57 - Susan Atkins questioned

24:32 - Charles Questioned

27:39 - Leslie Van Houten Questioned

28:39 - Danny DeCarlo’s Information

32:02 - Vincent Bugliosi takes over

33:12 - Susan Atkins Interviewed in front of grand jury

35:22 - Indictments to Trial

36:46 - Missing Murder Weapon

38:26 - Charles Manson Defend Himself

40:56 - Jury Selected

42:14 - Trial Start

43:58 - Linda Kasabian Star Witness

45:29 - Trial Problems

47:09 - Barbara Hoyt Drugged

49:10 - Bugliosi Targeted

50:26 - Case Rested

50:44 - Manson Testified Last Minute

57:20 - Bugliosi Questions Manson

58:19 - Ronald Hughes Missing

58:47 - Closing Arguments and Verdict

1:00:24 - After The Verdict

1:05:11 - Wrap Up

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If you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, or corrections, you can email us at [email protected] !!

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Intro by the amazing Rux Ton: https://www.facebook.com/rukkuston

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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon: https://www.instagram.com/thesophisticatedcrayon/

Welcome to a special series Madison is doing this February. Using Erika River’s website “OurBlackGirls.com” Madison will be highlighting cases of missing or cold cases involved black girls and women. Back girls and women go missing at a disproportionate rate, yet despite that they receive less coverage than white victims. To get some of these not so well known cases out there.

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This week I will be covering the disappearances of four black women. Zaynah Lawson, an 18 year old woman with Asperger's Syndrome, went missing from her home in Shively Kentucky on July 1, 2010. Matrice Washington was 33 years old when she went missing from Detroit Michigan in 2008. Kelsey Collins was 18 years old when she vanished after traveling to visit her boyfriend in Seattle from her home in Everett Washington. Kelsey Collins was previously a witness in court against one of her pimps. Sophie Reeder was 15 years old when vanished while going for a walk near her home Fort Lauderdale Florida on May 20, 2017. Sophie’s computer revealed she was searching about sugar daddies.

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You can find Erika Rivers at OurBlackGirls.com. You can find her on Tiktok and listen to her Podcast under the same name. Don’t forget to go to the website and donate at least five dollars and DM us your receipt for a 20% off coupon for our march website good for the month of February.

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SOURCES

Our Black Girls:

https://ourblackgirls.com/ 

The Podcast:

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83OWYxNmQ1NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 

The Cases:

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/10/25/zaynah-lawson-18-teen-with-aspergers-disappears-from-kentucky/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/07/13/matrice-washington-32-vanished-from-detroit-in-2008/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/06/18/kelsey-collins-teen-testified-against-her-pimp-vanished-weeks-later/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/06/13/sophie-reeder-15-disappeared-in-2017-may-be-sex-trafficking-victim/

This week Taryn tells us about the crimes that shook the world. Charles Manson’s name is often followed by the thought of Sharon Tate. However, the murder of Gary Hinman is thought to be the catalyst for the murders we all have come to know. After the murders at Cielo Drive the Manson family carries out one last murder of the LaBianca family. All of these murders would prove to be the downfall of the Manson family.

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The Website: almostpod.com

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Facebook: facebook.com/almostpod

Twitter: twitter.com/AlmostATCpod

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Content:

00:00 - Intro

3:20 patreon

6:18 - start of case

7:34 - The murder of Gary Hinman

18:51 - Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski

27:38- Abigail Folger

30:58 - Wojciech frykowski

33:37 - Steven Parent

37:35 - The Tate Murders

43:05 - LaBianca Murders

46:54 - Manson Family Arrested

48:31 - Wrap Up

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Intro by the amazing Rux Ton: https://www.facebook.com/rukkuston

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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon: https://www.instagram.com/thesophisticatedcrayon/

Welcome to a special series Madison is doing this February. Using Erika River’s website “OurBlackGirls.com” Madison will be highlighting cases of missing or cold cases involving black girls and women. Back girls and women go missing at a disproportionate rate, yet despite that they receive less coverage than white victims. To get some of these not so well known cases out there and the recognition they deserve we will making this a 4 part series with 4 cases per episode.

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This week I will be covering the disappearances three black women, and one cold case. Jennifer Blackmon was a 35 year old mother who disappeared from River Rouge, Michigan on December 22, 2020. Nefertiri Trader was a 33 year old woman who was abducted from her home in Delaware on June 30, 2014. Robin Monique Ellis was 37 when she missing from her pizza delivery job at Woodland Pizza Village in Philadelphia on December 7, 2003. Kenisha Dixon was shot in the doorway of her home in Houston Texas at 11:10am.

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You can find Erika Rivers at OurBlackGirls.com. You can find her on Tiktok and listen to her Podcast under the same name. Don’t forget to go to the website and donate at least five dollars and DM us your receipt for a 20% off coupon for our march website good for the month of February.

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SOURCES

Our Black Girls:

https://ourblackgirls.com/ 

The Podcast:

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83OWYxNmQ1NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 

The Cases:

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/12/23/jennifer-blackmon-35-mystery-launches-after-car-found-abandoned/ 

https://www.thenewsherald.com/2021/04/08/daughter-of-missing-river-rouge-mother-of-four-makes-passionate-plea-for-help-finding-her/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2018/09/19/missing-06-30-2014-neighbor-watched-as-nefertiri-trader-was-abducted-from-her-front-porch/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/12/15/robin-ellis-37-vanished-while-delivering-pizzas-in-2003/ 

https://charleyproject.org/case/robin-monique-ellis 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2021/09/26/kenisha-dixon-opened-her-front-door-was-murdered-in-2000/ 

In part two of this multipart series Taryn tells us about the family. Taryn outlines key members of the family and how they ended up with Charles Manson. We also outline a key event that happened to Charles that set everything that happened at Cielo drive in motion.

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The Website: almostpod.com

Instagram: instagram.com/almostpod

Facebook: facebook.com/almostpod

Twitter: twitter.com/AlmostATCpod

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Content:

00:00 - Intro

7:53 - Start of Case

9:00 - Mary Brunner

13:06 - Susan Atkins

14:44 - Bible Name Tangent

17:57 - Leslie Van Houten

19:49 - Charles Watson

21:15 - Patricia Krenwinkle

21:49 - Bobby Beausoleil

22:58 - Steve Grogan

23:30 - Lynette Fromme

24:32 - Linda Kasabian

25:44 - Paul Watkins

26:00 - Relocate to LA

27:22 - Meets Dennis Wilson

28:20 - Move to Spahn Ranch

28:50 - Relationship with Wilson and Melcher

30:14 - Charlie’s song released

31:44 - Spahn Ranch

34:19 - Commune takes a turn

37:13 - Cielo Drive House

38:49 - Wrap Up

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If you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, or corrections, you can email us at [email protected] !!

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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon: https://www.instagram.com/thesophisticatedcrayon/

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SOURCES:

Helter Skelter

Welcome to a special series Madison is doing this February. Using Erika River’s website “OurBlackGirls.com” Madison will be highlighting cases of missing or cold cases involving black girls and women. Back girls and women go missing at a disproportionate rate, yet despite that they receive less coverage than white victims. To get some of these not so well known cases out there and the recognition they deserve we will making this a 4 part series with 4 cases per episode (Except this one! Lots of housekeeping)

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This week I will be covering two cases. The disappearance of Iesha Jackson, a 22 year old woman who went missing from El Dorado Arkansas in 2020 and the disappearance of Sacoya Cooper, a 33 year old Trans Woman who went missing from Columbus Ohio in 2021.

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You can find Erika Rivers at OurBlackGirls.com. You can find her on Tiktok and listen to her Podcast under the same name. Don’t forget to go to the website and donate at least five dollars and DM us your receipt for a 20% off coupon for our march website good for the month of February.

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SOURCES:

Our Black Girls:

https://ourblackgirls.com/ 

The Podcast:

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83OWYxNmQ1NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 

The Cases:

https://ourblackgirls.com/2022/01/26/iesha-jackson-22-vanished-in-2020-police-suspect-murder/ 

https://ourblackgirls.com/2022/01/21/sacoya-cooper-33-trans-woman-left-for-trip-to-the-store-vanished/ 

Sacoya Go Fund Me:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/finding-sacoya-devin-m-cooper

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040048967/missing-black-women-girls-left-out-media-ignored 

In what will be a multi-part series, Taryn tells us about Charles Manson. Charles Mason was one of the most notorious cult leaders of all time whose conviction is still heavily debated today. In Part One Taryn outlines his childhood that shaped his life into a life of crime from a very early age. She outlines all of his marriages, family tragedies, and crimes (A LOT) leading right up to the formation of the family. 

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The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AlmostPod

The Website: almostpod.com

Instagram: instagram.com/almostpod

Facebook: facebook.com/almostpod

Twitter: twitter.com/AlmostATCpod

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Content:

00:00 - Intro

4:10 - Rent A Hitman Update

4:42 - Start of Case

5:09 - Early Childhood

10:04 - Brief Tangent

11:20 - Charles Moves In With Aunt

13:29 - Gibault School for Boys and His Escape

16:12 - Escape to Illinois

17:46 - Indiana School For Boys

18:17 - Escape to California

19:17 - National Training School for Boys

20:06 - IQ test tangent

24:52 - Tangent Over

26:47 - First Psychiatric Evaluation

28:47 - Transferred to Natural Bridge Camp

29:00 - Parol Hearing and Transfer

29:50 - transfered to federal reformatory

31:20 - Parolled

32:09 - First Marriage and Arrests

38:12 - Pimp Manson and Arrest

44:16 - Man Act Violation and Arrest

51:20 - Released from Prison

51:51- Wrap Up

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Please rate and review us wherever you're listening, we love those 5 stars almost as much as we love champagne.

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If you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, or corrections, you can email us at [email protected] !!

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Intro by the amazing Rux Ton: https://www.facebook.com/rukkuston

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Logo by Sloane of The Sophisticated Crayon: https://www.instagram.com/thesophisticatedcrayon/

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SOURCES:

Helter Skelter by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi