Mystery on the Rocks

Mystery on the Rocks

By Chris Stokes, Masud Milas & Sooz KempnerComedyTrue Crime
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Mystery on the Rocks episodes

  • Episode 74: The Wonderland Murders | Hollywood Case File #21

    In July 1981, four people were brutally murdered in a Laurel Canyon townhouse in a crime scene detectives described as 'more gruesome' than the Manson Family murders... Investigations led detectives into a web of drugs, robbery, money laundering and one of the world's most famous porn stars...


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
  • Episode 73: The Murder of Bob Crane | Hollywood Case File #20

    Wholesome 1960s sitcom star Bob Crane was murdered in 1978 in Arizona, beaten by an unknown object and found in his apartment with a cord wrapped around his neck. Who could have wanted one of the affable stars of Hogan's Heroes dead? The subsequent investigation yielded no results but a wealth of suspects and blew Crane's loveable family guy image completely apart.


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 72: The Story of Christa Helm | Hollywood Case File #19

    Christa Helm just wanted to be a famous movie star and would do anything to make it happen. Making unbelievable connections and an unlikely fortune along the way, success came her way but she nevertheless failed to achieve her actual goal of being famous in her own right. And did making these connections ultimately lead to her brutal, unsolved murder in 1977 at the age of 27? An amazing story involving sex, intrigue, foreign Heads of State, A-List celebrities and Worcestershire sauce...


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min
  • Episode 71: The Curse of the Omen | Hollywood Case File #18

    In 1976, seminal horror movie 'The Omen' was released, depicting the birth and early childhood of the Antichrist. But some say the movie itself was cursed, with a string of bizarre and terrifying events happening to many of those involved with making the film. From lightning strikes to vicious animal attacks, were these incidents due to some demonic force? Or is there a more rational explanation*...?


    *There is a more rational explanation


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min
  • Episode 70: The Death of Bruce Lee | Hollywood Case File #17

    July 1973, fast-rising superstar Bruce Lee dies suddenly while in Hong Kong. His brain is swollen by 13% and the world asks how someone at the peak of physical fitness could have died so suddenly. A white lie told in the heat of the moment is soon exposed and provides a springboard for all manner of crazy conspiracy theories from those who cannot believe he would simply 'just die'. So what killed Bruce Lee? 


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 69: The Manson Family | Hollywood Case File #16

    One of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century... Over two nights in August 1969 members of the cult The Manson Family carried out seven brutal murders including that of rising Hollywood star Sharon Tate, who was 8 months pregnant at the time. They were acting under the orders of their deranged leader Charles Manson, who was trying to precipitate a race war and bring about his prophesied 'Helter Skelter'. Unusually for us, no mystery whatsoever this time - the perpetrators were identified, some died in prison while others remain there - but it is a crime which shook Hollywood to such an extent that it is still talked about at length today. We could not do a Hollywood series and miss this one out...


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 68: Did the Devil Kill Jayne Mansfield? Hollywood Case File #15

    In June 1967 Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield died in a terrible car accident after a turbulent career and much publicised private life. However, there are some who believe to this day that there was more to this car accident and Jayne's death... Plenty of outlandish theories and rumours abound, none more so than the involvement of Satan himself...


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    51 min
  • Episode 67: Was Disney Frozen? Hollywood Case File #14

    Walt Disney died in 1966 but rumours persist that he insisted his body be cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day he could be revived and able to see the future. With an inventive mind and always one eye on the future, could Walt Disney's body really be cryogenically frozen beneath the Pirates of the Carribean ride in Disneyland...?


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 min
  • Episode 66: Marilyn Monroe | Hollywood Case File #13

    A slight left turn for us this week as our Hollywood series hits the 60s! And what would a Hollywood series be without an episode on the ultimate movie star Marilyn Monroe!? While not technically a mystery of course, when Marilyn took her own life in 1962 it nevertheless set in motion an awful lot of conspiracy theories as to what actually happened - including murder, cover-up and some rather outlandish theories! Join us as we take a look at some of the more prevalent ones...


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    52 min
  • Episode 65: The Death of Superman | Hollywood Case File #12

    In June 1959 the actor George Reeves is found in his bedroom, dead from a gunshot wound to the head. World famous for his role as Superman in the hugely popular television series, Reeves had found himself typecast as the Man of Steel. Unable to secure other roles did this drive him to take his own life? Or do the presence of additional bullets at the scene when only one shot was heard, plus an affair with a married showgirl, suggest something else entirely...?


    At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and everyone chats and chimes in with their theories.


    You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram too!


    Produced by Chris Stokes, Masud Milas and Sooz Kempner.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min

About Mystery on the Rocks

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Hi there! We are Mystery on the Rocks, a comedy cocktail mystery podcast with award-winning comedians Sooz Kempner, Masud Milas and Chris Stokes ham-fistedly trying to solve…

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