Podcast Discontinued episodes:

• June 29, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Your Best Shot

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  "So cheers to Hailey Crawford and to all the staffers who serve as angels on call. Come back for more lunchtime crime all week during our Here to Help week. I hope you never meet any of the programs I'll be talking about, but maybe you'd like to be part of them on the positive side and rack up some good karma."

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• June 22, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | The CSI Defect

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  "But I also feel sorry for any juries involved who believe that they were making evidence based, just decisions only to find out later that they were lied to and they consequently had a hand in damaging people by depriving them of their freedom. So please come back for more Lunchtime Crime next week. I haven't put the menu together yet, but tomorrow I'll start shopping around for the best ingredients to satisfy your appetite for true crime. Thanks. Look forward to seeing you back at the counter."

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• June 21, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Rama Lama Ding Dong

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  "It's a hairless dog. Worth looking up, so you can spot one in the wild in Peru. They have very distinctive ears. I like to think that if I saw a big, stocky, woolly, and possibly horned dog, I would think, wow. Does the AKC know about this? In October 2024, police responded to a report of a man and woman walking a dog and what appeared to be a sheep in Minnesota."

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• June 21, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Do You Have Something in Sapphire?

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  "For over a decade, the whereabouts of the shoes remained unknown, but they really did investigate. And in 2017, an extortion attempt targeting the market Markel Corporation, the slipper's actual owner, led the Grand Rapids police to request FBI assistance. The FBI conducted a sting operation in Minneapolis in 2018 which successfully recovered the slippers. And the FBI turned to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to authenticate the shoes, which they did. Terry Martin and Jerry Hall Sulterman, I guess it's Soliterman."

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• June 21, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | To Go Self-Service

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  "It's about livelihood and bringing communities together. These kitchens on wheels roll through neighborhoods carrying more than food. They carry hope. And protecting them means standing up for small business and the people behind the counter. So that's it for today's episode of Lunchtime Crime. Stay hungry, stay vigilant. And remember, the next time you grab a bite from your favorite food truck, you may also be feeding dreams."

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• June 19, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Underwater Joyride

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  "I had to look it up, but Fangtooth, as you fishermen know, probably or marine ecology enthusiast, it's a deep sea fish with big jaws and protruding fangs. The two person sub was used by the community submersible project. Stopnicki was the director and that was a science collective based in Berkeley dedicated to making underwater exploration accessible to the public. And they did pilot training programs and online coursework and practical checkout dives. And their aim was to launch a public submersible pilot certification agency modeled after aviation training."

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• June 15, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Got Me on My Knees

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  "Leila was a hit in 1970 and a bigger hit in 1993. The acoustic version won a Grammy. And as declarations of love go, I guess this one worked. The woman who inspired the song, Pattie Boyd, left George Harrison and married Eric Clapton in 1974. And now that I know more of the story behind Layla, I think it's going to hit me even harder. Drummer Jim Gordon was originally credited with the late addition to the song the Coda. He was an extremely successful studio musician."

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• June 14, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Passing the Torch

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  "Flo Ziegfeld, the legendary Broadway impresario, discovered her while she was dancing in a chorus line in one of his productions in 1923, and that led to roles in the Ziegfeld Follies and other reviews. So she paid her dues there on Broadway, and in 1925, she was getting pretty steady nightclub work at Billy Rose's Backstage Club. She inadvertently hit upon one of her trademarks. It was crowded and she perched on the piano, and that gesture would become her trademark. Morgan's Broadway career soared."

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• June 14, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Gimme Shelter from the Security Force

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  "And yeah, there was some drug use. Rolling Stone magazine called the Altamont free concert Rock and roll's all time worst day. And that certainly seems to be the case for too many people. It kind of makes Fire Festival look like a summer camp."

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• June 13, 2025@LunchtimeCrime | Payback Is Hell

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  "He said his involvement in these music businesses was just a tax advantage and investment opportunity. Since when is pointing to something as an investment opportunity an alibi? I'm confused. Anyway, Clark avoided serious repercussions by divesting himself of his music related investments at the direction of his employer, ABC tv. By contrast, Freed stood his ground, but he stood alone. He refused to testify even when offered immunity, but ultimately did accept guilt ownership of the fact that he accepted some payments. The fallout was brutal."

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