Returning a few days after the death of Blake, this week Johnboy wraps up the saga of the actor and the woman who sought fame until it killed her. We are introduced to a cast of sketchy stuntmen, vagrants and jilted lovers who may have played a role in the killing before exploring the flawed criminal trial, a curious dedication by Tarantino and beyond!

This week Johnboy begins the story of the relationship between professional grifter Bonnie Lee Bakley, faded film and TV star Robert Blake and the baby that would lead them individually into schemes of fraud, kidnapping and murder.

This week Aaron completes the Harry Houdini odyssey, exploring the first escape artist's superstardom, WWI patriotism, spirtual skepticism, pettiness, fame in film, showmanship, magic history academia, and so much more before covering the "first superhero's" contrversial death and enduring, endlessly fascinating legacy!

This week, in preparation for COCAINE BEAR in theaters this Friday, we take a look back at Aaron's early profiles of the real story the film is based on, first in Episode 8 and later at a live show! Plus Matt and John's stories from the live show are included - another of which still has tons of cocaine!

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This week A-a-ron begins the electrifying saga of Eric Weiss aka Harry Houdini from his childhood as a Jewish immigrant through his middling vaudeville performances in comedy and magic and forays into spiritualism before creating a sensational new act; the escape artist.

This week Matt brings us to the bizarre zone of comic book advertising and the strangest mogul of backpage scams like x ray spex, a Jewish man who gravitated to a strange political affiliation and made too much money from his work to be properly called out!

This week Johnboy takes on the story of the traumatized child who started thieving for survival before becoming a folk hero who successfully evaded police for years while teaching himself how to steal and fly planes from the Puget Sound to the Bahamas during his time as a fugitive, challenging society!

This week Matt regales the boys with the story of Caresse Crosby, the wealthy socialite that invented the bra, published works by legendary artists and writers, married drunk morons and entered into a suicide pact with her sleazy, shell-shocked proto-goth husband!

In the final installment, Johnboy talks about Doug Kenney building The National Lampoon print empire and expanding into huge Hollywood movie hits, dying mysteriously and doing so much cocaine! Plus bawdy pahts!

This week Johnboy takes on the endlessly partying National Lampoon's Doug Kenney in his childhood through his college years and time at Harvard, but before that a mini-profile of the bizarre life of his friend Peter Ivers.