Rom Crime

In this weeks episode Vonia goes back to golden age of Rom Coms, the 1990s, and covers one of the greats My Best Friends Wedding! This movie is still deliciously funny and cringe inducing and moving and we love it! Only Julia Roberts could pull off playing a selfish, lying wedding ruiner and still have you rooting for her 💪

Then Averyn tells the twisted true story of the framing of Michelle Hadley. In 2016 vile couple Angela and Ian Diaz cooked up a scheme to frame his ex fiancée Michelle Hadley as a stalker and rape predator and have her thrown in jail. Why did this couple do this? How did they get away with it? Listen to find out.

In this weeks episode Vonia reveals that she is in love… with Big Summer Blockbusters! Her current crush is the long anticipated sequel Top Gun Maverick. No spoilers here people just a gushy love fest for the movies Rom and Dram and even a wee bit of Com ❤️ We highly recommend checking it out!

Then Averyn dives deep into the sorted world of Scientology whose most famous member happens to be the star of Top Gun Maverick. This alphabet soup of cults is possibly tied to several true crime cases but the most close to home is the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige. Shelly was last seen at her fathers funeral in 2007 then poof it was like she never existed at all. Is she still alive? Is she being held captive at one the cults many secret bases? Former Scientologists fear the worst has happened but current members and even law enforcement insist that there is no missing persons case to see here 🤔

In this weeks episode we are bringing back Rom Crime Trivia Time only this time it’s Vonia’s turn in the hot seat with ROM COMS! She knows her stuff ladies and gents color me impressed!

In this weeks episode Averyn found a story she was dying to tell and told Vonia she should pair it with Must Love Dogs. So Vonia watched it and welp, she no likey. This movie suggests that a divorced woman in her early forties is passed her expiration date and will never have a happy life if she doesn’t find a man and we are calling BS on that whole line of thinking 🤮. In a lucky twist of fate Vonia watched the new Hulu movie Prey that centers on the story of a Comanche warrior and her fur baby and she freaking loved it! So you get a bit of a double feature this week Rom Criminals!

Then Averyn tells the story of two minorly competent criminals who scammed the US government out of more than 18 million dollars in Covid Relief funds but got caught bc they were too lazy to come up with different employee names for the over 151 applications they sent in. After being arrested and charged with fraud, identity theft and money laundering, the couple cut off their ankle bracelets scooped up the family dog and fled the country leaving their three children behind. A six month long manhunt finally came to an end when the couple was found living in a water front villa in Montenegro.

Road tripping? Avoiding your children? Just need a little boost? Today we bring to you, Rom Crime TRIVIA TIME! Vonia will ask Averyn a series of True Crime related quiz questions to test her true crime knowledge and have a little fun! Follow along by tallying up your points to see if you can beat Averyn. We will be back with our regular scheduled programming next next Tuesday. HAPPY DOG DAYS OF SUMMER!

In this weeks episode Vonia covers the 90s cult classic, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion! This female buddy comedy follows two pin head (wtf does that mean???) besties headed back to Tucson, Az for their 10 year reunion. Since one of them is unemployed and both are single they decide to pretend to be successful business woman to impress their old classmates and hilarity ensues. While certain aspects of this movie bother us (pretty please stop fretting over your weight lovelies) at its core it’s a movie about the power of female friendships and the importance of owning who you are!

Then Averyn tells the truly gut wrenching true story about the murder of Skylar Neese. After sneaking out of the house with her two best friends to drive around and smoke some weed Skylar never returns home. Her besties swear they dropped her off a block from her home but police aren’t buying their story. What did these girls know? Was there a horrible accident or a drug overdose? When the truth comes out everyone and I mean literally everyone is shocked and horrified to their core.

In this weeks episode Vonia covers Steve Martins interpretation of Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxanne! It’s a tale as old as time. Man with huge nose falls in love with beautiful woman. Beautiful woman falls for local hottie. Local hottie is a complete moron so man with huge nose writes love letters to beautiful woman on his behalf. You know that typical old song and dance. There are certainly aspects of this movie that don’t pass the smell test (HAHA!!!) but it’s still an awful lot of fun. I mean Steve Martin wrote it so you know it’s a good time!

Then Averyn tells the, will it ever be solved, mystery of the Circleville Letter Writer. In 1976 the residents of Circleville, Ohio started receiving anonymous letters written in strange block lettering that aimed to share everyone’s darkest secrets (and it turned out there were A LOT of dirty little secrets). These letters would continue to be sent out regularly for almost two decades. The effects were catastrophic with one man dying (possibly murdered), an attempt on a local woman’s life, and a possibly innocent man spending 10 years in prison. The identity of the Circleville Letter Writer is still unknown (according to some) and with the last letter having been sent almost 30 years ago will the truth ever come to light?

In this weeks episode Vonia covers the delightful, wholesome, feel good Rom Com, My Big Fat Greek Wedding! This surprise mega smash hits all the right notes! We’ve got an endearing leading lady, gorgeous and genuine leading man and the worlds most hilarious and overly loud family. It’s a great reminder to follow your heart and always keep family close to your heart. It’s also an excellent education in the dozens of additional uses for Windex.

Then Averyn tells the true story of the Zankou Chicken Murders. If you live in Southern California then you know Zankou, you love Zankou, you’d marry Zankou’s incredible garlic paste if you could. Zankou Chicken started as a small mom and pop restaurant in Beirut in the early 1960s and when the family moved to Los Angeles in the early 80s and opened up a spot in East Hollywood a staple of every Angelinos diet was born. When the eldest son of owners Vartkes and Margerit, Mardiros, wanted to open more locations his parents agreed as long as they didn’t have to own or run the additional restaurants. The family became a great success. Why then, a year after a terminal cancer diagnosis, did Mardiros wake up one day, grab two guns, and drive to his sisters house killing both her and his mother before turning the gun on himself?

This week Averyn and Vonia take a break but head over to Dismembering Horror (wherever you get your podcasts) to hear us guest star! We cover the most incredible Rom Horror slash W T actual F movie....that spoiler alert....we both kind of loved! Talk to you all next week!

In this weeks episode Vonia brings the music and the magic with her coverage of The Bodyguard! We all know this movie! We all love this movie! We all know every word to every song Whitney sings in this movie! With a familiar soundtrack and some betcha didn’t know fun facts it’s always a joy revisit The Bodyguard!

Then Averyn tells the true story of The Coleman family. Chris Coleman, the personal bodyguard of famous Televangelist, Joyce Meyer, was used to dealing with threats. As a bodyguard it was his job to protect his boss - but what happens when the threats aren’t leveled at the person you protect but at you and your family. In November 2008 threatening emails started coming into the Joyce Meyer Ministries threatening to kill Chris’s wife and children if he didn’t stop working for Joyce. The situation escalated when instead of via email a threatening note was hand delivered to the Coleman’s mailbox not once but twice. Then on May 5th 2009 the unthinkable happened. Sheri Coleman and their two boys Gavin and Garret were all murdered in their beds. Had the angry stalker made good on his promise to kill Chris’ wife and kids or had the threat been in their home all along?