What a Creep

What a Creep
Season 16, Episode 7
Kim Fowley
Rock Creep

When Kim Fowley died of bladder cancer on January 15, 2015, most headlines read that he was an underground rock and roll/LA legend who managed “The Runaways” in the 1970s. He was a tall, peculiar eccentric who never had the fame he craved but had a cult-like following of slavish fans who will miss him. Some outlets, like, NPR, mentioned he was a Svengali who seemed to prey on teenage girls.
In reality, everything you have heard about (and will hear today) about him is true. He was a striking, creative, intelligent artist/salesman and a cruel, ugly, pathetic, sexually abusive creep who left several women in his wake. He never paid for his crimes, but he was never a financial success either. He was NEVER as famous as he wanted to be. His body & mind, which he used to dominate and hurt others, failed him throughout his life.
Trigger Warnings: Sexual Assault, Verbal Abuse, & Drug Use
Sources:
Kim Fowley Wikipedia
Loudwire
EW.com Jackie Fox Accuses Kim Fowley of Rape
Huff Post.com
Pitchfork.com
Pitchfork 2
Evelyn McDonald’s Blog Populism
Evelyn McDonald Queens of Noise: The Real Story of The Runaways (2014)
Cheri Curie Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway (1989/2010)
Kim Fowley: Lord of Garbage (2012)
Vulture
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
Jackie Fox Facebook Post
Kathy Valentine’s Facebook Post
Boing Boing
Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways by former Runways bassist Victory Tischler-Blue (2004) aka “Vicky Blue.”
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What a Creep
Season 16, Episode 6
Matt Gaetz

Matt Gaetz is a garbage human being who is also the U.S. representative for the first congressional district of Florida.

When he’s not kissing disgraced former president Trump’s ass and sending bad tweets, this sentient can of Axe Body Spray is voting against laws fighting sex trafficking while being investigated for sex trafficking.

Sources for this episode:
Business Insider
CNN
The Daily Beast
Miami New Times
Mother Jones
New York Times
Orlando Sentinel
Politico
Twitter
Vox
Washington Post
Wikipedia

Trigger warning: Sexism, racism, fatphobia, gaslighting, sex trafficking, and look shaming by Sonia because Matt Gaetz is really gross and ugly.

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What a Creep
Season 16, Episode 5
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 25, 1911

One of the biggest workplace disasters in New York City happened on March 25, 1911, in a factory on the Lower East Side which would be described as a “sweatshop.” Hundreds of women jammed together in one large room at sewing machines creating the fashionable “Shirtwaist” blouses that were made on the cheap to make them affordable to the masses.
The fire began on the 8th floor and eventually took over several floors in the building with doors locked, no sprinkler system in place, and fire ladders that could not reach higher than the 6th floor—146 people died, most of the women and young girls. The youngest victims were two girls--14 years old.
The deaths of these people led to some of the most important worker’s rights legislation in the history of the U.S. (things we are still arguing about over 100 years later.)
Trigger warnings: Death by fire, death at the workplace
Sources:
History.com
History.com video
Triangle Fire Memorial
AFLCIO
Britannica
New York Public Library
1979 TV Movie: The Triangle Factory Scandal
CBS News
Smithsonian
The 1911 Triangle Fire Cornell University
US Department of Labor
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle
HBO: Triangle, Remembering the Fire
PBS American Experience Triangle Fire

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What a Creep
Season 16, Episode 4
Scott Baio

Scott Baio was a teen heartthrob in the 70s and 80s. He starred in “Happy Days,” its spin-off, “Joanie Loves Chachi,” and “Charles in Charge.” His face was on all those Teen Bop/Tiger Beat-type magazines. But he’s also a Trump-supporting creep who has been accused of abuse and sexual assault.

The Daily Beast
E! Online
Insider
Hollywood Reporter
Jezebel
Newsweek
Nicki Swift
People
Salon
Scott Baio’s Twitter
Scott Baio’s website
Uproxx
Wikipedia
Yahoo News

Trigger warnings: Ignorance, racism, sexism, and sexual assault


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What a Creep
Season 16, Episode 3
Burt Pugach

Burt Pugach made headlines in 1959 when he was convicted for stalking and blinding his girlfriend Linda Riss who dumped him over his lying and selfishness. 14 years later, they got together and were actually married for decades afterward. Here is the true story about one of New York’s strangest crime cases.
Sources for this episode:
· Burt Pugach Wikipedia
· Burt Pugach NY Times Obituary
· Burt Pugach 1961 Trial NY Times
· The Daily Mail UK June 2022
· Crazy Love by Dan Klores & Fisher Stevens on Amazon Prime
· Orange Pulp Films 2011
· Gothamist
· A Very Different Love Story by David Stainback (1976)

Trigger warnings: Domestic Violence, Stalking, and general assholery

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What a Creep
Season 16, Episode 2
Terry Richardson

Terry Richardson is a fashion photographer. He’s worked for H&M, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Marc Jacobs, and Tom Ford. He’s done work for magazines such as Rolling Stone, GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Vice. He’s directed music videos for Miley Cyrus and Beyonce.
Terry Richardson famously said, “it’s not who you know, it’s who you blow. I don’t have a hole in my jeans for nothing.” So, it’s not surprising that this guy is a super creep.
Sources for this episode:

Artnet
The Cut
Gawker
The Guardian
Hollywood Reporter
Terry Richardson’s own rebuttal in Huffington Post
Jezebel
Marie Clarie
New Statesman
The New York Post
The New York Post again
The Observer
Salon
Teen Vogue
Telegraph
Wikipedia

Trigger warnings: Sexual assault, attempted suicide, and a lot of talk about Terry Richardson’s penis

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What a Creep
Season 16, Episode 1
“Reality TV Creeps”


Margo & Sonia celebrate season 16 with a quartet of Creeps from the Reality TV world--Erika Jayne (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,) “Mystery” Erik von Markovik (The Pickup Artist,) Omarosa Manigault Newman (The Apprentice,) and “Puck” David Rainey of The Real World San Francisco.) We are not saying they are all terrible and beyond help--but they have done really creepy things on their show and with their fame and this is how we process things. Thank you for staying with us!

Sources for this episode

Erika Jayne
Pretty Mess by Erika Jayne & Brian Moylan
Erika Jayne Wikipedia
Daily Mail
Hulu TV The Housewife & the Hustler
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times DEC 2020

“Mystery” Erik von Markovik
The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed.by Mystery
Neil Straus
The Game by Neil Straus
The Pickup Artist TV Show
“Ask Mystery”
Omarosa Manigault Newman from “The Apprentice”

CNN
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
The Washington Post
The Wrap
Wikipedia

David "Puck" Rainey from “The Real World”

Distractify
MTV
The Ranker
TMZ and more TMZ
Wikipedia


Trigger warnings: Domestic violence, sexism, reference to terrible music, & supporting creepy overlords.

What a Creep
Season 15, Episode 10
The Chippendales Murder


Somen “Steve” Banerjee grew up in Bombay (now known as Mumbai) and came to California in the 1960s hell-bent on becominga success story. Starting with owning a gas station and then a nightclub in Los Angeles, his prospects seemed underwhelming until a club customer turned friend encouraged the shy, competitive Banerjee to play disco music and attract and female crowd. What started with female mud wrestling by future Creep subject Paul Snider turned the Destiny 2 club into -Chippendales-the first premiere spot for male exotic dancers. Once Banerjee brought on Emmy-winning producer Nick DeNoia the show became the premiere male stripping empire that took LA, NY, and eventually America by storm.

Eventually, Banerjee lost control;l of himself, DeNoia, and his empire brought down by his greed, paranoia, and addiction which caused the death of one of his biggest enemies.

Trigger warnings for this episode: murder, sexual language, and talk about drugs

Sources for this episode
Wikipedia (Chippendales)
All That is Interesting.com
ABC Chicago
Secrets of the Chippendales Murders
The Independent (UK)
Oxygen
The Daily Beast
Curse of Chippendales
Welcome to Your Fantasy podcast
Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murder by K. Scot Macdonald & Patrick Montes DeOca



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What a Creep
Season 15, Episode 9
Ted Cruz


U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is anti-abortion, but pro-death penalty and against Obamacare. He opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions, which he has described as tyranny. He’s against the legalization of marijuana and immigration reform. He is in favor of gun rights. He voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2014, AND he voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.

Two days after the murder of 21 people in his state of Texas, he spoke at the NRA Convention, claiming that only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun - which is the exact opposite of what happened. Ted Cruz is a disgusting creep.

Sources for this episode

The Atlantic
Balletpedia
Business Insider
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
The Dallas Observer
Mother Jones
New York Times
New York Times
The New Yorker
Rolling Stone
Ted Cruz’s Twitter
Wikipedia

Trigger warnings: Gun violence, racism, sexism, and the world’s most punchable face

What a Creep
Season 15, Episode 8
Creepy Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is one of those wonderful, sleepy destinations in the mountains of Northern California. Known for its Boardwalk and being close to the Redwoods--it is both a travel destination and the home for over 270,000 in a truly diverse population. The tension between the Mexican heritage and modern “progress” is a part of the culture that really changed when the University of Santa Cruz opened there creating a youth population in the 1960s which changed the area from being seen as a tourist destination in the summer and a religious/conservative to the hippie culture.

In the early 1970s, it was, for a time, known as “The Murder Capital of the World” with several mass killers and serial rapists who preyed on the population with victims as young as four and up to the elderly.

Today we talk about the history of the region, the most famous crimes of the 20th century, and why you should still visit if you ever get the chance.

Trigger Warnings: Murder, sexual assault, & basic creepiness

Sources for this episode:
· Santa Cruz Wikipedia
· Herbert Mullin Wikipedia
· John Linley Frazier
· Edmund Kemper Wikipedia
· Netflix Mindhunter
· Salon.com” Ronald Regan’s Shameful Legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness”
· Santa Cruz Waves
· Murder Capital of the World by Emerson Murray
· Haunted Santa Cruz by Maryanne Porter
· Serial Killers of Santa Cruz by Aubrey Graves
· Real Crime “Was Herbert Mullin Born to Kill?”
· Edmund Kemper Audiobooks “Flowers in the Attic” (40 seconds)
Capitola Birds Attack 1961 (San Jose Mercury News)

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