What a Creep

What a Creep: Eric Clapton Season 12, Episode 2 Old-Fashioned Rock Creep Eric Patrick Clapton is a musician of such renown; he is the only person inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times. He has won several Grammys and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. Some of the bands he has been with include The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie, and Derek and the Dominoes. He has played at London’s Royal Albert Hall over 200 times, the most of any artist. His life has been marked by addiction issues and tragedies, making him one of the most dependable guests for charity concerts over the last 40+ years. He created the Crossroads Centre in Antigua to help people with addiction issues and holds charity concerts of his own to raise money and help people lead sober lives. IN his mid-70s now, Clapton is a family man to four daughters and one grandson who seems to have calmed down after years of self-abuse and abusive behavior towards the women in his life. He also made some super racist remarks and aligned himself with one of the biggest assholes in British politics. Recently, he decided that following the protocols of COVID prevention was not to his liking. He teamed up with famous curmudgeon Van Morrison to first record a dopey song fighting the lockdowns and wearing masks to stop the spread of the disease. He also decided to tour America this fall and refuse to play anywhere that requires the audience to have proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test calling because that is discrimination. This episode will focus on his terrible, chauvinistic, & abusive behavior towards women for decades. His racist outburst and the “Rock Against Racism’ cultural movement happened because of it. His many health woes over the last 40 years may be why he reacted to the COVID vaccine and the misinformation campaign he promotes now. Trigger warning: Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Racism, and Misogyny Sources:       Vulture       Eric Clapton Wikipedia       Rolling Stone       Ultimate Classic Rock       White Riot documentary (2020)       Clapton: The Autobiography       Pattie Boyd: Wonderful Tonight       “Rock Against Racism” (Wiki Page)       Eric Clapton: Life in 12-Bars (documentary)       Daily Beast       Enoch Powell wiki       The Guardian       The Independent Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: Joe Francis Season 12, Episode 1 Founder of “Girls Gone Wild” & Mega Creep Joe Francis was the founder and creator of Girls Gone Wild, which made him a millionaire 10 times over. He has also been convicted of tax evasion, bribery, false imprisonment, assault; and has pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution. Sources for this episode: Hollywood Reporter Jezebel CBS News Forbes Ranker Las Vegas Review-Journal Los Angeles Times Syracuse The Sun Meet Joe Francis Wikipedia Trigger warning: Domestic violence and sexual assault Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: Ted Bundy (Replay)  Season 11, Episode 10 Because Hollywood Cannot Stop Telling This Horrible Story!  This week we decided to replay one of our episodes from the first season about killer Ted Bundy because once again--Hollywood decided to have a hot actor play the disgusting garbage person who took the lives of dozens of women and children.  Chad Michael Murray is the lead for the new film Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman which is set to release in August 2021.  Trigger Warnings: Murder, sexual assault, assault of children, and delayed justice.  Sources: Wikipedia (Ted Bundy)  The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule The Bundy Murders: Kevin M. Sullivan Conversations with a Killer (Netflix special) Directed by Joe Berlinger  Previous actors who have played him: The Deliberate Stranger (1986), played by Mark Harmon Ted Bundy (2002), played by Michael Reilly Burke The Stranger Beside Me (2003), played by Billy Campbell The Riverman (2004), played by Cary Elwes Bundy: A Legacy of Evil (2008), played by Corin Nemec The Capture of the Green River Killer (2008), played by James Marsters Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay (2015), played by Ryan Gage[404] Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), played by Zac Efron Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: Carl Lentz Season 11, Episode 9 Justin Bieber’s Former BFF and Hillsong Church’s Former Star & Creep Hillson Church is based in Australia with dozens of outposts worldwide, and over 150,000 attend weekly services. If you check their YouTube channel for Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United, and Hillsong Young & Free--their music is the main draw with millions of streams and downloads for their spiritually uplifting attitude. The church services seem youthful and look more like concerts than stuffy congregations. They have attracted a big celebrities, including Chris Pratt, the Kardashians & Jenners, Vanessa Hudges, and Justin Bieber.  Several scandals have been attached to them over the years, and it would take a multi-part episode to cover them all. In this episode, we focus on the founders of Hillsong and one pastor, Carl Lentz, who went from being their biggest star to another inflated person whose ego took over their instinct for being decent to the people who worked for them. Trigger Warnings: Religious guilt, bullying, homophobia, sexual assault, and attempts to pronounce Australian locations.  Sources: Hillsong Church (Wikipedia) ABC News Australia 2006 Preda.org The Guardian (2019) Religion News NBC News Vanity Fair New York Times Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: Imelda Marcos Season 11, Episode 8 The Dictator’s Mrs. Did More Than Buy Shoes!  Known as the “Steel Butterfly” for her combination of fashion sense and political ambition, Imelda Marcos is the former first lady of the Philippines. Her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, was president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. During that time, the couple embezzled $10 BILLION from the government. In fact, Imelda and her husband hold the Guinness World Record for the Greatest Robbery of a Government. Oh, and they committed hundreds of human rights abuses during a brutal period of martial law. Sources for this episode: The Kingmaker (documentary) Esquire Vanity Fair The New York Times LA Magazine Town & Country Bloomberg Britannica Biography Human rights violations by the Marcos Wikipedia Trigger warnings: Political assassinations, torture, and animal abuse. Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: H.H. Holmes “The Devil in the White City" Season 11, Episode 8 Murderer & Creep This week’s Creep is considered one of America’s first serial killers with anywhere from a couple of dozen to over 200 victims depending on your source. He was a thief, liar, schemer, forger, bigamist, and a killer of men, women, and children whose many deeds were described in the book The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. None other than Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are the producers of a HULU -TV production set to air sometime in 2022.  Trigger Warnings for this episode: domestic abuse, violence, mention of animal abuse, and murder. Sources: HH Holmes World's Columbian Exposition HH Holmes Biography History Chicago Sun-Times HH Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (Amazon) Harpers (1943 article) Mental Floss The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson  American Ripper: The History Channel  The Murder Castle  Confessions of the Serial Killer H.H. Holmes (1895) Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: “Free Britney,” John McAffe & Reality Creeps in the News Season 11, Episode 7 Creeps in the News June 2021 After listening to Britney Spears’s testimony to mark herself free of her father’s conservatorship, we had to drop our usual planned episode and talk about her, the death of past episode subject John McAfee, and some reality show Creeps in the news. A summer scorcher of Creepiness! Sources for this episode:  NPR “Britney Spears asks for the end of conservatorship” New York Times What We Know About Britney Spears's Conservatorship Meeting So Far"  USA Today: Britney Spears describes years of abuse CNN Business: John McAfee found dead in prison in Spain People magazine Below Deck Sailing drama! Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: “The Tylenol Murders” (1982) Season 11, Episode 6 Mystery Creep! In September 1982, some creep put cyanide inside Tylenol capsules, put them back in the bottles, and randomly placed them on store shelves across the Chicago area. Seven people died after taking Tylenol, including a 12-year-old girl, a new mom, and three members of the same family. The police set up a special task force to investigate, and several suspects were questioned throughout the years, but no one has been arrested. It’s a What a Creep mystery!  Sources for this episode:  New York Times CNN’S SOMETHING’S KILLING ME ThoughtCo A&E PBS ABC News Time Wikipedia Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez. Follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: Charles Lindbergh Season 11, Episode 5 Aviator Creep Charles Lindbergh is one of the most important aviators in the history of flight. Not just on earth, but also in space where he is one of the grandfathers of the U.S. Space Program. He went from being a national hero to an international disgrace and back to hero status in his 72 years of life. He was handsome, eloquent, and brave. He spoke about old-fashioned American values and the importance of living a curious life. Lindbergh was also a racist, sexist, anti-Semitic asshole who believed in eugenics and preserving a master race. When he died, he was considered a legend who was a devout conservationist and hero. In this episode, we will dive into the world of “Lucky Lindy” (a name he hated, so I will use it throughout the episode) and the almost scary way he almost changed the entire course of world history. Sources: Decider Charles Lindbergh Wikipedia History.com Minnesota Historical Society Smithsonian magazine The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming The Angry Days by Lynne Olson “Who Killed Lindbergh’s Baby” PBS Nova Documentary History Channel “The Secret Lives of Charles Lindbergh” (2009) Be sure to follow us on social media! But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud

What a Creep: Rachel Hollis Season 11, Episode 4 Motivational Creep  A few short years ago, motivational speaker Rachel Hollis was at the top of her game. Followed by millions on social media with her inspirational message of getting everything you want in life and overcoming poverty & sexism with cheery optimism & a bit of Jesus thrown in. Married to her only boyfriend with adorable kids and an MLM/speaking business designed to help women to be girl bosses and take accountability in order to overcome shyness, abuse, and even worse—your awful fatness, Rachel was a hit. Then she released a social media post extolling her desire to no be relatable and her followers took off. There are dozens of blogs, YouTube channels, Tik Toks devoted to Rachel Hollis and her MLM ilk. Today, I am trying to be an overall perspective on who she is, what she claimed to be, and why it all seemed to go away. Trigger warnings: Domestic Violence, death by suicide & fat shaming. Sources: New York Times 2021 Rachel Hollis Wiki Motherly.com Insider.com Slate People Charleston Gazette-Mail BuzzFeed The Cut Rachel Hollis books: Girl, Wash Your Face (2018) Girl, Stop Apologizing (2019) Didn’t See That Coming (2020) YouTube Channels: SAVY Writes Books List of MLM Exposers Not a creep book recommendations 10 Books Like GIRL WASH YOUR FACE (... But Much Better) by Ashely Halstrom from Book Riot   Be sure to follow us on social media! But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/CreepPod @CreepPod Facebook: Join the private group!  Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast Visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep Email: [email protected]  We’ve got merch here! https://whatacreeppodcast.threadless.com/# Our website is www.whatacreeppodcast.com  Our logo was created by Claudia Gomez-Rodriguez follow her on Instagram @ClaudInCloud