471: Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout

On January 22, 1990, the body of 23 year old Tanuja Bennett is discovered in a wooded area known as the Columbia Gorge near Portland, Oregon. Soon a woman named Laverne Pavlinac would confess to helping her husband commit the brutal crime. But her story isn't adding up. Then, suddenly, a written confession on a bathroom stall door connects Tanjua's murder to a string of others and authorities quickly realize they have a serial killer on the loose. FAMMMM!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, games, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / Seattle / Orlando / Atlanta! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

3 Tammi 202355min

Hog farmer, Todd Mullis, claimed his wife fell on a four-pronged corn rake and died, but when investigators found more than four holes in Amy Mullis’ body, they knew her death was no accident. And their 13-year-old son may hold the key details to what really happened to his mother. FAMMMM!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, games, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / Seattle / Orlando / Atlanta! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

22 Joulu 202244min

THIS. EPISODE. IS. WILD. Meet Jeremy Morris, or "Mr. Christmas" as he calls himself. He LOVES to decorate his house for the holidays. And he loves to make it the biggest and brightest spectacle this side of the north pole. But when he moves to a new neighborhood and his new neighbors don't love the idea of THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE and BUSLOADS OF TOURISTS coming through for weeks at a time, Jeremy decides to terrorize the neighborhood with armed guards and lawsuits. BUT HAPPY FREAKING HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! GET. READY. FOR. US. TO. GET. MAD.   FAMMMM!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, games, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / Seattle / Orlando / Atlanta! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

20 Joulu 20221h 11min

When Shirley Carter was found murdered in her farmhouse kitchen, her husband Bill was considered a prime suspect. But the husband pointed the finger at someone else--his son Jason. Jason said he had an alibi, but how strong was it?   FAMMMM!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, games, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / Seattle / Orlando / Atlanta! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

15 Joulu 202245min

Don't worry, this one ends with ANONYMOUS RUINING THIS GUY'S LIFE. Anyway...In 2010, a 24 year old man named Hunter Moore launched the website IsAnyoneUp.com. The site was built to allow people to anonymously post nude photos of other people and connect those photos to the person's social media profiles and, in many cases, home addresses. It was the birth of what "Revenge Porn." But Moore, went one step further, HACKING INTO PEOPLE'S EMAILS to steal their nude photos and then posting them on the site without the subject's knowledge or consent. This is the story of how ONE MOTHER took the whole thing down. FAMMMM!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, games, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / and Seattle! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

13 Joulu 202249min

High school senior Skylar Richardson told no one of her pregnancy. But when a newborn's body was found buried in the family's backyard, Skylar was charged with murder. FAMMMM!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, games, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / Seattle! / Orlando / Atlanta! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

8 Joulu 202244min

In 2010, a 24 year old man named Hunter Moore launched the website IsAnyoneUp.com. The site was built to allow people to anonymously post nude photos of other people and connect those photos to the person's social media profiles and, in many cases, home addresses. It was the birth of what "Revenge Porn." But Moore, went one step further, HACKING INTO PEOPLE'S EMAILS to steal their nude photos and then posting them on the site without the subject's knowledge or consent. This is the story of how ONE MOTHER took the whole thing down. FAMMMM!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, games, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / and Seattle! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

6 Joulu 202254min

In the early hours of December 20, 1979, the body of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was found in her car in the parking lot of a mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was stabbed multiple times. The murder baffled investigators for several decades. In this episode, we explore the unrelenting quest to solve one of Iowa's most haunting cases and how Michelle Martinko herself may have helped solve her own murder.  FAM!!!!! OBSESSED FEST '23 TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 12:00 ET TOMORROW! These tickets are gonna go fast, so get 'em while they're hot! Obsessed Fest '23 is happening in Dallas, TX From October 20 - 22nd. Come and hang out with your favorite true crime podcasters and personalities from docs we've covered! There will be panels, meetups, meet & greets, book signings, Gillian's Taylor Swift Singalong, Karaoke, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE WEEKEND WITH A HUGE EPIC DRAG BRUNCH!! OH, AND both TCO and OWD will be doing evening live shows! CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY!! It's like nothing we've ever done before! It's one part dance party / on part reading from his hilarious book / one part hang sesh! He's coming to New York / Boston / Philly / DC / Chicago / Dallas / Austin / Los Angeles / and Seattle! GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE!

1 Joulu 202252min