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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! Cameron Diaz had a lot going on. Her latest movie, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, was about to hit theaters. With the release just days away, a photographer named John Rutter reached out to her. John had photos of Cameron from about a decade earlier, when she was a 19-year-old model. He’d shot the photos for a racy S&M lingerie editorial. He told Cameron that people were offering him millions of dollars for them. Then he offered to sell them to her, for a discount. Then Brandi tells us about the murder of Leslie Vaughn. Leslie was a successful criminal defense attorney whose work sometimes put him in close contact with violent people. So when Leslie was shot in his home one evening, the list of potential suspects could have been long. But the behavior of Leslie’s son, Brian Vaughn, made investigators think that perhaps the killer was right under their nose. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “Photographer convicted of trying to blackmail Cameron Diaz,” by Michelle Caruso for the Seattle Times “Cameron Diaz photographer convicted for topless photo plot,” by Gil Kaufman for MTV.com “‘I’m proud of topless shots,’” by David Sanderson for the Evening Standard “Cameron Diaz photographer headed to jail,” by Todd Peterson for People.com “Actress takes the stand in trial of photographer,” by Cara Mia DiMassa for The Los Angeles Times “Man who blackmailed Cameron Diaz over topless photos faces jail,” by Catherine Elsworth for the Daily Telegraph “Photos develop into court case,” by Cara Mia DiMassa for The Los Angeles Times “Jail for Diaz dirt,” by David K. Li for the New York Post In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Shattered Innocence” episode Forensic Files “Brian Vaughn: A Student-Athlete Kills” by Rebecca Reisner, forensicfilesnow.com “Teen Convicted of Dad’s Murder” by Associated Press, The Marshall News Messenger “Brian Leslie Vaughn v. State of Texas” justia.com YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! T’was 1869 (nice) and a farmer named William “Stub” Newell hired two men to dig a well on his property. He told the men where to dig and left them to do their thing. The men dug and dug. They were only about three feet deep when they hit something. It felt like a stone. They dug around it. They cleared dirt off of it. They soon realized that they hadn’t hit a stone; they’d hit a gigantic foot. They kept digging. When they cleared all the dirt away, they realized that they were looking at the petrified body of a giant. T’was a sight to behold! He was a full blown meaty boi! *Kristin first told this story during our live episode taping at Obsessed Fest, where she was so nervous that she couldn’t talk about the Cardiff Giant’s massive dong. Brandi, however, had no such misgivings. We’ll put the recording from the live show on Patreon at the $10 level as soon as we get it. In the meantime, please enjoy this recording straight from the sex dungeon. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The giant in the earth,” by Stephen Sears for American Heritage “When giants roamed the earth,” by Mark rose for Archaeology  “The Cardiff giant hoax,” by James Taylor Dunn for New York History “The Cardiff giant was just a big hoax,” by Kat Eschner for Smithsonian Magazine “Fake of a fake of a fake: A giant tale of local lore,” by Gerald Smith for Press Connects YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! Sportscaster Erin Andrews was living her dream, traveling all over the country to cover college football games. It was tough to be a woman in a male-dominated industry, but she made a name for herself as a sideline reporter. Then one day, her world changed. A friend called to say that there was naked footage of her on the internet. Erin laughed. She told him that couldn’t be true. But he was right. Erin had been filmed without her knowledge, and the footage was going viral.  Then Brandi tells us about Tina and Gabe Watson, whose two-week honeymoon to Australia ended in tragedy. The couple took diving lessons prior to their trip, but Tina had never gone diving in the ocean. Gabe was more experienced, but not by much. On October 22, 2003, the couple dove to view the wrecked SS Yongala. Tina didn’t survive the dive.  And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The pain you can’t see,” by Emily Kaplan for Sports Illustrated “Stalker tells all: How I peeped on Erin Andrews,” Page Six “Andrews’ stalker gets 2.5 years in prison,” ESPN “Erin Andrews on life after the nude video,” OWN video on YouTube “ESPN reporter Erin Andrews on stalker’s sentence,” ABC on YouTube “Hotel exec watched Erin Andrews naked in restaurant after court,” Inside Edition “Erin Andrews says hotel could have prevented stalker from filming her,” by Katie Rogers for The New York Times “Erin Andrews civil trial: Day-by-day updates,” by Stacey Barchenger for The Tennessean “Dad: Andrews ‘not the girl we used to know’” by Stacey Barchenger for The Tennessean “Andrews: ESPN made me do TV interview,” by Stacey Barchenger for The Tennessean In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Mystery In The Deep Blue Sea” episode Dateline “Tina Watson” chillingcrimes.com “Prosecutor: Gabe Watson had financial motive to drown wife on honeymoon” by Crimesider Staff, CBS News “Photo of Drowned Newlywed Is Evidence in 'Honeymoon Killer' Trial” by Nikki Battiste, ABC News “Trial of Alleged 'Honeymoon Killer' Gabe Watson Opens” by Nikki Battiste, ABC News “Questions remain about whether 'Honeymoon Killer' Gabe Watson was let off the hook over the death of his wife Tina Watson” by Patrick Hatch and Tuck Thompson, Herald Sun “'Honeymoon killer' may be innocent, says dive expert” by Peter Patrick, Sydney Morning Herald “Tina Watson Death” michaelmcfadyenscuba.info “Death of Tina WATSON” wikipedia.org YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind had no reason to suspect her neighbor, Brooke Crews, was up to something. Brooke claimed she just needed a quick favor. Would Savanna come upstairs and try on a dress she’d been making? Savanna was eight months pregnant and about to sit down to dinner, but she told Brooke she’d help her out. It was the last thing she ever did. Then Kristin tells us a story that illustrates the dangers of becoming a confidential informant. When police discovered marijuana and ecstasy in 23-year-old Rachel Hoffman’s apartment, they leveled with her. She could go to prison for up to four years. Or she could become a confidential informant. Rachel chose the latter and soon found herself at the center of a very dangerous drug bust. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The Throwaways,” by Sarah Stillman for The New Yorker “Rachel’s timeline,” The Rachel Morningstar Foundation “Botched sting: killed with the gun she was supposed to buy,” by Brian Ross and Vic Walter for ABC News “Hoffman’s attorneys release statement critical of TPD,” Tallahassee Democrat “Lieutenant who OK’d Hoffman drug buy has ‘sustained’ investigation on record,” by Corey Clark for the Tallahassee Democrat “City commission approves $2.6M deal with parents of slain police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Lance Block bio,” lanceblocklaw.com “A decade later, Rachel Hoffman’s tragic death helps make police informants safer,” by Jennifer Portman and Karl Etters for the Tallahassee Democrat “Transcripts released in Hoffman investigation,” by Nic Corbett and Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “TPD: We shouldn’t have blamed Rachel Hoffman,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Parents stand behind son on trial for murder,” by Donna Koehn for the Tampa Tribune “Murder-trial testimony begins,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Shooters frantic, testimony alleges,” by Donna Koehn for the Tampa Tribune “Bradshaw seen buying bleach, witness says,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Expert: Hoffman killed in her car,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “State rests in murder trial,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Closing arguments today in murder trial,” by Jennifer Portman for the Tallahassee Democrat “Murder case stymies jurors,” by John Frank for the Miami Herald In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “A Killer Upstairs” episode Killer Motive “Fargo woman lured pregnant neighbor to her apartment, killed her and took her unborn baby” by Kyle Swenson, Washington Post “Pregnant Woman's Killer Cut Out Her Baby with Small Blade Then Smuggled Her Body Out in a Dresser” by KC Baker, people.com “Man Found Not Guilty After Girlfriend Lured Pregnant Neighbor to Their Apartment and Cut Out Her Baby” by KC Baker, people.com “Slain Mom’s ‘Miracle Child’ — Who Was Cut From Her Belly — Thrives 2 Years Later” by Daniel Egitto, oxygen.com “State Supreme Court Tosses Life Sentence For Man Whose Girlfriend Cut Baby From Neighbor’s Womb” by Dorian Geiger, oxygen.com “Man acquitted in pregnant woman’s slaying in North Dakota” by Dave Kolpack, Associated Press “North Dakota court overturns life term in cut from womb case” by Dave Kolpack, Associated Press “North Dakota v. Hoehn” justia.com YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! When Liz Ramirez’ nieces came to visit her for a week in 1994, they had a nice time. They went to the pool. They played basketball. They ate hot dogs. Liz’s roommate, Kristie Mayhugh met the girls. So did Liz and Kristie’s friends, Cassandra Rivera and Anna Vasquez. At the end of the week, the girls hugged their aunt goodbye and went back to their dad’s house. Later, the girls came forward with a shocking allegation. They said that their aunt and her three friends had gang raped them. There’d been drugs. Weapons. Satanic overtones. The most disturbing part? It was all made up. Then Brandi tells us about Michele Neurauter, whose death inside her upstate New York home was designed to look like a suicide. But something about it seemed off. Michele had an odd rope mark on her chin. Then there was the timing. Michele had recently won a long-fought, bitter custody battle for her youngest daughter. Why would she do this now?  And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The Mystery of the San Antonio four,” by Maurice Chammah for the Texas Observer The documentary, “Southwest of Salem” “San Antonio Four to host fundraiser for Innocence Project of Texas,” for Henry Ramos for KENS5 “What it’s like to be falsely branded a satanic child molester,” by Chase Madar for Vice “How junk science and anti-lesbian prejudice got four women sent to prison for more than a decade,” by Linda Rodriguez Mcrobbie for Slate “Inside case behind wrongful conviction doc ‘Southwest of Salem’” by Bridgette Dunlap for Rolling Stone “Sex assault case,” Associated Press “Remaining women in abuse case freed,” by Will Weissert for the Associated Press “San Antonio Four exonerated in child rape case,” by Emanuella Grinberg for CNN “Judge clears records of wrongfully convicted San Antonio 4,” by Tim Fitzsimons for NBC News In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Karrie’s Choice” episode 48 Hours “Family Values” episode Mastermind of Murder “Man Coerces Daughter To Help Him Kill His Ex-Wife And Stage Crime As A Suicide” by Joe Dziemianowicz “Man pleads guilty to killing ex-wife, conspiring with daughter in Corning murder” by Jeff Murray, Star Gazette “Life without parole: Lloyd Neurauter killed ex-wife with help from their daughter” by Jeff Murray, Star Gazette “Karrie Neurauter, manipulated into helping kill mother, released from prison” by Jeff Smith, Star Gazette YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! Linda Leedom and Lula Young had been best friends for years. They were like sisters. So when Lula developed cancer, and later died in a fire, Linda was overwhelmed with grief. Then she read Lula’s obituary. She was appalled! The obituary hadn’t referred to Linda as Lula’s sister!! Naturally, Linda confronted Lula’s mother at the funeral. Things got weirder from there. A few days later, someone spotted Lula shopping at the local Wal-Mart. Then Kristin tells us about Steven Ver Woert, whose murder shocked his family and friends. People weren’t sure who would want the fun-loving, generous man dead. But after a while, Steven’s brother spoke up. Could Steven’s ex-wife, Marty Malone be responsible for his death? Steven’s family had never liked Marty, but they were hesitant to think she was capable of murder. But when detectives knocked on Marty’s door, she acted like a total sketchball.  And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “Too Many Hit Men,” by Gary Boynton for Crime Magazine I Went Undercover episode, “Flirting with Murder” Jeff Zeleny’s seven-part investigative series, which ran in 1998 in The Des Moines Register In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Dead Woman Walking” episode Mastermind of Murder “Woman Manipulated Arsonist Into Killing Her ‘Best Friend’ For Life Insurance Payout” by Joe Dziemianowicz, Oxygen “From the Ashes of a Friendship, Charges of Fraud and Murder” by Donald P. Baker, Washington Post “Jury chosen for murder trial” by William C. Bayne, The Commercial Appeal “State rests in Leedom case; Dunn credibility questioned” by William C. Bayne, The Commercial Appeal “Linda Leedom v. State of Mississippi” findlaw.com YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 35+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! Supermodel Linda Evangelista was feeling insecure about her body. Her thighs weren’t quite as slim as they used to be. Her jawline wasn’t quite as hard. A new cosmetic procedure called CoolSculpting seemed like the answer to her problems. The procedure was marketed as a non-invasive method for shrinking areas of stubborn fat. So imagine Linda’s surprise when the areas where she received CoolSculpting began to grow. Then Brandi tells us about Michele Harris, a mother of four who went missing on September 11, 2001. In the months leading up to her disappearance, Michele and her husband Cal were in the middle of a contentious divorce. She’d begun dating other men. She got a part-time job. When she went missing, people suspected that Cal was to blame. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “Linda Evangelista is the latest to go to war against this fat-freezing company,” by Andrea Marks for Rolling Stone  “Back in bloom: The rebirth of the indomitable Linda Evangelista,” by Sarah Harris for British Vogue  “Linda Evangelista shares first photos of her body since fat-freezing nightmare: I’m done hiding,” by Jason Sheeler for People.com “Linda Evangelista says she ‘looks forward to the next chapter’ after CoolSculpting lawsuit settles,” by Arielle Weg for Prevention “What to know about CoolSculpting,” by Rachel Ann Tee-Melegrito for Medical News Today “Linda Evangelista covers British Vogue after CoolSculpting procedure: ‘Miss my work so much,” by Edward Segarra for USA Today In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “A Time To Kill” episode 48 Hours “Disappearance of Michele Anne Harris” wikipedia.org “9/11 horror limited investigation into upstate N.Y. mom’s disappearance”by David Krajicek, New York Daily News “Michele Anne Harris” charleyproject.org “Cal Harris Says Acquittal After 4th Murder Trial Was 'Total Relief,' How He and Kids Are Moving Forward” by Matt Gutman, Marc Dorian, Mike Repplier, and Lauren Effron, ABC News YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 37+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! Tynesha Stewart was exceptionally bright and beautiful. She studied civil engineering at Texas A&M University. But a few years earlier, when she was still in high school, Tynesha met Timothy Wayne Shepherd. Timothy was 25, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing Tynesha romantically. Their relationship soon turned abusive.  Then Kristin tells us about a case of racial profiling that’s so scummy it’s almost hard to believe. (But believe it, sister.) On September 4, 1992, an elderly white woman was attacked in her bed. She later told police that her attacker had been a black male. With little to go on, police decided to question every black male in Oneonta, New York. (And a few black women, because… why not?) The administration of SUNY at Oneonta aided the investigation by providing the names and addresses of all their black male students.  And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: The documentary “Brothers of the Blacklist”  “Brown, Black and the persistence of profiling,” by Sherrilyn A. Ifill for The Root “Brown v. City of Oneonta,” NYCLU.org “The story of Brown v. City of Oneonta: The uncertain meaning of racially discriminatory policing under the equal protection clause,” by R. Richard Banks for Stanford Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series “Brown v. City of Oneonta,” entry on Wikipedia In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Tynesha Stewart, 19, Was Murdered & Dismembered By Ex-Boyfriend In 2007” by Erika Marie, ourblackgirls.com “Solved: The brutal murder of Tynesha Stewart” by Mary Hallberg, maryhallbergmedia.com “Tynesha DeVonna Stewart” thecharleyproject.org “Police: Student was killed, then burned on grill” by Associated Press, NBC News “Officials: No landfill search for A&M student” by Paige Hewitt, Houston Chronicle “Houston man accused of cooking woman's body goes to trial” by Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle “Harris County man takes stand, tells of killing A&M student” by Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle “Mom of abuse victim wants others to see signs” by Paige Hewitt, Houston Chronicle “Murder of Tynesha Stewart” wikipedia.org “Timothy Wayne Shepherd v. The State of Texas” justia.com YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 38+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!

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