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

It's Daisy's school vacation week, so Patrick is on full time dad duty! We'll be back with a brand new episode next week covering episodes 1 & 2 of Netflix's "The Ted Bundy Tapes." The following week, we'll cover episodes 3 & 4! Mommy Dead And Dearest: Late on the evening of June 14, 2015, deputy sheriffs in Greene County, Missouri, found the body of Dee Dee Blancharde laying facedown in a pool of blood from the stab wounds that had killed her several days earlier. There was no sign of her teenage daughter, Gypsy Rose, who, according to Blancharde, suffered from leukemia, asthma, muscular dystrophy, and several other chronic conditions, and had the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. In the days and weeks that followed, the police came to understand the crime and the treacherous web of lies, child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love that set the stage for this horrendous and brutal murder.  This week on Patreon, we're dropping the FULL VIDEO OF LAST WEEK'S LIVE SHOW! We'll also be dropping the live show in podcast form on the Patreon podcast feed! Join now and instantly get 60 + full episodes! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "The Staircase," "Serial," and Making a Murderer! Join here! Sorry you missed our live show? COME TO OUR JUNE PRIDE SHOW IN NYC! Looking for our discount codes? Go Here! Get. Those. Discounts! This Week's Palate Cleanser is from The Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Spring Awakening" which you can (and should!!) get here!

19 Feb 201949min

For 13 summers, Timothy Tredwell journeyed into the Alaskan wilderness to spend four months living among the grizzly bears. Though Treadwell believed that he and the bears had an understanding--he considered them his close friends--he and his girlfriend Amy Huguenard were eventually killed and devoured by one of the bears. For the five summers before his death, he took a video camera on his trips and shot over 100 hours of tape. "Grizzly Man", the brilliant documentary by master filmmaker Werner Herzog, tells the story of Treadwell's fascinating life and terrifying death--and uses much of treadwell's own footage to do so.   WANT MORE TCO? Who cold blame you! Get over 60 full bonus episodes, including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "The Staircase," "Making A Murderer," and "Serial" via our patreon feed. You get it all the second you sign up and it's all commercial free! COME SEE US LIVE! GET THOSE DISCOUNTS AND PROMO CODES!

12 Feb 201958min

The Fyre Festival was the defining scam of the millennial generation. Marketing for the 2017 music event went viral with the help of rapper Ja Rule, instagram stars, and models, but wound up being an epic failure as it stranded thousands of people in the Bahamas. Featuring an exclusive interview with Billy McFarland, the convicted con-man behind the festival, FYRE FRAUD is a true-crime comedy documentary bolstered by a cast of whistleblowers, victims, and insiders. And we have LOTS of feelings about it.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? Binge our 40+ bonus episodes via Patreon! When you join our Patreon fam, you not only support us, you also INSTANTLY get our entire catalog of bonus episodes, including our episode-by-episode coverage of "SERIAL," "THE JINX," "THE STAIRCASE," and "MAKING A MURDERER." You also get our interviews with Asia McClain (Adnan Syed's alibi witness), Rabia Chaudry, "Tower" director Keith Maitland, all of our mini-episodes, extended outtakes, AND full bonus episodes covering "Madonna: Truth or Dare" and "The Queen of Versailles." AND IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL FREE! Join here! WANT TO SEE US LIVE? Go Here for information and tickets to our upcoming live events like our February live shows or our Pride show in June! LOOKING FOR OUR ADVERTISERS / PROMO CODES? Go Here! We now have a whole page of our site for you to check out and GET. THOSE. DISCOUNTS! THIS WEEK'S PALATE CLEANSER is called "Helpless" from the musical "Hamilton." (Try to) Get Tickets here.

5 Feb 201958min

Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families. Their jaw-dropping, feel-good story instantly becomes a global sensation complete with fame and celebrity, however, the fairy-tale reunion sets in motion a series of events that unearth the unimaginable secret behind their separation.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? Binge our 40+ bonus episodes via Patreon! When you join our Patreon fam, you not only support us, you also INSTANTLY get our entire catalog of bonus episodes, including our episode-by-episode coverage of "SERIAL," "THE JINX," "THE STAIRCASE," and "MAKING A MURDERER." You also get our interviews with Asia McClain (Adnan Syed's alibi witness), Rabia Chaudry, "Tower" director Keith Maitland, all of our mini-episodes, extended outtakes, AND full bonus episodes covering "Madonna: Truth or Dare" and "The Queen of Versailles." AND IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL FREE! Join here! WANT TO SEE US LIVE? Go Here for information and tickets to our upcoming live events like our February live shows or our Pride show in June! LOOKING FOR OUR ADVERTISERS / PROMO CODES? Go Here! We now have a whole page of our site for you to check out and GET. THOSE. DISCOUNTS! THIS WEEK'S PALATE CLEANSER is called "I Will Never Leave You" and is from the Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Side Show" starring Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner. It was recommended by my SHH.

29 Jan 201955min

Mike and Mina Block were married for 54 years. Friends, family, and neighbors all thought they had the perfect marriage. But then Minna died suddenly, and three months later Mike was married to his former secretary. Suddenly everyone realized that nothing in the Block home had been what it seemed to be. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? Binge our 40+ bonus episodes via Patreon! When you join our Patreon fam, you not only support us, you also INSTANTLY get our entire catalog of bonus episodes, including our episode-by-episode coverage of "SERIAL," "THE JINX," "THE STAIRCASE," and "MAKING A MURDERER." You also get our interviews with Asia McClain (Adnan Syed's alibi witness), Rabia Chaudry, "Tower" director Keith Maitland, all of our mini-episodes, extended outtakes, AND full bonus episodes covering "Madonna: Truth or Dare" and "The Queen of Versailles." AND IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL FREE! Join here! WANT TO SEE US LIVE? Go Here for information and tickets to our upcoming live events like our February live shows or our Pride show in June! LOOKING FOR OUR ADVERTISERS / PROMO CODES? Go Here! We now have a whole page of our site for you to check out and GET. THOSE. DISCOUNTS! THIS WEEK'S PALATE CLEANSER is from the new musical "Pretty Woman."Based on the movie. You should all go see it ASAP. Patrick's bestie is in it. But also, it's amazing. "Anywhere But Here" is sung by the utterly other-worldly Samantha Barks

22 Jan 20191h 4min

Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald's coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America's legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts? Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald's, while exploring how and why the case garnered so much media attention, who funded the effort, and to what end. This week's palate cleanser: Doctor's Orders from the musical Catch Me if You Can.

15 Jan 201956min

In the summer of 1977, Jim Jones, leader of The Peoples Temple, moved nearly 1,000 of his followers to a plot of land in Guyana, South America. Less than a year later, on November 18, 1978, 908 of the followers died after drinking Kool-Aid laced with poison. Was it murder or suicide? And what had made all of these people follow Jones to their deaths? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? Binge our 40+ bonus episodes via Patreon! When you join our Patreon fam, you not only support us, you also INSTANTLY get our entire catalog of bonus episodes, including our episode-by-episode coverage of "SERIAL," "THE JINX," and "THE STAIRCASE." You also get our interviews with Asia McClain (Adnan Syed's alibi witness), Rabia Chaudry, "Tower" director Keith Maitland, all of our mini-episodes, extended outtakes, AND full bonus episodes covering "Madonna: Truth or Dare" and "The Queen of Versailles." AND IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL FREE! Join here! Want to see us LIVE? Go Here for information and tickets to our upcoming live events like our February live shows or our Pride show in June!  Looking for our Advertisers / Promo Codes? Go Here! We now have a whole page of our site for you to check out and GET. THOSE. DISCOUNTS!

8 Jan 201958min

BEWARE THE SLENDERMAN tells the story of the internet's elusive Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their best friend into the woods, stabbed her 19 times, then set out on an odyssey to meet the tall and faceless man known online as Slenderman. Shot over 18 months with heartbreaking access to the families of the would-be murderers, the film plunges deep down the rabbit hole of their crime, a Boogeyman. and our society's most impressionable consumers of media. The entrance to the internet can quickly lead us to its dark basement, within just a matter of clicks. How much do we hold children responsible for what they find there? LOOKING TO JOIN THE PATREON FAM FOR ALLLLLLLLL THAT BONUS CONTENT? GO HERE! COME SEE US LIVE IN NYC ON FEBRUARY 9TH! Click here for tickets! Looking for our Advertisers / Promo Codes? Go Here! We now have a whole page of our site for you to check out and GET. THOSE. DISCOUNTS!

1 Jan 201948min