That Time Gary Condit Waited 11 Weeks to Mention He Knew Missing Person Chandra Levy
California congressman Gary Condit was never a suspect, but 11 weeks of saying nothing to the police after your mistress goes missing is not cool any way you slice it. This is the non-true crime look at the disappearance of Chandra Levy and how, in a post Bill and Monica world, the personal lives of politicians could be their undoing. Or not!
13 Jul 202142min
That Time Rex Harrison Was So Sexy Women Couldn't Get Enough of His Magic D
Dr. Doolittle apparently had some magic d, too—because Rex Harrison cut a memorably wide swathe through the leading ladies of stage and film. Today we look at three of them who met tragic ends involving Professor Higgins himself: Carole Landis, Kay Kendall, and Rachel Roberts. And Mark gushes over the fabulous Lili Palmer, who held it together remarkably well. Until she didn’t.
6 Jul 202131min
That Time First Lady Edith Wilson Staged a Coup and Took Over the Unite States Government While Woodrow Wilson Recuperated
Woodrow Wilson was attempting to create the League of Nations in 1919 when he suffered a massive stroke. His wife, Edith, saw no need to slow down the business of the presidency. So she locked the doors and just kept on keeping on.
29 Jun 202131min
That Time Tennis Legend Big Bill Tilden Destroyed His Legacy by Being Caught With a Minor (Twice)
The greatest tennis player who ever lived has no monument to his achievements—because in addition to transforming the game during the 1920s and ‘30s, Bill Tilden also spent a lot of time being caught with underage boys. And with the one-two punch of homosexuality and penchant for minors, his reputation circled down the drain, even as people still clamor for his reinstatement. But finally—a sexual predator even Jerry Giesler wouldn’t defend!
22 Jun 202132min
That Time President Ulysses S. Grant Accidentally Allowed the Corruption of His Treasury Department and a Stock Market Crash
Our 18th president may have been a great general in the Civil War, but running a whole country wasn’t really his jam. With the wool pulled over the eyes of Ulysses S. Grant, two men were able to corrupt the Treasury department and corner the gold market, bringing an already struggling America to its knees in the fall of 1869.
15 Jun 202135min
That Time Joan Bennett Watched Husband Walter Wanger Shoot Her Agent in the Groin
Joan Bennett saw her career fizzle in the early ‘50s. Maybe it’s because she was getting older in a town that has never prized experience over beauty in its female stars. Or maybe it’s because she watched her husband shoot her agent in the groin outside the Beverly Hills police station a few weeks before Christmas. The two men recovered—nay thrived!—but Joan had the great final word on the whole debacle. Featuring guest appearances by an adulterous Ingrid Bergman and a vicious Hedda Hopper!
8 Jun 202137min
That Time Eliot Spitzer Went From Sheriff of Wall Street to Governor of New York to Client 9
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was on many lists and it turns out that Client 9 might not have been the worst one! This episode takes us to the Empire State to cover how Spitzer went from the Sheriff of Wall Street to resigning in disgrace... and we uncover some uncanny similarities to today. Plus, a segment we like to call “Straight White Men Write Headlines about Sex.” Client 9 Documentary
1 Jun 202131min
That Time Pia Zadora Won a Golden Globe and Became an Instant Industry Joke
Her 1982 Golden Globe win gets its own subheading on the awards’ Wikipedia page—but how much did Pia Zadora’s then husband spend on her trophy? As it turns out… well, there’s a lot more scandal here than what everyone thinks of when they refer to poor Pia. Unless they’re Sally Field, caught whispering, “Pia who?” From Pia’s incest-themed movie to Tom Cruise standing up against the HFPA’s racist misogyny as a proud Scientologist, let’s get into the seedy side of awards and virtue signaling.
25 Mai 202138min
