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Washington, DC
Joined November 2009
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You're a writer. You're gorgeous. You're Literary. And when you see the teal lights reflecting off the ocean, you know it's all real.
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1. Rock Around The Murder 2. Sgt. Murder’s Lonely Hearts Club Band of Murderers 3. Stairway to Murder 4. Who Let The Murderers Out? 5. Stayin’ Alive (Just Kidding I’ve Been Totally Murdered)
Can you name a great song that is also about murder?
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Understanding the lifetime of Billy Graham and that period of US religious history is so important in understanding America today. Hear me interview heavyweights @KevinMKruse and @AntheaButler WEDNESDAY: eventbrite.com/e/one-nation-…
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As we sew up the (very) loose ends of“Relentless,” a gigantic thank you to our guests, and to Season 4's co-hosts Lydia CoffeeMaté (Erin Murray) and Jeffrey Dalmer, R.I.P. (Jamal Newman). Season 4 finale, “Hollywood Video® Loses a Legend”: share.transistor.fm/s/cfc24c…
In the Season 4 finale, co-hosts Lydia CoffeeMaté (Erin Murray) and Jeffrey Dalmer (@hell0newman) discuss whether “Relentless” director William Lustig was involved in MK-Ultra, with dire results. New episode, “Hollywood Video® Loses a Legend”: share.transistor.fm/s/cfc24c…
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It cost me an ohm and a leg...
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In this clip from “Relentless” an L.A. Tribune reporter agrees to fabricate a story to trap the Sunset Killer. A warning to wanna-be serial killers that journalists can be ethically compromised by both sides of the serial killer/cop divide. New episode: share.transistor.fm/s/57c3a7…
In this week’s episode, flavor architect Rosemary Caraway (Erica Johnson) tells Lydia CoffeeMaté (Erin Murray) and Sherman T. Potter about one snack fan who went crackers after the Keebler Co cut back on Caraway’s signature savory creations. New episode: share.transistor.fm/s/57c3a7…
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In this clip, Rosemary Caraway (Erica Johnson) tells Lydia CoffeeMaté (Erin Murray) about the sweet-savory tension inside the @KeeblerUS R&D dept that eventually led to her encounter with the “Relentless”-inspired Snack Aisle Strangler. Full episode: share.transistor.fm/s/57c3a7…
Did people in the 80s place phones on their pianos? Unlikely. Here “Relentless” director William Lustig subliminally signals to any prospective serial killers watching the movie that they can always use a telephone cord to murder a victim. New episode: share.transistor.fm/s/57c3a7…
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Flavor architect Rosemary Caraway (Erica Johnson) was winning awards in the 1980s for her work on Keebler's savory line of snacks. But when the company began favoring sweet snacks, the "Relentless"-inspired Snack Aisle Strangler struck. New episode: share.transistor.fm/s/57c3a7…
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Newish very short story: "Blown Glass: A Love Story."
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In this clip from “Relentless” Capt Blakely bellows that he “needs men” and that Detective Dietz “needs ears.” Director William Lustig is subliminally indicating to wanna-be serial killers that they should cut the ears off their male victims. New episode: share.transistor.fm/s/763789…
Exactly a year ago I was down in Alabama doing a story about a very botched plan to quarantine people with "novel coronavirus" at an old Army base and I ran into this urologist protesting roadside and wow, he was really on to something washingtonpost.com/business/…
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The @washingtonpost is onto something here. Is it a coincidence this story about a subversive podcast defending journalism during the reality crisis ran THE DAY AFTER WaPo exec editor and journalism hall of fame member @PostBaron retired? Unlikely. washingtonpost.com/goingoutg…
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When Marrissa Horn (Andrea Quach), a tea shop owner from L.A. began dating @OfficialSisQo she had no idea a visit to @VictoriasSecret would inspire the R&B legend's greatest hit, nor that he might try to use the song as a murder weapon. New episode: share.transistor.fm/s/763789…
In this clip, Jeri Jones (Jenny Koch) describes her first (failed) attempt at starting a serial killing spree, at age 15, after watching “Relentless” for the first time. New episode, “With the Intent to Cause Mischief”: share.transistor.fm/s/8dc3be…