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Today · 21 min
Countdown To Halloween! Amy & T.J.'s Creature Feature Pick #2: “Willow Creek”
Today’s horror category is the “creature feature”, aka monster horror. We picked our top three favorites and reveal them throughout the day. Every weekend we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits. There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each Saturday and Sunday we’ll highlight our top movies within that category. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Today · 19 min
Countdown To Halloween! Amy & T.J.'s Creature Feature Pick #3: “Passenger”
Today’s horror category is the “creature feature”, aka monster horror. We picked our top three favorites and reveal them throughout the day. Every weekend we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits. There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each Saturday and Sunday we’ll highlight our top movies within that category. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Today · 41 min
Legally Brunette Presents: ‘Til Death Do Us Part - The Black Widower
Thomas Randolph was married six times, yet four of his wives had died… What happened to these women? How did he get away with these crimes for so long? Plus, there’s a Rod Stewart song about killing your wife and it’s a detail that Shane can’t quite get over. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Yesterday · 17 min
Countdown To Halloween! Amy & T.J.'s Comedy/Horror Pick #1: “Deadstream”
Every Saturday and Sunday we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits. There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each weekend day we’ll highlight our top movies within that category. Today’s sub-genre is one of our absolute favorites: horror comedy. Who doesn’t like to laugh and scream in the same movie? It’s the perfect balance to entertain you, and keep you in the spooky spirit of the month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Yesterday · 16 min
Countdown To Halloween! Amy & T.J.'s Comedy/Horror Pick #2: “The Final Girls”
Every Saturday and Sunday we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits. There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each weekend day we’ll highlight our top movies within that category. Today’s sub-genre is one of our absolute favorites: horror comedy. Who doesn’t like to laugh and scream in the same movie? It’s the perfect balance to entertain you, and keep you in the spooky spirit of the month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Yesterday · 17 min
Countdown To Halloween! Amy & T.J.'s Comedy/Horror Pick #3: “Hell Of A Summer”
Every Saturday and Sunday we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits. There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each weekend day we’ll highlight our top movies within that category. Today’s sub-genre is one of our absolute favorites: horror comedy. Who doesn’t like to laugh and scream in the same movie? It’s the perfect balance to entertain you, and keep you in the spooky spirit of the month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Yesterday · 40 min
Killer Thriller Docu: Did a ghost help solve a murder?
A woman is murdered, her body dumped in the Mississippi River, and nearly 30 years later, her ghost may help lead investigators back to her killer. Jennifer Fessler sits down with writer and director Philip Cairney to unpack HBO’s The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story, a chilling true-crime investigation filled with mob ties, buried secrets, shocking twists, and eerie encounters that challenge even the biggest skeptics. Is it guilt, coincidence, or something paranormal? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Friday · 34 min
Legally Brunette: Christa Pike Updates
The first woman to be executed in Tennessee in over 200 years actually…survived. Christa Pike was given two lethal injections and has since recovered. According to her attorneys, she is now speaking and walking. This is not the first botched lethal injection in Tennessee this year. So, what happens next? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Friday · 29 min
Think You Don’t Like Horror Movies? We Promise, You Do. You Just Need To Watch The Right One!
Happy Halloween season everyone! The horror genre has been exploding on the big screen and we would argue, these days, there’s a horror movie for everyone. Do you love a horror comedy? Think ‘The Blackening’ or ‘Hell Of A Summer.’ Or do you prefer a supernatural horror, Sci-Fi Horror, or how about a creature-feature, like ‘Jaws’? We are going to spend the next four weekends leading up to Halloween revealing our favorite SUB-genres of horror movies, and giving you our top picks for each to get you in the spirit. There’s actual science behind why horror movies can be good for anxiety and we’ve got you covered for the rest of October! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Friday · 20 min
Mississippi Man Wrongfully Imprisoned For 23 Years, Tried 6 Times, Dies 6 Years After Exoneration
56-year-old Curtis Flowers has died just a few years after being released from death row and exonerated by the state of Mississippi. Flowers was tried six times by the same prosecutor and spent more than 2 decades behind bars for a quadruple murder he did not commit. It was a podcast, and ultimately the Supreme Court of the United States that set Flowers free after 23 years of protesting his innocence. We go over the astonishing details of his case and how he held onto hope that one day he’d be exonerated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Friday · 22 min
Pentagon Planning Public Livestream Of Firing Squad Execution
After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the public would be able to watch a firing squad execute Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan, the Pentagon got specific, saying the execution would be live-streamed. Hassan’s planned, public execution is scheduled for December 3rd at 1pm, on the same day of the week and the same time Hasan killed 13 and wounded 30 others back in 2009. Hasan was wounded in the attack and is paralyzed, and there are many questions about the legality and morality of a public execution. The execution by firing squad would be the first of its kind carried out by the Army since World War II. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Friday · 14 min
Son Arrested After 49-Year-Old Mom Found Shot To Death In Kitchen
After an hours long manhunt, 22-year-old Ryan Hanafin is in custody and believed to be responsible for shooting and killing his own mother. Hanafin was arrested after his father found his wife, 49-year-old Andria in the kitchen, dead. Their 13-year-old son was unharmed inside the home, and their older daughter was away at college, but Ryan was missing along with his vehicle. Police tracked Ryan down in Vermont and he’s expected to face murder charges when he faces a judge later this afternoon. This is the first murder in Reading, Massachusetts in more than a decade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Thursday · 34 min
Killer Thriller: Denise Brown Watched O.J. Grab Nicole by the Throat, Then Nicole Went Back to Him
Denise Brown recounts the terrifying night she says she watched O.J. Simpson grab Nicole by the throat and lift her off the ground as Denise desperately tried to pull him away. Nicole left with her that night but returned the next day. Denise explains why she once blamed herself and what she now understands about why victims go back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Thursday · 16 min
Michigan Believes It Has A Serial Killer Along Lansing’s River Trail
Over the past year, Michigan police say the violent deaths of five white men along a popular river trail appear to be connected. Lansing’s police chief acknowledged that the city may have a serial killer on its hands and have asked for help from the community, setting up a tip line. Four of the victims were brutally beaten in the head, suffering facial injuries, all eventually dying from their injuries in the hospital. One of the men was stabbed to death, and police have made an arrest in that case, but aren’t sure if the person they have in custody is actually the person responsible for this series of brutal murders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Thursday · 19 min
Texas Carries Out First Execution Since Botched Lethal Injection Of Christa Pike
A Texas man was executed after a nearly two hour delay on Wednesday using the exact same, single dose method of pentobarbital that Tennessee administered to Christa Pike. The outcome was very different for 46-year-old Jamaal Howard, who was pronounced dead within 15 minutes. Howard apologized to his victim’s family in his final words, after being convicted in the shooting death of convenience store worker Vickie Swartout back in 2000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Thursday · 32 min
Legally Brunette: What Happened to Jenny Lupton?
You may remember Jenny Lupton, the Southwest flight attendant who allegedly jumped off of a 24th floor hotel room in Honolulu, HI. Emily and Shane are sitting down with two of Jenny’s best friends to discuss this mysterious case and WHY the alleged suicide attempt doesn’t make sense… How was her body conveniently found in a dumpster? Why is her family not getting any answers? Would she ever leave her teenage son without saying goodbye? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Wednesday · 25 min
BREAKING: Christa Pike Was To Be Taken Off Life Support Hours Before She Awoke
In a press conference following an emergency hearing called by the attorneys of Christa Pike, we learned more details about how and when Pike regained consciousness. Her attorneys say they believed Pike was brain dead Monday evening and was going to be taken off life support Tuesday, when she suddenly woke up and asked, “Where am I? And who are you?” To the medical staff. A judge ruled in favor of Pike’s attorneys, ordering the state to preserve ANY and ALL evidence surrounding the botched execution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Wednesday · 29 min
Nolan Wells Friends Suing NFL Legend Terrell Owens; Al Sharpton And The View’s Sunny Hostin Are Next
Three friends of Nolan Wells, the college student who went missing during a Fourth of July celebration in Mississippi, have sued NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation. Owens reposted a video, with pictures of three boys’ faces, accusing them of murdering Wells and adding the caption “ARREST THEM IMMEDIATELY!!” Owens post came after a grand jury did not recommend any criminal charges in Wells’ death. Lawyers for the friends say they also intend to file several more defamation claims, among them, the Rev. Al Sharpton and “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin for comments they made discussing Wells' death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Wednesday · 18 min
Another Shocking Familicide: NJ Insurance Executive Kills Wife And Daughter, Then Himself
New Jersey police made a horrific discovery inside a multimillion dollar mansion: three members of the same family, all fatally shot. But police now believe it was the father, 61-year-old insurance executive David Grodnick who shot and killed his 62-year-old wife, Lora and their 24-year-old daughter, Sloane before turning the gun on himself. We discuss the details of this case, one that follows a disturbing trend this year, where seemingly successful, educated men murder their entire families before killing themselves, with little to no explanation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Wednesday · 19 min
UPDATE: “Medically Unprecedented”, Christa Pike Is Awake And Talking
After nearly a week of being unconscious and on a ventilator following Tennessee’s botched execution attempt, Christa Pike is conscious and speaking according to her attorneys. They say Pike is the only known person to have survived two lethal doses of pentobarbital, but her long term prognosis remains unclear. Later today, Pike’s attorneys will be back in court, asking for evidence to be preserved in the case, as well as transparency into what went wrong. Meantime, Pike’s victim’s mom has reacted to the news that her daughter’s killer is awake, saying she “had a feeling” she would survive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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