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Sh!t That Goes On In Our HeadsMelissa on OCD & Anxiety Recovery: Real Tools That Actually HelpKicking off Season 15 with a conversation that hits straight at the heart of what so many people silently struggle with, Dr. Melissa Dufrene joins us to unpack the mental noise, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion that OCD and anxiety can create — and what becomes possible when someone finally gets the right support. From the battles people fight behind closed doors to the quiet courage it takes to challenge fear rather than accommodate it, this opening episode sets the tone for a season rooted in honesty, healing, and hope. In this deeply human conversation, G-Rex and Dirty Skittles sit down with Me...
2025-12-0257 min
Sh!t That Goes On In Our HeadsFrom Panic to Peace: Melissa’s Journey Through Anxiety, Menopause, and Self-DiscoveryTrigger Notice:
This episode discusses anxiety, burnout, and mental health crises. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out for help.988 (U.S. & Canada) — Suicide & Crisis LifelineFind a global helpline: https://findahelpline.com
When anxiety and perimenopause collided, Melissa Crook’s body said “no more.” In this episode, Dirty Skittles and G-Rex sit down with the inspiring Melissa — founder of The Embracing Layers Network and host of The F.E.E.L. Podcast — to talk about anxiety, burnout, and finding peace through emotional healing and self-discovery.
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2025-11-0456 min
Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma StoriesHer College Son’s Death: A Much Needed and Tough ConversationHer College Son’s Death: A Much Needed and Tough Conversation. Special Episode. In one of the most emotionally powerful and necessary conversations to date, the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast presents a special episode titled “Her College Son’s Death, A Much Needed and Tough Conversation.” This deeply personal discussion explores life after unimaginable loss the death of a college-aged son, and how one mother transformed her grief into a mission to help others. The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, is available for free on their website, also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube and many oth...
2025-10-2239 min
Bleav in CubsTalking Steve Bartman Game with Melissa Isaacson
Former Chicago Tribune and ESPN writer Melissa Isaacson joins the show
Covering Chicago sports
Remembering Steve Bartman game
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2025-10-2026 min
Raising AthletesParenting and Perseverance in Youth Sports with Melissa Jacobs | EP 162In this episode, Kirsten sits down with Melissa Jacobs—Founder and Managing Editor of The Football Girl, journalist, and trailblazer for women in sports media. Melissa shares her incredible journey from producing top-rated radio shows in San Francisco to earning Sports Emmys at ESPN and ultimately building The Football Girl, a vibrant community redefining what it means to be a football fan.
Together, Kirsten and Melissa dive into the world of youth sports, discussing the role of parents, the lessons of resilience, and how sports can shape character both on and off the field. Their conversation highlights th...
2025-10-1346 min
Raising AthletesParenting and Perseverance in Youth Sports with Melissa Jacobs | EP 162In this episode, Kirsten sits down with Melissa Jacobs—Founder and Managing Editor of The Football Girl, journalist, and trailblazer for women in sports media. Melissa shares her incredible journey from producing top-rated radio shows in San Francisco to earning Sports Emmys at ESPN and ultimately building The Football Girl, a vibrant community redefining what it means to be a football fan.
Together, Kirsten and Melissa dive into the world of youth sports, discussing the role of parents, the lessons of resilience, and how sports can shape character both on and off the field. Their conversation highlights th...
2025-10-1302 min
Sh!t That Goes On In Our HeadsMelissa Osorio on Healing Hidden Trauma and Reclaiming Your Life Through AyahuascaIn this powerful episode of Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads, we talk with trauma survivor, speaker, and Author Melissa Osorio, who shares her raw and deeply moving journey of rediscovering her childhood trauma and healing through ayahuasca and intentional self-work.
As a 2024 People’s Choice Podcast Award Winner for Health, a 2024 Women In Podcasting Award Winner for Best Mental Health Podcast, and with over 2 million downloads, we’re proud to keep amplifying real, unfiltered stories like Melissa’s.
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2025-07-2453 min
True Crime on Easy StreetMelissa Kennedy: S5 Ep 16This week Katy takes us to Bay County, Florida to tell the story of the murder committed by Melissa Kennedy, and the wilder story of what she did after.
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2025-04-1632 min
RIP DietsI Have A Bone To Pick With Being Called A "Basic Bitch"! with Melissa LubinI have my sis Meliss (who is better than me) on the podcast this week for "I Have a Bone To Pick", and we're discussing a truly important girlhood issue that doesn't get talked about enough... why are we called "basic bitches" for simply enjoying things that everyone likes? We've had enough and we won't be silenced any longer! Melissa and I discuss our most "basic" interests, the "Millennial-core" aesthetic, the agony of trying to find unique clothes, and our favorite basic beverages, as well as so many other things! This is a little break from the typical diet...
2025-04-1032 min
L.A.M.E. Book Club PodcastThe Truth About 'It Ends With Us' Movie ControversyJoin Melissa and Ellie on the L.A.M.E. Book Club Podcast as they dive into the controversy surrounding the much-debated 'It Ends With Us' movie adaptation by Colleen Hoover. In this episode, expect laughter, drama, and lively commentary as the hosts tackle everything from casting choices to the thematic depth of the film. Get ready for an insightful discussion on how the book's complex themes of love and domestic violence translate onto the big screen. Melissa and Ellie explore key plot points, character dynamics, and the public reactions that have taken the bookish world by storm. Engage...
2024-08-2656 min
The Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Podcast268: Recovery Story: Missing Period for 13 Months w/ MelissaIn today's episode Melissa shares her recovery journey with a heavy emphasis on how her outlook, lifestyle, personal relationships and overall happiness changed when she finally let it all go and let herself LIVE!Join The HA Societyhttp://thehasociety.com/joinWork 1:1 with us to get your period backhttp://thehasociety.com/coachingVisit us on YouTubehttps://youtube.com/c/danisheriffFollow us on IGhttp://instagram.com/thehasociety
2024-08-1444 min
L.A.M.E. Book Club PodcastI Nearly Quit Reading This Book | Reckless Book ReviewJoin Melissa and Ellie in this episode of the #LAMEBookClub as they dive deep into the book that nearly made them quit reading! Expect laughter, drama, and lively commentary as they break down every twist and turn of Lauren Roberts' controversial "Reckless." Get ready for an unfiltered discussion where opinions clash – with Melissa loving the romance and Ellie tearing the plot apart. Engage with the hosts as they share their witty banter and heartfelt insights, making you feel like part of their bookish adventure.
Melissa and Ellie welcome questions and theories about the book's key themes, character dy...
2024-08-1240 min
L.A.M.E. Book Club PodcastDid Adena Deserve Better? | Powerful Book ReviewJoin Melissa and Ellie in this engaging episode of the Lame Book Club Podcast as they dive into a powerful book review of "Powerful" by Lauren Roberts. Get ready for an interactive and lively discussion filled with laughter, drama, and heartfelt moments as they debate whether Adena deserved better. With their signature humor and witty banter, expect the unexpected as they format this episode as a court case, Ellie vs. Melissa: The Powerful Edition.
In this episode, the hosts dissect every detail of "Powerful," touching on the emotional depth, character dynamics, and the heart-wrenching ending. I...
2024-08-0552 min
Chemistry For Your LifeShould we take Vitamin C when we're sick?#190
In this episode of 'Chemistry for Your Life,' hosts Melissa and Jam delve into the role of vitamin C in the immune system and examine whether taking mega doses of the vitamin can help with common colds. Melissa, a seasoned chemist, explains the chemistry behind oxidation, reduction, and free radicals, and how vitamin C's properties make it crucial for immune function. The discussion also covers historical context, including Linus Pauling's theories, and recent scientific findings on vitamin C's effectiveness. Throughout the episode, Melissa and Jam use analogies and discuss various studies while also previewing future episodes...
2024-07-0445 min
Dames who DishMelissa's New NoseWhat we are watching and listening to: Greek Girl, Physical 100, Gypsy Rose Blanchard Life After Lockup, Behind the Velvet Rope podcast with Melissa’s Old Nose, Bravo and Cocktails, Love Island US and UK, Traitors new cast, Alec and Hilaria’s new TLC show, Lindsay on Not Skinny Not Fat podcast…
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2024-06-0645 min
The Covert Narcissism PodcastRemoving Trauma From the Body (Special Throwback Episode)Dr. Melissa Kalt, M.D. specializes in removing the trauma of narcissistic abuse from the body. She brings so much insight to the topic, and I thoroughly enjoyed interviewing her for our audience. This interview is extremely informative and helpful.
Dr. Melissa is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin – triple-board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Lipidology. She was voted to the US Best Doctors™ list by her peers year over year 2009-2018. While single parenting five children, Dr Melissa was promoted from staff physician to Assistant Clinical Professor to Medical Site Director of three clinics at F...
2024-05-1722 min
Bucket List CareersFrom Social Worker to Jewelry Artist: Melissa Panszi Riebe's Creative EvolutionMelissa Panszi Riebe shares her transition from a meaningful career in social work to pursuing her passion for making one-of-a-kind, handcrafted jewelry from new, vintage, and global materials. Inspired by her immigrant parents' success stories and driven by the belief in pursuing her creative dreams, Melissa took the leap into entrepreneurship after a pivotal conversation with a friend. Throughout the episode, Melissa discusses the importance of following your artistic drive, embracing the idea of "If not now, then when?" and taking action to turn a passion project into a successful business, even if you don't feel "ready". Tune in...
2024-02-2919 min
L.A.M.E. Book Club PodcastThe Assassin's Blade | The Assassin and the UnderworldJoin Melissa and Ellie as they dive deep into the shadows of "The Assassin's Blade" to uncover the truth behind "The Assassin in the Underworld"! In this explosive episode, our dynamic duo explores the thrilling line between betrayal and salvation in a world where loyalty is a double-edged sword. Expect laughter, drama, and lively commentary as they dissect each twist and turn of this controversial novella.
Get ready for a rollercoaster of emotions as Melissa confesses her love for romantic plots, while Ellie debates the merits of storyline vs. romance, sparking a debate that will have you...
2024-02-121h 12
Monte & The PharaohMonte & The Pharaoh Present Paul London and Cheer Leader MelissaMonte & The Pharaoh Present Paul London and Cheer Leader Melissa Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2023-11-171h 08
L.A.M.E. Book Club PodcastACOWAR - Part 2Join us for a rip-roaring ride through the world of Prythian with your trusty hosts, Melissa and Ellie. In this episode, we dive deep into the heart-pounding chapters 23 through 56 of Sarah J. Maas's "A Court of Wings and Ruin." Get ready for a bookish adventure filled with humor, insight, and unabashed enthusiasm as we navigate the tumultuous seas of fantasy.
Melissa and Ellie kick off this episode with their characteristic witty banter, dissecting the epic battles, political intrigues, and jaw-dropping revelations that define this section of the book. They unravel the complexities facing Feyre, the indomitable High...
2023-10-021h 26
L.A.M.E. Book Club PodcastACOMAF - Part 3Buckle up for a wild ride with your favorite bookish duo, Melissa and Ellie, as they venture into the captivating world of Sarah J. Maas's "A Court of Mist and Fury." In this episode, they delve headfirst into the electrifying chapters 55 through 69, offering their unique blend of humor, insight, and unbridled bookish enthusiasm.
As the tempest of events and emotions rages on, Melissa and Ellie guide listeners through the heart of the storm. They unravel Feyre's ongoing transformation, highlighting the challenges she faces and the newfound strengths she discovers along the way. Of course, no episode would...
2023-09-181h 13
After Hours with Defo and Lubie060723 - Little House on the Prairie Star Melissa Gilbert Talks About Hollywood TodaMelissa Gilbert starred on one of the all time iconic television shows THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. She has acted for years and also became a best selling author.
She joined After Hours to talk about her latest book, BACK TO THE PRAIRIE: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered.
Defo and Lubie also discussed the South Florida laden NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals!
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Cracked Interviews [Tennis Podcast]Melissa Schaub: Ohio State Women's Head Coach [NCAA Sweet-16 Press Row]To prepare for the 2023 NCAA Tennis Sweet 16, Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin speaks to one representative of every team still alive in the team event. On this episode, he speaks with Ohio State Women's Head Coach Melissa Schaub to discuss his team’s 2023 season, reflect on the team’s Sweet 16 matchup, and so much more!!Don’t forget to give a 5 star review with your twitter/instagram handle for a chance to win some FREE CR gear!!This episode brought to you by:TournaWe are ex...
2023-05-1126 min
The Art Coaching Club PodcastMelissa Hyatt: Licensing Her Work and Strategically Diversifying Her IncomeToday we talk to artist Melissa Hyatt about how she grew her business through licensing her work. Her work can now be seen on home goods, fabrics, bedding, dinnerware, album covers and so much more! This is a great episode to learn how to make money as an artist beyond just creating work. Enjoy!
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2023-04-0451 minCracked Interviews [Tennis Podcast]Melissa Schaub, Ohio State University [Women's Indoor Championship Press Row]Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin speaks with Ohio State Head Coach Melissa Schaub ahead of the 2023 ITA Women's National Indoor Championships. The two recap the team's ITA Kickoff Weekend, chat about the team's biggest strengths, and so much more!!Don’t forget to give a 5 star review on your favorite podcast app! In addition, add your twitter/instagram handle to the review for a chance to win some FREE CR gear!!This episode brought to you by:Swing VisionSwingVision is the official ball tracking app...
2023-02-0831 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime PodcastFEELS LIKE MELISSA VS JOSHUA SMACKDOWN ON WHY WOMEN LOVE TRUE CRIMEIt all started with Joshua sent Melissa a meme. And a discussion ensued. Why do YOU think women consume true crime? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2022-10-1538 min
The Tracy Sandler ShowThe Jimmy Garoppolo 49ers 2.0 with NFL Columnist for The Guardian, Melissa JacobsThe San Francisco 49ers have lost Trey Lance for the season, so it's Jimmy Garoppolo time in Santa Clara, again. NFL Columnist for The Guardian, and 49ers fan, Melissa Jacobs joins The Tracy Sandler Show to talk being heartbroken for Lance, expectations for Garoppolo, and where the 49ers go from here.
2022-09-2036 min
Everything's Relative with Eve SturgesMelissa: You Are Being Credentialed For SOMETHING; the story of Peer Support at Donor Conceived Community
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2022-06-101h 25
The Covert Narcissism PodcastRemoving Trauma from the BodyMidweek special episode!!
Dr. Melissa Kalt, M.D. specializes in removing the trauma of narcissistic abuse from the body. She brings so much insight to the topic, and I thoroughly enjoyed interviewing her for our audience. This interview is extremely informative and helpful. To further pursue work with her, visit here.
Dr. Melissa is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin – triple-board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Lipidology. She was voted to the US Best Doctors™ list by her peers year over year 2009-2018. While single parenting five children, Dr Melissa was promoted from staf...
2022-01-0622 minCracked Interviews [Tennis Podcast]Melissa Schaub (NCAA): Ohio State University Women's Tennis HCAs part of our preview of the 2022 College Tennis season, Ohio State Women’s Tennis HC Melissa Schaub joins the show to preview her team’s 2022 season. Coach Schaub reflects on her team’s 2021 results, discusses the strengths of her team’s roster entering the new year, offers her thoughts on some of the biggest discussions happening in college tennis, and so much more!!Don’t forget to give a 5 star review with your twitter/instagram handle for a chance to win some FREE CR gear!!This episode brought to you by:
2021-12-0859 min
Chemistry For Your LifeFall Mini 03 - How chemistry revolutionized baking (For Melissa)#118
Are you an avid baker? Melissa's baking discovery may be as revolutionary for you as it was for her.
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2021-10-2113 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast208. Looks Like It's Good To Volunteer - The Missing Persons Cases Of Dane Elkins, John Stivers And Ron BrownOver the course of these first three-and-a-half seasons of this podcast, Melissa has been presented with a wide array of missing persons cases from Tip-Sters from around the world. Melissa has followed up, done her research, and presented many of them as episodes. The inspiration for “Just The Tip-Sters” itself was inspired by Melissa’s deep devotion to solving the 2017 disappearance of Will Cierzan – an ongoing mission that could be culminating soon with the trial of Will’s nephew Daniel. But hovering over every such case are questions – about the nature of the case itself – and how to actually help when help is...
2021-09-071h 00
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast207. Looks Like A Murderous Conundrum - Paul Kordenbrock, Sirhan Sirhan And The Puzzle Of Sentencing ReformIn this episode Melissa tackles the complex moral, ethical and practical aspects of sentencing reform – in particular the parole of those who have committed heinous murders – and the answers aren’t easy to come by. The focus begins with the murder of three innocent workers in Northern Kentucky in January 1980, when then 24 year-old Paul Kordenbrock and his accomplice Michael Kruse entered a Western Auto store in the town of Florence, stole a cache of firearms, then Kordenbrock shot Stanley Allen and store owner William Thompson in their heads while they laid on the floor. Allen died and Allen survived. Just 15 hou...
2021-08-3148 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast205. Looks Like Facts Over Rumors - Randy Sellers Update With Special Guest Concerned Citizen "Jeremy"This episode brings the first of what will be two updates on the ever-growingly infamous Randy Sellers case out of Kenton County Kentucky. It was at the County Fair in 1980 when 17 year-old Randy Sellers, after some rowdy behavior, was ostensibly driven home by Kenton County Police, who claimed they dropped Sellers off close to his home – only to have him go missing…forever. Melissa and the podcast have developed a keen interest in this case , and Melissa’s saga with the case, involving everything from misinformation, a possibly corrupt police agency and even a phone call with the FBI. If you hav...
2021-08-171h 17
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast204. Looks Like Melissa Witt Has A Champion - With Special Guest LaDonna HumphreyOn the morning of December 1, 1994, Melissa Witt (her friends and family called her “Missy”) had a small tiff with her mom over money. The 19 year-old college student, who was studying to become a dental hygienist at a local college, was out of cash, and she wouldn’t get paid at her part-time job until the next day. When she asked her mom for a loan, mom – in a lesson to her daughter about money management – told her no. And young Missy was not happy. She left to start her day in a huff. When Missy got home later in the day, she fou...
2021-08-101h 18
Film Festival RadioBest-selling Author Melissa De La Cruz & Atty for Tiger King Brad SmallGUESTS: Best-selling author Melissa de la Cruz is the #1 New York Times, #1 Publisher’s Weekly and #1 IndieBound bestselling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for readers of all ages. Many of her more than fifty books have also topped USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times bestseller lists. Melissa chats about her new book HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES: THE ROAD TR
Joe Exotic, star of Netflix's blockbuster hit show TIGER KING, is currently having an NFT auction of celebrity collectibles from the hit show. Joe is currently in prison in Fort Worth, but he...
2021-07-0251 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast194. Looks Like Ten Years Is Too Long - Stephenson Murders Update With Special Guest Det. Coy CoxTen years is a long time no matter how you look at it. But for the Stephenson family of Northern Kentucky, ten years is just simply too long. Because that’s how long it’s been since their family patriarch and matriarch Bill and Peggy Stephenson were murdered – brutally – in their Florence Kentucky townhome on Memorial Day weekend in 2011. And the devoted minister and his wife – both beloved members of the community known for their kindness and generosity – were killed in a most unusual – evil way. The killer (or killers) murdered the Stephensons late at night – and took their time. They not only...
2021-06-0158 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast188. Looks Like It's Good To Be Kind - Vaccines, Nasty Notes And The Unkind Murders Of Gail Moody And Lori ArrowoodThis time around we have what a 1980s television marketing whiz would call a “Very Special Episode” of the podcast. And that’s because what is normally the intro is actually half the show – and there’s an important reason why. It’s because Melissa has had some things she’s been wanting to say for a while about kindness – being nice – and those things came to the fore this past week in the form of vaccine side effects and a particularly icky email she received from a clearly unhappy person. So in addition to the usual than-yous (and a dynamite discussio...
2021-04-2051 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast183. Looks Like Murder By The Side Of The Road - Finding Justice For Veronica Estrada - With Special Guest Ken LewisThis week we focus on a murder from December 1993 that occurred literally less than a five-minute drive from the Homestead Studios – although long before Melissa and Producer Mark moved there. The victim was a beautiful and accomplished 29 year-old martial arts instructor and black belt named Veronica Estrada, who left the studio where she was an instructor and, having had an argument with her boyfriend, decided to walk home instead of having him pick her up. The next morning, after no one had heard from Veronica, the owner of the studio, Ken Lewis, and another instructor at the studio named Stuart...
2021-03-161h 18
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast181. MURDERTIZER - Looks Like An Unassuming Interview - Melissa Chats With Dave KimballHey Tip-Sters! Surprise!!! We have a special between-regular-episodes MURDERTIZER (an appetizer of murder)! Last week Melissa appeared as a guest on a terrific podcast – the Don’t Assume Podcast hosted by Dave Kimball – a truly interesting and interesting guy who hosts people from all over the country from a wide array of professions and backgrounds and challenges his listeners to not assume they know what they think they know about those backgrounds and professions. Naturally, who better for Dave to discuss true crime podcasts with than our own Melissa? Enjoy this wonderful chat where you’ll have a chance to hear Melissa...
2021-03-0448 min
Bleav in SoftballMelissa Inouye - OhanaJenna is joined by Fordham Head Coach, 2019 Atlantic 10 champion and Coach of the Year, and UNLV alum, Melissa Inouye! They talk about the ins and outs of running a Division I softball program - her coaching philosophy, recruiting tips and insight, supporting players’ mental health and well-being, the importance of alumni, plus the must-knows about her home state of Hawaii.
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2021-02-181h 00
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast178. Looks Like Unrelated But The Same - Louise Paciarello And The Ladies Of BrownsvilleSometimes when researching a case, Melissa discovers threads that lead her in multiple directions. Every once in a while one of those threads leads to a clue in the case she’s investigating. But other times, they lead to cases clearly unrelated – but eerily similar – to the matter at hand. This week’s episode brings together two such cases. The cold case Melissa started researching involves the mysterious – actually downright strange – 2007 death of 78 year-old Louise Paciarello, a retired nurse’s aide who was a beloved neighbor and friend in her Yonkers, New York building and surrounding neighborhood. Tiny, frail and lovely, Louise by...
2021-02-1644 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast175. Looks Like A Puzzle Waiting For Its Missing Piece - The Otha Young Jr. Mystery - With Special Guest Virginia BradenOn October 10 1996, a 65 year-old retired eyeglass maker named Otha Young, Jr., who had been admitted to a hospital in his hometown of Louisville Kentucky for a medical episode related to his Alzheimer’s - against the advice of the attending physicians and staff – checked himself out of the hospital, got in his car and headed north on Interstate 75. Along the way he was stopped by law enforcement and issued a traffic citation, and because he was driving without a license, the car was left on the side of the road and Young checked in to a Best Western hotel near t...
2021-01-261h 19
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast172. SPECIAL: Smells Like An Incognito InterviewAs a between-season special, we thought we’d pass along this delightful interview with Melissa from last week when she visited the YouTube Live channel for The Incognito Society and its host, Elizabeth. In the interview, Melissa shares a lot about herself, her podcast, the relationship between podcasts and law enforcement, as well as a number of cases, including the vexing Delphi Murders out of Indiana, where Elizabeth and her channel are based, and upon which The Incognito Society and its followers focus much of their time searching for clues. We want to thank Elizabeth for allowing us to share...
2021-01-051h 18
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast171. Smells Like 18 Years Is Too Long To Wait - The Wideman Family MurdersMelissa wraps up Season 3 of the podcast with the tale of an horrific “family annihilator” mass murder from 2002 and the mysterious 18 year delay it took to bring a suspect to justice...mysterious because, right from the very beginning, all signs pointed – with big bright shiny, glowing arrows – to Jason Michael Walker, who was finally arrested on December 2, 2020 after nearly two decades following the murders in question. And those murders were as grotesque and incomprehensible as they come. On March 22, 2002, at approximately 3 a.m. local time, authorities were called to a burning house in the tiny town of Rebecca, Georgia. Inside the ru...
2020-12-2952 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast170. Smells Like Flim Flam Namaste - Buddhafield And The Attraction Of CultsOn this special episode, Melissa explores the phenomenon of outlier religious or alternative followings – otherwise known as cults. At the center of this fascinating discussion, Melissa focuses on the still-operating community known as Buddhafield – currently situated in Hawaii. The cult is the subject of the 2016 documentary “Holy Hell,” which was made by former cult member Will Allen, with footage taken mostly from his years as the Buddahfield’s official documentarian. Started in the 1980s by an out-of-work actor named Jaime Gomez (who soon thereafter changed his name to “Michel, Andreas, The Teacher or Reyji”) as a sort of hybrid of Eastern and Weste...
2020-12-221h 02
AthleticsCast with Wayne CoyMelissa LockardThe Athletic's Melissa Lockard joins Ben to discuss the A's top prospects and which ones could have the biggest impact next season.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-12-0133 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast166. Smells Like Crystal Rogers And Will Cierzan UpdatesThis Thanksgiving week Melissa updates a couple of unsolved missing person cases – one we’ve not yet covered but which has been covered extensively and one we’ve covered extensively and almost no one else has…and as with all unsolved cases, it’s a mixed bag. The first update has to do with the 2015 disappearance of Crystal Rogers, the then 35 year-old mother of five from Bardstown Kentucky who went missing during the Independence Day holiday. The last person to see Crystal was her live-in boyfriend, Brooks Houck, who claims that Crystal was playing video games on her phone when he went t...
2020-11-2455 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast165. Smells Like An Exorcism Of Logic - Paul Bateson, Addison Verrill And The Six UnknownsYou wanna hear a really creepy ghost story? Well…actually…a really creepy satanic possession story…or something? Try this on for size: Guy gets really good at his job. So good that he’s given a cameo doing his job in one of the biggest horror movies of the century. A movie whose set became legendary for weird accidents, injuries, fires – even deaths! – during its making…and a few years later, same guy gets arrested for knocking his gay hook-up over the head with a frying pan and then stabbing him to death…and to top it off, same guy seems to be...
2020-11-1754 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast161. Smells Like Multiple Updates - Tanqueray And Scott PetersonThis week’s episode updates two podcasts from the first season of JTT – Episode 16, which focused on the weird death of Vicki Morgan, who had been a sort of paid mistress to Alfred Bloomingdale and (sometimes) his high powered friends – and Episode 19, which told the tale of Grade A Asshole Scott Peterson – who may or may not have murdered his wife Laci and the couple’s unborn son back in 2002. The Vicki Morgan case took a fascinating turn over the course of this year when photographer, writer and blogger Brandon Stanton began filling the pages of his Humans of New York blo...
2020-10-2043 min
RIP DietsHey Mister, That's My Sister with Melissa LubinThis week I sat down with my sister Melissa! We talked about what it was like growing up in the same household with two very different body types but still wrestling with the same message about food and weight. We also talk about body image during pregnancy and post-pregnancy! I learned so much from my sister that I didn't know. We compared notes on our childhood, and I learned that there are so many pregnancy myths, but pregnancy cravings ARE REAL!Follow Emily @lubinationEmail Emily at ripdiets@gmail.com...
2020-10-0950 min
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2020-10-0241 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast156. Smells Like 1881 In 1981 - Ken Rex McElroy And The Vengeance Of A Small TownIf you’ve never experienced small town life, it’ll be almost impossible to comprehend the now-infamous tale of tiny Skidmore Missouri and the day nearly forty years ago that forever changed it. That day – July 10, 1981 – was the day 47 year-old Ken Rex McElroy was gunned down in cold blood, in a hail of gunfire, in broad daylight while sitting in his truck alongside his wife, on Skidmore’s Main Street, with several dozen of its citizens surrounding the truck. And yet, almost four decades after the fact, not a soul has admitted to seeing what happened. How does this happen? How doe...
2020-09-221h 01
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast153. Smells Like A Possible Serial Victim - The 1978 Long Beach John DoeIt’s the big Tuesday after the Big Thursday of last week, when our gal got her first taste of TV fame in her home town of Cincinnati – and it’s time to get back to the business at hand with a brand new episode...In June of 1978 the body of a young man – aged 15 to 19 years old – was discovered face down on a back street/alley/parking lot in Long Beach, California. He was well dressed. His body appeared to be healthy – there were no drugs found in his system. There were no signs of sexual assault. He had been strangle...
2020-09-0149 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast151. Smells Like The Truth Is Out There - Randy Sellers Update40 years ago this past weekend, on August 16, 1980, 17 year-old Randy Sellers went to the Kenton County, Kentucky Fair to meet with friends and hang out. Sometime during the evening, he had too much to drink, got into a fight, took a swing at one of the policemen who responded to the scene and was eventually taken away in a squad car. He has not been seen or heard from since. In early 2019, on Episode 69 of Just The Tip-Sters, Melissa interviewed the detective then assigned to the case. Then earlier this year on Episode 121, Melissa revealed the wild series of events that...
2020-08-1845 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast150. Smells Like A Warning Sign - Animal Cruelty, John Thompson And The Krystal Scott Case57 years ago psychiatrist J.M. Macdonald wrote a paper published in The American Journal of Psychiatry entitled "The Threat to Kill," in which he proposed that there is a link between three childhood behaviors - persistent bed-wetting past the age of 5, an obsession with fire and fire-starting, and cruelty to animals - and violent behavior, most notably homicidal and sexually predatory behavior. This formula for criminal behavior has come to be known as The Macdonald Triad, and while the theory is still debated by criminologists and criminal psychologists to this day, statistics over time have tended to bear out it...
2020-08-1141 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast149. MURDERTIZER - Smells Like Progress - Will Cierzan UpdateOne of the very reasons this podcast got started nearly three years ago was that Melissa became involved with her local community in searching for a man who seemingly disappeared into thin air back in 2017. As far as Linda Cierzan knew, her husband, Will Cierzan was at home making dinner on the evening of January 26, 2017. But when she entered the house upon returning from work, a chicken was sitting out of the oven, Will’s personal belongings (including his wallet and keys) were out in the open and Will was nowhere to be found. Melissa covered this case in Episodes...
2020-08-0926 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast148. Smells Like Rotten Excusers And True Crime AbusersOn this episode Melissa gets real about a couple of true crime-related issues - one about those delightful folks who use (far too) easy racism as a way to excuse or further their awful or simply stupid deeds - and the other involving the very nature of the True Crime genre itself. We start off with a silly story from a detective contact Melissa converses with from time to time - involving a car, a gun, an alleged carjacking, a bullet hole in a...er...um...very personal part of the male anatomy - and a "victim" who isn't r...
2020-08-041h 03
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast147. Smells Like A Gruesome Puzzle - The Stephenson Murders - With Special Guest Detective Coy CoxJust across the Ohio River and a few miles south of downtown Cincinnati lies the quiet suburban community of Florence, Kentucky. It was there, in an average condominium on a quiet residential street in the community of Oakbrook, on Memorial Day weekend, when Bill and Peggy Stephenson were brutally murdered in the early morning hours of May 29, 2011. And they were murdered for reasons - and by people - no one has yet been able to determine. Unsolved murders are, unfortunately, not a rarity - but it isn't often that an unsolved case is simultaneously so disturbing and so puzzling as...
2020-07-281h 11
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast146. Smells Like Adventure In Grand Theft Auto - With Special Guest Vic FerrariSometimes the life of a cop can be filled with danger and even terror. Sometimes with grief none but those wearing Blue can even begin to comprehend. But a police officer's day is also filled with a never-ending parade of examples of the weirdness and wonder of the human species - and oftentimes those examples can be amazing in their complexity and/or rife with outrageous (and sometimes gruesome) hilarity. So goes the second career of retired 20-year NYPD veteran Vic Ferrari, who has spent his post-police life writing books about his life in law enforcement - such tomes as...
2020-07-2150 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast145. Smells Like Mass Murder Times Two - The Limb Collector (Baton Rouge Serial Killers - Part Four)In this episode, the last of a four-part series on what came to be known as the "Baton Rouge Serial Killers," we meet Sean Vincent Gillis - the "other" of the two evil men who rained terror upon women in South Louisiana in the late 90s and early 2000s. The "original" killer, whom Melissa dubbed "The Key Collector" (because of his penchant for keeping victims' keychains as souvenirs) was Derrick Todd Lee, whose murders, arrest, conviction and death while awaiting execution were chronicled in the first three parts of the series. Gillis was arrested for the rape, murder and mu...
2020-07-1400 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast141. MURDERTIZER - Smells Like A Mid-June RoundupSometimes there's just too much to talk about at the top of a podcast without getting in the way of the episode's main subject matter. And so far this June, there are three separate cases that Melissa would have mentioned at the top of JUST THE TIP-STERS if they had happened at different times - but they all converged at once! All three are cases that Melissa isn't planning on doing an episode on - not just yet anyway - two of them are new and one of them is a well-known existing case with stirring new developments. So ins...
2020-06-2148 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast136. Smells Like A Flat Out Cover-Up - The Non-Suicide Of LaVena JohnsonIn one of the most rage-inducing cases she's covered so far, Melissa investigates the outrageous circumstances surrounding the official suicide of U.S. Army PFC LaVena Johnson while stationed at the Balad Air Base in Iraq in July 2005, just eight days shy of here 20th birthday. And we put the emphasis on "official" because the "official" position of the Army is...well..."suspect" is the kindest word we can think of. It took LaVena's family a lot of time, effort and connections to even see photos of the scene where the military insists the beautiful native Missourian set her ha...
2020-05-1956 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast128. Smells Like More Than Just The Dogs Got Rescued - With Special Guest Jon GrobmanHere's a major change of pace to bring a little springtime to your soul in this weird winter of our discontent - a stirring story of human redemption through the beauty of giving to, and caring for, other living beings - which, in turn, redeems and restores the lives of humans who find in themselves in the most dire of circumstances. Jon Grobman, in his own estimation, was not a good person in 2005 when he was sentenced to six separate 25 years-to-life terms plus 40 years in prison (that's a total of 190 years-to-life if you're counting), all for repeat non-violent offenses. Face...
2020-03-2456 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast126. Smells Like Sending Barbara Ann Home - With Special Guest Todd MatthewsYou may recall, dear Tip-Ster, way back in Episode 8, when Melissa recalled the tragic-yet-amazing story of "Tent Girl," a young woman whose body was found wrapped in a canvas designed to wrap circus tents, on the side of a road near Georgetown Kentucky in May 1968. Tent Girl's story is remarkable for two reasons. The first remarkable fact is that after a couple of years of trying everything that could be tried to learn Tent Girl's identity to no avail, the tiny town of Georgetown essentially adopted her as its own - even paying for her burial and a stunningly bea...
2020-03-101h 01
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast124. Smells Like Injustice In Fort Collins - The Peggy Hettrick Murder - With Special Guest Scott HowardIn the cold early morning hours of February 11, 1987, 37 year-old Peggy Hettrick left the Prime Minister nightclub in Fort Collins, Colorado, heading across the street to an open field, toward her ex-boyfriend's apartment on the other side of the field, where she hoped to get some shelter until she could get back into her own apartment, for which she had lost her key. As the sun rose a few hours later, a passing bicycle rider saw what looked to be almost a posed mannequin lying in the field - but when he noticed blood running into the street, he called t...
2020-02-2554 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast123. Smells Like The U.S. Marshals Got Peter ChadwickMelissa was lucky enough to be in beautiful Laguna Beach, California a couple of weeks ago,when a longtime friend of the show - "Detective Joe," a law enforcement officer who spent some serious time on loan to the U.S. Marshals, was able to drop by for a chat. And what a chat it is! You see,Detective Joe was attached to the U.S. Marshals unit that tracked down and finally caught suspected serial killer (and the world's lousiest alibi storyteller) Peter Chadwick,who spent nearly five years on the run after skipping bail in 2015. The Chadwick cas...
2020-02-181h 16
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast121. Smells Like B.S. In The Hog Pen - Randy Sellers, Melissa And The FBIIn 2019 Melissa covered the 1980 missing person case of 17 year-old Randy Sellers, who disappeared after attending the Kenton County (Kentucky) Fair, becoming drunk and disorderly and after taking a swing at one of the Sheriff's Deputies sent to deal with him. He was last seen in the company of four officers, who claimed to have dropped him off a mile from his home so he could avoid getting in trouble with his parents. Uh huh. Well. Let's just say that Randy Sellers never made it home. Or anywhere else. Since the original "Just The Tip-Sters" episode on this case, Melissa had th...
2020-02-0449 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast120. Smells Like Six Minutes And Gone - The Will Cierzan Case Three Years LaterThis is the case that inspired Melissa to start this very podcast. As she has since the first January of "Just The Tip-Sters," Melissa recaps and updates the "shouldn't-be-a" cold case of Will Cierzan, a regular guy living a simple life with the love of his life in the Southern California suburb of Santa Clarita - whose wife came home from work one early evening in January 2017 to find dinner sitting on the counter, Will's wallet and keys out in the open - and her husband - gone. Disappeared. Seemingly without a trace. Over the next days and months, as h...
2020-01-281h 02
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast110. Sounds Like Fighting Fear - Saugus High School And Simon Kenton High SchoolIn the aftermath of the horrific shooting deaths of two innocent high school students on November 14, 2019 - and the suicide of the shooter - in our home town of Santa Clarita, Melissa examines the facts known to date about this tragic incident and celebrates the hero first responders who ran toward the sound of gunshots. And in a moving dialogue on the causes and lifelong effects of such an event on the young people at the school that day, Melissa reminisces about a tragedy that happened 39 years ago when she was a Junior at Simon Kenton High School in N...
2019-11-1956 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast109. Sounds Like A Tough Way To Break Out Of Jail - The Multiple Lives Of Benjamin SchreiberWhen you kill someone and you're sentenced to prison "for the rest of your natural life," without the possibility of parole, you're done. Finished. Kaput. No more freedom for you, ever. Right? Right. Except. What does the "your natural life" mean, exactly? Especially when we live in an age where technology can actually revive someone who has literally died for a few seconds? And how does that phrase apply in the ostensibly cold, harsh light of legal interpretation? Enter one Benjamin Schreiber, a nasty fellow who was convicted of a brutal murder and was sentenced to spend the rest of his lif...
2019-11-1236 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast107. Sounds Like Anybody Coulda Dunnit - The Dumler-Wilson Murders - With Special Guest Detective Kellyanne BestOctober 1969. Nighttime in a quiet, leafy upscale suburban neighborhood in one of Cincinnati's toniest conclaves. A young couple with two young children, and the wife's mother, all presumably asleep inside. Except when the kids wake up the next morning and go to the neighbors to say they can't rouse mom and dad, what the neighbors find is simply horrific: The stabbed and shot bodies of Martin Dumler, age 29, his wife Patricia, age 27 and Patricia's 50 year-old mother, Mary Wilson. Looks like the young couple may have been tortured - but impossible to be sure. Looks like Mary just happened to be in...
2019-10-291h 08
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast103. Sounds Like A Real Pussycat - Lawrence Tierney Followup With Special Guest Cynthia HawkinsBack a few episodes ago (JTT Episode 98 to be precise) Melissa covered the puzzling 1963 murder of young Hollywood actress Karyn Kupcinet. Karyn's killer has never been identified, but her demise was surrounded in a shroud of weirdness, including a tie to the JFK assassination and a possible link to a tough guy matinee idol named Lawrence Tierney, who, Melissa was once told by a colleague of Tierney's, coulda just mighta well y'know maybe sorta was involved in the Kupcinet case...Fast forward to a few weeks later, when Melissa got a call from her friend - writer and witness C...
2019-10-0152 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast100. Sounds Like Tragedy On The Interstate - The Carrollton Bus CrashIt's the 100th episode of "Just The Tip-Sters" - and Melissa marks the occasion with a tragic story from her home state of Kentucky - in honor of those who perished and in celebration of the positive strides, both culturally and in the law, that sprang forth after that terrible day. On May 14, 1988, a converted school bus carrying 63 (mostly) young teenagers and four adults (including the bus driver) left the Assembly of God church in Radcliff, Kentucky to spend the day at the King's Island amusement park in Ohio. That night, on the way home, just south of the tow...
2019-09-101h 02
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast95. MURDERTIZER - Sounds Like Extradition - Peter Chadwick UpdateHere's a quick between-regular-episodes MURDERTIZER to abate your appetite for All Melissa, All the Time - and it's got some BIG NEWS - Peter Chadwick, the millionaire (alleged) wife killer who told cops one of the stupidest "my spouse was murdered" stories ever (allegedly) concocted and then, once arrested, got out on bail and (allegedly) skipped the country for four years - has finally been found in southeastern Mexico and extradited earlier this week. Join Melissa as she revels in the capture of a truly (allegedly) awful dude, work herself into a righteous froth remembering how the Newport Beach p...
2019-08-1034 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast94. MURDER NERD UNIVERSITY - Sounds Like Toxicology Saved Brigida McInvale - With Special Guest Dr. Jeff LapointSURVIVOR MONTH on Just The Tip-Sters begins with our first edition of MURDER NERD UNIVERSITY - where Melissa focuses on the sciences and practices and interesting people - both in the past and in modern-day criminology - that contribute to the art of criminal justice. In late 2017 Brigida Uto (who later changed her surname back to maiden name McInvale for reasons that will become obvious) got very sick for no apparent reason. The young special needs teacher, who by all accounts had a happy life and rewarding career, a naval officer husband and a young child - was suddenly se...
2019-08-061h 12
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast91. Savannah Spurlock Update - Sounds Like "You're Under Arrest"Back at Season 2, Episode 28 Melissa covered the missing person case of Savannah Spurlock, a young single mother who lived near Lexington, Kentucky and who disappeared after leaving a bar with two men in January of 2019. Her family's quick response to her disappearance and steadfastness in making sure law enforcement stayed relentless in finding out what happened has been nothing short of phenomenal. In this update of the case, Melissa reports on the recent discovery of remains and clothing in the back yard of one of the men Savannah left with the night she vanished, his arrest, and some puzzling q...
2019-07-1644 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast87. Sounds Like Light Shattering Darkness - Jennifer Ertman, Elizabeth Pena And The Quest For JusticeRecently a Tip-Ster from Boston - "Tip-Ster Jennifer" - brought a case to Melissa's attention that she had not been aware of - the 1993 murders in Houston Texas of 14 year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16 year-old Elizabeth Pena. The facts of the case are among the most gruesome and disturbing Melissa has ever encountered - but more than the horror of the crimes themselves were two compelling side-stories...one is that Tip-Ster Jennifer was a friend of Jennifer Ertman at the time she was murdered...and the other is the awe-inspiring story of Jennifer Ertman's dad, Randy who, along with his w...
2019-06-181h 16
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast85. Sounds Like The Cops Don't Trust Us - The Closed (Minded) Search For Peter ChadwickBy all appearances, Peter Chadwick is a pretty rotten human. A millionaire British ex-pat living in an exclusive Southern California enclave with his wife and three sons, he suddenly disappears, along with his bride, one day in October 2012. Early the next morning 911 operators some 100 miles away in San Diego get a call from Chadwick, who claims his wife had been killed the previous day, and that he'd been...well...kidnapped...or something...by the killers. Let's just say the police didn't buy any of it, and just a few days later when his wife's body was found (under astounding cir...
2019-06-0456 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast83. MURDERTIZER - Sounds Like San Joaquin Strangeness - Satwant And The Abandoned Big RigIn this special Memorial Day Weekend MURDERTIZER (an appetizer of murder!), Melissa takes a look at a case not even a month old. One that is seemingly solved...or is it? On May 15, 2019 sheriff's deputies in Merced County (in California's San Joaquin Valley) were alerted to a big rig parked on the side of a major Interstate highway. Unlocked. With its motor running. With the driver's wallet and cell phone inside. Strange? Yes. But wait. The driver's body was found several days later in a canal two miles downstream from where the truck was found. Okay, that's NOT necessarily strange. ...
2019-05-2631 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast82. Sounds Like 39 Years Of Frustration - The Tynong North And Frankston MurdersThis week, in a tip-of-the-cap to her growing band of Tip-Sters in Australia, Melissa focuses on one of the most agonizingly maddening murder mysteries our brethren Down Under still have no answers for - the 1980-1981 killings of six women in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. Known simply as the Tynong North and Frankston Murders (based on the two locations where the bodies of the victims were found and the general areas in which they lived), the six slayings were originally treated as two separate serial killer matters. Six women - aged as young as 14 and as elderly as 75 - t...
2019-05-211h 00
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast78. Sounds Like One Year Later: A Golden State Killer Update - And More!How about an update on the prosecution of one of our most fascinating topics - the Golden State Killer? One year after the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, Melissa has the latest on the (possibly politically-motivated) legal strategies happening in this continually mind-bending saga. Plus: It's been a crazy week at Tip-Ster Central, with updates on three (3) (count 'em!) additional previously-covered cases hopping over the transom just in time for this week's episode --- such as the latest on the incredible (s)hero and DNA sleuth Barbara Rae-Venter...the search to find what happened to Kentucky high schooler Randy Se...
2019-04-2357 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast75, MURDERTIZER - Sounds Like One Unlucky Leprechaun - David Cotton's Fatal MisadventureA rare MURDERTIZER (an appetizer of murder) in our regular weekly time slot - but as this week's podcast reveals, Melissa and Producer Mark have a lot on their plate - but Melissa wanted to make sure you, dear listener, had a zesty treat until the next full episode. And this one is straight out of the "it's so strange it MUST be true" department... in 2010 a bank robbery took place in Gallatin Tennessee that featured one David Christopher Cotton in the role of Armed Robber...with...a twist. Suffice it to say that while this tale does not en...
2019-04-0229 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast73. Sounds Like A Madman's Gang of Killers - The Savage Murders Of Clarence Ray AllenWhat kind of a sick monster would be so crass as to commit a burglary that he really didn't need to commit, then set out to murder anyone who not only betrayed him by telling on him, but also taking out anyone he THOUGHT MIGHT betray him...and recruiting others to do it for you? Our boy Clarence Ray Allen, that's who. Take a walk to the darkest side of Darkness Avenue with Melissa as she recounts the untold savagery and unexpurgated evil perpetrated by Allen and his dippy cohorts. And while she's at it, Melissa will also demonstrate how...
2019-03-1950 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast69. Sounds Like Randy Sellers Hasn't Been Forgotten - With Special Guest Detective Brian JonesWhen Kentucky teenager Randy Lee Sellers got into a drunken brawl at the Kenton County Fair in 1980, the police who arrived decided not to arrest the young man, and instead put him in their patrol car to take him home. And that's the last time his friends or his loved ones ever saw or heard of him again. The patrol officers stated that Sellers asked to be dropped off prior to getting to his house, and that they obliged. For the past 38-plus years the mystery of his disappearance has remained headline news in Kenton County, with theories of his...
2019-02-261h 02
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast67. MURDERTIZER - Sounds Like Developments Are Developin'Melissa's first MURDERTIZER (an appetizer of murder!) of 2019 catches us up on some important developments in the Will Cierzan and Thomas Brown cases. PLUS a preview of an upcoming interview with one of the world's top DNA experts - AND a report on Melissa's personal taste test on that Trader Joe's garlic dip she's heard so much about from Tip-Ster Charlotte. Oh and so very much more! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2019-02-1735 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast64. Sounds Like Will Is Still Missing: The Continuing Search For William CierzanThe very case that first inspired Melissa to host her own podcast - the case of the 2017 disappearance in Santa Clarita, California of Will Cierzan, beloved husband, brother and friend of just about everyone he met. On the two-year anniversary of his vanishing, Melissa takes another look, determined to keep the case alive until Will is found. The facts of Cierzan's disappearance (he has not been located to this day) are frustrating, angering - and above all, sad. In this episode Melissa catches up on the developments of the case in the past 12 months, the maddening slowness of the inv...
2019-01-2947 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast62. Sounds Like A PWOK In Feelingsville - With Special Guests Lorraine Schweikhard and Ginger WarrenIt takes a lot for Melissa to go wild over a podcast - there are plenty she LIKES but only a handful that turn her into a true fan. The "Big Feelings" Podcast with Lorraine Schweikhard and Ginger Warren shares that rare air. And for good reason - Lorraine and Ginger are hilarious, engaging, thought provoking and a true joy to listen to. Half chat-fest between two moms raising young children in the suburbs; half a unique exploration into the darker edges of true crime, "Big Feelings" is truly quirky and genuinely genuine - which is why Melissa fell in...
2019-01-151h 12
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast61. Sounds Like The Sky Is Falling - The Lost Souls Of JFK JuniorSeason 2 opens with a case that's haunted Melissa for 2 decades - the untimely deaths of John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette and Carolyn's sister Lauren. Amid the obvious story lines of the Kennedy family's tragic history, its place in U.S. culture as the closest thing to an American royal family - and the sadness surrounding the demise of the young 38 year-old John-John, his bride and sister-in-law, Melissa asks a question buried deep beneath the facts of the case to ask a harrowing question: Could JFK, Jr. have been a high-achieving, undiagnosed psychopath? Hosted by...
2019-01-0859 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast60. Tastes Like A Mother's Frustration - Finding Cody TurnerIn the Season One Finale of JUST THE TIP-STERS, Melissa is joined on the phone by Michelle Kramer Joe - whose son - Cody Turner - disappeared without a trace in July 2015 after going out for the night and never returning to his grandparents' home in Yakima, Washington. Michelle has spent the last three years struggling to keep Cody's name in the forefront of police and the press, both of which she believes have never given their full attention to the case due to the stigma attached to Cody's drug and alcohol abuse. As Melissa points out in her di...
2018-12-1841 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast56. The Grim Sleeper Part 3 - Tastes Like A Killer Cheese PizzaIn her third and final installment on Los Angeles' most prolific serial killer, Lonnie Franklin, Jr. - aka The Grim Sleeper, Melissa examines the details of the botched search for the killer over the decades, the Los Angeles Police Department's eventual recognition of the importance of catching him - and Franklin's arrest and conviction. Most compelling is Melissa's retelling of the victim impact statements during sentencing, and the brilliant work of LAPD detectives, who paved the road to Franklin's demise through his taste buds - and a piece of partially eaten cheese pizza. Hosted by Simplecast, a...
2018-11-2739 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast55. The Grim Sleeper Part 2 - Tastes Like More Than A Cat NapIt's the second installment of Melissa's recounting of the awful life and times of Lonnie Franklin, Jr. - the infamous "Grim Sleeper" killer who terrorized South Central Los Angeles for three decades before finally being brought to justice. During those years Franklin, raped, tortured and murdered at least nine young women and killed one lone male victim - for reasons that are still only speculation. Join Melissa as she recounts the harrowing - absolutely terrifying - stories of two women who survived Franklin's assaults, and look into the abyss of the real possibility - the likelihood? - that the Gr...
2018-11-2047 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast54. The Grim Sleeper Part 1 - Tastes Like A Monster Hidden In Plain SightLonnie Franklin, Jr. was everybody's friend. Gregarious. Friendly to a fault/. Had good jobs, first at the City Sanitation Department and then as a mechanic for the LAPD. Lovely house on a corner lot. Lovely and devoted wife. Two kids. Kinda guy that would give you the shirt off his back - or perform sometimes complex repairs to your car for just 20 bucks. The epitome of a great neighbor. Problem is, Lonnie Franklin, Jr. had a side gig that wasn't so friendly. Turns out he was also one of the most prolific serial killers in the annals of crime. And he was...
2018-11-1247 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast53. Tastes Like Dead North - With Special Guests Laura Frizzo and Jeremy OgdenMelissa is joined via telephone by one of the most fascinating crime-fighting duos ever to bring really bad guys to justice! Except this bad "guy" was actually a female, but just as - or even more - evil than your average serial killer. Kelly Cochran was more than just a "black widow" - she is suspected of knocking off at least 10 men, including her last husband, Jason - whom she had enlisted in helping murder the man she was cheating on Jason with - Chris Regan. Cochran was finally brought to justice by the cunning, determination and sheer will of...
2018-11-051h 10
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast42. Tastes Like That Time We Got In The Middle Of A Murder Investigation - The Tragic And Clumsy Homicide Of Pamela Fayed...so then...there was that time when Melissa and Producer Mark were sitting down to dinner...and then...the phone rang...and then... - And what a night it was, when Producer Mark's job called him down to the scene of a murder in a building owned by the company he works for. And guess who tagged along? If you guessed Melissa, you get a gold "Just The Tip-Ster" star! From that first harrowing night at the scene to the police investigation to the prosecution of the perpetrators, Melissa takes us deep into the brutal and horrifying death of Pam...
2018-08-281h 02
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast39. MURDERTIZER - GSK Update And Tip-Sters Two CentsA zesty MURDERTIZER wherein Melissa discusses the recent Oxygen Network documentary "Golden State Killer: Main Suspect," which features many new insights and interviews with friends and colleagues of accused GSK Joseph James D'Angelo. PLUS Melissa reveals breaking news regarding two new cases from 1974 and 1975 that send a strong hint that the Golden State Killer's murderous ways started long before anyone suspected - until now. AND Melissa checks in with listener comments and emails in another edition of TIP-STER TWO CENTS. More murder, mystery and mail than anyone deserves in a single podcast! Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...
2018-08-1051 min
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast33. Tastes Like Homicide Pie And A Bad Movie - The Murder Of Adrienne ShellyIn a delicious mix of serious storytelling, film reviewing and humor, Melissa cuts loose on bad screenwriting AND awful murder as she looks at the life, career and death of writer/director/producer/actor Adrienne Shelly - who was murdered in her New York City office apartment in 2006, just when things were just starting to hit the bigtime for her. Her indy film "Waitress" had just been named to debut at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival when she was killed, and the film has gone on since to become somewhat iconic - it's even become a Broadway musical. But...re...
2018-07-1041 min