Tag: true crime
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The Lady and the Dale (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Lady and the Dale: A three-wheeled car looks no less ridiculous than those three-wheel motorcycles. Quick synopsis: The story of Elizabeth Carmichael and her three-wheeled car, the Dale. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Liz Carmichael was born Jerry Dean Michael in 1927 in Indiana. Well, allegedly as she had…
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Sasquatch (Hulu)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Sasquatch: It’s hard to remember what happened when you are super high. Quick synopsis: A guy remembers hearing about a story of three men being murdered by a Sasquatch on a pot farm. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Northern California has a lot of crazy people. I mean crazy in…
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Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Empire of Pain: The Sacklers suck. Quick synopsis: The history of the Sackler family, who projected themselves as philanthropists to the world while their painkillers were sending thousands on the road to death. Reminder: they suck. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Medical schools (even the fancy ones) previously limited the…
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Murder Among the Mormons (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Murder Among the Mormons: If it seems too good to be true … Quick synopsis: A documentary about some major finds related to the Mormon Church which change what they know to be true. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Apparently you can test bombs in Utah, and no one will…
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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian Rubinstein
Book cover of Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
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Allen v. Farrow (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Allen v. Farrow: This is so gross. Quick synopsis: The story of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s relationship. Fun Fact Non-History People Should Know Will Like: Woody Allen hired people to follow the detectives investigating the child molestation charges against him. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Woody Allen films a movie…
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God’s Traitors by Jessie Childs
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for God’s Traitors: (Looks toward England. Raises middle finger.) Quick synopsis: Another story about how England is the devil. This time, it focuses on the Catholic Vaux family in Elizabethan England. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: There were places built into homes to hide clergy during the time of Catholic persecution.…
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Blood Royal by Eric Jager
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Blood Royal: I wonder how many less murders we would have if people kept it in their pants? Quick synopsis: The murder of the Duke of Orleans, Louis I, in 1407. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: This murder wasn’t very straightforward because a lot of people wanted to kill Louis.…
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Mystery on the Isle of Shoals by J. Dennis Robinson
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Mystery on the Isle of Shoals: It’s actually not a mystery who did it, but people like conspiracies. Quick synopsis: The murder of Karen and Anethe Christensen on the isolated Smuttynose Island in 1873. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Smuttynose Island got its name from sailors who felt the seaweed…