Best James Elyse Patrick Podcasts (2025)

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609 // The Mysterious Death of Megan Piper Trussell - Part 3 - Rebecca & Isabella 45:17

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Rebecca and Isabella about their cousin Megan Trussell. And about the movie they're working on in memory of Megan. Megan went missing after leaving her college dorm on February 9th, 2025 after an argument with her roommate. She was reported missing a few days later and…

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419: Serial Killer Pee Wee Gaskins w/ Dick Harpootlian 1:08:10

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Among the many murder cases handled by South Carolina attorney Dick Harpootlian, one continues to stand apart: the prosecution of Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins. A serial killer and sexual predator, Gaskins claimed to have taken more than 100 lives and is known to have murdered over a dozen people, including a young child and his own teenage niece. He ki…

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Cavalia w/ Hillary Anne Matthews and Ahsohn Williams 38:41

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have you seen this horse opera? :02 - Student Doctor 12:55 - Larry King's Cavalia 23:53 - Drinking A Team 31:02 - Deathbed Deuce Bigelow Hear the rest of the episode at patreon.com/mandog! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠ManDog on ⁠⁠YouTube!⁠⁠⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠ Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠Big Grande⁠⁠ on Youtube! Eat Pray Dunk and Hey Randy on CBB Wo…

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KILLING TIME WITH JOHN WAYNE GACY-Karen Conti 1:04:39

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John Wayne Gacy raped, tortured, and murdered 33 boys and young men, burying most of them in the crawlspace under his Chicago home. Karen Conti was in high school at the time watching the bodies being removed on the television news. Fourteen years pass. Through a twist of fate, Conti, now a young and inexperienced attorney, is called upon to handle…

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762 The History of the Sonnet 55:36

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“A sonnet,” said the poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “is a moment’s monument.” But who invented the sonnet? Who brought it to prominence? How has it changed over the years? And why does this form continue to be so compelling? In this episode of the History of Literature, we take a brief look at one of literature's most enduring forms, from its inventi…

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608 // Understanding The Sinister w/ Joshua Zeman 55:16

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, the great true-crime documentarian and journalist, Joshua Zeman. Joshua is responsible for Cropsey, Killer Legends, The Killing Season, Murder Mountain, Sons of Sam, Checkpoint Zoo, just to name a few. He also is behind the podcast Sini…

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761 The Story of the Nativity (with Stephen Mitchell) | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (#4 Greatest Book of All Time) 1:17:45

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Stephen Mitchell has translated or adapted some of the world's most beautiful and spiritually rich texts, including The Gospel According to Jesus, The Book of Job, Gilgamesh, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and The Way of Forgiveness. In his la…

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607 // Being Richard Speck w/ Tobias Jelinek 52:06

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, the great actor Tobias Jelinek. Tobias began his career as the teenage bully in the hit film, Hocus Pocus but his recent performance as mass murderer Richard Speck has allowed him to truly showcase his talents. Watch Tobias in Monster: …

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Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) Part 1 Encore with Russell Barkley 1:40:25

6d ago1:40:25

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Focus. Productivity. Relationships. Distraction. Neurodiversity. How do you know if you have ADHD? How can you get others to understand your ADHD brain? What are your treatment options and how can they help? In this encore of our wildly popular Part 1 episode, we talk racing thoughts, brilliant brains and the causes and effects of Attention-Deficit…

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Fun Outie w/ Anna Bezahler and Stephanie Burchinow 44:13

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Anna Bezahler and Stephanie Burchinow are here to talk Far Side, Dax, Botox and who knows what else.4:45 - AMC Preshow17:34 - Reunion36:43 - Therapist Botox Subscribe at patreon.com/mandog to hear the rest of the episode!Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠ManDog on ⁠⁠YouTube!⁠⁠⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠ Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠Big Grande⁠⁠ on Youtube! Eat P…

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DARK TIDE: Growing Up With Ted Bundy 1:30:31

8d ago1:30:31

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Edna's world turned upside down when her close cousin, Ted Bundy, was linked to the gruesome murders that had plagued her hometown of Seattle. Both devastating and dangerous, she reveals her journey of discovering the truth about her cousin who was more like a sibling, a man she loved, admired, and thought she knew so well. Edna delves into the unb…

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606 // Survivor & Advocate Kathy Picard & Fmr Prosecutor Roger Canaff - Live PIFTM Fundraiser - Part 2 50:15

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In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna host a live fundraiser for the non-profit ⁠⁠Private Investigations For the Missing⁠⁠. In part two we speak with survivor, author, and advocate Kathy Picard and Roger Canaff - former special prosecutor, author, and nationally recognized advocate for victims of violence against…

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760 Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, and Ebeneezer Scrooge 1:13:57

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In this holiday-themed episode, a sentimental Jacke takes a look at Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843), and the creation of Ebeneezer Scrooge. A version of this episode first aired in December 2020. That episode has not been available in our archives for several years. Join Jacke on a trip through literary England! Join Jacke and fellow lite…

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605 // A Break in Lonene Rogers' Case & Bruce Maitland - Live PIFTM Fundraiser - Part 1 58:47

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna host a live fundraiser for the non-profit ⁠Private Investigations For the Missing⁠. In part one we speak with PIFTM's founder Bruce Maitland, then we're joined by Alison Duiker and former Pennsylvania Jeff Walters to speak about the disappearance of Alison's mom Lonene Rogers fro…

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604 // The Mysterious Death of Megan Piper Trussell - Part 2 1:09:53

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In this episode, ⁠Crawlspace Media⁠'s Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Vanessa Diaz and Joseph Trussell about the mysterious death of their daughter, Megan Trussell. Megan went missing after leaving her college dorm on February 9th, 2025 after an argument with her roommate. She was reported missing a few days later and was found decease…

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759 The Godfather (with Karen Spence) | My Last Book with Elyse Graham 1:04:39

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Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece The Godfather routinely tops lists of the greatest films ever made - and when it doesn't, it's often because its sequel, The Godfather II, has replaced it. In this episode, Jacke talks to author Karen Spence about her new book, The Companion Guide to the Godfather Trilogy: Betrayal, Loyalty, and Family. PLUS Elyse…

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Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) with Tahneal Hawke 1:09:28

13d ago1:09:28

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Duck bills. Beaver tails. Underground lairs. Eggs. Milk. Venom? A platypus has it all. Scholar, conservationist, and Ornithorhynchologist Dr. Tahneal Hawke is here to run through the baffling anatomy and answer all of our WHAT’S THE DEAL, WHAT EVEN *ARE* THEY questions, and chat about field work, evolution, how to spot a platypus, why you can’t hav…

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418: The Black Dahlia & the Prairie Heiress Murders: One Killer? w/ Eli Frankel 1:30:19

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In January 1947, the bisected body of Elizabeth Short, completely drained of blood, was discovered in an undeveloped lot in Los Angeles. Its gruesome mutilations led to a firestorm of publicity, city-wide panic, and an unprecedented number of investigative paths led by the LAPD—all dead ends. The Black Dahlia murder remained an unsolved mystery for…

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603 // The Mysterious Death of Megan Piper Trussell - Part 1 50:12

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Vanessa Diaz and Joseph Trussell about the mysterious death of their daughter, Megan Trussell. Megan went missing after leaving her college dorm on February 9th, 2025 after an argument with her roommate. She was reported missing a few days later and was found deceased …

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Bonus Episode: Nutritional Microbiology (GUT HEALTH & DIET) with Miguel Freitas and Elaine Hsiao 48:21

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The microbiome is back! In 2018, we chatted with Dr. Elaine Hsiao - a UCLA microbiome researcher– and learned all about the hot cauldron of your guts. In this 2025 update bonus, we chat again with Dr. Hsiao to get updates on the last 7 years of her research. We also stop by White Plains, New York to hang out with Dr. Miguel Freitas, lead nutritiona…

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Poilet w/ Laney Serface and James Werner 43:40

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10:45 - Aristotle Quote 18:35 - Poop Solution 27:34 - House Meeting 39:18 - Cup Stacking Coach Subscribe at patreon.com/mandog for the full episode! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠ManDog on ⁠YouTube!⁠⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠⁠! ⁠ Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠Big Grande⁠⁠ on Youtube! - https://www.youtube.com/@biggrandevids Eat Pray Dunk and Hey Randy on CBB World…

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DIG ME A GRAVE— Dick Harpootlian 58:41

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The definitive true “Southern Gothic” account of the life, crimes, conviction, and execution of Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins, the charismatic, brutal, well-liked, remorseless South Carolina serial killer who was dubbed the Charles Manson of the South—written by the prosecutor who brought him to justice. Of the hundreds of murder cases that noted South …

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758 Jane Austen in 41 Objects (with Kathryn Sutherland) | 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (#5 Greatest Book of All Time) 57:21

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How well can we know someone through the objects they encountered? In this episode, Jacke talks to Kathryn Sutherland, Senior Research fellow at St. Anne's College, Oxford, about her new book Jane Austen in 41 Objects, which examines the objects Jane Austen encountered during her life alongside newer memorabilia inspired by the life she lived. PLUS…

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MoNo Encore: The Murder of Frank Richardson w/ Kimberly Tilley 1:14:29

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Original Publication Date: 4/3/22 On Christmas Eve, 1900, 44-year-old dry goods store owner Frank Richardson was shot to death in his Savannah, Missouri home. Suspects included his wife Addie, his teenage lover Goldie Whitehead, and the man whom he suspected his wife of having an affair with, Stewart Fife. Kimberly Tilley makes her third visit to t…

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602 // Carla Walker Murder Solved & More Stories From America's Crime Lab w/ Elin Lantz Lesser 59:09

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In this episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Elin Lantz Lesser about her new podcast, America's Crime Lab. We speak about the murder of Carla Walker from Fort Worth, Texas and how Othram Labs stepped in with advanced DNA and genetic genealogy technology to help solve the case. This episode was originally publishe…

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417: The Shipwreck of the Mignonette w/ Adam Cohen 58:06

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On May 19, 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from England on what should have been an uneventful voyage. When their vessel sank in the Atlantic, Captain Thomas Dudley and his crew found themselves adrift in a tiny lifeboat. As days turned to weeks, they faced an unthinkable choice: starve to death or resort to cannibalism. Their decision to sacri…

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757 George Orwell's 1984 (#6 Greatest Book of All Time) 1:07:22

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In 1949, American critic Lionel Trilling, writing in the New Yorker, was quick to recognize the achievement of George Orwell's new novel. "[P]rofound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating," he said. 1984 "confirms its author in the special, honorable place he holds in our intellectual life." And while the Cold War and the book's primary satirical tar…

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Astrobromatology (SPACE FOOD) with Maggie Coblentz 1:11:05

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Dehydrated eggs. Airborne tortillas. Pouches of chicken. Tang. Work up an appetite for space food with artist, designer and Astrobromatologist, Maggie Coblentz. She shares how the intersection of design and science led her skyward, doing experiments on zero G flights, and shipping miso into space. We also talk Martian gardening, stinky roommates, b…

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601 // Missing Paige Renkoski w/ Nina Innsted of Already Gone 55:26

20d ago55:26

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In this episode, ⁠Crawlspace Media⁠'s Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna discuss the mysterious disappearance of Paige Renkoski from Fowlerville, Michigan on May 24th, 1990 with Nina Innsted of ⁠Already Gone⁠. This episode was previously published on Missing on October 6th, 2025. If you have any information on the disappearance of Paige Renksoki ple…

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Rabbi Wrangler w/ Jake Jabbour and Shakira Paye 37:09

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We're here with the hilarious Jake Jabbour and Shakira Paye! Things get silly. :02 - Out of Gas 13:35 - Guided Meditation for Men 28:54 - Carpool Zen Subscribe at patreon.com/mandog for the full episode! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠ManDog on YouTube!⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠⁠! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠Big Grande⁠⁠ on Youtube! - https://www.youtube.com/@bigg…

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EMPIRE CITY UNDER SIEGE—Craig McGuire 59:56

22d ago59:56

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Empire City Under Siege shares true stories of an FBI Special Agent spanning three tumultuous decades in New York City, beginning in the gritty 1970s when law enforcement refused to let their city be consumed by corruption and violence. Starting as an undercover operative investigating Mafia hijackers in Red Hook, Anthony John Nelson offers a gripp…

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756 Newly Discovered Stories by Virginia Woolf (with Urmila Seshagiri) | My Last Book with Jake Poller 58:07

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Did you think we already knew everything there was to know about Virginia Woolf? Think again! In this episode, Jacke talks to scholar and editor Urmila Seshagiri about The Life of Violet: Three Early Stories, which presents three interconnected comic stories chronicling the adventures of a giantess named Violet, which Woolf wrote in 1907, eight yea…

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600 // The Murders of Elizabeth Short & Leila Welsh - Live w/ Eli Frankel 1:19:02

23d ago1:19:02

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In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by author Eli Frankel to discuss his new book, "Sisters In Death: The Black Dahlia, The Prairie Heiress, and Their Killer." This is a groundbreaking account of the gruesome 1941 murder of Leila Welsh and the equally horrific 1947 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠murder of Elizabeth Short. Eli believes the murde…

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755 The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear (with Nan Z. Da) | My Last Book with Iris Jamahl Dunkle 42:51

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At the start of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based on his daughters’ professions of love, but he portions it out before hearing all of their answers. For Nan Da, a professor of English literature who emigrated from China to the United States as a child in the 1990s, this startling opening scene sparked a re…

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416: Nazi Germany’s Bungled Operation Condor w/ Gavin Whitehead 57:52

27d ago57:52

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In 1942, two Abwehr German agents, including Johannes Eppler, slipped into Cairo to gather intelligence for Rommel’s desert campaign, getting help from local allies like the famous dancer Hekmet Fahmy and Anwar Sadat. Despite their efforts to infiltrate British circles, the whole operation eventually fell apart once Allied intelligence caught on. M…

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Pteridology (FERNS) with Fay-Wei Li 1:03:33

27d ago1:03:33

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Fronds. Forest dwellers. Spores. Houseplants. Queer icons. We’ve got ferns. The charming and hilarious professor and author of “Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants,” Dr. Fay-Wei Li, tells me all about fern evolution, what ferns not to have in your house, the most expensive ferns, the tastiest ferns, mathematical mysteries,…

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599 // The Rise of The Slasher Film w/ Dr. Adam Jortner 58:34

27d ago58:34

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this new episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, Dr. Adam Jortner. Adam is the Goodwin-Philpott Professor of History at Auburn University and has contributed his expertise in a series for Audible called The Great Courses. Dr. Jortner speaks about the rise of 80s slasher movies and the…

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Can-can Queefer w/ Angela Giarratana and Patrick McDonald 44:16

24d ago44:16

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Angela Giarratana and Patrick McDonald are here to get silly.2:57 - Heckling Date11:58 - Hair Metal Band22:58 - Pediatrician Talk36:28 - BJ's Brew HouseSubscribe at patreon.com/mandog for the full episode!Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠ManDog on YouTube!⁠ - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNW0sgvxgiENf8OKGjNmoZg Check out ⁠⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠⁠! - https://bi…

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SISTERS IN DEATH—Who Killed The Black Dahlia?—Eli Frankel 1:29:47

29d ago1:29:47

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Who killed the Black Dahlia? In this eye-opening shocker, award-winning producer, true-crime researcher, and Hollywood insider Eli Frankel finally solves the greatest-and most gruesome-murder mystery of the twentieth century just before its 80th anniversary. In January 1947, the bisected body of Elizabeth Short, completely drained of blood, was dis…

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754 Christopher Marlowe (with Stephen Greenblatt) | My Last Book with Eric White 55:43

29d ago55:43

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Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was born into relative obscurity and died in mysterious circumstances at the age of 29. And yet, somehow this ambitious cobbler's son brought about a spectacular explosion of English literature, language, and culture. In this episode, Jacke talks to Stephen Greenblatt about his book Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Ti…