Record Crimes

Did you ask for an unexpected special episode? I think you did!! Justine Lemaire is our special guest this week, hailing from Paris to bring us the peak of French music drama and just... french in general. She talks about Bertrand Contat and the scandals surrounding his personal life in the early 2000s and 2010s. There’s no better time to bring back the concept of public shame th

One last spooky solo story to make you wish you didn’t press play, or quite possibly the best haunted tale you have yet to hear!! Clarisse brings the last of our Halloween stories this year with a doozy: the most haunted music venue in America... Bobby Mackey’s. There is no shortage of crime history and paranormal activity here-- including, quite possibly, some of the scariest

All aboard the SSS Lyssa this week (spooky solo story DUH) and batten down the hatches for another series of cursed songs within the realm of classical music-- which is the most terrifying as we all know! JK, but not really-- these three pieces haunted their composers as well as those that surrounded the production and performances of each one, there are even some speculations of r

We miss the people we were before we shared this story on the air and maybe you will too. Clarisse’s Spooky Solo Story this week is nothing short of conspiracy, fraud, murder, medical torture devices, explosions, and haunted venues-- specifically the Roseland Theatre in Portland, Oregon and its familiarity with the crime world. Nothing good has ever come out of a story with a “

It’s officially BER SEASON, spiky plants and tumbleweeds and all! But mostly, we are here celebrating October in the best way we know how to-- scary song stories to haunt your nightmares! Sorry, that was a little intense but not as bad as Alyssa’s solo story this week: the murder of Elyse Pahler. The thrash metal band, Slayer, is brought into this mix exactly how you might thin

It’s September... which means it’s the perfect time to officially start the spooky season! Clarisse brings the history behind Metallica’s 1996 song, “Ronnie,” and how it inspired murder in a small town. But don’t worry, your favorite rock band isn’t ruined just yet, even though you might want to crawl back into a hole after this. Do you smell the fall leaves in the ai

She said, he said, we said it’s time for episode 61!! Alyssa is taking on a solo episode to talk about the mysterious and slightly cold case murder of Chalino Sánchez, the Godfather of Narcocorridos. This one is a bit of a spooky story to get y’all warmed up for the upcoming fall season, and if this doesn’t get those gears going our recent music news updates might...

Another episode milestone calls for an incredible punk rock icon feature! For our 60th episode, Clarisse brings the story of punk vocalist, Laura Jane Grace, whose adolescent years were no stranger to police brutality and prejudice. Follow along for a frustrating, exciting, and uplifting timeline of events that have shaped this vocalist’s life and positive impact on the punk move

This week Alyssa tackles a solo episode about The Mommas and The Papas member, John Phillips. All the leaves are brown and the skies... are gray and it’s ALL because of this man. This episode has a lot of complicated twists and turns and even Oprah can’t eloquently handle a story like this. We promise the happy ending is worth waiting for, leave it up to the ladies to turn some

It’s Leo season and it’s about time we had a Leo talking about another Leo doing some pretty Leo things… like egging your ex’s house or playing the saxophone—DUH. Clarisse takes on the story of King Curtis and his woodwind legacy cut short by his unexpected and tragic murder. August is turning up our AC so it’s only fair we bring the heat this episode!