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This episode falls on March 2026. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
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Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Politically motivated crimes. Mike talks about the Geopolitics of Grievance and the differences between Canada and the USA’s approach.
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ICCT: Buffalo Attack Analysis Manifesto
CTC Sentinel: The Buffalo Attack: The Cumulative Momentum of Far-Right Terror
CBC News: Court hears 911 call, Quebec City mosque shooter asks if people are injured
CityNews: Quick quotes about the sentence given to Alexandre Bissonnette
Wikipedia: Quebec City Mosque Shooting
The Guardian: Canada mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette
Wikipedia: Diagolon
CBC News: Jeremy Mackenzie, leader of the controversial Diagolon movement, arrested
Wikipedia: Pat King (activist)
UMKC School of Law: The Timothy McVeigh Trial
ICCT: Payton Gendron Manifesto Quotes
NY AG Report: Buffalo Shooting Online Platforms Report
Middlebury Institute: The Buffalo Terrorist Attack
CTC Sentinel: The Buffalo Attack: The Cumulative Momentum of Far-Right Terror
Public Order Emergency Commission: Role of Intelligence
House of Commons: SECU Committee Evidence
FBI: Testimony of Christopher Wray
US Gov Info: Hearing on Domestic Terrorism
Washington & Lee Law Review: First Amendment Analysis
House of Commons Hansard: Emergency Debate
Wikipedia: Quebec City Mosque Shooting
Global News: Diagolon Explainer
Esprit de Corps: On Target
Global News: Diagolon Explainer
Wikipedia: Diagolon
TandF Online: Diagolon and the Freedom Convoy
NAWL: Protesters Need to Understand Canada’s Charter
EBSCO: Earth Liberation Front Resorts Arson
ACC Research: Diagolon and Militant Accelerationism
The Guardian: Marie Mason Speaks from Jail
Jury Verdict Alert: Pat King Forklift Case
Senate of Canada: Senator Marshall Intervention
CAHN: Diagolon Report
NRC: ELF Arson Mistake
The Guardian: Police admit officer’s role in mass release of mink
The Guardian: Mink rampage is worldwide
Penn State Libraries: The Buffalo Terrorist Attack
Giffords: Complaint against Gendron Parents
NTUA: Word Frequency Analysis
GitLab: Word Frequency
Singju Post: Matt Bissonnette Transcript
Criminology Journal: ELF Vail Ski Resort Arson
Reddit: Mink Release Ecological Disaster
UK Parliament: Eradication of Mink
Wikipedia: Timeline of ALF Actions
The Physiologist: ALF Lobster Release
The Guardian: Lobster Boiling is Murder
CBC News: Bissonnette Sentencing
YouTube: Alexandre Bissonnette Interrogation
ACC Research: Diagolon Gun or Rope
PBS: Oklahoma City Not New Revolution
CAHN: Jeremy MacKenzie Testimony
GovInfo: The Compound Era of US Counterterrorism
Supreme Court: Journal 1952
CBC News: Tamara Lich Bail Hearing
Wikipedia: Ram Ranch
Wikipedia: Canada Convoy Protest
Reddit: Ram Ranch Resistance
The Guardian: Alek Minassian Interview
Global News: Toronto Van Attack Suspect Motive
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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Unfiltered Gaffe series from Brew Crime. If you’re looking for polite, carefully curated, down-the-middle commentary, you have definitely clicked on the wrong episode.
In this debut episode, host J.T. skips the pleasantries, throws the script out the window, and lets it all loose. Join us for a no-holds-barred, breathless rant on the absolute state of current affairs. From the week's biggest political blunders to the societal nonsense we're all pretending is normal, J.T. is saying the quiet parts out loud.
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Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Politically motivated crimes. JT brings us the stories of the attempted assassinations of Adolf Hitler. While the world would have been better off if these had succeeded they would still be crimes in Germany.
Sources
Alex Autographs. (n.d.). Benito Mussolini telegram to Hitler referencing the July 20 plot.(https://www.alexautographs.com/auction-lot/benito-mussolini-telegram-to-hitler-referencing-t_B364A45822)
Amazing Facts. (n.d.). Saved by a bomb. https://www.amazingfacts.org/study/daily-devotional/saved-by-a-bomb/
Beaches of Normandy. (n.d.). The carpenter who almost killed Hitler.(https://www.beachesofnormandy.com/articles/The_carpenter_who_almost_killed_Hitler/?id=d286030953)
BBC News. (2018, June 15). Army sergeant Emile Cilliers jailed for trying to kill wife by tampering with her parachute. https://news.sky.com/story/army-sergeant-emile-cilliers-jailed-for-trying-to-kill-wife-by-tampering-with-her-parachute-11405648
Code Names. (n.d.). Operation Funke. https://codenames.info/operation/funke/
Engelsberg Ideas. (n.d.). The other plot to kill Hitler. https://engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-other-plot-to-kill-hitler/
Executed Today. (2008, July 21). 1944: Claus von Stauffenberg, July 20 plot to kill Hitler. https://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/21/1944-claus-von-stauffenberg-july-20-plot-to-kill-hitler/
Executed Today. (2011, February 3). 1945: Not Fabian von Schlabrendorff, saved by a bomb. https://www.executedtoday.com/2011/02/03/1945-not-fabian-von-schlabrendorff-saved-by-a-bomb/
German Resistance Memorial Center. (n.d.). Fabian von Schlabrendorff. https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index-of-persons/biographie/view-bio/fabian-von-schlabrendorff/?no_cache=1
German Resistance Memorial Center. (n.d.). Georg Elser and the assassination attempt of November 8, 1939. https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/topics/7-georg-elser-and-the-assassination-attempt-of-november-8-1939
History.com. (n.d.). Assassination plot against Hitler fails. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-20/assassination-plot-against-hitler-fails
History Collection. (n.d.). Today in history: Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler (1943). https://historycollection.com/today-history-wehrmacht-officer-rudolf-von-gersdorff-attempts-assassinate-adolf-hitler-1943/
History News Network. (n.d.). Why didn’t anyone kill Hitler? https://www.hnn.us/article/why-didnt-anyone-kill-hitler
Jewish Virtual Library. (n.d.). Rudolph Christoph von Gersdorff. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/rudolph-christoph-von-gersdorff
Library of Congress. (n.d.). Views of 1944-1945 court proceedings of the Volksgerichtshof [People’s court] https://www.loc.gov/item/2005686273/
MacIndoe, A. (2014). The failed assassination of Hitler. University of Mary Washington. https://scholar.umw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=student_research
Museum of Technology. (n.d.). WWII SOE Time Pencils. http://www.museumoftechnology.org.uk/objects/_expand.php?key=830
The Drinks Business. (2019, October). Strange tales: Hitler and the Cointreau bomb plot. https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/10/strange-tales-hitler-and-the-cointreau-bomb-plot/
The Guardian. (1944, July 21). From the archive: Hitler survives assassination attempt. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1944/jul/21/fromthearchive
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Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Torture. Mike tells you about the Chicago Police Tortures from the 1970's to the 1990's.
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● American Civil Liberties Union. (n.d.). Chicago paves the way for reparations for police sadism.
● Burge Reparations Information Center. (n.d.). Timeline of Events. Chicago Torture Justice Memorials.
● Center for Constitutional Rights. (n.d.). Chicago Police Torture Justice Memorials.
● Chicago Reporter. (2024). Settlement tsunami: Chicago spending more than double city budget on police misconduct settlements.
● Government Publishing Office. (2009). Hearing: Torture and Accountability.
● Invisible Institute. (n.d.). The Chicago Police Torture Archive.
● Justice Department. (2011). Former Chicago Police Officer Jon Burge sentenced for lying about police torture.
● Mogul, J. (2016). A four-decade struggle: Police torture on Chicago’s Southside. Loyola University Chicago Law Journal.
● Mogul, J. (2015). Chicago paves the way for reparations for police sadism. American Civil Liberties Union.
● Tribune. (2011). Jon Burge sentenced to 4 1/2 years in federal prison.
● Wollman, D. (2024). The Chicago Police Torture Archive: Historical Context. Invisible Institute.
● WTTW News. (2025). City council committee to consider $35.2M to settle 4 police misconduct cases.
● WTTW News. (2015). Reparations package for Burge victims.
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Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Torture. JT tells you about Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
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American Civil Liberties Union. (n.d.). Torture Photos.
Britannica. (n.d.). Abu Ghraib prison.
Carl Levin Center. (n.d.). Torture investigation.
Center for Constitutional Rights. (n.d.). Al Shimari, et al. v. CACI.
Department of Defense. (2004). US Army 15-6 Report of Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq (Taguba Report).
History.com Editors. (2022). Abu Ghraib graphic photos of abuse, torture released in Iraq.
Human Rights Watch. (2004). The Central Intelligence Agency: “Ghost Detainees” and “Disappearances.”
Human Rights Watch. (2004). The Road to Abu Ghraib.
Human Rights Watch. (2006). The Numbers: Findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project.
Human Rights Watch. (2024). US Jury Awards $42 Million to 3 Iraqis Abused at Abu Ghraib Prison.
International Committee of the Red Cross. (n.d.). United States: Taguba Report.
Justice Department, Office of Legal Counsel. (2006). Re: Application of the War Crimes Act, the Detainee Treatment Act, and Common Article 3...
Military Times. (2025). Appeal starts for US military contractor held responsible for torture.
National Security Archive. (n.d.). The “Torture Memos”: Rationalizing the Unthinkable.
Parameters. (n.d.). Leadership, Supervision, and the Rule of Law in Detainee Operations.
The Guardian. (2008). US army throws out conviction of only officer court martialled in Abu Ghraib scandal.
TIME Magazine. (2005). The Abu Ghraib Cases: Not Yet Over.
U.S. Government Publishing Office. (2009). Hearing: Torture and Accountability.
Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). Abu Ghraib prison.
Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse.
Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). CBS broadcasts photos of abused and tortured prisoners.
Wollman, D. (2024). Abu Ghraib Verdict: Iraqi Torture Survivors Win Landmark Case...
World History Project. (n.d.). ICTJ Research Brief – November 2008.
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Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode falls on February 2026. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT travel to the English countryside of Suffolk to explore Roos Hall, a 16th-century Tudor manor and reputedly one of England's most haunted houses. Mike details the sinister history, including the house's past as a site for public executions where a gibbet once stood. Crucially, Mike introduces the spectacular, recurring Christmas Eve haunting: a phantom coach pulled by headless horses and driven by a headless horseman, who arrives at the front door only for a beautiful, ghostly woman to step out before the whole procession vanishes. JT critiques the sheer cinematic drama of the Headless Horseman's holiday arrival, analyzes the extreme consequences of looking into the spectral woman's eyes, and questions the efficiency of a headless driver on Christmas.
Sources
● Burials & Beyond. (2019,
December 21). The Bramshill House Bride,
or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved from https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/
● Hypnogoria. (n.d.). Door 21 - The Many Hauntings of Roos Hall.
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of the Headless Horseman. Retrieved from https://moonmausoleum.com/the-christmas-haunting-of-roos-hall-of-the-headless-horseman/
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● US Ghost Adventures. (n.d.). The Headless Horseman of Roos Hall.
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at one of Suffolk's most haunted houses. Retrieved from https://www.eadt.co.uk/lifestyle/21328565.weird-suffolk-christmas-ghost-one-suffolks-haunted-houses/
● Wikipedia. (n.d.). Bramshill House. Retrieved October 14,
2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramshill_House
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into "America's Most Haunted Hotel," the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mike details the hotel's notorious mid-life crisis when it was taken over by the charismatic but fraudulent "Dr." Norman Baker, who ran it as an experimental cancer hospital in the late 1930s. Mike covers the discovery of hundreds of bottles containing Baker's "cure-all" potions and, grotesquely, human tissue. Crucially, Mike includes the festive, yet chilling, ghost story of the Grand Christmas Tree that was inexplicably moved across the dining room during the holiday season. JT critiques Baker's fashion sense (a white linen suit and purple shirt), breaks down the sheer terror of a hospital using the basement kitchen as a morgue, and analyzes the spirits left behind, from the falling stonemason Michael to the ever-helpful cancer patient Theodora.
Sources
● Historic Hotels of America.
(n.d.). Ghost Stories - 1886 Crescent
Hotel & Spa. Retrieved from https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php
● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2021,
September 29). Ghostly Happenings at the
Crescent Hotel. Retrieved from https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/ghostly-happenings-at-the-crescent-hotel/
● US Ghost Adventures. (2022,
January 14). The Crescent Hotel
'America's Most Haunted Hotel'. Retrieved from https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-crescent-hotel-americas-most-haunted-hotel/
● Travel Eureka Springs. (n.d.). America's Most Haunted Hotel - Nightly Ghost
Tours. Retrieved from https://www.traveleurekasprings.com/crescent-hotel-ghost-stories/
● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2023,
August 4). Haunted Hotel History.
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● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). Haunted Hotel. Retrieved from https://crescent-hotel.com/things-to-do/ghosts/
● Smithsonian Magazine. (2018,
October 27). The Charlatan of the Ozarks
Still Looms Over the Haunted Crescent Hotel. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/
● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). America's Most Haunted Hotel - Crescent
Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Retrieved from https://www.americasmosthauntedhotel.com/
● YouTube. (2022, October 31). The truly haunted history of the Crescent
Hotel in Eureka Springs, explored. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuEOBTpRiE
● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (n.d.). Americas Most Haunted Hotel Archives.
Retrieved from https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/tag/americas-most-haunted-hotel/
● Crescent Hotel & Spa. (2024,
February 15). The Baker Hospital – A
Patient's Story. Retrieved from https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/uncovering-the-past/
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into Bramshill House in Hampshire, England, reputedly one of the country's most haunted stately homes with over 14 specters. Mike details the house's magnificent Jacobean history, its famous owners (including a Lord Zouche and an
exiled King of Romania), and the legendary ghost: The Mistletoe Bride (or White Lady). Mike covers the tragic tale of the bride who hid in an antique chest during a game of hide-and-seek, only to be found 50 years later as a skeleton in a wedding dress. JT dissects the bride's baffling choice of hiding spot, questions the sheer audacity of being haunted by a 'Green Man' and a 1920s tennis ghost, and reflects on the eternal trauma of a love story ruined by a faulty spring-loaded lid.
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● Burials & Beyond. (2019,
December 21). The Bramshill House Bride,
or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough. Retrieved from https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/
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31). The Bridal Chest of Bramshill, or, A
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This episode will end our 2025 Podcast year! Listen to todays news, once monthly. New episodes back in February. Happy New Year!
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture to
Iceland to confront the most terrifying holiday figure—one who isn't interested in coal or spanking, but in your wardrobe: the Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn). Mike details the cat's monstrous size ("bigger than a house"), its association as the pet of the man-eating troll Grýla, and the bizarre rule that dictates its victim: anyone who does not receive new clothes before Christmas Eve. JT critiques the sheer absurdity of the cat’s mission as "holiday fashion police," breaks down the underlying economic anxiety of wool-processing, and praises the cat's commitment to high-stakes sartorial enforcement. It’s an episode about horror, high fashion, and the constant fear of wearing last year's socks.
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Yule Cat Takes Fashion Policing to the Extreme. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/each-christmas-icelands-yule-cat-takes-fashion-policing-extreme-180961420/
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture into the folklore of southwestern Germany and the American tradition of the Pennsylvania Dutch to meet Belsnickel. Mike details Belsnickel's unique role as a pre-Christmas judge who travels alone, dressed in ragged furs, wielding both
a switch and pockets full of treats. Mike also covers the elaborate "Belsnickling" rituals and the character's eventual decline. JT hilariously critiques the sheer psychological terror of the Belsnickel's moral test (especially the "candy scramble"), questions why a figure of moral accountability looks like a runaway woodsman, and analyzes the extreme chaos of a holiday tradition based entirely on the fear of a gentle swat.
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● Uncharted Lancaster. (2024,
December 6). The Belsnickel: A
Mischievous Spirit of Christmas Past. Retrieved from https://unchartedlancaster.com/2024/12/06/the-belsnickel-a-mischievous-spirit-of-christmas-past/
● VisitPAAmericana. (2019, December
18). What - or Who - is Belsnickel?.
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● Woot & Hammy. (n.d.). Krampus, Santa's Other Little Helper, and
Perchta, Christmas Terrors. Retrieved from https://wootandhammy.com/blogs/news/krampus-perchta-the-christmas-terrors
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Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Hate Crimes. Mike tells you about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Georgia legislature repeals Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law.
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the federal hate crimes trial for the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
● PBS NewsHour. (2022). Man who
chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for federal hate crime.
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the pursuit and killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture into the chilling, pre-Christian folklore of the Alpine regions to confront Perchta (or Frau Berchta), the dual-natured winter goddess. Mike details her terrifying role as the "Belly-Slitter," who roams the countryside during the Twelve Days of Christmas to enforce social and domestic order. Perchta's punishment for the lazy is grotesque: she cuts open their stomachs, removes their guts, and replaces them with straw and pebbles. JT critiques the sheer insanity of using organ-removal as a domestic punishment, questions the logistics of the
required traditional meal of fish and gruel, and analyzes the extreme measures the Catholic Church took to demonize a goddess who was just a little too focused on tidiness and spinning.
Source
● Morris, S. (2014, December 22). Perchta and the 12 Days of Christmas (Part
2). Stephen Morris, author. Retrieved from https://www.stephenmorrisauthor.com/perchta-12-days-christmas/
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2025, from https://perchta.tirol/myth.en.html
● Smithsonian Magazine. (2024,
February 28). Before the Yule Lads
Evolved Into Icelandic Versions of Santa Claus, They Terrorized Children Into
Following the Rules. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/before-the-yule-lads-evolved-into-icelandic-versions-santa-claus-they-terrorized-children-into-following-rules-180948162/
● VICE. (2018, December 20). Meet Christmas Goddess Perchta, a
Belly-Slitting, Half-Woman Demon. Retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en/article/perchta-christmas-goddess-demon-woman/
● Wikipedia. (n.d.). Perchta. Retrieved October 9, 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT take a deep dive into Scandinavian folklore to examine the Tomte (or Nisse), the diminutive, yet fiercely powerful, homestead spirit. Mike details the Tomte's essential job—protecting the farm and livestock—and his simple, non-negotiable
demand: a single bowl of porridge with butter. JT critiques the Tomte's
high-stakes payment contract, analyzes the absurdity of his extreme vengeance (which involves everything from killing livestock to crushing farmers over bad manners), and tracks his career evolution from a homicidal gnome to the modern, jolly Jultomten. It's a hilarious look at a traditional myth that proves the cost of a clean barn might just be your life.
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Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199580471.001.0001/acref-9780199580471-e-0498
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2025, from https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/arets-händelser/jul/tomten-i-folktron
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Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Hate Crimes. JT tells you about Dehumanization of Immigrant Children at the US Border.
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT take a festive, yet deeply unsettling, trip to Iceland to explore the folklore of the 13 Yule Lads (Jólasveinar). Mike details the Lads' evolution from child-eating trolls to modern gift-givers, and introduces their cannibalistic mother, Grýla, and the giant, garment-obsessed Yule Cat. JT dissects the sheer absurdity of their crimes—from Spoon Licking to Skyr Gobbling—and critiques the administrative chaos of having thirteen Santas. It's a hilarious look at a holiday tradition that proves sometimes, the best way to get children to behave is still a credible threat of a rotten potato.
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This episode falls on October 2025. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
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Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Active Shootings. Mike tells you about the École Polytechnique Massacre.
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Great podcast with awesome hosts! Love the range of topics they cover and their hilarious banter. Easily one of my fave shows!
the Del-Phi murders....it is the sheriff that is the guilty one.
I swear these only cases ever on this topic