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Live, Laugh, Larceny
Live, Laugh, Larceny
Author: Amanda & Trevin
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Live, Laugh, Larceny is true crime for people who think most true crime is a little too murdery.
Every Wednesday, hosts Amanda Rose and Trevin Bartee share real stories of ridiculous, low-stakes crimes — from dumb criminals and pett revenge to absurd real-life chaos — told with dramatic seriousness and comedy-first energy.
No murders. Just bad decisions.
Take a break from the heavy and get petty.
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Holler, baller! The NFL season is back, and so is another football-themed episode of Live, Laugh, Larceny. This week, we try something new: one fewer story, but two extra crimes.
Trevin arrives late to recording after a nightmare scenario involving the Twin Peaks waitress assigned to his fantasy football draft. Meanwhile, Amanda's grandma has discovered the Live, Laugh, Larceny Instagram Reels and apparently believes her granddaughter is the cackling woman who hosts the show.
In Crime Articles, Amanda digs into a viral pizza scam where employees allegedly cut thin slices from the middle of pizzas for themselves before boxing up the rest for customers. Then we get into the bizarre world of Laura Owens, whose alleged fake pregnancies, love contracts, and elaborate scams are explored in the investigative podcast Love Trapped.
For the main story, Trevin tells the incredible tale of Luther Davis (with partner CJ Evins), a former Crimson Tide college football champion with his sights set on greatness. But when his friends start getting drafted into the NFL, his quest for millions takes a decidedly unconventional turn involving wigs, makeup, impersonation, and a scammer's mentality.
Killer Facts keeps us on the football field with a look at NFL players and bankruptcy, including how quickly professional football fortunes can disappear and the absurd financial stories of Vince Young, Mark Brunell, and Dan Marino.
And Amanda closes things out with the Midwest's loudest little freaks: cicadas. Learn why they make those deafening sounds, what they're doing while they're making them, and how their minds may be manipulated into making love.
It's football season. It's scam season. It's also wig season.
Take a break from the heavy and get petty.
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As Trevin takes the week off to remember Mabel, we are kicking it back to this gem about revenge, vandalism, and a lot of petty fun. Be back next week with a new story!
Blow out those birthday candles, pluck an eyelash, and toss a coin into the fountain. We're wishing for some sweet, petty revenge!
This week on Live, Laugh, Larceny, Trevin mourns the loss of his smartwatch, a device he painstakingly trained himself to use, while Amanda confronts a husband whose odor may qualify as a public health emergency. We explore the strangest hotel requests of the year, from bathtubs filled with Evian water to caviar hotdogs, and take a look at the world's most dangerous tightrope walks, featuring Karl Wallenda, Nik Wallenda, the Grand Canyon, and a volcano.
For the stories, Amanda presents another one of her Amanda's Unsolved Mysteries, investigating the bizarre history of the Boy with the Leaking Boot in Wallingford, Vermont, where years of vandalism and property damage leave a town wondering what exactly is going on.
Then Trevin heads to Chongqing, China, for the story of a woman who turned a Louis Vuitton shopping trip into an elaborate act of revenge. After feeling slighted by store employees, she paid for a luxury handbag entirely in cash, forcing the staff to count her money for two hours before changing her mind. It's Pretty Woman meets pettiness in Petty Woman.
Two stories. Zero arrests. Absolutely no shortage of drama.
Today's Stories:
Boy with the Leaking Boot
Petty Woman
Topics include: smartwatch etiquette, warranty returns, industrial water waste, washing in coffee grounds, bad smells, Hotels.com, unusual hotel requests, Evian water, bananas, caviar hotdogs, Karl Wallenda, Nik Wallenda, dangerous tightrope walks, the Grand Canyon, volcanoes, Wallingford Vermont, vandalism, making wishes, Louis Vuitton, Chongqing China, Starlight Place Shopping Centre, Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts, Rodeo Drive, Gucci, luxury shopping, and petty revenge.
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Get ready for your fill in this monumental and meaty episode of Live, Laugh, Larceny! We’ve got Mount Rushmore, weird lost-and-found items, Halloween candy, and a Florida man stealing steaks for love.
This week, Trevin discovers a new Halloween candy that may finally dethrone candy corn: Nerds Corn. Amanda is missing her parents while they take the trip of a lifetime through the Grand Tetons, Mount Rushmore, and the American West.
For Top 5, Amanda explores Mount Rushmore facts, including the original plans for the monument, the president whose head was supposed to move, and the mysterious Hall of Records hidden inside Abraham Lincoln’s head.
Trevin digs into Uber’s list of the 50 strangest lost-and-found items left in Uber vehicles, featuring everything from trees and rhinestone Jesus artwork to prosthetic eyes. Apparently, some people leave considerably more behind than a phone.
For Storytime, Amanda heads to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, where Nebraska mother Alexandria Incontro makes headlines after climbing the national monument barefoot during a family road trip.
Then Trevin takes us to Florida, where Heannys O. Alvarez Reyna allegedly steals sirloin, tenderloin, and other expensive cuts of meat from Publix. His motivation? Impressing the woman he was cooking for. Nothing says romance quite like allegedly turning a grocery store into your personal butcher shop.
Two stories, one American monument, and enough beef to feed a national park. Come get petty with Live, Laugh, Larceny!
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It's Labor Day week and we are rewinding it back to our second listener stories episode: EP 159: Now That's What I Call Listener Stories Vol. 2
Ring the bell and tell your friends. We’ve got another ALL-LISTENER-STORIES episode! And since we’re taking a trip back through the Live, Laugh, Larceny archives, we’re bringing back one of our favorite collections of bizarre true crime stories, petty crimes, ridiculous criminals, and listener-submitted crimes.
But before we hear from our awesome listeners, we gotta do the show stuff. This week, Trevin encounters a cursed Chipotle salad that he leaves sitting on his desk for an entire weekend, while Amanda discovers that bringing Jell-O to a kid’s birthday party does NOT mean people are getting Jell-O shots.
Top 5 takes a closer look at the polygraph and lie detector test, including its bizarre history and some of the earliest attempts at figuring out whether someone was lying. Then Trevin counts down five of the most common—and most ridiculous—causes of selfie-related deaths, from guns and electrocution to driving, drowning, and falling.
Then, we get to the main event: three petty, bizarre, and completely listener-submitted stories.
Amanda tells the story of a disgruntled bakery employee who destroys cakes before quitting, including one cake that just happens to have been ordered by one of our own listeners.
Trevin investigates the mystery of a person who wiped their butt on a towel at a party, giving one listener the chance to play detective and figure out who committed the truly shitty crime.
And, of course, we’ve got another round of funny true crime, petty criminals, strange crimes, and the weirdest stories our listeners could dig up.
Today’s Stories:
Collateral Damage — sent in by Kourtney
Birth of a Petty Criminal — sent in by Kitti
The University of Poopsburgh — sent in by Sarah
Take a break from the heavy and get petty!
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We’re bringing in the professionals. Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge, veteran true crime television producers and hosts of The Slippery and Scamanda, join Live, Laugh, Larceny for a deep dive into the wild world of ’90s crime television, scams, investigations, and the stories that happened behind the scenes.
We skip the Dreadful Dilemmas and get straight into their careers working on iconic crime and reality television shows including Crime Watch Daily, Hard Copy, Real TV, and America’s Most Wanted.
First, Trevin puts their investigative memories to the test with Crime Academy Flashcards, an original game inspired by preschool flashcards. Each object or location sends Nancy and Scott into their archives, recalling bizarre investigations and revealing how crime television actually got made.
A flashcard about a restaurant brings up the infamous Sunset Boulevard Denny’s brawl and the hunt for restaurant surveillance footage. A question about disguises leads to stories about the techniques early news investigators used to get access and information. A Chicago diner sparks memories of Mari Yang during the investigation into the murder of Chicago Bears safety Shaun Gale.
Then the conversation gets stranger. A Patreon suggestion involving Ouija boards leads to the psychic scam known as the “Immaculate Deception,” while a flashcard about phones opens the door to wiretapping, the Andonian Brothers, and a California cartel known as The Mine.
We also explore the history of Hard Copy and the evolution of “caught on tape” television, including how early reality news programs helped create the found-footage and true-crime television formats that dominated the ’90s. Even Entertainment Tonight gets pulled into the story of how the genre evolved.
Other cases include Jose Lantigua, a Florida furniture store owner who faked his own death and claimed to have Mad Cow Disease, and the infamous Wendy’s finger-in-the-chili scandal involving Anna Ayala of San Jose. Nancy and Scott share behind-the-scenes knowledge about the case—including the strange petty crime committed after the original scandal.
And because no episode featuring The Slippery would be complete without talking about scams, Amanda goes one-on-one with Nancy and Scott for her burning questions about Scamanda.
We dig into Amanda Riley, the California blogger who falsely claimed to have Stage 3 Hodgkin lymphoma and collected more than $100,000 in fraudulent donations, as Nancy and Scott offer their perspective on the case, the deception, and the hit true-crime series Scamanda.
It’s ’90s crime TV, investigative journalism, scams, fraud, famous cases, behind-the-scenes television stories, and one very strange deck of flashcards.
Take a break from the heavy and get petty!
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