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  • Ep. 108 The Ghosts Beneath the Sign: Brian Keith, Daisy Keith, and the Peg Entwistle Myth
    Jan 29 2026

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    Today we descend into one of Hollywood’s strangest family legends — the supposed curse of the Keiths and the spectral shadow cast by David’s “stepmom,” Peg Entwistle. A tale stitched together from rumor, tragedy, and the myth Tinseltown refuses to bury. 🎙️

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    14 min
  • Ep. 107 Blood in Babylon: A Discussion on Hollyweird Homicides
    Jan 10 2026

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    Join actor/writer Vince Cusimano and me as we journey back into Hollywood’s shadowed past. Together we revisit some of the most infamous—and some forgotten—homicides that shaped its history. 🎬 🎙️

    Note: This episode was recorded shortly after the Reiner murders, so certain details have since changed. We dedicate this conversation to the memory of Rob and Michele Reiner.

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    1 ora e 37 min
  • Ep. 106 L.A. Confidential
    Dec 15 2025

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    Step into the shadows of 1950s Los Angeles with me and writer/producer Armando Chapman as we unravel L.A. Confidential — a tale of corruption, ambition, and betrayal in the City of Angels. 🎙️

    Spoilers ahead, as always. 🌆🎬🕵️

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    1 ora e 4 min
  • Ep. 105 Silenced Star: The Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Scandal
    Nov 29 2025

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    In the roaring twenties, Hollywood’s brightest star was suddenly cast into its darkest shadow. Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, once beloved for his slapstick genius, became the center of a scandal that shook the film industry to its core. Accusations, sensational headlines, and a trial by public opinion silenced a career that had helped define early cinema. In this episode, we unravel the tragedy of Arbuckle’s fall, the media frenzy that consumed him, and the lasting impact on Hollywood’s culture of fame and scandal. 🎙️

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    13 min
  • Ep. 104 The NFL Movie Draft
    Nov 17 2025

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    Quite possibly one of the most important podcast episodes ever recorded. This week, Ron, Joe, and I step into the producer’s chair to create our own blockbuster motion picture — but with a twist. Every role must be filled by former NFL players turned actors. The catch? We draft our cast, one pick at a time. Three unforgettable movies have been made… and the draft is officially on. 🏈

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    1 ora e 5 min
  • Ep. 103 Walking Tall and the Legend of Buford Pusser
    Oct 21 2025

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    Buford Pusser was the larger-than-life Tennessee sheriff whose real-life crackdown on organized crime and moonshining became a 1973 cult classic film, Walking Tall, and later a 2004 remake. His image — a one-man lawman wielding a big stick and an unshakeable moral code — turned him into a folk hero and a convenient template for American vigilante myth-making.

    The legend has always been messy: celebrated for taking on the Dixie Mafia and corrupt vice networks, yet shadowed by violence, unanswered questions, and recent investigations that now implicate him in his wife’s 1967 death, a development that recasts the story in darker, more complicated light.

    Join Joe and me as we unpack that collision of myth and evidence. We’ll trace Pusser’s rise, the making and influence of Walking Tall, the new revelations that challenge the old narrative, and what the whole saga says about American appetite for heroic violence and redemption.

    Warning: Spoilers ahead! ⚖🎙️

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    41 min
  • Ep. 102 The Murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Shadow of Salò
    Oct 3 2025

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    Pier Paolo Pasolini was a poet, filmmaker, and political lightning rod—and his murder in 1975 remains one of Italy’s most unsettling mysteries. In this episode, we revisit the night of his death and the official story that never quite added up. We also explore the legacy of Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pasolini’s final and most controversial film, and how its brutal imagery and political allegory continue to provoke debate. Was Pasolini targeted for his art, his activism, or both? The answers lie in the shadows he left behind. 🎙️

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    9 min
  • Ep. 101 The Final Act of Gig Young
    Sep 18 2025

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    He won an Oscar for playing a man who presided over desperation. Offscreen, he lived it. Gig Young was Hollywood’s charming second fiddle, the witty drunk, the romantic rival, the man who never quite got the girl. But in 1969, he stunned the industry with a searing performance in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, earning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Less than a decade later, he would make headlines again—this time for a murder-suicide that left the world asking: what went wrong?

    In this episode, we trace the arc of a man whose life was as layered and tragic as any role he played. From studio contracts and failed marriages to the haunting final scene in a New York apartment, this is The Final Act of Gig Young. 🎙️

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    15 min