What a Creep “John List” Season 17, Episode 8 Creepy Westfield, NJ The sleepy New Jersey town of Westfield has been overrun with tourists eager to check out the “real” homes featured in the Netflix series The Watcher, which tells the true story of the Broaddus family, who a stranger sent creepy letters for years. The series takes many liberties with the details of what happened to the family and what happened in Westfield in the past. The murderer John List, a family annihilator who spent over 1...
Oct 29, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 4, Episode 10 Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was the master of suspense, the creator of some of the best (and scariest) films of all time, a famous director, and, at times, a world-class creep. (Ask Tippi Hedren!) In this episode, we talk about his childhood and how he became a legend we all still talk about 40 years after his death and discuss some of his best films and his worst behavior. Enjoy! Our sources for this episode: Telegraph "Alfred Hitchcock Sadist...
Oct 21, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 17, Episode 6 The Murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery Candy Montgomery was just another bored 70s suburban Texas housewife when she was tried for committing a crime so heinous people still have difficulty making sense of it. The murder of Betty Gore was the subject of a TV series starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey on HULU called Candy. It will also be adapted into an HBO series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemmons next spring. What is so unusual about a mur...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 17, Episode 5 Jimmy Savile Trigger warnings: Sexual assault and sexual abuse Jimmy Savile was a British DJ and television and radio personality who hosted a bunch of BBC shows, including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It, for decades, making him a household name. He was known for his platinum-dyed hair and, later his tacky tracksuits and cigars. He was also a well-known good samaritan, raising millions for charities all over the country. But, after he died in 2011, he was rev...
Oct 07, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 17, Episode 4 The Murder of Stanford White Architect Stanford White was one of New York’s most revered architects who built the second Madison Square Garden & the Washington Square Arch, which stand today. In public, he was a bon vivant who moved with old school wealthy and the nouveau riche. He was also a creep who participated in the sexual assault of several young women as part of a group of entitled men in New York’s high society. A Creep, Harry Thaw, killed him on June 2...
Sep 30, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 17, Episode 3 Tony Robbins Tony Robbins is a motivational coach, speaker, and author. He’s famous for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books. He has worked with four U.S. presidents and top entertainers (Oprah Winfrey, Aerosmith, Green Day, Usher, Pitbull, Hugh Jackman, Kim Kardashian), and athletes and sports teams, including Serena Williams, and the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. He’s worked with Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff, Mandalay Entertainment CEO Peter G...
Sep 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 17 Episode 2 “Quartet of Creeps” Ryan Adams, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, Ike Turner, & Morrissey Margo & Sonia talk about a quartet of Rock Creeps in this episode celebrating our 17th season. From the early days of rock to modern rock, we talk about four Creeps who may have lit the music world on fire but personally--they have some really Creepy behavior to answer for. Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Racism Sources: Ryan Adams The Age LA Magazine The New...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 17, Episode 1 The Port Chicago Disaster July 1944 On Monday, July 17, 1944, at just after 10 pm, the Northern California town of Port Chicago had an explosion of two ships that took the lives of over 320 sailors and injured almost 400 others. For two years, the US Navy shipped munitions around the clock at the naval base that consisted of a segregated outfit (the entire military, with FDR as its Commander in Chief, was segregated.) Everything from bullets to bombs weighing th...
Sep 09, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 10 Pete Rose Pete Rose, also known as “Charlie Hustle,” is a former professional baseball player and Major League Baseball manager. He was a huge star in the MLB, playing from 1963 to 1986, and was named Player of the Decade (1970–79) by The Sporting News. Pete Rose was a big deal! Which is why it was a big deal when he got banned for life from Major League Baseball for gambling in 1989. OH AND, he’s been credibility accused of having sex with girls as young as 14...
Sep 02, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 10 Elvis Aaron Presley Elvis Aaron Presley is one of the biggest rock stars of all time and is known as “The King of Rock & Roll.” Beginning with his meteoric rise in the mid-1950s to his sad decline in the 1970s, Elvis is still one of the most popular celebrities in the world with his estate earning $80 million in 2018. He remains the best-selling solo artist in recorded history. He has had the most songs charting in Billboard magazine's top 40. He has the record...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 9 Colonel Tom Parker There is no way to talk about Elvis Presley without talking about his manager/agent/public relations officer and overall CEO, CMO, and COO of all things for Elvis Inc--Colonel Tom Parker. I recently caught the Baz Luhrmann version of Elvis and was shocked at Tom Hanks’ version of Parker--a Stay Puff Marshmellow Man who seemed more annoying than a malevolent Creep who was part of the reason his only client died an early death and could have bee...
Aug 19, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 8 David O. Russell David O. Russell is the director of such movies as “Three Kings,” “The Fighter,” “American Hustle,” and “Silver Linings Playbook.” He’s been nominated for five Academy Awards and has won four Independent Spirit Awards and two BAFTA Awards. He’s also a man-baby who throws on-set tantrums and has been accused of groping his own niece. Perhaps the “O” in David O. Russell stands for OH MY GOD what a creep. Sources for this episode Britannica The Che...
Aug 12, 2022•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 7 Kim Fowley Rock Creep When Kim Fowley died of bladder cancer on January 15, 2015, most headlines read that he was an underground rock and roll/LA legend who managed “The Runaways” in the 1970s. He was a tall, peculiar eccentric who never had the fame he craved but had a cult-like following of slavish fans who will miss him. Some outlets, like, NPR, mentioned he was a Svengali who seemed to prey on teenage girls. In reality, everything you have heard about (and w...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 6 Matt Gaetz Matt Gaetz is a garbage human being who is also the U.S. representative for the first congressional district of Florida. When he’s not kissing disgraced former president Trump’s ass and sending bad tweets, this sentient can of Axe Body Spray is voting against laws fighting sex trafficking while being investigated for sex trafficking. Sources for this episode: Business Insider CNN The Daily Beast Miami New Times Mother Jones New York Times Orlando Sent...
Jul 29, 2022•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 5 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 1911 One of the biggest workplace disasters in New York City happened on March 25, 1911, in a factory on the Lower East Side which would be described as a “sweatshop.” Hundreds of women jammed together in one large room at sewing machines creating the fashionable “Shirtwaist” blouses that were made on the cheap to make them affordable to the masses. The fire began on the 8th floor and eventually took over several fl...
Jul 22, 2022•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 4 Scott Baio Scott Baio was a teen heartthrob in the 70s and 80s. He starred in “Happy Days,” its spin-off, “Joanie Loves Chachi,” and “Charles in Charge.” His face was on all those Teen Bop/Tiger Beat-type magazines. But he’s also a Trump-supporting creep who has been accused of abuse and sexual assault. The Daily Beast E! Online Insider Hollywood Reporter Jezebel Newsweek Nicki Swift People Salon Scott Baio’s Twitter Scott Baio’s website Uproxx Wikipedia Yahoo N...
Jul 15, 2022•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 3 Burt Pugach Burt Pugach made headlines in 1959 when he was convicted for stalking and blinding his girlfriend Linda Riss who dumped him over his lying and selfishness. 14 years later, they got together and were actually married for decades afterward. Here is the true story about one of New York’s strangest crime cases. Sources for this episode: · Burt Pugach Wikipedia · Burt Pugach NY Times Obituary · Burt Pugach 1961 Trial NY Times · The Daily Mail UK June 2022...
Jul 08, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 2 Terry Richardson Terry Richardson is a fashion photographer. He’s worked for H&M, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Marc Jacobs, and Tom Ford. He’s done work for magazines such as Rolling Stone, GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Vice. He’s directed music videos for Miley Cyrus and Beyonce. Terry Richardson famously said, “it’s not who you know, it’s who you blow. I don’t have a hole in my jeans for nothing.” So, it’s not surprising that this guy is a super creep. So...
Jul 01, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 16, Episode 1 “Reality TV Creeps” Margo & Sonia celebrate season 16 with a quartet of Creeps from the Reality TV world--Erika Jayne (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,) “Mystery” Erik von Markovik (The Pickup Artist,) Omarosa Manigault Newman (The Apprentice,) and “Puck” David Rainey of The Real World San Francisco.) We are not saying they are all terrible and beyond help--but they have done really creepy things on their show and with their fame and this is how we process thin...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 10 The Chippendales Murder Somen “Steve” Banerjee grew up in Bombay (now known as Mumbai) and came to California in the 1960s hell-bent on becominga success story. Starting with owning a gas station and then a nightclub in Los Angeles, his prospects seemed underwhelming until a club customer turned friend encouraged the shy, competitive Banerjee to play disco music and attract and female crowd. What started with female mud wrestling by future Creep subject Paul Sn...
Jun 10, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 9 Ted Cruz U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is anti-abortion, but pro-death penalty and against Obamacare. He opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions, which he has described as tyranny. He’s against the legalization of marijuana and immigration reform. He is in favor of gun rights. He voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2014, AND he voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Two days after the murder of 21 people in his state of Texas, he spoke at ...
Jun 04, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 8 Creepy Santa Cruz Santa Cruz is one of those wonderful, sleepy destinations in the mountains of Northern California. Known for its Boardwalk and being close to the Redwoods--it is both a travel destination and the home for over 270,000 in a truly diverse population. The tension between the Mexican heritage and modern “progress” is a part of the culture that really changed when the University of Santa Cruz opened there creating a youth population in the 1960s whi...
May 21, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 7 Belle Gibson Belle Gibson is the creator of The Whole Pantry app and author of its companion cookbook, “The Whole Pantry.” She had claimed that she had been given only months to live after she was diagnosed with an incurable form of brain cancer. But she was able to skip chemotherapy and cancer treatments and heal herself with “nutrition and holistic medicine." You’ll be surprised to learn that’s not true. She’s such a creep. Sources for this episode BBC The Cut...
May 15, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 7 Charles Starkweather Charles Starkweather was 19 when he took his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate through Nebraska and Wyoming in January 1958 on a murder spree that ultimately took 11 lives (including her baby sister). Starkweather was obsessed with James Dean and loved the media attention and infamy this brought him. Caril Ann maintains to this day that she was an innocent victim of a psychopath. Charles was executed on June 25, 1959, and Caril Ann ser...
May 06, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 6 The Duggar Family You probably know the Duggar family from their various shows on TLC, including “17 Kids and Counting,” “18 Kids and Counting” and - you guessed it - “19 Kids and Counting” where they were portrayed as a loving, hard-working, religious family. The Duggars are creeps for a lot of reasons. They’re homophobic and transphobic, and for over two decades, the Duggar parents dismissed their eldest son Josh’s sexual abuse of his younger sisters and a bab...
Apr 29, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 5 Max Landis (Replay,) the Amazing Jen Kirkman & Alice Hamilton with a Smidge of Chris D’Elia Grossness (Enjoy!) Today's ep is an update show because one of our former Creeps put out a video about another Creeps return to stage. Comic Alice Hamilton recently released her comedy special on You Tube called “Cex Kriminal” about Chris D’Elia and wow, does he have reasons why you should ignore his history of being accused of booking up with teenage girls using social m...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep “The Pied Piper of Tucson” Season 15, Episode 4 Charles “Smitty” Schmid Life magazine wrote a cover story about Charles “Smitty” Schmid in March 1967 describing teenagers as basically animals that race, do drugs, have sex, and will never “snitch” on anyone--even a 22-year-old pedophile Creep who wears heavy makeup and killed one of their schoolmates. This story is about a man dubbed the “Pied Piper of Tucson” who acted like a murderous Wooderson. Trigger warnings: murder, sexual ass...
Apr 16, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 15, Episode 3 Kid Rock Kid Rock sucks, and we're not just talking about his new music. When he's not dropping homophobic slurs at his concerts and slut-shaming famous women, he's kissing disgraced former President Trump's ass and singing the praises of the Confederate flag. What a creep! Sources for this episode: Biography Billboard Complex Consequence The Guardian People Rolling Stone USA Today USA Today timeline Vulture Wikipedia Trigger warnings: Homophobia, misogyny, and ...
Apr 08, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast What A Creep Elizabeth Holmes �Hey everyone! It’s time to get creepy! It’s season 1, episode 3 of “What a Creep” starring Elizabeth Homes, the former CEO of the totally bullshit-worthy company Theranos. There is so much creepiness to go around here. Including her former COO and boyfriend Sunny Balwani as well as the plethora of older men who had no problem throwing millions at her and never seeing a prototype of the Edison or the MiniLab. (Geniuses!) This week Margo is the presenter and here are...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep “The Murder of Kitty Genovese” Season 15, Episode 2 The Real Details & the Aftermath of One of the Most Famous Murders in New York City The murder of 28-year-old Kitty Genovese made national news when The New York Times on March 27, 1964, claimed that 37 people watched as she was stabbed to death and did nothing to help her. The expression “Bystander Syndrome” was developed partly because of her crime and her death became a symbol of apathy and a lack of community on the rise. None ...
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