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I Said God Damn! A True Crime Podcast
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I Said God Damn! is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by two besties, Stacey and Erin, with the occasional guest appearance from Erin’s dog, Karl. Listen every Sunday where they try to one up each other with the craziest true crime/mystery stories that make the world say, “GOD DAMN!”
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381: The Infiltrators
2w ago02:14:58Tap to summarizeThis week Stacey tells us about the Franklin Scandal, a 1980s controversy in Omaha, Nebraska, involving allegations of a child prostitution ring tied to the failed Franklin Credit Union, where Paul Bonacci claimed to be a victim of abuse by Larry King Jr. and linked it to wider trafficking networks.Sources:https://news.isst-d.org/an-interview-with-nick-bryant-part-i-the-franklin-scandal/https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/Court%20Records/v.%20Maxwell%2C%20No.%20115-cv-07433%20%28S.D.N.Y.%202015%29/EFTA02803497.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_EKingJr.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_child_prostitution_ring_allegationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bonaccihttps://nick-mail.net/marginalia/nebraska-conspiracy/Paul_Bonacci_notes.pdfhttps://vault.fbi.gov/gary-caradori/Gary%20Caradori%20Part%2001%20%28Final%29/viewhttps://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/07/23/Columnist-gets-prison-terms-for-child-sexual-assaults/3097648705600/#google_vignettehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37002798/peter_lawrence-citronhttps://www.omahamagazine.com/magazine/unsilenced-franklin-epstein-and-the-patterns-that-protect-the-powerful/https://xeper.org/maquino/nm/FranklinGrandJury.pdfhttps://law.justia.com/cases/nebraska/court-of-appeals/1993/a-91-836-8.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Johnny_Goschhttps://news.isst-d.org/an-interview-with-nick-bryant-part-i-the-franklin-scandal/https://www.aisjca-mft.org/DeCamp.htmhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142866875/theodore_george-millerhttps://www.thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=CTR19720602-01.2.97&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------https://www.omahamagazine.com/magazine/unsilenced-franklin-epstein-and-the-patterns-that-protect-the-powerful/?fbclid=IwdGRjcARdMGFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEezCI3B55obdtDmkJzgKj9rDZYioITJcuJyazRpMvh5I4vlxabz_EBDmk05f4_aem_bYufOfjq1HWWOFyKNM6_GwSupport the show
Transcribe →380: Punk Rock Hippie Jesus Freaks
2w ago01:14:36Tap to summarizeThis week Erin tells us about Ricky Rodriguez, son of Children of God cult leader David Berg, who murdered his former nanny Angela Smith in revenge for childhood abuse before dying by suicide in 2005.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zerbyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rodriguezhttps://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rodriguez-ricky.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berghttps://childrenofgod.com/en/history/articles/1970/Support the show
Transcribe →379: Jeff's Meths!
4w ago02:15:15Tap to summarizeThis week Stacey tells us about the eerie disappearances and deaths of eight scientists since 2024: Frank Maiwald, Anthony Chavez, Monica Reza, Melissa Casias, William “Neil” McCasland, Jason Thomas, Carl Grillmair, and Nuno Loureiro, tied to sensitive NASA, JPL, Los Alamos, and defense research that's fueling wild media speculation and conspiracy theories.Sources:https://www.pma.caltech.edu/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-carl-grillmair-19592026https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplained-deaths-us-defence-research-1787733https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/frank-maiwald-obituary?id=55630404https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/1s3egzy/the_disappearance_of_anthony_chavez_78_from_los/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPmMWeY9A54https://thesentinel.network/p/the-blind-spot-rocks-are-falling?r=71h4wehttps://losalamosreporter.com/2025/05/12/social-media-pages-voice-concern-about-anthony-tony-chavez-of-los-alamos-last-seen-may-4/https://www.reddit.com/r/socalhiking/comments/1rvhyir/full_investigation_into_the_monica_reza/https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/media/1422471/dl?inlinehttps://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-murder-new-reports/https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/19/claudio-neves-valente-what-to-know-about-brown-university-mit-shooter/87842042007/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86v3g9z572ohttps://people.com/missing-scientist-was-struggling-with-parents-deaths-when-he-vanished-11928113https://people.com/body-found-lake-believed-belong-scientist-missing-3-months-11928819https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/jason-thomas-obituary?id=61184839https://nypost.com/2026/02/26/us-news/caltech-astrophysicist-carl-grillmairs-accused-killer-stalked-property-before-fatal-shooting/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McCaslandhttps://x.com/TMBSPACESHIPShttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00582627.pdfSupport the show
Transcribe →378: Poor Kevin!
Apr 1200:46:26Tap to summarizeThis week Erin tells us about Demontra Hatfield, a Benton, Arkansas man who in 2022 murdered his girlfriend Krystle Wilder in front of their 3-year-old daughter before killing a second victim, Larry Foster, during a subsequent car crash escape and receiving a life sentence plus 170 years in 2025.Sources:https://littlerock.gov/frontage-road-homicide/https://www.kark.com/crime/family-and-friends-mourn-the-death-of-benton-grandfather-killed-in-little-rock-shooting/Man arrested in connection with Benton, LR homicides | News | bentoncourier.comhttps://www.kark.com/crime/little-rock-police-release-new-details-in-deadly-shooting-on-i-30-frontage-road/https://www.gofundme.com/f/leeann-wilder?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1KGfQWgIN-gfUl9Uoh5jiy9_H5DfdXNtpIA3L-1Fn9fVEvsJaOBNapioMhttps://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/family-remember-murdered-benton-woman/91-ebb71adb-839a-43e8-930a-ec5443640be0https://www.bentoncourier.com/news/benton-man-sentenced-to-life-plus-170-years-for-killing-girlfriend-motorist/article_ddd2d754-4afa-4dcd-8bf8-8f1bee78c896.htmlhttps://www.littlerock.gov/media/17983/2022-124309.pdfgl=117uaqe9ga*MTkxNTA3MjM1My4xNzc1MDg5MjIzga7WM0JMW1XP*czE3NzUwODkyMjMkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzUwODkyNzMkajEwJGwwJGgwgaSW3Q26F780*czE3NzUwODkyMjMkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzUwODkyNzMkajEwJGwwJGgwhttps://bentonpolice.org/mediareleases/bnpd-man-arrested-reference-homicide-benton-apartments-also-facing-charges-lrhttps://www.ashbyfuneralhome.com/obituary/krystle-leeann-wilderSupport the show
Transcribe →377: Chairman of the Whole Chair
Apr 601:24:19Tap to summarizeThis week Stacey tells us about Matthew Mellon, the Mellon banking heir and early cryptocurrency investor known for his substantial stake in Ripple, whose life ended mysteriously on April 9, 2022, in a Cancun hotel room while traveling from his home in Florida to an experimental rehab treatment.Sources:https://vilk.medium.com/mellons-missing-millions-he-blew-his-family-s-fortune-on-fast-living-then-made-1billion-back-de429e1771e6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_familyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Mellonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Negley_Mellonhttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/billionaire-news/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-rehabhttps://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43800610https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-at-54.htmlhttps://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/a-matter-of-money-and-heartbreak-1.731418https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/cleared-the-oil-billionaire-too-absentminded-to-spy-on-his-jimmy-choo-tycoon-ex-7284360.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Mellonhttps://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-expands-epstein-investigation-with-probe-of-hundreds-of-suspicious-bank-of-new-york-mellon-transactionshttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01250229.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00433799.pdfhttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/bianca-pratt-christopher-getty-matthew-mellon-nicole-hanley-news-photo/819138180?adppopup=truehttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00746142.pdfhttps://estateandprobatelawyer.com/a-cautionary-tale-cryptocurrency/https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fadamcurtis%2Fentries%2F44122901-c2e8-34f5-93e0-d4402c163966https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bank-of-mellon-epstein-sex-trafficking-class-action.pdfSupport the show
Transcribe →376: 92 Cents for 100 Tacos
Mar 3000:44:41Tap to summarizeThis week Erin tells us about Jason James Mahn, who on April 1, 1993, in Pensacola murdered his father’s girlfriend, Debra Shanko, and her 14-year-old son, Anthony Shanko, in their home before fleeing the state and later being arrested in Oklahoma.Sources:https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/83423/83423ans.pdfhttps://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1254367.htmlhttps://truecrimearchives.blog/jason-james-mahn-from-death-row-to-life-imprisonment/https://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/mahn_jason_james/op-83423.pdfhttps://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/04/13/suspect-made-death-threats-says-former-co-worker/https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mahn-jason-james.htmhttps://www.insideprison.com/state-inmate-search.asp?lnam=mahn&id=1281543https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/83423/83423ini.pdfSupport the show
Transcribe →375: SERIOUS Fraud Office
Mar 2301:12:55Tap to summarizeThis week Stacey tells us about Steven Hoffenberg, an American businessman and fraudster who founded and led Towers Financial Corporation, ran one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, briefly owned the New York Post, and later became known as a former mentor and associate of Jeffrey Epstein.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hoffenberghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_Financial_Corporationhttps://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1994/dig021894.pdfhttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_dealhttps://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/908/1265/1457501/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/14/751153024/jeffrey-epsteins-former-business-associate-i-want-to-assist-victimshttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00270335.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00182748.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01326141.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01140030.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339405.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01326139.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01937998.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01937998.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00376722.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00680461.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01433867.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01106124.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00583986.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339406.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339410.pdfSupport the show
Transcribe →374: Lisa Frank Stuff
Mar 1600:55:33Tap to summarizeThis week Erin tells us about 18-year-old Ebby Steppach, who vanished from Little Rock in October 2015 days after reporting a sexual assault and was found nearly three years later in a park drainage pipe, her death ruled a homicide that remains unsolved.Sources:https://aymag.com/a-ray-of-light-loved-ones-gain-new-allies-as-ebby-steppach-case-reaches-a-decade/https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/new-information-reveals-where-ebby-steppach-spent-her-final-hours/https://katv.com/news/local/new-lead-in-ebby-steppach-case-gives-hope-to-family-on-10th-anniversary-of-disappearance-missing-cold-case-investigation-evidence-sexual-assault-investigators-chalamont-parkhttps://www.truecasefiles.com/2019/08/the-disappearance-murder-of-ebby.htmlhttps://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-attorney-general-cold-case-unit-ebby-steppach/91-0a98d1d1-bfd8-4ed1-a3ef-b5af6f22335dhttps://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?locid=17&page=odetail&id=48749https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/ebby-steppach-arkansas-cold-case-murder-b2886728.htmlSupport the show
Transcribe →373: No Relation
Mar 800:51:53Tap to summarizeThis week stacey tells us about Tara Grinstead, a Georgia high school teacher and beauty queen who mysteriously vanished from Ocilla on October 22–23, 2005, a disappearance that would haunt her community for years and later be thrust into the spotlight by the true crime podcast Up and Vanished.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Grinstead_murder_casecbsnews.com/pictures/what-happened-to-tara-grinstead/11/https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2017-02-23/gbi-arrest-disappearance-tara-grinsteadhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/tara-grinsteadhttps://upandvanished.com/timeline/Support the show
Transcribe →372: The Red Lobster?
Mar 100:39:51Tap to summarizeThis week Erin tells us about Michelle Theer, a psychologist who manipulated her lover into murdering her Air Force captain husband as part of a deadly love triangle and insurance plot, then went on the run before being caught and sentenced to life in prison.Sources:https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/1201672.htmlhttps://www.osi.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/2311497/the-murder-of-capt-marty-theer/https://cases.justia.com/north-carolina/court-of-appeals/051640-1.pdfhttps://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/theer-michelle.htmhttps://truecrimearchives.blog/air-force-reservist-michelle-theer-military-love-triangle-murder-conviction/https://free-john-diamond.blogspot.com/Support the show
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