A Side/B Side Podcast

B Side (Brooke): In 1991 in the Setagaya ward of Japan one of the most mysterious crimes to ever take place occurred when an intruder broke into the Miyazawa family home and murdered the entire family, before spending hours in the home eating, sleeping and changing. A Side (Adam): If you are a fan of “Ghostbusters” you definitely want to find out about “The Ghost Busters.” It’s amazing what you ca...

A Side (Adam): Just when you thought you’d seen all of the Jane’s Bond movies you could handle, there’s one more. It’s not canon but it is Bond…James Bond. B Side (Brooke): This serial killer breaks all the rules; from his age to the number of victims. June is Pride Month and we want to take an opportunity to spotlight causes that are making a difference, we are continuing to bring awareness to la...

This week A Side/B Side Podcast welcomes friend of the podcast Aurora from Murder Murder News to discuss the disappearance of hunky, all-American, doctor-to-be Brian Schaffer.

A Side (Adam): Adam's epic journey (& struggle) with a lime scooter and him fussing at himself with a famous quote that led to this week's A Side. B Side (Brooke): Each week we encourage you to send us your stories for us to investigate. This week Adam took me up on it and sent a cold case (until recently) from his neck of the woods.

B Side (Brooke): Female serial killers, or in this case Mrs. Bluebeards, aren't as rare as you think, although when they don't fit mainstream media's ideals they don't get much attention. At the same time that the prolific Nannie Doss (Episode 20) was committing her crimes, another female serial killer was going completely unnoticed all because...she was black. A Side (Adam): Before Apple Music, S...

A Side (Adam): Your typical 80s/90s looking white Wall Street businessman hides from the FBI on a Caribbean island run that's overseen by a showy dictator teams up with the legendary black ghost pirate Black Jack Savage to save 100 lives to avoid going to hell. B Side (Brooke): Down on his luck, Abraham Lee Shakespeare wins the lottery, becomes a benevolent benefactor giving away lots of his newfo...

B Side (Brooke): Alton Coleman along with girlfriend Debra Denise Brown went on a seven week, six state killing spree in the 1984 that resulted in multiple deaths, assaults, thefts, robberies and rapes, resulting in a historic feat, Alton was the first person to ever receive the death sentence in three states! Sources: on our website A Side (Adam): Adam always has been a lover of comic books, movi...

A Side (Adam): Adam is ready for America's favorite pastime. Its Draft time and in true Adam style, he celebrates it with a movie...Draft Day. B Side (Brooke): Mothers are usually the fiercest protectors of their babies, so its still surprising when one commits filicide (murder of their child). This week we discuss, Audrey Gagnon.

B Side (Brooke): Not all serial killers work alone. This week we discuss the duo Charles Ng and Leonard Lake. These two were ruthless, cold-blooded rapists and murderers. A Side (Adam): This week Adam takes it back to the 80s with a well-loved but often forgotten classic, Harry and the Hendersons.

A Side (Adam): This forbidden video game (at least forbidden for Adam) literally changed the game for future games. B Side (Brooke): Considered one of the youngest serial killers in American history, Harvey Miguel Robinson was on the path to be one of the most prolific as well. Sources: on our website

B Side (Brooke): The Good Lady of Loudon, Marie Besnard is a prolific poisoner, having been accused of poisoning 13 different people. We talk about her story this week. A Side (Adam): This week Adam takes on different cinematic universes, and lists his favorites.

A Side (Adam): Just in time for the start of baseball season, Adam ranks his favorite baseball movies of all time. (FYI...Murder's Row were the baseball teams of the New York Yankees in the late 1920s, considered by many as some of the best teams in history.) B  Side: (Brooke): Pedro Rodrigues Filho aka "Brazilian Dexter" aka "Pedrinho Matador," (Killer Petey) is a Brazilian serial killer kno...

B Side (Brooke): The mind of a 14 year-old can be a very creative and dangerous place. You've got spies, money, romance and murder plots...with a bizarre real life twist. Sources listed on our website A Side (Adam): Iconic might not be the correct word to describe "Breakfast Club," it's a movie that pretty much defines the 80s and it just had it's 37th anniversary.

A Side (Adam): The pandemic has Adam thinking about pandemic movies, did they accurately predict the current situation? B Side (Brooke): You have to be a pretty spectacular brand of evil to have a nursery rhyme written about you. "Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and she's rotten...Mary Ann Cotton, she's tied up with string, where, where? Up in the air."

B Side (Brooke): Rebecca Schaefer was a young, vibrant teen with a full life ahead of her. She was living her dream of acting while unbeknownst to her, while she was living her dream she had a fan with a dark obsession. A Side (Adam): The pandemic has certainly changed the way we take in music. Adam reflects on one artist in particular.

A Side (Adam):  Adam reminisces on one of the most epic battle royals ever, ER v. Chicago Hope, in the battle for Thursday nights. B Side (Brooke): A happily married, Southern couples life is tragically interrupted when the husband is brutally murdered by an intruder, or was it?

B Side (Brooke): Altemio Sanchez Jr, was an "ideal" father and husband, all while leading a double-life as a serial rapist and murderer. "The Bike Path Rapist" terrorized the Greater Buffalo area for years until he was brought down by silverware. A Side (Adam): The winter doldrums and nationwide bad weather lead to a fantastic winter movie voyage.

TW: This episode contains graphic and disturbing content about the abuse and murder of babies and small children. A Side (Adam): Christian Michael Leonard Slater, 80s/90s heartthrob and action hero?? Adam explores his reasons why he thinks Christian Slater was the action hero that the 90s needed and deserved. B Side (Brooke): Adoption today is a beautiful way of creating forever families, that was...

B Side (Brooke): Chicago is home of America's first serial killer and his "murder castle." A hotel rigged for murder and mayhem. A Side (Adam): What exactly did the fox say?

A Side (Adam): With Another "that guy From that movie," Adam explores the career of Warwick Davis, and the way it started with help from his grandmother. B Side (Brooke): This week we wrap up part 2 of "The Ice Man," Richard Kuklinski and Brooke reveals the wrestler that inspired the search of Richard to begin with.

B Side (Brooke): The Ice Man, Richard Kuklinski is a prolific criminal and hired hitman, abusive husband and world class awful dad. There's so much to his story that we have to do our first two-parter. Sources: "Iceman: Story of a cold-blooded killer," Anthony Bruno, "Iceman Confessions," Phillip Carlo, HBO: "The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer," HBO: "Ice Man-Confessions of a Mafia Hit...

A Side (Adam): We've all heard the old expression: art imitates  life, well in this case life imitates football movie. B Side (Brooke): The Civil Rights movement made martyrs of many amazing people, this episode covers one of the most unknown, yet one of the most controversial. IG, FB, Buy Me A Coffee, Twitter

*This week we flipped things all around. Brooke does the A Side and Adam does the B Side.* A Side (Brooke): Adam loves a good that guy from that show story, so I took that and flipped it a bit. You will recognize the name instantly but did I bet you didn't know all of the behind-the-scenes things he was involved with. B Side (Adam): This week Adam takes a crack at the true crime side with the trag...

B Side (Brooke): Brooke flies solo this week as she discusses Alberta Jones...activist, attorney and all around boss. She worked with Muhammad Ali and fought to change segregation laws in Louisville, all while becoming the first female to be city prosecutor. She was one of the most influential figures in the civil rights and Louisville law that you probably have never heard of.

*This episode contains graphic language* B Side (Brooke): Hollywood has always been filled with drama, scandal, love, sex and MURDER. This is a true Hollywood story of the murder of a Hollywood elite that you probably never heard. Sources: listed on our website A Side (Adam): Adam loves lists...LOVES them. This week he discusses the top five movies that turned into more successful TV shows. While...