Chris Garcia

Food Criminals

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Chris Garcia wrote Food Criminals (called Food & Crime when published by Pen & Sword in 2023) and now he's working on the sequels! Each episode is a chapter in the upcoming book, starting with Food Criminals: Last Seating, looking at murders in restaurants.

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S1E6 - Chapter 5 - Bob's Big Boy Massacre 19.03.2026 14:50

The Bob’s Big Boy Massacre (1980) The Intelligence is Artificial, but the Crime is Real. Episode Overview On December 14, 1980, a mass shooting at a Bob's Big Boy in Los Angeles left multiple people dead and several others wounded in one of the most shocking yet largely forgotten restaurant shootings in California history. This case, involving gunman David Eugene Greenwood, represents an early exa...

S1E5 - Final Table: Mob Boss 22.10.2025 22:03

Episode Notes Join our patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/3MinModernist Sources https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/brick-from-the-palace-chop-house-dutch-schultz-murder-case https://losthistory.net/njhm/dutchschultz.htm https://nj1015.com/the-murder-of-bootlegger-dutch-schultz/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Schultz https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/1935_7.h...

S1E4 - Chapter 3 - The Murder of Joe Masseria 15.10.2025 15:25

S1E3 - Chapter 2 - The Bloody Benders 08.10.2025 11:16

Episode Notes Emporia News (Emporia, KS), May 9, 1873. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/ The Lake County Star (Chase, MI), May 15, 1873, coverage referencing the Benders. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85026421/1873-05-15/ed-1/?sp=2&amp;st=text Archival collections, museums, and p...

S1E2 - Chapter 1 - Historical Inn Murders 01.10.2025 10:33

Episode Notes Visit our Patreon patreon.com/3MinModernist The Ostrich (Colnbrook, UK) https://ostrichcolnbrook.co.uk/history.html https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1124367 https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101124367-the-ostrich-public-house-colnbrook-with-poyle https://historicengland.org.uk/education/schools-resources/educational-images/ostrich-inn-high-street-colnbroo...

S1E1 - Episode 1 - Introduction 24.09.2025 5:12

Episode Notes Support Our Patreon! Get free books! https://www.patreon.com/3MinModernist Buy the Original Food Criminals (which they called Food & Crime for some reason...) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1399063529/ Try Johnny Eponymous' Cozy Mystery series The Boulder Creek Mysteries! https://www.amazon.ca/Murder-Margins-Boulder-Mystery-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0FMGMR7KK Transcript Introducti...