Lipstick & Lies

Melissa and Jami discuss the infamous “diaper astronaut” Lisa Nowak featured on REELZ, “Scandal Made Me Famous”.  In 2007 the world was captivated by the sensational details surrounding an “astronaut love triangle”— turning the story into a media spectacle. NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was widely reported to have worn a diaper on a 14-hour cross country drive to confront the new flame of her for...

In this episode of Lipstick & Lies, hosts Melissa and Jami discuss the documentary Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso. The Netflix documentary highlights the murder case of Jessica Wongso, a woman who went on trial for the first degree murder of her friend Mirna Salihin. Jessica is accused of poisoning Mirna’s Vietnamese coffee with cyanide, but the trial and documentary left Jami and Mel...

In this episode of Lipstick & Lies, host Jami Rice walks co-host Melissa Moore through the reality TV scandal known as “Scandoval” which millions of viewers watched play out on the Bravo reality TV series, Vanderpump Rules. Melissa is a new VPR viewer, so Jami gave her some history dating back to Season 2, when Ariana Madix joined the cast. In the aftermath of “Scandoval,” it seemed the entire int...

In this Halloween episode of Lipstick & Lies, Melissa shares with her husband, Steve and Jami, the true story of Nancy Crampton-Brophy played by (Cybill Shepherd) for the Lifetime movie, “How to Murder Your Husband.” Our poor husbands… and yours, may now sleep with one eye open after this conversation but you can’t take us too seriously when we’re dressed up in Barbie themed costumes! In this movi...

In this episode of Lipstick & Lies, host Jami Rice walks co-host Melissa Moore through her own personal story about the time she met a wealthy heiress ..who turned out to be a prolific scam artist. It was 2018 when Jami shook hands with Mary Carole McDonnell, a Los Angeles based CEO and wealthy heiress who’d soon inherit multi-millions of dollars from her family’s trust. Only, everything Mary Caro...

In this episode, Melissa shares the story of a loving Christian mom with a notable hairdo, who became an axe murderer. Melissa takes Jami and listeners inside the twisted tale of Candy Montgomery, a suburban mom who butchered a friend to death on Friday the 13th after having an affair with her husband. The case brought not one, but TWO limited scripted series to major streaming networks: Hulu’s “C...

In this episode of Lipstick & Lies, host Jami Rice walks co-host Melissa Moore through the case of Texas stage mom, Wanda Holloway, who went to great lengths to secure her daughter a spot on the coveted cheerleading team. When Wanda’s daughter, Shanna Harper, didn’t make the cheer squad at Alice Johnson Junior High in 1989, Wanda was seething with anger. The socialite stage mom then took steps to...

In this episode of Lipstick & Lies, hosts Melissa Moore and Jami Rice speak with Criminal Psychologist, Dr. Michelle Ward. The ladies discuss everything from common misconceptions regarding serial killers to red flags people should watch out for in a romantic relationship. Dr. Michelle Ward also weighs in on the Gilgo Beach Murders case which recently had a major update with the arrest of Rex Heue...

In the premier episode of Lipstick & Lies, host Jami Rice walks co-host Melissa Moore through the Gilgo Beach Murders case from beginning to end. Jami begins her coverage with potential murder victim Shannon Gilbert’s frantic 9-1-1 call on May 1, 2010, and ends with Rex Heuermann’s July 2023 arrest for allegedly being the Long Island Serial Killer. Melissa then picks up the story from her unique p...

Welcome to Lipstick & Lies. Join Melissa Moore and Jami Rice, two crime survivors, as they lift the veil on lurid tales of lady liars and killers who hid their dark intentions behind a veneer of charm and normalcy. You may know Melissa Moore and Jami Rice from their hit podcasts. Melissa hosted and produced Happy Face, the podcast. When Melissa was a teen, she discovered her father’s double life a...