That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast

Kara and Liza talk “Pretend” (Season 8, Episode 21), the fascinating case of Treva Throneberry, and interview the charming Michael Welch. SOURCES: ABC News The Olympian Texas Monthly Wikipedia WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Together We Rise -  https://www.togetherwerise.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Downloaded Child” (Season 15, Episode 19). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Liza and Kara cover SVU’s “The Book of Esther” (Season 19, Episode 20), the Turpin Family, and talk with Esther herself, actress Rebekah Kennedy.  SOURCES: NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 NY Times - 3 NY Times - 4 Washington Post 60 Minutes Australia WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Journey Free -  https://journeyfree.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Pretend” (Season 8, Episode 21).  See omnystudio...

This episode covers “Mother” (Season 5, Episode 3), the case of Margaret Bean-Bayog, and Kara and Liza talk with the episode’s guest star, Jon Abrahams. SOURCES: NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 Boston Magazine Greensboro.com The Harvard Crimson - 1 The Harvard Crimson - 2 Newsweek WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Therapy Exploitation Link Line -  https://therapyabuse.org/ Next week’s episode will be “The Book...

This episode covers “Signature” (Season 9, Episode 12), the case of the Toy-Box Killer, and Liza and Kara interview a true star and the lead of this episode, Erika Christensen.  SOURCES: NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 Wikipedia Oxygen All That’s Interesting WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: “Cries in the Desert: The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer” by John Glatt https://www.amazon.com/Cries-Desert-S...

Liza and Kara cover SVU’s “Learning Curve” (Season 13, Episode 21), the Latin King Goonies, and interview Fin’s son, Ken Randall, aka actor Ernest Waddell. SOURCES: The Daily Beast NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 ABC News Gothamist WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: The Trevor Project -  https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Signature” (Season 9, Episode 12).  See omnystudio.com/listener...

On today’s episode, Kara and Liza cover “Patrimonial Burden” (Season 17, Episode 7), the Duggar family, and talk with delightful actress, Geneva Carr. SOURCES: USA Today Imgur Defamer In Touch Weekly US Magazine Reuters Fox News Wikipedia - 1 Wikipedia - 2 WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Recovering from Religion -  https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Learning Curve” (Sea...

This week, Kara and Liza recap “Dissonant Voices” (Season 15, Episode 7), the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal, and chat with the dazzling Hana Hayes.  SOURCES: The Guardian Washington Post BBC NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 Deadline ABC News  WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: RAINN -  https://www.rainn.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Patrimonial Burden” (Season 17, Episode 7).  See omnystudio.com/listener...

Kara and Liza recap “Charisma” (Season 6, Episode 7), the crimes of Marcus Wesson, and interview the man who has haunted their dreams in the role of Abraham, actor Jeff Kober. SOURCES: Your Central Valley Film Daily ABC 30 NY Times NY Daily News DeLani R. Bartlette ABC News WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: “The Wesson Vampire Clan” - The podcast Cults by Parcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/44s6YAldA...

Today covers SVU’s “Intimidation Game” (Season 16, Episode 14), the Gamergate controversy, the story of Anita Sarkeesian, and Kara and Liza talk with the episode’s lead, Mouzam Makkar.  SOURCES: Washington Post Cosmopolitan Feminist Frequency  IGN NY Times Wikipedia WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Feminist Frequency -  https://feministfrequency.com/ Next week’s episode will be “Charisma” (Season 6, Epis...

Liza and Kara take listeners through the classic SVU episode “Pique”, tell the story of Barbara and Tony Baekeland, and talk with actor and director, Chad Lowe.  SOURCES: New York Daily News History Wikipedia Crime & Investigation  WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Survivors of Incest Anonymous -  https://siawso.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Intimidation Game” (Season 16, Episode 14).  See omnystu...

This episode, Kara and Liza recap “Rooftop” (Season 3, Episode 4), the story of Nushawn Williams, and talk with returning guest and SVU superstar, Neal Baer.  SOURCES: The Center for HIV Law and Policy NY Times - 1 NY Times - 2 NY Times - 3 Wikipedia - 1 Wikipedia - 2 WIVB 4 South Coast Today WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: (1) Black AIDS Institute (BAI) -  https://blackaids.org/ (2) “Notorious H.I.V.:...

Today’s episode covers “Rapist Anonymous” (Season 15, Episode 9), Jodi Arias, and Kara and Liza chat with the very talented Thomas Sadoski.  SOURCES: 20/20 - “Gone in a Flash”  (Hulu - Season 42, Episode 17) HuffPost ABC News Associated Press News CNN CBS News WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Women For Sobriety -  https://womenforsobriety.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Rooftop” (Season 3, Episode 4)....

Kara and Liza recap the SVU episode “I Deserve Some Loving Too” (Season 21, Episode 14), the cases of John Jacobs Olivas and Wilfredo Rodriguez, and talk with actress Lee Hubilla.  SOURCES: The Independent Inmate Aid Buzzfeed News - 1 Buzzfeed News - 2 Associated Press News WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: American Immigration Council -  https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/ Next week’s episode wil...

This week, Kara and Liza take listeners through “Head” (Season 5, Episode 25), the true story it’s based on, and interview the episode’s red herring, James Urbaniak.  SOURCES: New Scientist The Atlantic The Independent BBC News Legal Affairs WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: MaleSurvivor -  https://malesurvivor.org/ Next week’s episode will be “I Deserve Some Loving Too” (Season 21, Episode 14).  See omny...

This episode, Kara and Liza cover “Smut” (Season 10, Episode 10), the Andrew Luster case, and talk with the multi-talented actress, Kelly Hu.  SOURCES: The New York Times - 1 The New York Times - 2 Los Angeles Times Wikipedia - 1 Wikipedia - 2 Study.com NCBI Snopes WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG GO: NO MORE -  https://nomore.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Head” (Season 5, Episode 25). See omnystudio.com...

Today’s episode covers “Collateral Damages” (Season 17, Episode 15), Subway’s Jared Fogle, and Liza and Kara interview SVU writer and co-executive producer, Samantha Corbin-Miller.  SOURCES: The Indianapolis Star ABC News Wikipedia Daily Beast LA Times New York Daily News NBC New York Business Insider WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: "The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went W...

Kara and Liza cover “Lessons Learned” (Season 14, Episode 8), The Horace Mann School sex abuse scandal, and talk with star of stage and screen, Anthony Rapp.  SOURCES: The New York Times - 1 The New York Times - 2 Wikipedia The Atlantic The New Yorker USA Today WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: “The Horace Mann School’s Secret History of Sexual Abuse” by Amos Kamil https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/magaz...

This week covers the SVU episode “Execution” (Season 3, Episode 15), notorious serial killer Ed Kemper, and Kara and Liza talk with series regular George Huang, aka the one and only BD Wong.  SOURCES: Biography.com Thomas Flight KTLA 5 True Crime Magazine Wikipedia WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: “Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI” by Robert K. Ressler and Tom...

This episode covers “Glasgowman’s Wrath” (Season 16, Episode 6), the wild tale of the Slender Man stabbings, and Kara and Liza interview Chloe Csengery, the actress who portrayed Perry Gilbert.  SOURCES: Beware the Slenderman (HBOMax) TMJ4 News ABC News - 1 ABC News - 2 20/20 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Sun WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO:  NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) -  https://www.nam...

This week Kara and Liza cover the classic SVU episode, “Fault” (Season 7, Episode 19), the case of Joseph Edward Duncan III, and talk with legendary actor, Lou Diamond Phillips.  SOURCES:  People FBI: Criminal Pursuit Murderpedia Wikipedia WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: National Center for Victims of Crime -  https://victimsofcrime.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Glasgowman’s Wrath” (Season 16, Episo...

Join Kara and Liza as they recap “Hunting Ground” (Season 13, Episode 15), discuss the heinous crimes of The Butcher Baker (Robert Hansen), and interview actress Emily Kinney.  SOURCES: NY Times The FBI Files Alaska Dispatch Wikipedia - 1 Wikipedia - 2 WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism by Heather Berg -  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HGTGG4X/ref=dp-kindle-redirect...

Listeners asked for “Identity” (Season 6, Episode 12) and it’s finally here. Kara and Liza also cover the true story of David Reimer and chat with SVU’s Dr. Rebecca Hendrix, aka actress Mary Stuart Masterson.  SOURCES: LA Times NY Times Wikipedia The Globe and Mail BBC - 1 BBC - 2 The Oprah Winfrey Show CBC WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: “As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl” by John Co...

This episode covers SVU’s “Vulnerable” (Season 4, Episode 3), the case of Kristen Gilbert, and Kara and Liza interview the actor who portrayed Hal, Andy Powers. SOURCES: Snapped (Season 23, Episode 17) WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Alzheimer’s Association - Abuse:  https://www.alz.org/help-support/caregiving/safety/abuse Care For The Givers Project:  https://www.instagram.com/careforthegivers/ Next we...

This 4/20, Liza and Kara bring you a chill episode, covering SVU’s “Choreographed”, the future of microchips, and an interview with TV dad, comedian, and sometimes bad guy, Bob Saget.   SOURCES: ABC News Inverse.com BBC NY Post NPR Reuters USA Today Dangerous Things Wikipedia WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: Scleroderma Research Foundation:  https://srfcure.org/ Next week’s episode will be “Vulnerable” (...

This week, Kara and Liza cover the SVU episode “Intent” (Season 19, Episode 8), the Shelly Chartier case, and talk with the SVU-catfisher herself, actress Tenea Intriago.  SOURCES: Catfish: The TV Show (Season 6, Episode 12) 20/20 ABC: Hooking a Catfish   The Sun WHAT WOULD SISTER PEG DO: “5 Easy Ways to Protect Yourself Online” - National Cybersecurity Alliance:  https://staysafeonline.org/blog/5...