Dec 5, 2017
IN QUEENS, A BIGOTED KOREAN EX-TAXI DRIVER VISITS FLUSHING, LOOKING FOR CHINESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE HE HATES THEM. WHEN HE MAKES EYE CONTACT WITH A CHINESE WOMAN CLEANING SNOW OFF HER CAR, HE SUDDENLY GOES BERZERK AND ATTACKS THE STRANGER. AND THEN SOON, ANOTHER.
AS THE DETAILS OF THIS TWISTED STORY EMERGE, A CONVERSATION DEVELOPS WHICH WINDS THROUGH TOPICS OF RACE, SEX AND BIAS IN POPULAR CULTURE; THE WORK OF LEGENDARY TRAVELLING COMEDIAN TIM WILSON; CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND DIFFERENCES IN VARIOUS ASIAN CULTURES, AND MORE.
DID THE NATIVE AMERICANS GET A REASONABLE PRICE WHEN THE SOLD MANHATTAN AND STATEN ISLAND TO THE DUTCH? ARE NATIVE AMERICANS STILL REELING AS A PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR EARLY CONTACT WITH EUROPEAN TRADERS AND SETTLERS, WHO INTRODUCED THE TRIBES TO HARD LIQUOR? IS THIS PROOF THAT ALCOHOLISM ACTUALLY IS CONTAGIOUS?
LISTEN ON AS TWO OF NEW YORK CITY'S MOST CELEBRATED INDEPENDENT REPORTERS SPOOL OUT CRIME STORIES:
- AN ACCOUNTANT WHO TOLD HIS EMPLOYEE THAT SHE WAS "AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, SENT TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM" IS FACING POTENTIAL LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS, AND HIS VICTIM IS ANGRY AND TALKING.
- HATE CRIMINAL, TYRELL SHAW (AKA MR. TALENTED) HAS A BIZARRE BLOG DETAILING HIS CLEARLY INSANE VISION OF THE WORLD AND HIS PLANS TO SPARK A RACE WAR BY PHYSICALLY ATTACKING 1 MILLION ASIAN WOMEN FOR IGNORING HIM, WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS BECAUSE OF HIS RACE. BUT THE STRANGEST PART THIS TALE IS THAT SINCE HIS DEATH FROM SUICIDE IN 2015, HIS BLOG CONTINUES TO BE UPDATED FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, AND STILL DRAWS LARGE NUMBERS OF VISITORS. LISTEN AND BE STUNNED BY THE BIZARRE DETAILS OF THIS INCREDIBLE STORY.
- ASHLEIGH WADE FAKED A PREGNANCY IN ORDER TO DRAW HERSELF CLOSER TO HER FRIEND, WHO ACTUALLY WAS PREGNANT. AFTER HER FRIEND HAD NEARLY CARRIED THE BABY TO TERM, WADE SLASHED THE WOMAN'S THROAT TO PREVENT HER FROM SHOUTING OUT FOR HELP, THEN CAREFULLY CUT HER FRIEND OPEN AND REMOVED THE BABY TO KEEP FOR HER OWN. WE HAVE THE FINAL VERDICT AND DETAILS ABOUT WADE'S SENTENCE.
THROUGHOUT MANY STRANGE TWISTS - BOTH IN THE STORIES OF THE CRIMES THEMSELVES AND THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO - DIXON AND BARRON UNFLINCHINGLY CHASE A FORM OF TRUTH WHICH GOES BEYOND FACTS OF THE CRIMINAL CASES THEY DISCUSS.
IRREVERENT, FUNNY AND CHALLENGING, NYC CRIME REPORT WITH PAT DIXON IS ONE OF THE MOST ABSORBING AND PROVOCATIVE PODCASTS WIDELY AVAILABLE.
HOST - PAT DIXON
WITH - SETH BARRON
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