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In this mid-century modern monster installment, Mike and JT head to the land of endless corn and seasonal depression to meet the Loveland Frogman, a three-foot-tall bipedal amphibian with the posture of a disappointed cross-country coach. First spotted in 1955 smelling like "wet almonds," this heavily moisturized cryptid didn't truly explode until 1972, when two credible police officers encountered it squatting on a secluded road. JT questions the tactical advantage of a "monster" that stands at waist-height and brandishes a sparking wand like a confused, three-foot-tall warlock who lost his way to Hogwarts. The "amphibious anxiety" reached its peak when Officer Mark Matthews applied 3,000 pounds of American steel to the problem, only to discover the legendary beast was actually just a cold, tailless pet iguana that had been released into the Ohio suburbs. Despite this profoundly disappointing revelation, the legend survives in local folklore and even a staged musical, proving that humans will always prefer a magic-wielding frog over a boring, scientific explanation involving irresponsible pet ownership. Sources  ●    Clark, Jerome. Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena. Visible Ink Press, 2012. (General cryptid research detailing the 1955 and 1972 sightings). ●    Officer Ray Shockey and Officer Mark Matthews. Eyewitness accounts and original police reports from March 1972, often cited in local Ohio news archives (detailing the three-foot height and the creature's stick/wand). ●    The Cincinnati Enquirer / Associated Press. Contemporary news reports from 1972 detailing the sightings, the subsequent investigation, and the ultimate, suppressed identification of the creature as a large iguana. ●    Folklore and Cultural Studies. Analysis of the Loveland Frog's enduring presence in Ohio urban legend, including the creation of musicals and local festivals dedicated to the creature. ________________________________________ Ghost Bites on Suno AI: ⁠https://suno.com/@ghostbitespod⁠ To listen to songs based on each episode, separated by season. This episode was produced with permission and licenses from Epidemic Sound Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Brew Crime News! This episode falls on March 2026. Listen to todays news, once monthly. Sources https://people.com/man-charged-days-after-kimberly-clark-toilet-paper-warehouse-fire-11948038 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/3-teenagers-arrested-after-man-bear-sprayed-during-pokemon-card-robbery-vpd/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/us-special-forces-soldier-arrested-after-allegedly-winning-400000-on-maduro-raid/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr71lkzv49po https://globalnews.ca/news/11812170/ontario-sell-doug-ford-jet/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/canadian-tourist-charged-after-allegedly-torturing-flamingo-at-las-vegas-hotel/R2VGTABK4JH3ZK64OLI53TRQWQ/ https://www.wevv.com/news/crime/man-arrested-accused-of-sexual-act-with-dead-deer/article_27db8ca5-7ca7-4ff9-beba-af48a33711bf.html https://soranews24.com/2020/03/15/osaka-man-reserved-and-cancelled-1873-seats-at-two-baseball-games-to-get-more-space-for-self/ https://www.businessinsider.com/epstein-files-show-fbi-probed-4chan-posts-prison-death-2026-2 💻 Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ·         Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our 200th episode we decided to go back to the old format of doing two cases on one theme on one episode. We also had Beck, Mike's original cohost back as a guest! JT covered the execution of Louis-August Papavoine in Paris France. Sources • AN EXECUTION IN PARIS (Essay by Dr. Robert Macnish). Accessed via Executed Today. • AN EXECUTION IN PARIS (Excerpt mentioning Victor Hugo's reference to Papavoine). Accessed via Executed Today. • Diminished responsibility and enforcing the death penalty (France, 19th-20th centuries) (Article by Nicolas Picard on the Napoleonic Penal Code, Article 64, and the 1832 reforms). Accessed via ResearchGate. • Procès criminel de Louis-Auguste Papavoine (Trial proceedings information). Accessed via Criminocorpus. • Procès et interrogatoires de Louis-Auguste Papavoine (Source regarding crime details). Accessed via Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) Catalogue. Louis-August Papavoine (Biography snippet). Accessed via Wikipedia. • Louis Auguste PAPAVOINE (Dates and occupation information). Accessed via Drouot Estimations. • 1825: Louis August Papavoine, An Execution in Paris (Date and crime location details). Accessed via Executed Today. • The Last Day of a Condemned Man (Victor Hugo novella reference and commentary on the anguish of execution). Accessed via Executed Today tag page. Mike covered the Kentucky Tragedy the Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy of 1825. Sources ● Beauchamp, Jereboam O. The confession of Jereboam Beauchamp (written by himself) who was executed at Frankfort, Ky., for the murder of Col. Solomon P. Sharp. Kentucky: H.T. Goodsell. (Accessed via Cornell University Law Library Trial Pamphlets Collection). ○ https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat1109 ● EBSCO Research Starters. “World Enough and Time: Analysis of Setting/Major Characters.” ● iHeart.com. “Beauchamp-Sharpe Tragedy of 1825.” Stuff You Missed in History Class (Podcast). ● Kentucky Historical Society. “Romantic 1825 Tragedy.” Historical Marker Program. https://history.ky.gov/markers/romantic-1825-tragedy. ● Kimball, William J. “The Kentucky Tragedy: Romance or Politics?” The Filson Club History Quarterly. https://filsonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/publicationpdfs/48-1-3_The-Kentucky-Tragedy-Romance-of-Politics_Kimball-William-J..pdf. ● Murder by Gaslight. “The Kentucky Tragedy.” http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2014/02/the-kentucky-tragedy.html. ● MTSU.edu. “New Light on Beauchamp’s Confession.” https://w1.mtsu.edu/borders/archives/9/New_Light_on_Beauchamp_s_Confession.pdf. ● Oxford Reference. “Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy.” ● Poe Studies. “Poe's Politian and the Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy.” https://www.eapoe.org/pstudies/ps1970/p1971203.htm. ● Schoenbachler, Matthew G. Murder and Madness: The Myth of the Kentucky Tragedy. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2009. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_cultural_history/30/. ● Wikipedia. “Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauchamp%E2%80%93Sharp_Tragedy. ● Wikipedia. “Jereboam O. Beauchamp.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jereboam_O._Beauchamp. ● Wikipedia. “Politian (play).” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politian_(play. ● Wikipedia. “Solomon P. Sharp.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_P._Sharp. Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  You can support us on Patreon!  Available on all major podcast platforms! Leave a review and share to support more true crime content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Medieval Crimes and Punishment. This week Mike brings you some fun ridiculous Guilty By Association cases with animals. Sources Anon. (n.d.). Animal Trial. Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trial Anon. (n.d.). Ducking Stool. Wikipedia. Retrieved from(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking_stool) Anon. (n.d.). Shepherd Fleece Their Masters: Middle Ages – The Golden Age of Fraud. Medium. Retrieved from https://vyongewa.medium.com/middle-ages-the-golden-age-of-fraud-f2907125e483 Anon. (n.d.). Unusual Medieval Laws You Won’t Believe! Medieval Justice Explored. Modern History TV. Retrieved from(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmTXiVfas7Q) Anon. (2023, June 29). Strange Medieval Courts: Animals on Trial in the Middle Ages. Medieval Torture Museum. Retrieved from https://medievaltorturemuseum.com/blog/strange-medieval-courts-animals-trial-middle-ages/ Black, E. (n.d.). 8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History. Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/story/8-unusual-punishments-inflicted-on-women-throughout-history Duffett, J. (n.d.). The Scold’s Bridle. Lancaster Castle. Retrieved from https://www.lancastercastle.com/history-heritage/further-articles/the-scolds-bridle/ MacLeod, V. (n.d.). The Scolds Bridle: A Terrifying and Haunting Tool of Punishment. Reddit. Retrieved from(https://www.reddit.com/r/SnapshotHistory/comments/1hkwtde_the_scolds_bridle_a_terrifying_and_haunting_tool/) Miller, B. (2023, August 30). The Dark History of Animal Trials. All That’s Interesting. Retrieved from https://allthatsinteresting.com/animal-trials Skoda, H. (2018, June 7). Students raising hell since the Middle Ages.  Times Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/students-raising-hell-since-middle-ages   Stanford University. (2013). Regarding an outrageous incident at the University of Paris.  Global Medieval Sourcebook. Retrieved from https://sourcebook.stanford.edu/text/regarding-outrageous-incident-university-paris   Szabo, V. E. (2022, January 25). Whaling and the North Atlantic right whale. WCU News. Retrieved from https://www.wcu.edu/stories/posts/News/2022/01/history-project-is-helping-inform-a-documentary-on-endangered-right-whales.aspx Tandfonline. (n.d.). ‘Noctivagione et pertubacione pacis’ (wandering about at night and disturbing the peace).  Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23801883.2023.2201956   University of Oxford. (n.d.). St Scholastica’s Day Riot.  Oxford History. Retrieved from https://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/government/scholastica.html   Wyatt, K. (2021, February 2). The Basel rooster and the oversized egg. MythFolks. Retrieved from https://www.mythfolks.com/animal-trials-middle-ages Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  You can support us on Patreon!  Available on all major podcast platforms! Leave a review and share to support more true crime content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brew Crime is back with the latest theme of Medieval Crimes and Punishment. This week JT brings you the story of the 1229 University of Paris strike. Sources Rabb, T. G. (n.d.). Parens scientiarum: Papal regulations for the University of Paris by Gregory IX, April 13, 1231.  Medieval History Sourcebook. Retrieved from https://medieval.ucdavis.edu/120B/Paris.html   Skoda, H. (n.d.). Students raising hell since the Middle Ages.  Times Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/students-raising-hell-since-middle-ages   Tandfonline. (n.d.). 'Noctivagione et pertubacione pacis' (wandering about at night and disturbing the peace).  Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23801883.2023.2201956   University of Cambridge. (n.d.). Parens scientiarum generation.  Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/scholarly-community-at-the-early-university-of-paris/parens-scientiarum-generation/8B4B3FFD4809120508F9DEC7A876EAE2   University of Oxford. (n.d.). St Scholastica's Day Riot.  Oxford History. Retrieved from https://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/government/scholastica.html   Wikiwand. (n.d.). Parens scientiarum.  Retrieved from https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Parens_scientiarum   Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). 1229 University of Paris strike.  Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1229_University_of_Paris_strike   Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). List of papal bulls.  Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_papal_bulls   Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). University of Paris.  Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Paris   Wikimedia Foundation. (n.d.). Parens scientiarum.  Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parens_scientiarum   Young, S. E. (n.d.). The “Parens scientiarum generation” of theologians at Paris between 1215 and 1248.  The University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/689916 Connect with us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brew Crime Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Exclusive Private Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  You can support us on Patreon!  Available on all major podcast platforms! Leave a review and share to support more true crime content!  Keywords:  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices