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Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast
Melissa Morgan hosts an often funny, always compelling adventure into murders and mysteries and other weirdness she finds fascinating. Looking into solved and unsolved homicide cases and looking for tips from anywhere, from anyone, on anything, Melissa's curiosity and love of detective work and forensic science is contagious. Melissa's sense of humor and interest in spirituality also make for a wild ride. A broadcasting professional by training, she has written for a nationally-syndicated…
Episodes
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast49. Tastes Like An Innocence Project
On this special edition of JUST THE TIP-STERS, Melissa travels south into deep Orange County California, to the campus of the University of California Irvine…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast48. Tastes Like The Bike Path Killer Should Have Stayed In The Gym
Friendly, regular family guy Altemio Sanchez - affectionately known around his neighborhood in suburban Buffalo, NY as "Uncle Al" - couldn't have been more of…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast47. Tastes Like NPR Sent A Rejection Letter - Plus Tip-Sters Two Cents
Hey! Don't be distracted by that...er...more Podcasty sounding introduction...it was just a little something we tried...for about 30 seconds...and then…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast46. Tastes Like Chef Daniel Brophy Chose The WRONG Wife
In this week's podcast, Melissa rips a story directly from the headlines in a shocking, still-developing story out of Oregon, where Chef Daniel Brophy - a…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast45. Tastes Like Catching An Unknown Serial Killer: The Brilliance of Barbara Rae-Venter
Who could have guessed that the trail to catching the infamous Golden State Killer led straight through the brilliant mind of a retired attorney, medical…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast44. The Golden State Killer Part 6 - Tastes Like KGSK Is On The Air!
Kicking September off with a Big Bunch of a Bang, Melissa covers some fascinating new ground in the ongoing prosecution of Joseph D'Angelo, the accused Golden…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast43. MURDERTIZER - Tastes Like Yoga Balls Are A Gassss...!!!
Here's a short but savory MURDERTIZER for your mid-week snack! This time featuring a yellow Mini Cooper, a professor of anesthesiology and a big, bouncy yoga…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast42. Tastes Like That Time We Got In The Middle Of A Murder Investigation - The Tragic And Clumsy Homicide Of Pamela Fayed
...so then...there was that time when Melissa and Producer Mark were sitting down to dinner...and then...the phone rang...and then... - And what a night it…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast41. Tastes Like Cap'n Christina Has A Past: The Lyerla Murders
So what is a girl to do when she's kinda sorta, you know, DONE with her husband and baby and wants to spend more time with her daddy-figure lover? Well -…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast40. Tastes Like The Car Guy Did It - The Disappearance Of The Salomen Family
When Shlomo (Sol) Salomen, his wife and two children suddenly disappeared from their suburban Northridge California home in October of 1982, nothing seemed to…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast39. MURDERTIZER - GSK Update And Tip-Sters Two Cents
A zesty MURDERTIZER wherein Melissa discusses the recent Oxygen Network documentary "Golden State Killer: Main Suspect," which features many new insights and…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast38. Tastes Like CSI-Aye-Aye: The Scripted Suicides of Alan Abrahamson And Tom Hickman
Who woulda thunk it? Two very different guys - ten years apart - used the sub-sub story line of an episode of a TV crime procedural from 2003 and (almost)…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast37. The West Mesa Murders Part 3 Featuring Todd Kohlhepp - Tastes Like Multiple Persons Of Interest
Melissa wraps up her examination of the West Mesa Murders in Albuquerque with a closer look at the multiplicity of possible persons of interest in the case -…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast36. GSK Update And West Mesa Murders Part 2 - Tastes Like Tragedy
First things first - an update on a couple of new newzbitz on the Golden State Killer prosecution and things we're learning about people and events on the…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast35. MURDERTIZER - Tip-Ster Two Cents - Tastes Like Listener Emails
In this short but totally sweet MURDERTIZER, Melissa reads some comments and suggestions from listeners and hands out some big thanks to other fans of the…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast34. The West Mesa Murders Part 1 - Tastes Like Bones
Melissa takes a first look at the West Mesa Murders in Albuquerque - murders that happened over a long stretch of time but were not discovered until a mass…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast33. Tastes Like Homicide Pie And A Bad Movie - The Murder Of Adrienne Shelly
In a delicious mix of serious storytelling, film reviewing and humor, Melissa cuts loose on bad screenwriting AND awful murder as she looks at the life, career…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast32. The Golden State Killer Part 5? - Tastes Like A Familiar Crime Scene - GSK and Patricia Neufeld?
Those question marks in the title of this episode are there for a reason - because a real mystery is evolving regarding the unsolved 1978 murder of Patricia…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast31. Tastes Like Not A Very G'Day Mate - The Evil Sprees of Christopher Wilder
Nearly killed at birth. Nearly drowned as a toddler. Australian transplant to America, where he becomes a rich South Florida playboy. Stone cold sexual…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast30. The Golden State Killer Part 4 - Tastes Like No Plea And A S***load Of Evidence
It's been less than two months since the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer - but WOW has new information been pouring out about…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast29. Tastes Like A Hit Man Hired From A Yelp Review - The Mary Morris Murders
One of the most frustrating cold cases in America comes to Melissa straight out of Houston Texas, where in late 2000 two completely unrelated women who…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast28. Tastes Like Life Imitated Art Imitating Life - John List and Ed Sherman and BLACKOUT
A blast from Melissa's college days turns into a rollercoaster ride of Murder-to-Movie- to-Murder! A recollection of a movie from 1985 called "Blackout" -…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast27. Tastes Like Half Of Buffalo Bill - The Horror Of Gary Heidnik
When one of our beloved Tip-Sters - Laurencia all the way from Maine! - sent Melissa an email to suggest this gruesome little tale, we were surprised to learn…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast26. The Golden State Killer Part 3 - Tastes Like Southern California
In the final years of GSK's known (and we stress KNOWN) string of vandalism, rapes and murders - from 1980 to 1986 - the killings were less frequent but far…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast25. The Golden State Killer Part 2 - Tastes Like The Central Coast Years
In the second part of this multi-part series on California's infamous Golden State Killer, Melissa follows the path of the former East Area Rapist, now headed…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast24. The Golden State Killer Part 1 - Tastes Like The Early Years
In the first part of a multi-part series focusing on the infamous, decades-long mystery of the Golden State Killer - and the recent arrest of a suspect after…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast23. Tastes Like A Queen City Massacre - The Bricca Family Murders
In this episode, Melissa takes the suggestion of a loyal Tip-Ster calling the Tip-Ster Hotline from Cincinnati, Ohio - and explores one of that city's most…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast22. MURDERTIZER - Golden State Killer Preview - Tastes Like A Micro-Penis In Lockup
He was only arrested a few days ago, but already the capture of Joseph James DeAngelo - the alleged "Golden State Killer" accused of committing 12 murders and…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast21. MURDERTIZER - Tastes Like Zankou Revisited
In a special zesty MURDERTIZER between full episodes, Melissa follows up on the Zankou Chicken Massacre with a lighter chat about her numerous visits - some…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast20. Those Darn Peterson Boyz, Part 3 - Tastes Like Michael
Melissa completes her 3-part series on murderous men named Peterson with maybe the most fascinating of all - the tangled tale of Michael Peterson...who was…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast19. Those Darn Peterson Boyz Part 2 - Tastes Like Scott
Yeah, he probably did it. You can feel in in your gut, right? That's pretty much what the jury said when it convicted Scott Peterson of the murder of his wife…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast18. Those Darn Peterson Boyz Part 1 - Tastes Like Drew
Who would have guessed that three of the most notorious, murderous men in recent history all share the same last name? Not for nothing, ladies, but maybe if…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast17. MURDERTIZER - Tastes Like The Crusty Shell Of Charles Manson
...crusty AND flaky too! Here's another palette-cleansing, tasty and refreshing MURDERTIZER between regular episodes - this time so that Melissa can catch…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast16. Tastes Like Nancy Reagan Comin' Up To Bat: Vicki Lynn Morgan And Alfred Bloomingdale
A beautiful young girl with dreams of stardom moves from small town Colorado to Los Angeles to make her way to stardom...sound familiar? Vicki Morgan's story…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast15. Tastes Like The Secret Is Avoiding Sweat Lodges - The Rise And Fall Of James Ray
James Ray's self-help enterprise made him a zillionaire after Oprah Winfrey knighted him - however briefly - her favorite Guide to Self-Realization. All of it…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast14. Tastes Like Blood On The Tripod - Bob Crane And John Henry Carpenter
What's more deranged than a TV sitcom set in a Nazi prisoner of war camp? How about a drummer, radio personality and TV star who likes to feature himself in…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast13. Tastes Like Hands-Free Driving: Gary DeVore's Long Night's Journey Into Darkness
The mystery of screenwriter/producer Gary DeVore's 1997 disappearance on a dark and lonely highway - and the discovery of his body a year later - sans both…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast12. Tastes Like Leopold, Loeb And Acid On The Genitals - With Special Guest PAUL ZOLLO
Melissa is joined by author, singer/songwriter, columnist and photographer PAUL ZOLLO to talk about the infamous case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast11. Tastes Like Winos, Yoga and Twinning
They say that the fun is doubled when twins are involved...but whoever thought up that little gem never met the Duval Sisters of Maui, formerly of Park City…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast10. Tastes Like Buried Kill Kits - The Unraveling Of Israel Keyes
Ever wonder why so many serial killers live their entire lives without ever getting caught? They're CLEVER, that's why. And the clever ones who do get caught?…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast9. Tastes Like A Dark Day In Castaic
Melissa investigates a murder right in her own town - a 2007 "unsolved but solved" case involving the bludgeoning of Lawana Clary, a housewife and special…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast8. Tastes Like Tent Canvas
Melissa discusses the tragic case of Barbara Ann Hackman, known only as "Tent Girl" when her body was first found wrapped in a circus tent canvas in rural…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast7. Tastes Like The Astral Plane - with Special Guest PAM CORONADO - Psychic Detective
Melissa is joined by renowned spiritual counselor and psychic detective PAM CORONADO, who for more than two decades has helped law enforcement solve a wide…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast6. MURDERTIZER - The Story of Frances Glessner Lee, The Mother Of Forensic Science
A delicious appetizer to whet your whistle until the next full episode - today Melissa tells the tale of Frances Glessner Lee, who, at the age of 52 and with…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast5. Tastes Like Lululemon, Yoga and Murder
Melissa delves into the tragic 2011 "Lululemon Murder" in Bethesda Maryland by way of a riveting and personal exploration of one woman's passion for yoga…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast4. Where There's A Will There's A Way - Will Cierzan (w/Special Guest Kari Hewitt)
Melissa is joined by special guest KARI HEWITT of The Finders, a Southern California band of dedicated volunteers who work with law enforcement and other…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast3. Tastes Like My Homey Chuck Manson
Melissa is horrified to learn not only that she and Chuckles were born just a few miles apart - but that the guy who built a temple to Everything Manson and…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast2. Tastes Like Zankou Chicken
Mmmmm garlic paste. And chicken! What could be more tasty? How about a nasty family feud over a multi-million dollar restaurant chain that turns bloodier than…
Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast1. Tastes Like Homicide For The Holidays
Melissa explores the strange case of Gene Simmons (no, not THAT Gene Simmons!) who celebrated Christmas and New Year back in 1987 in a most macabre way…