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Caviar and Criminals
True crime with taste. Caviar & Criminals is where dark stories meet high gloss — a true crime and pop culture podcast hosted by best friends Anthony Kurtz and Dana Parisi, who bring wit, glamour, and genuine heart to the cases everyone else gets wrong.
From cult leaders and con artists to reality TV scandals, financial fraud, and the icons we thought we knew, every episode is a deeply researched, narrative-driven story told with one rule above all: the victims come first. No cheap shots, no…
Episodes
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Rudy Kurniawan: The Great Wine Heist
This week, Anthony covers the story of Rudy Kurniawan - the ultimate high society con who took cheap California table wine, forged labels in his suburban…
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Laura Black: Coworker from Hell
This week, Dana tells Anthony the disturbing story of Laura Black, a woman whose workplace relationship took a truly dark turn. What might have seemed like an…
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Thad Roberts: To The Moon
SEASON 4 IS HERE! 🌙🚀 We’re kicking off Season 4 with a story that sounds completely made up—but somehow, it’s not. This week, Anthony tells Dana the bizarre…
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REVAMP: Lorena Bobbitt
Before we disappear for a little summer break, we're giving one of our favorite episodes a fresh cut. (Too soon?) This week, we're re-releasing our…
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The Milkshake Murder
This week, Anthony tells Dana the shocking story of Robert Kissel, a wealthy investment banker whose seemingly picture-perfect life ended in one of Hong Kong's…
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Howard Ashman: Little Shop of Mermaid
This week, Dana takes Anthony through the extraordinary life of Howard Ashman—the brilliant lyricist and creative force behind Little Shop of Horrors, The…
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Hot Felon Summer: Anthony Curcio
This week, we're asking the question no one should be asking: was Anthony Curcio really the hottest bank robber ever? Anthony walks Dana through the bizarre…
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PRIDE: Polari
This week, Dana brings Anthony the full story of Polari — where it came from, how it worked, who carried it, and what happened when the law finally changed and…
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PRIDE: Project Soapy Italian
This week,Anthony and Dana take us to two very different chapters of LGBTQ+ history. First, Anthony tells the story of Operation Soap, the infamous 1981 police…
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PRIDE: Harvey Milk & Alan Turing
This Pride Month, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes celebrating two men who changed history in very different ways. Anthony tells the story of…
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The Crime Queen of NY: Fredericka Mandelbaum
This week, Dana tells Anthony the unbelievable story of Fredericka Mandelbaum — the German immigrant who quietly built one of the largest criminal empires in…
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Fatal Attraction: Carolyn Warmus
A love triangle, a mysterious blonde in a black coat, and a murder that shocked suburban New York. This week, Anthony takes Dana through the wild and messy…
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The Monster Next Door: Andre Rand (Cropsey)
Some neighborhoods have ghost stories. Staten Island had Andre Rand. This week on Caviar & Criminals, Dana takes Anthony back to her hometown to unravel one of…
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The Monster Next Door: Joseph Palczynski
Baltimore, 2000. A woman named Tracy Whittle did everything right. She got the protective order. She cut contact. She tried to move on. He killed her anyway…
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That’s a Lot of Enema: Linda Hazzard
This week on Caviar and Criminals, Dana walks Anthony through one of the most disturbing wellness stories in history — the case of Linda Hazzard. At first…
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Dr. Death: Christopher Duntsch
This week on Caviar and Criminals, Anthony walks Dana through one of the most disturbing medical cases in modern history — the story of Dr. Death, Christopher…
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Prince of Poyais: Gregor MacGregor (Part Two)
In Part One, Gregor MacGregor sold the dream of Poyais — a thriving country filled with wealth, opportunity, and promise. In Part Two, people paid the price…
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Back to Gibraltar: Gregor MacGregor (Part One)
A war hero. A “prince.” A master of reinvention. This week, Dana tells Anthony the story of Gregor MacGregor—a man who convinced hundreds of people to risk…
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Disney Land for Jesus: Tammy Faye Bakker
What happens when faith, fame, and money collide… and no one’s watching the books? This week, Anthony takes Dana into the glitter-soaked, mascara-streaked…
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What We Really Want the Title to Be: Ted Kaczynski
This week on Caviar and Criminals, Dana takes Anthony deep into a story that starts with a quiet, brilliant outsider—and spirals into one of the most…
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Back to the Cult: Tony Alamo
This week on Caviar and Criminals, Anthony pulls Dana into one of the darkest and most bizarre cult stories you’ve probably never fully heard—Tony Alamo. What…
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That’s Not Syphilis: The Radium Girls
In this episode, Dana tells Anthony the chilling story of the Radium Girls — young women who were told they were part of something glamorous, modern, and even…
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Say Nope to Dope: The Russian Doping Scandal
The Olympics are supposed to represent the very best of human achievement — discipline, fairness, and the pursuit of excellence. But behind the pageantry of…
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The Dark Side of the Olympics: Nodar Kumaritashvili
The Olympics are supposed to represent the very best of humanity — glory, excellence, and the thrill of watching the world’s greatest athletes compete. But…
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Back to the Runway
This week on Caviar and Criminals, Dana is still battling whatever plague has taken her down, so we’re revisiting one of our most iconic deep dives: America’s…
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Ride Sally, Ride: H.H. Holmes
In this episode of Caviar & Criminals, Dana takes Anthony back to the glittering chaos of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair — a moment in American history that…
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Bumping Along
Welcome to Season 3 of Caviar & Criminals. Before Prohibition kings, before the mobsters you already know, there was Stephanie St. Clair. In our Season 3…
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Red, White & Sleigh
🎄 Holiday Surprise Drop! 🎄 This Christmas Day, we’re pulling something straight from the Caviar & Criminals vault — an episode we truly never thought would see…
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Typhoid Mary: Serial Killer? (SEASON TWO FINALE)
For our Season 2 finale, Anthony is walking Dana through one of the most complicated and controversial figures we’ve ever covered. Mary Mallon — better known…
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Ed Gein: The Virgin Who Can Drive
This week on Caviar & Criminals, Dana takes Anthony on a disturbing little road trip through the life and crimes of Ed Gein… yes, that one. From the horrors…
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Taunton is Hell: Jane Toppan
Serial Killer December starts now — and Anthony is kicking it off with the chilling story of nurse-turned-murderer Jane Toppan. From her dark beginnings in…
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Happy Thanksgiving: Typhoid is Bad
This week, Dana gifts Anthony a chaotic Thanksgiving history lesson that starts with typhoid (because of course it does), then spirals into the grim past of…
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How to Lose a Country in 10 Cult Steps
50th Episode Special! For our 50th episode, we’re taking you to Seoul — where one of the most advanced democracies on earth briefly found itself run like a…
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The Disappearance of Mark Sanford
This week, we’re unlocking the Caviar & Criminals vault and bringing you one of the strangest political scandals of the 2000s — and Anthony is telling Dana…
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The Pope Said Nope
This week on Caviar and Criminals, Dana kicks off Political Scandals Month with a bang! This week, Dana tells Anthony the explosive true story of the 1605…
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The Connecticut Witch Panic
This Halloween, Dana takes Anthony back to a time before Salem — to the dark woods of colonial Connecticut, where fear and faith collided in the first witch…
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Go the Distance, Lorraine
New Episode Alert! This week, Anthony tells Dana the chilling true story behind one of the most famous hauntings in America — the Perron Family of Harrisville…
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The Black Dahlia
🎙️ New Episode Alert! This week, Dana takes Anthony back to the smoky streets of 1940s Los Angeles — where glamour met gruesome reality. It’s the story of The…
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Mailbox of Nightmares
This week, Anthony takes Dana on a chilling tour through one of America’s most unsettling real estate nightmares: The Watcher House in Westfield, New Jersey…
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$80,000 Trauma
This week, Dana takes Anthony deep into one of America’s most infamous hauntings — the Amityville Horror. A quiet neighborhood. A dream home. And a series of…
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December 6, 1991
A surprise drop from Caviar and Criminals! Anthony takes Dana back to a quiet strip mall in Austin, Texas, where a late-night fire hid something far more…
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Gifted Grifters
Welcome to October! We’re kicking off this month with Ed and Lorraine Warren. Dana dives into their spooky rise as paranormal investigators, while Anthony…
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Ok Tax Bracket
On Christmas night 1996, six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in her Boulder home — a ransom note on the stairs, a family under suspicion…
Caviar and CriminalsHollywood Hangover
Reality TV Scandal Month continues! Dana pulls back the curtain on the glossy yet scandal-ridden world of celebrity rehab with Dr. Drew, unpacking how reality…
Caviar and CriminalsRunway Wars
Reality TV Month continues! This week, Anthony takes on the scandal-filled world of America’s Next Top Model, from brutal challenges to behind-the-scenes…
Caviar and CriminalsExotic Dancer
Welcome to reality tv scandal month! To start our month strong, Dana takes us behind the glitter and chaos of Dance Moms, where ambition, manipulation and…
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The Cult of Belief
The final week of cult week has arrived! This episode, Anthony unravels the web of QAnon - the modern digital cult that began with cryptic internet posts and…
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Seventh Day Cult
This week, Anthony takes Dana through the roots of the Branch Davidians, starting with the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the offshoots that…
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Good Hair...Bad Person
Surprise Drop: Rajneeshpuram Dana takes us deep into the wild and chaotic saga of Rajneeshpuram—the cult-turned-city in rural Oregon that brought Rolls-Royces…
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Bad Fathers
This week on Caviar and Criminals, the spotlight is on patriarchs whose legacies are anything but fatherly. Anthony unpacks the harrowing story of the David…
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Heavenly Love
What happens when blind devotion collides with cosmic promises? Season 2 is kicking off with a bang. Dana takes us into the chilling world of Heaven's Gate - a…
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SURPRISE: McScammed
SURPRISE! We know we said we were on break all of July (and we are - mental health is real and summer is for recharging), but we couldn't resist dropping…
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SURPRISE: An Open Concept Cult
Surprise! We're dropping a bonus episode from the vault - one we never thought would see the light of day. In this surprise summer release, Anthony takes Dana…
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PRIDE: Milk/Turing
In our final Pride Month episode, Anthony dives into the powerful legacy of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California. Afterwards, Dana…
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PRIDE: Lesbian 5B
In this powerful Pride Month episode, Dana shares the untold story of how lesbian communities mobilized during the AIDS crisis - organizing, caregiving, and…
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PRIDE: Conversion Closet
In this emotionally charged Pride Month episode, Anthony unpacks the gut-wrenching history of conversion therapy in America and around the world. We talk about…
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PRIDE: Golden Last Call
To kick off Pride Month, Dana honors the trailblazing, sass-slinging legacy of The Golden Girls. The sitcom that did more for queer representation than most…
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FRESH CUT: The Lorena Bobbitt Story
This week, Dana takes Anthony through the most infamous tabloid story of the '90s, the case of Lorena Bobbitt. What starts as a punchline becomes a sobering…
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The (Possible) New England Serial Killer
This week Anthony walks Dana through one of the most chilling conspiracy theories currently gripping the internet: is there a serial killer stalking New…
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Plastic, Punchlines, and Power: The Joan Rivers Story
This week, Dana takes Anthony through the sharp-tongued, trailblazing journey of Joan Rivers. The incomparable woman who broke barriers, burned bridges, and…