Brew Crime Podcast
We are a True Crime, Craft Beer and Comedy podcast. Join us as we pair great tasting beer with the all kinds of messed up stories.
Episodes
January 5, 2026 • 16 mins
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into "America's Most Haunted Hotel," the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mike details the hotel's notorious mid-life crisis when it was taken over by the charismatic but fraudulent "Dr." Norman Baker, who ran it as an experimental cancer hospital in the late 1930s. Mike cover...
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January 1, 2026 • 28 mins
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT check into Bramshill House in Hampshire, England, reputedly one of the country's most haunted stately homes with over 14 specters. Mike details the house's magnificent Jacobean history, its famous owners (including a Lord Zouche and an
exiled King of Romania), and the legendary ghost: The Mistletoe Bride...
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December 30, 2025 • 40 mins
Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode will end our 2025 Podcast year! Listen to todays news, once monthly. New episodes back in February. Happy New Year!
Sources
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sophie-kinsella-author-books-behind-132853934.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-recall-petition-approved-9.7001541
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-cair-muslim-brotherhood-declaration-9.7008351
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December 29, 2025 • 15 mins
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture to
Iceland to confront the most terrifying holiday figure—one who isn't interested in coal or spanking, but in your wardrobe: the Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn). Mike details the cat's monstrous size ("bigger than a house"), its association as the pet of the man-eating troll Grýla, and the bizarre rule...
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December 25, 2025 • 10 mins
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture into the folklore of southwestern Germany and the American tradition of the Pennsylvania Dutch to meet Belsnickel. Mike details Belsnickel's unique role as a pre-Christmas judge who travels alone, dressed in ragged furs, wielding both
a switch and pockets full of treats. Mike also covers the elab...
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December 23, 2025 • 32 mins
Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Hate Crimes. Mike tells you about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
Sources
● American Civil Liberties Union of
Georgia. (n.d.). What happened to Ahmaud Arbery?
● Associated Press. (2020). Ahmaud
Arbery profile.
● Associated Press. (2020). In his
final days, Ahmaud Arbery's life was at a crossroads...
● BlackPast. (n.d.). Ahmaud Arbery
(1994–2020).
● Courthouse News S...
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December 22, 2025 • 9 mins
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT venture into the chilling, pre-Christian folklore of the Alpine regions to confront Perchta (or Frau Berchta), the dual-natured winter goddess. Mike details her terrifying role as the "Belly-Slitter," who roams the countryside during the Twelve Days of Christmas to enforce social and domestic order. Perc...
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December 18, 2025 • 10 mins
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT take a deep dive into Scandinavian folklore to examine the Tomte (or Nisse), the diminutive, yet fiercely powerful, homestead spirit. Mike details the Tomte's essential job—protecting the farm and livestock—and his simple, non-negotiable
demand: a single bowl of porridge with butter. JT critiques the Tom...
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December 16, 2025 • 33 mins
Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Hate Crimes. JT tells you about Dehumanization of Immigrant Children at the US Border.
Sources
phr.org
S. Government Confirms Migrant Children Experienced Severe Mental Health Issues Following “Family Separation” - PHR
factcheck.org
Nielsen's Rhetoric on Family Separations - FactCheck.org
immigrantjustice.org
A Timeline of the First Trump Administration's Efforts to En...
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December 15, 2025 • 10 mins
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Today on Ghost Bites, Mike and JT take a festive, yet deeply unsettling, trip to Iceland to explore the folklore of the 13 Yule Lads (Jólasveinar). Mike details the Lads' evolution from child-eating trolls to modern gift-givers, and introduces their cannibalistic mother, Grýla, and the giant, garment-obsessed Yule Cat. JT diss...
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December 9, 2025 • 50 mins
Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode falls on October 2025. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
Sources
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/tech/folotoy-kumma-ai-bear-scli-intl
https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2025/11/17/ontario-man-alleges-chatgpt-caused-delusions-sues-parent-company-openai/
https://www.mediaite.com/online/megyn-kelly-spends-2-solid-minutes-on-how-maybe-jeffrey-epstein-actually-not-a-pedophi...
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December 2, 2025 • 37 mins
Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Active Shootings. Mike tells you about the École Polytechnique Massacre.
Sources
● en.wikipedia.orgÉcole Polytechnique massacre - Wikipedia● muse.jhu.eduUnbearable Witness: Toward a Politics of Listening - Project MUSE● politicalresearch.orgThe First Anti-Feminist Massacre | Political Research Associates● en.wikipedia.orgMarc Lépine - Wikipedia● femicideincanada.caThe Montreal Massac...
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November 25, 2025 • 62 mins
Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Active Shootings. JT tells you about the Virginia Tech Shooting.
Sources
Alameddine, L. (n.d.). Lynnette Alameddine. Moments That Survive. Retrieved from https://momentsthatsurvive.org/tribute/lynnette-alameddine/
American Psychological Association. (2018, September). Mass shooting survivors: Most show resilience, but some face ongoing mental health problems. Monitor on Psy...
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November 18, 2025 • 51 mins
Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode falls on October 2025. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
Sources
https://nationalpost.com/news/our-enemy-now-is-canada-alan-dershowitz-says-on-israel-policy
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/inside-mcgill-faculty-vote-boycott-080000113.html
https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/31/shawn-oakman-suspended-indefinitely/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Oakman
https://people.com/katy...
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November 11, 2025 • 30 mins
Brew Crime is back as we cover our new series Nerd Crimes. Mike tells you about the murder of Lieth Peter Von Stein and the attempted murder of his wife.
Sources
Finished Pages. (2023). From patriarch to the small screen: The North Carolina murder of Leith Von Stein. Finished Pages.
Law Library, Justia. (1992). STATE of North Carolina v. James Bartlett UPCHURCH, III. 332 N.C. 439, 421 S.E.2d 577.
McGinniss, J. (1991)...
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November 4, 2025 • 45 mins
In 1979, a missing teen genius accidentally birthed the 'Satanic Panic.'
Welcome to Brew Crime: Nerd Crimes, where fantasy meets felony. We're kicking off with the case that turned a brand-new tabletop game into a cultural boogeyman: the disappearance of 16-year-old child prodigy, James Dallas Egbert III.
Dallas vanished from his college dorm, leaving behind a confusing note and a pile of Dungeons & Dragons books. When a flamboya...
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October 28, 2025 • 37 mins
Never trust a meal cooked with a secret ingredient.
Welcome back to Brew Crime: Poisonings, Part 2. We trade toxic soil for a quiet Australian kitchen in this gripping second episode. Join us as we unpack the mysterious and shocking case of the Leongatha Mushroom Murders.
What happens when a seemingly innocent family lunch turns into a death sentence? We dive into the baffling timeline, the tragic victims, and the single suspect ...
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October 21, 2025 • 41 mins
Imagine your backyard is a ticking time bomb.
Welcome to Brew Crime. In our first chilling installment of Poisoning, we dig deep into the infamous Love Canal—the idyllic 1950s neighborhood built directly atop 21,000 tons of buried toxic waste.
Join us as we recount the decades of hidden illness, the desperate pleas of poisoned families, and the environmental catastrophe that birthed the Superfund cleanup program. It's a terrifyin...
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October 14, 2025 • 72 mins
Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode falls on October 2025. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
Special guest host Paige now of The Pop Culture Diary
Sources
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/torngat-mountains-black-bear-fights-polar-bear-1.7644788
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/brantford-ont-mussels-research-1.7643402
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-travel...
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October 7, 2025 • 47 mins
Welcome to Brew Crime News!
This episode falls on October 2025. Listen to todays news, once monthly.
Sources
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/man-arrested-driving-child-size-110000357.html
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/children-walmart-santa-claus-were-171915959.html
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/netanyahu-gambled-targeting-hamas-leaders-051052100.html
https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/23/trump-reacts-epstein-statue-holding-hands-w...
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