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In the early 1940s, Boston\u2019s Cocoanut Grove nightclub was *the* place to see and be seen. The club owner, Barnet \u201cBarney\u201d Welansky, was a sharp businessman. He ensured that the club was beautifully decorated with blue satin hanging from the ceilings, heavy drapes, and support columns that were made to look like palm trees. He also kept a watchful eye on the finances by ensuring that no one left without paying. He locked almost every exit and covered windows with draperies. On November 28, 1942, the Cocoanut Grove gained the horrific distinction of becoming the deadliest nightclub fire in American history.\n
\n\nThen Brandi brings in her sister, Kaci, to tell us about Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, aka, the Ken and Barbie Killers. In the late 80s, the people of Scarborough, Ontario, were on edge. There\u2019d been a string of rapes in their community, and all anyone seemed to know about the rapist was that he was blonde and in his twenties. On little more than hunches, two women called the police to report that they suspected Paul Bernardo as the perpetrator. The women were right, but it\u2019d be years before Paul faced justice.\xa0\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\nThe documentary \u201cSix locked doors: the legacy of Cocoanut grove\u201d\xa0\n\xa0\u201cThe Cocoanut Grove Inferno\u201d by Jack Thomas for the Boston Globe
\n\u201cGrove Owner Starts 12-15 Year Sentence,\u201d The Boston Globe\n\u201cCourt Upholds Prison Term in Night Club Fire,\u201d Universal Press
\n\u201cNight Club Owner Guilty In Boston,\u201d The New York Times\n\u201cThe Cocoanut Grove Fire,\u201d BostonFireHistory.org\n\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kaci pulled from:\nAn episode of Autopsy from HBO \u201cAutopsy 8: Dead Giveaway\u201d\n\u201cPaul Bernardo & Karla Homolka\u201d by Marilyn Bardsley, The Crime Library\n\u201cKarla Leanne Homolka,\u201d Murderpedia.org\n\n\u201cPaul Kenneth Bernardo,\u201d Murderpedia.org\n\n\u201cKarla Homolka,\u201d Wikipedia.org\n\n\u201cPaul Bernardo,\u201d Wikipedia.org\n