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In the year of our Lord 1987, a microbiologist named Curt Jones blessed us with the invention of Dippin\u2019 Dots. The nation\u2019s theme parks were never the same. But with success comes thievin\u2019 bitches. (Or just\u2026 regular competition, depending on how you look at it.) Curt decided to protect his patent. In doing so, he found himself in a lengthy and costly legal battle. T\u2019was a rocky road.\xa0
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\nThen Brandi tells us about Beau Rothwell, who is somehow even douchier than his name suggests. Beau was unhappy in his marriage, but didn\u2019t bother communicating that to his wife, Jennifer. Instead, he had an affair while simultaneously trying to get Jennifer pregnant. When Jennifer became pregnant, Beau was stunned. What was a douche to do?
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\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:\nAn episode of the podcast How I Built This, titled, Dippin\u2019 Dots: Curt Jones\n\u201cIs Dippin\u2019 Dots still the ice cream of the future?\u201d by K. Annabelle Smith for Smithsonian Magazine
\n\u201cHow Dippin\u2019 Dots went from bankruptcy to $330M in annual revenue,\u201d by Dave Schools for Entrepreneurs Handbook\nMini Melts, inc v. Dippin\u2019 Dots, inc\n\u201cThings you didn\u2019t know about Dippin\u2019 Dots,\u201d by Becki Ledford for Mashed.com
\n\u201cWhat are Dippin\u2019 Dots, really? The history of cryogenic ice cream,\u201d by Juliet Izon for Serious Eats\n\u201cIn the lab with the ice cream makers,\u201d by Jennifer A. Kingson for the New York Times\n\u201cJury says Dippin\u2019 Dots erred on patent request,\u201d Associated Press\n\u201cIce cream maker hot on issue,\u201d Associated Press\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cHusband faces charges in woman\u2019s disappearance\u201d by Kim Bell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch\n\u201cHusband now charged with killing his wife\u201d by Christine Byers and Kim Bell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch\n\u201cWarrants shed light on woman\u2019s death\u201d by Christine Byers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch\n\u201cJury to decide if woman\u2019s death was premeditated\u201d by Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch\n\u201cMurder suspect Beau Rothwell brings unexpected defense at trial\u201d by Chris Hayes, Fox2 Now\n\u201cRothwell\u2019s list of \u2018pros and cons\u2019 shared during murder trial\u201d by Joe Millitzer and Chris Hayes, Fox2 Now\n\u201cBeau Rothwell found guilty of first-degree murder after explaining how he killed his wife\u201d by Elizabeth Barmeier, Spectrum News\n\u201cBeau Rothwell found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife\u201d by Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch\n\u201cBeau Rothwell sentenced to life in the killing of his pregnant wife\u201d by Sara Bannoura, KMOV4 News\n\u201cBeau Rothwell sentenced to life in prison for killing wife who had searched online "what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant\u201d\u201d CBS News\n
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