4: The West Memphis Three & The Corn Flake Brothers

Published: March 13, 2018, 2:17 a.m.

WARNING: The audio in this episode is rough. What can we say? We were young(ish), dumb, and thought we\u2019d save a little money by sharing one microphone. Yeah. The audio quality improves drastically after episode 9.\xa0

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In this episode, Kristin talks about the Kellogg brothers. Sounds a little bland, right? Trust us, it\u2019s not. The Kellogg brothers fought each other in and out of court for years. By the time this story is over, you\u2019ll never look at corn flakes the same way again.

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Then Brandi tells us about the West Memphis Three. She gets so into it that she brings us both to tears. The story centers around three teenage boys who were convicted in the brutal murders of three little boys. According to our super accurate analysis (don\u2019t ever question us, kthanks) Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin were convicted for wearing too many black t-shirts.

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And 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.

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In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
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The book, \u201cThe Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek,\u201d by Howard Markel
\n\n\u201cWill Kellogg: King of Corn Flakes\u201d from the Foundation For Economic Education
\n\nThe book, \u201cSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs\u201d by Chuck Klosterman
\n\nThe book, \u201cA Secret History of Brands\u201d by Matt MacNabb

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In this episode, Brandi watched the hell out of:
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\u201cWest Memphis Three Trials,\u201d from \xa0famous-trials.com
\n\nThe documentary, \u201cParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills\u201d