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Brandi starts us off with a story that makes her skin crawl. Seriously. She dry heaved like five times telling this story. It starts innocently enough. In late 2007, Brian and Susan Trost bought their dream home. Their 2,400-square-foot house had gorgeous views of the Whitmoor Country Club\u2019s lush golf course. Soon after they moved in, the Trosts gave their new home a deep clean. But not long after they\u2019d cleaned the house, Susan noticed a spider web. She figured it was no big deal \u2014 she\u2019d just missed it. But she figured wrong.
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\nThen Kristin tells us about what is arguably the most controversial episode of any daytime talk show, ever. On March 6, 1995, the Jenny Jones Show taped an episode on same sex secret crushes. Scott Amedure was on the show to discuss his secret crush on an acquaintance named Jonathan Schmitz. Before Jonathan came on stage, Jenny asked Scott to describe the fantasies he\u2019d had about Jonathan. Scott laughingly obliged. When Jonathan finally came on stage and learned that Scott was the one who\u2019d brought him on the show, Jonathan seemed surprised. He told the Jenny Jones show that he was a heterosexual. All in all, the segment didn\u2019t seem like much. Scott had a crush; Jonathan didn\u2019t feel the same way. But then, three days after the taping, Jonathan bought a shotgun, drove to Scott\u2019s home, and shot him twice in the chest.
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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.
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\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\nGay and Trans Panic Defense, LGBT Bar
\n\u201cJury: Jones\u2019 show liable; awards $25 million,\u201d by Justin Hyde for the Associated Press
\n\u201cDad of accused gay-killer rips TV host, victim,\u201d by Todd Nissen for Reuters
\n\u201cMurder trial under way in talk show slaying,\u201d Associated Press
\n\u201cJurors watch \u2018Gay Crush\u2019 episode,\u201d Associated Press
\n\u201cWoman describes Schmitz\u2019s manner before fatal shooting,\u201d Associated Press
\n\u201cLawyer: Make Jones testify,\u201d by Greta Guest for the Associated Press
\n\u201cDefense lawyer angles for manslaughter verdict,\u201d by L.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press
\n\u201cWitness: Two at bar together,\u201d by Justin Hyde for the Associated Press
\n\u201cSame Sex Secret Crushes\u201d episode of the Jenny Jones Show on YouTube
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\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cExtreme case of brown recluse spiders drives owners from Weldon Spring home\u201d by Susan Weich, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
\n\u201cState Farm Was NOT There When This Family\u2019s House Was INFESTED With Thousands Of DEADLY SPIDERS\u201d by Eric Owens, Daily Caller
\n\u201cSpider Man\u201d by John Amick, The Pitch