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Child Showgirl: The Tragic Tale of Lois Andrews

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 When 15-year-old Lois Andrews announced she was marrying 42-year-old comedian George Jessel, America held its breath. Today, it looks

Sep 23
1 h 12 min

Frank Ries: Hollywood's King of the Obscene

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 When Frank Ries killed himself in 1947, no one had any idea it was going to expose one of the darkest secrets in Hollywood history. A

Sep 16
1 h 28 min

The Smallest Clique: Madams and Brothels of Golden Hollywood

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 This week, take a deep dive into one of the darkest sides of Hollywood's Golden Age. We'll be exploring the madams, procure

Sep 9
1 h 29 min

Pay to Play: A VERY Brief History of Predators in Hollywood

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 Think Hollywood only became a nasty place when Epstein got involved with Peggy Siegal? Think again. In this episode, I'm taking

Sep 2
1 h 29 min

Marilyn & the Mafia: The Tragic Final Year of Marilyn Monroe

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 What happened to Marilyn Monroe at the Cal Neva Lodge in 1962? And what did Frank Sinatra and Sam Giancana have to do with it? In th

Aug 26
1 h 35 min

Plunder As a Way of Life: Hollywood & the Mafia

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 Yeah, Frank Sinatra used to sing for the mob...but what do you know about Johnny Roselli, or Charlie Baron? In this episode, I'

Aug 19
1 h 14 min

Joe Francis (Pt II): Pure, Unadulterated Evil

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 Assault. Child abuse. Grievous bodily harm. Kim Kardashian. Those are just a few of horrors you can expect in this final chapter on J

Aug 12
1 h 21 min

Joe Francis (Part I): The Most Awful Human Being

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 In 2008, Joe Francis plead no contest to child abuse and prostitution. Today, he lives in Mexico, in a palatial resort estate often f

Aug 5
1 h 32 min

Barbara Daly Baekeland: Hell In the Ivory Tower

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 While you might know the Baekeland family for their plastics empire, in the 1980s -- they became known for a scandal filled with ince

Jul 29
1 h 18 min

The 10 Darkest Reality TV Shows of the 2000s

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. And we were there for every moment of it... Yes. Early 2000s reality television

Jul 22
1 h 06 min

The Duggars (PT II): Wolves In the Sheep Pen

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 This week, we wrap up the story of the Duggar Family by diving deep into their ties to the IBLP...and it's crazy ties to the Kar

Jul 15
1 h 23 min

The Duggars (Part I): A Quiverfull of BS

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 They were Christian royalty on American reality tv. Now, the Duggars are a stain on the evangelical movement. How did a backwoods fa

Jul 8
1 h 12 min

The Doom Book: A Peek Into Golden Hollywood’s Age of Sin

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 Murders. Overdoses. Suicides. Assaults. This was the face of Hollywood's Golden Age before the Doom Book took over the scene...

Jul 1
1 h 04 min

Lou Taylor (Part II): In the Image of God

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 WARNING: This episode is NSFW. Lots of ranting ahead. This week, we close the chapter on Lou Taylor and lay it all out in the open -

Jun 24
1 h 20 min

Lou Taylor (Part I): A Plantation State of Mind

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 Who was the mastermind behind the Britney Spears conservatorship? Ask any #FreeBritney historian, and they'll point the finger s

Jun 17
55 min

The Britney Spears Conservatorship (Back to Basics)

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 In this week's episode, I'm breaking down the basics of the Britney Spears conservatorship. How did Britney end up in a co

Jun 10
1 h 01 min

The Tragic Life and Death of Jean Harlow

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 She was one of Hollywood's first and only originals...and she was dead by 26. This is the story of Jean Harlow, one of Hollywo

Jun 3
1 h 01 min

The Kardashians (Part IV): Kim, There's People That Are Dying

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 This week, Connie and I close this chapter on the Kardashian family saga. We're talking the O.J. Simpson trial, Robert Kardash

May 27
1 h 25 min

The Kardashian (Part III): Armenian Rock n' Roll

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 This week, Connie and I deep-dive the controversial life (and loves) of Robert Kardashian - the patriarch of today's Kardashian

May 20
1 h 08 min

The Kardashians (Part II): Selling Snake Oil

What do you think? Send me a text 📱 In this episode, we dive even deeper into the Kardashian family and their ties to (cult leader) William Branham and the Healing Reviv

May 13
1 h 17 min

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What listeners say

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I love Scandal Queens! E.B. Johnson - thank you. Thank you for telling dark history with depth, intelligence, reverence, and a sprinkling of humor. You always leave me wanting more!

cosmicholly · Sep 2026

I love EB’s TikToks, but her long form content is often challenging. Amazing research and subject matter, but she tends to ramble and rant quite a bit. She’ll often say one obvious line and restate it in 3-4 different ways. I always have to fast forward through the podcast. I think it can benefit from a bit of economic storytelling.

felsull · Sep 2026

I don’t know how I found you and does it matter? I was going to skip only because MM has been discussed a million times. HOWEVER, I listened and was blown away by details and facts I’ve never heard before. CalNeva? WHAT? You have a new fan/follower. Your reporting on MM was so on point, with details, again, never heard. Her illness that you and millions of women sadly suffer from, is a mind blowing revelation. Can’t wait to hear more about CalNeva as that piece of real estate is what nightmares are made of.

CallMeCocoa · Sep 2026

Found E.B. through TikTok. I’ve been binging through since. Episodes are throughly and impressively investigated. I’ve been in a podcast rut lately and I’m so happy to have a new show!

keeks0208 · Aug 2026

In a recent episode, the discussion turned to U.S. immigration history in the early 20th century. The claim was made that America broadly “only accepted white people” during this era, framing acceptance largely along racial lines with skin color as the primary divider. While the episode touched on real policy restrictions and prejudices, this generalization feels overly simplistic and historically incomplete — a point driven home by personal family stories like that of German immigrants who faced real persecution despite their European background. Early 20th-century U.S. immigration did favor certain European groups through quotas and cultural preferences, especially after the Immigration Act of 1924, which prioritized Northern and Western Europeans while restricting Southern and Eastern Europeans, Asians, and others. However, painting this as straightforward “acceptance of white people” erases the ethnic, cultural, and wartime tensions that divided even European immigrant communities. “Whiteness” itself was not a monolithic shield; it was contested, with eugenics-influenced debates questioning the assimilability of various European subgroups. A striking counterexample is the experience of German-Americans. By the time of World War I, Germans were one of the largest immigrant groups in the U.S. Yet, once America entered the war against Germany in 1917, anti-German hysteria exploded. German-Americans were suspected of disloyalty, leading to widespread discrimination: • Cultural suppression: German-language newspapers closed or self-censored, German books were burned, and German classes were banned in many schools. In places like Iowa, speaking any language other than English in public was restricted. • Name changes and boycotts: Sauerkraut became “liberty cabbage,” streets and towns with German names were renamed, and businesses faced boycotts. • Violence and intimidation: Incidents included tarring and feathering, vandalism, and even the lynching of Robert Prager in Illinois. Families hid their heritage, stopped speaking German at home, and abandoned cultural practices to avoid demonization. This wasn’t abstract prejudice — it was a rapid shift that forced rapid assimilation and erased visible German cultural institutions. German-Americans had previously been relatively integrated compared to other groups, but wartime nationalism made their ethnicity a liability.

FannyKay88 · Jun 2026

I’ve been listening for a couple months and initially liked it but came back to update my review. I’ve stopped listening now. The host treats her listeners like we’re the problem. “It happened because you people are so obsessed with fame and making these evil people famous.” No, actually, if I’m listening to your podcast I’m not a celebrity sycophant, I’m on the host’s side. It just seemed like the host was always fussing at me like I caused these problems, not explaining how it happened.

Rachel75604 · Jul 2026

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