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Just The Tip-Sters: True Crime Podcast

Melissa Morgan hosts an often funny, always compelling adventure into murders and mysteries and other weirdness she finds fascinating. Looking into solved and unsolved homicide cases and looking for tips from anywhere, from anyone, on anything, Melissa’s curiosity and love of detective work and forensic science is contagious.

Melissa’s sense of humor and interest in spirituality also make for a wild ride. A broadcasting professional by training, she has written for a nationally-syndicated comedy radio show, been a music DJ in a major US radio market, run one of the country’s most popular comedy clubs – AND – she teaches yoga! All of which makes for a truly fascinating, often hilarious, often edge-of-your-seat, riveting personality and a completely enthralling listening experience.

Send your tips on ANYTHING to Melissa Morgan by sending an email to JTTIPSTERS@GMAIL.COM – or call the Tip-Ster Hotline and leave a voice mail message at (832) TIP-STER – (832-847-7837)!

Copyright: © (P) (C) Melissa Morgan. All rights reserved.

Latest Episodes:

17. MURDERTIZER - Tastes Like The Crusty Shell Of Charles Manson Apr 07, 2018

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...crusty AND flaky too! Here's another palette-cleansing, tasty and refreshing MURDERTIZER between regular episodes - this time so that Melissa can catch everyone up on the recent court ruling involving the remaining remains of Charles Manson, now dead nearly half-a-year and frozen solid in Kern County California awaiting this decision. Melissa takes us through some of the bizarre details and even more bizarre characters involved in this battle, and offers up some of her own thoughts on what REALLY should have happened to Chuck's Cold Carcass...

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16. Tastes Like Nancy Reagan Comin' Up To Bat: Vicki Lynn Morgan And Alfred Bloomingdale Apr 03, 2018

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A beautiful young girl with dreams of stardom moves from small town Colorado to Los Angeles to make her way to stardom...sound familiar? Vicki Morgan's story actually did lead her to fortune - but not fame - at least not right away. Over a 12-year period, she was the on-again, off-again well-compensated "kept woman" of millionaire Alfred Bloomingdale. When Bloomingdale died and his widow ended the flow of dollars, Morgan sued the Bloomingdale estate for palimony - finally finding her fame when her sugar daddy's connections to the rich and powerful in California and Washington DC made for splashy and often tawdry headlines. When she was murdered before her lawsuit came to trial, many wondered - and wonder to this day - if the murderer was actually the man convicted of the crime, or...??? Join Melissa as she unravels the ultimate tale of a Hollywood dream gone bad.

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15. Tastes Like The Secret Is Avoiding Sweat Lodges - The Rise And Fall Of James Ray Mar 27, 2018

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James Ray's self-help enterprise made him a zillionaire after Oprah Winfrey knighted him - however briefly - her favorite Guide to Self-Realization. All of it came crashing down in 2009 when three people died and many more were permanently injured at one of Ray's "sweat lodges" in the Arizona desert. Join Melissa as she weaves James Ray's rise to fame and success and ultimate fall to prison and financial ruin into her own experiences with the self-help movement and Ray himself. Can't-put-down-your-earbuds stuff, and a telling glimpse into the deadly hubris that can come from fame.

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14. Tastes Like Blood On The Tripod - Bob Crane And John Henry Carpenter Mar 20, 2018

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What's more deranged than a TV sitcom set in a Nazi prisoner of war camp? How about a drummer, radio personality and TV star who likes to feature himself in dirty home movies and gets himself bludgeoned to death in his Phoenix apartment? Hah? HAH?! And that's just the outline of this bizarre tale of Bob Crane, star of the hit TV series "Hogan's Heroes," whose questionable friendship with a video equipment sales executive in the late 60's and early 70's is still the buzz of Hollywood - and not only because John Henry Carpenter put the Betamax to use for purposes other than intended - but also because of his purported involvement in Crane's bloody death in 1978 - something never proven and keeps this story as fascinating as the day the body was discovered. Join Melissa as she makes the strangest visit to TVLand ever attempted.

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13. Tastes Like Hands-Free Driving: Gary DeVore's Long Night's Journey Into Darkness Mar 13, 2018

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The mystery of screenwriter/producer Gary DeVore's 1997 disappearance on a dark and lonely highway - and the discovery of his body a year later - sans both hands! - continues to baffle and disturb to this day. Melissa revisits the facts of this weird case, and delves into some of the speculation on what sinister forces may have been behind his death. Hint: Black helicopters ARE mentioned!

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12. Tastes Like Leopold, Loeb And Acid On The Genitals - With Special Guest PAUL ZOLLO Mar 06, 2018

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Melissa is joined by author, singer/songwriter, columnist and photographer PAUL ZOLLO to talk about the infamous case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two young men who, in 1924 stunned the city of Chicago and the entire nation when decided that they could commit the perfect murder and proved themselves spectacularly and gruesomely incorrect. Melissa joins Zollo, a Chicago native who has been fascinated by the story for years, to discuss the deeper aspects of this weird yet spellbinding story of two sociopaths who found each other in the same neighborhood and attending the same schools - and who may have had a more complex relationship than simply teaming to commit a cruel and random murder, which generated the first-ever "Trial of the Century" and transfixed the U.S. and the world.

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11. Tastes Like Winos, Yoga and Twinning Feb 27, 2018

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They say that the fun is doubled when twins are involved...but whoever thought up that little gem never met the Duval Sisters of Maui, formerly of Park City, formerly of West Palm Beach - and for one of them, most recently, formerly of this mortal coil. Melissa rips a page from the headlines in this spellbinding tale of two identical twins who thought teaching yoga to the rich and famous would make them...well...rich and famous too - only to be done in by the fact that they were, um, BATS**T CRAZY - which led to tragedy. But was it murder? Take a listen and decide for yourself.

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10. Tastes Like Buried Kill Kits - The Unraveling Of Israel Keyes Feb 20, 2018

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Ever wonder why so many serial killers live their entire lives without ever getting caught? They're CLEVER, that's why. And the clever ones who do get caught? Maybe it's just because they want to be caught. Join Melissa as she investigates the totally depraved, disturbing and utterly brilliant killing spree of Israel Keyes, whose meticulous pre-planning and strict self-discipline enabled him to murder randomly and always getting away clean - until the day he broke his own Rules of the Hunt.

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9. Tastes Like A Dark Day In Castaic Feb 13, 2018

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Melissa investigates a murder right in her own town - a 2007 "unsolved but solved" case involving the bludgeoning of Lawana Clary, a housewife and special education teacher whose killer will never come to justice - but whose case still needs closure.

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8. Tastes Like Tent Canvas Feb 06, 2018

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Melissa discusses the tragic case of Barbara Ann Hackman, known only as "Tent Girl" when her body was first found wrapped in a circus tent canvas in rural Kentucky in 1969. Through the determination of her family and the passion and commitment of one special man who, through pure coincidence, became the force behind her eventual identification decades later. A tale of sadness, but also of the beauty of the human spirit, and the small Kentucky town that gave her dignity in death, though it never knew her name.

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