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Every Wednesday, hosts Amanda Rose and Trevin Bartee share real stories of ridiculous, low-stakes crimes — from dumb criminals and pett revenge to absurd real-life chaos — told with dramatic seriousness and comedy-first energy.
No murders. Just bad decisions.
Take a break from the heavy and get petty.
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It’s time for another all-listener episode.
In this installment of Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast, we dive into listener stories, embarrassing moments, and petty crime chaos submitted by the crew.
Trevin starts the episode with a thrift store date gone wrong when a sudden puke attack turns him into an accidental accomplice to a petty crime. Amanda reflects on the new documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, revisiting early 2000s modeling culture and sharing some of her own early modeling photos — including the surprising label of “plus-sized” model at the time.
Listener dilemmas include Kelly saying goodbye to her dog Roscoe, Emily P. preparing for a karate competition while dealing with an injury, Autumn M. navigating a tricky corporate management situation, cold-weather mishaps from Kristine N. and Casey N., and Emily S. accidentally leaving an embarrassing journal entry open for her Rover pet sitter.
Then it’s time for the listener stories.
Trevin shares a high school story from Katie H. that starts with Taco Bell and ends with an embarrassing fart, a breakup, revenge by cheese, and an unexpected police encounter.
Amanda tells a story from an anonymous listener whose wildlife critter cam captured more than Midwest animals — it also caught the person responsible for damaging the camera.
From sharts to surveillance cameras, this listener episode proves once again that real life is often stranger — and pettier — than fiction.
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Today's Stories:
Sweet Dreams are Made of Cheese
The Things You Catch on a Critter-Cam
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Huzzah! Another week of petty crime chaos is upon us.
In this episode of Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast, Amanda takes us back to the Renaissance — from medieval period problems to terrifying torture devices — while Trevin seeks advice for his lifelong nail-biting habit and delivers a strange-but-true Two Truths and a Lie about fingernails.
Amanda’s Two Truths and a Lie dives into infamous medieval torture devices before bringing us to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur, Colorado, where 22-year-old Connor Ward allegedly crashed a live jousting performance and attempted to steal a knight’s sword mid-tournament.
Trevin’s story heads to Kent County, Michigan, where 51-year-old Shannon Soltys was charged after allegedly forging attorney-client mail to smuggle narcotics into the Kent County Jail, leading to arrests on Trenton Avenue in Cedar Springs.
From jousting theft to forged jail mail, this episode proves that crime can span centuries — but it’s always petty.
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Today's Stories:
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Pettier
A Renaissance of Crime
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Florida February ends the only way it can: with a party that goes completely off the rails.
In this finale episode of Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast, we cover a Florida police chase in Seminole County involving Jennifer Kaufman, Jamie Young, and Erin Thomas, who allegedly stole a car while searching for a party — only for one suspect to end up cornered in a pasture by cows.
Trevin shares a listener story from A-Line about a chaotic 22nd birthday featuring a party mom, too much alcohol, a bottle of Grey Goose, and a chair-wielding fight with a pseudo-uncle that escalates fast.
Before the crimes, Trevin tackles unexpected “man work” with a furnace repair while Amanda visits the University of Kansas (KU) campus for a college basketball game — where a Westboro Baptist Church protest turns into awkward karaoke.
The crew also plays Florida trivia, covering the 3,500-year-old bald cypress known as The Senator in Longwood and the history of the Conch Republic, the Florida Keys region that briefly seceded from the United States, declared war, and immediately requested foreign aid.
From drug-fueled bad decisions to birthday party brawls, this Florida February Finale proves that if you party in Florida long enough… the cows will come home.
Today's Stories:
Utterly Foolish
A-Line's 22nd Birthday
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Nothing good happens in Florida after dark.
In this week’s episode of Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast, we cover late-night Florida man chaos in Ocala, Kissimmee, and Lakeland.
Trevin shares his first emergency room experience before diving into Florida-themed Two Truths and a Lie focused on Florida geography, Tampa Bay heat history, and the Cross-Florida Ship Canal.
Amanda counters with Two Truths and a Lie about manatees (aka sea cows), covering their biology and bizarre historical lore — plus a wholesome update where an old neighbor gifts her a 100-year-old piano.
Then Fast Florida takes a darker turn when 61-year-old Antonio Roman in Ocala allegedly set his sprinkler system to spray disabled children at a nearby bus stop.
Storytime continues in Kissimmee’s Windsor Hills Resort, where 51-year-old Kevin Westerhold was arrested after allegedly performing nude around his Airbnb.
Finally, in Lakeland, 33-year-old Anthony Lewis stole sandhill crane statues in a Valentine’s-inspired attempt to win back his on-again, off-again girlfriend.
From neighborhood nightmares to naked nuisances, these nocturnal Florida men prove one thing: never trust Florida when the lights go out.
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If you thought last week’s Florida true crimes couldn’t get any dumber, buckle up—these Florida men on two wheels are about to outdo themselves. Florida February continues.
Trevin opens with a full-on potty meltdown when his Wet Weather Diva, Sammy, refuses to use the bathroom in the rain. What begins as an inspirational pep talk escalates into a backyard cheer routine that Trevin documents on Instagram like a proud stage dad. Amanda brings her own dog dilemma as Reptar keeps army-crawling under the kids’ bunk bed, choosing chaos over comfort.
Fast Florida heads to New Port Richey, where a crew of Pasco County inmates flips the script during community service—breaking into a locked car to rescue a one-year-old baby while dressed like classic cartoon jailbirds. From zero to hero in record time. You go, Pasco County.
In Florida Top Five, Trevin counts down the wildest world records held by the Sunshine State: the shortest donkey, the tallest sangria, the largest gathering of Ninja Turtles, and some truly next-level Easter enthusiasm. Amanda answers with the Top Five Weirdest Florida Food Festivals—celebrating mullets (the fish, not the haircut), strawberries on pizza, the impossible-to-pronounce kumquat, and the legendary Floridian “cracker delicacy,” swamp cabbage.
For our stories, Trevin delivers a crowd-pleaser as One-Nut Tony relocates to Marco Island. A peaceful e-bike ride goes sideways when Steven Pickett brake-checks him, triggering a hit-and-run, a golf-cart dragging, and a chain of bad decisions that may pull Tony right back into crime.
Amanda closes with the unbelievable saga of Ray Reza Baluchi, the Fort Lauderdale dreamer determined to “run on water.” His homemade Hydro Pod—and self-appointed title of Captain Bubble—aren’t enough to keep the Coast Guard happy, proving that even international waters have rules. When you’re manifestly unsafe, there’s no outrunning the law.
Both stories collide around bicycles and truly bizarre moments involving them. Put on your helmet before these two—things get dangerous.
Today’s Stories:
• Florida Is a Drag
• The Many Voyages of Captain Bubble
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Drama. Every true crime story has it — we just don’t need murder to find it.
Welcome to Live, Laugh, Larceny, a true petty crime podcast where we dig up the wildest real-life nonsense, rewrite it as full-blown audio dramatizations, and perform it with immersive sound design, cheesy reenactments, and a few creative liberties.
Then we pull back the curtain and reveal the real story — and you might be shocked what’s actually true.
From petty revenge plots to grudges with viral consequences to personal stories sent in by listeners, we live in the space where bad decisions meet main-character energy.
If you find true crime podcasts too murdery, take a break from the heavy and get petty.
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Welcome to the second annual Florida February, where the stories get dumber, the dramatics get louder, and our sound-FX machine is working overtime.
Trevin falls for another brilliant marketing trap courtesy of Lil Dicky’s Buzzballs commercials and arrives with a “celebratory” beverage. Amanda dresses up for a fancy work New Year party, only to crash in her makeup and wake up with her acne in full goblin mode.
We kick things off with Killer Facts from the Sunshine State. Amanda spotlights the adorable oddity of the world’s smallest police station in Carrabelle, Florida, while Trevin heads to Quincy, where Pat Munroe’s Coca-Cola hunch turned a tiny town into a community of soda millionaires.
Our first story dives into the Wreck Bar in Fort Lauderdale, home to performing mermaids Whitney Fair and Mia Mellies. Their years-long rivalry involves nudity, alleged witchcraft, and multiple visits from law enforcement. You may have seen this case on HBO’s It’s Florida, Man—but you’ve never heard it like this. And yes, we’ve got an update.
Then Trevin takes us to St. Petersburg and the offices of 1-800Accountant, where a new HR director’s petty streak and serious attitude problem spiral into an unauthorized access nightmare that threatens the entire company.
Two Florida stories, one shared theme: system breaches fueled by pure pettiness. So hack into your podcast app of choice and dive in. Welcome to Florida.
Today’s Stories:
• A Mermaid Scorned
• HR Nightmare
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The final episode of Dry January is here, and just like last year, we’re ending it with an honest conversation instead of a story.
During a break from writing petty crime, Trevin spent time reflecting on something he was raised to avoid: politics. Growing up in a polite, Midwestern family, he learned early that talking about politics was seen as divisive, impolite, and unnecessary — a rule meant to keep the peace. But over time, that silence came with consequences.
That reflection turned into two personal essays — We Don’t Talk About Politics and Why We Don’t Talk About Politics — exploring how avoidance shapes families, relationships, identity, and power. The pieces examine how silence can make people vulnerable to misinformation, how overcomplication and busyness discourage engagement, and how institutions benefit when everyday people are taught that understanding politics is “for someone smarter.”
In this episode, Trevin and Amanda sit down to unpack those ideas together. They talk about Amanda’s early experiences with politics, how each of them was taught to engage (or disengage), and how avoiding difficult conversations doesn’t make problems disappear — it just lets someone else speak for you.
They also explore how this silence affects more than just families. When any subject is treated as shameful or off-limits — politics, money, masculinity, mental health — people are left unprepared to protect themselves, their relationships, and their futures.
This isn’t a debate episode. It’s a conversation about communication, power, and what happens when “keeping the peace” costs us our voices.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, unqualified, or afraid to speak up because you assumed everyone else had it figured out — this one’s for you.
Let’s talk about politics.
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Dry January continues as the Live, Laugh, Larceny crew opens the floor to listener questions for our most behind-the-scenes episode yet.
Trevin comes clean about a secret he’s been sitting on—and the dilemma that comes with committing to yet another creative project. Hear about his new concept album goal, why Big Sexy Fear might become the greatest album of all time, and the terrifying reality of publicly announcing creative ambition.
Amanda shares a betrayal so cruel it can only be described as culinary malpractice. This isn’t about missing ketchup. This is about a full order of Chinese food arriving with sweet and sour chicken… and no sauce. RIP to the saucy queen.
Trevin finally brings in two long-forgotten listener dilemmas, including misunderstanding “viewer discretion advised” as a kid and receiving a deeply unsettling DM from a Facebook profile that may—or may not—be stalking him.
Then it’s time for questions from the Doomed Crew. Listener Tawny officially challenges Papa Dennis to appear on Live, Laugh, Larceny. But will he accept?
We also dive into the funniest and most memorable moments from Trevin and Amanda’s real-life friendship:
– Amanda being at her absolute funniest during her first pregnancy
– Trevin feeling a baby kick
– Amanda’s karaoke strategy (and survival tactics)
A loaded question about pets leads to stories about Amanda’s collies, Reptar and Yoshi, while Trevin walks through the full timeline of his cats—Freddy, Boots, and Harvey—including a moment where Boots’ curiosity almost lived up to the phrase “killed the cat.”
Plus:
Who would play the hosts in a Hollywood adaptation of Live, Laugh, Larceny?
What do we actually hope listeners get from the show, beyond entertainment?
Are there petty crimes we’ll never admit to on the podcast?
Trevin shares a personal story that could someday become a trilogy, and we close with an honest conversation about how we’re all coping during… whatever this era is.
Let’s celebrate humanity and answer questions from the pettiest crew around.
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If 2025 was double the disaster, we’re here to remember it with double the fun!
Part 2 of the pettiest award show around is packed with more dilemmas, more laughs, and the final categories celebrating the best (and worst) of 2025.
Trevin faces an ergonomic nightmare when his gel wrist cushion for his mouse starts leaking—a truly sticky situation. Amanda has a stinky dilemma of her own when her dog Yoshi misses the mark… and lands it directly on her children’s favorite stuffed narwhal.
Then, it’s time for the last round of the 2025 Petties Awards: WTF Crime, Best Episode Title, Best Character, Parenting Dilemma, and the infamous Best Florida February Criminal.
Finally, we revisit Amanda’s favorite story of 2025 and dive into why it earned the top spot. Celebrate the chaos, the crimes, and the hilarity one last time before we officially close the chapter on 2025.
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