Criminality

Criminality

CRIMINALITY is a podcast for those of us who love reality TV, true crime, and want to hear all the juicy stories where the two genres intersect. Every other Friday, hosts, Melissa (one half of Moms and Murder podcast) and Rebekah (host of DIE-ALOGUE podcast), will share the true story of a reality personality who faced more than just champagne problems. You won’t find murder stories here, but fear not, there are crimes a plenty - fraud, arrests, mugshots, scandals, and more.CRIMINALITY: Because loving reality isn’t a crime!

Episodes

March 22, 2024 63 mins
Love may or may not be blind, but six seasons in, Love is Blind contestants should be able to see the writing on the pod wall; this show is a mixed bag of questionable motivation and irresistible mess, served up in a gold goblet. 15 men and 15 women falling in love sight unseen and then committing to marriage in the span of 3 weeks — what could go wrong? A lot if you’re the network, production, or casting company. There are three ...
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In honor of the final episodes of Love Is Blind, Season 6, please enjoy this rRE-PLAY episode about Nick Lachey, “of course. We will be back with a new episode and special guest next week! Nick Lachey hoped for a red hot career but as Melissa reveals in today's episode, it was only ever lukewarm at best. As the frontman of the boy-band, 98 degrees, Nick longed for a solo career that would take him to the next level. Meanwhile his f...
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February 23, 2024 69 mins
ALL ABOARD as Melissa takes us on our very first Below Deck Deep Dive! Whether you’re a hardcore yachtie, or simply aware the show exists, this is a voyage you won’t want to miss —  chock full of oceanfront drama. There’s always filled boat romances on Below Deck, but in today’s story, Kate Chastian — our complicated chief stew — finds herself in a violent situation with her partner that is less Below Deck and more COPS. (We have ...
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February 9, 2024 62 mins
Fasten your shoe laces (and bolt your table to the floor if you’re prone to flipping them), because Rebekah is taking us around the world, but mostly to Missouri for this “rule breaking” and triumphant story. Ryan Ferguson is not merely an author, podcast host, and former Amazing Race 3rd Place winner; he is also an exoneree whose remarkable story captured national attention. While his appearances on two reality shows garnered rec...
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January 26, 2024 71 mins
A CRIMINALITY episode about the Amish? What could be criminal about this peaceful, private population who live off the land and eschew modern technology? Nothing. But no community is immune to the lure of making it on reality tv, and TLC’s Breaking Amish is living proof. Melissa is going to break down the difference between mennonite and Amish, illuminate the origin of the title “Amish” itself, but mostly she is going to introduce...
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January 12, 2024 84 mins
Ringing in the new year with a story about a girl who loves a good party! Rebekah is tackling A list movie star turned tabloid party princess, Lindsay Lohan. But we aren’t mean girls, so we are giving our Li-lo the fair shot she deserves. Lindsay’s arrests and court appearances read like a broken merry go round, but there are more than one crimes and scandals that pop out and deserve a deeper look. And the reality TV of it all? Yo...
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Happy 2024! In the spirit of all things NEW, check out our VERY FIRST EPISODE, when we launched three years ago in the winter of 2021. Melissa made a splash with the iconic story of Mike SOrrentino and Jersey Shore- if you are new to CRIMINALITY, welcome! This is a great place to start. For our returning listeners, enjoy this stroll down memory lane and we will see you next week with an all new  episode! Below are the clues from Re...
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December 22, 2023 74 mins
Consider this episode a holiday interlude! Melissa and Rebekah recapped Season 9 Episode 12  of Southern Charm —“Choppy Waters.” The show has risen from the ashes this season so they wanted to get each other's thoughts on which guy is the worst ( it’s a toss up), and who has become the unexpected hero, (Madison!) We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday! We are back in two weeks with an all new episode. In the meantime, you can...
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December 8, 2023 69 mins
Are you ready for some double trouble? Melissa has finally delivered what we - or at least Rebekah - didn’t know we needed! The twins, the icons, the sisters, Stacey and Darcey Silva - but mostly Darcey. Darcey loves love, is that a crime? Not all, but she fights as hard as she loves and that has caused her some run ins with the law. In today’s episode we will meet a string of terrible men that Darcey attempts to make her prince, ...
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November 24, 2023 70 mins
Put down your shopping bags and pick up some boxes because Rebekah is opening up the storage locker and revealing all the Storage Wars secrets you didn’t know you needed to hear. Notorious bidder, Dave Hester, puts the WARS in Storage Wars. From his legal battle with cable network A&E, to a copyright litigation with a rapper, and by actually FIGHTING his castmates. Dave does not like taking NO for an answer, perhaps that’s why he ...
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November 17, 2023 61 mins
Please enjoy this REPLAY of our Mary Cosby episode. We will be back in one week, November 23, with an all new episode AND a little holiday surprise! There is not just one thing about Mary Cosby, there’s many things. Alleged cult leader, wife and step-granddaughter, and total enigma. From her iconic burn: “You smell like hospital,” to the demeaning way she treated her castmates: “little GIRL,” Mary consistently had us scratching ou...
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In today’s episode, Melissa takes us on a 90 Day Fiance journey and Rebekah has a lightbulb moment regarding the show’s title. J Lo’s love might not cost a thing, but newly engaged Anfisa needs a 10k Chanel bag at a minimum. Jorge Nova, medical marijuana curator, was smitten with his new fiancé, Anfisa, from Russia. When he finally convinces her to join him in California, things go from bad to worse when Jorge doesn’t deliver on h...
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October 20, 2023 64 mins
Life has handed Orange County housewife, Shannon Storms Beador, more than a few lemons. But time again she has chosen to put nine of them in a bowl, and instead of lemonade, she prefers a GreyGoose with sparkling water and lemon. Perhaps that’s why many of us weren’t surprised by her recent DUI arrest. Even more surprising than the current headline is the fact Shannon has had courtroom drama dating back to 2003. From assault charg...
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Cue the JAWS music, because Melissa is offering us 100% of an entertaining episode as she leads us right into the shark tank.  Fashion mogul Daymond John was an entrepreneur from day one; from selling handmade hats in his Queens neighborhood, to creating FUBU—one of the most recognizable brands in fashion. He was a great catch for ABC’s the Shark Tank where he helped hopeful entrepreneurs build their dreams. But not every busines...
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September 22, 2023 61 mins
*Rebekah and Melissa are at CrimeCon Orlando, so please enjoy this REPLAY Episode in honor of Southern Charm’s new season:* Call your butler and ask them for a drink, because Rebekah is taking us down south today — right into Patricia Altschult’s stately home, where Whitney can be heard jamming on his gee-tar in the other wing. Try as she may, Rebekah was unable to find one charming thing about this show, but she did uncover a les...
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Kim Richards, the middle sister sandwiched between Kathy Hilton and Kyle Richards Umanski, went from a child star to a real housewife, and that transition was anything but smooth. Her life played out on and off the camera in ways that no one could have predicted. Burdened with the weight of growing up too soon, Kim struggled with alcohol which her sister Kyle made sure the world knew on the first season of The Real Housewives of B...
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We hope you’re hungry because Melissa is serving up a whole meal this episode! She introduces us to a Big Brother duo (Mike Boogie Malin and Will Kirby) who take their strategic partnership out of the house and into a collection of Los Angeles restaurants…restaurants you surely remember from the early 00’s when stars like Linsday Lohan, Audrina Partridge and Britney Spears showed up to see and be seen. But the restaurant life wasn...
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August 11, 2023 81 mins
Rebekah offers up America's Next Top Model as a quintessential reality show of the early-mid 2000’s. It’s a case study in reality tv before we knew better; and leading the way was Tyra Banks. Her undeniable talent and beauty gave her an early start in the modeling and entertainment industries, but her unpredictable antics often got her in trouble and always got the internet buzzing. From two lawsuits on both ANTM and America’s Got...
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Mid-summer seemed like the perfect time to pause, reflect, and re-cap! Did all the episodes since our last update episode have breaking news? No. Did we manage to fill an hour + regardless? You betcha. And the updates that we did get were… intense.  You really shouldn’t miss this episode because Melissa and Rebekah take comfort in the fact that neither of them have cats in their freezer… yet.  That leads us to what they’re watchi...
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