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Hosts Nic and the Captain invite you to grab a chair, grab a beer and join them as they talk some true crime. This is no ordinary garage: it’s a rabbit hole of true crime, with a generous supply of alcohol and banter to lighten the load. From international atrocities to heinous stories on (US) home turf, dive head-first into a different case each week, and enjoy a cold one whilst your there. If you consider yourself an armchair detective, you’re in the right place, and you’re amongst friends ...
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Mildly Excited

Mildly Excited

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Sidney Lo and Corey O' Connor talk about life as 20-somethings in NYC, creative endeavors, personal stories, and occassionally invite friends to speak on their projects and hobbies. We also talk a lot about food and movies.
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An impoverished but loving young couple sacrifices their most precious possessions to buy Christmas gifts for each other. A tramp who is desperate to be sent to prison so he can escape the winter cold. Two depressed laborers get their palms read by a Coney Island mountebank. A yellow dog who relates the story of a fat lady and her hen pecked husband. These and other unforgettable characters form part of absolutely delightful and unforgettable short story collection, The Four Million by O Hen ...
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The Log Book Project is the global journey of a WWII pilot's genuine log book collecting first hand accounts from veterans and witnesses from all sides of this horrific conflict. The book has as of today collected over 240 signatures - each with a unique and very personal connection to WWII. In this podcast launched in 2024 we hope you will journey with us as we delve into the amazing stories of the project signatories.
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Professing Literature

David Anderson and Eric Williams

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Why do great novels, poems and plays move us and excite us? How can they change the way we look at ourselves and the world? What do these authors have to teach us? Why do they matter? There are no better answers to these questions than those provided by the authors themselves. We want to let them speak. Professing Literature is not a broad summary of major works. Instead, it will zero in on one or two key passages, looking at them closely in order to figure out what is at stake. The goal wil ...
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J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien is one of the most beloved writers in the English tradition, though that popularity is a source of frustration to many supposedly sophisticated critics and scholars. However, his fans and his detractors alike often miss not just how carefully constructed his fiction is but how seriously it explores p…
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John Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. John Donne came of age in a high culture whose notions of love were shaped by writers like Philip Sidney. Donne’s own love poetry, though, was very different. Scandalously frank, experimental, intellectually complex, Donne disdains the traditional conventions. Whether praising the beloved or excoriati…
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A Murder so Cold ////// 767 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com On Friday, January 21st 1994 Evelyn Fleck’s nude body was found in her backyard by a neighbor who saw the 37 year old’s foot protruding from beneath an old refrigerator. The murder investigation that followed was conducted by the Kentucky State Police Ashland Post. Now over 30 years later, the cas…
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Cabins by the Lake /// Part 2 /// 766 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com 17 year old Belinda VanLith has been missing for fifty years now. At the time of her disappearance she was described as five foot five inches tall, about one hundred ten pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. Belinda was house sitting for a neighbor at the time. She failed to …
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Cabins by the Lake /// Part 1 /// 765 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com 17 year old Belinda VanLith has been missing for fifty years now. At the time of her disappearance she was described as five foot five inches tall, about one hundred ten pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. Belinda was house sitting for a neighbor at the time. She failed to …
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Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella. Over the course of the sixteenth century English poets experimented with the sonnet form invented by their Italian neighbours, and the Petrarchan conventions that came with it. The goal was a long sequence of many short poems which chronicle the emotional chaos springing from unrequited love. Sir Philip Sidn…
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Crystal Bradshaw ////// 764 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com In 2007 twenty eight year old Crystal Bradshaw was murdered in her home in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. Unfortunately, this case has remained unsolved. The night of the homicide, an unknown person was seen in the carport of the home. This person left the scene before police arrived…
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John O’Keefe /// Part 2 /// 763 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This week we respond to the many requests to cover the John O’Keefe case / Karen Read trial with two hours of Garage coverage. John O’Keefe was a veteran officer with the Boston Police Department. Sadly, he was killed in January of 2022. His body was recovered in the snow at the pr…
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John O’Keefe /// Part 1 /// 762 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This week we respond to the many requests to cover the John O’Keefe case / Karen Read trial with two hours of Garage coverage. John O’Keefe was a veteran officer with the Boston Police Department. Sadly, he was killed in January of 2022. His body was recovered in the snow at the pr…
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Katie Janness /// Part 2 /// 761 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com In July of 2021- 40 year old Katie Janness was walking her dog in a city park in Atlanta, Georgia when the two were attacked. Piedmont Park was just a short walk from Katie’s home. The two had walked together in the park many times. But on this night both were attacked and stabbed…
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Katie Janness /// Part 1 /// 760 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com In July of 2021- 40 year old Katie Janness was walking her dog in a city park in Atlanta, Georgia when the two were attacked. Piedmont Park was just a short walk from Katie’s home. The two had walked together in the park many times. But on this night both were attacked and stabbed…
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John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes,” (Part Two). Today we conclude our examination of Keats’ poem, looking at three pairs of stanzas that describe the strange courtship of Porphyro and Madeline and their escape from the castle. We love hearing from all of you. Please email us at ProfessingLiterature@protonmail.com. ------ Theme Music: "Nobility" by …
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West Memphis 3 /// Discussion Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Join Nic & The Captain in the Garage for a riveting and energy filled discussion about the West Memphis 3 case. This case and True Crime story continues to be one of the more debated cases of the 20th century, even after more than 30 years has passed. Why can’t we as a collective com…
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West Memphis 3 /// Discussion Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Join Nic & The Captain in the Garage for a riveting and energy filled discussion about the West Memphis 3 case. This case and True Crime story continues to be one of the more debated cases of the 20th century, even after more than 30 years has passed. Why can’t we as a collective com…
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West Memphis 3 /// A Harvest of Innocence Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com After taking a listen once again to our West Memphis 3 case coverage from 2016 we have decided to revisit the case and get some additional thoughts from a perspective not yet heard on TCG. Today we welcomed in Dan Stidham, the Defense Attorney for Jesse Misskelley Jr. Mr.…
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