Savage Murder & Strange Milkshakes - Arab, Alabama
This week, in Arab, Alabama, when a woman is brutally murdered, stabbed almost 50 times, the case seems like a pretty easy one to solve. There is even DNA evidence, that points right to the suspect that police were looking at as the killer. He's arrested, and that strong evidence makes for an easy conviction. But that's only the start of this mess. Could he actually be innocent? Could his DNA have been planted? It sounds far fetched, until you hear about one person's desire for a certain horrifying milkshake, and habit of collecting bodily fluids, among other things!!
Along the way, we find out that you can't have a festival, based a round a certain food, and not serve that food, that if someone collects your nail clippings, you should run away from that person, and that milkshakes & facial cream is NOT made with the same ingredients by everybody!!
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Comments (108)
I was thinking.. 🤔”Hmmm, should I comment on how the Fellas are Pronouncing “Arab”?… I had faith in the Fellas, and They, thankfully, didn’t disappoint 🤟🏾
Poke Weed is extremely toxic to eat as well. You can only eat very young plants and still can be toxic
I was enjoying my lunch and milkshake and protein shake,facial cream part came and end up cleaning my puke…….holi……….unbelievable 😭
“It’s Alabama babe, everything is set up to be a slip n slide to the electric chair” 😂
But how does her skin look?
Susan Sarandon movie was Dead Man Walking. Great movie for a very sensitive teenager to watch! 😹 Can’t wait to see y’all this Saturday!
People pronounce "Arab" "a-rab" in a lot of places. Including McKee's Rocks, PA, the "ghetto" of Pgh. I've been told that it's the murder capital of Pennsylvania, but I don't believe that. Maybe Western PA, or per capital, but Philly has to have more murders than a podunk town north of Pittsburgh. Anyway, the population is primarily Black, and all of them call Arabs "a-rabs" in a denigrating way. It's fascinating. The town in Beechum County, Alabama, as depicted in My Cousin Vinny, is called Wazoo.
We run to the bathroom for more than that. 🤣
I had a co worker that told me she used semen as a facial cream. I will admit she had great skin but that is way too much for me to get great skin.
I fear this lump in my throat will never go away. I am permanently nauseous
36:00 going to the bathroom after intercourse is the only commonality I'll have with a psychopath 😂
This is a crazy ass story, but James the godfather is not the best movie ever
Omg we need Jizz shake t-shirts and merch 😆Jimmies reaction was priceless 🤣
This reminds me of that woman James and Jimmie talked about that liked “gogurt”
Okay…. I haven’t listened to this episode yet, and PLEASE NOBODY HATE ON ME… But, I’m born and raised and still in Arab. I asked all my friends and family if they have ever heard about this murder (and we’re big true crime fanatics) and none of us ever have. By all the comments I’m so excited and terrified to hear this. I’m waiting to watch it with my husband and mom when we can all get together for a few hours.
Question… what is the use by date for jizz in a ziplock bag? Asking for a friend…
The minute you said that she kept fingernails, I yelled turkey baster. Other thing, my mom had a friend that had sex with her husband every morning to use the semen for her morning facial.
i need to know what judy is up to!!
“One bleach milkshake, please!” 🤢😂
This, this is the one that has distributed me the most
I'm no expert in semen harvest, but wouldn't her DNA be comingled?
Man, that was a difficult listen at times, and cannot believe how close that poor fella came to a brutal death. As for the crazy milkshake lady, sure, not my idea of a skin care or protein shake regime - although, we've all known ladies who don't like to spit(!) and I'm sure I recall hearing somewhere (possibly BS) that it can be good for the skin 🤮 The most uncomfortable bit, however, was poor ol' JW getting shut down by JP towards the end, so we didn't get to hear whatever inappropriate comment had popped into his head! 😆 (Nah. I understand the time constraints and how the narrative was building, so totally get it, he just sounded so sad when it happened) To be completely fair, the episodes over the past few months are getting better and better (to my tiny mind) especially the back-and-forth between the J's. (Not that anyone's asking) If I could give it 6 stars.... I would give it some serious thought. ✌️😎
As soon as you mentioned bathroom, knew she was packing semen. Thought saving it for when ovulating, but then semen, no sex....knew it. Also awake most of night & could not drive. Disappointed he & his lawyer did not think of that pretrial since he kept mentioning her. At any rate, jury got it right FINALLY. Not really about if he did or did not do it or even an alternative suspect. All about government has the burden of PROOF, BEYOND a reasonable doubt. It is a real shame, more jurors don't get that.
My mind was blown that they didn't speak to Judy
Check out Elvis singing Poke Salad Annie. Lol. And yes its one syllable and people in the south pronounce it salat
that milkshake. ... Old lady said that's sexier than socks on a rooster! Lol
Okay but how did the face creams and protein shakes make her skim look 👀🤣😭💀⚰️🪦
Right-Wing Southern states never cease to amaze me 😅 Make sure to show up at Midterms everyone.
Where Henry Cho’s wife’s family is from
"Pou.et Shack", chickens in the front, chickens in the ba k. Amusing song. "Ahab, the Arab, shining shiek of the burning sands." Another song. There was a time when some words were not considered offensive.
Probably the best episode I've heard and I've been a listener since episode 1. Good job, fellas!
Holy fucking fuck did James just say Shawshank is overrated? James do you just hate all good things ???
And you have to be careful with Polk as well, you have to boil it and change the water multiple times. It also has to be the young plant due to the toxins.
This is legit the craziest story you guys have done I think. I guess she just thought jizz would implicate some guy but DNA was so new she didn't realize it would implicate him because otherwise using his makes no sense in her "together forever" plan
After listening to 700+ episodes, you can’t remember all the cases. This is one you listen to and go “holy shit I’ll never forget that”
There are several victims in this story, but I really feel for poor Barbara Massengil.
This was the most wildly frustrating episode, possibly ever. It's *exactly* why I CANNOT STAND cops and prosecutors. It's never about justice. It's about being "correct" and winning. Fuck Alabama. Didn't even try and prosecute her.
I am still in shock that Judy told not one, but THREE, separate hair dressers about her special face creams and milkshakes. She was proud of them and that makes it so much more alarming … if that’s what she’s proud of, what are her secrets? 😅
Greatest. Episode. Ever!! I've never had 3 hrs fly by so fast. I could have listened to you guys talk about this story all night. Actually, I have because it's now after 2 am and I'm still laughing. I'm gonna watch this on Netflix just so I can see the look on Jimmy's face when you talk about Judy's beauty regime. Good Job!!
Bad choice for a date could be a great book/film
Or a comedy podcast?
Wahoo, Alabama!
Jizz face cream and jizz shakes?! 🤮Utterly disgusting!
Currently door dashing in Destin, Florida while listening to this. In college, I used to visit my best friend at UAB like every other weekend and I went to Auburn so I drove right by Arab all the time. And it was like a running joke between me and my best friend about how to actually pronounce it. Pretty fucking funny.
We've got chickens and I've raised hogs. I'll take chickens any day. They stink, but they smell so much less than hogs, steer, goats or lambs.
I have some much poke weed , been spending hundreds of dollars trying to kill it. Maybe I need to harvest it somehow!
“Super naked” made me laugh out loud. That is an underrepresented opinion of Shawshank, that’s all I can say.
What happened to Judy??
This may honestly be the absolute craziest story!! Wow! That bitch did it!! Allegedly 😂 I wish we could be consistent across every state. I’m a conservative. So, I’ll just tell you. That’s my bias right up front. I do agree Red states. Do too much a lot of times. I love that they seem to take violent crime much more seriously. But, this was a sloppy investigation and that’s always unacceptable. Blue states have their problems too. Hell, every time I hear of a person being murdered in a blue state. It’s ALWAYS by some guy who’s literally, been arrested 70 plus times. All violent crimes. But barely did any time in prison. That’s also so unacceptable. Then, we have DAs in sanctuary and non- sanctuary states. Instead of charging illegal immigrates. They don’t want to hand them over to ICE. So, they’ll drop the charges, quietly. They don’t even contact the victim. They just say “oh, the witnesses didn’t wanna testify”. But local journalists have discovered. That’s not true. These people are just trying to protect illegal immigrants from deportation. At the cost of the victims. That’s really unacceptable also. Wish there was a better way we could discuss this and come to a reasonable compromise and agreement. Without hating each other all the time.
We were warned about this episode when Jimmie was losing it at the Smoothie King 😝
I didnt pee after sex w weeks ago, I had a bad uti that spread to my kidneys. I was in agony for a week. Never doing that again
I cannot tell you how many times I yelled at my radio! Geez!!! Holy crap! Unrelated- check out comedian Henry Cho- his wife is from Arab, lol. Y’all killed me with this one
That one bloody finger print could’ve cleared up everything
Anyone else keep thinking of the Judy Bagwell on a pole match from WCW everytime this Judy Bagwell was mentioned
Yes. I was about to post that. And yea. I "popped" when James said the name.
Has anyone else read Butcher and Blackbird? 😏🥤
I love to hear James talk that accent the whole episode!
Jimmie: "how much does it take, a few drops like Visine" OMFG🤣🤣🤢
I love Jimmie's whispered "what'd he see?"
I DIED LAUGHING! That timing was 👌
I was eating when yall started talking about the milkshakes. 🤢
Make sure you boil that poke salat a few times or you'll be sick! I've only heard of it since moving to Arkansas and have never had the nerve to try it. No one can tell me the actual times you've got to boil the leaves before it won't make you violently ill!
This! My people have told me for years that they used to eat it, but, like, you have to pick it before there are berries or some gd thing, and then cook them only under the light of a full moon or smth. Now I have to go look it up
Dead Man Walking
Okay my favorite conspiracy theory is that Michael Jackson was murdered so the Beatles rights would be available for Paul to buy back
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Now I have that song "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard... Your damn right it's better than yours" 🫠
Read Woodward book “wired” for more on why the “blue brothers” origin
We have a peanut festival in my town and there is and always has been one vender selling boiled peanuts. There is always the same pastor up there belting out church music horribly no matter what time you go. Sometimes he makes some poor girl who can actually carry a tune sing with him which just makes him sound even worse. Its basically an overpriced craft fair.
....hey, I retired young (54)
"Proud of our past...and embracing our future" is the actual motto Surprised you guys didn't see that Very KKK/Confederacy of them
My dad used to tell me about the old heads back in the day that had little to no money. Get you some poke weed, catch fish out of a pond and fry it up and have some poke salad…free meal for poor country people.
Abalama!!
Just got my tickets for the Medford/Boston show while listening to this episode!! Can’t fuckin wait! 🙌🏻
I'll be there as well!
James! I was eating oatmeal with milk! I'm still gagging.
Hands down one of the most fucked up episodes you have covered. What the fuck is wrong with people?!?!?!
“People are just swallowing blood” 🤣🤣🤣
Does anyone remember the gogurt story? I kept thinking of that during this episode.
That comedian Henry Cho is from this town. That’s the only reason I’ve heard of it lol
We pee to flush the bacteria out of urinary tract...prevents UTI.. Collecting semen to frame the man: "Presumed Innocent" by Scott Turow
The way I shouted “PRESUMED INNOCENT!!!” when they said the semen was deposited/assault happened after death. There was no other reason James would have pointed out the totally normal post sex pee break.
I was a alternate in a SA case. It sucked because they excuse right after you listened to everything and then they let you go before they go to deliberations. I felt left out and relieved at the same time.
Polk Salad Annie, 1970, Tony Joe White
I came here looking for this comment!
Well, that ruined milkshakes for life 🤢
First GoGurts, now milkshakes
I lived in Arab for like 6 months and its worse than you can imagine
My vote is Cullman, but they both suck!
Miami natives were from the great lakes area. Ohio has the Miami Valley, Miami River, Miami county. And several other areas named after the Miami. Miami Florida is named after a different tribe, Mayaimi. That's why Miami University is in Ohio
How many performances of Poke Salad Annie are there at that festival??
You guys pronounced it right! At least according to Alabama 😂 I love the Alabama hate. It’s so deserved.
Overnight oats took me out 😂🤮
The whole end of it was so horrifying that I think this episode will be one I won't be able to re-listen to 🤢
Jacksonville State University is in Jacksonville, Alabama. It’s actually a cute little college.
Never been so excited to be among the assholes, and not the scumbags!
Polk Salad Annie, gator got cha granny
Can't believe they hadn't heard of this song. On the other hand... 😆🤣😆
Soon as you said she ran to the bathroom after sex and the semen was entered after death I knew what was up
Same. I kept screaming "turkey baster"!!!
This might be the scariest town you guys have covered
Oh my lord, the description alone! Can’t wait to listen at work tomorrow.
lol pronounced “AY RAB” lol
Poke weed is real poisonous, have to be careful what part you grab to eat …. Don’t get to curious 😅🤣😅
This! I grew up eating poke salat regularly and the prep to make it not poisonous is a lot. Boil, drain, rinse, boil, drain, rinse, sauté. I have some in my yard now and I’m not trusting myself to do all that prep properly 😂
ANOTHER OUTKAST TSHIRT HELL TO THE YEAH 🛸👽
Bite Joe Pesci’s ankles!! Hahahahaha!!!
Wazoo is the name of the town in Alabama in my cousin Vinny
