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What a CreepSeason 18, Episode 5 Chris D’Elia, Charles Dickens, & Can’t Stop the Music Comedian Kyle Anderson posted on YouTube a one-hour takedown of Chris D’Elia, who is turning into a modern-day Bill Cosby. We have talked about D’Elia before, as he has been credibly accused of harassing minors and being generally gross toContinue reading “What a Creep Season 18, Episode 5: Christmas & comedy creeps”

What a Creep Season 19, Episode 1 “A Quartet of UK Creeps” Co-horts! We have reached season 19 (!), leading it with one of our “Quartet of Creeps”–UK style! We have stories of creepiness from the worlds of entertainment, punditry and a tale about an Irish woman who really disliked her British boss. These storiesContinue reading “What a Creep Season 19, Episode 1: A Quartet of UK Creeps”

Matt Taibbi is a journalist who has been described as a “firebrand” and whose writing is reminiscent of gonzo-style writing like the late Hunter S. Thompson (worshipped by white boys since the 1960s.)  In the 1990s, he helped uncover corruption in 1990s Moscow with the paper The eXile (along with a former friend and fellowContinue reading “What a Creep Season 18, Episode 4: Matt Taibbi and media creeps”

Tis the season for giving, and one of the organizations that encourages giving the most is The Salvation Army. Their army is stationed outside stores all over the world, ringing bells with their little red buckets asking for donations. They do a lot of good work, but unfortunately, they also have a history of sexualContinue reading “What a Creep Season 18, Episode 3: The Salvation Army”

Peaky Blinders is a popular show on Netflix about a group of thieves and gangsters in 1920s London. Many people do not know that there were gangs of women considered the best shoplifters and thieves of the wealthy that ran from the mid-19th century up into the 1950s. The most notorious of these was theContinue reading “What a Creep Season 18, Episode 2: Diamond Annie and the 40 Elephants”

James Dobson is an evangelical Christian author and founder of Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council, ​​which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as a hate group.   In the 1980s, Time Magazine ranked him as one of the most influential spokesmen for conservative social positions in American public life. He’sContinue reading “What a Creep Season 18, Episode 1: James Dobson and Focus on the Family”

Lana Turner was one of Hollywood’s most alluring (and controversial) actors in movie history, with star turns in the original The Postman Always Rings Twice, Imitation of Life, and Peyton Place. She was blonde, sexy, and a supposed “maneater” with eight marriages and several lovers. In 1958 she dated the former war hero and currentContinue reading “What a Creep Season 17, Episode 10: Lana Turner and the murder of Johnny Stompanato”

Megyn Kelly wasn’t just one of the beautiful blond talk show hosts at Fox News. She was THE beautiful blond talk show host at Fox News. Her show “The Kelly File” was one of the network’s highest-rated shows, even beating The O’Reilly Factor.” She left Fox News for a short-lived stint at NBC, where sheContinue reading “What a Creep Season 17, Episode 9: Megyn Kelly”

What a Creep Season 17, Episode 6 The Murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery Candy Montgomery was just another bored 70s suburban Texas housewife when she was tried for committing a crime so heinous people still have difficulty making sense of it. The murder of Betty Gore was the subject of a TV seriesContinue reading “What a Creep Season 17, Episode 6: The Murder of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery”

What a Creep Season 17, Episode 5 Jimmy Savile Trigger warnings: Sexual assault and sexual abuse Jimmy Savile was a British DJ, and television and radio personality who hosted a bunch of BBC shows, including Top of the Pops and Jim’ll Fix It for decades, making him a household name. He was known for hisContinue reading “What a Creep Season 17, Episode 5: Jimmy Savile”