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Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Bakker were the most famous televangelists in America in the 1970s and ‘80s with “The PTL Club” and a Heritage USA theme park. They lived a lavish lifestyle with several houses, fancy cars, and more money than God. Jim Bakker also misused funds to try to cover up a sexual assault.Continue reading “What a Creep Season 10, Episode 8: Jim Bakker”

On April 28, 2017, a tweet blew up the Internet from Trevor DeHaas, @trev4president with a picture of a very sad bread and cheese meal saying “Here’s the dinner they fed us tonight. Literally slices of bread, cheese, and salad with no dressing #fyrefraud #fyrefestival #dumpsterfyre This was day one of the Fyre Festival fraudContinue reading “What a Creep Season 10, Episode 7: Billy McFarland”

Victor Salva isn’t a name that you probably recognize, but he is the director of 1995’s “Powder” and the horror movie franchise, “Jeepers Creepers.” He’s also a convicted child molester who continues to work in Hollywood. Sources for this episode: Los Angeles Times The Independent The Daily Beast San Francisco Chronicle Vice IMDB BBC WikipediaContinue reading “What a Creep Season 10, Episode 6: Victor Salva”

Larry Nassar is one of the biggest creeps we have ever covered—which is really saying something. There have been a few times in the last 20 years where the media has talked about sexual abuse against young athletes—specifically in gymnastics which has competitors who begin the sport in their elementary school years. Most people firstContinue reading “What a Creep Season 10, Episode 5: Larry Nassar”

Our special replay episode features Britain’s Piers Morgan who was a subject in our first season. From phone-hacking scandals and fat-shaming to racism and sexism, TV host Piers Morgan is a professional troll, who got his creepy career started working for Rupert Murdoch at News Of The World yet still somehow found a way to sink even lower. DueContinue reading “What a Creep Update: Piers Morgan & Sharon Osbourne”

Dan White was a city supervisor in San Francisco in 1978. After a disagreement with the mayor and his fellow supervisors, he brought a gun into City Hall and murdered two people: Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the country’s first openly gay man ever elected to office and a famous figure in theContinue reading “What a Creep Season 10, Episode 3: Dan White”

Johnny Carson was known as the King of Late Night with NBC’s The Tonight Show which he hosted between 1962-1992. Johnny was famous for being suave, handsome, married a few times, liking a drink in the evenings, and having feuds with random people. He was a man who could talk in front of 20 millionContinue reading “What a Creep Season 10, Episode 2: Johnny Carson”

Joey Buttafuoco The name alone became a punchline—Buttafuoco! In the summer of 1992, America was obsessed with this trashy tale from Long Island about a murderous teenager and her dumb, muscle pants-wearing lover. This scandal had everything, sex, escort services, autobody shops, a Howard Stern interview, and secret videotapes which the tabloid media covered breathlesslyContinue reading “What a Creep Season 10, Episode 1: Tabloid creeps (Joey Buttafuoco & John Wayne Bobbitt)”

For over 25 years rocker Marilyn Manson has enjoyed a reputation as being one of the darkest theatrical performers in the rock space. He has sold millions of records, has multiple Grammy Award nominations, been the subject of massive protests around the world all while enjoying an acting career and a reputation for dating beautifulContinue reading “What a Creep Season 9, Episode 10: Marilyn Manson”

We definitely have a schedule for our shows, but we’re more than happy to move things around when the world is indicating for us to do so. The Hulu/FX documentary “Framing Britney Spears” created such a need in both of us to talk about the state of her father’s control over her entire life. SinceContinue reading “What a Creep Season 9, Episode 9: Free Britney (Justin Timberlake, Jamie Spears, and more)”