by Margo Donohue | Oct 1, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Alex Kelly Season 12, Episode 9 “The Preppy Rapist” Alex Kelly was considered a golden boy in his hometown of Darien, CT. Born to a wealthy family and growing up in a peak New England fancy neighborhood (meaning rich & white) he was...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 30, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: The Parent Trap The 1949 Novel by Erich Kastner Vs the 1961 Disney Classic Film The Margos are twinning this week talking about Lottie/Lisa & Sharon/Susan–the lead characters from the Erich Kastner german novel Das Doppelte Lottchen. The...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 23, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Errol Flynn Season 12, Episode 8 Old-Timey Hollywood Replay Episode (Originally dropped October 2019) Welcome to the third season of What a Creep talking about old school Hollywood star Errol Flynn and his awful, creepy ways. He was an...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 17, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Henry Ford Season 12, Episode 7 Inventor Creep Henry Ford rose from obscurity to become one of the most successful men in history. His Ford cars ushered in the modern world. But he was also a racist and anti-semite, who tried to control his...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 17, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: In a Lonely Place The 1947 Novel Vs the 1950 Humphrey Bogart The Margos go back to Bogie and film noir with In a Lonely Place which was written by Dorothy B. Hughes in 1947 which tells the story of a homicidal maniac on the loose in post-War II Los...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 10, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: AI: Artificial Intelligence Brian Aldiss’s Supertoys Last All Summer Long Vs. the 2001 Steven Spielberg Film Twenty years ago, Steven Spielberg released a longtime project with his friend Stanley Kubrick–AI: Artificial Intelligence. Kubrick...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 10, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Jeffrey MacDonald Season 12, Episode 6 Family Annihilator & Creep Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted in 1979 of murdering his wife and two daughters on the night of February 17, 1970. At the time he was a doctor for the United States Air Force, his wife...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 3, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Richard Scott Smith Season 12, Episode 5 The Love Fraud Creep Richard Scott Smith, the subject of the documentary Love Fraud, meets middle-aged women, love bombs them, and then drains them of their life savings. He moves on to the next con, leaving these...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 2, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs Movie: “A Face in the Crowd” The Budd Schulberg Short Story Vs the Elia Kazan Classic Film Every once in a while we come across a story that was created decades ago and has themes that transcend time. This is the case with 1957’s A Face in...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 27, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs Movie: “Dangerous Liaisons” The 1782 Novel Vs the 1985 Play & the 1988 Movie The Margos get a little sexy and wicked with this 1782 “libertine novel” from Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos, a French writer and Army General who ten...