rant · moment 9 of 19
Craziest Episodes: Noreen Gosch and the Live Show Meltdown
from What is Shangri-La · #129
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minThey look back on standout episodes, especially Noreen Gosch's surprisingly coherent appearance despite being portrayed as crazy in a documentary, and Russ Baker's disastrous live TBS Festival appearance where he made bizarre Kevin Spacey comments.
- 21:49Noreen Gosch episode stands out as the craziest, felt like a whirlwind.
- 22:17The director was diminishing her in the documentary when she should have been the star.
- 22:38Tim refuses to call it true crime because that diminishes what the Gosch case actually is.
- 23:01The case involved unsolved human trafficking spanning fifty years, far darker than typical crime content.
- 23:20A live episode with Dick Bryant got so dark the mics had to be cut off.
- 23:38Russ Baker bombed spectacularly during a live TBS Festival episode.
- 23:48Baker started making ridiculous statements about actors and Me Too, saying things that made no sense.
- 24:12The pizza buffet launch episode is a classic that should be released more often.
Russ BakerNoreenKevin SpaceyDick BryantCharles Manson