SVU: The rape joke comic was a rape joke rapist

SVU S15 E15 "Comic Perversion"

"...so a rapist walks into a bar..."

"...so a rapist walks into a bar..."

He's a stand up comic who likes to tell female hecklers it would be funny if they got raped. Then when one of them walks home...well, it's SVU so you can guess the rest.

Kevin & Rebecca dive into SVU season 15 episode 15* "Comic Perversion" with Pat Dixon, comedian and host of the podcast "NYC Crime Report."

This episode is based on two scandals, one involving Daniel Tosh and the other with Derek Jeter.

Note: Because of the two-part season opener, some streaming services list this as episode 14.

L&O: The singer caused the mob restaurant shooting

L&O S14 E20 "Everybody Loves Raimondo's"

Jerry Orbach was a mother fucking sorcerer at playing pool. He gets to do his own tricks in the scene undercover in a pool hall.

Jerry Orbach was a mother fucking sorcerer at playing pool. He gets to do his own tricks in the scene undercover in a pool hall.

Nothing like eating an expensive meal in an Italian restaurant when one mobster shoots another because he's heckling the singer. But that's just the start of the trouble in this mafia-and-meatballs-themed episode L&O S14 E20 "Everybody Loves Raimondo's." Green & Briscoe (in one of Jerry Orbach's last episodes) think a movie producer was the victim of a conveniently-timed hit at an exclusive restaurant frequented by celebrities, judges, and mobsters alike.

Our guest this episode is Chris Greene of RTÉ Two radio in Ireland and co-host of "Craic Addicts." He brings a certain amount of "Paddywackery" to the show.

This episode is inspired by the real life shooting in Rao's restaurant by Louie Lump Lump Barone.

L&O: The Holocaust survivor who married a Nazi

L&O S3 E13 "Night and Fog"

Kevin and Rebecca go back to the Stone Age to watch Law & Order Original Recipe Season 3, Episode 13. In "Night and Fog," Briscoe and Logan learn a pair of Holocaust survivors quarreled about a Nazi collaborator who came from the husband's village, and Stone and Robinette believe the woman was murdered because she'd learned his war-time secret. 

Briscoe tells Logan about his father was in WWII. And we're like, "You're father was in WWII? We thought you were in WWII!"

Briscoe tells Logan about his father was in WWII. And we're like, "You're father was in WWII? We thought you were in WWII!"

Our guest is the very savvy Adam Ragusea, host of Current's The Pub podcast. He's also turned his savage wit and musical wisdom into a mostly-critical, but often-hilarious look at Billy Joel's career in "We Didn't Start the Podcast." 

This episode of Law & Order takes its cue from the real life case of accused concentration camp prison guard John "Ivan the Terrible" Demjanjuk.

SVU: The prep school rapist & the "Cherry Pickers Club"

SVU S17 E12 A Misunderstanding

"He may be my rapist...but I still kinda like him. Is that weird?"

"He may be my rapist...but I still kinda like him. Is that weird?"

What really happened between those two teens in the prep school darkroom? The girl's texts are hurting the case, but then the squad learns the boy is part of a virgin-collecting contest in the secret "Cherry Picker's Club."

This episode, Kevin & Rebecca are joined by Undisclosed: The Killing of Freddie Gray journalist Amelia McDonell-Parry as they look at SVU season 17 episode 12 "A Misunderstanding."

The ripped from the headlines case this episode is based on is the rape trial of St. Paul's prep school graduate Owen Labrie.

L&O: The one that's TOTALLY not based on Martha Stewart

Law & Order S13 E15 Bitch

Come now, detective. Don't you know who my father is? Or my mother, for that matter?

Come now, detective. Don't you know who my father is? Or my mother, for that matter?

Brisco & Green tie a stockbroker's murder to a multi-millionaire business woman who's committed some insider trading.

Kevin & Rebecca welcome comedian Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny podcast) for look at Law & Order season 13, episode 15 "Bitch."

Despite the title, this L&O episode actually is based on the Martha Stewart case.

SVU: The twin girl learns she's really a boy

SVU S6 E12 "Identity"

These twins have more in common than they know.

These twins have more in common than they know.

Benson & Stabler's search for the victim of a botched rape leads them to a set of twins...and the sister has more in common with her brother than she realizes.  

Kevin and Rebecca welcome Jack O'Brien (Cracked podcast, Cracked magazine) to talk about SVU season 6 episode 12 "Identity."

This SVU episode is based on the real-life case of David Reimer.

SVU: Bob Saget puts a microchip in his wife then gives her his liver

SVU S8 E9 "Choreographed"

Stabler: "I'd give you my kidney." Benson: "It probably has a bullet hole in it."

Stabler: "I'd give you my kidney."

Benson: "It probably has a bullet hole in it."

Rabid dogs, mute witnesses, philandering husbands, secretly implanted microchips, a liver transplant...and Stabler & Benson are reunited after his fling with temporary partner, Dani.

Kevin & Rebecca are joined by Outside/In podcast producer Taylor Quimby - better known to our fans as Uncanny Valleys, the composer of our catchy theme song. The panel discusses a crazy SVU installment from season 8 episode 9, "Choreographed."

Though not based on a crime, this SVU episode is inspired by the true story of microchip enthusiast Amal Graafstra.

SVU: Harry Connick Jr macks on Olivia and busts gang-raping military contractors

SVU S13 E12 "Official Story"

Let me show you on the doll where I'd like you to touch me.

Let me show you on the doll where I'd like you to touch me.

Harry Connick Jr. makes a guest stint as a DA who goes after some military contractors who drugged and gang-raped a co-worker in Afghanistan - and then goes after Olivia who's swooning over him.

Patrick Hinds of True Crime Obsessed joins Kevin & Rebecca to dish on SVU S13 E12 "Official Story."

This SVU episode is inspired by the real-life story of Jamie Lee Jones.

 

L&O: Van Buren sends an innocent man to prison

L&O S12 E7 "Myth of Fingerprints"

Well...I mean...they looked like fingerprints.

Well...I mean...they looked like fingerprints.

In original recipe season 12 episode 7, "Myth of Fingerprints," a homicide lead Briscoe & Green to revisit the case that helped Van Buren make lieutenant - only to find the fingerprint evidence that put two men away was fudged.

Kevin & Rebecca talk with scholar and social justice advocate Dr. Marcia Chatelain (Office Hours podcast).

This episode of Law & Order was inspired by the evidence tampering scandal of Joyce Gilchrist.

L&O: Rubirosa accuses Cutter of pimping her out

L&O S18 E10 “Tango”

So...side boob or nip slip? What's it going to take to get this conviction?

So...side boob or nip slip? What's it going to take to get this conviction?

A missing teenage girl is spotted in the company of a pimp and hooker before turning up dead. Will Cutter use Rubirosa's sex appeal to win the case?

Kevin & Rebecca are joined by the anonymous Hollywood blogger known as the Bitter Script Reader. They look at Law & Order season 18 episode 10 "Tango."

This episode is inspired by the real-life murder of Jennifer Moore.

CI: The guy from Stranger Things sends his family to heaven

CI: S8 E9 "Family Values"

In season 8, episode 9 "Family Values," a religious man believes he can save his family's souls by sending them to heaven. Can Goren and Eames saves his daughter it's too late? 

Comedian, author, and creative force behind "The Black Tapes" and "Tanis" Paul Bae joins the panel to discuss a Criminal Intent episode as creepy and disturbing as his podcasts.

This episode of Criminal Intent is inspired by the real-life case of John List.

L&O: A creepy celebrity watches kids from an ice cream truck

L&O S13 E24 "Smoke"

Briscoe: "You know Mr. Miller, you look just like this asshole club owner I arrest twice for murder. No offense."

Briscoe: "You know Mr. Miller, you look just like this asshole club owner I arrest twice for murder. No offense."

A baby falls to his death after being dangled from a window by his celebrity father. But the investigations uncover other allegations of misconduct.

TVGuide.com reporter Erin Fox joins the panel to talk about original recipe season 13 episode 24 "Smoke."

This episode is based on the many, many scandals surrounding Michael Jackson.

CI: A woman poisons people to open a kid’s clothing store

CI S1 E7 "Poison"

Goren: "I'll sniff out the culprit. No, I mean, literally. I sniff things."

Goren: "I'll sniff out the culprit. No, I mean, literally. I sniff things."

Goren and Eames hunt someone putting cyanide in headache medicine. Is she trying to kill lots of people...or just one in particular? PLUS: a crossover from Briscoe & Green!

Lani Diane Rich, writer and host of the StoryWonk network of podcasts (Dusted, We Used to Be Friends, The Light Bulb) chimes in on Criminal Intent season 1 episode 7 "Poison."

This episode is inspired by the real-life case of Stella Nickel.

L&O: Van Buren shoots a teenager in front of her kids

L&O S5 E6 "Competence"

Who knew Van Buren even had a gun?

Who knew Van Buren even had a gun?

In an episode that feels familiar today, Van Buren kills an unarmed kid during an apparent robbery. Race, gender, loyalty, and politics all complicate the investigation.

Writer and comedienne Sarah Hohman joins the panel to break down Law & Order season 5 ep 6 "Competence."

This episode is based in part on the real life story of Eleanor Bumpers.

SVU: The sex offender didn’t actually kill that kid

SVU S1 E7 "Uncivilized"

Cassidy: "I think I could have a long career at SVU." Stabler: "That's cute."

Cassidy: "I think I could have a long career at SVU." Stabler: "That's cute."

Benson and Stabler look into the murder of an 8-year-old boy. How far are they willing to go to pin it on the neighborhood sex offender?

Kevin & Rebecca welcome Aussi podcaster Vaya Pashos ("The Neighbuzz podcast") to talk about old school SVU, season  1 episode 7, "Uncivilized."

This episode of SVU takes some inspiration from the infamous Leopold & Loeb case.

SVU: Tim Daly is a preacher who hates gay people

SVU S8 E17 "Sin"

Looks like a famous musician got addicted to SVU because it's on the hotel TV in every city he plays in.

Looks like a famous musician got addicted to SVU because it's on the hotel TV in every city he plays in.

Singer/songwriter and L&O addict Mike Doughty joins Kevin & Rebecca to discuss SVU season 8, episode 17, "Sin." It looks like a male prostitute is murdered in a ritualized killing, but the trail leads Stabler & Benson to a charismatic preacher who may be hiding a secret. 

This episode is inspired by the sex scandal of preacher Ted Haggard.

Listen to the episode:

Check out the video for Mike's new single, "I Can't Believe I Found You in That Town" - it's the song you heard at the end of the episode:

Special thanks to Alpha Loft in Portsmouth, N.H., who lent us the space to tape this episode.

L&O: A woman gets chased off a bridge & Rey's wife leaves

L&O S7 E11 "Menace"

"I don't know, Lenny. I told my wife I cheated on her and now she moved out. I just didn't see that coming."

"I don't know, Lenny. I told my wife I cheated on her and now she moved out. I just didn't see that coming."

A woman jumps from a crowded bridge. Did she kill herself or was she chased to her death? Also, Rey's wife leaves him (for now.)

On this installment, author and Law & Order savant Brady Carlson joins Kevin and Rebecca as they dig into the classic Mothership episode, season 7 episode 11, "Menace."

This episode is inspired by the real-life case of Delitha Ward.

SVU: Scott Bakula names his penis King Sebastian

SVU Season 14 episode 7 "Vanity's Bonfire"

I am the greatest legal mind of my generation and my legal argument is that I'm not the father because I only got a handy.

I am the greatest legal mind of my generation and my legal argument is that I'm not the father because I only got a handy.

The kidnapping of a baby leads the squad into the mystery of who the father is...could he be the politically powerful man hoping to avoid a scandal?

Kevin and Rebecca are joined by podcaster and Television Without Pity founder Sarah D. Bunting as they take on SVU season 14 episode 7, "Vanity's Bonfire."

This episode is inspired by the sex scandal of presidential candidate John Edwards.

L&O: The mob kills everyone and Jon Cryer’s father is the judge

L&O S1 E15-16 "The Torrents of Greed 1 & 2"

"You want me...Jon Cryer...to be on this podcast talking about the 1990 Law & Order my father was on?"

"You want me...Jon Cryer...to be on this podcast talking about the 1990 Law & Order my father was on?"

In this episode, we're joined by Jon Cryer, star of "Two and a Half Men," "Pretty in Pink," and the "Undisclosed Addendum" podcast. We'll discuss Law & Order season 1, episodes 15 & 16, "The Torrents of Greed" parts 1 & 2.

Greevey and Logan bust an illegal cigarette ring, but Stone can't nail the mob boss behind it.  We'll also hear Jon Cryer's personal connection to the episode.

This episode is inspired by the life of NYC mafia don John Gotti.

L&O: The murder victim is a horse

L&O S6 E11 "Corpus Delicti"

"So the someone killed a horse with a wire in its anus and this is going to lead us to a missing heiress?" Oh yeah. This is going to be THAT kind of podcast.

"So the someone killed a horse with a wire in its anus and this is going to lead us to a missing heiress?" Oh yeah. This is going to be THAT kind of podcast.

Someone murdered an expensive show horse because he can't jump. Brisoce & Curtis are on the case and soon discover a larger criminal scheme.

In the premier episode of "...These are Their Stories," host Kevin Flynn is joined by true crime author Rebecca Lavoie and special guest, from the "Extra Hot Great" podcast and Previously.tv, Tara Ariano.

This Law & Order episode was inspired by the real-life disappearance of Helen Brach.