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150 Tribute to Todd Teal, the Original CKCB Co-Host, RIP

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Bill Selby says Todd Teal was on 83 of the first 84 episodes and returned for four more.

1. Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer dedicates episode 150 to Todd Teal after his death on April 25th, 2025. 2. Bill Selby identifies himself as host and says Todd Teal was the original co-host, a Madstone bandmate from Merritt Island, Florida. 3. The episode’s purpose is to use seven selected segments to show Todd laughing, telling stories, and being remembered by friends and listeners. 4. Bill says Todd appeared on 83 of the first 84 episodes, then came back for four more episodes. 5. Bill also says Todd was on several unnumbered episodes, putting him above 90 appearances across the catalog. 6. The first listener story comes from Michelle in Fort Wayne, Indiana, who found the show through the Faith Assembly episodes. 7. Michelle describes driving down I-95, stopping at the Fort Pierce Love’s, and looking for the location with the Arby’s. 8. She says an old man kicked a wet floor sign out of the way and then slipped on the floor. 9. Bill and Todd react to the embarrassment of the slip, and Bill says that kind of thing sounds like the Fort Pierce Love’s. 10. A later segment features Todd’s old episode spotlight on the death of Michael Malloy, framed as a 1930s New York City story. 11. Todd names Tony Marino, Frank Pasqua, Red Murphy, Tough Tony Bostone, Hersey Green, and Daniel Kreisberg as part of the plot around Michael Malloy. 12. He says the group tried to get Michael Malloy to drink himself to death with an unlimited tab. 13. The Boone Helm section shifts into a Wild West outlaw who was also described as a murderer and a cannibal. 14. Todd says Boone Helm could throw a Bowie knife from a galloping horse and retrieve it mid-ride. 15. He also describes Boone riding his horse into a courtroom while demanding to know who issued an arrest warrant. 16. The William Cottrell segment moves to Cedar Key, Florida, where Todd says President Benjamin Harrison sent the U.S. military to oust an elected official. 17. Todd says police chief Adolph Gerald ended Cottrell’s run by grabbing a double-barrel shotgun and shooting him in the torso and eye. 18. The Bo Mizzell segment focuses on a Florida cracker, a cattle worker, and a prank that dragged a circus tent behind a train. 19. The tribute includes recorded messages from Joe Williams, Paul Mekas, and Chris Gifford, each describing Todd as a close friend and longtime band partner. 20. The episode closes as a memorial and archive piece for listeners who knew Todd Teal through CKCB or through years of local music.

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A seven-segment farewell keeps Todd Thiel's laughter, presence, and podcast legacy close at hand.

Bill Selby shapes this memorial for Todd Thiel, the original co-host of Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer, as both tribute and guided walk through the podcast history Todd helped create.

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