Rachel Fisher and Desi Jedeikin
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Rachel Fisher and Desi Jedeikin dig into true crime, scandal, and pop culture history.
Hollywood Crime Scene treats entertainment history like a stack of messy clippings passed between sharp friends. Its episodes move from Zsa Zsa Gabor and post-9/11 radio panic to urban legends, tabloid culture, and bizarre crime-adjacent news.
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Hollywood Crime Scene is hosted by Rachel Fisher and Desi Jedeikin, who record as a two-person panel with no outside guests appearing in the sampled episodes. Numbered main episodes take on a single true crime case or entertainment biography, sometimes across multiple parts, such as the Monster of Florence killings (tied to Thomas Harris's Hannibal) and a three-part arc on Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates. Alongside these narrative deep-dives, the hosts maintain distinct recurring franchises: 'Pop Culture Rewind' covers media-history topics like the Clear Channel post-9/11 song memo and the rise and fall of food trends such as Olestra and oat bran; 'Reality Check' re-examines reality television, including a critical look at how America's Next Top Model treated contestants; and 'Urban Legends: True or False?' traces legends back to real incidents, such as the Pope Lick Monster deaths and a fabricated Olive Garden tweet. 'Mini Episode' installments are shorter and function as a current pop culture and celebrity news roundup covering casting news, viral stories, and awards nominations. Tone shifts by segment, from investigative and narrative in the true crime and biography episodes to comedic and conversational in the mini episodes. Episodes typically run 40 to 65 minutes and draw on named sources like newspaper archives, documentaries, and biographies. The likely audience is true crime listeners who want an entertainment-industry angle, plus listeners who enjoy critical retrospectives of reality TV and pop culture history. The hosts reference earlier episodes and recurring bits, suggesting continuity for regular listeners. Production is conversational and unscripted in style, built around back-and-forth commentary between the two hosts rather than formal narration.
Made for: True crime listeners who want cases connected to film, TV, and music history, plus fans of critical pop culture and reality TV retrospectives.
What sets it apart: Rather than a single true-crime interview format, the show rotates through distinct recurring franchises (Pop Culture Rewind, Reality Check, Urban Legends: True or False) and consistently routes crime and scandal through entertainment-industry connections.
Desi Jedeikin and Rachel Fisher discuss true tales of crime and scandal involving celebrities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Celebrity scandal becomes cultural evidence through sharp conversation, researched biography and an eye for the absurd details an era once treated as normal.
Hollywood Crime Scene turns celebrity history into lively conversation, moving between scandal, biography, reality television and the strange artifacts of Pop Culture.
A tabloid time machine where Versailles weddings and Olestra chips get the scrutiny you wish they'd received.
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A funny, skeptical sift through Simpsons prediction lore, best when it separates eerie coincidence from recycled internet fakery.
Hollywood Crime Scene treats Simpsons prediction lore like a pop-culture rumor file, picking through the creepy hits, the obvious stretches, and the internet edits that refuse to die.
A crude, funny UK oddities mini episode built on medical embarrassment, porn-bill denial, and loose host banter.
Hollywood Crime Scene's "Mini Episode: Butthole Lane" is a filthy little UK oddities roundup, with the hosts bouncing between emergency-room sex mishaps and a 2014 story about an elderly couple refusing to pay a 200-pound Virgin Media pay-per-view porn bill.
A loose, darkly funny true crime crawl through urban legends that got too close to real life, from motel horror to the Pope Lick trestle.
Urban Legends: True or False? leans into the nasty little thrill of folklore that turns out to have a body count. The episode opens with the corpse-under-the-mattress story, then ties it to James and Rhonda Sargent's 2010 stay in room 222 at a Budget Lodge Motel in Memphis,…
A funny 2014 gossip rewind where Versailles wedding excess and Bieber's egging fallout make the strongest evidence.
Hollywood Crime Scene rewinds to February 2014 with a tabloid case file full of petty spectacle: early Twitter habits, celebrity overexposure, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West circling Versailles for wedding festivities, and the weird afterlife of Justin Bieber's Calabasas egging…
A brisk, funny finale about Zsa Zsa Gabor's late-life glamour, messy marriage politics, and tabloid legend.
Hollywood Crime Scene closes its Zsa Zsa Gabor series with a sharp look at the later, stranger stretch of her public life: a Broadway run in 40 Carrots, the aftermath of another split, and the three-year courtship that led to her 1986 marriage to von Anhalt.
A sharp, funny rewind to the moment post-9/11 panic made pop songs sound like contraband.
Hollywood Crime Scene's Pop Culture Rewind treats the post-9/11 Clear Channel memorandum as a weird little crime scene of its own: 165 songs supposedly deemed too loaded, too cheerful, too violent, or just too easy to misread when the country was raw and furious.
A funny, skeptical origin story for Zsa Zsa Gabor's fame, family machine, marriages, and polished mythology.
Hollywood Crime Scene treats Zsa Zsa Gabor's early life like a celebrity case file: glitter on top, messy incentives underneath. Rachel Fisher and Desi Jadikin open with the mystery of her fame, then follow the machinery around it: the famous sisters, Jolie Gabor's stage-mother…
A funny, sharp rewind on George Magazine, where 90s cover stunts start to look like an early warning.
Hollywood Crime Scene treats George Magazine as a glossy 90s artifact with a little crime-scene tape around the culture. The hosts start from its renewed pop-culture visibility through Love Story, then circle into what made the magazine feel so odd: politics sold with celebrity…
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Over three decades, The Simpsons built a very strange record.
Rectal X-rays get weird fast.
True-ish urban legends.
February 3, 2014, and everyone already sounds worn out.
This mini-episode shares a 1986 California news story about a wild baseball game between the New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds that featured a bench-clearing brawl.
Part three is busy.
Pop Culture Rewind looks at the Clear Channel memo that circulated after 9/11 and the songs it marked as potentially inappropriate, from Rage Against the Machine to American Pie and Imagine.
This mini episode discusses a news story about a quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player facing murder charges, while exploring the hosts' confusion about cornhole as a real game versus a joke.
Rachel Fisher and Desi Jedeikin discuss the life and scandals of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, focusing on her marriages and divorce from Conrad Hilton.
The hosts discuss the Streisand effect, using the Barbara Streisand lawsuit as a famous example of attempted censorship backfiring.
Desi and Rachel discuss Justin Timberlake's DUI arrest video, analyzing the police interaction and the involvement of a friend.
Zsa Zsa Gabor was famous for being fabulous.
George Magazine gets another rewind.
The hosts discuss a dream about bombing a live show and then joke about American Idol winner Taylor Hicks flirting with Kelly Clarkson.
The hosts introduce an episode about Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Polly Yates and Bob Geldof, discussing her chaotic childhood and tragic life.
The episode discusses Diane Warren's relentless quest to win an Oscar, focusing on her 17th nomination and her unique campaigning strategies.
Noma comes to Los Angeles.
This episode continues a series on the relationship and tragic death of Michael Hutchence and Polly Yates, analyzing conflicting accounts from various sources.
Los Angeles Metro gets cheeky first.
This episode explores the life and scandal surrounding Paula Yates, using her autobiography and a documentary as sources.
Fondue starts the party.
People forgot Moby.
Reality Check puts Top Model back under the lamp.
Michael Hutchence gets the doomed-lovers setup.
The hosts discuss celebrity news and scandals from a 2004 issue of Us Weekly magazine.
This episode covers the third part of Clara Bow's story, focusing on her romantic entanglements with Gary Cooper and Victor Fleming during her rise to stardom.
Desi and Rachel discuss Kelsey Grammer's controversial Trump comment and a former co-star's anecdote about his flatulence on set.
Rachel and Desi discuss the life of Mickey Rooney, including his mother's death and a possible angelic encounter, continuing their series on the actor's troubled life.
Desi and Rachel discuss Paul Anka's confirmation of Frank Sinatra's well-endowed reputation in a comedic, gossipy style.
Rachel and Desi discuss the second part of Mickey Rooney's life, focusing on his divorce from Ava Gardner and his work with Judy Garland.
The hosts discuss a viral mystery about a fedora-wearing man at the Louvre who turned out to be a teenage detective fan.
The hosts introduce a two-part episode on Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney, discussing their sources and his life of crime and scandal.
Desi and Rachel discuss a new story about the infamous 'Penis Man' tagger in Phoenix, including an interview with him.
This episode continues the true crime series comparing the Hannibal movie to the real-life Monster of Florence case, focusing on the 1990s investigation and suspect Pietro Pacciani.
The hosts discuss a Hollywood Reporter article about Diane Warren's animal sanctuary, revealing a softer side to the often-criticized Oscar nominee.
This episode continues part two of a series comparing the movie Hannibal to the real-life Monster of Florence case that inspired it.
The hosts discuss an update on a murder-for-hire plot against Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin, including viral footage of his reaction.
Hollywood Crime Scene starts with Thomas Harris's Hannibal and the Florence case that helped inspire it: the Monster of Florence, a string of .22-caliber murders tied to young couples in cars.
The hosts discuss recent celebrity deaths and then transition into silly news, including a story about a UK celebrity trader.
This episode analyzes the true story behind the 2013 horror movie The Conjuring, focusing on the Perrin family case and the controversial figures Ed and Lorraine Warren.