Rebuttal
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- 6 nov 2026
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Comedy, case law, chaos. Practicing attorney and TikTok gal @rebmasel breaks down bizarre, chaotic, and intriguing cases and anecdotes from the legal field you've (probably) never heard of. Listen to Reb's hilarious and informative takes on the weird, the awesome, the horrifying, the inspiring, and the everything-in-between happening inside and outside the courtroom. ***NOT LEGAL ADVICE*** https://www.youtube.com/@RebuttalPod
Episódios 97
95: Hiding A Body In A Glacier (THE STUBAI ALPS COVER-UP)
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) “I would have taken a blowtorch to that entire glacier if I could. I just didn't realize they were trying to grind him into the mountain. . . ."
Detailed photos, information, and investigation of Duncan MacPherson’s case: https://www.coldalongtime.com/
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00:00 - The Body.
00:57 - The Hockey Star.
03:49 - The CIA or Scotland?
05:47 - The Red Car.
09:17 - The Snowboard Rental.
16:46 - The Man With Amnesia.
17:38 - The 14 Years.
19:12 - The Lies. And Lies. And More Lies.
24:29 - The Cover-Up.
29:44 - EVIDENCE OF A VIOLENT DEATH.
45:42 - Reb's Rebuttal.
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Read after finishing the episode: “Today, the MacPherson family still presses on. They want a real admission of what took place. . ." “If you ever find yourself in Saskatoon and chat with folks who followed the case, you might hear them mention how kind, brave, and open-hearted Duncan was before everything changed. In local hockey circles, the memory of his no-nonsense style on the ice still lives. Across the country, Canadians continue to learn about his disappearance and the mysteries left behind.” “Perhaps the final message from his story is that if you set out on a bold path, you deserve the chance to finish it safely. When that chance is taken away, families, communities, and sometimes entire nations, are left to seek justice and understanding—even if it takes years or decades to uncover.”
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94: The Horse Community Is Shooting Each Other
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A cop who steals a dead man's home and horse drama that never quits.
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00:00 - Intro
00:39 - CASE #1: Cops a[re] Robbers.
04:34 - CASE #2: Horse Girls and Shooters.
05:34 - Background.
07:39 - Everyone sucks, btw.
08:36 - "SHE MADE ME DO IT"
09:45 - The day of the shooting.
17:35 - The dressage Olympian (lol)
21:12 - THE ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL.
23:19 - Lauren Kanarek.
30:25 - Barisone is delusional.
35:28 - THE FEUD WAS BREWING.
44:52 - Terrorizing one another for months...
54:40 - Memoir and Lawsuits galore.
59:10 - Reb's Rebuttal.
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93: Convicted Murderer Wins Prison Escape Trial (oops?)
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is another **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to.
For this Round-Up, Reb gives you *7 bonus cases* with a few important lessons:
- Tailgating into CIA Headquarters is frowned upon;
- Try NOT to know where the prison you escaped from is located;
- Don't take a ride on a metal bumblebee;
And more…
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In-depth articles on 1-year-old Kohen Wiley’s murder by Senatobia, Mississippi Police Sgt. Hunter Foster:
- KOHEN WILEY’S FAMILY SAYS INVESTIGATORS DIDN’T CONTACT THEM BEFORE CONCLUDING COPS DID NO WRONG (The Intercept): https://theintercept.com/2026/10/20/kohen-wiley-police-shooting-mississippi/ [read for free: http://archive.today/D7wKJ]
- Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley ‘Was Justified,’ Mississippi Attorney General Says (Mississippi Free Press): https://www.mississippifreepress.org/police-shooting-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley-was-justified-mississippi-attorney-general-says/
- LDF Calls for Justice in Police Killing of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley (NAACP Legal Defense Fund): https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-calls-for-justice-in-police-killing-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/
- Video of fatal shooting at MS Walmart obtained; state expected to still release footage (WREG): https://wreg.com/news/video-of-fatal-shooting-at-ms-walmart-leaked-state-expected-to-still-release-footage/
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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - CASE #1: The prison is missing
05:02 - CASE #2: Guam was swindled
07:09 - CASE #3: Helicopter target practice...
17:40 - CASE #4: STAY AWAY FROM THEM
19:43 - CASE #5: CIA HQ infiltration
21:33 - CASE #6: Leave a comment, catch a charge
22:50 - CASE #7: 1-year-old Kohen Wiley (FUMING)
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92: Katie Zacharia is a mess
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Katie Zacharia, unusual ways people have died in the 21st century, and three recent court cases that are bizarre, awful, or downright unfortunate.
Enjoy! (And pray Reb isn't sick again next week.)
- Case 1: https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/files/202512949.pdf
- Case 2: https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/10/251664P.pdf
- Case 3: https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/blanche-v-ozurumba-2/
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00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Katie...girl...
10:47 - LIST OF UNUSUAL DEATHS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
29:21 - CASE 1 United States v. McCabe (11th Cir. Sept. 22, 2026)
34:52 - CASE 2 Rockett v. Eighmy (8th Cir. Oct. 13, 2026)
39:46 - CASE 3 Blanche v. Ozurumba (U.S. cert. granted Oct. 13, 2026) 42:31 - Reb's Rebuttal
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91: When Innocent Prisoners Aren’t Good People (and cops make sure of it)
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Death row inmate David Wood is the focus of the five-part podcast series "The Last 12 Weeks". What his case can tell us about the death penalty in America expands far beyond the six murders he was convicted for.
Not only does the system sentence people to death based on arbitrary biases like race, income, and political capital—The system convicts people they know you’ll hate. And it keeps getting away with it.
A special thank you to our guest Maurice Chammah for providing invaluable insight into the death penalty and David Wood’s case for this episode. Follow Maurice on Instagram.
- Listen to “The Last 12 Weeks” Podcast here.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Stomach-slashing case [“Mercy Workers”]: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/03/02/death-penalty-mitigation-specialists-rare-look
- Broken system statistics https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/liebman/finrep.PDF
- Death Penalty fast facts https://eji.org/issues/death-penalty/
- Key Findings of Death Penalty Census https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/data/death-penalty-census/key-findings
- Race and the death penalty by the numbers https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/biases-and-vulnerabilities/race/race-and-the-death-penalty-by-the-numbers
- Racial Disparities in mass incarceration https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/07/27/disparities/
- Police & Prosecutorial Misconduct https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/prosecutorial-accountability
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00:00 - INTRO.
00:46 - THE PERFECT VICTIM.
04:22 - AN “INNOCENT” MAN?
07:48 - THE “PERFECT” SYSTEM.
11:15 - THE RAPIST.
18:13 - THE EVIDENCE AGAINST WOOD.
24:00 - WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
27:58 - **Welcome Maurice Chammah**
28:32 - Rings of trauma.
30:01 - Is death arbitrary?
32:00 - SLEEPING LAWYERS & JURORS.
37:20 - Lynching vs. “Legal” Execution.
41:22 - DOES DEATH MAKE US SAFER?
43:59 - Race & Black lives in America.
46:41 - STOMACH SLASHING & MERCY WORKERS.
50:24 - Death lawyers are bad and underpaid.
54:34 - THE LAST 12 WEEKS, DAVID, MARCIA, & GEORGE.
1:10:18 - Gavin Newsom commuting ALL death sentences in CA?!
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90: Jaguars Football and The 220-Year Prison Sentence
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) **CONTENT WARNING**
Reb gives you a short (but unknowingly horror-filled….) episode this week.
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CASES
- United States v. Samuel Arthur Thompson (11th Cir. Aug. 24, 2026) [*CONTENT WARNING*]
- Heather Ammel v. Kyrsten Sinema (M.D. N.C. Sept. 4, 2026)
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00:00 - CASE 1
16:55 - CASE 2
37:26 - Reb's Rebuttal
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89: The Conjoined Twins
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) The chances that conjoined twins will survive are minimal. The chances that both conjoined twins will survive surgical separation are even tinier. . . .
"Though Mary has a right to life, she has little right to be alive." –Lord Justice Alan Ward.
This is the case of Re: A (Children), EWCA Civ 254 (England and Wales Court of Appeal, Sept. 22, 2000).
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00:00 - CASE BEGINS.
02:10 - HISTORY OF CONJOINED TWINS.
05:13 - HISTORY OF SURGICAL SEPARATION.
07:39 - THE SACRIFICIAL TWIN: Re A (2000).
08:56 - NEWBORNS JODIE AND MARY.
15:07 - CAN PARENTS LET THEIR KID DIE?
24:56 - THE COURT'S ANALYSIS & HOLDING.
29:25 - CONCLUSION / UPDATE.
33:42 - Reb's Rebuttal
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88: Weirdest (and Worst?) Deaths in Tort Law.
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Not the most famous plaintiff deaths, but a few you’ve probably never heard of (unless you’re a law student with a Palsgraf-hating Torts professor): A rescue at sea, a drunk man …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Not the most famous plaintiff deaths, but a few you’ve probably never heard of (unless you’re a law student with a Palsgraf-hating Torts professor): A rescue at sea, a drunk man at on a tarmac, a rodent explosion, and an investment banker who never pays his debts.
Reb grabs a hangover cure and a fire blanket for this week's episode.
Enjoy!
CITATIONS:
- United States v. Lawter, 219 F.2d 559 (5th Cir. 1955)
- Boyette v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 954 S.W.2d 350 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997)
- United Novelty Co. Inc. v. Daniels (Miss. 1949)
- Whitehouse v. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. (2006), 400 A.R. 209 (QB)
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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - CASE 1
10:24 - CASE 2
19:33 - CASE 3
22:23 - CASE 4
29:32 - Reb's Rebuttal
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87: Qualified Immunity Is (Still) A Nightmare
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our sixth **Reb's Round-Up** episode (QUALIFIED IMMUNITY EDITION)—A rapid-fire list of cases from *just the first half of 2026* that will once again open your eyes to how little we hold police officers accountable on a regular basis.
Reb also gives you *4 bonus cases* to keep you up at night, including:
- Man who wrote a book about robbing a bank with a banana (and then robs a bank with a banana);
- A judge who handcuffed a child for falling asleep in court;
- Yet another cop who can't stop having extramarital affairs on the job;
And more....
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CASE NAMES:
- Chancellor v. Geelhood, et al. (6th Cir. Feb. 25, 2026)
- Smith v. Price (7th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026)
- Smith v. Olvera (9th Cir. July 14, 2026)
- Brookins v. City of Philadelphia (3rd Cir. May 29, 2026)
- Close v. City of Bellevue, Iowa (8th Cir. June 24, 2026)
- Brown v. Burmaster (5th Cir. July 14, 2026)
- Joseph v. Hillsborough County Sheriff (11th Cir. July 10, 2026)
- Garrett v. Davis, et al. (5th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026)
- Flores v. Perez (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026)
- Degollado v. City of Port Lavaca (5th Cir. Aug. 18, 2026)
- United States v. Luis Padilla (5th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026)
- Tuttle v. Gallegos (5th Cir. June 29, 2026)
- Savory v. Andrews (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026)
- Griffen v. Aden (11th Cir. June 24, 2026)
- Abbey v. City of Nashville (6th Cir. July 17, 2026)
- Lakey v. Bryant (10th Cir. July 7, 2026)
- Till v. Kenneth King (6th Cir. Aug. 24, 2026)
- Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. United States Army, et al. (10th Cir. July 7, 2026)
- Peden v. Stephens (11th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026)
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00:00 - INTRO
00:56 - CASE 1.
02:39 - CASE 2.
03:41 - CASE 3.
04:02 - CASE 4.
05:33 - CASE 5.
06:17 - CASE 6.
07:18 - CASE 7.
12:43 - CASE 8.
14:51 - CASE 9.
16:42 - CASE 10.
18:15 - CASE 11.
19:00 - CASE 12.
21:56 - CASE 13.
22:43 - CASE 14.
23:26 - CASE 15.
27:12 - CASE 16.
28:44 - BONUS CASE 1.
34:15 - BONUS CASE 2.
35:43 - BONUS CASE 3.
38:42 - BONUS CASE 4.
43:10 - Reb's Rebuttal
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86: The Insanity Defense (is "Not Guilty" worse than being convicted?)
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Raymond Gregory, on the advice of his lawyer, pleaded insanity in 1971 after falling asleep drunk with a penknife in his pocket in a construction site in Washington D.C. He was locked up for over 40 years.
Reb tells you what everyone should know about "Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity" in America.
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OTHER RESOURCES
- NOT GUILTY, YET CONTINUOUSLY CONFINED—Reforming the Insanity Defense (2020): https://www.law.georgetown.edu/american-criminal-law-review/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2020/03/57-2-not-guilty-yet-continuously-confined-reforming-the-insanity-defense.pdf
- When 'Not Guilty' Is a Life Sentence: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/magazine/when-not-guilty-is-a-life-sentence.html
- Jones v. United States (1983) - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/463/354/
- Foucha v. Louisiana (1992) - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/504/71/
- Community reintegration programs for successful reentry for individuals deemed not guilty by reason of insanity: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=21620&context=dissertations
- "THE ANGELS THAT SURROUNDED MY CRADLE": The History, Evolution, and Application of the Insanity Defense: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4872&context=buffalolawreview
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00:00 - THE TRESPASSER CASE.
07:24 - THE CARD.
15:33 - THE VISITING MOTHER.
18:51 - The Ancient History of "Insanity"
27:08 - THE WOULD-BE SHOPLIFTER.
28:30 - THE "PUBLIC SAFETY" MYTH.
35:29 - How is this constitutional...?
43:38 - THE HOPE.
46:12 - Reb's Rebuttal
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85: TikToker Must Pay $10 Million to Idaho Professor
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Real life is not a murder mystery board game. What you say on the internet can, indeed, cost you millions. Learn all about one unfortunate tarot TikToker, PLUS: Cops tackle a …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Real life is not a murder mystery board game. What you say on the internet can, indeed, cost you millions.
Learn all about one unfortunate tarot TikToker, PLUS:
- Cops tackle a grandma over a phallic-shaped outfit;
- Man pays for a "full-contact" experience with a black leopard;
- Car thief steals 26 cars to go argue with his girl;
- Prisoner escapes NY prison by dressing like a lawyer;
- The right to shoot your own vehicle in America;
and more.
Enjoy!
- Ronald Tackmann free obituary article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/nyregion/ronald-tackmann-escape-artist-better-at-art-than-escaping-dies-at-66.html?unlocked_article_code=1.61A.WzhR.kbO3Z1SDP7I5&smid=url-share
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00:00 - Intro
00:25 - CASE 1: No D-Tators
01:29 - CASE 2: Stealing cars is romantic?
02:28 - CASE 3: Man's passion is escaping from prison
05:47 - CASE 4: TIKTOKER ORDERED TO PAY $10MIL
18:22 - CASE 5: Black leopard mauls FL man (duh?)
23:00 - CASE 6: Woman finds hitman to kill ex on Facebook (WITH PLOT TWIST?!)
26:23 - CASE 7: Car trouble? Shoot it.
28:11 - CASE 8: Judge puts condoms in acorns. Yep.
29:32 - Reb's Rebuttal
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84: The Cops Fired For Swapping Wives
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Louisiana Sheriff's deputies Brandon Coker and Michael Golden discovered the loves of their lives — in the arms of each other’s wife. Reb gives you all the weird, sticky, and …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Louisiana Sheriff's deputies Brandon Coker and Michael Golden discovered the loves of their lives — in the arms of each other’s wife.
Reb gives you all the weird, sticky, and devilish details of three employment cases to make you a little more grateful for your workplace environment (or maybe not?):
- Best friend cops swap wives and houses and file a lawsuit;
- Ex-employee claims Comcast had a pie-in-the-face-policy;
- Plaintiff says boss at the Hampton Inn insisted he get an exorcism...
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00:36 - CASE 1: Cop Swappers
08:41 - CASE 2: Tied and...Pied?
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83: The Civil War Killings
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Can a Salvadoran Civil War criminal in the 1980s be sued for money damages in a Virginia courtroom in 2026? The brother of a Dutch journalist he ambushed and executed is ready to …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Can a Salvadoran Civil War criminal in the 1980s be sued for money damages in a Virginia courtroom in 2026? The brother of a Dutch journalist he ambushed and executed is ready to find out.
PLUS a bonus case!: 73-Year-Old Treasure Hunter Released After Decade in Prison for Not Sharing Booty. (A new addition to Reb's list of favorite cases we've ever covered on Rebuttal.)
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00:00 - Background
01:25 - Kuiper v. Mario A. Reyes Mena (4th Cir. July 8, 2026)
23:50 - United States v. Tommy Thompson (D. Ohio March 14, 2026)
32:16 - Reb's Rebuttal
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82: The Polygamist Ninja Burglars (and more legal chaos)
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fifth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fifth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to.
For this Round-Up, Reb gives you *9 bonus cases* to sneak into a group chat or two, including:
- A nun prosecuted;
- A bouncy castle kingpin;
- An amputated limb battle;
- A Samurai sword against home invader ninjas;
- A priest with a bite;
And more...
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RESOURCES
- Case 1: Priest bit woman at mass said she had it coming https://www.islandpacket.com/news/nation-world/national/article288674360.html?taid=664f84498a3e69000149b081
- Case 2: Bouncy castle arsonist https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/jumping-castle-arson-firebombing-james-balcombe/102363376
- Case 3: Paternity battle between twin brothers https://abcnews.com/TheLaw/LegalCenter/daddy-paternity-battle-brothers/story?id=3195632
- Case 4: The most expensive pack of Bud Light ever (new SCOTUS case!) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/supreme-court-decide-alaska-mans-95000-fine-six-pack-budweiser-fair/?srsltid=AfmBOopP_2Q84sa-AumTGFIY4B4o5c8f7T49OyHYvyQNv6OQFjf2Hi31
- Case 5: Chainsaw negligence https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-second-appellate-district/2019/2-18-0923.html
- Case 6: Living, breathing man still legally dead https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/us/ohio-legally-dead-man
- Case 7: Nun prosecuted for embarrassing government https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/13/406252639/imprisoned-nuclear-activist-nun-granted-victory-on-appeal
- Case 8: Two polygamist ninja burglars caught in Utah https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/20/polygamist-women-utah-sex-assault-case
- Case 9: Patients can finally recover their amputated limbs in Oregon https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/legally-weird/patients-can-finally-recover-their-amputated-limbs-under-new-oregon-law/
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00:14 - Case 1
04:32 - Case 2
07:42 - Case 3
12:44 - Case 4
18:36 - Case 5
25:23 - Case 6
30:05 - Case 7
36:46 - Case 8
40:23 - Case 9
45:03 - Reb's Rebuttal
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81: "Good" Alibis Don't Exist
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Is an alibi defense the key to the jailhouse door, or a noose around an innocent defendant's neck? Eric Morgan had 11 alibi witnesses to establish that he was at a two-day long …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Is an alibi defense the key to the jailhouse door, or a noose around an innocent defendant's neck?
Eric Morgan had 11 alibi witnesses to establish that he was at a two-day long sports competition—far away from the location of the crime he was accused of—supported by credit card receipts for his travel, meals, and purchases on the trip. Yet the prosecutor successfully argued that the witnesses were liars or mistaken. Morgan served 3 years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him.
Reb pokes holes in our assumptions about seemingly "good" alibis. Find out why some lawyers say never presenting an alibi is better than having one at all. ("An alibi can only be one of two things: perfect or bad.")
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RESOURCES:
- The (Un)reliability of Alibi Corroborators: Failure to Recognize Faces of Briefly Encountered Strangers Puts Innocent Suspects at Risk (2016) - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27757984/
- Memory Errors in Alibi Generation: How an Alibi Can Turn Against Us (2017) - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bsl.2273
- Wendy P. Heath, et al., "But I Wasn't There!" The Alibis of DNA Exonerees (2021) - https://wclawr.org/index.php/wclr/article/view/52/87
- David Crump, Alibi (2025) https://mississippilawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/94MissLJ411.pdf
- Lisa Steele, Alibi Defenses: Millhouse or Key to the Jailhouse Door? (2021) https://www.publiccounsel.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Steele-March-16.pdf
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00:00 - Case Begins
02:10 - WHY DO LAWYERS HATE THEM?
11:53 - MISTAKES = LIES.
19:45 - JURIES ARE THE WORST.
25:21 - PROSECUTORS DON'T HELP.
29:37 - ALIBIS HURT YOUR CASE.
43:19 - IN CONCLUSION...
43:50 - Reb's Rebuttal (IMPORTANT!)
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80: The Divorce Lawyer's Bomb Threats
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One Ohio divorce lawyer called in bomb threats to courthouses to delay trials and hearings he wasn’t ready for, and it was all (unhinged, unethical, insane) fun and games until a …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One Ohio divorce lawyer called in bomb threats to courthouses to delay trials and hearings he wasn’t ready for, and it was all (unhinged, unethical, insane) fun and games until a body turned up outside of his law office.
Reb (next to sleepy co-host DUI) tries to keep her heavy sighs to a minimum in Ohio v. Moore (2025) *and* adds in a special case at the end to remind you of a very important lesson. (Not legal advice, of course. Just uncommon sense.)
Enjoy. **Thank you to @DietCoke_Esq for initially tweeting about this case and sending Reb down this rabbit hole! **
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00:00 - Case Begins 00:28 - Ohio v. Moore (2025) 07:50 - THE FACTS 10:36 - THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND 16:46 - PROSECUTION'S RESPONSE 18:45 - Bonus Case! (YIKES) 24:04 - Reb's Rebuttal
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79: The Safari From Hell
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) What do a killer safari mistress, a coroner's skull, and one defrauding vet have in common? All three are in court opinions released in June 2026. Reb opens another of this …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) What do a killer safari mistress, a coroner's skull, and one defrauding vet have in common? All three are in court opinions released in June 2026.
Reb opens another of this year’s can of worms for you in United States v. Milliron (10th Cir. 2026), Betts v. Boone County (7th Cir. 2026), and New York v. Parkhill-Brown (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. 2026).
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- CASE 1 FULL OPINION [United States v. Milliron (10th Cir. 2026)]: https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinion/23-1217
- CASE 2 FULL OPINION [Betts v. Boone County (7th Cir. 2026)]: https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/25-1685/25-1685-2026-06-15.pdf?ts=1781551855
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00:00 - Intro
01:08 - CASE #1
13:46 - Reb's server trauma story<3
17:23 - CASE #1 cont.
30:46 - CASE #2 **CONTENT WARNING**
36:58 - CASE #3
42:34 - Reb's Rebuttal
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78: The Man Who Scared a Woman to Death
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On the morning of September 26, 2008, Larry Whitfield and Quanterrious McCoy—armed with a .357 handgun and an AK–47 assault rifle—entered the front door of the Fort Financial …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On the morning of September 26, 2008, Larry Whitfield and Quanterrious McCoy—armed with a .357 handgun and an AK–47 assault rifle—entered the front door of the Fort Financial Credit Union in Gastonia, North Carolina. Only one of these would-be bank robbers would be sentenced to life in prison for it.
Reb teaches you how not to rob a bank (but if you do, ask if any bystanders have high blood pressure). This is United States v. Whitfield (2015).
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REPORT: FELONY MURDER—An On-Ramp for Extreme Sentencing (updated May 2024): https://www.sentencingproject.org/app/uploads/2024/05/Felony-Murder-An-On-Ramp-for-Extreme-Sentencing.pdf
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00:00 - Intro
01:11 - CASE BEGINS.
01:30 - THE FACTS.
06:38 - FIRST DEGREE MURDER?!
12:33 - REAL CASES: FELONY MURDER PRISONERS.
19:37 - SO, THIS POLICY IS A NIGHTMARE?
24:11 - LARRY’S LIFE SENTENCE (SIKE?).
25:44 - Did Mary Parnell "accompany" Larry Whitfield?
27:19 - U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION.
31:37 - Reb's Rebuttal
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77: America Has A Guilty Plea Problem
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Today, 98% of all federal criminal cases are resolved with a guilty plea. Why? "Half a loaf is better than none. . . . When we have a weak case for any reason, we'll reduce to …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Today, 98% of all federal criminal cases are resolved with a guilty plea. Why?
"Half a loaf is better than none. . . . When we have a weak case for any reason, we'll reduce to almost anything rather than lose."
In modern America, "beyond a reasonable doubt" as determined by a jury has largely been replaced by the discretion of prosecutors to punish defendants for exercising their constitutional right to a trial by jury. So much so, defendants in pretrial detention are agreeing to plea "bargains" at a rate so high, it’s difficult to deny the obvious: Innocence is irrelevant.
Reb is joined by Hannah Bogen, a Federal Public Defender in the Office of the FPD for the Central District of California, the largest public defense office in the federal system. Hannah shares her firsthand experience with indigent defense, pretrial detention, plea bargaining, and sentencing policy—a rare glimpse into the real lives of her clients in the federal criminal system, and public defenders' enduring fight for dignity and mercy for the people whom society often forgets...Until it happens to you.
**DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions discussed in this episode are personal to Hannah and Reb and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Office of the Federal Public Defender.**
A huge thank you to Hannah Bogen for her time and unforgettable insight for this episode, and a gracious nod to the Offices of the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles and around the country. Their attorneys, staff, and investigators are selfless bright sparks in a system shrouded by darkness.
- See: L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists , L.A. Times (Feb. 6, 2026) --> Access without a subscription here
- See also: More than 10,000 lawyers have left the Trump Administration leaving multiple agencies understaffed, report says, Independent (May 31, 2026)
Helpful Resources, Information, Statistics:
- Mass Incarceration—The Whole Pie (Prison Policy Initiative 2026)
- Mass Incarceration Trends (The Sentencing Project 2026)
- 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record (Center for American Progress 2022)
- The Hidden Law of Plea Bargaining (2018) ("It continues to be driven not by law but by power—the vast, unregulated power of prosecutors")
- The Unconstitutionality of Modern Plea Bargaining: Curbing Prosecutorial Vindictiveness, 3 Prin.L.J. 2 (2024)
- Fewer than 1% of federal criminal defendants were acquitted in 2022 (Pew Research 2023)
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: How US Federal Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants To Plead Guilty (2013)
- In The Shadows: A Review of the Research on Plea Bargaining (Vera Institute 2020)
- Detaining the Poor: How money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail time (Prison Policy Initiative 2016)
- Arrest, Release, Repeat: Who is jailed, how often, and why (Prison Policy Initiative 2024)
- Report: How Mandatory Minimums Perpetuate Mass Incarceration and What To Do About It (2024)
- Correcting the Record: Fentanyl Myths & Misinformation (2025)
- We Can't Go Cold Turkey: Why Suppressing Drug Markets Endangers Society (2018)
- Addicted to punishment: Jails and prisons punish drug use far more than they treat it (Prison Policy Initiative 2024)
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00:00 - How America convicts the innocent
04:14 - WELCOME! Hannah Bogen, Federal Public Defender
05:26 - A mantra for public defenders
06:06 - **DISCLAIMER**
06:22 - Typical crimes Hannah sees in federal court
07:40 - WHAT DO FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDERS DO?
10:35 - "We're not gonna get there in time..."
12:46 - Favorite thing a client has said to you
16:05 - REPRESENTING VICTIMS IN THE SYSTEM
19:25 - "Prosecutor won't even make eye contact"
20:42 - ARRESTED IN PAJAMAS: Now what?
26:22 - Poverty and prison
29:30 - Trump's new prosecution policies
34:25 - "THE PURPOSE IS CRUELTY"
36:13 - Drugs and Mandatory Minimums
41:15 - THE PROBLEM WITH PLEA "BARGAINS"
45:38 - Plead or Suffer (Trial Penalty)
49:30 - 10,000 attorneys leave Trump's DOJ since 2025
53:25 - Former FPD Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!
55:44 - BEST DAYS ON THE JOB
1:00:53 - Final thoughts for Rebuttal listeners
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76: The Bloody Telephone Booth (Legal Urban Legends pt. 2)
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech describing this plaintiff as "outrageous," "absurd," and "loony". His name was Charles Bigbee, and his leg had been torn from his …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech describing this plaintiff as "outrageous," "absurd," and "loony". His name was Charles Bigbee, and his leg had been torn from his body.
This is Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, Co., et al. (1983)—the story of a drunk woman, a telephone booth, and the most famous "frivolous" lawsuit of the 1980s.
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00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Case Begins
01:02 - THE INCIDENT (1974)
05:35 - Bigbee's Bills
09:02 - REAGAN'S SPEECH (AND VENDETTA) (1986)
15:52 - THE LAWSUIT & CLAIMS
20:19 - CA Supreme Court & Chief Justice Rose Bird (1983)
22:29 - SETTLEMENT & AFTERMATH
25:53 - WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLES BIGBEE?
29:33 - Reb's Rebuttal
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75: The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case (Legal Urban Legends pt. 1)
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) “I am astonished how successful these urban legends have been in influencing policy. . . .The people that created these stories did so with remarkable skill.” The Grazinski case …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) “I am astonished how successful these urban legends have been in influencing policy. . . .The people that created these stories did so with remarkable skill.”
The Grazinski case, the Carson case, and the Walton case, to name a few. They've all been cited as true by a wide range of major media outlets, including CNN and U.S. News & World Report.
There's just one problem: These cases don't exist. And neither do the people in them. No, AI didn't hallucinate them. Big corporations did...
...For more than 30 years, Stella Liebeck's lawsuit has been debated on talk shows, parodied in television commercials, mentioned in congressional debates, and is firmly lodged in the public consciousness. In U.S. popular culture, her case has come to symbolize greedy plaintiffs and lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits and win hugely excessive sums in a broken legal system.And that was exactly what the big corporations, and their powerful lobbyists, wanted you to think.
Reb spills all of the real, true, and graphic details of Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants (1994).
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00:00 - Intro / CONTENT WARNING.
00:15 - LEGAL URBAN LEGENDS.
02:43 - THE BAD GUYS AND YOU.
06:16 - Tort Law vs. Tort "Reform"
08:42 - CASE BEGINS: The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
09:59 - THE INCIDENT.
12:03 - INJURIES AND PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT.
14:21 - STELLA'S LETTERS TO MCDONALD'S.
19:17 - THE TRIAL: What the jury heard + Transcripts
32:27 - THE VERDICT.
37:25 - MCDONALD'S LEARNS NOTHING.
38:10 - JUSTICE FOR STELLA.
38:32 - Reb's Rebuttal
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74: 14 Cases That Shouldn't Be Real (They Are)
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fourth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fourth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to.
For this Round-Up, Reb gives you *14 bonus cases* for you to tell unsuspecting friends and strangers all about, including:
- Drones delivering packages to prison;
- An ex-lawyer in a purple G-string hallucinating a Giant Panda;
- A bank robbery research project;
- A $517,000 rock, paper, scissors game;
- A trip to the morgue and back to the ER;
- A (former) judge banned from a mall for being a creep;
- An update on the infamous bee assault case;
And more...
Enjoy!
LINKS & CASE NAMES
- Case #1: The Giant Panda Defense
- Case #2: Moore v. Cecil, et al. (11th Cir. 2026)
- Case #3: United States v. Stanley (2005)
- Case #4: Wright v. Shotgun Willie's (2022)
- Case #5: Wilson v. Midland County Texas, et al. (5th Cir. 2026)
- Case #6: United States v. Petro (10th Cir. 2026)
- Case #7: Denison v. Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency, Inc. (Miss. 2026)
- Case #8: United States v. Blair (11th Cir. 2026)
- Case #9: United States v. Weatherspoon (8th Cir. 2026)
- Case #10: Neisser v. Pravec (2008) (Czech Republic)
- Case #11: United States v. Russell (4th Cir. 2026)
- Case #12: Commonwealth of Mass. v. Woods (2026) (and YouTube video of bee "attack")
- Case #13: Operation Bear Claw
- Case #14: Hooper c. Primeau (2017) (Quebéc's Court of Appeal)
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00:00 - Intro
00:25 - CASE #1: The Giant Panda Defense
03:33 - CASE #2: The Creepy Judge
04:50 - CASE #3: Robbing Banks For Research
06:20 - CASE #4: Two Bodies at the Strip Club
09:20 - CASE #5: "Utterly Bonkers," Says Court
10:11 - CASE #6: Naked and Acquitted
11:10 - CASE #7: Donation Gone Wrong
16:25 - CASE #8: Tan Lines & Can Lines
20:36 - CASE #9: Prison Phone Tag
21:24 - CASE #10: Your Body Scratched My Bumper
23:53 - CASE #11: Cat Blamed For Crime
25:11 - CASE #12: (UPDATE!) Beekeeper Sentenced!
28:41 - CASE #13: Operation Bearclaw
31:09 - CASE #14: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Throuple, $517,000
40:03 - Reb's Rebuttal
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73: The Thief and The Psych Ward
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "By all appearances, a man who went by William Woods had turned his life around. . . .There was just one problem: Although William Woods is a real person, the man is not that …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "By all appearances, a man who went by William Woods had turned his life around. . . .There was just one problem: Although William Woods is a real person, the man is not that person." –Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Reb visits a really messed up hot dog cart from 1988 and a saga that'll make you question everybody's last name. Just to be sure.
This is United States v. Keirans (8th Cir. 2026).
Enjoy.
SOURCES:
- 8th Circuit Opinion (April 23, 2026): https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/04/251339P.pdf
- University of Iowa article: https://stories.uiowa.edu/uipd-detective-unravels-decades-long-identity-scheme
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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - CASE BEGINS.
03:38 - THE FIRST ARREST.
05:17 - FOUR YEARS LATER...
07:40 - (REB RANTS) 23andMe + Prosecutor budgets
12:00 - BACK TO THE CASE.
13:13 - "WILLIAM WOODS".
14:15 - "CALIFORNIA BILL".
16:56 - Campus police are useful for once?!
17:10 - (REB RANTS) Your husband is a psychopath. Act like it.
19:55 - (REB RANTS) You did a good deed. Stop bragging.
21:23 - "WHO IS YOUR SON?"
24:34 - WHO IS MATTHEW KEIRANS?
28:13 - Identity theft statistics.
29:56 - THE SECOND ARREST.
35:16 - the District Attorney said WHAT?!?!??!?!
37:04 - THE CHARGES + LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE.
39:36 - THE APPEAL & OUTCOME (April 2026).
45:30 - REB'S REBUTTAL.
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72: The Shark Arm Case (The Unluckiest Murderer in History)
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." –Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men. Two tiger sharks, a tattoo, and a richocheted bullet off a man's …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." –Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men.
Two tiger sharks, a tattoo, and a richocheted bullet off a man's skull.
Reb dives into the Shark Arm Case (1935), the Confrontation Clause, and the Dead Witness Dilemma.
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00:00 - Intro / Setting the Scene
01:02 - PART I: THE SHARK
06:57 - PART II: THE BOXER
12:33 - PART III: SHARK, 1; BULLET, 1; GANGSTERS, 0
25:35 - PART IV: HEARSAY LESSON
34:00 - PART V: THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE
35:29 - Medieval "Trial By Ordeal" was a nightmare
38:16 - WHY DON'T YOU JUST KILL A WITNESS?
39:18 - PART VI: WOULD SHARK ARM TESTIMONY BE ADMISSIBLE TODAY?
43:20 - Reb's Rebuttal
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71: The Cockroach Conspiracy
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One August day in 2019, Ina and David Steiner, a married couple in their late 50s and early 60s respectively, were in their offices at their Natick, Massachusetts home when they …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One August day in 2019, Ina and David Steiner, a married couple in their late 50s and early 60s respectively, were in their offices at their Natick, Massachusetts home when they each noticed an email pop into their inboxes. The message was bizarre. It said their “wet specimen” was ready and asked, Did they want to accept delivery? . . . .
Reb explains the (very insane, very stupid, very scary) case of United States v. Baugh, et al. (2020).
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00:00 - Intro
00:32 - THE STEINERS.
14:34 - THE EMPLOYERS.
18:27 - THE WEBSITE.
20:45 - THE EMPLOYEES.
21:55 - THE EXECUTIVES.
28:15 - THE MESSAGES.
31:37 - THE CAMPAIGN.
34:17 - THE AFTERMATH.
41:42 - Reb's Rebuttal
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70: The Fortune Teller
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A psychic, a bitcoin influencer, a 70 year-old bank robber, and a University faculty p*rn star walk into a bar.... Case #1 - Fortune teller Rose Marks and her eight family …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A psychic, a bitcoin influencer, a 70 year-old bank robber, and a University faculty p*rn star walk into a bar....
- Case #1 - Fortune teller Rose Marks and her eight family members swindle $25 million out of vulnerable (rich) people who just want to curse a few people, is all. Unfortunately, one of those victims was a famous author with a lot of ex-husbands. (2013)
- Case #2 - A Bitcoin influencer (oof) paid a group of Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies $20,000 per day to lure people he had beef with to California… (2026)
- Case #3 - Kentucky man didn’t want to live with his wife anymore. So, naturally… (2016)
- Case #4 - A Chancellor and his wife make a p*rn-o... (2023)
Enjoy! (***Don’t worry - A classic long-form Rebuttal episode is coming back NEXT THURSDAY!!!! Be there or be square, etc.***)
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00:00 - Intro / FYI!
02:34 - CASE #1: OPERATION CRYSTAL BALL
06:20 - Archangels, Africa, and 9/11 (in that order)
10:29 - Victims, for better or worse
11:32 - Jude Deveraux, $17 million star witness
17:23 - JUDE'S EX-HUSBAND TAKES THE STAND
26:01 - Outcome / Sentences
27:53 - CASE #2: COPS LOVE EXTORTING FOR BITCOIN BROS?
32:34 - Cringing
34:32 - CASE #3: BANK ROBBER SAYS WIFE IS TO BLAME
35:50 - CASE #4: CHANCELLOR LOVES P*RN, TELLS EVERYONE
40:10 - Reb's Rebuttal
11:17 - Jelly bean trauma?!?!?!?
13:20 - Let's throw a party about it!
18:55 - RAISING CANE'S LAWSUIT
22:30 - Reb's Rebuttal
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69: It's Raining Meat
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On a cloudless day in Kentucky in 1876, enough raw meat to cover a football field fell from the sky out of nowhere. No one knows where it came from, but there are theories and …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) On a cloudless day in Kentucky in 1876, enough raw meat to cover a football field fell from the sky out of nowhere. No one knows where it came from, but there are theories and (unfortunately) jelly beans.
Reb covers the 1876 Kentucky Meat Shower and Raising Cane's most recent 2026 lawsuit against people who were surprised to learn that a chicken store smells like chicken.
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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER
11:17 - Jelly bean trauma?!?!?!?
13:20 - Let's throw a party about it!
18:55 - RAISING CANE'S LAWSUIT
22:30 - Reb's Rebuttal
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68: The Cows and Their Doctor
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A doctor tries to escape a lawsuit over his cows and a cow tries to escape a slaughterhouse over her flesh. Two cases, one theme. This is Tunnell v. Archer, et al. (2016) and …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A doctor tries to escape a lawsuit over his cows and a cow tries to escape a slaughterhouse over her flesh.
Two cases, one theme. This is Tunnell v. Archer, et al. (2016) and Emily the Cow.
Kamoo.
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Links:
- The Peace Abbey—https://www.peaceabbey.org/animal-rights-emily-the-cow/
- Book | The Story of Emily the Cow: Bovine Bodhisattva (2008): https://books.google.com.pr/books?id=Yh7ow2u7e84C&printsec=copyright#v=onepage&q&f=false
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00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Tunnell v. Archer, et al. (2016)
04:49 - THE WORST LEGAL DEFENSE I'VE HEARD (today, at least)
12:00 - VERDICT
12:24 - Emily the Cow
17:56 - I LOVE THIS COW SO MUCH I'M CRYING AGAIN
21:20 - Reb's Rebuttal
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67: 17 MORE Cases That Shouldn't Be Real (They Are)
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our third Reb's Round-Up episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) laundry list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our third Reb's Round-Up episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) laundry list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe but are too short to devote a full episode to.
For this Round-Up, Reb gives you **17 bonus cases** to giggle, scoff, and yell about, including:
- A Bar Mitzvah "from hell";
- The judge who swore prostitutes make the best soup;
- A lawyer who forgot his client was dead;
- Seaman's Manslaughter;
- A dangerous serial pooper;
- The Holy Spirit serves on a jury;
- And more...
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00:00 - Intro/DUI makes a cameo!
2:09 - Case #1
5:46 - Case #2
8:16 - Case #3
9:03 - Case #4
12:20 - Case #5
13:33 - Case #6
14:45 - Case #7
17:04 - Case #8
18:48 - Case #9
20:00 - Case #10
21:02 - Case #11
23:24 - Case #12
24:42 - Case #13
26:06 - Case #14
27:00 - Case #15
27:35 - Case #16
28:16 - Case #17
31:59 - Reb's Rebuttal
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66: The Medieval Catapult Case
(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE). On November 24, 2002, a medieval catapult violently hurled willing human beings several stories high and into a net 100 feet away. Those who built the catapult and organized the …
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE). On November 24, 2002, a medieval catapult violently hurled willing human beings several stories high and into a net 100 feet away. Those who built the catapult and organized the stunt were inspired by a notorious group of misfits from the 1970s.
This is the story of the Dangerous Sports Club and the 2004 manslaughter trial following the tragic killing of Kostydin "Dino" Yankov.
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0:00 - The Case of Kostydin "Dino" Yankov (2002)
7:13 - The Dangerous Sports Club (1977 - ?)
23:12 - The Vanuatu Land Divers who inspired bungee jumping
27:17 - DSC Founder David Kirke defends the catapult
30:20 - Findings from 2004/2005 Trial and Inquest
37:17 - INQUEST HOLDING
39:00 - REB'S REBUTTAL / THE OBITUARY OF DAVID KIRKE
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