Mystery On The Rocks

In June 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally murdered - stabbed multiple times in a frenzied attack. The resulting trial of Nicole's ex-husband, the formerly beloved national football star turned actor OJ Simpson, became the trial of the century and a worldwide sensation. A pair of gloves, a cut on a finger, historic domestic abuse allegations and OJ's own behaviour after the murder all suggested without a shadow of a doubt that he did it.Except, he was acquitted. So maybe the real mystery is how on Earth did he get away with it? Join us for a bumper episode as we delve into the media circus that was the OJ Simpson murder trial...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a h

In 1990 two dog walkers saw an ethereal woman in 1930s dress looking dazed and confused near the Hollywood sign. This was far from the first and certainly not the last sighting of the woman, who has supposedly roamed the area for quite some time and always brings with her a peculiar scent of gardenias... We rewind all the way back to the early days of our Hollywood series to take a look at the tragic story of Peg Entwistle, whose legacy has been cemented not as a glittering star of stage and screen, but as the ghost of the Hollywood sign...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the sh

A stubborn rumour which won't go away... Join us as we discuss the possible origins and sources for the urban myth/true story (delete according to personal preference) of one of Hollywood's A-Listers rectally inserting a rodent and, in doing so, uncover an incredible Tinseltown rivalry which comes to a head at a star-studded party thrown by Elton John...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chri

In March 1983, avant garde musician and anarchic late-night TV show host Peter Ivers is found in his Los Angeles loft apartment bludgeoned to death with a hammer. The trail went cold immediately and, despite the case being reopened in 2008 following a biography of Ivers, it seems likely that the killer will never be identified.So who could have even wanted Ivers dead, never mind actually murdering him? And join us for perhaps our most controversial episode yet as we all do what seems like the unthinkable and actually stick up for the 2016 version of Ghostbusters...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!).

One of the biggest Hollywood mysteries... After finding fame as a child star in films such as 'Miracle on 34th Street' and becoming one of movies' most recognisable names, Natalie Wood is better remembered these days for her mysterious death. In November 1981 on a 55 foot yacht with her husband Robert Wagner, the actor Christopher Walken and the yacht's captain, Natalie somehow ended up in the ocean and was found dead the following morning one mile away from the boat. To this day nobody knows what happened...With clues pointing to murder and multiple cover-ups, is the full story closer than ever to coming out?At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a ficti

When we recorded the most recent episode about The Wonderland Murders, we ended up getting sidetracked quite a lot by the recent US election, its surrounding news stories and our own personal delight at how it's all currently playing out. Quite obviously, this had nothing to do with the Wonderland murders so we snipped it all out but regular viewers of our livestreams let us know they wanted to hear it anyway. So here it is as a bonus episode for you to enjoy if you wish, or to disregard if you're electioned-out and just want to wait till our next Hollywood case...  Find out what three leftie thirtysomethings REALLY think about Donald Trump, what Masud's ultimate idea of fusion food is and exactly what the mysterious package in Sooz's surprise delivery is...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solv

In July 1981, four people were brutally murdered in a Laurel Canyon townhouse in a crime scene detectives described as 'more gruesome' than the Manson Family murders... Investigations led detectives into a web of drugs, robbery, money laundering and one of the world's most famous porn stars...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the mystery and Sooz sings and plays live piano – and

Wholesome 1960s sitcom star Bob Crane was murdered in 1978 in Arizona, beaten by an unknown object and found in his apartment with a cord wrapped around his neck. Who could have wanted one of the affable stars of Hogan's Heroes dead? The subsequent investigation yielded no results but a wealth of suspects and blew Crane's loveable family guy image completely apart.At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the d

Christa Helm just wanted to be a famous movie star and would do anything to make it happen. Making unbelievable connections and an unlikely fortune along the way, success came her way but she nevertheless failed to achieve her actual goal of being famous in her own right. And did making these connections ultimately lead to her brutal, unsolved murder in 1977 at the age of 27? An amazing story involving sex, intrigue, foreign Heads of State, A-List celebrities and Worcestershire sauce...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from hist

In 1976, seminal horror movie 'The Omen' was released, depicting the birth and early childhood of the Antichrist. But some say the movie itself was cursed, with a string of bizarre and terrifying events happening to many of those involved with making the film. From lightning strikes to vicious animal attacks, were these incidents due to some demonic force? Or is there a more rational explanation*...?*There is a more rational explanationAt the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with

July 1973, fast-rising superstar Bruce Lee dies suddenly while in Hong Kong. His brain is swollen by 13% and the world asks how someone at the peak of physical fitness could have died so suddenly. A white lie told in the heat of the moment is soon exposed and provides a springboard for all manner of crazy conspiracy theories from those who cannot believe he would simply 'just die'. So what killed Bruce Lee? At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happ

One of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century... Over two nights in August 1969 members of the cult The Manson Family carried out seven brutal murders including that of rising Hollywood star Sharon Tate, who was 8 months pregnant at the time. They were acting under the orders of their deranged leader Charles Manson, who was trying to precipitate a race war and bring about his prophesied 'Helter Skelter'. Unusually for us, no mystery whatsoever this time - the perpetrators were identified, some died in prison while others remain there - but it is a crime which shook Hollywood to such an extent that it is still talked about at length today. We could not do a Hollywood series and miss this one out...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, C

In June 1967 Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield died in a terrible car accident after a turbulent career and much publicised private life. However, there are some who believe to this day that there was more to this car accident and Jayne's death... Plenty of outlandish theories and rumours abound, none more so than the involvement of Satan himself...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells

Walt Disney died in 1966 but rumours persist that he insisted his body be cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day he could be revived and able to see the future. With an inventive mind and always one eye on the future, could Walt Disney's body really be cryogenically frozen beneath the Pirates of the Carribean ride in Disneyland...?At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. Masud makes the drinks, Chris tells the myst

A slight left turn for us this week as our Hollywood series hits the 60s! And what would a Hollywood series be without an episode on the ultimate movie star Marilyn Monroe!? While not technically a mystery of course, when Marilyn took her own life in 1962 it nevertheless set in motion an awful lot of conspiracy theories as to what actually happened - including murder, cover-up and some rather outlandish theories! Join us as we take a look at some of the more prevalent ones...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true

In June 1959 the actor George Reeves is found in his bedroom, dead from a gunshot wound to the head. World famous for his role as Superman in the hugely popular television series, Reeves had found himself typecast as the Man of Steel. Unable to secure other roles did this drive him to take his own life? Or do the presence of additional bullets at the scene when only one shot was heard, plus an affair with a married showgirl, suggest something else entirely...?At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarr

In October 1949 professional dancer Jean Spangler vanished without trace... Not even her purse, which was found two days later, could help detectives find her, or what happened to her. An enigmatic note handwritten by Jean found inside seemed at first to be a big clue but ultimately led nowhere. Did she vanish voluntarily with a gangster lover? Or is the answer altogether darker and more tragic...?At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question ha

In June 1947 the prominent gangster, feared mobster and casino mogul Bugsy Siegel was shot dead following an eye-popping 20-year career involving extortion, bootlegging, robbery and killing, including becoming one of the founders and driving forces behind notorious organised crime group Murder, Inc... So was it a hit ordered by disgruntled mob bosses? Or someone just frightened for their life?At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging

February 1947. Mere weeks after the Black Dahlia killing Jeanne French is found by a Los Angeles roadside, naked and beaten to death and with an obscene message scrawled across her body in red lipstick. With the murder of Elizabeth Short taking precedence with police and press alike, the investigation into Jeanne's murder fizzled out - only to be opened again three years later... Was it one of her four ex-husbands? The decorator with whom she was having an affair? Or a tragic chance encounter?At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery fr

One of the most enduring unsolved murders of the 20th Century is the brutal killing of Elizabeth Short, otherwise known as The Black Dahlia. In January 1947 her body was found badly mutilated in an LA neighborhood and the case, which included the killer seemingly taunting the police and the press, caused a media frenzy. A litany of suspects, over 60 confessions and a mysterious suicide note offer some clues but perhaps the real answer lies in the apparent overdose of a doctor's secretary two years previously...At the Mystery on the Rocks bar you’ll find a retired sleuth, the bartender trying to settle his tab, and the down-on-her-luck lounge singer, solving mysteries and drinking cocktails. Each week a new guest enters the bar and attempts to solve an unsolved mystery alongside the regulars. Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner. It’s a high concept comedy and true crime podcast, set in a fictional crime-solving bar (with real cocktails!). The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, u