In this Sober Take, we examine the federal sentencing memorandum in Pamela Anne Hemphill, a January 6 case that shows how courts evaluate individual conduct inside a mass event.

*CORRECTION:KEPT CALLING HER PATRICIA IN THE EPISODE*

Hemphill pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a restricted Capitol building, a misdemeanor offense. On its face, the charge appears minor. But the government’s sentencing memorandum argues that her conduct, credibility, and history place the case on the more serious end of the misdemeanor spectrum.

The government ultimately recommended 60 days of incarceration, followed by probation, community service, and restitution, emphasizing deterrence, accountability, and respect for the rule of law.

This episode does not relitigate January 6.

It explains why context matters using the government’s own filing as the guide.

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Welcome to Season 4 – Episode 6!

In this episode, we step deep into Chicago history to unpack the myth and the menace of Sylvester “Two Gun Pete” Washington, one of the most infamous and contradictory figures in the city’s law enforcement past.

Celebrated by newspapers as a fearless crime fighter and quietly feared by the communities he policed, Washington was the most recognizable Black police officer in Chicago history. Armed with two pearl-handled .357 magnums, he built a reputation that blurred the line between lawman and outlaw.

This episode examines how Washington’s violence was repeatedly ruled “justified,” how celebrity and corruption shielded him from accountability, and how his private life revealed a pattern of abuse, sexual violence, and unchecked power that followed him off the streets and into his home.

This is not a Western. It’s not a hero’s story. It’s a case study in how authority, fear, racism, and institutional protection can turn one man into a nightmare legend.

The poison for this episode is The Last Word.

If you want to drink with me, you’ll need gin, chartreuse, marachino cherries liqueur, lime juice, and brandied cherries.

Last Word:

• 3/4 ounce gin
• 3/4 ounce green Chartreuse
• 3/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
• 3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
• Garnish: brandied cherry (optional)

Add the gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and lime juice to a shaker filled with ice. Shake until thoroughly chilled, then strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a brandied cherry, if you’re feeling fancy.

Enjoy!

Sources: “Chicago's Two Gun Pete: Not a Western, a True Story” by Jerry Jones - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18281562-chicago-s-two-gun-pete and read The Chicago Tribune Archives.

Full Song: Jack Cooley & Orchestra "Mr. Two-Gun Pete" (1950) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTtGxhX0kXw

I do not own the copyright to this recording. The playing of this song is for historical and educational purposes only.

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In this Sober Take, I ramble about a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that Stake.us operates as an illegal online casino in the United States while marketing itself as a “free” social gaming platform.

The lawsuit also names celebrity promoters, including Drake and Adin Ross, alleging they were paid to livestream gambling activity using funds supplied by the platform—creating a misleading picture of risk for everyday users.

This episode does not determine guilt. Instead, it explains what is being alleged, why the case is being heard in federal court, influencer gambling, and what this lawsuit could mean for social casinos, digital advertising, and online accountability going forward.

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Welcome to Season 4 – Episode 5!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This week, We're on a road trip. I'm joined by my sister, Kirrah, as we take on one of the most disturbing cases in modern American crime history.

His name was Samuel Little, and for decades he moved through cities virtually invisible. Between the 1970s and early 2000s, Little murdered women across the United States while law enforcement repeatedly failed to connect the cases or, in many instances, failed to investigate them at all.

We're going to break down Samuel Little's, how racism, sexism, and systemic neglect allowed his victims’ deaths to be misclassified or dismissed, and how a series of late-life confessions finally forced the FBI to reckon with the true scope of his crimes.

This episode isn’t just about the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, it’s about the systems that enabled him, the lives that were overlooked, and the uncomfortable reality that justice only arrived when it was too late.

Grab your drink, because the poison in this episode is the Road Trip.

If you want to drink with us, you’ll need cognac, rye whiskey, crème de cassis (black currant) liqueur, lemon juice, lingonberry preserves, salt and sugar.

The Road Trip:

• 1 oz cognac
• 1 oz rye whiskey
• ½ oz crème de cassis or black currant liqueur
• 1 barspoon lingonberry preserves
• 1 oz lemon juice
• granulated sugar, for rim
• kosher salt, for rim
• lemon twist, for garnish (optional)

Combine equal parts salt and sugar and use the mixture to rim a chilled serving glass. Add the remaining ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake hard for about 20 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with lemon - or don’t.

Enjoy!

Sources: “Behold the Monster: Confronting America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer” by Jillian Lauren - https://a.co/d/cl5PMfF and watched “The 93 Victims of Samuel Little” documentary on ID -https://tubitv.com/series/300010332/the-93-victims-of-samuel-little and the FBI Files.

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Welcome to Season 4 – Episode 4!

This week, we’re taking a sharp left turn from Kansas and landing in Miami Beach. In July of 1997, world-renowned fashion icon Gianni Versace was gunned down on the steps of his own mansion.

And at the center of it all? A social climber named Andrew Cunanan.

Today, we’re digging into how a kid from San Diego spiraled into a cross-country killing spree, how he managed to stay one step ahead of the entire country for three months, and how it all ended in Miami leaving the fashion world in shambles.

Let's break down the chaos that Cunanan left behind. Grab your drink, because the poison in this episode is The Red Carpet.

If you want to drink with us, you’ll need vodka, Campari, pomegranate liqueur, lemon, and simple syrup.

The Red Carpet:

• 1 1/2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce Campari
• 1 ounce pomegranate liqueur
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• Lemon slice, for garnish

Shake the all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon - or don’t.

Enjoy!

Sources: Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History by Maureen Orth - https://a.co/d/58aPnn3 and the FBI Files: https://vault.fbi.gov/andrew-phillipcunanan/Andrew%20Phillip%20Cunanan%20Part%2001/view

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Welcome to Season 4 - Episode 3!

This week, we’re heading to Wichita, Kansas. The quiet little town that wasn’t so quiet once BTK showed up.

Bind. Torture. Kill. That’s what he called himself. And for thirty years, he hid behind the mask of a husband, father, church leader, and city code enforcer while secretly turning his darkest fantasies into reality.

My sister Kirrah is joining me this week to unpack how a man that ordinary managed to fool everyone including his family, his congregation, and even the cops.

Grab your drink, because the poison in this episode is The Forbidden Sour.

If you want to drink with us, you’ll need bourbon, lemon juice, pomegranate syrup, and simple syrup.

The recipe for The Forbidden Sour is as follows:

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1/2 oz Pomegranate Liqueur (or Grenadine)
• 1/4 oz Simple Syrup (optional, for sweetness)

Shake all ingredients with ice until chilled, then strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon twist if you’re feeling fancy.

Enjoy!

Sources: “Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer” by Johnny Dodd and John E. Douglas, BTK: Chasing A Serial Killer and A&E’s BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer.

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Welcome to Season 4 - Episode 2!

**THIS EPISODE HAS SOUND ISSUES**

This week, we're going to blast off (literally) into one of the strangest true stories in American history: Heaven’s Gate.

In 1997, 39 people dressed in identical black outfits and Nike Decades “left their vehicles” in hopes of catching a ride on a UFO trailing the Hale–Bopp comet. Behind the headlines were Marshall Applewhite (a fallen preacher’s kid turned prophet) and Bonnie Nettles (a nurse turned spiritual guide) who built a belief system that mixed Theosophy, UFOs, and the Book of Revelation into one cosmic cocktail of control.

Sal is with me again to unpack how it started with a Presbyterian boy from Texas and a New Age nurse...and how it ended, with purple shrouds, poisoned applesauce, and a spaceship that never came.

Grab your drink, and let’s talk about the cult that tried to evacuate Earth, the poison in this episode is the Cosmonaut.

If you want to drink with us, you will need lime juice, vodka, cardamom bitters, ginger liquer.

The recipe for the Cosmonaut is as follows:

• 1 1/2 oz La Poire Flavored Vodka
• 1 dash Cardamom Bitters
• 1 oz Lime juice
• 3/4 oz Ginger Liqueur

Fill cocktail shaker with ice, add ingerdients, shake ingredients until chilled. Strain into cocktail glass over an ice sphere. Optional: Garnish with a candy dusted grape.

Enjoy!

Sources: “Heaven’s Gate: The History and Legacy of Marshall Applewhite’s Notorious Doomsday Cult” by Charles River Editors and I watched HBOs documentary, Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults.

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Welcome to Season 4 - Episode 1!

This Halloween, we’re back — and we’re not just telling a ghost story, we’re living one.

Join me! I'm with Sal as we record inside the infamous Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago. A place that’s been called one of the most haunted hotels in America. From shadowy hallways to creaking elevators, we’re chasing the same whispers that terrified guests for over a century.

I’ll share why this city feels like it was built on “sour ground.” And Sal? He'll be right there with me as we explore the hotel that tourists say you should never spend the night in. You’ll hear it all — straight from inside the Congress Plaza itself..

The spirits aren't the only things restless, the spirit we'll be drinking in this episode is the Penicillin.

If you want to drink with us, you will need ginger, honey, lemon juice, ginger-honey syrup, blended and single malt scotch whiskey.

The recipe for the Penicillin is as follows:

• 2 oz blended scotch
• 1/4 oz single malt scotch
• 3/4 oz Lemon juice
• 3/4 oz honey-ginger syrup
• Garnish with candied ginger

Fill cocktail shaker with ice, add ingerdients (except candied ginger), shake ingredients until chilled. Strain into cocktail glass over fresh ice. Garnish with candied ginger.

Enjoy!

Sources: Lots of Chicago Tribune Newspaper Archived Articles

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