#259 Bruiser Brody

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True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Pro-wrestling tends to blur the line between what's real and fake and the story of wrestler Bruiser Brody is a bit more complicated because of that. His death also shines a spotlight on the dark side of wrestling, or “Dark Side of the Ring” according to Viceland. Which also happens to be the title of a documentary we used as a main source for this episode :) Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Creepvan Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Sources: The Viceland Doc👇🏼https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/ba5sz6/the_life_and_death_of_notorious_wrestler_bruiser/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruiser_Brody WWC: Bruiser Brody Interview (1986) The Murder of Bruiser Brody: A Pro Wrestling Injustice

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to True Crime Guys podcast.
0:07.4	I'm your host Michael.
0:08.4	Andy, you over there?
0:09.2	Yes, I am, brother.
0:11.8	Welcome back to the ring, brother.
0:13.6	Welcome back to True Crime Guys podcast, brother.
0:18.2	In case you guys couldn't tell, it's a wrestling episode.
0:21.0	We are doing a wrestling episode, brother.
0:23.2	We are.
0:23.7	I had to do it.
0:25.2	This is another case suggestion from Thina, from her amazing list that she sent me.
0:29.5	And I saw Bruiser Brody, and I was like, okay, intrigued.
0:32.4	Yeah.
0:33.0	Because I, self-admittedly, am not the biggest wrestling fan.
0:35.9	I haven't watched wrestling consistently since, like, The Rock was on there.
0:39.9	Right.
0:40.3	So it's been, it's been a minute.
0:42.8	But when I saw Bruiser Brody and then I saw his death and then how it's basically cut and dry, but the man is still free.
0:53.0	Yikes.
0:53.7	I was like, holy shit, this is a true crime guy's case.
0:56.3	Yes, there really is.
0:57.8	I knew about this case.
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