51: Todd McComas

True Crime Binge

Bob Ruff

True Crime

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, Bob chats with Todd McComas, host of the “10-41” podcast. An ex-marine and police detective turned comedian, Todd launched the first season of 10-41 in 2020, conducting a deep dive into the Indiana Burger Chef Murders alongside one of the lead detectives on the case. Since then, 10-41 has become an episodic, true crime storytelling podcast, where Todd frequently interviews other investigators, and sometimes even the criminals themselves. Bob and Todd discuss Todd’s relationship with Colts football legend Pat McAfee and his involvement with the Tiger King phenomenon. After commiserating over the difficulties of starting a career in stand-up comedy, they also discuss the details of the Burger Chef Murders. Just outside of Indianapolis in 1978, four young employees of a Burger Chef restaurant went missing after working a shift together one night. Police initially assumed the kids had decided to go out partying with money from the till, despite evidence to the contrary. Two days later, the bodies of the four employees were found in a forest over 20 miles away. Despite witnesses and links to other crimes, the case has remained unsolved, and it is likely that those responsible will never be brought to justice.

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0:00.0	What's up, bingers? I hope you're having a great day. And if you're not, well, I hope this
0:05.1	episode will cheer you up. I'm joined today by a guy who's done it all. He was a Marine,
0:10.5	then a police detective, and then a stand-up comedian who hangs out with Colts football
0:16.0	legend turned comedian Pat McAfee. His background is almost as interesting as his podcast, 1041.
0:24.1	Please welcome Todd McComis.
0:29.2	The internet's full of true crime podcasts.
0:32.4	More and more are added to the list every day.
0:35.4	Figuring out where to start or where to go next can be overwhelming.
0:39.0	But have no fear.
0:40.2	I'm here to help.
0:41.5	I'm Bob Ruff, and this is the place to find your next true crime binge.
0:47.4	Thank you.
1:12.6	Your show that we're going to talk about today is 1041 podcast.
1:16.1	But I see you were a former Marine, you were a police detective for Indiana State Police.
1:21.5	You've hosted radio shows.
1:23.2	You're a stand-up comedian.
1:24.6	You've done a documentary about the Tiger King.
1:27.1	Like, how has your
1:30.2	career taken all these twists and turns? Where did you start? I assume you started off in the
1:34.4	Marines. I did. Yeah. I was supposed to play college baseball, but I was a bit of, you know,
1:41.3	I don't know what kind of language you used on here. So I'd say I was just, I would blow things off easily, you know? Yeah. I wasn't a discipline kid. So I just, I goofed that off.
1:49.5	And then I ended up thinking, well, you know, I should get some discipline in my life, you know,
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