Genes w/ Michael Torpey

That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast

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True Crime, Tv & Film

4.6 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

This week, Liza and Kara cover the episode,“Genes” (Season 18, Episode 13), discuss the blackout murders perpetrated by Paul Cox, and interview the delightful Michael Torpey.

SOURCES:
The New York Times 1
The New York Times 2
The New York Times 3
Encyclopedia.com
The Guardian
New York Daily News
COX v. MILLER (2002)

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0:00.0	This is exactly right.
0:06.3	Unghosted by Ross Hernandez, the scariest thing isn't always the ghosts.
0:10.7	Sometimes it's the guests.
0:12.1	Like when Bob the drag queen stopped by to talk about a bedtime visitor.
0:15.5	She kind of looked like the girl from the grudge.
0:17.3	Sleep paralysis is terrified.
0:19.3	From haunted houses to alien encounters, celebrities and
0:22.7	comedians share their creepiest, weirdest, and funniest paranormal stories. Light a candle. Hold on
0:28.7	to your Ouija board and join me every Monday for Ghosted on the Exactly Right Network. Listen to
0:35.2	Ghosted by Roz Hernandez on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:41.8	Of the Law and Order franchises, SVU is considered especially watchable.
0:45.9	We are the amateur detectives who kind of investigate the vicious felonies these episodes are based on.
0:50.8	These are our stories.
0:51.9	Dun-dun!
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0:53.0	Dund! are based on these are our stories. Dun-d-dan.
1:16.0	That's messed up in Sv-up. That's messed up an SvU podcast. We're coming to you, not live. I'm Lisa Trager.
1:28.3	Never live. We're coming to you never once live. I'm Kara Klank, your other host. You know what this is all about, hopefully by now. It's SVU recaps. It's true crime.
1:30.5	It's interviews with people from the show.
1:32.3	And it's also chatting.
1:33.4	What's going on?
1:35.3	We're bursting with things to talk about today. AM, DNAI.
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