Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

You Can’t Make This Up

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4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, Joe Exotic had two husbands, a dedicated staff of misfits, and over 200 tigers in his private zoo. But Joe also had a rivalry with fellow big cat owner, Carole Baskin. When their feud spun out of control, Joe found himself in a cage of his own. In this episode, host Rebecca Lavoie (Crime Writers On…) will be speaking with co-directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin. There will be spoilers so make sure you’ve watched all 7 episodes! A note to listeners, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this episode was not recorded in studios. So there will be a change in audio quality.

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0:00.0	Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast from Netflix.
0:04.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and I'll be hosting this week's episode.
0:12.0	Here on You Can't Make This Up, we go behind the scenes of
0:14.6	Netflix original true crime stories with special guests. This week we'll be talking
0:19.5	about Tiger King, Murder, Mayhem, and Madness.
0:23.2	This seven-part series dives into the world of big cat owners.
0:27.2	There are more tigers in captivity in the United States
0:30.0	than there are in the wild.
0:31.9	And Tiger King explores a few of the characters
0:34.1	who keep these animals as pets.
0:36.1	And it also looks at the Murder for Higher plot
0:38.4	that landed one of them in jail.
0:40.9	That man, Joe Exotic, owned a roadside zoo in Wynwood, Oklahoma.
0:45.0	He had two husbands, a dedicated staff of misfits, and over 200 tigers on his land.
0:51.0	Joe's charisma and hunger for fame led him to be a country singer, a
0:55.2	YouTube personality, even to run for president of the United States and governor of
0:59.5	Oklahoma. But Joe had a rivalry with fellow big cat owner Carol Baskin.
1:05.0	When their feud spun out of control, Joe wound up in a cage of his own.
1:09.5	I'll be speaking with co-directors Eric Good and Rebecca Chakeland. We'll be talking about Joe, Carol, and other big cat owners like
1:16.5	Bogavon, Doc Antel, and Las Vegas entrepreneur Jeff Lowe. We'll also be discussing why people want to own big cats in the first place and what the reality is of keeping exotic animals.
1:27.0	A note to listeners, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this episode will sound a little different. Our guests were
1:34.2	recorded in their homes and not in a studio. We also recorded them separately
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