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It Just Makes Sense

327 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratings

Welcome to “It Just Makes Sense!” the podcast by two easily distracted higher educated former lovers that explores all of the unpopular opinions, conspiracy theories and cult leaders that make you want to scream “THAT JUST MAKES SENSE!”

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Episodes

Chit Chat 130 Arizona, Sam's Birthday and Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead!

April 24, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

Jeff's back from Arizona after a smashing trip with ASK.  Sam turns 37 and celebrates with the girls and her gay. They took in heaps on content to regale the dear listeners in!

Episode 179 What happened to baby Lisa?

April 12, 2024 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

In 2011, Baby Lisa was abducted from her Kansas City crib.  Her mother was just hanging out having a girls night with the neighbors having some coffee when she woke up to find that her baby was missing.  BUT was it just coffee?  Did a local vagabond drug addict have anything to do with the disappearance?  You be the judge!

Chit Chat 129 Resurgence is ON THE LIST!

April 10, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MB

Chit Chat 128 Easter Ham and Mystery Meat

April 03, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

Episode 178 The Octopus Murders

March 29, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB

Jeff covers the Netflix documentary the Octopus Murders.  Sam is shall we say unsatisfied with the ending.

Chit Chat 127 HOT GOSS!

March 27, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Chit Chat 126 Sam and Jeff are fighting

March 20, 2024 21:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

The terrific twosome are mad at each other for no good reason!  Sam took in heaps of content and Jeff was busy busy at work and had a long long St. Patty's Day. Apples Never Fall None of This The Monstrouous Mrs Mai The Wish 

Episode 177 Lover, Stalker, Killer

March 15, 2024 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB

This week we cover the Netflix documentary, Lover, Stalker Killer.  This episode centers around one man's quest for love and the collateral damage caused by an unhinged ex-girlfriend!

Chit Chat 124 RebaThemed Bachelorette and Jeff's bein a Karen!

March 06, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

We're baacccckkk Jeff's sent a fun little Surprise to Miles and his neighbor was being heplful and dropped it off with a little note attached.  Jeff brough Miles to dinner to meet the family for Mama Sief's birthday. Sam went on a Reba themed bachelorette party and sadly Sam and Cam didn't have such a wonderful Sunday funday. Upgraded Down Low None of this is true

Episode 176 Selena! Yolanda Speaks!

March 01, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MB

This week we're back to cover the 2 part documentary about the murder of Selena.  Yolanda Saldivar shares her side of the events leading up to the murder of Selena.  Do you think Sam comes off as a bit of Yolanda apologist?? 

Chit Chat 123 Where is Kate Middleton? Richard Simmons is back!

February 28, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

This week starts with a bang!  Sam and Jeff discuss the whereabouts of Kate Middleton and Richard Simmons.  Jeff watched an AMAZING documentary about the trans community's representation in media called Disclosure.  Sam got a little tipsy tipsy with Miss Vangie over the weekend.  Jeff took a wonderful barre class with friend of the pod Taaliba at Pure Barre.  Go check her out!

Chit Chat 122 Meat Raffles and Love is Blind

February 21, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

Chit Chat 121 Bitch I'm Madonna!

February 14, 2024 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB

We'reeeee bacccckkk!  Sam forgot to do the podcast last week, so we apologize lol.  Jeff saw Mother in Pittsburgh and met the new man parents!  Sam has been taking in the content and celebrating galentines day with the girls!

Chit Chat 120 Brunch Botox and Bitches

January 31, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Chit Chat 119 The Azores and Vegas Baby

January 24, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB

We are back after a brief break.  We're chattin it up about Sam and Cam's trip to the Azores and Jeff's trip to Vegas to Celebrate Catherine's birthday.  Sam took in loads of content and Jeff's off the market.  True Crime is out Relationships are in. 

Episode 175 Mean Girl Murders, Vegas Dance Queens

January 12, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

This episode is about the Murder of Debbie Flores-Narvaez from Baltimore, Maryland had big dreams of leaving her successful career as a business executive to become a dancer in Las Vegas.  She headed out west with her boyfriend and two years later she went missing.  She was in and out of tumultuous relationships and had an ultra-competitive dance career.  There were plenty of suspects!

Chit Chat 118 Sam's off to the Azores so Katie fills in!

January 10, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Sam's off her anniversary trip with Cam.  So Katie from Gigis stops by to chat.  She had a terrible Christmas break, totaled her car and her dad cut his fingers off. Jeff spent some time with his man friend Miles, hit some golf balls and let his awkward people skills out.

Episode 174 Hell Camp

January 05, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

This week's episode is about the Netflix Documentary, Hell Camp.  Steve Cartisano was a former Airforce Instructor who set out to create nature camps that set "trouble" kids straight.  He started in the Utah dessert having teens go on 500-mile hikes in the 115-degree heat.  After a shocking turn of events and a lawsuit he banned from Utah and hops around Hawaii and the Caribbean.  After being chased out of the Caribbean He ends his "camp career" after building a work camp for trouble kids in...

Chit Chat 117 Happy New Year! Salt Burn and The Color Purple!

January 03, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

Cheers to 2024!  No new resolutions for these two.  They took in massive amounts of content and time together.  Jeff hung out with Miles and caught a bunch of movies.  Sam, Jeff, Cam and longtime listener Connie took in the color purple.  Sam celebrated her 5th wedding anniversary with a bills game and hosting long time listener and cohost Maggie and her husband Brett. Salt Burn The Color Purple No Hard Feelings School Spirits

Episode 173 Murder in Santa Claus Georgia

December 29, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

In 1997 in Santa Claus, Georgia 3 young girls were found wandering alone in nearby Bacon, County.  The girls said they lived in Santa Claus.  They provided an address for their house and the police raced there.  What they found was a disturbing murder scene.  WHAT HAPPENED and how did the girls get an hour away.

Chit Chat 116 It's Christmas Time in the City...of Buffalo

December 28, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Episode 172 The Murder of April Loveless

December 22, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

In 1988 Fourteen-Year-old April Loveless of Emory Texas, showed up to the emergency room with a massive gash on her leg an scratches all of her body.  Her parents said that she had been attacked by a dog.  BUT Doctors thought otherwise. They thought it was MURDER!

Chit Chat 115 Sam's showing her boomer side & Jeff made a new friend

December 20, 2023 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

This week Sams shares with Jeff just about everything she hates in the world.  She went to a few Christmas parties and did some shopping.  Jeff's been spending an awful lot time with a new card partner and had no time for content.

Episode 171 The Murder of Ashley Biggs

December 15, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

This week's episode is about the Murder of Ashley Biggs.  Ashley a military veteran and young mother worked as a delivery driver for Domino's pizza.  One night she went out to deliver a pizza and didn't return to work.  She was murdered on the delivery.  But who could have done it?!

Chit Chat 114 The Nuptials of a Co Host and Drag Brunch w/ Darienne Lake and Mrs. Kasha Davis

December 13, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

Sam was a social butterfly this weekend.  A fabulous wedding ceremony with former IJMS Co Host Phil and his lovely bride.  A football event with Cam and another event at her girl.  Girl works had for the money!  Jeff shook his money maker with the Rochester girls from RuPaul's Drag Race and tested out a new masseuse.

Episode 170 The Murder of Norma Rodriguez

December 08, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MB

In June 1993, the town of Port Hueneme in California Norma Rodriguez was found dead in her home.  Her faced was wrapped in over 20 feet of duct tape.  BUT who could have done it?  She was recently divorced but had a somewhat amicable relationship with her ex-husband.  She was well liked at work and dated a handful of men over the years but none of them ended poorly.  There are several suspects including her best friend Beatrice's husband.

Chit Chat 113 Philadelphia Freedom and It's Cuffing Season Baby

December 06, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Sam talks about her trials and tribulations of trying to find Jeff a city of Brotherly love t shirt.  She had a wonderful time in Philly and had a successful presentation showing off her higher education skills!  Jeff's back in the dating pool, he may just be running out of time. There were loads and loads of content to discuss. We missed you Sam!

Episode 169 The Murder of Christy Mirack

December 01, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Christy Mirack was a 25th elementary school teacher in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  One morning in 1992, she didn't' show up for work.  Her principal was extremely alarmed, so he went to her apartment to check on her.  He got there and the door was open she had been assaulted and murdered.  What happened next was shocking.  A random man shows up to her school looking for her, her principal is interviewed, and the case goes cold for 26 years.  After advances in DNA testing the killer is found.  ...

Chit Chat 112 Shelly Stone and Marty Dog

November 29, 2023 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB

Episode 167 The Thanksgiving Axe Murderer

November 24, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

In 2004, Police discovered the bodies of The President of The Pepsi Bottling Plant in Luverne Alabama Winston and his wife Charlotte Springfield.  Immediately after hearing the terrible news her parents had been brutally murdered with an axe handle and stabbed numerous times, their daughter Robin said her brother Brent did it. BUT their son Brent was living in Colorado.  How could he have done it?  His sister told authorities his parents had been supporting his lavish lifestyle in Colorado a...

Chit Chat 111 Sam and Jeff discuss Britney Spears

November 22, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Samd and Jeff discuss the Britney Spears memoir and have completely different takes on it. Jeff got some good card games in.  Sam went for a train ride to see Santa with her family.  Jeff went to the bills game.  Thank god they won again.

Episode 166 Where the F*ck is Sharon Kinne?

November 17, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

As of 2023 Sharon Kinne is the subject of the longest outstanding warrant Kansas City, Missouri.  Her husband was accidentally shot by her 3 year old daughter, her boyfriend's wife (yep you read that right) was shot at point blank range and she was found to have murdered a man in Mexico.  She is a murderer on the run.  She escaped a mexican prison in 1969 during a blackout and has never been seen since.  WHERE is SHARON KINNE!

Chit Chat 110 Meat Raffle, Bingo, Jodie Foster's HOT BODY

November 15, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB

Episode 165 The Murder of Allan Bono - The Devil on Trial

November 10, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

In 1981 in Brookfield, Connecticut Arne Cheyene Johnson killed Alan Bono. Stabbed him to death after a drunken night of partying.  But his defense, the DEVIL MADE HIM DO IT.   Johnson's family had battled demonic possession throughout their lives.  Arne's younger brother David was thought to have been possessed at the age of 11.  In an effort to free him of the demon, Arne took it head on and unfortunately, he lost.  The Demon moved into him and took over.  What happens in this case is wild ...

Chit Chat 109 Jeff's going back to school? Brittany's Memoir Bitch!

November 10, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Jeff's contemplating a big life change, going back in the closet.  HA!  Kidding maybe back to school.  He's charging through Brittany's memoir and has some steaming hot takes about it.  Don't come for him.  Sam's taken in loads of content and living a life of leisure lately.

Episode 164 The Murder of Mollie Tibbetts

November 03, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MB

Mollie Tibbets was a 20-year-old resident of Brooklynn, Iowa.  She left one morning for a run and never returned.  She was head over heels in love with her boyfriend Dalton.  He was distraught over her disappearance.  But he was discovered to have cheated on her!  Was that enough reason for him to be a suspect?  Or was it someone else?  An illegal immigrant named Christhian Rivera was seen on cc tv being around the area Mollie disappeared.  He quickly became a suspect but some shotty police ...

Chit Chat 108 Lauryn Hill, Gun Raffles and Drag Queens

November 01, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 19.9 MB

On this week's episode Jeff retells his experience at the Lauryn Hill Concert.  Sam hit up a gun raffle with friend of the pod Therese the Snitch.  Then She headed out on the town as Phyllis Neffler for Halloween and big sis Amanda's birthday.  The two of them reunited Sunday for a little halloween drag brunch at Alchemy Wine Bar in Hamburg.

Episode 163 The Murder of Lisa Ann French

October 27, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

The murder of Lisa Ann French was felt throughout her small community of Fond Du Lac Lake Wisconsin.  On Halloween night in 1973, 9-year-old Lisa went out trick or treating in her neighborhood and never returned home.  Halloween was never the same in her town.

Chit Chat 107 Don't hit the snooze, the cards are being dealt!

October 25, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MB

Sam and Jeff talk about hitting the snooze button.  Do you, do it?  Then they move onto a new card player with Jeff.  They chat about some Halloween excursions with some friends.  Rachel in Cleveland was in town and Sam met up with the snitch.  The terrible twosome met up and enjoyed the bills game together.

Episode 162 The Gamblin Granny

October 20, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

Losing Streak Lois Reiss was a wife, grandmother and caretaker but she had a bit of a wild side too.  She loved and I mean loved to gamble.  She lost 100's of thousands of dollars and got into a dispute with her husband over her compulsion.  After an incident with her husband Michael Reiss goes missing and Lois goes on the run.  She takes off to Florida in search of greener pastures and makes a new friend Pamela Hutchinson.  This friendship was in effort to steal her identity and sadly for P...

Chit Chat 106 Jeff's Back from Europe!

October 18, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB

Episode 161: The murder of Rebekah Gay

October 13, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

Jeff is out across the pond, so I bring in a resident Spooky expert, Emily T, for this weeks episode where we discuss the tragic death of Rebekah Gay.   Rebekah Gay was brutally murdered on October 31st 2012.  It doesn't take long for detectives to be able to piece together the tragic last minutes of her life. When they do.. you wonder why our justice system has failed for so long...

Chit Chat 105 Special Guest Host - Em Tanks!

October 11, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB

While Jeff is off meeting Queen Camilla and eating some tea and crumpets, Emily Tanks comes to fill his shoes! We discuss her avid love of all things spooky, great movie recs and the best place to take engagement photos in WNY! 

Episode 160 An Ohio Halloween Massacre

October 06, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MB

On Halloween 2010, in Martin, Ohio.  Sixteen-year-old Derek Griffin walked into his mother and stepfather's bedroom to wake his mother up and found her covered in blood and thought it was an all to realistic Halloween prank.  He soon realized his mother and stepfather had been murdered.  Sadly, in another room at the house his brother was found bludgeoned to death with a hammer.  Who did it?  Tune in!

Chit Chat 104 Back in the Studio

October 04, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MB

While Jeff's a bit hoarse basking in the glow of a glorious bills victory and Sam is starting to take in all things fall.  She delighted in a bit of comedy and read the Wife upstairs by Freda McFadden.  Jeff has been trucking through some movies the Reptile, The Last Voyage of the Demeter and ABSOLUTELY loved naked attraction

Episode 159 Run Bambi Run

September 29, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

Laurie Bembenek was a gorgeous former model turned police officer who had a bit of a wild side.  She loved partying with her fellow cops and the married cops' wives didn't exactly love her.  She got the nickname Bambi, and a Jealous anonymous caller called in a complaint about her smoking cannabis in her police uniform.  She was then fired for another infraction reported by another person UNJUSTLY for once again smoking cannabis.  HER best friend Judy turned her in.  SO Laurie had another id...

Chit Chat 103

September 27, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

Episode 158 The Hollywood Ripper

September 22, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

In 1993 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio was stabbed to death on the front steps of her parents Illinois home.  She was stabbed over 40 times. Her murder went unsolved for years. Then in 2001 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin was found stabbed to death over 40 times in Hollywood, California.  Like Tricia her murder would go unsolved for years as well.  In 2005 another California woman Maria Bruno was violently stabbed 17 times and murdered.  Some 3 years later Michelle Murphy was stabbed in her Californ...

Chit Chat 102 Sorry I'm late!

September 21, 2023 01:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB