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Outlaw's Digest

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Food History
Food-Related Crime
Halloween Candy Poisoning Panic
Pixy Stix
Timmy O'brien Poisoning
1998 Sonobe Curry Poisoning
Louis Mandrin
Aaron Kay
Political Pie Throwing
Masumi Hayashi
General Farm
Smuggling In 18th-Century France
Poisoning
Joel Best
John Fish Smith
World War II Sugar Rationing
Masahiro Nimura
Japanese Curry
Poisonings
Food Fraud

Outlaw’s Digest serves up true crimes from food history in sizzling style, a feast of malfeasance and felony from the pages of the past. The food we make and eat forms who we are. But it’s not as simple as “you are what you eat.” Each episode, host and food scholar KC Hysmith tells a thrilling story pulled from the archives of history’s illicit appetites, vicious poisonings, cunning frauds, and da... more

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On the evening of July 25, 1998, neighbors gathered together for a summer festival in the small neighborhood of Sonobe, Japan. Cicadas chirped as everyone ate curry from a large communal pot, which had been prepared by a group of neighborhood women. ... more

A Halloween treat from the Outlaw’s Digest Patreon, for all of our listeners!

For every episode of Outlaw’s Digest, host KC rounds up with the producers to talk about how the story came together. This is a short sample of the full conversation.

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On Halloween night in 1974, an eight-year-old boy in the Houston suburbs got a Pixy Stick laced with cyanide. He wasn’t the only one. So did four other kids who were trick-or-treating that night. It made poisoned candy an overnight terror to parents ... more

In the years before the French Revolution, the king allowed a massive cartel to put French markets in a chokehold. Foods like coffee and sugar were flooding in from the far reaches of European colonies, but only the wealthy were enjoying the spoils. ... more

In the 1970s, an anarchist pie thrower took justice into his own hands. From the head of the CIA, to anti-feminist campaigner Phyllis Schlafly, to Nixon’s Watergate goons, no national bullies were safe from his pie plates of justice. Along the way, h... more

Introducing Outlaw’s Digest, a criminally delicious tour of true crime from food history. 

Each episode, host and food scholar KC Hysmith tells a thrilling story pulled from the archives of history’s illicit appetites, vicious poisonings, cunning fr... more

Introducing Outlaw’s Digest, a criminally delicious tour of stories from the shadows of food history.

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Masahiro Nimura
Filmmaker who made a documentary about the 1998 curry poisoning case
Episode: Mother’s Taste - 1998 Curry Poisoning in Japan
Eric Rath
Professor of history at the University of Kansas specializing in Japanese food and culture
University of Kansas
Episode: Mother’s Taste - 1998 Curry Poisoning in Japan
Joel Best
Retired professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware
University of Delaware
Episode: A Spoonful of Sugar - Halloween Candy Poisoning
Larry Hysmith
KC Hysmith's father, sharing memories of Halloween in the Houston area in the 1970s
Episode: A Spoonful of Sugar - Halloween Candy Poisoning
Michael Kwass
Professor of history at Johns Hopkins University and author of Contraband
Johns Hopkins University
Episode: The Robin Hood of France - The Life and Crimes of Legendary Smuggler Louis Mandrin
Rossi Anastopoulo
Producer for Things Bakers Know and author of Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies
King Arthur Baking
Episode: Pied Piper - When Pie Throwing Became Political Protest

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KC Hysmith
Food scholar and storyteller exploring food history and true crime

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Mother’s Taste - 1998 Curry Poisoning in Japan
Q: How did curry become such a common and comforting dish in Japan?
Curry arrived from England during the Meiji period, when Japan was adopting Western practices and promoting meat in the diet. Beef curry spread through cookbooks and commercial food, eventually becoming a familiar home-cooked meal.
Mother’s Taste - 1998 Curry Poisoning in Japan
Q: Why had Masumi poisoned the curry?
The prosecution did not establish a motive, while the defense argued that the absence of one mattered. Later doubts about the evidence and witness testimony have led to calls for a retrial, but her guilt remains unresolved in the episode.
The Robin Hood of France - The Life and Crimes of Legendary Smuggler Louis Mandrin
Q: Where does the salt come from?
Kwass explains that salt came mainly from coastal areas such as Brittany and the Camargue, with some also obtained through salt mining and thermal springs. Regional taxes made salt much more expensive in parts of the kingdom, encouraging smuggling.
The Robin Hood of France - The Life and Crimes of Legendary Smuggler Louis Mandrin
Q: Why would a smuggler become a national hero?
Kwass says ordinary people often regarded smuggling as morally acceptable, while the monarchy and the General Farm treated it as a serious threat. Mandrin's defiance of an unpopular monopoly made him a symbol of resistance.
Pied Piper - When Pie Throwing Became Political Protest
Q: Can you describe it for us, for folks who haven't had it before? Is it bean? Is it savory? Is it beany? Or beany is another word. Is it sweet?
Anastopoulo describes Navy Bean pie as a sweet, custardy pie made with blended Navy beans, sugar, eggs, dairy and spices such as cinnamon or nutmeg. She compares its texture to sweet potato pie and says it has a creamy, nutty flavor.

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Food scholar KC Hysmith tells historical crime stories shaped by food, from poisonings and frauds to smuggling and political protest. Episodes combine narrative reporting with conversations featuring historians, sociologists and other subject experts, who explain the social and cultural context behind each case. Food is more than a backdrop: the stories examine how foodways are adapted, suppressed, celebrated and commercialized, and who benefits from those changes. The result blends true crime and food history, connecting individual crimes to broader questions about power, public fears, trade and identity. It suits listeners drawn to archival stories, cultural history and the unexpected role food can play in criminal schemes and public life... more

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2. Eric Rath
3. Joel Best
4. Larry Hysmith
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