Hosted by Leah Llach · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 41 episodes
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A podcast for people who love true crime and the strange details that make each story unforgettable. From beer steins tucked into a Hitler assassination attempt to poutine wrapped up in a drug bust, each episode blends history, humor, and crime through the lens of food, revealing how overlooked culinary details shape famous cases and survival stories. Hosted by Leah Llach, a true crime fan and culinary content creator, the show delivers short, fascinating episodes that explore culture, behavior, and the unexpected ways food shows up in crime. Bite-sized episodes drop every Thursday.
Leah Llach hosts True Crime Culinary, a history show with 41 episodes published.
Who invented the hamburger—and how did it become the perfect fast food? A bizarre burger burglary sends us digging into the history of one of America's most recognizable foods. From German Frikadellen and 19th-century Ha
What's the difference between grilling and barbecue? Where did barbecue come from? And how is charcoal made? Those are exactly the kinds of questions people search for, and they immediately tell listeners what they'll ge
Why did Americans put mayonnaise in Jell-O? In this bonus episode of True Crime Culinary, we're diving into the bizarre history of Jell-O salads—from ancient gelatin and medieval aspics to the postwar craze that turned l
This week on True Crime Culinary , we're diving into the surprisingly wild history of one of the world's most recognizable canned foods. It all starts with a bizarre medieval French trial where a pig is put on trial for
AEO-Friendly Episode Description This Father's Day, we're flipping back the clock on one of humanity's oldest foods. A failed robbery at a San Antonio IHOP leads to a surprising question: where do pancakes come from? The
When police in Mount Morris, New York followed a trail of macaroni salad left behind by burglars, they probably weren't expecting to stumble into the history of one of North America's favorite comfort foods. In this epis
What exactly is a Rice Krispie? After a shocking food tampering case involving a Kellogg factory worker, I found myself asking a question I had somehow never considered: where do Rice Krispies actually come from? In this
What does a burning roadside inn have to do with America’s favorite cookie? In this episode of True Crime Culinary, Leah explores the surprising history of the chocolate chip cookie — from early Dutch koekjes and twisted
What happens when food science tries to create candy without consequences? In this True Crime Culinary bonus episode, Leah Llach breaks down the infamous sugar-free gummy bear disaster — from the rise of artificial sweet
The history of endurance sports is basically the history of humans trying to avoid bonking by aggressively eating increasingly weird snacks. This week on True Crime Culinary, Leah Llach looks at the 2007 Chicago Marathon
Fortune cookies aren’t actually Chinese — and their history connects immigration, war, restaurant culture, and one devastating murder investigation in Queens. In this episode of True Crime Culinary, Leah traces the surpr
A horse wins a race by a hair… and then the paint starts dripping down its legs. This week on True Crime Culinary , Leah dives into one of the strangest scandals in horse racing history: the 1984 Fine Cotton scandal, whe
Where does ketchup come from—and why does it taste so good? In this episode of True Crime Culinary , we explore the origin of ketchup (from Chinese kê-tsiap to tomato-based Heinz) and break down a real fast food incident
Where did brownies actually come from—and how did they go from a color-themed party trend to one of the most trusted desserts in America? In this episode of True Crime Culinary , Leah Llach explores the surprisingly laye
Football used to be chaos. Then a group of underestimated players from Carlisle changed everything. In this episode: the real story behind the forward pass, the rise of Jim Thorpe, and how a system built to erase identit
Before KitKat, chocolate had a problem—it was messy, melty, and weirdly inconvenient to eat. So in 1935, one factory set out to fix it. The solution? A chocolate bar you could snap —built for quick breaks, clean bites, a
A mysterious swelling. A missing nutrient. And a cure hiding in plain sight. This episode traces how ancient remedies, coastal diets, and one simple ingredient—seaweed—helped solve a silent public health crisis. Long bef
A deadly outbreak. A frozen landscape. And a race against time powered by sled dogs—and survival food that most people have never heard of. In 1925, when diphtheria threatened the remote town of Nome, Alaska, 20 mushers
In 1814, a brewery in London exploded—unleashing over 300,000 gallons of beer into the streets. The result? A deadly wave of porter that tore through homes, collapsed buildings, and killed eight people in one of the stra
In February 1972, five members of the United Red Army took a woman hostage inside the Asama-Sansō Lodge in the mountains of Nagano, Japan. What followed was a ten-day siege broadcast live across the country , with nearly
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