PETTY REWIND - EP 173: Amanda’s Renaissance Period

Episode Summary

Huzzah! Another week of petty crime chaos is upon us. In this episode of Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast , Amanda takes us back to the Renaissance — from medieval period problems to terrifying torture devices — while Trevin seeks advice for his lifelong...

No murders, just bad decisions.

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What This Episode Covers

• Huzzah! Another week of petty crime chaos is upon us.
• Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast
• , Amanda takes us back to the Renaissance — from medieval period problems to terrifying torture devices — while Trevin seeks advice for his lifelong nail-biting habit and delivers a strange-but-true Two Truths and a Lie
• Amanda’s Two Truths and a Lie dives into infamous medieval torture devices before bringing us to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur, Colorado, where 22-year-old Connor Ward allegedly crashed a live jousting pe
• Trevin’s story heads to Kent County, Michigan, where 51-year-old Shannon Soltys was charged after allegedly forging attorney-client mail to smuggle narcotics into the Kent County Jail, leading to arrests on Trenton Avenu
• From jousting theft to forged jail mail, this episode proves that crime can span centuries — but it’s always petty.

Why Listen?

If you like true crime but think most true crime got a little too murdery, this episode brings petty crimes, dumb criminals, and dramatic storytelling without the heavy stuff.

Original Episode Description

Huzzah! Another week of petty crime chaos is upon us.

In this episode of

Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast

, Amanda takes us back to the Renaissance — from medieval period problems to terrifying torture devices — while Trevin seeks advice for his lifelong nail-biting habit and delivers a strange-but-true Two Truths and a Lie about fingernails.

Amanda’s Two Truths and a Lie dives into infamous medieval torture devices before bringing us to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur, Colorado, where 22-year-old Connor Ward allegedly crashed a live jousting performance and attempted to steal a knight’s sword mid-tournament.

Trevin’s story heads to Kent County, Michigan, where 51-year-old Shannon Soltys was charged after allegedly forging attorney-client mail to smuggle narcotics into the Kent County Jail, leading to arrests on Trenton Avenue in Cedar Springs.

From jousting theft to forged jail mail, this episode proves that crime can span centuries — but it’s always petty.

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Take a break from the heavy and get petty.