BSCMC 007: Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs

The episode for "Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs" was originally released on April 15, 2019 and is BSC Mystery #7. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:10:23 long.This week's ghostwriter: Ellen Miles.

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## Official Episode Description

A searing indictment of Minnesota’s police force specifically, this brave episode goes where no previous episode has dared to go: Right to the source of all the True Crime that everybody’s doing these days! And that includes the international dong-thievery that is taking place in Stoneybrook itself, the cat kissing and the dog licking that is all too rampant in today’s society, and the equally troubling (if not technically illegal) way in which Mary Anne talks about Dawn’s mom’s perfectly nice tofu curry. Alright, people, let’s find out who’s been stealing all these dogs! (Spoilers for Beastmaster.)

## Music Credits

* “That Epicness,” by MarbleSpace
* “Once Upon a Dark Time,” by Allen Grey
* “Beautiful Darkness,” by Allen Grey
* “Tears of Joy,” by Adigold
* “Saying Goodbye,” by J Blanks
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Book Description

Jack goes over the history of the book descriptions on the podcast: he used to reference his cousin a lot, then he used to write descriptions that took a lot of time and effort. Now on the Patreon, Jack and Tanner sing the descriptions each week. Jack then pivots to the mysteries and talks about how he's Uncle Overit with the lazy descriptions cribbed from other movies and TV shows.

Jack then does his description; Tanner accuses him of using John Wick in his description. (John Wick stars noted veilwalker Keanu Reeves.) There is a discussion about the Brooklyn Navy Yard and 4D films

Claudia has a big bad clock in the book: "it's fairly important to us."

Tanner tries to recite the lyrics of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men for his description.

## Segments

###  American Sports

"Right. Huh. Wow."
"I think about that a lot."
"It's kind of like when the Charlotte Hornets went to New Orleans and became the Pelicans, and then they started a new expansion team in Charlotte called the Charlotte Hornets. And it's like, well, who's the Charlotte Hornets, the Pelicans or the Hornets?"

 ###  Burn Of The Week

*Timestamp 59:45*

Jack: "What is that smell? Did the garbage disposal back up?" An unfair burn by Mary Anne on Dawn's mom.

Tanner: "Not that she'd want to talk to me, but Pow was with me, and I figured she might want to have a long conversation with him."

###  Miles Moment

Smiles for Miles, Frowns for Downs was also anti-unions this week, too. Tanner and Jack workshop a better protest for the speaker.

###  Tearful Moment

*Timestamp 48:10*

Tanner rewrites his Tearful moments poem for this book specifically, with references to the ferrets in Beastmaster.

Tanner's tearful moment is the passing reference to the stoney brook news coming to take pictures, because he's glad to know that Chuck Winchester is still out there. "Dog Disappearances Plague Towns".

Pay your journalists, people.

Jack's tearful moment is the in-depth reminiscence about Shannon as a puppy and Louie's death.

## Theories

###  Witchcraft

Jack draws parallels between this book and Beastmaster: witches are the main enemy in the series.

## Jack's References

* Jack Sings Cher's "Believe" which Tanner then sings.
* Pretty Woman and cat kissing.
* "Have you seen the film 'Beastmaster'?" Jack loves this movie and thinks this book is based on the movie.
	+ In the stinger, Jack and Tanner talk about Jack's former title at Major Media Company: Beastmaster.
* Joseph Campbell and his hero cycle.

## Tanner's References

* A thing about Minnesota is that it's not as crime as true crime podcasts make you think.
* Fargo
* There's a lot of discussion about how cute-ugly Tanner's dog Hercules is. Later, Tanner talks about licking Hercules sometimes.
* Tanner shares a story about Brooklyn dog thefts and a Brooklyn company that came in to install rental dog houses.
* There's not a week that goes by in which Tanner doesn't see an inflatable rat somewhere.

## Notes

* Dong and the Disappearing Dongs
* Cover art this week by Dan (Dong?) Brown. Who is Dan Brown and what happened to Hodges?
* Callbacks to previous crime syndicate books in Stoneybrook: Episode 2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls, Episode 26: Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger, Episode 76: Kristy and the Copycat, Episode 90: Stacey and the Bad Girls.
* There's a lot of discussion about bad cops, see. "NWA was right."
* The Mancuzis are back this week.

## References & Links

#### Literature

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph\_Campbell
#### Culture

1. ↑ John Wick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Wick\_(film)
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn\_Navy\_Yard
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4D\_film
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Beastmaster
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty\_Woman
6. ↑ Fargo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo\_(film)
#### Music

1. ↑ Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkuu0Lwb5EM
2. ↑ Cher's "Believe": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0chD8U8fA
3. ↑ NWA's "Fuck Tha Police": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck\_tha\_Police

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