Oscar confronts a shocking revelation about his mother that turns his entire life upside down and inside out. The origin of Falco's "other mother" character. Not in New York, but in a garage in Norfolk, VA. Heartbreaking. Enraging. And in the end, inspiring.
14 Feb 2020
Episode 5-4 Oscar Escapes from the Falco 5
Oscar engages Falco in her lucid state, but still must contend with her narcissistic, psychopathic personality. His goal of forgiveness seems beyond reach. Oscar tells the story of how he finally learned the secret of his mother's "treatment" of Laura, and how escaped the cult when he was 17.
13 Feb 2020
Episode 5-3 Son of Sam
In this episode, Oscar finds his mother, the psychopathic Falco, emerge from her sedated state with a dark memory from his childhood. Oscar relates the story of his plan to capture Son of Sam in August 1977, and the torture he endured as a result. The upshot? Murder-suicide fantasies started to dog him like a certain black dog haunted David Berkowitz.
12 Feb 2020
Episode 5-2 The Queen of Hearts
Oscar arrives at the nursing home in New York to meet his mother, who he hasn't seen in nearly 40 years. She's sedated, and in no state to talk. Oscar tells the story of The Queen of Hearts, a piece of outrageous guerrilla theater that nearly destroyed an 11-year-old boy's spirit.
11 Feb 2020
Episode 5 - 1 The Falco Five and Oscar's Other Mother
Oscar prepares to go back to the Big Apple in a quest to forgive his abusive mother. He describes the cult he grew up in, his "other mother," and his own impossible role as her "lucky charm."
17 Jan 2020
Episode 4: Jesse and the White Dog
Oscar tags along with Finch, a pastor involved in a prison ministry, to talk to a young jailbird named Jesse, convicted of involvement in a dogfighting ring, and comes back with a very strange story.
30 Jan 2019
Episode 3: Man Overboard! (Steady As She Goes)
Oscar tells the story of how his old friend, Manny Conrad, and the legendary Wiper John deal with a pregnant stowaway, her superstitious husband, and a captain who's been driven to homicidal madness in a furious storm of human passions on a ship sailing from Dar es Salaam to Capetown.
21 Jan 2019
Episode 2: Catching a Buzz
Oscar responds to a listener's question about whether he has a spirit animal, like the river cat in The Book of Cain. Hop in Oscar's little blue MGB and ride with him through the hills of east Tennessee and meet the strangest hitchhiker of all time.
19 Dec 2018
Episode 1: Introducing Oscar Bronx
Oscar Bronx introduces himself and describes the path that took him from an abusive childhood in New York City through turns as a merchant seaman, cook, professional poker player, and private investor before finding love, a home, and a new career as the Catfish King of East Alabama and an artist in residence at the Little White Cabin. He discusses Jeff Lowe's novel, The Book of Cain, and the impact it had on him.
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