Welcome, viewers, to the Obscure True Crime Podcast. You're watching episode 46. Get a drink, get a snack and put in your earphones, because we're talking about the Garlic Bread Heist. In terms of obscure and bizarre crimes, this one is going to be difficult to beat. The story begins in June of 2023, at the peak of the social media era. Nobody used forums at this time, but apparently the instigators of the Garlic Bread Heist did exactly that. The forum was themed around mafia, which some of you will be familiar with, it's a pretty popular social deduction game, although you usually play it in person, right? But not these people. Well, you might be wondering how this relates to stealing garlic bread, and I don't have a clue. Nobody actually knows the motive for this incident, which is part of what makes it so interesting. Witnesses seem to agree there were about ten people involved, which isn't a lot, so it's possible they were all just really into garlic bread? Or maybe they were thrill-seekers, that's pretty common, although then you have to wonder why they spent so much time on a niche hobby forum in the year 2023. Well, we'll probably never know for sure why it happened...
Game moderated by Ausuka and reviewed by Datisi. Backup moderator is Datisi.
Players:
Garlic Bread
VP Baltar
hellbooks
Dunnstral
Alisae
Thestatusquo
sheepsaysmeep
tris
Merlyn
xofelf
Enchant
Skygazer
Strikethrough
signifies a player that has been replaced. *- An asterisk signifies a player that has been prodded.
Spoiler: Alive
Thestatusquo,
Mafia Rolecop
, survived and won.
Spoiler: Dead
sheepsaysmeep,
Vanilla Townie
, eliminated on Day 1.
VP Baltar,
Mafia Goon
, eliminated on Day 2.
Skygazer,
Town Jailkeeper
, killed on Night 2.
Dunnstral,
Vanilla Townie
, eliminated on Day 3.
Garlic Bread,
Vanilla Townie
, killed on Night 3.
Enchant,
Vanilla Townie
, eliminated on Day 4.
Garlic Bread,
Vanilla Townie
, killed on Night 4.
Merlyn,
Town 1-shot Bulletproof
, endgamed on Night 4.
Current Deadline: game over
Last edited by Ausuka on Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:05 am, edited 16 times in total.
No matter what happens, I'll be right there with you.
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.
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Spoiler: Sample VT Role PM
No matter what happens, I'll be right there with you.
The participants of the Garlic Bread Heist were prepared for a challenge from the security guards - the challenge they didn't expect so much was bureaucracy. It turns out that planning a crime with people across several countries is actually pretty difficult, and it took a lot of administrative work to decide where to locate the heist and how to get everyone there, along with purchasing the equipment needed to make the heist a success.
Role PMs have been sent out! The game will begin when 8/9 people confirm or in (expired on 2023-06-05 09:43:18), whichever comes first.
Currently we have 8/9 confirmations. Gamestart is imminent.
No matter what happens, I'll be right there with you.
Everything began on an unassuming night in a small city in Canada. Legend has it that it was snowing heavily that night, creating a white carpet on the ground as the co-conspirators of the heist booked into an one-star motel room with three beds. It's probably nonsense - why would it be snowing in June? - but it's Canada so you can't really rule anything out.
No matter what happens, I'll be right there with you.
The smell of Garlic permeates the air, oh how I wish I could have just One bite.
Let us depart on our Quest and obtain the mythical bread
Some wisdom whispers through the Air
First is the Worst VOTE: SheepSaysMeep
1. Post 435 is booby trapped. If you make that post you must choose to either self vote for 36 hours or go vegetarian for 36 hours
2. hellbooks is moderator confirmed to be
Multitasking
(cleaning while making this post)
3. VP Baltar and tris are moderator confirmed to be in a
Mental Neighborhood
(does not have a PT but any extant telekinetic powers may be used by either of them to communicate with each other
4. You may talk about ongoing games as long as its this game and in this thread
5. You may use Google Docs as long as you don't link them here
