The Chippendales Murder: Steve Banerjee & The Murder of Nick DeNoia

What a Creep<br />Season 15, Episode 10<br />The Chippendales Murder<br /><br /><br />Somen “Steve” Banerjee grew up in Bombay (now known as Mumbai) and came to California in the 1960s hell-bent on becominga success story. Starting with owning a gas station and then a nightclub in Los Angeles, his prospects seemed underwhelming until a club customer turned friend encouraged the shy, competitive Banerjee to play disco music and attract and female crowd. What started with female mud wrestling by future Creep subject Paul Snider turned the Destiny 2 club into -Chippendales-the first premiere spot for male exotic dancers. Once Banerjee brought on Emmy-winning producer Nick DeNoia the show became the premiere male stripping empire that took LA, NY, and eventually America by storm. <br /><br />Eventually, Banerjee lost control;l of himself, DeNoia, and his empire brought down by his greed, paranoia, and addiction which caused the death of one of his biggest enemies. <br /><br />Trigger warnings for this episode: murder, sexual language, and talk about drugs <br /><br />Sources for this episode<br />Wikipedia (Chippendales)<br />All That is Interesting.com <br />ABC Chicago<br />Secrets of the Chippendales Murders<br />The Independent (UK)<br />Oxygen<br />The Daily Beast<br />Curse of Chippendales<br />Welcome to Your Fantasy podcast<br />Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murder by K. Scot Macdonald & Patrick Montes DeOca <br /><br /><br /><br />Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it!<br /> <br />Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts<br />Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/CreepPod" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/CreepPod</a> @CreepPod<br />Facebook: Join the private group! <br />Instagram @WhatACreepPodcast<br />Visit our Patreon page: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep" rel="noopener">https://www.patreon.com/whatacreep</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:WhatACreepPodcast@gmail.com">WhatACreepPodcast@gmail.com</a> <br />We’ve got merch here! <a hr