![]() May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned.May 14, 1985: Bill Doi was fatally shot and Lillian Doi was raped.After Maxine died, Richard mutilated her body with a knife and gouged out her eyes. Florence was choked with a cord and raped. ![]() ![]() The Gas Monkey Garage scandal, also referred to as the 'Spank My Monkey' scandal, involved the well-known hot rod garage, Coker Tire and the validity of a car the two were offering to give away at a Specialty Equipment Marketing Association show.July 2, 1985: Mary Louise Cannon was stabbed repeatedly and died.May 30, 1985: Carol Kyle, 42 and her son were bound.They were found in a comatose state and Mabel died. July 5, 1985: Whitney Bennett, 16 was attacked while sleeping, but as Richard tried to strangle her with a phone cord he saw sparks come off it which made him think Jesus was saving her and so he fled. July 7, 1985: Joyce Lucille Nelson, 61, was beaten in her home.The initial situation began with people questioning the car that was being given away because it was almost identical to other cars the show and. On August 24, 1985: Bill Carns was shot but survived and his fiancée, Inez Erickson, was raped.August 18, 1985: Peter and Barbara Pan were both killed and Barbara was raped.August 8, 1985: Sakina and Elyas Abowath were both attacked, with Elyas fatally shot and Sakina raped.August 6, 1985: Christopher and Virginia Peterson were shot but survived.On the same day he shot Chainarong Khovananth and raped Somkid Khovananth.July 20, 1985: Maxon and Lela Kneiding were attacked then shot.Sophie Dickman was held at gunpoint and Richard attempted to rape her. But this move also marked the end of Fast N' Loud.She was instrumental in giving a detailed description of Richard to the police. The rest is history as we now have the Gas Monkey Garage YouTube channel, which has become a huge name in the automotive entertainment industry. He finally took the bold decision to move from Discovery and focus more on YouTube and various other dream projects. Rawlings and his team wanted to do much more with the show, but many limitations restricted them. This made him feel like he was stuck in a rut. But he was already exclusively signed up to Discovery. The other issue was that he had to sign a deal with a studio to start something new. This was because of a clause with Discovery, which would see him incur up to a $25,000 fine for every bad thing he spoke about the channel. The main reason is that he wouldn't have complete creative freedom to talk. But he couldn't go ahead with it because of various reasons. ![]() Rawlings wanted to expand and start an automotive podcast for himself. During the Fast N' Loud days, he was entirely invested with the Discovery Channel. No one knew why Fast N' Loud got canceled until Richard Rawlings spilled the beans on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. After airing its pilot episode in 2012, the show successfully ran 16 seasons and wrapped up in 2020 when Rawlings decided to quit Discovery and continue as a free agent. It revolved around the daily workings of the Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage, where the owner, Richard Rawlings, and his crew would turn junk cars into stunning pieces of art. He also had a short solo stint on a Discovery show.ĭiscovery Channel's Fast N' Loud was one of the most entertaining automotive reality shows of its time.
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