Avoid the Noid (or Else) — The Domino’s Chamblee Hostage Incident of 1989

In one of the weirdest true crime stories to come out of the 1980s, a Domino’s Pizza mascot became the accidental target of a real-life hostage situation.This week, we’re talking about the 1989 Chamblee, Georgia Domino’s incident, where a man named Kenneth Lamar Noid stormed a restaurant at gunpoint, all because he believed the “Avoid the Noid” campaign was a personal attack.We unpack the bizarre mix of marketing gone wrong, corporate chaos, and mental health tragedy that followed, with plenty of jokes, Mothman theories, and our son’s first-ever guest appearance to balance it out.So grab a slice, lock the door, and join us for this delightfully unhinged Weird Wednesday.