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The Wrong Path: The Columbo's
Season 1 · Episode 60

The Wrong Path: The Columbo's

Triggered - The True Crime Podcast · Chantal + Ashley

May 30, 202551m 29sExplicit

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Show Notes

To the outside world, Patricia Columbo seemed like the girl next door—bright, pretty, from a well-respected family in a quiet Chicago suburb. But behind the surface was a dark obsession that would end in one of the most brutal family slayings in Illinois history.


When Patricia met Frank DeLuca, a much older, married man with ties to drugs and organized crime, their twisted romance spiraled into a shared fantasy of freedom—one that could only be achieved through murder. In May 1976, Patricia’s parents and younger brother were slaughtered in their home. The scene was so grotesque that seasoned investigators were left shaken. But who could commit such a personal, rage-filled crime… and why?


In this episode of Triggered, we peel back the layers of manipulation, seduction, and unchecked evil. Was Patricia a pawn in Frank’s violent world? Or was she the mastermind pulling every deadly string?

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