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It was late 2001, and ads for Larry McNabney’s personal injury law firm in Sacramento were running constantly, and he always ended the ads with the same sign off - I’m Larry McNabney. Call Me. Only, people had been trying to call him, and no one had been able to speak to him for months. They might be able to get a hold of his wife and office manager, Elisa McNabney, or the office assistants, Ginger Miller and Sarah Dutra, but they would just always say that Larry was in rehab for his alcoholism or on vacation at a spa. But after several months went by and Larry still hadn’t returned to his law office, his friends and family started to worry. They realized that the last time anyone had actually seen him was while he was in Southern California for a horse show. But no one that was there could remember the details of their last encounter with Larry because that horse show had been on September 11, 2001, the day the World Trade Center was attacked in New York. Everyone was so focused on the news, and it was such a chaotic and confusing time, that no one could remember the details of that day, which made investigating his disappearance really tough. Because the truth is, Larry McNabney wasn’t in rehab, and he wasn’t on vacation or at a spa. Larry was dead. This is the murder of Larry McNabney. Support our sponsors! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGING Sources:ArticlesTampa Bay Times | Suicide Letter Professes Love for Lawyer (Jamie Jones) Legacy Obituaries | Laurence Williams "Larry" McNabney Wikipedia | Ramtha's School of Enlightenment Book Cold Blooded: A true story of love, lies, greed, and murder (Carlton Smith) Shows20/20 - Season 44 Episode 20 - Hell in HeelsDeadly Wives - Marlboro Man Murder Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Deana Wild fell to her death off a cliff in Big Sur, California, authorities assumed this was a tragic accident. She was driving through Big Sur with a couple she lived with, Billie Joe and Virginia McGinnis, who said that she stumbled due to the high heels she was wearing on the cliff's edge. It's not uncommon for people to fall, they see it about once a month. The investigation was wrapped up quickly and Deana's mother Bobbie struggled to move on. When the burial insurance company wouldn't pay out to help with Deana's funeral costs, she asked for the help of a lawyer she knew, Steve Keeney. Keeney asked around, and as he dug into Deana's death and the McGinnis's background, he uncovered a web of lies, betrayal, and murder that spanned decades. Sponsor:visit athleticgreens.com/EMERGING for one year of free vitamin D and 5 travel packs with your first order! Sources:BookDeath Benefit by David Heilbroner ShowsForensic Files episode: The Financial Downfall Accident, Suicide, or Murder Episode: Fallen WebsitesVirginia Rearden McGinnis (Jackson, Jackson, Johnson) Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Ruetten was absolutely in love with his new bride, Sherri Rasmussen. She was the total package: beautiful, fun to be with, and very smart. At 29, she was already the director of nursing at the hospital she worked at in Van Nuys, California, and she even lectured internationally on critical care nursing. But it all came to a sudden end when John arrived at their townhome just a few months after they'd gotten married to find her dead on the living room floor. He had no idea who could have done this, and told detectives neither of them had any enemies, anyone that would have wanted to hurt them. But Sherri's father, Nels, disagreed. Detectives were certain that this had been a burglary gone wrong, and as they explained that to Nels, he asked them: "Have you checked out John's ex-girlfriend? The lady cop?" John's ex was a police officer named Stephanie Lazarus, and according to Nels, she'd had plenty of run-ins with Sherri that made Nels uneasy. But no one was listening to him. Support our sponsor: http://www.analuisa.com/creepers Click to get buy one, get one 40% off! Sources:ArticlesVanity Fair | A Case So Cold it Was Blue (Mark Bowden) Wikipedia | Sherri Rasmussen New Retro Wave | Top 6 Fashion Trends That Were All The Rage in 1986 The Los Angeles Times | Victim’s Father Told Police of Young Officer’s Threats (Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin) The Atlantic | The Lazarus File (Matthew McGough) Mercury News | Murder Victim’s Husband Tearfully Describes Affair With Woman Accused of Killing Her The New York Times | Police Find Suspect in Cold Case: One of Their Own (Randal C. Archibold) LA Times Blog | LAPD Detective Accused of 1986 Slaying Seeks Dismissal of Case (Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin) KPCC | Defense Rests in Murder Trial for Ex-LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus (Abe Rosenberg) Los Angeles Daily News | Parents of Sherri Rasmussen Can’t Sue LAPD Over Her Murder in Van Nuys at Hands of Detective Stephanie Lazarus, Court Rules BookThe Lazarus Files: A Cold Case Investigation (Matthew McGough) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Yoder was a very healthy 60 year old. She'd never even taken a sick day off from her work as a chiropractor. That was why it was so weird when she suddenly fell violently ill. Doctors couldn't understand it, her family couldn't understand it, and within 48 hours, Mary had died. The investigation into her death weaves a tale of toxic relationships, anonymous letters, lies, betrayal, and a surprising culprit. Sources: ArticlesFindLaw | What is ‘Exculpatory’ Evidence? New York State Senate | The Laws of New York, Chapter 40 Penal Code, Section 125.27 Murder in the First Degree. Diffen | First Degree Murder vs. Second Degree Murder. Syracuse.Com | Court Denies Kaitlyn Conley's Appeal that she Killed her Former Boyfriend's Mom (James McClendon) BookWe Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder (M. William Phelps) WebsiteLove is Respect Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Han Pan was awoken in the middle of the night by an armed intruder in his home, his only thoughts were of his family. His son, Felix, was away at university, but his 24 year daughter, Jennifer, and his wife, Bich Ha, were home. He was led downstairs to see Bich sitting in the living room, a second intruder holding a gun to his neck. Han and Bich exchanged words in Cantonese - both worried about Jennifer, both wondering how on Earth the intruders had gotten inside the house they always kept locked and alarmed. The answers to those questions would shock everyone. Sources:ArticlesWikipedia | Scarborough, Toronto Toronto Life | Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: The Inside Story of a Golden Child, The Killers She Hired, And The Parents She Wanted Dead (Karen K. Ho) Psychology Today | The Masks That We Wear (Susan Sparks) Book A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story (John Grimaldi) WebsiteThe Canadian Red Cross | Vietnamese Refugees Documents of Response Sick Kids Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Longley was just 16 years old when she decided to make the move from New Zealand to England to attend Brockenhurst College and complete her A Levels. She thought the move might help her calm down, and put her in an environment where she could focus on her studies. While out with friends one night, she met 19 year old Elliot Turner, someone so spoiled he'd put Affluenza Ethan Couch to shame. Elliot had everything he could ever want the moment he wanted it, and from the moment he saw her, he wanted Emily. It wasn't long into their relationship before Elliot's controlling side came out. He wanted to control everything - what Emily wore, what friends she hung out with, what she did in her free time. When she wouldn't listen, Elliot got angry. Organization: White Ribbon https://www.whiteribbon.ca/Sources: ArticlesNZ Herald | Family Violence: Emily's Story - 'The World Was A Better Place With Her in it' Press Reader | Ten Years on From Emily Longley's Murder NZ Herald | 'I admit saying I would kill her' (Ben Ellery) Daily Mail | Jealous Boyfriend Practiced Strangling Technique on Friend Days Before Model Girlfriend was Murdered' (Eddie Wrenn) Capital FM | Elliot Turner Guilty of Emily Longley Murder BBC | Emily Longley trial: Accused 'asked friend to kill' NZ Herald | Accused's Best Mate: I Had Sex With Emily Mirror | Should I Drown, Strangle or Set Fire to Emily? Trial Told of Boyfriend's 'Murder Chat With Friend (Euan Stretch) Mayo Clinic | Narcissistic Personality Disorder Dailey Echo | Murderer Elliot Turner Targeted By Prisoners (Jane Reader) Heart | Elliot Turner Gets Life For Emily Longley Murder That's Life | Evil boyfriend killed my girl over a PHOTO (Kathryn Lewsey) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 is here! Make sure you've listened to part 1 before embarking on the second half of this wild ride. It's time for Robert Durst's murder trial for the murder of Morris Black, the neighbor he killed and then dismembered while hiding out in Galveston pretending to be little old mute lady, Dorothy Ciner. But what about Susan Berman, his best friend that had been murdered just days before a scheduled interview to speak with police about Robert? And what about his wife, Kathleen, who had disappeared without a trace all those years ago? Would there ever be justice for them? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Galveston, 2001. A human torso washes up in the bay. Investigators identify the body as a man named Morris Black, and their investigation into the murder leads police to Robert Durst. They discover that not only does Durst belong to one of the wealthiest families in Manhattan, but that this murder may not have been his first. Back in 1982, his wife Kathleen disappeared, and no one has seen or heard from her since. Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW on our Patreon at any level! Sources:ArticlesABC News | Robert Durst: A Timeline of His Life and Alleged Crimes (Meghan Kneally)The Baez Law Firm | Is Handwriting Analysis AdmissibleEvidence? NBC News | Robert Durst Urinated on Candy in Texas CVS,Video Shows NBC News | Robert Durst: the Millionaire Drifter WhoCan't Run From His Past (Alex Johnson) Buzzfeed News | Witnesses Just Revealed Damning NewDetails In The Robert Durst Murder Case (Claudia Rosenbaum) The New York Times | Did Robert Durst Kill His Wife? AnInvestigator’s Letter May Shed Light (Charles Bagli)? NY Daily News | Robert Durst Will Testify at Murder\Trial, Say He ‘Found’ Susan Berman’s Body, ‘Panicked’ and Ran: Defense (NancyDillon) NBC News | Fate of Robert Durst in jury's hands afterlong murder trial (AP) The New York Times | 35 Years Later, Sister in Durst CaseIs Still Looking for Answers (Charles Bagli) The Guardian | Real estate heir Robert Durst found guiltyof murdering his friend Susan Berman The LA Times | Robert Durst sentenced to life in prisonfor murdering Susan Berman (James Queally). The Daily Mail | Robert Durst's Murdered Friend SusanBerman 'Was in LOVE With the real Estate Heir' and 'Posed as His Missing WifeKathie to Call in Sick to Her Job at Medical School - on the Day She Vanished,'Says Witness (AP) DocumentaryThe Jinx on HBOPodcastPresumed Guilty with Dick DeGuerin VideoFacebook | Prosecutor: Robert Durst Had a List to Get Ridof Missing Wife's Body PodcastPresumed Guilty with Dick DeGuerin Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Leviev's Tinder profile would make almost anyone swipe right. He was the CEO of a large diamond business, he had pictures in private jets, in exotic locales, and seemed to live a very adventurous and exciting life. When Cecelie Fjellhoy, matched with Simon, she found he was also an incredibly sweet and attentive partner. Not only did she get to take a private jet to Bulgaria on the first date, but as their relationship progressed she also woke up to daily good morning texts, she was sent dozens of flowers, and Simon was constantly telling her how she was the love of his life, and how much he wanted to be with her. But Simon had enemies in the diamond trade, and these enemies would stop at nothing to get to him. Simon just needed a small favor from Cecelie to make sure he would be safe... I expect this man to pay back EVERY. DAMN. DIME. #YouHeardItHereFirst Sources: ArticlesVG | The Tinder SwindlerHaaretz | Israeli Conman Impersonated an Oligarch's Son,Defrauded Women – and Disappeared (Uri Blau)Esquire | The Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev Pretended to Be the King of Diamonds (Lauren Kranc) DocumentariesNetflix | The Tinder SwindlerSponsor: Go to shop.analuisa.com/creepers this sale is too good to be true, and won't last long! Enjoy 20% OFF the entire Ana Luisa's website today! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every Thursday, former State Trooper David Camm played in a couple pickup games of basketball at his church's rec center. One Thursday night in September, 2000, he came home, worried his wife, Kim, would be upset that the games had run long that night and he hadn't been home to help get their two small children to bed. But when he opened the garage as he arrived home, he discovered his entire family had been slaughtered there in the garage. As a former cop, he expected his old cop buddies to do whatever it took to find who killed his family. Instead, the police set their sights on David Camm...Sources:ArticleCBS News | Walking Free (Richard Schlesinger)CBS News | The Alibi: Reasonable Doubt (Mary-Jayne McKay) NBC News | 'We are Going Backward': How the Justice System Ignores Science in the Pursuit of Convictions (Jon Schuppe) Indiana Daily Student | Suspended Justice (Katie Mettler) Indianapolis Monthly | Trial and Errors: The David Camm Saga (Brandan Alford) Justia | David Camm v. State of Indiana Indy Star | David Camm Confessed to Murders While Getting Tattooed, Former Inmate Says (Grace Schneider) Find Law | CAMM v. STATE Wikipedia | David Camm WHAS 11 | Mala Singh Mattingly Travels from Trinidad to Testify Englert Forensics | Bio ABC News | Former Indiana Trooper David Camm Found Not Guilty After 3rd Trial in Family's Slaying (Linsey Davis) Wave 3 | Camm Trial 8/29: Kim Camm Bought More Insurance, Left Friend ‘Concerned' in Weeks Before Murder ShowsDateline | Season 22: Episode 21 – Mystery on Lockhart Road Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone! Mogab was sick this week, and so unfortunately we do not have a new episode for you all. We did not want to leave you hanging, though, so we decided it was a great time to re-release our episode on Anna Delvey! This week, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Anna Delvy - one of the greatest con artists of our generation, which is saying a lot since Millennials can claim both Billy McFarland from Fyre Fest and Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos. Everyone loves a good scam story. And this is definitely a good scam story. So good, in fact, that Shonda Rhimes is making a show with Netflix about Anna Delvy: the German heiress trying to open her Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good (or something like that...). She lives in New York's fanciest hotels, is at all the best parties, and loves to tip big and take lavish trips with her friends. But weird things keep happening: her credit cards keep getting declined, or she's having trouble tapping into her trust fund, so her friends start covering for her. Only, she's not a German heiress. And she doesn't actually have any money. So how did she manage to con all her friends Into funding this lifestyle she wanted so badly? I want to point people towards the National Center for Victims of Crime, who have a Financial Crime Resource Center. They wanted to provide a resource for victim-centered services in the area of financial fraud and so they produce a guide called Taking Action: An Advocate’s Guide to Assisting Victims of Financial Fraud This guide is designed to provide advocates with practical victim-centered resources to help navigate the various options available for reporting crimes, protecting other assets and preventing re-victimization. It also offers advice on how to assist with psychological and – where possible – financial recovery. Sources: “How Anna Delvy Tricked New York” by Jessica Pressler, printed in New York Magazine “My Misadventures with the Magician of Manhattan” by Rachel Deloache Williams, printed in Vanity Fair “Who Is Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey, the Alleged Soho Grifter?” by EJ Dickson for Rolling Stone Magazine “Anna Sorokin Was Just Sentenced for Grand Larceny and Theft. Here’s What's Next for the ‘Soho Grifter' by Mahita Gajanan “‘Anna Delvey’ Might Not Profit From Netflix Series on Her Life as a Fake Heiress” by Sharon Otterman of the New York Times. “Anna Delvey Didn’t Look Rich—Which Is Exactly Why She Seemed Like She Was” by Rachel Tashjian printed in Garage Anna Sorokin entry on Wikipedia Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was December 16, 2000 in Tallahassee, Florida. 31 year old Jerry Williams, who was known by his middle name Michael or Mike, was up before dawn, gearing up for a ducking hunting trip on Lake Seminole, a large reservoir located on the Florida Georgia border, about 60 miles from Tallahassee. It was a usual routine for Mike to get up early on the weekends and go duck hunting, he was a very experienced hunter. But Mike never came home from this hunting trip. It was like he just completely vanished. Sources:ArticlesWikipedia | The Murder of Jerry Michael Williams Tallahassee Democrat | Man With Ties to Cold Case in Jail on Unrelated Charges (Jennifer Portman) BookEvil at Lake Seminole by Steven B. Epstein ShowsDisappeared - Mystery on Lake Seminole (Season 4 | Episode 10) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On April 27, 2022, in less than 80 days from the release of this episode, Texas will execute a woman who is most likely innocent, for a crime that most likely never happened in the first place, unless a miracle happens. This is the story of Melissa Lucio, and the corrupt route the state of Texas took to make her the first Hispanic woman on death row. PLEASE contact the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at 512-406-5852 and Governor Greg Abbott at 512-463-2000 and request clemency for Melissa Lucio. Take Action Now & Sign the Petition! Sources: ArticlesTexas Observer | A Texas Mother Could Be Executed in April (Lise Olsen) Court DocumentsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit DocumentariesState of Texas vs. Melissa Lucio (Hulu) PodcastsPodcast - Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom Send us snail mail!! True Crime Creepers P.O. Box 43296Louisville, KY 40253 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Sharon Cave got a call that her 21 year old daughter, Jennifer, had not shown up to work, she was worried. Jennifer lived about 3 hours away in Austin, Texas, and there wasn't much Sharon could do except call around to all of Jennifer's friends, hospitals, even morgues. She was able to find out that Jennifer had gone out with a friend of hers the night before named Colton Pitonyak, but when Sharon spoke to Colton he told her he didn't know where Jennifer was. When she still hadn't been found by the next day, Sharon and her boyfriend, Jim Sedwick, decided to make the drive to Austin. Jennifer's car had been found in the parking lot of Colton's apartment, and Sharon knew that behind his door lay the key to Jennifer's whereabouts. When Jim finally managed to get inside the apartment, he was not prepared with what he would find.Sources:ArticlesTexas District & County Attorneys Association | The Murder NextDoor Wikipedia | The Murder of Jennifer Cave Medium | The Preventable and Grisly Murder of Jennifer Cave (Brianna Bennett) Find Law | PITONYAK v. STATE PodcastsThe Orange Tree, Season 1 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alice Sebold is best known for her best selling novel, The Lovely Bones, but that wasn't her first book. A few years before, Alice wrote a memoir titled Lucky that chronicled a brutal rape she experienced in 1981, when she was 18. She wrote about identifying the man that raped her, testifying against him in court, and dealing with the trauma of being raped. In 2019, the film rights to Lucky were purchased and the project was green lit. But as producer Tim Mucciante read through the script and the memoir, he started seeing discrepancies that didn't sit right with him, especially when it came to the conviction of the rapist, Anthony Broadwater.Sources: ArticlesThe New York Times | He Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled. (Corina Knoll, Karen Zraick and Alexandra Alter) Daily Mail | How Dogged Movie Producer Proved the Wrong Man Went to Prison for Raping Lovely Bones Author (Jennifer Smith) Variety | Alice Sebold’s ‘Lucky’ to Be Adapted for Film by ‘13 Reasons Why’s’ Karen Moncrieff (Elsa Keslassy) Variety | You’ Star Victoria Pedretti Tapped to Play Alice Sebold in ‘Lucky,’ Based on the Author’s Memoir (Angelique Jackson) MEAWW | How a Netflix Producer Brought Justice to a Man Wrongly Convicted of 1981 Rape Case (Kunal Dey) Washington Post | FBI Admits Flaws in Hair Analysis Over Decades (Spencer Hsu) Contexts | Microscopic Hair Comparison and the Sociology of Science (Simon A. Cole and Troy Duster)Wikipedia | The Lovely BonesWikipedia | Alice Sebold BooksLucky by Alice Sebold OtherGo Fund Me | Anthony Broadwater Medium | Statement from Alice Sebold Cornell Law Review | Cross-Racial Identification Errors in Criminal (Sheri Johnson) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2003, the survivors of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001 were still attempting to recover from the trauma they endured that day. One of the only places to go for support was a Yahoo chat room for 9/11 survivors and family members that lost loved ones in the attacks. One of the survivors in the group, Tania Head, saw the need for survivors to have their own group, one where they could talk freely about the details of that horrific day without the fear of offending anyone. She created a group just for survivors, and it was then that she finally felt comfortable sharing her own story. Tania had been on the 96th floor of the South Tower the day the planes hit, and her journey to survival was so incredible, so harrowing, that it left the others in the group at a loss for words. They admired her so much for what she'd gone through, and the strength she showed. Eventually, Tania helped to form the World Trade Center Survivors Network, and was elected president. She gave guided tours of ground zero, where she would share her story with visitors. No one knew that Tania Head was hiding a secret. Sources:ArticlesNY Times | In a 9/11 Survival Tale, the Pieces Just Don’t Fit (David W. Dunlap, Serge F. Kovaleski)The World Trade Center Survivor's Network | Surviving 9/11 (Gary Bogacz)Wikipedia | Alicia Esteve Head DocumentariesThe Woman Who Wasn’t There PodcastSwindled | Episode 37: The Survivor Organizations to Support https://www.911memorial.org/donate https://www.tuesdayschildren.org/ https://scholarshipamerica.org/families-of-freedom/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stacey Castor seemed to be in a panic when she called the police to report that her husband, David Castor, didn't make it into work. She told them he'd been feeling depressed, and was concerned it was suicide. Police went to the Castor home and discovered David's body on his bed, dead from antifreeze poisoning. Based on Stacey's comments, they were primed to label it a suicide and call it a day. But one detective wasn't so sure, especially when he learned Stacey's first husband was also dead... Sources:ArticlesABC News | 'Black Widow' Stacey Castor Accused in Anti-Freeze Murder (Angela Chambers) ABC News | Exhumed Body Reveals Stacey Castor's First Husband 'Didn't Just Die' (Angela Chambers and Jon Meyersohn) NCBI | Gender Differentiation in Methods of Suicide Attempts Medium | Stacey Castor Killed Two Husbands and Tried to Frame Her Daughter (Megan Ashley) Oprah Daily | Hear Ashley Wallace of Poisoned Love Tell Her Story—in Her Own Words (Elena Nicolaou) Wikipedia | Stacey Castor CrimeNeverSleeps | Did "Black Widow" Stacey Castor Kill Her Father Too? CNY Central | Stacey Castor Case Back in Court (Jim Kenyon) Shows20/20 | Season 41 Episode 23 Black Widow OtherSuicide Letter Scan Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Mineo had been a devoted follower of cult leader Sherry Shriner for all of his adult life. He considered Sherry a prophet of God, and believed her when she preached about Alien reptiles that had come to Earth to take over human bodies, and how these "reptilians" would lead to the return of the antichrist. Through Sherry's devoted online community, Steven met Barbara Rogers, and it wasn't long before they were referring to each other as husband and wife. Everything seemed great, until one day Sherry suddenly turned on Barbara and Steven, and her entire online community followed suit... Disclaimer: Mogab was on location over the holiday break when we recorded this, and despite our best efforts, her audio is not up to our usual quality. A huge thanks to these sources: Articles WNEP News | Homicide Trial Woman Claims Online Alien Cult Led to Deadly Shooting (Carmella Mataloni) USA Today | She Killed Her Boyfriend Because Of An Alien Cult – And Was Sentenced To Up To 40 Years (Ryan Miller) Books Aliens on the Internet By: Sherry Shiner Shows Deadly Cults: Online Alien Reptiles Other Orgone Positive Energy Devices Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis Alexander's friends found him dead in his own home, and immediately they all started pointing the finger at his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias. But Jodi had an alibi - she'd been on a road trip to see some friends when Travis was murdered. Jodi's stories would become more ridiculous as she tried to cover up and excuse what she did, and her trial was unlike any you've ever heard of. We will be on break until January 6, but if you want more True Crime Creepers in the meantime, please check out our Patreon for bonus content! Link Below! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're tackling a big one here today, which is why we'll be delivering this story to you in 2 parts. Part 2 is available right now over on our Patreon at all levels, so if you can't wait until next week, hop over there to finish this wild saga. Travis Alexander met Jodi Arias at a work conference, and sparks started flying immediately. They started a long distance relationship, complete with late night phone calls for hours and trips back and forth to see each other. But the relationship devolved, and quickly became extremely toxic on both sides. They seemed to just bring out the worst in each other, but they couldn't stay away from each other. His friends were worried for Travis, but no one expected the relationship to actually end in murder. Sources: Books Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story: A Beautiful Photographer, Her Mormon Lover, and a Brutal Murder (Shanna Hogan) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kristin tells Mogab about the double murder of Vicki Durian and Nancy Santomero. It was the summer of 1980, and the girls were hitch hiking their way across the country to Pocahontas County, West Virginia to attend a festival called the Rainbow Gathering. They never arrived, and the investigation into their murders would rove around twists and turns until the unsettling conclusion... Sources: Books The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (Emma Copley Eisenberg) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On September 10, 1999, Edna Dishon arrived home in the afternoon to see her 17 year old daughter's car in the driveway. Jessica should have still been at school, so Edna went inside the house to see if she'd stayed home sick that day, but Jessica wasn't there. She called the school and found that Jessica had never arrived. But when she looked inside her car, she knew immediately that something was terribly wrong. Inside were Jessica's backpack, purse, phone, and one shoe inside. Her phone had two numbers punched in: 9-1. Edna and her husband, Mike Dishon, rushed to the police station to report Jessica missing, but the sheriff's deputy didn't see any cause for concern. He told them Jessica probably ran away, or maybe she was at the football game. He told them to come back the next day if Jessica didn't come home. But Jessica never came home. Sources: Articles ABC News | Why the First 72 Hours in a Missing Persons Investigation are the Most Critical, According to Criminology Experts (Julia Jacobo) Mamas Board | Jessica Dishon WDBR News | Behind Bars: Stanley Dishon Says He Did Not Kill Niece Jessica (Jason Riley) Documents Model Policy for the Evaluation of Examinee Suitability for Polygraph Testing Shows Blood Runs Cold - Episode “The Secret Cold Case Files - Episode “A Family Secret” Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We might not recognize the name Flordelis dos Santos de Souza, but in Brazil, she is a celebrity. She was born in the slums of Rio de Janeiro called favelas, the 4th of 5 children, and after she made her way out, she made a name for herself as a gospel singer, eventually becoming a congressman. But her real claim to fame was the fact that she seemed to have a real heart for the children being affected by the drugs wars in the country, and she started adopting them. She didn’t stop adopting them until she had at least 55 children. She married one of her earliest adopted sons, Anderson Do Carmo. And then, in 2019, Anderson was murdered… Sources: Articles The New Yorker | The Murder Scandalizing Brazil’s Evangelical Church (Jon Lee Anderson) Wikipedia | Candelária Massacre Globo | Flordelis Treated Children Differently; 'First Generation' Had Access to Better Quality Food and Rooms (Felipe Freire and Pedro Bassan and Jornal Nacional) MEL Magazine | Congresswoman, Gospel Singer, Murder Suspect: The Wild Story of Flordelis The Guardian | Did Brazil’s Evangelical Superstar Have Her Husband Killed? (Tom Phillips) Social Media Twitter | Flordelis Thread YouTube | Flordelis' Channel Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2013, a drunk 16 year old named Ethan Couch caused a car accident that resulted in the deaths of 4 people. He pled guilty to the 4 counts of intoxicated manslaughter and was looking at a possible 20 years in prison. But his defense team was ready. They told the court that Ethan had an excuse for his behavior - he was too rich to know better. Sources: Articles ABC News | 'Affluenza' DUI Case: What Happened Night of the Accident That Left 4 People Dead (Caila Klass and Alexa Valiente) The New York Times | Teenager’s Sentence in Fatal Drunken-Driving Case Stirs ‘Affluenza’ Debate (Manny Fernandez and John Schwartz) D Magazine | The Worst Parents Ever (Michael Mooney) HG Legal Resources | What is the Affluenza Defense? Science Direct | Alcohol Blood Level Wikipedia | Affluenza Dallas Morning News | Judge Defends Putting Ethan Couch on Probation I had all the Facts Most People Don't (Naheed Rajwani) LA Times | Family of ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch Tangled with Law in the Past (AP) Fox News | What Happened to 'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch? A History of a Family Breaking the Law (Frank Miles) People | 'Affluenza' Teen Ethan Couch and Mother Tracked to Mexico After Using Cell Phone to Order Domino's Pizza (Char Adams) Washington Post | How a Domino’s Pizza Order Helped Lead to the Capture of ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch (Elahe Izadi and Sarah Larimer) Videos YouTube | |20/20: A Case of Affluenza Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Urban legends of tainted Halloween candy have spread for decades. Every year, worried parents check their children’s candy one by one, take them to the police station to be scanned for metal, anything they can do to make sure it’s okay to eat. And it turns out, we have one man to thank for that fear. It was a rainy Halloween in 1974 and 8 year old Timothy O’Bryan was trick or treating with his dad, Ronald O’Bryan, and some family friends. The big score that night was a two foot long pixie stick, and he couldn’t wait to try it. But within an hour of eating the candy, Timothy O’Bryan was dead. Sources: Articles Vice | The True Story of the Notorious Trick-or-Treat Murderer (Michael Segalov) Fox News | Razor Blades and Poisoned Candy: A History of Americans Fearing Halloween (Courtney Moore) Statesman | 35 Years Later, Memories of Notorious Halloween ‘Candyman’ Murder Remain Vivid (Eric Dexheimer) Justia | O'BRYAN v. State Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annie Le disappeared on September 8, 2009, 5 days before she was to marry her college sweetheart. She left her apartment that morning to head to the Yale campus where she was doing research as part of work towards a doctorate in Pharmacology, but when she never arrived home that night, her worried roommate called the police. Police conducted a search and were able to find Annie on the surveillance cameras walking into the research lab, but they couldn't find her anywhere on the cameras leaving the building, and she wasn't found inside the building. It was like Annie Le had simply vanished. Sources: Articles CBS News | Annie Le's Fiance Mourns Yale Student's Murder (Ryan Smith) The New York Times | Report on Yale Murder Outlines Suspicions (James Barron and Alison Leigh Cowan) The Hartford Courant | Affidavit Describes Evidence, Raymond Clark's Movements (Alaine Griffin) Academic | The Murder of Annie Le The New Haven Independent | Annie Le Warrant: Bloody Boots Read “Ray-C” (Melissa Bailey and Paul Bass) The Trentonian | Yale Suspect Played Softball on Day Body Was Found ABC News | Annie Le's Person of Interest Had Scratches on Chest, Arms, Back ( Sharyn Alfonsi, Lee Ferran and Russell Goldman) The Hartford Courant | Records Show Raymond Clark III Was Last To See Annie Le Alive, Source Says (Dave Altimari, Alaine Griffin, and Josh Kovner) Gawker | What We Know About Raymond J. Clark III (Hamilton Nolan) The Yale Alumni Magazine | The death of Annie Le (Carole Bass) Yale Daily News | Searching for Raymond Clark III (Everett Rosenfeld) ABC Chicago | Yale Killing Suspect Plans to Plead Guilty NY Daily News | DNA Shows Annie Le's Blood on Yale Lab Tech Raymond Clark Boots; Green Pen clue Eyed: Investigators (Michael Daly) Videos Investigation Discovery | See No Evil Season 6 - Episode 14: Cold Feet YouTube | Friends of the University of New Haven Library: Prof. Dadio - "Murder at Yale, the Annie Le Story" Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 year old Cyntoia Brown needed money, and she only knew one way to get it: sex work. But after 43 year old Johnny Allen picked her up at a Sonic and brought her back to his house, she shot and killed him. She was arrested for murder, and the prosecution argued that she'd shot him with the intent to rob him. They said she was cruel and merciless and evil. But after facts about her life and the events leading up to the crime came out, people started to wonder: who was the real victim in this situation? Resources: Services Available to Victims of Human Trafficking Highlighted Organization: FASD Communities Sources: Articles Fox 17 News | What Cyntoia Brown-Long would say to Johnny Allen's family (Stacy Case) The Famous People | Johnny Michael Allen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | FASDs Knox News | Here's What Cyntoia Brown-Long Is Doing 2 Years After She Walked Out of a Tennessee Prison Book Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System Documentaries Netflix | From Murder to Mercy Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On October 10, 2016, within a 90 minute time frame and surrounded by friends and family, Typhenie Johnson vanished. She’d been making dinner for a date at the apartment she shared with her brother and his girlfriend when her ex, boyfriend, Chris Revill, showed up. They argued downstairs for awhile, and when Chris came back up to the apartment he told everyone she’d gotten in a car with someone and left. She was never seen again. Several miles away, the Islam family was watching the news when Typhenie’s disappearance was announced. They were shocked. Taalibah Islam had disappeared almost 10 years earlier after having a new baby with Chris Revill. And he’d had a very similar story for the Islam family when Taalibah went missing… Domestic violence resources: The National Domestic Violence Hotline Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Intimate Partner Violence Resources Sources: Articles Local Profile | The Link Between the Disappearances of Two North Texas African American Women (Alexandra Cronin) JUSTIA | Christopher Revill v. The State of Texas Appeal from 213th District Court of Tarrant County Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Ex-boyfriend Sentenced to Life for Kidnapping Woman Who Has Not Been Seen Since 2016 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Horton received a phone call from her daughter, Kathleen Schroll, in the middle of the night, telling her Pete was in the house, he was going to kill her husband Carl, and then kill her. Right away, Elizabeth's son, Randy, called 911 to report the phone call, but by the time police arrived at the Schroll's, it was too late. Carl's body was found in the bedroom, and Kathleen was lying dead in the living room. Both died of gunshot wounds. When police found out about the phone call, and how Kathleen had been in a bitter court battle with a man named Pete Coones over his father's life insurance money, it was crystal clear to police who had committed the murder. But as more information was discovered, there was nothing crystal clear about this case at all... Sources: Articles Chilling Crimes | Olin Pete Coones Heavy. | Kathleen & Carl Schroll Died in Murder-Suicide Staged as a Double Homicide KMBC News | KCK Man Who Spent 12 Years in Prison for Double Murder Released, Charges Dropped (AP) The National Registry of Exonerations | Conviction Integrity Units Court Documents Olin Pete Coones V. State of Kansas Shows Dateline | The Phone Call Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was June 20, 2001 when Russell "Rusty" Yates got a phone call from his wife, Andrea Yates, telling him to come home. The couple had 5 children: Noah (7), John (5), Paul (3), Luke (2), and Mary (6 months), and Rusty worried that something was wrong with one of them. When he asked if any of them were hurt, Andrea said yes. When he asked who, Andrea said, "All of them." It wasn't until he arrived home that he would discover the awful truth - Andrea had drowned each of their 5 children, one by one, in the bath tub. It was an unfathomable crime, and horrified the entire nation. What could possibly lead to something as heinous as this happening? This is part 2 of Kristin's non-consecutive, so far 3 part hometown series: "The Women of Clear Lake Who Snapped." National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Phone number 1-800-273-8255 Postpartum Support International Sources: Articles Today | The Andrea Yates Story Biography | Andrea Yates ABC News | Preacher Said He Tried to Save Yates Family CNN | Defense Yates Killed Kids to Save Them (Lisa Sweetingham) Cult Education Institute | Michael Woroniecki's Influence Over Convicted Murderer Andrea Yates CNN | Andrea Yates Case: Yates Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Brownstone Law | 5 children drowned by their mother, Andrea Yates (Robert Sirianni) Wikipedia | Andrea Yates Murderpedia | Andrea Yates Books Are you there alone? The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was July, 1932 in the Bronx, New York. Prohibition is alive and well, and we’re a few years into the Great Depression. Francis Pasqua, Daniel Kriesberg, and Tony Marino were sitting together in Tony's speakeasy while Tony complains about how bad business is. That's when Francis has a completely brilliant plan - sign one of the regulars up for life insurance and then stage their murder to look like an accident. The group loved the plan, and they got right to work. Michael Malloy was the down-on-his-luck regular they chose. They figured it would be easy. Michael would come in every day and drink until he passed out. They figured the alcohol would kill him quick enough. Only... it didn't. The group tried everything they could think of, but Michael just wouldn't die. Sources: Articles True Crime Edition | The Murder Plot of "Iron" Mike Malloy Smithsonian Magazine | The Man Who Wouldn't Die Trivia Library | New York Gangs Murder Trust and Michael Malloy Part 5 All Things Interesting | The Curious Case Of Michael Malloy – “Rasputin Of The Bronx” Podcast Criminal | Episode 151: The Many Lives of Michael Malloy Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here is Part 2 to our Cyberstalker episode, continuing the story of the disappearance of Cari Farver. Make sure you listen to part 1 first! This story is confusing enough! When we left off, Dave is ignoring all the red flags about who his stalker really is. The detectives are a few steps ahead of him, though, and they start to close in on the stalker and discover what really happened to Cari Farver. Support the show by joining our PATREON and get a monthly bonus episode and at least 2 Mini Creeps a month, plus stickers and other perks!! Support the show by buying MERCH! Join the True Crime Creepers Discussion Group on Facebook! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After ending a 12 year relationship, Dave Kroupa decided to get back out there, and he signed up for online dating. After several months of dating a few different women, he met Cari Farver. She seemed perfect: incredibly smart, fun, and looking for a casual relationship, like him. But then, after dating for two weeks, Cari texted Dave asking if they should move in together. He was confused - he'd thought they were on the same page, so he told her no. And then he received a message back from Cari filled with vulgar, abusive insults and threats. And the messages didn't stop coming. He received hundreds a day for YEARS. Dave wanted the messages to stop, but Cari Farver could not be found. Can't wait until next time for part 2? You can listen to it RIGHT NOW by subscribing to our PATREON! Sources: Articles Iowa Cold Cases | Cari Lea Farver Books A Tangled Web (Leslie Rule) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Green was 51 when she disappeared in 2019. Her husband, Geoff Green, initially had a very odd explanation for Angela's disappearance. He told their 19 year old daughter, Ellie, that he'd been worried about Angela's mental state, and he'd arranged it so a psychiatric hospital would take Angela from a grocery store parking lot and commit her to their facilities. He said there was a struggle when they took her, and he didn't want Ellie to visit for her own safety. He wouldn't even tell her where the hospital is . Several days later, Geoff broke the news to Ellie - he'd gotten a call from the hospital telling him that Angela had died of a stroke in their care. Geoff said he paid a man from the hospital to cremate her and return her in an urn, which was at his house. He told Ellie they were not going to have a funeral, and he asked her not to tell Angela's family she was dead. Only, there's not a record of Angela's death anywhere in the United States. So what happened to Angela Green? Where is she? Support the show and get bonus content by signing up for our Patreon! If you have information about Angela Green, please contact: Prairie Village police at 913-642-6868 or the anonymous Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477) Sources: Articles FOX 4 KC | Warrant Served at Lawrence Home in Search of Prairie Village Woman Missing Since June 2019 (Sherae Honeycutt) FOX 4 KC | Over 150 Leads Tracked in Search for Missing Prairie Village Woman (Sherae Honeycutt) HuffPost | She Was Told Her Mother Died. So Why Was There No Funeral? Or A Body? (Melissa Jeltsen) Podcast Voices for Justice Shows Dateline | Season 29, Episode 11 - Hope Whispers Social Media TikTok | Michelle Guo’s @Mishguo Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was 2013 in Danvers, Massachusetts and Colleen Ritzer had been teaching math at Danvers High School for just 2 years. She loved teaching math and her students loved her, which is why it was such a shock when just before Halloween that year, she went missing. Her parents called around to her friends and colleagues looking for her when she didn't come home at her usual time and wasn't answering her phone, but no one knew where she'd been. Her parents tried not to worry too much - she'd probably made plans and forgotten to tell them, but maybe she'd been in an accident and unable to reach them. They decided to go up to the school and look for her. They found her car in the parking lot, but no sign of Colleen anywhere. And that's when they discovered Colleen wasn't the only person that was missing. Diana Chism had filed a missing persons report on her son, Phillip Chism, after he failed to come home after school. Police investigated both cases, but no one was prepared for what they found... Click here to support us on Patreon for bonus content and more perks! Click here to support Homicide Survivors Inc Sources: Videos YouTube | The Disturbing Case of Colleen Ritzer (That Chapter) YouTube | Community Heartbroken by Young Teacher's Death (WCVB Channel 5) YouTube | Teen Admitted Murdering Danvers Teacher (WCVB) Articles & Documents Discover School | Salem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem - Economic and Social Divisions - Court Documents | Search Warrants & Warrant Applications Boston Globe | Official describes brutal injuries to Colleen Ritzer (Maria Cramer) CNN | Defense: Teen Had Psychotic Episode During Killing (Sarah Jorgensen) The New York Times | Timeline Provides Details for a Grisly Crime Against a Teacher (Katharine Seelye) Daily News | Philip Chism, Mass. Teen Accused of Murdering Teacher, was Coerced into Confession (AP) The Salem News | Philip Chism Told police 'Trigger Word' Made Him Angry at Colleen Ritzer (Julie Manganis) Boston.Com | Mistake Led to Chism Crime Scene ‘Slaughterhouse’ Being Cleaned (Allison Manning) The Eagle-Tribune | Families Suffer Through Difficult Testimony in Chism Trial (Julie Manganis) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Detectives have uncovered a potential motive to explain why Diane Downs would try to kill her three children, but can they prove it? They work to build their case, but it's going to be tough, especially when Diane becomes a media darling. There is very little evidence, and the only witnesses are severely injured, young children. Meanwhile, Diane has big plans of her own. She wants to have another baby... Want more True Crime Creepers? Consider supporting us on Patreon! Use code CREEPERS for free shipping off our merch!! Sources: Books Small Sacrifices (Anne Rule) Articles ABC News | Surgeon Who Helped Save 1 of Diane Downs’ Kids in 1983 After She Shot Her Recalls Chilling Interaction (Effron, Lauren, and Dooley, Sean) Murderpedia | Diane Downs TimeToast | Diane Downs Timeline Wikipedia | Diane Downs ABC News | Woman On Finding Peace After Learning Mother is Child Killer Diane Downs: 'Though That's Biologically My Makeup, It's Not Who I am Inside (Taudte, Jeca, Schiffman, Keren and Francis, Enjoli) The Famous People | Diane Downs Biography The Mommy Murder Case of Diane Downs That Rocked the 80s (Casaus, Sara) Distractify | Diane Downs Was Sentenced to Life in Prison, but What Happened to Her Husband? Alcatraz East Crime Museum | Diane Downs Heavy | Diane Downs’ Children Now: Christie, Danny & Becky Today Crime Museum | Diane Downs DeLani Bartlette | Diane Downs: Hungry Like the Wolf Diane Downs Website The Trouble With Justice | The Diane Downs Case Was No Small Sacrifice Videos Inside Edition | Diane Downs Says From Prison That She Shot Her 3 Kids for Her Lover Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was late on May 19, 1983 when the car pulled up to the ER in Springfield, Oregon. Inside were three children, and they'd all been shot in the chest. Their mother, Elizabeth Diane Downs, had a horrifying story to tell: she'd been driving the kids home that night when a bushy haired stranger had flagged her down. He tried to steal her car, but when Diane put up a fight, he pulled out a gun and shot her kids. The story seemed so bizarre to detectives, so unbelievable, that they couldn't help but suspect Diane of being behind the shooting. But why would a mother shoot her own children? Don't want to wait a whole week for part 2? It's up right now on our Patreon! Subscribe at any level and listen to part 2 right away! www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers Free shipping on all merch, now until August 12! Promo code CREEPERS www.truecrimecreepersmerch.com Sources: Books Small Sacrifices (Anne Rule) Articles ABC News | Surgeon Who Helped Save 1 of Diane Downs’ Kids in 1983 After She Shot Her Recalls Chilling Interaction (Effron, Lauren, and Dooley, Sean) Murderpedia | Diane Downs TimeToast | Diane Downs Timeline Wikipedia | Diane Downs ABC News | Woman On Finding Peace After Learning Mother is Child Killer Diane Downs: 'Though That's Biologically My Makeup, It's Not Who I am Inside (Taudte, Jeca, Schiffman, Keren and Francis, Enjoli) The Famous People | Diane Downs Biography The Mommy Murder Case of Diane Downs That Rocked the 80s (Casaus, Sara) Distractify | Diane Downs Was Sentenced to Life in Prison, but What Happened to Her Husband? Alcatraz East Crime Museum | Diane Downs Heavy | Diane Downs’ Children Now: Christie, Danny & Becky Today Crime Museum | Diane Downs DeLani Bartlette | Diane Downs: Hungry Like the Wolf Diane Downs Website The Trouble With Justice | The Diane Downs Case Was No Small Sacrifice Videos Inside Edition | Diane Downs Says From Prison That She Shot Her 3 Kids for Her Lover Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colleen Shipman's flight arrived in Orlando a little after 1 AM on February 6, 2007. Exhausted, she didn't realize someone else had arrived at the airport - someone that was watching her. They stalked her as she discovered her baggage was delayed and her drink her coffee and eat her danish in the airport Starbucks. They followed her onto the shuttle bus that would take her to her car, and finally, when they were alone in the parking lot, they struck, attacking her with pepper spray before Colleen was able to get away. The most bizarre part of Colleen's night would be when she discovered the identity of her stalker, and the reason for the attack. Sources: Article People | Astronaut Love Triangle: Colleen Shipman Says of Her Husband: 'They Were Making Him Out to be Something Horrible' (Jeff Truesdell) New York Times | Astronaut Charged With Attempted Murder (Maria Newman and Christine Hauser) Biography | Lisa Nowak: Why the Astronaut Drove 900 Miles to Attack Her Ex's Girlfriend (Sara Kettler) Texas Monthly | Lust in Space (S. C. Gwynne) Wikipedia | Lisa Nowak CNN | Ex-astronaut Can Take Off Ankle Bracelet Book Out There by: Diane Fanning Video YouTube | Colleen Shipman; Astronaut Love Triangle Turns Dangerous YouTube | Nowak Case: A Look At What Happened At Airport Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 13, 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found in her apartment in Idaho Falls brutally raped and murdered. Despite having plenty of DNA in the case, police quickly ran out of suspects until the following January, when a new lead brought them to 20-year-old Christopher Tapp. His DNA didn't match that left at the crime scene, but that didn't matter - not after he gave police a confession about his involvement. By trial, Chris recanted his confession, saying it was coerced, but why would anyone confess to something they hadn't done? Sources: Articles East Idaho News | After 25 Years, Brian Dripps Goes to Prison for Rape and Murder of Angie Dodge (Eric Grossarth) CBS News | How A Discarded Cigarette Led to an Arrest In Idaho Teen Angie Dodge's Cold Case Murder (Rybak, Schwartz, DiFiore, O'Connell and McLaughlin) East Idaho News | Chris Tapp Sues Idaho Falls and Former IFPD Officers for Wrongful Conviction (Grossarth) ISHI News | Unraveling the Twisted Case of Angie Dodge East Idaho News | The Angie Dodge Case from 1996 Until Today. What’s Happened, Why and What's Next. (Nate Eaton) Innocence Project | Christopher Tapp (Ken Otterbourg) Post Register | Key Witness in Tapp Case Recants Testimony (Johnathan Hogan) Documentaries/Shows 20/20 | Season 43 Episode 17: Stranger Than Fiction Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On May 30, 2014, Morgan Geyser celebrated her 12th birthday with her two best friends: Payton Leutner and Anissa Weier. They did all the normal stuff 12 year olds do at slumber parties - they went to a skating rink, they played dress up, they played on their phones. But the next morning, Payton was found in the park with multiple stab wounds. First responders were shocked to find a 12 year old who had been stabbed, but their shock would turn to horror when she told them who had done it: 12 year old Morgan Geyser. And the reason behind the attack would lead investigators down a rabbit hole of internet lore, centered around one character: Slenderman. Sources: Articles NPR | Judge Orders Release Of Wisconsin Woman In Slender Man Case (AP) Meaww | Where Payton Leutner is Now? Slender Man Stabbing Victim Slept with Scissors Under Pillow (Alakananda Bandyopadhyay) Know Your Meme | Slender Man Documentaries/Shows HBO | Beware the Slenderman - HBO 20/20 | Season 42 Episode 5: The Wicked Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was the spring of 1997 and Brook Baker was a journalism student at Vincennes University in Indiana, working on an expose of one of the fraternities on campus. One night, her brother went to visit her apartment where he found her dead in her bedroom. In the bathroom, the tub had been left running, and the kitchen sink had been filled with water. As police investigated, their suspect list continued to grow faster than they could eliminate people - there were the brothers of the fraternity, the creepy landlord who would come into her apartment often unannounced, her on again, off again boyfriend. But every lead they went down turned up more questions than answers... Sources: Articles Oxygen | Bathtub Clues Left At Crime Scenes Leads To Killer Of 2 University Students (Joe Dziemianowicz) Documentaries 6 Degrees of Murder | Season 1 Episode 6 “Crime Writer” Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The worst mistake Claire Williamson ever made was the day she responded to an ad in a Seattle daily newspaper to ask for a copy of Fasting for the Cure of Disease, a book by Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. Claire and her sister, Dorothea, who went by Dora, were extremely close and extremely wealthy, heirs to a fortune of nearly 29 million that they alone controlled, but they were obsessed with one thing: fad cures. Cures for what, you might ask? I have no idea because both Claire and Dorothea seemed to be in perfectly fine health. Neither of them suffered from any serious illness. But Claire especially could not let this search for wellbeing go. She would die to be healthy. Sources: Books Starvation Heights (Gregg Olson) Articles Healthline | What is An Osteopath Forgotten Minnesota | The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder? Murderpedia | Linda Burfield Hazzard (Crow, C.J., Ellis, Fullerton, and Morris, JJ) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One day, Biology professor Amy Bishop spent 50 minutes in a staff meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville before pulling a gun out of her purse and letting shots fire around the conference room. By the time her gun jammed, only a minute into the shooting, she’d already killed 3 people and injured 3 others. At first glance, this seemed to be retaliation - Amy had recently been denied tenure. But then police in Alabama got a phone call from the chief of police in Amy’s hometown near Boston that would send their investigation in an entirely different direction… Sources: Articles The New Yorker | A Loaded Gun (Patrick Radden Keefe) CNN | Alabama Shooting Survivor "There Was No Way to Ever Anticipate This" Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Zahau was found hanging outside the Speckles Mansion on Coronado Island, California. She was naked, bound, and gagged, and there was a disturbing message written on the wall, which to most lay people immediately looked suspicious. But police were quick to categorize this death as a suicide. This was especially odd, since just 2 days later there had been another death in the mansion - that of 6 year old Max Shacknai, which had happened under Rebecca’s supervision. Was this a case of grief leading to a suicide? Or was Rebecca actually murdered, and if so, by whom? Sources: Articles Town & Country | The Mysterious Deaths That Rocked a Wealthy Southern California Enclave (Sean Elder) Documentaries Oxygen | Death at the Mansion Investigation Discovery| Zahau: An ID Murder Mystery Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martha Puebla was 16 years old when she became a victim of gang violence, gunned down while sitting outside her house chatting with friends. The suspect was obvious - Jose Ledesme and Mario Catalan had been arrested for another murder and told that Martha had identified them as the shooter. But instead of going after Jose and Mario, investigators arrest Mario's little brother, Juan Catalan, for the murder of Martha Puebla. Proving his innocence would require a wild goose chase involving the Dodgers, HBO, Larry David, and an enormous amount of luck. The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles seeks to achieve equal justice for people living in poverty in Los Angeles. Click here to learn more or donate, or search for a legal aid foundation in your community. Sources: Articles The Los Angeles Times | Interrogation, Then Revenge (Joel Rubi & Ari B. Bloomekatz) LA Weekly | Clearing the Case (Celeste Fremon) LA Weekly | Bad Night for the Vineland Boys (Christine Pelisek) The Los Angeles Times | 2 Men Charged in Valley Slayings (Jean Guccione and Andrew Blankstein) Court Documents Study Lib | Document 18288765 Documentary Netflix | Longshot Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in Spring of 2017, Fyre Fest was going to be the experience of a lifetime. A luxury music festival in an idyllic tropical setting on a private island in the Bahamas. Festival-goers were promised a real-life island fantasy with luxury accommodations, gourmet food and the chance to party with rappers and models. People paid hundreds to hundreds of thousands for their tickets and accommodations for Fyre Fest, expecting a weekend living in the lap of luxury. What they got was something slightly less than that. The luxury villas they were promised turned out to be FEMA disaster relief tents. The local seafood, Bahamian style sushi, and pig roast they were promised turned out to be… you know it - cheese sandwiches in a styrofoam container. Mostly rich millennials with job titles like influencer were suddenly resorting to Lord of the Flies level anarchy just to make sure their most basic needs were met. And it all started when Billy McFarland met rapper Ja Rule... Sources: Articles The Ringer | Fyre Fight: The Inside Story of How We Got Two Warring Fyre Festival Documentaries in the Same Week (Scott Tobias) CNBC | Fyre Festival: How a 25-year-old Scammed Investors Out of $26 Million (Tom Huddleston Jr.). Daily Beast | Netflix’s ‘Fyre’: Inside the Millennial Scam of the Decade (Amy Zimmerman) The New York Times | Fyre Festival Ticket Holders Win $7,220 Each in Class-Action Settlement (Sarah Bahr). Documentaries Hulu| Fyre Fraud Netflix | Fyre - The Greatest Party That Never Happened Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2001, British tourist Peter Falconio disappeared while traveling with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, through the remote Australian Outback. Joanne was found with her wrists tied, duct tape around her neck, and blood on her shirt. Her story was bizarre and didn’t seem to fit the physical evidence, and the questions in the case would continue to pile up... Sources: Articles The Guardian | Doubts Mount Over Outback Manhunt (Patrick Barkham) Books Dead Centre by Robin Bowles Videos YouTube | Outback Manhunt: The Search for Peter Falconio Indigenous organizations: https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/06/15/indigenous-charities-you-should-be-supporting/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kristin tells Mogab about the murder of Angela Samota. Angela was a 20 year old college student in Dallas, Texas when she called her boyfriend, Ben, in the middle of the night sounding really odd. She said there was a man in her apartment asking to use the bathroom and her phone, and she asked Ben to keep talking to her. When she suddenly hung up, Ben was worried and drove over to her apartment. There, she was found on her bed, stabbed to death. It would take 20 years and a best friend who never gave up on finding Angela's killer for this case to finally be solved. Sources:ArticlesThe Dallas Morning News | From the Archives: Architect Suspected of SMU Sorority Student's Murder Cleared in Surprise Twist (Christopher Wynn)The Washington Post | Her Friend’s Brutal Murder wasUnsolved for Decades. This is How She Helped Find the Killer (Lindsey Bever)ABC 8 | Man Found Guilty in 1984 Slaying of SMU Student (WFAA Staff)The Crime Report | Dallas Police ‘Ruined My Day’ in Charging Con in Cold Case MurderPodcastCriminal, Episode 88: Cold Case OtherCIVIL ACTION NO. 3:16-CV-1150-S | Bess V. Davis Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kristin tells Mogab all about Angela Diaz. She was an attorney and a survivor of cervical cancer who had finally found love in Ian Diaz. They were married within a month of meeting each other, and a few months after that Angela became pregnant with twins! Everything was going great for the new couple, until someone started a major harassment campaign against Angela. She started receiving threatening emails, and someone started posting ads on Craigslist, posing as Angela and asking men to make her rape fantasies come true. It became clear that the longer this person continued, the more danger Angela was in. But she knew exactly who was posting the ads and sending the emails.... Sources: Articles Los Angeles Times | Woman is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Framing Husband’s Ex-fiancée in Craigslist Rape Fantasy Plot (Alene Tchekmedyian) Fox 5 | Woman Jailed for Months in ‘Rape Fantasy’ Hoax Was Actually a Victim, DA Says (Tribune Media Wire) Film Daily | True Crime Tales: Why Did Angela Diaz Frame her Husband’s Ex? (Bec Heim) BuzzFeed News | A “Rape Fantasy” Plot Sent Her To Jail. Now She’s Fighting Back. (Jessica Testa) OC Weekly | Judge Isn't Impressed With Wrongly Arrested Lady's Case Against Deputy U.S. Marshal (Scott Moxley) Courthouse News Service | Anaheim Settles Lawsuit by Woman Framed in ‘Rape Fantasy’ Case (Martin Macias Jr.) Daily Beast | Real-Life ‘Gone Girl’ Framed Love Rival in Twisted Craigslist Rape Plot (Kate Briquelet) Other PowerPoint | People vs. Angela Diaz and Exoneration of Michelle Hadley Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a special episode for you today! You might call it a passion project. It’s Kristin’s birthday week and for her birthday, she decided this episode was going to be her genie wish case - you know, the one case you would spend a genie wish on to find out exactly what happened. We all know the case - it’s been covered extensively in podcasts like Serial, HBO documentaries, books, blogs, etc - January 13, 1999, High school student Hae Min Lee was murdered. Her body was found almost a month later, half buried in Leakin Park in Baltimore. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, is serving a life sentence for her murder, but we all have QUESTIONS. This won’t be a total recap of Serial. Instead, Kristin takes Mogab BEYOND Serial, diving into everything Serial left out or didn’t uncover. Let’s get into it! Sources: Podcasts Serial Season 1 (Sarah Koening) Undisclosed Season 1 (Rabia Chaudry, Susan Simpson, Colin Miller) Truth and Justice season 1 (Bob Ruff) Books Adnan’s Story by Rabia Chaudry and Adnan Syed Documentaries The Case Against Adnan Syed Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices