LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette team up each week to tell stories of love and relationships gone fatally wrong. This show is all about seemingly normal people driven to terrible madness by passion and rage. Hang out with your new best friends each week to discover how someone can go from sweet to murderous in the blink of an eye, and to hear all the ways murder can give love a real bad name.
Episodes
The Corpsewood Manor Murders
At the end of a long, dirt road in the wilds of Georgia, two men created a world entirely their own—part sanctuary, part gothic fantasy. There were rumors of devil worship and sinful orgies—but when evil came to Corpsewood in the winter of 1982—it came from the outside world.Sources:1. Petulla, Amy. The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia. Arcadia Publishing, 2016.2. “A Ca
Christa Pike Survived Her Own Execution [Current Affairs]
In 1995, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer was murdered in Knoxville, Tennessee, by a classmate who believed she was after her boyfriend. Christa Pike spent the next three decades as the only woman on Tennessee’s death row. On September 30th, the state gave her two doses of pentobarbital, and she did not die. This week she woke up in a hospital bed, still under a death sentence, as her lawyers
The Beauty Queen and the Bad Apple: Allison Baden-Clay
When accomplished executive and former beauty queen Allison Baden-Clay disappeared from her Brisbane home, suspicion quickly turned toward her husband Gerard. Scratches on his face, a secret affair, financial trouble, and a trail of lies would make the case one of Australia’s most notorious murders.Sources:https://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judgments/cases/decided/case-b332016https://www
Hockey & Home Invasions: Tom Clayton & Kelley Stage Clayton
Kelley Clayton seemed to have built the perfect life: a beautiful home, two beloved young children, and a marriage to a handsome former professional athlete — but when that picture-perfect life is shattered by a brutal murder, the police dig through the wreckage to discover dark lies and hidden truths.Sources:1. Arledge, Roone. 20/20. 1978.2. Dateline NBC. 1992.3. Meet
A Body in the Crawlspace and a 24-Year-Old Cold Case [Current Affairs]
Human remains found in the crawlspace of a Big Bear Lake home in 2020 are identified as Jill Maiorca, who went missing in 2007, and her former husband is charged with first-degree murder. In Pennsylvania, a grand jury hears from previously reluctant witnesses, and the man accused of raping and murdering 20-year-old Sabrina Kahler in 2002 is taken into custody. Both arrests came on the sam
Kissing & Killing Cousins: Susie Newsome Lynch, Fritz Klenner, and the Bitter Blood Murders
When investigators link two very different sets of multiple murders, they uncover one disturbing connection. This connection reveals a bitter family feud, a vicious custody battle, and a relationship that may have pushed everyone involved past the point of no return. These are the Bitter Blood Murders.Sources:1. Bledsoe, Jerry. Bitter Blood. 1988.2. Snapped: Killer Couples. 2013
Husband Charged 19 Years After Wife’s Murder at His Amusement Park [Current Affairs]
In 2006, mother of three Doris Worrell was shot and killed at the Georgia amusement park owned by her husband, Jon Worrell. Nearly two decades later, after years abroad and a new interview with the family’s former nanny, Jon was arrested and accused of arranging his wife’s murder.Current Affairs is Love Murder's shorter show about the cases of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news
Influence to Kill: Jack Avery & Gabbie Gonzalez
They were young, beautiful, famous and raising a child together — a boy band heartthrob and influencer whose relationship played out in front of millions of fans. But after their romance fell apart, one member of the couple decided a breakup wasn’t enough.Sources:1. “Gabbie Gonzalez Case, Who Are Cody Clayburn And McKenzie Ferry? Husband And Ex-Nanny Key Witnesses.” BollywoodSha
Six Weeks a Mother: The Murder of Brandi Hornsby [Current Affairs]
Brandi Hornsby was 24 and six weeks into being a mother when she was killed in her Stockton, California home in the fall of 2021. When her mother came looking for her three days later, Brandi's boyfriend attacked her too, then fled with the baby. This week, after a five-day manhunt, a SWAT standoff, and a three-year wait for trial, D'Angelo Webb was sentenced to 74 years to life.Current A
Murder on Big Moose Lake: Grace Brown & Chester Gillette
In July of 1906, two young lovers checked into an Adirondack hotel before setting out alone on Big Moose Lake in a rented rowboat. Only one of them would return, and the subsequent trial would become a media sensation; inspire famous novels, movies, and more than one ghost story.Sources:Murder in the Adirondacks: An American Tragedy Revisited by Craig BrandonUnsolved Mysteries, season 8,
The Devil at Angel’s Landing: Bernadette and David Vander Meer
A 10th wedding anniversary hike ends in tragedy when one member of the couple falls 1,200 feet to their death. It’s quickly ruled an accident, but nearly 20 years later, a tip from a surprising source blows the whole case wide open, revealing dark secrets and treacherous betrayals.Sources:1. Family Speaks out after Husband’s Arrest in 2006 Zion Park Death. YouTube, 25 June 2026, 
The Three-Hour 911 Delay in the Death of Destiny Dunn [Current Affairs]
When 37-year-old mother Destiny Dunn was found dead in a Missouri motel room, her partner Nicholas Ayres was charged with her murder. Investigators say his own videos and a series of disturbing 911 calls reveal what happened in the hours before her death.Find LOVE MURDER online:Website: lovemurder.loveInstagram: @lovemurderpodTwitter: @lovemurderpodFacebook: LoveMrdrPo
Reprehensible: Susan and Jimmy Grund
The Grunds of Peru, Indiana were a couple people just couldn’t help but notice. Susan was a glamorous younger wife, Jim a high-powered atty. Together they made a dashing couple and had all the trappings of wealth: a beautiful home, fancy trips, a Cessna airplane, designer duds and the best that money could buy. But behind closed doors the marriage was threatened by infidelity, financial a
Introducing “Kouri Richins: The Children’s Author Who Killed Her Husband” from RedHanded
Today, we are sharing part one of a two-part series from the award-winning true crime podcast RedHanded, hosted by Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire. RedHanded is the UK's #1 True Crime podcast, covering everything from high-profile murders and cults to con artists and cultural catastrophes, always asking not just what happened, but why.In part one, Suruthi and Hannah dive into the case of
Obsessed: The Toxic Love of Barbara Piotrowsky & Richard “Dick” Minns
When a 27-year-old beauty queen and Houston-area nurse is shot multiple times in a donut shop parking lot, the authorities have to follow a twisted path to finally catch the mastermind of the attack.Sources:1. Finstad, Suzanne. Sleeping with the Devil. 1992.2. Cosgrove, John, and Terry Dunn Meurer. Unsolved Mysteries. 1987.3. “Former Health Spa Founder Arraigned - UPI Archi
Courtney Clenney Sentenced as D4vd Is Ordered to Stand Trial [Current Affairs]
Jessie and Andie bring major updates in two cases previously covered by Love Murder: Courtney Clenney accepts a plea deal in the fatal stabbing of Christian Obumseli, while disturbing new evidence is revealed as singer D4vd is ordered to stand trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.Current Affairs is Love Murder’s shorter show about the cases of love gone fatally wron
The Widower and the Au Pair: Jason Corbett and Molly Martens
In the summer of 2006, a young mother in Limerick, Ireland suffered an asthma attack at home. She didn't survive. Her husband was left alone with two babies, a dog, and a house full of grief. So he did what any desperate parent would do. He asked for help. He just had no idea what was coming.Sources:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-corbett-death-woman-fights-for-her-brothers-honor-after
Senseless: The Murder of Janice Zengotita-Torres
When a devoted mother & wife vanishes on the ten-minute drive between her work at a discount clothing store and home, police look at the most likely suspects—but after some acting on the kidnapped woman’s “behalf,” they catch on to a shocking plot & terribly senseless act committed in the name of love—whether that love was real or imagined.Sources:1. “Accused Ringleader Convi
Sara Gilson Killed Days After Viral TikTok About Estranged Husband [Current Affairs]
Oklahoma influencer and mother of two Sara Gilson was trying to escape an allegedly abusive marriage when she learned her estranged husband, youth basketball coach Jeremiah Duffey, was accused of sexually abusing a teenage player. Less than two weeks after Sara posted a viral TikTok about the allegations, police say Duffey shot and killed her before taking his own life.Current Affairs is
Force of Nature: The Hurricane Harvey Murder of Crystal McDowell
A loving mother with a tragic past disappears during Hurricane Harvey, leading investigators to suspect the three men closest to her.Sources:1. 48 Hours. 1988.2. Dateline NBC. 1992.3. Maines, Don. “Baytown Woman’s Murder Case Is Solved – OutSmart Magazine.” OutSmart Magazine, OutSmart Magazine, 22 Aug. 2019, https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2019/08/baytown-womans-
The Houston Murder Suspect Fighting Extradition From Italy [Current Affairs]
Lee Gilley was awaiting trial for the capital murder of his pregnant wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, when prosecutors say he cut off his ankle monitor, fled the country using forged documents, and sought asylum in Italy. Now, an Italian appeals court has temporarily blocked his extradition over concerns that he could face the death penalty or life without parole in Texas.Current Affairs is Lo
The Fatal Attraction Murder: Carolyn Warmus, Paul Solomon, Betty Jeanne Solomon
A stagnant long-term marriage comes to a shocking end when one member of the couple is murdered in their own home. But was the killer the spouse, the wife’s lover, or any of the husband’s mistresses? Phone records eventually put a private eye of murky ethics on the investigator’s radar and revealed a villain so unhinged that they draw comparisons to the movie Fatal Attraction.Sources
Dial-Up Deception: Carolyn “Sherry” Durall and Robert Durall
To friends and neighbors, Bob and Sherry Durall looked like a busy, happily married couple raising three children in the suburbs of Seattle. Behind the image of family, faith and stability, however, was a darker story - one that would lead detectives into the strange new world of internet dating and digital breadcrumbs that would lead to an arrest.Sources:Worth More Dead: And Other True C
Four Months Married, Eight Months to Charges [Current Affairs]
In this episode of Love Murder Current Affairs, in Bellevue, Washington, software engineer Avinash Narne has been charged with murdering his wife, Raajitha Sabbineni, eight months after he reported finding her unresponsive behind a locked bathroom door — an arranged marriage that lasted four months, and phone records that revealed another woman. In Las Vegas, grand jury testimony has laid
Rachel Nickell and the Wimbledon Common Honey Trap
On July 15, 1992, 23-year-old Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common in broad daylight, with her two-year-old son as the only witness. With no DNA at the scene, police fixated on the wrong man, building an infamous honey trap operation around a profiler's hunch while the real killer stayed free. It took sixteen years and a DNA breakthrough to finally get justice. This week, Andie
Bernadette Vander Meer's Accident Became a Murder Twenty Years Later [Current Affairs]
In August 2006, Bernadette Vander Meer fell 1,200 feet from the summit of Angels Landing in Zion National Park on what was supposed to be her tenth anniversary trip. Authorities called it an accident and closed the case. Twenty years later — after a tip from a former youth group member, a phone call from a pastor who never believed it, and an affidavit laying out an affair, a breakup two
A Fatal Fourth of July: The Murder of Football Legend Steve McNair
A former football superstar Steve McNair seemed to have it all: fame, fortune, family and a lasting legacy. But a secret affair was quietly unraveling, and before the 4th of July holiday weekend was over, two people would be left dead.Sources:1. Hill, Vincent. Incomplete Pass. 2026.2. “Kazemi Requested Money from McNair - ESPN.” ESPN.Com, ESPN, 20 Oct. 2009, https
Killer on Campus: The Murder of Jesse Valencia
When a popular, openly gay University of Missouri student is murdered on campus, police interview his friends and lovers as well as looking at the murder as a possible hate crime. The entire time the detectives are digging into Jesse’s personal life, the actual killer is hiding in plain sight, much closer to the investigation than anyone expected.Sources:Davidson, Linda. The Cop With
Gilgo Beach Killer Rex Heuermann Sentenced [Current Affairs]
Rex Heuermann, the Gilgo Beach serial killer, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of seven women, after admitting to killing eight over a 17-year span. This week, Jessie and Andie discuss the sentencing hearing, the families’ devastating victim impact statements, and the long-delayed reckoning for the women Heuermann murdered.Current Affairs is Love Murder’s shorter show
Love, Lies and Ammunition: Louise and William Thoresen
When a young woman falls in love with a wealthy heir, she thinks she is marrying into a life of privilege and adventure. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a relationship filled with infidelity, abuse, fear, a crap ton of weaponry, and so many mysterious murders that there is a possible link to the Zodiac Killer.Sources:1. Thoresen, Louise, and E. M. Nathanson. It Gave Everyb
Same Week, Opposite Coasts: Two Relationships That Turned Fatal [Current Affairs]
Two women, decades apart in age, whose relationships turned deadly within days of each other. In Berkeley, thirty-seven-year-old Vanessa Sanchez was fighting Stage 4 breast cancer when the man police called her boyfriend walked into her apartment — and days later walked out with a roller suitcase. In southeastern Kentucky, eighteen-year-old Jadeance Hale spent her final hours trying to le
The Devastating Murder of Danielle Marshall
When a loving young mother is shot in cold blood, her nine-month-old daughter is left crying at the scene. Police interview several suspects, including her ex—the baby’s father—his current girlfriend, a man she had been dating, and another who wished he could.Sources:1. “Danielle Marshall Murder Back in Spotlight | 11alive.Com.” 11Alive.Com, 10 AD, https://www.11alive.
A Family Killed in Muscatine [Current Affairs]
This week on Love Murder Current Affairs, Jessie covers the devastating case out of Muscatine, Iowa, where police say a domestic dispute ended with Ryan McFarland killing his ex-wife Lisa and five of her children across three locations before taking his own life. Family GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/johnathan-mcfarlandSources: https://apnews.com/article/03c85292f6bda89b524e728
Ye Olde Sapphic Slashing: Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward
A forbidden love affair turns deadly when one teenage girl brutally murders the object of her obsession in 1892 Memphis, Tennessee.Sources:1. Coe, Alexis. Alice + Freda Forever. Millbrook Press, 2019.2. News 3 Channel, https://wreg.com/news/1892-memphis-teen-female-love-affair-turned-murder-is-new-opera/. Accessed 3 May 2026.3. Find A Grave, https://www.finda
Myth and Murder in West Cork: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a 39-year-old French producer, wife, and mother who traveled alone to her remote cottage in West Cork just before Christmas 1996. Two days later, she was found dead outside her gate, beaten beyond recognition, in a case that drew in Irish folklore, French cinema, a troubled local journalist, years of failed prosecutions, and a family’s long fight for justice
The Final Chapter for Three Infamous Women: Betty Broderick, Raynella Leath, and Claudine Longet [Current Affairs]
Three of our past subjects died this spring. Betty Broderick, who served 35 years for the 1989 La Jolla murders of her ex-husband Dan and his new wife Linda. Raynella Dossett Leath, the Tennessee nurse twice tried in the deaths of her district attorney husband and her second husband, and ultimately cleared. And Claudine Longet, the French-born singer whose 1976 shooting of Olympic skier S
Scandal at the Savoy: Marguerite Alibert & Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey
A tumultuous marriage between an Egyptian “prince” and a French courtesan with ties to the British Royal Family ends in murder at The Savoy in 1920’s London.Sources:1. Rose, Andrew. The Woman Before Wallis. Picador, 2013.2. Lady Killers. 1980.3. Leake, Natasha. “How a Beguiling French Courtesan Captured the Heart of a Young British Prince, in a Love Affair That Scandalised
Kouri Richins Gets Life and Alex Murdaugh Gets Another Trial [Current Affairs]
This week on Love Murder Current Affairs, Jessie and Andie cover two major updates in cases of love gone fatally wrong: Kouri Richins is sentenced to life without parole for the fentanyl poisoning murder of her husband Eric, and the South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions after finding his trial was tainted by the court clerk’s improper comments to jurors
Murder on Bridle Path: Carol Kennedy and Steven DeMocker
When a beloved Arizona teacher, therapist, and artist is bludgeoned to death in her own home, suspicion falls on the two men who loved her — an ex-husband who couldn't accept the divorce, and the best friend living in her guest house. A phone call cut short, mysterious DNA under her fingernails, and a marriage that wouldn't die collide in a case that twists through an anonymous email, a c
A Houston Family Annihilation and a Miami Sentencing [Current Affairs]
This week on Current Affairs, two cases of love gone fatally wrong. In Houston, restaurateur Matthew Mitchell shot and killed his wife Thy and their two young children before turning the gun on himself, leaving the city's food scene and a tight-knit family in shock. In Miami, 18-year-old Jahara Malik was sentenced to 17 years for fatally stabbing her boyfriend Yahkeim "Keimo" Lollar in an
Bob Samuels and the Green Widow Murders
When a hardworking Hollywood cameraman is found shot dead in his Los Angeles home, police initially assume it’s a burglary gone wrong. With no forced entry and no stolen items, however, the investigation turns to personal vendettas, ultimately leading to the discovery of an additional linked murder and landing one of the perpetrators on death row.Sources:1. Dziemianowicz, Joe. “‘Gree
New Court Docs Reveal Grisly Allegations in the D4vd Case [Current Affairs]
New court filings lay out prosecutors’ most detailed theory yet in the case against singer d4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. This episode breaks down the latest developments, including the prosecution’s new evidence brief, the judge’s decision not to seal it, the delayed preliminary hearing, the family’s response, and what remains unver
Secrets and Sins in Ventura, California: Sherri and Mike Dally
When a devoted wife and mother is handcuffed in a Target parking lot in broad daylight by an official-looking woman wearing a badge, witnesses assume they are watching a real arrest. When the woman doesn’t return home and no police department can find any record of the detention, suspicion falls on those closest to her.Sources1. Dateline NBC. 1992.2. Deadly Women. 2008.3. D
Forty-Three Years Later, Teresa Peroni’s Family Gets an Answer [Current Affairs]
In this Current Affairs episode, Jessie and Andie cover the resolution of the decades-old disappearance of Teresa Peroni, who vanished after a Fourth of July party in Oregon in 1983. More than forty years later, modern DNA testing identified her remains, renewed witness interviews helped revive the case, and Marcus Sanfratello pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.Current Affairs is
Unicorn Killer: Ira Einhorn and Holly Maddux
A bright young woman from Texas falls in love with a self-proclaimed counterculture guru in Philadelphia in the 1970s. The relationship that ensues is incredibly toxic and results in a missing person's case. When the truth comes out, the suspect goes on a flight from justice that lasts for years and spans countries.SourcesLevy, Steven. The Unicorn’s Secret. Open Road Media, 2016.“Ein
D4VD Arrest, Fairfax Murder-Suicide, and Ashlee Jenae’s Suspicious Death [Current Affairs]
Three developing cases: the arrest of singer David Burke, known as d4vd, in connection with the killing of 13-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez; the murder-suicide involving former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax and his wife Cerina Fairfax; and the death of influencer Ashly Robinson, known as Ashlee Jenae, under disputed circumstances at a resort in Zanzibar.Sources:https://ww
A Deadly Hunt: John Bruce Dodson and Janice Lee Dodson
When a newlywed is killed 3 months after their wedding, suspicion turns on the surviving spouse. Was it simply an accident or an act of jealous revenge? If so, was it the spouse or possibly the spouse’s ex?Sources:1. Daniels, Frank J. Dead Center.2. “A Murder Disguised as a Hunting Accident - ABC News.” ABC News, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2004, https://abcnews.com/Primetime/st
The Gilgo Beach Killer Pleads Guilty [Current Affairs]
Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect suspected in the Gilgo Beach serial murders, stood up in court and admitted to killing eight women over seventeen years. We break down the plea, the DNA evidence that finally caught him, and what this means for the families who waited more than a decade for answers.Sources:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gilgo-beach-serial-killer-suspect-rex-h
The Perfect Accident: A Death in Gapyeong Valley
In the summer of 2019, a man drowned at a popular vacation spot outside Seoul while his wife stood just feet away on shore. What first looked like a tragic accident would unravel into a disturbing case involving financial control, multiple alleged murder attempts, an affair hidden in plain sight, and the television appearance that helped bring everything back into the spotlight.Sources:ht
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Murder of Daphne Boyden & the Kidnapping of Le-Zhan Williams
In May of 1996 a young mother and honors student is murdered in her home and her newborn baby kidnapped. For 6 1/2 long years, there are no suspects nor baby sightings. Finally, once an anonymous tip comes in, the case is blown wide open and the child is found closer to home than anyone could have ever imagined.Sources:1. Fatal Attraction: I’d Kill to Be You. 2026.2. Moss, Gethsemane
Fake Livestreams, Murder for Hire & The Hawaii Doctor Update [Current Affairs]
This week Current Affairs covers three cases. A Northern Ireland YouTuber is found guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend after staging a six-hour gaming livestream as his alibi — while she watched from home. In California, a 30-year-old father is found dead in his apartment and police arrest his ex-girlfriend and three accomplices across three states in what they're calling a delibe
Fatal Attraction: Jodi Arias & Travis Alexander
For episode 300, Jessie dives into one of Love Murder’s most requested cases ever: the murder of Travis Alexander at the hands of his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias. Jealousy, lies, Mormonism, lust, nude photos and rage collide in this milestone case.Sources:Picture Perfect by Shanna HoganExposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias by Jane Velez-MitchellConviction: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi A
A Children’s Book, Hidden Debt, and a Murder Conviction: Kouri Richins [Current Affairs]
A Utah jury convicts Kouri Richins in the death of her husband Eric after a case that unfolded from a late-night 911 call into a complex web of financial strain, insurance policies, and alleged poisoning with fentanyl. The episode walks through the key facts presented at trial, from mounting debt and changes to Eric’s estate to the evidence prosecutors say pointed to intent, and the quest
A Killing in Coconut Grove: Stan and Joyce Cohen
When one member of an affluent couple in Miami's Coconut Grove neighborhood dies in a home invasion, law enforcement casts their eye upon the surviving spouse.Sources:1. Soret Cope, Carol. In the Fast Lane. 1990.2. City Confidential. 2003.3. “Stanley Alan ‘Stan’ Cohen (1934-1986) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://w
NFL First-Round Pick Accused of Murder After Asking ChatGPT How to Cover It Up [Current Affairs]
A former NFL first-round draft pick is charged with killing his fiancée in a home they had shared for just ten days. Prosecutors say that in the hours before calling 911, he used ChatGPT to ask questions about her injuries and how to describe what had happened. As investigators detail a history of prior violence, a severe autopsy report, and inconsistencies in his account, those AI conver
Throuple Trouble: Aileen Seiden, Zach Abell and Christina Araujo
When a throuple’s road trip ends at a remote motel along Florida’s Forgotten Coast, jealousy, alcohol, and years of violence collide in a deadly climax. The tangled relationship between Aileen Seiden, Zach Abell, and Christina Araujo spirals toward a shocking murder in Room 15, leaving investigators to unravel what really happened that night.Sources:1. “2 Arrested in ‘Love Triangle’
Pastor Husband Arrested After Wife Is Shot in Bed [Current Affairs]
A frantic 911 call in Tip City, Ohio launches a massive investigation after 37-year-old teacher and mother Ashley Flynn is found shot to death in her bed while her two young daughters sleep down the hall. Her husband, former American Idol contestant and church worship leader Caleb Flynn, initially claims an intruder broke into the home—but investigators say the crime scene doesn’t match t
Hunting for Secrets: The Murder of Leonila Stickney
When a joyful young Filipino mother searching for a better life in America is killed during a South Dakota pheasant hunt, her fiancé insists it was a tragic accident. But as investigators dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing pattern: a violently jealous ex-cop, a secret vasectomy, a hidden affair, and nearly a million dollars in life insurance taken out on the victim just months before h
Ex-MLB Pitcher Dan Serafini Sentenced to Life for Lake Tahoe Murder [Current Affairs]
Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2021 murder of his father-in-law Gary Spohr and the attempted murder of his mother-in-law Wendy Wood at their Lake Tahoe home. Prosecutors argued Serafini carried out the attack with help from his secret lover, the family’s former nanny, in a case built largely on circumstantial evidence that ended
The Banfield Sentence & A Navy Reservist on the Run [Current Affairs]
In this CA, Jesse covers two major Virginia murder cases: first, the sentencing of the Banfield au pair, who received the maximum 10 years for her role in the staged home invasion that killed Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan, and then a disturbing new case out of Norfolk, where Lina Maria Guerra was found dead in her apartment freezer after her Navy reservist husband allegedly fled to H
Love Cons and Killers: The Explosive Murder of Marcus Toney
When a hardworking Chicago property owner discovers someone has stolen his identity and racked up nearly $400,000 in debt, his search for answers leads back to his troubled marriage and his wife’s dangerous new relationship. What begins as financial fraud escalates into anonymous threats, a mysterious package, and a devastating explosion that shatters a South Side neighborhood.Sources:1.&
Shredded Evidence: The Murder of Julie Snodgrass
When a 33-year-old military wife is found stabbed to death near a U.S. air base in the Philippines, investigators initially suspect political violence. But as rumors of an affair surface and a life insurance policy doubles, suspicion shifts closer to home. What ultimately cracks the case isn’t a confession or eyewitness — it’s a shredded floppy disk pieced back together with tape, marking
Military Madness: Quincy Brown, Elise Makdessi and Eddie Makdessi
When a couple is attacked in their own home, the husband responds with lethal force, leaving two people dead. The crime is heinous but appears, based on evidence, to be straightforward at first. That is until a video emerges that speaks to a shocking motive and potential military conspiracy.Sources:1. “48 Hours: NCIS: The Double Cross - CBS News.” CBS News | Breaking News, Top S
The Catfish Conspiracy Verdict: A Husband, an Au Pair, and a Murder Plot That Finally Unraveled [Current Affairs]
In this Current Affairs update, the hosts revisit the shocking Catfish Conspiracy case with its final outcome now decided. After years of investigation and weeks of testimony, a Virginia jury has found Brendan Banfield guilty of murdering his wife Christine and an innocent stranger lured to their home through a fetish website. This episode walks through the verdict, the evidence that ulti
Loyalty, Love, and Lies: The Murder of Brian Davis
When a thrice-married father is found shot to death while seemingly changing his tire in a remote location, police find they have several suspects and a myriad of motives.Sources:1. Perger, Tracey. When Your Back Is Turned. 2022.Dziemianowicz, Joe. “Robyn Davis And Best Friend Sissy Saltzman Kill Her Husband.” Oxygen, Oxygen, 20 Feb. 2021, https://www.oxygen.com/killer
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Henri Landru: The Bluebeard Serial Killer of Gambais
In the wake of World War I, a French conman lures desperate woman to their deaths with lonely hearts letters. Eventually known as the Bluebeard of Gambais, Henri Landru is known to have murdered at least 11 people.Sources:Seeking Hearts - Ryan Greenhttps://archive.org/details/landru0000landhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001744450https://read.dukeupress.edu/french-historical-studies
Diary Rage, a Custody Killing, and the Dogs That Set Her Off [Current Affairs]
Three disturbing cases headline this week’s Love Murder Current Affairs: a Los Angeles firefighter accused of killing his wife after allegedly reading her diary, a tangled custody dispute in San Diego that prosecutors say ended with two adults shot dead while toddlers sat nearby, and a UK case where a woman stabbed her estranged husband after learning he had euthanized their dogs without
Dr. Deadly Charm: Serial Killer Dentist Glennon Engleman
When a loving businesswoman and grandmother is murdered in a horrific car bomb incident in 1980, the finger is finally pointed in the direction of a serial killing dentist who was motivated by lust, money and the thrill of the kill.Sources:1. Bakos, Susan Crain. Appointment for Murder. Putnam Adult, 1988.2. “Dr Glennon Edward Engleman (1927-1999) - Find a Grave Memorial.”&n
Monique and Spencer Tepe Update: The Case Against Michael McKee Deepens [Current Affairs]
This update examines the rapidly evolving case surrounding the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepi following the arrest of Michael David McKee. Prosecutors have upgraded the charges to premeditated aggravated murder as family members describe years of emotional abuse and repeated threats that allegedly continued long after the couple’s divorce. The episode reviews the surveillance trail,
The Von Bülow Affair: Murder, Mansions and Deadly Betrayal
When a wealthy socialite falls into a coma, suspicion is cast upon her husband. Secrets are revealed, battle lines are drawn, the media goes crazy and the case leads to not one but two trials of the century and multiple books and movies. But did they do it?Sources:1. Wright, William. The Von Bülow Affair. Open Road Media, 2014.2. Claus von Bülow Acquitted in Second Trial (J
ARREST in the Murder of Spencer and Monique Tepe [Current Affairs]
An Ohio dentist and his wife were found shot to death inside their Columbus home just weeks before their fifth wedding anniversary, with their two young children left unharmed. This Current Affairs episode walks through who Spencer and Monique Tepe were, the eerie timeline leading up to their murders, unanswered questions around entry and motive, and the surveillance footage that became a
Cold as Ice: Karl, Christina and Levi Karlsen
When two fatal accidents befall the same family over a 17-year span, authorities take a closer look at just how unlucky one person could be.Sources:Jones, Aphrodite. Levi’s Eyes. 2023.“Christina Ann Alexander Karlsen (1960-1991) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95118366/christina_ann-karlsen. Accessed
Ben Smart & Olivia Hope : The Case That Divided New Zealand
On New Year’s Day 1998, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope disappeared from a Marlborough Sounds boat party and were never seen again. Scott Watson was convicted of their murders despite no bodies ever being found, and the case has remained deeply controversial. This episode revisits how the investigation unfolded, the key points of dispute over evidence and witness accounts, and the ongoing debat
A Very Merry Love Murder Crime-mas: Stoner Claus and Other Festive Felonies
This Christmas Eve, Love Murder takes a break from the darkest cases for a festive tour of holiday crimes gone spectacularly wrong—from snowman hit-and-runs and chimney burglars to rogue Santas, porch-pirate revenge, a Christmas parade police chase, and a man who spread holiday cheer by handing out free weed at Buffalo Wild Wings. One death, a lot of instant karma, and proof that even the
Major Ménage à Many: David and Joan Shannon
When one member of a military couple is found murdered in their own bed, police discover the average seeming couple had a shocking secret sex life.Sources:1. Dateline NBC. 1992.2. “Killer to Testify Against Her Mother - Los Angeles Times.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2004, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-13-na-slaying13-story.html.3.&
Annette Marie Valdez and the Warning Signs That Went Unheeded [Current Affairs]
This week on Love Murder Current Affairs, the episode begins with an update in the killing of former Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic, as Swiss prosecutors formally charge her husband with murder and detail evidence of strangulation and prior abuse. The focus then shifts to Colorado, where Thomas Perales has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Annette Marie
Racing Hearts: Cindy and Michael Albrecht
When a beloved Indy 500 team chef goes missing, her best friends work tirelessly to bring her killer to justice.Sources:Race to Justice by Larry Sells and Margie PorterOn the Case with Paula Zahn S13E5Ture Conviction S2E6This Week’s Episode Brought To You By:Progressive Insurance - Discover better rates at https://www.progressive.com/ ****IndaCloud - If you’re 21 or ol
Brian Walshe’s “Sudden Death” Defense
In a stunning legal maneuver, Brian Walshe’s defense has admitted he dismembered his missing wife, Ana, but insists he did not kill her. They argue Walshe panicked after finding her unresponsive from natural causes, fearing his prior federal fraud conviction would immediately implicate him. While prosecutors cite a $2.7 million insurance motive and chilling Google searches on body disposa
The Trunk, the Grift, and the Disappearance of Jack Watkins
When a gentle World War II veteran vanishes without a trace, investigators discover a chilling trail of fraud, manipulation, and betrayal spanning decades. This week, Jessie and Andie uncover the shocking story of Nancy Siegel—a woman whose addiction-fueled schemes devastated everyone who crossed her path, and whose final victim never saw her coming. What began as a chance meeting at the
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