Cousins on Crime

On September 29, 1982, the greater Chicago area, experienced a string of deaths, all linked to one single product; Tylenol. Investigators' immediate action, no doubt, saved more lives, but how could this have happened to seven innocent people in the first place?

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Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1187077380/main-suspect-in-the-1982-chicago-tylenol-murders-dies

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982
https://www.wmtv15news.com/2023/03/17/madison-woman-lost-dad-aunt-uncle-1982-tylenol-murders/
https://abc7chicago.com/the-tylenol-murders-chicago-1982-adam-janus/12470278/
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/09/us/tylenol-murders-cnnphotos/
https://publish.illinois.edu/redline-collection/chicago-in-the-1980s/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/10/27/the-tylenol-murders-read-the-tribune-investigation/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tylenol-murders-40-years-later-who-have-investigators-identified-as-suspects-or-persons-of-interest/

San Clemente resident, Susann Sills, was a doting mother to her twelve-year-old twins and a devoted wife, working along side her husband in his fertility practice. From the outside, the couple appeared to have it all, but when Scott called 911 to report that his wife was dead, authorities would soon uncover too many inconsistencies to ignore.

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Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scott-sills-susann-murder-husband-fertility-doctor-rcna150322

https://youtu.be/9gxbmm8425g?si=OwKxCV8fHj8ZIOur

https://www.the-sun.com/news/11269823/susann-sills-death-what-happened/

In the heat of the summer, 1996, a Texas couple set out on a road trip to Mississippi. They could have never imagined this journey would lead them to a nightmare that only one of them would live to tell.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102532204/jeffrey_lee-wolfe

When an ice cream man is robbed and shot in broad daylight, the community rallies around him to raise funds for the uninsured victim. But when the search for the assailants stalls, the ice cream man takes matters into his own hands.

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Sources:
https://youtu.be/G3zVFbrFhAw?si=rf2pdPyAWewPOQNn

https://youtu.be/V3qGn9ZJ_Po?si=H8VZybx_RXvVyH_f

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https://www.fox13news.com/news/shot-four-times-and-barely-conscious-survivor-of-shooting-rampage-tells-jury-how-he-got-away

In 1999, Orange County, California was a place to take in the gorgeous scenery and rub shoulders with the super wealthy. Kenneth and Carolyn Stahl were a married couple who'd set themselves up for a life of privilege and luxury in the OC, but money can't buy everything...or can it?

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Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-26-me-vasco26-story.html
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78618035/carolyn_mae-stahl

In the Summer of 2008, eight innocent people would meet their end at the hands of a drug-filled Nicholas Sheley, when he went on a killing spree across the state of Illinois. 

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Troy_Sheley

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/man-accused-in-8-deaths-gets-2nd-life-sentence/

https://youtu.be/oce6FexdaXs?si=Gecekwqa_s4IHneh

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https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/russell-reed-obituary?id=24306716

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https://www.shawlocal.com/2011/06/22/family-man-dies-young/am4v35d/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28124384/thomas-estes

Marc Van Beers was a quiet accountant in Belgium, where he lived with his new wife. A few months after they married, they decided to take their dream honeymoon to Calvi in Corsica, but the honeymoon came to a screeching halt when their car barreled off a cliff. This story is full of lies, deceit, and an illicit affair that would repeat history in the worst way possible.

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Sources:
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/07/10/belgians-accused-of-murder-near-extradition/
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Lula and Linda were the best of friends, and lived in a beautifully quaint neighborhood; leaning on each other for both good times and bad. Lula overcame hardships over the years with a determined strength, but she couldn't have imagined that the one she trusted the most in the world, would be the one to take her down. 

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Sources:
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/linda-leedom-hired-hitman-to-kill-best-friend-lula-young

https://youtu.be/C0xPxmyyoyI?si=w_QiSpqACr9ATQoA 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/04/03/from-the-ashes-of-a-friendship-charges-of-fraud-and-murder/693a7c23-ddad-4d33-9f16-7cd3a6e49cb2/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ms-supreme-court/1439791.html

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-go-to-court/id1353728357?i=1000579446284

Emily Lambert was excited to spend the weekend with her boyfriend in Carlsbad, New Mexico in the Spring of 2014. What started off as a fun-filled time of sightseeing and local bar hopping, soon turned into a deadly nightmare.

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Sources:
https://youtu.be/6AVUch6rfZ0?si=uPWcLnL8lL50cD3K

https://www.koat.com/article/woman-dragged-by-car-alive-when-pressure-put-on-neck-autopsy-shows/5058899

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2574098/Mother-two-brutally-beaten-left-dead-new-boyfriend-went-visit-weekend.html

https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2015/05/15/earley-guilty-murder-sentenced-life-prison/72645108/

https://www.koat.com/article/emily-lambert-s-ex-husband-there-was-no-one-like-her-in-the-world/5054858

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/court-affirms-conviction-of-man-who-murdered-garland-teacher/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130385416/emily-rebecca-lambert

The media has been a buzz lately with a shocking tale of an author of a children's book about grief who is scheduled to stand trial for the murder of her husband. In this episode, Candace outlines some pretrial information pointing the finger straight at Kouri Richins.

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Sources:
https://kutv.com/news/local/family-of-eric-richins-reacts-to-newly-unsealed-warrant-kouri-richins-fentanyl-accused-murder

48 Hours Investigates
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kouri-richins-murder-case-eric-richins-utah-mansion-48-hours/
https://www.newsnationnow.com/danabramslive/utah-mom-kouri-richins-medication/