Cousins on Crime

A welfare check turns tragic when the body of a woman is found in the home. The initial suspicion of suicide was eventually challenged by the history of violence she suffered at the hands of someone very close to her.

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
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Music by AleXZavesa

Sources
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/updated-piatt-county-man-gets-55-years-for-wifes-1990-murder/article_7f000f31-7b5b-5a8d-8889-6bc8b5220d59.html

https://www.wcia.com/news/with-the-killer-now-behind-bars-one-woman-wont-let-her-sisters-legacy-die/
https://www.journal-republican.com/news/guilty-houser-convicted-of-murder/article_ec6baa06-f207-5aad-b0bf-d0ad1cd57cfc.html
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/165037c7-1bc6-4708-bff5-73fab2effe71/4170799_R23.pdf
https://www.wandtv.com/news/evidence-in-question-for-the-trial-of-gregory-houser/article_dafc9cd3-0dfc-550b-8419-e3b299655b55.html
https://www.journal-republican.com/news/appeals-court-upholds-houser-murder-conviction/article_c359a928-d8f1-11ea-ba4e-17321c3d4468.html
https://www.jlawgroup.com/blog/2017/july/gregory-houser-found-guilty-in-the-1990-murder-s/

Crystal Houston was a small-town girl, just trying to get by and raise her young daughter, when she encountered a despicable human being. But as shocking as this was, this wasn't her family's first experience with tragedy...

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
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Music by AleXZavesa

Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7455156/

http://www.realcrimes.com/C.Houston/Crystal_Houston.htmhttp://www.realcrimes.com/Houston/Stephanie_Houston.htmhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104739018/crystal-lee-calderellahttps://www.abqjournal.com/22882/1055am-murder-verdict-5-years-later.html

Betsy was a kind, bubbly, lively woman until the very end. Though her friends and family rallied around her when she got sick, someone else latched onto her with the cruelest of intentions.

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
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Music by AleXZavesa

Sources:
https://www.stlmag.com/longform/pam-hupp/

https://casetext.com/case/faria-v-mccarrick-1
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/5-things-to-know-about-pam-hupp-and-the-murder-of-betsy-faria
https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/who-was-betsy-faria-from-the-thing-about-pam
https://people.com/crime/russ-faria-man-framed-wifes-murder-hopes-for-new-suspects-conviction/
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/5-things-to-know-about-pam-hupp-and-the-murder-of-betsy-faria
https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/pam-hupp-charged-first-degree-murder-2011-stabbing-death-betsy-n1273772

We're going across the pond this week to quaint and cozy England. But the story in this episode will leave you feeling anything but warm and fuzzy. Convicted murderer, Anthony Ayres, had a checkered past, so why was he let out of prison to offend again? We're breaking it all down and getting really mad about it.

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music by AleXZavesa

Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/ayres-anthony-photos.htm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3708985/Sadistic-builder-49-strangled-partner-death-guilty-savagely-murdering-second-woman-RELEASED-jail.html
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/14643682.why-was-he-allowed-to-kill-again-convicted-killer-anthony-ayres-had-a-history-of-violence-against-women-before-murdering-kelly-pearce/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-36895692
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/canvey-island-murder-convicted-killer-6869935
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15458974.hammer-killer-anthony-ayres-used-50k-legal-grant-to-fund-defence-before-being-jailed-for-whole-life-tariff/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/693524/Man-murderer-life-sentence-killing-girlfriend-years-murdered-lover
http://www.blackkalendar.nl/c/13821/Anthony%20Ayres

Jimmy Hoffa pioneered labor unions back in the 1930's, but after going to meet with someone at a restaurant, he disappeared. What happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
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Music by AleXZavesa

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

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jimmy-hoffa-disappears
https://vault.fbi.gov/jimmy-hoffa/jimmy-hoffa-part-01-of-18/view
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/11/25/jimmy-hoffa-theories/8758204002/
https://www.foxla.com/news/human-remains-resurfacing-at-lake-mead-along-with-interest-in-jimmy-hoffas-1975-disappearance
https://www.grunge.com/196704/the-untold-truth-of-jimmy-hoffa/ 

We're back for more and this part two will leave you with more questions than you ever thought was possible!

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music by AleXZavesa

Sources:
1 https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/09/17/nc-fatal-vision-killer-jeffery-macdonald-drops-request-freed/8379040002/

2 https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/29/justice/mcginniss-macdonald-appeal/index.html

3 https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/07/macdonald199807

4 https://www.thejeffreymacdonaldcase.com

5 https://people.com/crime/jeffrey-macdonald-suspects-confessed-murder-green-beret-family/

6 https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/12/21/fatal-vision-doctor-denied-new-trial-in-family-triple-murder/

7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWrLpng7xsM

8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPhTVULVNM

9 https://www.grunge.com/458907/the-truth-about-jeffrey-macdonalds-relationship-with-his-wife/

Hold onto your butts. Candace takes us back to the 70's (apparently her favorite murder decade), where we are pulled in all sorts of directions. Part One will have you thinking you have all the answers, but what if that's not the whole story?

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music by AleXZavesa

Sources:
1 https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/09/17/nc-fatal-vision-killer-jeffery-macdonald-drops-request-freed/8379040002/

2 https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/29/justice/mcginniss-macdonald-appeal/index.html

3 https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1998/07/macdonald199807
4 https://www.thejeffreymacdonaldcase.com

5 https://people.com/crime/jeffrey-macdonald-suspects-confessed-murder-green-beret-family/

6 https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/12/21/fatal-vision-doctor-denied-new-trial-in-family-triple-murder/

7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWrLpng7xsM

8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPhTVULVNM

9 https://www.grunge.com/458907/the-truth-about-jeffrey-macdonalds-relationship-with-his-wife/

Ashlea Harris was a vibrant person who loved life, her family, and her friends. But her life would be cut short one very very Black Friday. 

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music by AleXZavesa 

Sources:https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/ashlea-harrishttps://www.newsweek.com/dateline-preview-story-ashlea-harris-anything-ordinary-1090860

https://casetext.com/case/mallory-v-state-2010/
https://criminaldiscoursepodcast.com/the-ashlea-harris-murder/

In Part One of this two-part episode, we were left reeling over the deaths of Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr, and the three attempted murders that never saw justice. But the story didn't end at the second murder trial, so hang onto your butts! It's about to get wild. 

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music by AleXZavesa 

Sources1 CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/cullen-davis-texas-mansion-murders-crime-scene-photos/13/

2 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-cullen-davis-case-mansion-murders-did-a-texas-millionaire-get-away-with-brutal-double-killing/

3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ntyZ3W8Vg

4 https://apnews.com/article/3dd56b38a39649d9a7c22dbdb0b7732d

5 https://www.newschannel10.com/story/10214357/son-of-priscilla-davis-found-dead/

6 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/blood-will-sell/

7 Tour the mansion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Va4fMiElII

8 https://www.wfaa.com/article/features/originals/stonegate-mansion-a-final-look-infamous-home/287-5659e860-e740-41ec-ab9f-a4ca673c561f

Stonegate Mansion was the site for one of the most notorious crimes in Texas history. Its construction took over four years but all of the glitz and glamour of this monstrous home, would forever be tainted in one night. 

Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast
Email: [email protected]
Music by AleXZavesa 

Sources1 CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/cullen-davis-texas-mansion-murders-crime-scene-photos/13/

2 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-cullen-davis-case-mansion-murders-did-a-texas-millionaire-get-away-with-brutal-double-killing/

3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ntyZ3W8Vg

4 https://apnews.com/article/3dd56b38a39649d9a7c22dbdb0b7732d

5 https://www.newschannel10.com/story/10214357/son-of-priscilla-davis-found-dead/

6 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/blood-will-sell/

7 Tour the mansion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Va4fMiElII

8 https://www.wfaa.com/article/features/originals/stonegate-mansion-a-final-look-infamous-home/287-5659e860-e740-41ec-ab9f-a4ca673c561f