Hey y’all—what a year it’s been.

In this special year-end wrap-up episode of Crime Estate, we’re looking back at the biggest cases, conversations, and controversies we covered in 2025. We’re reading and responding to some of the best listener mail and comments you sent our way, breaking down the most listened-to and most watched episodes of the year, and talking about YOUR favorite stories.

Plus, we share a few important updates on cases we’ve followed all year—because in true Crime Estate fashion, the story never really ends.

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Was the Weigh Down Workshop and Gwen Shamblin Lara’s Remnant Fellowship Church a church...or a high-control cult? And did the organization help cover up a murder connected to two of its followers? Join us as we discuss the controversial life, influence, and legacy of Gwen Shamblin Lara, the incredible property she called home, and explore allegations of crimes associated with the Remnant Fellowship Church. Listen and weigh in with your vote: church or cult?The Real Estate: 902 Franklin Pike | Brentwood, TN | Ashlawn

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Show Notes & Sources:

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/gwen-shamblins-will-potentially-worth-millions-leaves-nothing-to-her-remnant-fellowship-church

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Shamblin_Lara

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5218395/gwen-shamblin-lara-luxury-lifestyle-before-jet-crash/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17191330

https://www.gwenshamblinlara.com/about/

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/this-is-what-we-are-going-to-take-you-out-with-gwen-shamblins-son-describes-threat-with-snipers-bullet

https://www.historythroughhomes.com/post/ashlawn

https://citylifestyle.com/articles/from-ashes-to-amazing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_diet_programs

https://www.firstplaceforhealth.com/our-story/

https://williamsonsource.com/top-25-most-expensive-property-transfers-in-williamson-county-for-jan-24-28-2022/

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/sbc-life-articles/the-weigh-down-heresy/

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/take-the-damn-filter-off-former-remnant-leader-says-church-needs-to-admit-role-in-childs-death

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/religious-discrimination-lawsuit-filed-against-weigh-down-founder-shamblin/

https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/ga-parents-convicted-of-killing-8-year-old-said-to-have-been-beaten-locked-in-box/

https://www.scribd.com/document/448514108/Gwen-Shamblin-Final-Decree-of-Divorce

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/us/nashville-tennessee-plane-crash-ntsb-report

When 44-year-old Collin Small vanished from his Bronx apartment, police followed a trail that led to a shocking discovery and a familiar face. His longtime friend, Sheldon Johnson Jr., once celebrated as a reformed Harlem activist, now stood accused of his brutal murder.

Crime Estate unpacks how a bond forged in childhood ended inside a Bronx apartment.

Bootlegger. Lawyer. Killer.

During Prohibition, George Remus — a lawyer, pharmacist, and self-made millionaire — discovered a loophole in the Volstead Act that made him one of America’s richest bootleggers.

With his bourbon fortune, he built a 35-room Cincinnati mansion where the parties were legendary, the liquor flowed freely, and the secrets ran deep. But behind the glamour and jazz-age extravagance lay betrayal, obsession, and murder.

In this episode of Crime Estate, Heather, Elena, and Melanie uncover how one man used his law degree, ambition, and greed to build an empire on bourbon — and how it all came crashing down.

The Real Estate: 825 Hermosa Avenue | Cincinnati, Ohio

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On a quiet street in Brentwood, California, nestled among palm trees and million-dollar homes, sits a nondescript townhouse that became ground zero for one of the most infamous crimes in American history.

In June of 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found brutally murdered just outside her front door — a crime that sparked a media frenzy, divided the country, and changed the way we talk about fame, race, and justice.

At the center of it all was her ex-husband — football legend, actor, and celebrity icon O.J. Simpson. Acquitted in criminal court, found liable in civil court, and forever tied to the shadow of what happened that night.

But what happened after the trial — to the crime scene, to O.J.’s lavish Brentwood mansion, and to the people left in the wake? Today, we're not just revisiting the murder — we’re tracing the strange real estate trail left behind, and how even bricks and addresses couldn’t escape the gravity of the case. Listen as we discuss the stories behind the crime, and the places they left behind.

The Real Estate: 875 S. Bundy Drive (Nicole) & 360 N. Rockingham Ave. (OJ)

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Show Notes & Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/11/court.archive.simpson14/index.html

https://www.biography.com/crime/a433800160/oj-simpson-trial-timeline

https://www.ocregister.com/2014/06/17/lingering-questions-from-the-oj-simpson-chase/

https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-0507-murder-homes-20160507-story.html

https://www.eonline.com/news/748062/o-j-simpson-s-private-goodbye-a-buried-knife-and-more-secrets-spilled-from-the-ghost-of-360-north-rockingham

https://www.today.com/popculture/oj-simpson-nicole-brown-timeline-rcna154278

https://www.tuko.co.ke/407511-aaren-simpson-the-tragic-death-oj-simpsons-daughter.html

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/where-o-j-simpsons-5-231225299.html

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/11061798/who-oj-simpson-ex-wife-marguerite-whitley/

https://www.etonline.com/oj-simpson-what-to-know-about-his-newly-updated-will-223455

https://www.compass.com/app/listing/879-south-bundy-drive-los-angeles-ca-90049/24943177030974753

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/oj-simpson-estate-victims-explainer-1.7171644

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/us/howard-weitzman-dead.html

http://simpson.walraven.org/suicide.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13297969/OJs-simpson-white-Bronco-car-chase.html

https://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson/jurypage.html

https://www.tumblr.com/sogivemecoffeeandtvhistory/140304032420/jurytour

https://www.deseret.com/1995/2/13/19159050/jurors-tour-o-j-estate-nicole-s-empty-condo/

On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered outside Nicole’s home. What happened that night not only shook Los Angeles, it changed true crime history forever.

The Hart family looked perfect online — smiling kids, happy moms, a life worth sharing. But the truth behind those viral photos was far darker. This episode unravels how years of hidden abuse ended in tragedy on a California cliffside. Listener discretion: contains sensitive accounts of child abuse.

The Real Estate: 2501 NW 389th Street | Woodland, WA

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Show Notes & Sources:

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/hart-family-jennifer-hart-sarah-hart-devonte-hart-suv-crash

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_family_murders

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/erry-2018/09/457f99a9ef7947/inside-the-hart-family-home-po.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/erry-2018/09/457f99a9ef7947/inside-the-hart-family-home-po.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/erry-2018/09/457f99a9ef7947/inside-the-hart-family-home-po.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_family_murders

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/story-of-harts-foster-child-is-one-of-heartbreak-though-not-the-way-some-might-expect/

https://www.nwpb.org/2019/04/04/new-details-emerge-with-inquest-of-washington-family-killed-in-crash-off-california-cliff/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/06/us/hart-family-crash-inquest-searches

https://people.com/hart-family-murders-inside-shocking-case-8610367

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/hart-family-jennifer-hart-sarah-hart-devonte-hart-suv-crash

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/us/hart-family-crash.html#

In this episode of Crime Estate, we dive into the opulent and scandal-laced life of Candace Mossler and the shocking 1964 murder of her millionaire husband, Jacques Mossler—a sharp-suited financier with deep pockets and an even deeper Rolodex. From high society soirées in Houston's River Oaks to a tangled web of jealousy, money, and betrayal, this is the true crime tale of how power and property can collide with deadly consequences.

Address: Originally 3699 Willowick, now 3711 Willowick Houston, TX

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https://www.compass.com/app/listing/3711-willowick-road-houston-tx-77019/24237383696382593

latimes.com+6chron.com+6crimelibrary.org+6

law.jrank.org

en.m.wikipedia.org+3en.wikipedia.org+3latimes.com+3

#houstontruecrime

#miamitruecrime

#candymossler

When a mother is found dead and her daughter is the prime suspect, the home they shared becomes more than a property—it becomes evidence.

🎙️ The Butternut Betrayal Now playing on Crime Estate.

Address: 33 Del Rio Drive | Brighton, NY

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Show Notes & Sources:

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/07/08/daughter-s-acquittal-sparks-anger/

https://www.courant.com/1997/11/11/karin-aparo-conspiracy-case-timeline/

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc916471/m1/1/

https://www.compass.com/app/listing/3-butternut-drive-unit-3-glastonbury-ct-06033/1536140814987916001

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3-Butternut-Dr_Glastonbury_CT_06033_M35096-03301

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In 1982, Cathy Krauseneck was found murdered in her Brighton, New York home—an axe embedded in her skull, her young daughter left unharmed in another room. For nearly four decades, the case went cold, the picturesque suburban house holding onto its secret.

In this episode of Crime Estate, we unpack the chilling details of the Krauseneck murder: the eerie crime scene, the long-standing suspicions around Jim Krauseneck, and the forensic breakthroughs that eventually led to a trial 40 years later. But what happens to a home that holds such a violent past? And how does a crime like this affect the legacy—and market value—of the place where it all happened?

Join us as we explore how one family’s tragedy haunted not just the people involved, but the very walls of 33 Del Rio Drive.

Address: 33 Del Rio Drive | Brighton, NY

Show Notes & Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brighton-ax-murder-timeline-cathy-krauseneck-jim-krauseneck/

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2023/05/05/james-krauseneck-convicted-of-brighton-ax-murder-dies-in-prison/70093398007/

https://www.redfin.com/NY/Rochester/33-Del-Rio-Dr-14618/home/79268584