Deadly True Crime

Family bonds are supposed to be unbreakable. But for some wealthy husbands, the greatest threat came not from the outside world—but from the woman sleeping beside them.

In this episode of Deadly Kin, we explore the chilling stories of deadly women who saw their rich husbands not as partners, but as paychecks waiting to be cashed in. These were women who married for money—and when they wanted more, or when their lavish lifestyles were threatened, they decided their husbands were worth more dead than alive.

We begin with the case of Marjorie Ann Orbin, a former exotic dancer who got everything she ever wanted from her wealthy husband—then shot him, dismembered his body, and disposed of him in the Arizona desert. Then we travel to New York's Upper East Side, where Roslyn Pilmar lived a charmed life with her millionaire entrepreneur husband Howard—until she was caught embezzling money. To maintain her wealthy lifestyle, she plotted to kill Howard and take over the family business.

We also examine the case of Celeste Beard Johnson, a former stripper who married a wealthy Texas businessman—and then conspired with her lover to shoot him in the stomach. And we look at Christina Button, an English rose with expensive tastes whose husband George catered to her every desire, even as her spendthrift ways plunged them into debt.

What drives these women to such extremes? Is it pure greed, a pathological need for control, or a desperate fear of losing the lifestyle they've grown accustomed to? Join us as we peel back the layers of these deadly marriages, expose the warning signs that were missed, and uncover the terrifying truth about the women who married for money—and killed to keep it.

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She wanted a baby more than anything in the world. And she was willing to destroy anyone who stood in her way.

In this bone-chilling episode of Deadly Kin, we uncover the terrifying stories of women whose desperate obsession with motherhood drove them to commit unthinkable acts of violence. These were not crimes of passion or momentary lapses in judgment—they were cold, calculated plots born from a single, all-consuming fixation: the need to have a child at any cost.

We begin with the case that shocked the nation and inspired the Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct—Taylor Parker, a 27-year-old Texas woman who faked a pregnancy for months, even wearing a prosthetic belly and throwing herself a baby shower. When her elaborate deception was about to be exposed, she stormed the home of her friend, 21-year-old Reagan Simmons-Hancock, attacked her with a hammer and knife, cut her unborn daughter from her womb, and fled with the infant. Parker was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.

But Parker was not alone. We also examine the case of Lisa Montgomery, who befriended pregnant dog breeder Bobbie Jo Stinnett online, then strangled her to death and cut the baby from her abdomen in 2004. Montgomery became the first woman executed by the federal government in nearly 70 years. We look at Korena Roberts, the Oregon woman who bludgeoned a pregnant mother to death and cut her unborn child from her womb. And we explore the story of Clarisa Figueroa, the Chicago "womb-raider" who strangled a pregnant teen and ripped her baby from her belly.

What drives a woman to such extremes? Is it a psychotic break, an overvalued desire so powerful it overrides all morality, or something even darker lurking beneath the surface? Join us as we dissect the psychology of fetal abduction—one of the rarest and most horrifying crimes in existence—and ask the haunting question: how far is too far when the craving for motherhood becomes an obsession?

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She was supposed to protect them. To nourish them. To love them unconditionally. Instead, she became their executioner.

In this haunting episode of Deadly Kin, we descend into the darkest corner of the human psyche to confront an unthinkable question: what could drive a mother to murder her own children? We explore the chilling cases of women who crossed the ultimate line—from Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who systematically drowned all five of her young children in a bathtub in 2001, to Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts nurse on trial for strangling her three children with exercise bands in 2023. We examine Susan Smith, who rolled her car into a lake with her two sons strapped inside, and Diane Downs, who shot her three children, killing one.

But what makes a mother kill? Is it postpartum psychosis—a severe mental break that distorts reality, as Clancy's defense argues? Is it paranoid schizophrenia, like Constance Fisher, who drowned three of her children, was "cured," and then drowned three more? Or is it something more calculating—a cold, deliberate act born of desperation, revenge, or a twisted desire for a new life?

We dissect the psychology of maternal filicide, explore the warning signs that were missed, and examine the devastating aftermath left in the wake of these unspeakable crimes. From the woman who microwaved her infant to the French mother who killed eight of her newborns, this episode forces us to confront the terrifying truth: sometimes, the monster is the one who tucked you in at night.

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He was a father. A husband. A son. By all appearances, a normal family man living a quiet life in the suburbs. But behind closed doors, something was rotten. And when the pressure became too much, he didn't just break—he annihilated. He murdered his entire family, one by one, in cold blood. Then, he simply walked away, leaving behind a house full of bodies and a community in shock. He ended up alone, free, and starting a new life—while his victims lay dead on the floor.

In this episode of Deadly Kin, we delve into the dark psychology of the family annihilator—the killer who turns on his own blood. We examine the case of John List, the devout accountant who shot his wife, mother, and three children in their New Jersey mansion in 1971, then vanished for nearly two decades before being caught. We explore the twisted reasoning behind his crimes: financial ruin, religious delusion, and a desperate need for control. And we ask the haunting question—how does a man who claims to love his family end up slaughtering them?

But List was not alone. We also look at other infamous cases of familicide, from Chris Watts, who murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters in Colorado, to the shocking story of Frederick "Fritz" Klenner Jr., whose deadly first-cousin romance left nine people dead. What drives these men to commit such unthinkable acts? Is it financial desperation, a pathological need for control, or something even darker lurking beneath the surface?

Join us as we peel back the layers of these monstrous crimes, examine the warning signs that were missed, and uncover the chilling truth about the men who killed their own families and walked away—alone, unrepentant, and free. This is true crime at its most disturbing. Press play—if you dare.

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