How It All Went South

In 1989, a man named Alexi Indris-Santana was accepted to the prestigious Princeton University based on not only his intellect but also his incredible back-story of being a self-educated ranch hand with a 1410 SAT score. The school was so taken with Santana, that they agreed to defer his enrollment one year so that he could care for his sick mother. 

The catch? – the man wasn’t caring for anyone; he was in prison. And his name was not Alexi Santana. It was James Arthur Hogue, a master conman who had fooled even the brightest minds at Princeton. It would be years before anyone there knew Hogue’s real identity, and his past full of lies and deception was unraveled – even then it was all by chance.

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Sean discusses the stalking case of teenager Emma Walker while Jason is all-in ending the year calling out some of the dumbest robberies.

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Sean discusses the gruesome murder of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker, who was traveling on a Greyhound bus in Canada. The murder was committed by Vince Li, a Chinese immigrant, who stabbed McLean unprovoked and then decapitated him in front of horrified passengers.

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Jason discusses murder cases that were tied to daytime television shows in the 90s and 2000s while Sean goes deep into an emerging type of addiction.

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Jason discusses the Friendly murders that took place in Palm Springs, California in 1978. The victims were Edward and Sophia Friendly, a wealthy couple with ties to prominent families, and their maid, Francis Williams. The murders were particularly gruesome, with all three victims shot in the head at close range.

The initial investigation focused on Edward Friendly's business dealings, but later shifted to Sophia's strained relationship with her children, Edward Hutton and Sophia Hutton. Sophia had amended her will to disinherit her children after they contested her control over a San Francisco townhouse. The inheritance hinged on whether Sophia or her ex-husband, Curtis Hutton, died first. Curtis was terminally ill at the time of the murders.

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Jason is fascinated by a recent tarantula smuggling incident out of Peru and Sean shares more dumb criminal stories... including the Great Cat Shaver.

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Sean discusses the case of Jennifer Wilbanks, a bride from Duluth, Georgia who went missing days before her wedding in 2004. Despite an extensive search involving local and federal law enforcement, Wilbanks was eventually found in Albuquerque, New Mexico, claiming to have been abducted and sexually assaulted. However, she later confessed to fabricating the story due to the overwhelming pressure of her impending wedding.

Sean and Jason delve into the unusual aspects of the case, including the massive search effort, the media frenzy surrounding Wilbanks' disappearance, and the subsequent backlash she faced upon her return.

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Sean looks back to the incident where Guy Fieri's Lamborghini was stolen by a teenager. Jason discusses the case of Ali Elmezayen and his nomination into the Insurance Fraud Hall of Fame.

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Jason and Sean discuss the case of Jessy Kurczewski, who was convicted of murdering her friend and caretaker, Lynn Hernan. Hernan was found dead in her home, initially thought to be a drug overdose, but toxicology reports revealed a fatal dose of tetrahydrozoline, the main ingredient in eye drops.

Kurczewski was suspected due to her suspicious behavior and criminal record, and further investigation revealed that she had been stealing from Hernan and had made inconsistent statements about Hernan's death. Even after being convicted, Kurczewski continued to try to manipulate the case by writing a letter from prison instructing a friend to forge documents and create a fake audio recording to make it seem like Hernan had committed suicide.

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How It All Went South is a twice weekly podcast series hosted by Sean Kipe and Jason Hoch.

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Sean discusses the notorious Slenderman case out of Waukesha, Wisconsin while Jason stays closer to home with the developing case of Melissa Wolfenbarger's murder.

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How It All Went South is a twice weekly podcast series hosted by Sean Kipe and Jason Hoch.

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