Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide

Stein-Erik Soelberg had been struggling for years before he started relying heavily on a personalized ChatGPT chatbot he called “Bobby.”

But instead of consistently challenging his increasingly paranoid beliefs, some of their conversations went in the opposite direction. Bobby told him he was being watched, interpreted ordinary packages as possible assassination attempts, and eventually suggested that his own mother could be involved in surveillance or poisoning him.

Then Suzanne Adams was found dead inside her Connecticut home.

Now her family is asking a much bigger question: when someone can no longer reliably separate reality from delusion, what responsibility does an AI company have for the way its chatbot responds?

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Gloria Jean Leathers had gone to a police station to make a complaint against her partner, Wanda Jean Allen.

Wanda followed her there.

Minutes later, officers inside the station heard a gunshot.

But what began as a murder case would eventually become something much bigger ... a fight over the death penalty, Wanda’s brain damage and intellectual limitations, an inexperienced attorney, and whether the jury ever heard enough about the woman they were deciding should live or die.

Then, years later, someone unexpected joined the fight to save Wanda’s life:

Gloria’s mother.

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A relationship dispute in Leesburg, Florida ended with a broken window, damaged property, conflicting accusations, and felony charges.

When deputies arrived, both sides claimed they were the victim. One said she had been attacked inside a home where she believed she still lived. The other said she broke in, destroyed property, and assaulted him.

This episode breaks down the investigation, the witness statements, the physical evidence, and why deputies ultimately decided to make an arrest.

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Ashley Bocanegra thought she was going to meet a man she had been secretly seeing.

Instead, two women were waiting for her.

What started in the parking lot of a Georgia apartment complex was initially described to police as a mutual fight over a man. But hours later, Ashley was dead, and investigators began finding text messages and a cellphone video that told a very different story.

The question quickly became not only what happened to Ashley, but how much of it had been planned before she ever arrived. 

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A woman in Dothan, Alabama, tells her partner to leave after an argument.

Before handing over his belongings, she makes one decision that would soon become incredibly important.

Minutes later, Brantley Lloyd Tolleson allegedly forces his way back inside while she’s on the phone with 911.

Then he points a gun directly at her and pulls the trigger.

What happened next left investigators praising the woman’s quick thinking, and raised a much bigger legal question about intent when the weapon never actually fires.

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Jaie Benson thought she had opened her home to a missionary named Camille.

Then she found a passport hidden in the guest room. The face belonged to the woman sleeping under her roof.

The name did not.

One Google search later, Jaie was reading about dead husbands, a dead friend, an unsolved murder, and decades of rumors surrounding the woman she had just invited into her life.

And suddenly, the question wasn’t just who is this woman?

It was how many times had Sandra Camille Bridewell reinvented herself before someone finally stopped her?

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A historical true crime case tied to love and murder.

In this episode, Ky welcomes the hosts of Family Plot Podcast: Dean, Laura, and Arthur to tell you the case of Cordelia Botkin.

Cordelia Botkin thought she had found love with married journalist J.P. Dunning.

Then he left San Francisco.

Months later, more than 2,500 miles away in Delaware, J.P.’s wife received an unexpected package of chocolates with a handwritten note signed only, “Mrs. C.”

What happened after that package was opened would connect a broken affair in California to two deaths on the opposite side of the country and create one of the strangest murder cases of the 1890s.

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When three roommates were found murdered inside a Virginia rental home, investigators quickly noticed that the newest tenant had vanished.

What followed was a multistate manhunt, a high-speed chase, and evidence that would connect Alyssa Venable to the murders of Robert McGuire, Gregory Powell, and Carol Reese.

This episode traces how a quiet shared home became the scene of a triple homicide, and the clues Alyssa allegedly left behind before disappearing.

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Fairy Tales Day Nursery looked like the kind of place parents were supposed to trust.

It had positive ratings, an award, and staff who were supposed to know how to care for very young children.

Then 14-month-old Noah Sibanda was put down for a nap.

Hours later, his parents were at the hospital being told their little boy was gone.

What investigators found on the nursery’s CCTV would raise questions far beyond one employee, and expose what prosecutors described as a dangerous culture inside a place meant to keep children safe.

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Six children between the ages of 1 and 15 were removed from a home in Wake County, North Carolina. Once they were finally out of the house, authorities began learning what they had allegedly been living through.

The investigation into Lacy Douglas Hocutt Jr. and Rachelleigh Marie Galasso would uncover allegations of severe child abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and years of isolation from the outside world. But beyond the criminal charges is an even bigger question: how can six children disappear from schools, doctors, and seemingly everyone else’s radar without ever actually being reported missing?

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