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   Number 1: Ashley and James Schwalm

   Just before dawn on January 26th, 2023, a passing volunteer firefighter spotted a car engulfed in flames at the bottom of an embankment outside Collingwood, Ontario. Inside, firefighters found a body burned beyond recognition in the passenger seat — but no driver anywhere to be found. The car belonged to Ashley Schwalm, a devoted mother of two, and her husband, fire captain James Schwalm, said she'd left home that snowy morning for an early hike while he walked the dog. On the surface, it looked like a tragic accident on an icy road, but missing skid marks, a body on the wrong side of the car, and a husband's story that didn't quite hold up soon pointed investigators somewhere much darker. What followed was a meticulous investigation into a secretly unraveling marriage, an elaborate cover-up staged by a man trained to fight fires, not set them, and the digital trail that finally exposed the truth.Support us: https://patreon.com/lovemarrykillToday’s snack: Pimento cheese sandwich and chess pieSources:Dateline, S34 E8, “Running Man.”ABC 20/20, S48 E16, “Footprints in the Snow.”Bogdan, Sawyer, and Catherine McDonald. “Ex-Ontario Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Wife’s Murder After Body Found in Flaming Car.” Global News, 20 June 2024.D'Andrea, Aaron, and Catherine McDonald. “‘Cold, Callous’: Ex-Ontario Fire Captain Who Murdered Wife Handed Life Sentence.” Global News, 10 Feb. 2025.McDonald, Catherine. “Ex-Ontario Fire Captain Who Murdered Wife ‘a Monster,’ Judge Told at Sentencing Hearing.” Global News, 25 Nov. 2024.New Jersey Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board. “NJ Domestic Violence Fatality / Near Fatality Review Board 2021 Annual Report.” State of New Jersey, 2021.Ontario Superior Court of Justice. R. v. Schwalm, 2025 ONSC 864. CanLII / minicounsel, heard by Justice Michelle Fuerst, 10 Feb. 2025.Phillips, Kim. “Dateline NBC Spotlights Murder of Collingwood’s Ashley Schwalm in Two-Hour Special.” CTV News Barrie, 14 Nov. 2025.Singh, Arvind. “Ashley Schwalm Case on Dateline - A Complete Timeline of Events.” Sportskeeda, 15 Nov. 2025.

   September 07, 2026·1h 19min
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   Number 2: Kristil and Dan Krug

   In 2023, when Kristil Krug began receiving harassing messages from an apparent stalker, her world was turned upside down. As the messages became more threatening and personal, she went to police for help, but tracking down her stalker proved challenging. On December 14 Kristil’s husband, Dan, contacted police to perform a welfare check at their home when he couldn’t reach her. Kristil’s worst fears had come true, but the person who had been terrorizing her was much closer to home than anyone realized.Today's snack: Peanut butter cookie sandwichesSupport us on PatreonSources:https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-krug-family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgV-7qRdKvA Dan’s police interviewHalvern, Judd. (2025). Inside the House: The Murder of Kristil Krug. Thomas Loyd Publishers (Kindle edition)https://www.wespoke.org/motherslost/kristil-krughttps://www.newspapers.com/image/1187577249/?match=1&terms=%22Kristil%20Krug%22&search-id=de176e1b-2e3b-4ee0-b259-964fe78b8b0a&search-rank=1https://adamsbroomfieldda.org/blog/15067/Update-Broomfield-Defendant-Sentenced-to-Life-in-Prison-Without-Parole-Following-Conviction-for-Murdering-Stalking-Wife-After-Multi-Week-Trialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQA1OCty9wg 48 Hourshttps://www.hulu.com/watch/87ffc3db-4c82-443e-92d1-112ea5281f95 20/20https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/playback/vod/GMO_00000001008027_01/ef4254f0-10fb-3a02-9fef-a4a30ac32442 Datelinehttps://www.horancares.com/obituaries/kristil-grimsrud-krughttps://www.broomfield.org/DocumentCenter/View/44083/Press-Release-December-18-2023---Promontory-Loop-Homicide-Arrest?bidId=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/281796442/kristil-krughttps://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/in-the-news/dateline-full-episode-the-phantom-rcna234785https://people.com/where-is-daniel-krug-now-11817939https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/companies-must-now-quickly-respond-stalking-warrants-oregon-new-law-ta-rcna342379\https://5280.com/why-wasnt-kristil-krugs-murderer-caught/

   August 31, 2026·1h 20min
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   Number 3: Bonus Episode: Dr. Sneha Anne Philip

   This week marks 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks struck the United States. Today, we honor the 2,977 people who lost their lives. But among the chaos of September 11, 2001, 31-year-old physician Sneha Anne Philip disappeared from Lower Manhattan. She was eventually officially recognized as one of those victims, but nearly 25 years later, no one knows for certain what actually happened to her.Today's snack: NY style pizza from Joe'sSupport us on PatreonSources:https://coffeehousewriters.com/getting-away-with-murder/https://charleyproject.org/case/sneha-ann-philiphttps://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/9-11-anniversary/still-missing-unidentified-remains-leave-lingering-void-9-11-families-n642076https://nymag.com/news/features/17336/https://abcnews.com/US/911-victim-identified-kind-genetic-genealogy-technique/story?id=135887895https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/21/911-dust-lady-marcy-borders-depression-rehab-back-from-the-brink-then-a-final-bombshell

   September 10, 2026·50min
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   Number 4: Simeonette Mapes and Jonathan Crupi

   On the afternoon of July 5th, 2012, New Springville schoolteacher Simeonette Mapes-Crupi was found stabbed to death inside her own Staten Island home, just two days before what would have been her fifth wedding anniversary. Her husband, fellow teacher Jonathan Crupi, told police he'd come home to find the house ransacked. On the surface, it looked like a burglary gone wrong, but the deeper investigators looked, the more the "robbery" theory started to fall apart. What followed was a years-long investigation full of dead ends, a scoured crime scene, and a trail of digital evidence that would eventually crack the case wide open.Today's snack: Peanut Butter Passport (thanks Carla!)Support us on PatreonSources:"NYC School Teacher Simonette Mapes-Crupi Found Brutally Stabbed To Death." CBS New York, 5 July 2012, www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-school-teacher-found-fatally-stabbed-inside-staten-island-apartment/ "Family Of Slain NYC Schoolteacher Honoring Their Daughter With Charity Work." CBS New York, 17 Sept. 2012, www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/family-of-slain-nyc-schoolteacher-honoring-their-daughter-with-charity-work/ Mehrotra, Kriti. "Where is Jonathan Crupi Now? Update on Simeonette Mapes' Husband and Killer." Moviedelic, 4 May 2025, moviedelic.com/jonathan-crupi/ New York Times. "Brooklyn Teacher Is Fatally Stabbed." The New York Times, 5 July 2012.Dateline, S33 E27, “Secrets of the Sliding Door.”Rizzi, Nicholas. "Staten Island Man Sentenced to 25 to Life for Murdering Wife." DNAinfo, 23 Sept. 2015, www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150923/new-springville/staten-island-man-sentenced-25-life-for-murdering-wife-da-says Shortland, Gail. "Cheating Husband Killed His Wife to Stop Her Finding Out About His Secret Sex Sessions with Prostitutes." Mirror, 25 Oct. 2015, www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/cheating-husband-killed-wife-stop-6692290 "Simeonette 'Sissy' Mapes Crupi (1982–2012)." Find a Grave, Memorial ID 100688377, www.findagrave.com/memorial/100688377/simeonette-crupi New York City Council. "A Local Law in Relation to the Naming of 63 Thoroughfares and Public Places." The New York City Council, Law No. 2014/034, enacted 9 July 2014, legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1819346&GUID=DC534F75-60A2-4136-AA22-4D335C4F06E3 Annese, John. "Teacher Found Brutally Slain in Her Home." Staten Island Advance, 6 July 2012, p. A10."Slain Woman’s Kin Want Justice." Staten Island Advance, 13 July 2012, p. A12.Annese, John. "Cold in Her Grave – And the Killer’s at Large." Staten Island Advance, 2 Aug. 2012, p. A7.Annese, John. "Accused Wife Killer Hears Slurs in Court." Staten Island Advance, 15 Nov. 2012, p. A3.Donnelly, Frank. "Warrants Valid in Search of Alleged Wife-Killer's Home." Staten Island Advance, 14 Apr. 2015, p. A5.Donnelly, Frank. "Crupi Gets 25 to Life in Wife's Slaying." Staten Island Advance, 24 Sept. 2015, p. A14.Staten Island Advance. "Family of Simeonette Mapes React after Jonathan Crupi Found Guilty." YouTube, July 2015.

   August 24, 2026·1h 9min
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   Number 5: Betty and Dan Broderick - Part 1 of 3

   Betty and Dan Broderick were a golden couple in San Diego, CA. He, a powerful attorney; she, a devoted, fun-loving wife and mother of four. But when Dan turned 40 he became a cliche. He bought a Corvette, fell for his much younger legal assistant, and left Betty after 16 years of marriage. Their bitter six-year divorce became the most contentious in San Diego County history, a battle over money, custody, and control. On November 5, 1989, it ended in shocking violence when Betty walked into the couple’s home and killed Dan and his new wife, Linda, as they slept, turning a local divorce drama into one of the most infamous true crime cases of the century.Listen to all three parts ad-free on PatreonToday's snack: Twix bitesSources:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5565-Coral-Reef-Ave-La-Jolla-CA-92037/16857585_zpid/ Betty and Dan’s househttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl2gx4wafQs Dan’s home in Balboa ParkBroderick, Betty. Betty Broderick: Telling on myself (2015). Taylor Street Books. Kindle Edition. Stumbo, Bella. Until the Twelfth of Never: Should Betty Broderick Ever Be Free? (2013). Taylor Street Books. Kindle Edition. https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B01DEDKKXQ&ref_=dbs_t_r_khbodl Kim’s bookhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIfhxx0S-™ Betty’s testimonyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hln563ksU00https://www.latimes.com/la-me-broderick3jun0390-story.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/405751893/?match=1&terms=Dan%20Broderickhttps://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/bradley-wright-betty-brodericks-ex-boyfriend-todayhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9014551/Betty-Broderick-begged-ex-boyfriend-send-money-prison.htmlhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/405754893/?terms=%22betty%20Broderick%22https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a32654700/betty-broderick-children-today/https://lamag.com/crimeinla/one-angry-betty1https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1994/10/26/641316.html?pageNumber=27

   August 25, 2025·1h 3min
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