The story of Otto Warmbier, an all-American boy with an adventurous spirit. A former high school standout who would decide to take a daring vacation to North Korea during his college years.

This episode begins to unravel the mystery of his New Year's Eve night in Pyongyang that would forever change the trajectory of his life.

Discover the untold truths behind his capture, the resulting international controversy, and the cruel fate Otto was ultimately destined to endure.

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Bob Motta has been practicing law for over 20 years. He graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law and became licensed in 2001. Since then, he helped found the law firm Motta & Motta where he practiced law alongside both his father and his wife.

Mr. Motta has been named a top 100 trial lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers Association and he's a long-standing and respected member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

His so-called true crime "claim-to-fame" is the fact that his father, Robert M. Motta I, was the defense attorney for the notorious serial killer, John Wayne Gacy.

Today, Bob is going to help us break down the upcoming legal case against Eleanor Hunton Hoppe.

After you listen to this episode, please go binge his podcast series Defense Diaries: Season 1, The Gacy Tapes in which he reveals mind-blowing secrets about the handling of the Gacy case by the Chicago PD...I can't tell you more, you'll have to hear it to believe it.

Listen here:
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Part 2-of-2

In a video on the official Facebook page for the USA's largest volunteer-supported child mentoring group, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Eleanor Hunton Hoppe stares down the barrel of the camera's lens and states:

"I'm Eleanor and I support Big Brothers and Big Sisters because our mentoring model works."

Eleanor was employed by the organization from December 2017 to June 2019 and once even served briefly as their interim Director of Philanthropy.

This is one detail among a cache of brand-new information we have unearthed for you in this episode.

Information that—as far as we're aware—has not yet been covered by any news media organization, outlet, blog, or website.

We're breaking this one wide open.

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During the afternoon hours of March 16, 2023, a forty-five-year-old woman named Eleanor Hoppe got into her SUV and began the one-and-a-half-hour drive from her home in Charlottesville, Virginia to a hotel located in Warrenton.

To say Eleanor was excited about this road trip would be an understatement. She had been planning it for weeks. And as her car took the on-ramp to US 29 North and the white noise of rubber on asphalt hummed away—sexual fantasies flooded Eleanor’s mind.

But these were not normal sexual fantasies.

And this was not a normal road trip.

Eleanor didn’t know it at the time, but the man she was planning to meet was not who he said he was. He didn’t have an eight-year-old daughter like he and Eleanor had discussed in their chats on an encrypted messaging app. The man was in fact an undercover FBI agent.

This is the depraved tale of Eleanor Hunton Hoppe, or as she was known online: tori4fun.

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Update:

I thought this would be a one-off episode, but tonight I’ve discovered new information and am working on a part 2 right now. Will release it as soon as it’s finished.

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"It is undoubtedly the most hideous and dastardly crime I have ever known," the medical examiner, Dr. Weisman, said, as he left the autopsy room. Sheriff Ludwick agreed. "[It’s] the worst thing that’s happened in Knox County while I’ve been here.”

Leaves crunched under his shoes and the sun’s last rays pried their way into his squinted eyes as John walked down Crescent Street. He had an errand to run. John and Albert lived on the same street—merely its name changed as you crossed Main Street.

John knocked on his neighbor’s door. He had gotten fed up with his stepdaughter’s long absences. It had been a week since he’d seen Pauline. Albert came to the door and John asked for her. “It’s time to come home, Pauline.” She was just 16 years old, but had a mind of her own, and John was growing impatient with her.

She obliged and they walked home, their backs to the setting sun. It was Halloween night and John wanted his family together.When they arrived home, around 5:30PM, John asked his daughter, Rachel, who was 11, to call his wife at work, and let her know that Pauline was back. Rachel got her on the line and Thelma asked her to keep Pauline at home until she could get there at 7:00PM. Then the kids—Rachel and her younger brother, Bernard—went out trick-or-treating, leaving Pauline and John alone.

I'm excited to share with you one of the most meticulously researched true crime podcasts I've ever heard. This is MURDER, SHE TOLD.

Show notes:
murdershetold.com/episodes/alzada-pauline-young

Another episode I think DARKSIDE fans would enjoy:
spoti.fi/43nEskw
apple.co/3ObcnbJ

New TAPES FROM THE DARKSIDE episode coming next week.
Early access for our Patreon members.
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You have heard bits and pieces of this audio already in the Jacob Jeremiah Landin season. But this is the full uncut interview. I actually recorded this as a sort of "aftershow" before the season was even completed—mainly to ask Eric about his relationship with his brother. I hope you find it interesting.

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I think this is one of the most fascinating pieces of audio you could ever hear. It's Eric's raw conversation with his mother. The first time they've ever discussed Jacob's death.

Thank you to Eric for letting me re-post this audio on my feed. Go subscribe to his show. https://www.trueconsequences.com/

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Part 4-of-4.

Rest in Power, Jacob Jeramiah Landin.

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Part 3-of-4.

According to police notes on April 14, 1987, "John" confessed to killing Jacob.

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Go check out Crimeatorium for more top-notch true crime stories.
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Part 2-of-4.

My interview with Eric Carter-Landin—Jacob's older brother.

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