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The Smell That Hid a Family for Weeks
Federal agents arrived at a quiet Florida rental for a welfare check, and the smell told them something was wrong before they reached the door. Inside, a mother and three children had been dead for weeks — while the husband and father who shared that house left them there through Christmas and New Year's. How does an entire family vanish in plain sight?
In this episode, we analyze the killings of Megan Tote and her three children in Celebration, Florida. We examine the financial collapse closing in on the family, the welfare check that never went inside, the confession that was later excluded, and the story Anthony Tote changed before trial. How long can a family stay undiscovered while the world keeps treating the house as occupied by the living?
Victims: Megan Tote (42), Alexander (13), Tyler (11), and Zoe (4)
Date: December 2019 (found January 13, 2020)
Location: Celebration, Florida
Perpetrator: Anthony John Tote (husband and father)
Outcome: Convicted; four consecutive life sentences
- On January 13, 2020, federal agents on a welfare check found Megan Tote and her three children dead in their Celebration, Florida home, deceased for weeks.
- Her husband Anthony Tote was present at the house and had left the bodies undiscovered through Christmas and New Year's.
- The family faced a federal healthcare-fraud investigation, mounting debt, and an eviction notice served on December 26, 2019.
- Anthony first confessed to the killings, then changed his account to claim Megan had killed the children and then herself.
- A jury convicted him on all four counts of murder, and he received four consecutive life sentences without parole, plus a year for the family dog.
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OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
Federal agents arrived at a quiet Florida rental for a welfare check, and the smell told them something was wrong before they reached the door. Inside, a mother and three children had been dead for weeks — while the husband and father who shared that house left them there through Christmas and New Year's. How does an entire family vanish in plain sight?
In this episode, we analyze the killings of Megan Tote and her three children in Celebration, Florida. We examine the financial collapse closing in on the family, the welfare check that never went inside, the confession that was later excluded, and the story Anthony Tote changed before trial. How long can a family stay undiscovered while the world keeps treating the house as occupied by the living?
Victims: Megan Tote (42), Alexander (13), Tyler (11), and Zoe (4)
Date: December 2019 (found January 13, 2020)
Location: Celebration, Florida
Perpetrator: Anthony John Tote (husband and father)
Outcome: Convicted; four consecutive life sentences
- On January 13, 2020, federal agents on a welfare check found Megan Tote and her three children dead in their Celebration, Florida home, deceased for weeks.
- Her husband Anthony Tote was present at the house and had left the bodies undiscovered through Christmas and New Year's.
- The family faced a federal healthcare-fraud investigation, mounting debt, and an eviction notice served on December 26, 2019.
- Anthony first confessed to the killings, then changed his account to claim Megan had killed the children and then herself.
- A jury convicted him on all four counts of murder, and he received four consecutive life sentences without parole, plus a year for the family dog.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
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Federal agents arrived at a quiet Florida rental for a welfare check, and the smell told them something was wrong before they reached the door. Inside, a mother and three children had been dead for weeks — while the husband and father who shared that house left them there through Christmas and New Year's. How does an entire family vanish in plain sight?
In this episode, we analyze the killings of Megan Tote and her three children in Celebration, Florida. We examine the financial collapse closing in on the family, the welfare check that never went inside, the confession that was later excluded, and the story Anthony Tote changed before trial. How long can a family stay undiscovered while the world keeps treating the house as occupied by the living?
Victims: Megan Tote (42), Alexander (13), Tyler (11), and Zoe (4)
Date: December 2019 (found January 13, 2020)
Location: Celebration, Florida
Perpetrator: Anthony John Tote (husband and father)
Outcome: Convicted; four consecutive life sentences
- On January 13, 2020, federal agents on a welfare check found Megan Tote and her three children dead in their Celebration, Florida home, deceased for weeks.
- Her husband Anthony Tote was present at the house and had left the bodies undiscovered through Christmas and New Year's.
- The family faced a federal healthcare-fraud investigation, mounting debt, and an eviction notice served on December 26, 2019.
- Anthony first confessed to the killings, then changed his account to claim Megan had killed the children and then herself.
- A jury convicted him on all four counts of murder, and he received four consecutive life sentences without parole, plus a year for the family dog.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
Federal agents arrived at a quiet Florida rental for a welfare check, and the smell told them something was wrong before they reached the door. Inside, a mother and three children had been dead for weeks — while the husband and father who shared that house left them there through Christmas and New Year's. How does an entire family vanish in plain sight?
In this episode, we analyze the killings of Megan Tote and her three children in Celebration, Florida. We examine the financial collapse closing in on the family, the welfare check that never went inside, the confession that was later excluded, and the story Anthony Tote changed before trial. How long can a family stay undiscovered while the world keeps treating the house as occupied by the living?
Victims: Megan Tote (42), Alexander (13), Tyler (11), and Zoe (4)
Date: December 2019 (found January 13, 2020)
Location: Celebration, Florida
Perpetrator: Anthony John Tote (husband and father)
Outcome: Convicted; four consecutive life sentences
- On January 13, 2020, federal agents on a welfare check found Megan Tote and her three children dead in their Celebration, Florida home, deceased for weeks.
- Her husband Anthony Tote was present at the house and had left the bodies undiscovered through Christmas and New Year's.
- The family faced a federal healthcare-fraud investigation, mounting debt, and an eviction notice served on December 26, 2019.
- Anthony first confessed to the killings, then changed his account to claim Megan had killed the children and then herself.
- A jury convicted him on all four counts of murder, and he received four consecutive life sentences without parole, plus a year for the family dog.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie