Once Upon a Crime

S6 Ep238: The Ties That Bind: The Crimes of Shelly Knotek - Part 1

04.11.2022 - By Esther LudlowPlay

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Shelly Knotek has been called “America’s Most Evil Mom”.  She abused, tortured, and humiliated her children and partners, but her control and abuse went beyond her own family members.  One-by-one people she took into her home as boarders also found themselves trapped and unable to escape her abuse.  

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Resources: 

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - Gregg Olsen

https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm

https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/

https://casetext.com/case/state-v-knotek

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