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Eric Richins died on a cold March night in his Utah home. Hours earlier, according to his wife Kouri, he had been sleeping peacefully. By morning, Eric was gone. What first appeared to be a sudden, tragic death soon revealed deeper fractures—financial strain, quiet resentment, and a marriage carrying more weight than anyone on the outside had realized. In the aftermath, a family was left reeling, and a community began to confront the unsettling possibility that this wasn’t a natural death at all, but the end of a far darker story.

This is The Final Chapter: The Night Eric Richins Died. As investigators pressed forward, the secrets multiplied. Hidden life‑insurance policies. Mounting financial battles. A children’s book about grief—written by the woman now accused of causing the very loss she claimed to help others navigate. And then came the discovery of her alleged lover, a relationship that added another layer to a motive already steeped in money and betrayal. This episode steps into the shadows: the marriage under pressure, the double life unfolding behind closed doors, and the devastating loss of a father, a son, a brother, and a friend.

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Key witness who allegedly provided Kouri Richins fentanyl testifies at trial, ABC4 Utah, Ava Hart, Sorina Trauntvein, and Ryan Bittan, 2/26/2026.

Kouri Richins’ defense rests its case, Park Record, Toria Barnhart, 3/12/2026.

Prosecution says it’s close to resting case in Kouri Richins murder trial, KPCW, Connor Thomas, 3/5/2026.

Richins trial: Eric Richins’ business partner, private investigator testify in Park City murder trial, KSL.com, Emily Ashcraft, 4/9/2026.

State v. Richins, Utah Supreme Court, 4/2025.

Testimony concludes in Kouri Richins murder trial as defense opts not to call witnesses, KSL.com, Emily Ashcraft, 3/12/2026.

Who’s who in the Kouri Richins murder case? ABC4 Utah, Sorina Trauntvein and Ava Hart, 3/3/2026.

Witnesses testify about obtaining drugs for Kouri Richins, KSL.com, Emily Ashcraft, 2/27/2026.

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Jill and Dick are traveling this week, so please enjoy this members only episode from last spring until we return with a new episode next week!

On a quiet Saturday afternoon in May of 1967, 34‑year‑old Mary Faye Hunter strolled through downtown Decatur, Alabama. She had her hair done. She stopped by the grocery store. Then she started the short walk home to her parents’ house. But she never made it. Within hours, her family knew something was wrong. Mary Faye was dependable. She didn’t disappear without a reason. But days passed. Then weeks. Then months. And five months later, her remains were found in the backwaters of the Tennessee River.

Join us for The Day Mary Faye Disappeared. For decades, Mary Faye Hunter became a name frozen in time—a photo, a headline, a cold case whispered about but never resolved. Today, let’s talk about what we know, what we think we know, and what we may never know. The routines she kept. The people she trusted. And the unanswered questions that still haunt her family and her hometown. This is the story of a life interrupted, a mystery buried by time, and questions that never go away.

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52 years later, family of murdered Decatur woman still searching for answers, WHNT News 19 Huntsville/Decatur, 10/8/2019.

What Happened to Mary Faye Hunter? by Golson, Brad & Yarbrough, Glenda.

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Dick and Jill talk about The Perfect Neighbor, a documentary about a white Florida woman who shot and killed her neighbor, a black mother of four, in 2023. The documentary is original and disturbing as it was made using two years worth of pieced together police body camera footage. The story shows how Florida’s stand your ground law led at least one woman to feel entitled to kill an unarmed mom through a locked door.

Judith Ann Neelley’s story is one of the darkest chapters in Southern criminal history. In 1982, at just eighteen, she and her husband Alvin carried out a series of kidnappings and assaults that escalated into the murder of Lisa Ann Millican—crimes so brutal investigators struggled to understand the violence behind them.

Join us for The Neelley Investigation. This episode traces Judith Neelley’s path to evil: her troubled early life, her volatile relationship with Alvin, the abduction that shocked everyone, and the investigation that finally exposed the couple’s crimes. We’ll look at the trial, the legal battles that followed, and how someone so young became central to a case that still unsettles those who study it.

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Early Graves by Thomas H. Cook

Nightrider and Lady Sundown: The Bonnie and Clyde of Georgia by Katherine Ramsland, https://web.archive.org/web/20090602035208/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/women/neelley/5.html, retrieved 9/2/2026.

Wicked Attraction: Investigation Discovery, 2/22/2011, retrieved 9/2/2026.

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Michael Cochran’s murder shocked a quiet West Virginia community and exposed a web of deception that had been building for years. What looked like a medical emergency quickly led to a criminal investigation uncovering fraud, manipulation, and a deadly plan carried out by the one he trusted most.

Join us for The Ponzi Widow. We are following the evidence—from forged prescriptions to financial schemes to murder—to reveal how the truth finally emerged. Through case files and media reports, we are examining the choices that led to Michael’s death and the fight for justice that followed.

Sources

The Devil’s in the Details, Dateline NBC, 4/25/2025.

Natalie Cochran Case: Insulin Murder and $2.5M Fraud Scheme.” DocumentaryTube, 8/10/2026.

Raleigh County Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of West Virginia, U.S. Department of Justice, 9/21/2020.

Raleigh County Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of West Virginia, U.S. Department of Justice, 3/18/2021.

Wikipedia Contributors. “Natalie Cochran.” Wikipedia, 2026.

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There are some crimes that are just impossible to understand, not because the facts are unclear but because the darkness seems so out of place.

One December morning in 1991, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, eighteen-year-old Laurie Show never arrived at school. By the end of the day, a community that believed it knew its neighbors would be confronted with a crime so shocking, so deeply personal, that its effects have echoed for decades.

Let’s pour ourselves something dark and contemplative. You’ve entered True Crime Brewery and this is Cold Truth: The Murder of Laurie Show. What happened is not the story of a stranger lurking in the night. It is a story of jealousy, obsession, and a deadly chain of choices made by people who knew one another well. So tonight, as we settle in with a pint and pull back the curtain on one of Pennsylvania’s most haunting murder cases, we’ll explore the life of Laurie Show, the investigation that unraveled the truth, and the chilling question that lingers long after the verdicts were delivered: How does an ordinary young life become the center of such an extraordinary act of violence?

Sources

Overkill by Lyn Riddle

A Teenage Murder Mystery, American Justice, E109, 2016. Retrieved 8/3/2026.

Timeline: The murder of Laurie Show, trials and appeals of co-conspirators Lisa Michelle Lambert, Tabitha Buck, and Lawrence Yunkin, Fox43, Keith Schweigert, 12/4/2019. Retrieved 8/1/2026. 

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Deep in the wilderness of Oregon, a crime story unfolded that would blur the line between victim and villain. A mother, a wife, and a woman with secrets, Liysa Northon claimed self-defense after she killed her husband Christopher. But the truth was far more tangled than anyone could imagine.

This is Truth, Lies, and Liysa—where every answer leads to another question. Was this killing a desperate act of survival or was it a calculated plan? Today we peel back the layers of lies, uncover her hidden motives, and explore this chilling case to determine if Liysa was a monster or just married to one.

Sources

Heart Full of Lies by Ann Rule

Liysa Northon, featured in Ann Rule’s ‘Heart Full of Lies,’ to get out of prison Tuesday,

The Oregonian. 10/8/2012. Woman who killed Hawaiian Airlines pilot leaving Oregon prison, Star Advertiser, 10/09/2012.

From the outside, James and Angela Craig appeared to have built a successful life together. He was a respected dentist, she was a devoted mother, and their family seemed to embody the picture of stability. But when Angela suddenly became seriously ill in the spring of 2023, a tragedy began to unfold that would shock their community and eventually make national headlines.

Join us for The Dentist, The Wife, and the Murder. In this episode, we examine the case that transformed a loving husband into a murder suspect and ultimately placed him at the center of one of Colorado’s most closely watched trials. As investigators followed the evidence, they uncovered a story of secrets, suspicion, and shocking betrayal.

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Arapahoe County District Court Case File, People v. James Craig.

Aurora Police Department Arrest Affidavit / Probable Cause Affidavit, 3/20/2023.

Colorado Court Trial Transcripts and Exhibits

Colorado Dentist Found Guilty of Fatally Poisoning Wife, ABC News, Meredith Deliso, 7/30/2025.

How a Suspicious Package Delivered to a Colorado Dentist’s Office Sparked a Murder Investigation, CBS News, 48 Hours, Sarah Prior, 8/17/2025.

Inside the Final Days of Mother Angela Craig Who Was Allegedly Poisoned by Her Husband, CNN, 7/2025.

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Caroline Byrne was off to a good start in her life. She was a college graduate, she did some modeling, and she taught at a modeling school. Caroline had a large circle of friends and a handsome, athletic boyfriend. But Caroline was not happy. She was depressed.  In fact, she had previously been hospitalized for a drug overdose. Caroline was scheduled to be seen by a psychiatrist, but she wouldn’t keep that appointment.

Join us at the quiet end for Into the Gap. A contributor to Caroline’s depressed state of mind was her boyfriend, Gordon Wood. Caroline’s relationship with Wood was sometimes loving but oftentimes abusive. Caroline was ready to break things off with him when she suffered a fatal fall. But did she fall, or was she pushed to her death by the man who claimed to love her?

Sources:

The Killing of Caroline Byrne: A Journey to Justice by Robert Wainright

Wood v R |2012| New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal 21

Lexington County, South Carolina in the 1980s was a place where doors were left unlocked, neighbors knew one another, and high school graduation marked the beginning of summer and endless possibilities.

For eighteen-year-old Shari Smith, the future was wide open. Talented, outgoing, and days away from celebrating graduation, she was making plans for college, family vacations, and everything that comes with starting a new chapter.

Then she vanished.

Join us for When a Stranger Called. What happened to Shari would shatter a community and launch one of the most chilling criminal investigations in South Carolina history. Mysterious phone calls, a killer who seemed to relish control, and a family forced into an unimaginable nightmare.

But the terror didn’t end with Shari. Just weeks later, a young girl named Debra May Helmick disappeared. As investigators searched for answers, one haunting question emerged: Were these tragedies connected—and could the person responsible strike again?

In this episode, we unravel the story of two young women whose lives were stolen, the fear that gripped an entire state, and the hunt for a predator who hid in plain sight. This is the story of Shari Smith and Debra May Helmick. And this is a case South Carolina has never forgotten.

Sources

On the Case with Paula Zahn, S7, E10: One Month of Terror, HBO Max, 2/24/2013.

Shari Smith Death by Force, Murder or Homicide Case, Crime Solvers Central, 6/11/2026.

State v. Bell, 293 S.C. 391, 360 S.E.2d 706, South Carolina Supreme Court, South Carolina Supreme Court, 8/24/1987.

Suspected Serial Killer Executed Nearly 30 Years Ago Connected to Charlotte Cold Case, WCCB Charlotte, Jeff Monheit, 2/24/2025.

When a Killer Calls by John Douglas & Mark Olshaker

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