Morticians. The gatekeepers to the ever-after. The ones who comfort our families, help plan our funerals, and spruce us up to face the world one last time. The vast majority of them are kind professionals who took up this tough line of work because they want to be there for people in their darkest hours. A small handful probably got into it because they enjoy the spooky atmosphere. Still harmless. But a tiny number of morticians have taken it upon themselves to create their own business rather than waiting for nature to take its course. Join Katie and Whitney for a grab-bag of three wild stories.

Sources:

Book: Love Her to Death by M. William Phelps
Oxygen's "Snapped," Episode "Rose Vincent and Mark Bowling"
Investigation Discovery's "The Perfect Murder," Episode "Silent Killer"
http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2012/08/robert-girts-four-marriages-pair-of.html
https://fox8.com/2015/12/18/former-parma-funeral-director-admits-to-poisoning-wife-will-be-released/

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Join us for part 2 of "Bad Romance: Three Cases of Love Gone Wrong." We continue the story of David Meza and Jay Merendino, and move on to the truly bizarre story of Sheila Davalloo, a woman who makes Glenn Close's Alex from "Fatal Attraction" look stable and relaxed.

Sources:

Books: Obsession by M. William Phelps
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-doctor-ana-maria-gonzalez-angulo-gets-10-years-poisoning-n214221
Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Ana-Maria Gonzales-Angulo"
https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/12/20/gay-porn-model-convicted-of-murder-and-conspiracy-with-pregnant-girlfriend-in-killing-of-wealthy-businessman/
https://www.courthousenews.com/personal-lives-display-love-gone-bad-murder-trial/
CNBC's "Deadly Rich," episode "The Boy Toy Killer"
Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Sheila Davalloo"

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Love is grand, or so they say. When it works out, it can be one of the greatest things in the human experience. Unfortunately, a lot of the time it doesn't work out. Sometimes it fails to work out in truly spectacular fashion. Join Katie and Whitney for three true stories of love gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Case 1, "The Doctor," involves a level of deviousness we rarely see in would-be killers. This is a scary story of near-fatal attraction--and perhaps a bit of a cautionary tale about infidelity.

Case 2, "The Con Man," is a nightmarish story of large-scale manipulation and personal betrayal on a truly breathtaking scale.

Case 3, "The Schemer," is a story about obsession in its purest and most dangerous form.

We hope you enjoy this first "grab-bag" episode!

Sources:

Books: Obsession by M. William Phelps
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-doctor-ana-maria-gonzalez-angulo-gets-10-years-poisoning-n214221
Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Ana-Maria Gonzales-Angulo"
https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/12/20/gay-porn-model-convicted-of-murder-and-conspiracy-with-pregnant-girlfriend-in-killing-of-wealthy-businessman/
https://www.courthousenews.com/personal-lives-display-love-gone-bad-murder-trial/
CNBC's "Deadly Rich," episode "The Boy Toy Killer"
Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Sheila Davalloo"

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Join Katie and Whitney for the conclusion of the twisting tale of Dr. Martin MacNeill.

See description of Part 1 for list of sources.

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The MacNeill family was, to all appearances, perfect. There was beautiful and kindhearted mom Michelle. There were EIGHT bright and accomplished kids--some biological, some adopted. And there was the famiy patriarch, Dr. Martin MacNeill. A doctor AND a lawyer, Martin was handsome, brilliant, wealthy, and a devout Mormon--a bishop in his church.

But behind closed doors, there was a toxic mess getting more poisonous every day. Dr. MacNeill had always had a dark side, ever since he was a kid. Now that dark side was starting to eclipse all remaining light. And Dr. MacNeill's secrets were about to make themselves known in the most sinister way. Join Katie and Whitney for a twisting tale of love, lust, fraud, and premeditated murder.

Sources:

Book: The Stranger She Loved by Shanna Hogan
ABC's "20/20": The Perfect Nanny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bw41mu251M
https://www.deseret.com/2017/7/21/20616225/martin-macneill-s-prison-death-officially-ruled-a-suicide

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Join Katie and Whitney for part 2 of this bizarre story of manipulation and murder.

Sources:

Book: I'd Kill for You by M. William Phelps
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/va-court-of-appeals/1204421.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-16-na-sword16-story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/09/09/va-scientists-killer-gets-life-sentence/97617817-bcd2-43e9-a806-168d8a18173c/

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December 10, 2001. Leesburg, Virginia. Neighbors find the body of Dr. Robert Schwartz, a brilliant DNA researcher, lying in a pool of blood on his living room floor. He had been stabbed more than 25 times with a very large blade, and an X was carved into the back of his neck. Dr. Schwartz was, by all accounts, a quiet and mild-mannered scientist. Who could possibly hate him enough to do this? The investigation into this beyond-brutal murder would soon take a turn no one could have predicted. Detectives would soon find themselves delving into the lives of a group of fantasy-obsessed teenagers, the leader of which was the victim's own daughter. Join us for a wild-but-true story of vampire assassins, dragons, poison, and plotting.

Sources:

Book: I'd Kill for You by M. William Phelps
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/va-court-of-appeals/1204421.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-16-na-sword16-story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/09/09/va-scientists-killer-gets-life-sentence/97617817-bcd2-43e9-a806-168d8a18173c/

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Join Katie and Whitney for the conclusion of this bizarre story, the first in our "Just Bananas" category.

Sources:

Book: September Sacrifice by Mark Horner
Television shows: "Sins and Secrets," Episode "Albuquerque"
"Snapped," Episode "Linda Henning"
"I'd Kill for You," Episode "Killer Alien"
"American Justice," Episode "Traces in Blood"

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Albuquerque, New Mexico. September 11, 1999. Employees at a local bank call police in a panic. Their coworker and friend, Girly Chew Hossencofft, hasn't shown up for work that morning. Girly is in the midst of a nasty split from her abusive husband Diazien, and she recently asked her coworkers to call the police if she was even five minutes late to work. "If I don't show up," she said, "it means Diazien has done something to me." When police arrive at Girly's apartment, they find worrying signs--Girly isn't there, but her purse and keys are. And there's a big wet bleach stain on the carpet, and some blood spatter on the wall. When they try to locate her soon to be ex husband Diazien, they can't find him either.

Join Katie and Whitney for a bizarre story of manipulation and murder. This one has every element of a movie-like murder case, and a few extras you'd never expect: Fringe science, aliens, conspiracy theories, scams, and a trio of killers so dumb that we'll all run out of marshmallows roasting them.

Sources:

Book: September Sacrifice by Mark Horner
Television shows: "Sins and Secrets," Episode "Albuquerque"
"Snapped," Episode "Linda Henning"
"I'd Kill for You," Episode "Killer Alien"
"American Justice," Episode "Traces in Blood"

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Join us as we conclude the story of Matt Baker, a Baptist preacher with some seriously scary inner demons.

Sources:

Book: Deadly Little Secrets by Kathryn Casey
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Killer-s-in-laws-win-custody-fight-1468405.php
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-mystery-dirty-little-secrets/
https://www.wacotrib.com/news/crime/mistress-testifies-that-matt-baker-told-her-how-he-killed/article_07715ba9-d27f-576d-a040-e92024871725.html

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