In geometry, the triangle is the strongest shape there is—any weight you put on one gets shared out equally among the three sides. A perfect 3-way harmony. But in romance, for most of us anyway, three’s a crowd. Resentments start to smolder. Secrets start to slip. Things can get dangerous. Especially when everyone involved is living a double life they want desperately to protect. Join us for a true crime story where nobody is exactly who they seem to be.

Sources:
Court papers: https://casetext.com/case/state-v-reaves-41
ShadowProof, Pam Spaulding: https://shadowproof.com/2009/10/04/durham-jealous-antigay-pastors-closet-door-kicked-open-during-murder-trial/
WRAL coverage: https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6106346/
TV One's "Fatal Attraction," episode "A Lethal Love Affair"
Investigation Discovery's "Where Murder Lies," episode "Obstacle to Affection"

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To paraphrase the great American hero George Costanza, “You’ve been living a lie? I’m living, like, 20.” If you’re up to no good in one way or another, there are a lot of ways you can get found out. You might get ratted out, you might unknowingly leave behind evidence of your bad deeds, or you might just get flat-out caught in the act. And if you’ve built multiple lives, multiple relationships, all on their own structures of falsehood, the chances of each of those goes up dramatically. You can only juggle so many chainsaws before one cuts off your damn hand. Join us for a true crime story about a man who built too many counterfeit lives--a man whose lies ensnared not only him, but the women who loved him.

Note: Katie had a bad cold this week, so Whitney had to do more talking than usual in this episode.

Sources:
Investigation Discovery's "Desperate Measures," episode “Blood in Barstow”
CBS' "48 Hours Mystery," episode “Body of Lies”
https://www.bakersfield.com/news/inmate-sentenced-to-16-more-years-for-soliciting-murders/article_dcb56b98-aa4b-5e82-bcf1-c6c3cbe044c2.html
https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/crime/2009/10/09/accused-killer-leads-police-to/37058923007/

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Some of the scariest people we’ve covered on this show were cursed with a grandiose sense of entitlement—the sense that if they see something they want, they should be allowed to just take it, whether that something is a new watch or a fellow human being. The self-centeredness is bad enough, but when you couple it with rage…especially the kind brought on by copious amounts of steroids…you’ve got the setting for a perfect storm. The problem is, the grandiose people can sometimes be the shiniest, sparkliest, most engaging ones in the room. They’re skilled at wearin’ that good-guy mask. And sometimes, by the time they rip it off, you’re already in the hole too deep to find your way back to daylight. Join us for a story of bullying, rage, blind love and bravery in the face of terror.

Sources:
Kill For Me by M. William Phelps
CBS's "48 Hours," episode Dangerous Liaisons
Investigation Discovery's "On the Case with Paula Zahn," episode "Honeymoon Hit"

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In 2012 and 2013, two women disappeared. They didn’t have a whole lot in common: One was a teenager on the west coast, the other a midwestern mom of seven. But both would fall under the spell of a poisonous man who had become a master at manipulating the vulnerable for his own twisted ends.

Sources:
CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-wisconsin-cop-charged-in-suitcase-murders/
USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/03/police-murder-women-suitcases/12158085/
JSOnline: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/02/03/ex-cop-pleads-guilty-2nd-murder-suitcase-bodies-killings/97459438/
JSOnline: https://archive.jsonline.com/news/crime/ex-cop-in-suitcases-bodies-case-had-history-of-infractions-b99307892z1-266461201.html
Justia: https://law.justia.com/cases/wisconsin/court-of-appeals/2020/2019ap001655-cr.html
Investigation Discovery's "Web of Lies," episode "In Dark Corners"
Investigation Discovery's "Sex & Murder," episode "Code Name Mr. Handcuffs"

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Two of the closest bonds a person can have are with a spouse and with a child. Ideally, in the first you're a loving partner, and in the second, a guide and a caregiver. Of course, real life doesn't always match the ideal, and both of those relationships can get twisted and strange. Sometimes your spouse and your child can even become the deadliest enemies. Join us for a bizarre story of lust, greed and motherhood turned dark.

Sources:
Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/woman-sentenced-to-22-years-in-prison-for-plotting-slaying-of-her-husband/
Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/des-moines-murder-for-hire-brings-25-year-prison-terms/
Murderpedia, various articles: https://murderpedia.org/female.O/o/ogden-whitehead.htm#google_vignette
Investigation Discovery's "Mother May I Murder," episode "Mommy's Little Sex Dungeon"
Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Velma Ogden-Whitehead"

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Imagine growing up in a spectacular mansion, with access to the kind of wealth and connections most of us can only dream of. But although you’re surrounded by material riches, you’re in a social vacuum—eating alone in your bedroom every night, wandering the grounds of your family estate with only the wildlife as company. This was the life of John Du Pont, the youngest heir to the famously wealthy family who founded the DuPont chemical company. He grew up cut off from the kind of social warmth most of us take for granted. His solution to that was to immerse himself in the sport of Olympic style wrestling—and to gather some of the world’s greatest athletes in a little utopian community he named Foxcatcher Farms. His dream was to create the best team of wrestlers in the world. They lived on the property, trained on the property, became like family to each other…all under the watchful eye of their wealthy benefactor, John. To the athletes, it sounded like a dream come true. But they didn’t realize that John DuPont was already on a paranoid downward spiral that would leave everything he’d built in ruins—and take the life of one of wrestling’s most beloved champions.

Sources:
Time Magazine, 1996: "Blood on the Mat" by John Greenwald: https://time.com/3586290/blood-on-the-mat/
Documentary "Team Foxcatcher," 2016. Directed by John Greenhalgh
All That's Interesting, Mark Oliver: "John DuPont, Dave Schultz, and the True Story of 'Foxcatcher'": https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-du-pont-dave-schultz
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_du_Pont#:~:text=John%20Eleuth%C3%A8re%20du%20Pont%20(November,the%20murder%20of%20Dave%20Schultz.

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The Rolling Stones told us “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” but some people DO get what they want…just not necessarily what they need. This week’s story is about a woman with a tempestuous life who got just what she wanted—wealth, stability, and love—and then took a wrecking ball and smashed it all into pieces.

This one has some strange twists and turns!

Sources:
CNN's Vengeance: Killer Millionaires, episode “Murder in the Mansion”
CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-michele-williams-trial-temptation-in-texas/
Court Papers: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1762304.html
Investigation Discovery's Deadly Women, episode “Making a Killing”
Lifetime's Meet, Marry, Murder, episode “Michele Williams”
Oxygen's Snapped, episode “Michele Williams”

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We all live our daily lives in our own little spheres. We have our work, our families, our friends, all the million little things that keep us moving from one day to the next. We sometimes think about the world beyond that stuff—like, haven’t we all walked down a crowded street and wondered about the strangers we passed? About their inner lives, their secrets? Whether we’ve ever unknowingly walked past a murderer. But for the most part, we’re all in our own worlds. We meet new people every day—touch lives for a few minutes, then separate forever. It doesn’t usually occur to us that one of those strangers might latch on to us—develop an obsession, a grudge, a rage that would smolder for years in secret, and then burst into flame, taking us with it. But it happens. Join us for a story of dark obsession, one that might make you wonder: Who might be thinking of you tonight?

Sources:
Crime Library, David Lohr: https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/classics/david_cornbleet/1_index.html
Chicago Magazine, Kevin Guilfoile: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-09-12-0709110582-story.html
Chicago Magazine, Kevin Guilfoile: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/december-2007/bloodlines/
ABC News: https://abc7chicago.com/archive/8448717/
NBC's Dateline, Episode Appointment for Murder: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23592456
Investigation Discovery's Relentless with Kate Snow, Episode Murder on MIchigan Avenue
Investigation Discovery's See No Evil, Episode The Doctor Will See You
American Academy of Dermatology Association: https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/acne/derm-treat/isotretinoin/side-effects

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People will do crazy things for desire. From the earliest human tales and histories to stories you can read in your newspaper today, there have been a never-ending number of crimes and betrayals committed because someone started getting hot under the collar. People will risk their relationships, their happiness, their lives for desire. Sometimes they’ll even risk the safety of their nation. And that is the theory behind everybody’s favorite spy tactic: The Honey Trap. A trap that ended up biting back against one government in the 60s. This is a spicy one, y'all: Spies, sex parties, knife fights in nightclubs...the whole shebang.

Sources:
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward by Anthony Summer and Stephen Dorrill
Secrets and Lies by Christine Keeler with Douglas Thompson
https://spartacus-educational.com/SPYlewisJ.htm

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As most of you probably know, this week is the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S., and Katie and I both have family stuff to do—people to see, pies to bake. So we took the week off from our regularly scheduled programming. But because we love you and we didn’t want you to miss out on a new episode, we decided to pick out one of our old Patreon-exclusive episodes from 2022. You’ll get a fun episode, and you’ll get a taste of the kind of red-hot content you’re missin’ out on if you’re not on our Patreon yet. These episodes tend to be less formal and more hilarious, and we’ve picked a gem for you—a true crime-adjacent Reddit saga that has to be heard to be believed. Hope you’ll enjoy it.

Sources:
Reddit

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