A well-loved, retired professor. A bit of a gun collector, an end-of-the-world enthusiast. Close to his family. No one ever would have guessed that he would wind up murdered. Or that his family would have done it. Or did they?

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A serial rapist, a serial killer – somehow never convicted of murder. That is John Brennan Crutchley. A mild-mannered, intellectually sophisticated, man, he might never have been caught, never have been stopped, if it hadn’t been for the bravery and the spirit of one girl – Laura Murphy.

WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIGGER

Welcome to True Crime, Tea, and Tangents! A podcast where two sisters sip some hot tea, and talk true crime, parenting, finances, fitness, and whatever other tangents find their way out of our brains and into our mouths! 

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Intro Music by: Emma Patching

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Two college girls – Mared Malarik and Karen Ferrell – out for a casual night, off to see a movie, decided to hitchike a ride back to their college campus, never to be seen alive again. Eighty-eight days after their disappearance, the bodies of both girls were found, but the trail went cold. Years later, a man confessed to the crimes and was convicted of murder, but was he truly the responsible party? Or does Mared and Karen’s murderer still walk free?

Welcome to True Crime, Tea, and Tangents! A podcast where two sisters sip some hot tea, and talk true crime, parenting, finances, fitness, and whatever other tangents find their way out of our brains and into our mouths! 

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Teka Adams – a fighter, a survivor, an inspiration. It’s no secret that pregnancy is one of the most fatal times in a woman’s life. Being pregnant, one of the most magical things a woman can go through and do, is also one of the most dangerous. Today’s story is one of horror, torture, and insanity, but also one of hope, light, and inspiration.

Welcome to True Crime, Tea, and Tangents! A podcast where two sisters sip some hot tea, and talk true crime, parenting, finances, fitness, and whatever other tangents find their way out of our brains and into our mouths! 

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The Setagaya Family Murders (aka the Miyazawa Family Murders). One of the most famous cold cases in Japan’s history. The police have all that you think they would need to catch the killer: his gender, his ethnicity, his DNA. And yet, his identity – as well as his motive for the four brutal murders – remains a mystery.

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Intro Music by: Emma Patching

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Two brutal murders and the only witness was a small child, miraculously left alive even after the killer spotted her. Bravely, she was able to work with police to bring her mother’s killer to justice and begin to work to cope and turn her life to strength despite the tragedy of the murders of Karen Cummings and Gregg Whitmore.

Welcome to True Crime, Tea, and Tangents! A podcast where two sisters sip some hot tea, and talk true crime, parenting, finances, fitness, and whatever other tangents find their way out of our brains and into our mouths! 

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A series of murders, so brutal and violent, that it wracked the town of Ogden, Utah, for years. Six men allegedly involved but only three were ever found and convicted. Crossing racial lines and prompting cries of outrage and injustice, both for the victims and the murderes, the Hi-Fi murders are a story never to be forgotten.

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Sometimes – most of the time – people who are taken away from their families and loved ones are found dead. But sometimes, through sheer grit, force of will, and miracles, they can survive. Today’s survival story features Abby Hernandez, the Girl in the Shed. A girl who endured months and months of captivity and torment, but who managed to survive.

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We all know that the Pacific Northwest is home to many a serial killer. We highlight that today with the story of Keith Jesperson – a killer whose own note to the police gave him his morbid nickname: The Happy Face Killer.

Welcome to True Crime, Tea, and Tangents! A podcast where two sisters sip some hot tea, and talk true crime, parenting, finances, fitness, and whatever other tangents find their way out of our brains and into our mouths! 

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Intro Music by: Emma Patching

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A beloved priest, Rev. Eric Freed, was found brutally murdered inside his apartment within the parish grounds. The who was easy – within days police knew that Gary Bullock was the man responsible. But the why was a whole other matter.

Welcome to True Crime, Tea, and Tangents! A podcast where two sisters sip some hot tea, and talk true crime, parenting, finances, fitness, and whatever other tangents find their way out of our brains and into our mouths! 

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