March 20, 2025 • 6 mins
The Headlines:
- Texas Woman Might Lose $83.5 Million in Lotto Winnings – Read more
- People Are Buying Serial Killer Memorabilia on Facebook – Read more
Texas Woman Might Lose $83.5 Million in Lotto Winnings
Winning the lottery should be a dream come true — unless you don’t actually get the money.
A woman in Texas is anxiously waiting to see if she’ll receive the $83.5 million she won in the lottery after purchasing her ticket through a courier service.
Here’s the deal:
- The woman, who’s chosen to remain anonymous, paid a courier service $20 to buy her tickets.
- The Texas Lottery Commission is questioning the legality of tickets purchased through third-party services that charge a fee to buy tickets on behalf of customers.
- The woman’s lawyer is arguing that withholding the winnings would shake public trust in the lottery and would likely lead to a lawsuit.
Adding to the drama? The woman is reportedly being grouped with others who purchased $25 million worth of tickets through couriers for a single drawing — raising red flags for the lottery commission.
People Are Buying Serial Killer Memorabilia on Facebook
Forget eBay — there’s a dark corner of Facebook where people are buying and selling “murderabilia.”
The hidden market includes:
- Personal letters from convicted killers
- Artwork created by criminals
- Even pieces of crime scenes
One seller, Nico Claux — a convicted murderer and cannibal — actively sells items and interacts with buyers online.
Recent listings include:
- Dirt from John Wayne Gacy’s crime site — going for $35
- Letters from Richard Ramirez
- Art from Charles Manson
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Transcript
Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Just give us three minutes and we'll give you everything
you need to know for the day with Nina's what's trending.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
So I think there's a new text scam we got
to look out for. I just got a text right
now that says you can save one hundred and twenty
dollars ordering ozempic online today. Ordering ozempic online today, click
here to get the go through the quiz and get
free shipping.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
I heard you save one hundred and several dollars.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Suckering for people that want to get the ozempic at
one hundred and twenty bucks, that's cheap.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It's really more.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Why would you order it like that online? Like, I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
I'm just saying it's a possible new scam because like.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
You order it, I click on it. I'm not trying
to get scammed. I'm just saying I think it's safer
not to click on the ozempic link. Okay, anyway, this
is really interesting. There's a woman in Texas who might
not get to see her eighty three point five million
dollar lotto win who because she purchased her lotto ticket using.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
A courier, using a what curt so a third.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Party a cap.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yes, she sent somebody to go get her lottery ticket
ended up being a winning ticket. But now they have
all of these questions about the legality of tickets purchased
your third party services that pick up ticket tickets for
a service fee.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So then who would get the lottery ticket?
Speaker 4 (01:11):
I don't know if they would just put it back
out on the market. I don't.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I don't understand why we even create a conversation. Did
they did they did the did she pick the numbers?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Are they random?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
The woman gave a curry your twenty tickets being a
lumped in a group?
Speaker 4 (01:25):
That's no, It didn't say either way.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Made it not clear that pain would cause a drop
of faith in the Texas Lotto system because she used
a third party to get it.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Probably the person or whatever for the third party knows
it's a winning ticket and complained and said it's actually
my ticket.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
That's what I would guess.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (01:41):
Maybe, but if you're getting paid, you're being paid to
go get that thing like so yeah, So that that's
probably another issue with this is like can you pay
somebody to run around like not a service? Can you
pay somebody to run around to every gas station in
the entire area and get a lottery ticket.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Is that legal? I mean yeah, because you're.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Just paying them for their service, not for the good.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
It's their choice to accept to do the service, so
then that's what you accepted, or you negotiate and say cool.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
But if you win, then I would blah blah blah.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
In my opinion, think about how complicated all the office
pools are too on lottery stuff. It's like I put
my money and it's like, yeah, but I went in bottom,
so I'm going to keep it all, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Technically you could do that.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
You can.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
I've been debating doing that, doing an office pool for
the lottery and then just keeping it no matter what
because I went and purchased it.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, you didn't do that. A lot long game.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
It's like only a couple of days long, but it's
still longer than you.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
If you have a conversation with somebody and you say, well,
we have the office pool, buye, I'm going to share
it with you.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
So then you could be taken to court.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
Yeah, take me to court prove I said it.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Dang.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Okay, Well this is lesson about getting things in writing.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Then it's legally binding that agreement is legally binding.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Prove it.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, well, if you three people heard you say it,
they smarter than that.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Yeah, hey you want to share it, like, let me
talk about it in a second, and then I'll pull
you alone side, no cameras, no microphones.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
And be like, hey, let's go ahead and ship.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
But even if the three people heard it, it still we
hear hearsay, because you don't know if those three people
teamed up and lied and are saying that they heard
it because that person promised to give them some money.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
So it's still all hearsay it.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Trust me.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I've been in quarter a few times. It's basically a lawyer.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Yeah, at this point I feel like I could be
I mean that was that what I would do in quarters.
I would just have to be like hearsay, yeah, yeah,
these are just they're greedy money grubbers. Yeah, hearsay. Also,
I do quit, I do quit the job.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I also judge, check your email. I got an offer
for you million saying okay.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
That's bribery.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I know that there any reason you did win the
lottery and you wanted to spend it on something great,
especially if you're a true crime buff you can find
a hidden marketplace on Facebook where you can buy and
trade something called murder Abelia. Why somebody just bought John
Wayne gacy murder site dirt for thirty five dollars.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Is John Wayne?
Speaker 4 (04:04):
That's creepy. He's a murderer. Have you ever heard of
the Chainsaw Massacre?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
The movie?
Speaker 5 (04:10):
No, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Wait, it's not a movie, it's an Actually it's real.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
It was also a real thing.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
Oh I know that it was Texas chainsaw murderer John
Wayne Gaes.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah, oh right, I don't think I think he was
the creepy clown guy that lived next door to.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Kill everyone with a chainsaw.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
No, not him, but somebody did though. Yes, the leather
faced guy was real. It's basically based on a real person.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Really, I was getting.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Well, if you are getting him confused, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Way more about these people than I thought I did.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I purchase that dirt tuned film at eleven.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
There's other wild things on this site too, though, Like
artwork by the murderers. There are letters and correspondence between
people in jail with people on the outside that they're selling.
There's one unseller in particular that's it's a convicted murder
and a cannibal that is actively selling items and engaging
with collectors online.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
I don't love this.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I think that this is really crazy about ethics and stuff,
but also very fascinating.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
It's fascinating, It is fascinating. When you say the cannibal thing,
I was like, I kind of just want to ask
them to describe the taste. Ew that's not That's not
what I was your curiosity. You never curious like what.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
It tastes like?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
You know, I never thought about it until this very moment.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Just I'm not saying you want to taste it like yeah,
like is it like that or is it like.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
You know, I feel like I'm a very curious person
and that.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
No am I gamey am, I gamey, Like.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
You are what you eat? You probably are sweet, like
an si.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
E bowl, Like what would be my YELP review if
somebody ate me what review is a wee bit gamey
or you know, like we mean.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Week from mine.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
I'm gonna get out of this now because getting little uncoring.
But that's what's trending.
Just give us three minutes and we'll give you everything
you need to know for the day with Nina's what's trending.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
So I think there's a new text scam we got
to look out for. I just got a text right
now that says you can save one hundred and twenty
dollars ordering ozempic online today. Ordering ozempic online today, click
here to get the go through the quiz and get
free shipping.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
I heard you save one hundred and several dollars.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Suckering for people that want to get the ozempic at
one hundred and twenty bucks, that's cheap.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It's really more.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Why would you order it like that online? Like, I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
I'm just saying it's a possible new scam because like.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
You order it, I click on it. I'm not trying
to get scammed. I'm just saying I think it's safer
not to click on the ozempic link. Okay, anyway, this
is really interesting. There's a woman in Texas who might
not get to see her eighty three point five million
dollar lotto win who because she purchased her lotto ticket using.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
A courier, using a what curt so a third.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Party a cap.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yes, she sent somebody to go get her lottery ticket
ended up being a winning ticket. But now they have
all of these questions about the legality of tickets purchased
your third party services that pick up ticket tickets for
a service fee.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So then who would get the lottery ticket?
Speaker 4 (01:11):
I don't know if they would just put it back
out on the market. I don't.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
I don't understand why we even create a conversation. Did
they did they did the did she pick the numbers?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Are they random?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
The woman gave a curry your twenty tickets being a
lumped in a group?
Speaker 4 (01:25):
That's no, It didn't say either way.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Made it not clear that pain would cause a drop
of faith in the Texas Lotto system because she used
a third party to get it.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Probably the person or whatever for the third party knows
it's a winning ticket and complained and said it's actually
my ticket.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
That's what I would guess.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (01:41):
Maybe, but if you're getting paid, you're being paid to
go get that thing like so yeah, So that that's
probably another issue with this is like can you pay
somebody to run around like not a service? Can you
pay somebody to run around to every gas station in
the entire area and get a lottery ticket.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Is that legal? I mean yeah, because you're.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Just paying them for their service, not for the good.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
It's their choice to accept to do the service, so
then that's what you accepted, or you negotiate and say cool.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
But if you win, then I would blah blah blah.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
In my opinion, think about how complicated all the office
pools are too on lottery stuff. It's like I put
my money and it's like, yeah, but I went in bottom,
so I'm going to keep it all, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Technically you could do that.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
You can.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
I've been debating doing that, doing an office pool for
the lottery and then just keeping it no matter what
because I went and purchased it.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Yeah, you didn't do that. A lot long game.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
It's like only a couple of days long, but it's
still longer than you.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
If you have a conversation with somebody and you say, well,
we have the office pool, buye, I'm going to share
it with you.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
So then you could be taken to court.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
Yeah, take me to court prove I said it.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Dang.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Okay, Well this is lesson about getting things in writing.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Then it's legally binding that agreement is legally binding.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
Prove it.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, well, if you three people heard you say it,
they smarter than that.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Yeah, hey you want to share it, like, let me
talk about it in a second, and then I'll pull
you alone side, no cameras, no microphones.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
And be like, hey, let's go ahead and ship.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
But even if the three people heard it, it still we
hear hearsay, because you don't know if those three people
teamed up and lied and are saying that they heard
it because that person promised to give them some money.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
So it's still all hearsay it.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Trust me.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I've been in quarter a few times. It's basically a lawyer.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Yeah, at this point I feel like I could be
I mean that was that what I would do in quarters.
I would just have to be like hearsay, yeah, yeah,
these are just they're greedy money grubbers. Yeah, hearsay. Also,
I do quit, I do quit the job.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I also judge, check your email. I got an offer
for you million saying okay.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
That's bribery.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I know that there any reason you did win the
lottery and you wanted to spend it on something great,
especially if you're a true crime buff you can find
a hidden marketplace on Facebook where you can buy and
trade something called murder Abelia. Why somebody just bought John
Wayne gacy murder site dirt for thirty five dollars.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Is John Wayne?
Speaker 4 (04:04):
That's creepy. He's a murderer. Have you ever heard of
the Chainsaw Massacre?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
The movie?
Speaker 5 (04:10):
No, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Wait, it's not a movie, it's an Actually it's real.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
It was also a real thing.
Speaker 5 (04:16):
Oh I know that it was Texas chainsaw murderer John
Wayne Gaes.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah, oh right, I don't think I think he was
the creepy clown guy that lived next door to.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Kill everyone with a chainsaw.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
No, not him, but somebody did though. Yes, the leather
faced guy was real. It's basically based on a real person.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Really, I was getting.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Well, if you are getting him confused, I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Way more about these people than I thought I did.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I purchase that dirt tuned film at eleven.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
There's other wild things on this site too, though, Like
artwork by the murderers. There are letters and correspondence between
people in jail with people on the outside that they're selling.
There's one unseller in particular that's it's a convicted murder
and a cannibal that is actively selling items and engaging
with collectors online.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
I don't love this.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I think that this is really crazy about ethics and stuff,
but also very fascinating.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
It's fascinating, It is fascinating. When you say the cannibal thing,
I was like, I kind of just want to ask
them to describe the taste. Ew that's not That's not
what I was your curiosity. You never curious like what.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
It tastes like?
Speaker 4 (05:27):
You know, I never thought about it until this very moment.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Just I'm not saying you want to taste it like yeah,
like is it like that or is it like.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
You know, I feel like I'm a very curious person
and that.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
No am I gamey am, I gamey, Like.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
You are what you eat? You probably are sweet, like
an si.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
E bowl, Like what would be my YELP review if
somebody ate me what review is a wee bit gamey
or you know, like we mean.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Week from mine.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
I'm gonna get out of this now because getting little uncoring.
But that's what's trending.
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