Hitched 2 Homicide
Southern girl and suspense author, Kris Calvert teams up with her husband, Emmy® -nominated composer Rob Pottorf to delve into true crime around the globe. She gives it a southern twist. He supplies the unique wit and background music, so you always know what’s going on. For better or worse. Til death do us part.
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Thanksgiving weekend 1991, Costa Mesa, California—police respond to a tip and uncover one of the most shocking crime scenes in California history. Inside an apartment, 23-year-old Omaima Aree Nelson has killed her 56-year-old husband, William “Bill” Nelson. What makes this case unforgettable isn’t just the homicide—it’s what she did afterward: dismembering his body, attempting to dispose of it, and,...
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On the night before Thanksgiving, November 24th, 1971, a man in a dark suit and a sensible tie took seat 18C on Northwest Orient Flight 305—a short hop from Portland to Seattle aboard a Boeing 727. He ordered bourbon and soda, smoked his Raleighs, and handed a folded note to the flight attendant. It wasn’t a phone number. It was a promise. Inside the briefcase, he said, was a bomb. What followed wou...
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*This episode of Hitched to Homicide discusses the subject of suicide, self-harm, and domestic/intimate partner violence. Viewer and listener discretion is advised.
In November 2020, 26-year-old Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey was found nude along a roadside. At first, her death stunned social media—no visible injuries, no clear suspect, and a picture-perfect life on Instagram. But behind the ...
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May 26, 1990, Wellington, Florida. A doorbell rings, and wife and mother opens the front door to find a clown with an orange wig, white face, red nose and gloves, holding flowers and balloons. What she believed was a delivery and gesture of kindness, wasn’t. It was an ambush and a point-blank gunshot to her head. After firing, the clown turned and calmly walked away to a waiting car. But why murder ...
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In 2008, a mother and her little girl rode an elevator to the 11th floor of a building in Yuanlin, Taiwan—left two red coats and their shoes—and stepped into a stairwell. They were never seen again. This is the cold case of Liu Huijun (劉惠君) and her daughter—often called the “Taiwanese Elisa Lam,” but stranger.
We reconstruct the final minutes inside the Yuanlin Finance/Economics Building (員林財經大樓): th...
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In 1987, Sarah L. Saganitso was found murdered behind Flagstaff Medical Center. At trial, the defense invoked a “Skinwalker Defense,” reframing odd scene details as Navajo witchcraft—and the jury acquitted George Abney. We examine evidence, cultural context, and how reasonable doubt was built.
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In 1981 Brookfield, Connecticut, an altercation ended with Alan Bono losing his life—and a courtroom battle followed that tried to introduce demonic possession as a legal defense. We trace the full timeline: 11-year-old David Glatzel’s reported afflictions, the involvement of Ed & Lorraine Warren and multiple clergy, Arne Cheyenne Johnson’s alleged transference challenge, and Judge Robert Callah...
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From arrest to verdict. With Jay Orbin’s torso identified, police detain Marjorie and flip Larry Weisberg with immunity. After ten trial delays, the jury convicts her of first-degree murder; the judge orders life without parole. We unpack the evidence, the courtroom strategy, and what the case leaves behind.
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Former Las Vegas showgirl Marjorie Orbin and Phoenix jeweler Jay Orbin looked like a desert power couple—until Jay vanished in September of 2004. In this episode, we trace their story from meeting and marriage to the birth of their son Noah, the mounting marital strain and alleged affairs, and the day Robert Ame found a Rubbermaid tub in the Arizona desert containing a torso. We stop at the discover...
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping: Timeline, Evidence, Theories—And the Aviator’s Secret Children
The 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping changed U.S. law and still sparks debate. We walk through the timeline from the nursery note to the fatal discovery, examine the money trail and the famed forensic ladder analysis, and revisit the Bruno Richard Hauptmann verdict alongside competing theories (lone actor vs. acco...
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On March 1st, 1932, 20-month-old Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., son of famed pilot Charles Lindbergh, was abducted from the crib of his second-floor bedroom of the Lindbergh's home in New Jersey. A ladder was left behind. There were ransom notes, voluntary liaisons, suicides, a nationwide search, and help from not only J. Edgar Hoover, but the President of the United States.
When little Charlie...
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Between 1972 and 1985, Marybeth Tinning and her husband Joe Tinning buried nine children in Schenectady, New York. At first, doctors called all but one of the deaths “crib death” or SIDS, but patterns emerged that couldn’t be ignored. Eventually, Marybeth confessed to smothering her 4-month-old daughter, Tami Lynne, and was convicted of second-degree murder in 1987.
But why would a mother kill her ch...
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On January 17, 2001, Alex “Al” Algeri was shot multiple times outside the Dolphin Fitness Club in Amityville, New York. At first, the killing appeared senseless—Al had no enemies, no debts, no criminal ties. But investigators quickly uncovered the truth: Al was murdered by mistake.
The real target was his business partner, Paul Riedel. Behind the plot was Paul’s wife, Lee Ann Riedel, and her lover, R...
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Step into the turbulent 1930s and discover the legend of Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd—an infamous bank robber, folk hero, and symbol of defiance during America’s Great Depression. From his humble beginnings in rural Georgia to high-speed getaways across the Midwest, Floyd’s story blurs the line between villain and hero. Was he a dangerous outlaw or a misunderstood man fighting against a system ...
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Before online dating was common, before “catfishing” had a name—there was John Edward Robinson. A father. A conman. And the first known serial killer to use the internet to lure, torture, and murder his victims. In this episode, we break down the chilling timeline, the fake job offers, the BDSM chat rooms, and the terrifying true story of how one man turned the web into a trap… and bodies into secre...
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On a warm summer night in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, Katie Janness and her beloved dog, Bowie, were savagely murdered just steps from their home. Four years later, the case remains unsolved. Who carved letters into Katie’s body? Why weren’t the park’s cameras working? And how does a killer vanish from one of the busiest corners of the city? In this episode, we walk you through that haunting night, the...
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In this disturbing episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we uncover the bizarre and brutal case of Suzan and Michael Bear—known to the media as The San Francisco Witch Killers. What began as a psychedelic love story quickly unraveled into a delusional crusade against so-called “witches.” From the murder of aspiring actress Keryn Barnes in San Francisco to the shocking roadside stabbing of Jon Charles Helly...
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On December 28, 1964, 16-year-old Beverly Jarosz was found bound and lifeless in her bedroom in Garfield Heights, Ohio. Her ankles were tied. A rope was wrapped around her neck. Her room showed signs of a violent struggle – but there was no forced entry, no murder weapon, and no clear suspect.
In this episode, we unravel the chilling details of Beverly’s final hours, the evidence left behind, and the...
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In this episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we unravel the scandalous true crime story of Candy Mossler and her nephew-lover, Mel Powers, accused of brutally murdering Candy’s millionaire husband, Jacques Mossler, in 1964.
Candy was a glamorous Texas socialite. Mel was her much younger nephew by marriage. Together, they stood trial for a crime that rocked Miami’s elite to its core—bludgeoning and stabbing...
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In Part Two of The Scarsdale Diet Murder, we pick up where the gunshots left off. Dr. Herman Tarnower—the cardiologist behind The Scarsdale Diet—was dead, and his longtime lover Jean Harris was in handcuffs. But the real battle had just begun.
What followed was a 14-week media-frenzied trial, filled with courtroom theatrics, handwritten, ten page love letters, prescription drugs, and a defense that t...
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