Hitched 2 Homicide

November 24, 2009. A husband and wife are splitting up. Maybe they’ve grown apart. Or maybe one of them put them 1 million dollars in debt just before the FBI begins an investigation into the family business for fraud. Whatever the reason, two go to bed and the next morning, only one is still alive. This is a story of greed, betrayal, fraud, murder and lies. This is Dwight and Shari Tobyne. Accident, Suicide or Murder?

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From 1969 to 1975, one man known for his small stature and penchant for murder, claims to have killed between 80 and 90 people along the Carolina coast. Did he do it? Possibly. Much of what this killer told people about his life was fiction—or was it? What we do know is that he murdered at least fourteen—eight of whom were found buried in his personal graveyard. When he was finally apprehended and placed on death row, the killing d...

Gerard John Schaefer was a man you would think you could trust. He was after all, a sheriff’s deputy. But after a botched encounter with two unsuspecting girls, Gerard is forced to turn in his badge, and what his fellow officer’s thought was merely bad judgement, turned into a nightmare of dead bodies, mementos and written stories of lust and murder. This is Gerard John Schaefer. The Serial Killer Cop.

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As they embark in year five of podcasting and producing, Kris and Rob look back at some of the best moments in Season 4's, Well, Bless Your Heart. As they embark on the journey ahead, they express gratitude to their dedicated listeners for their unwavering support throughout the years. Join them in celebrating this milestone and stay tuned for what promises to be an exciting and enriching Season 5.  So sit back, relax, and joi...

January 15, 1978, Blenheim House Hotel, North Berwick, Scotland. The hotel proprietor is suspicious about two new guests. Worried they wouldn’t be able to pay their bill when they checked out, he telephones the local police asking them run the registration plates on their car. When the plates didn’t match the vehicle, police arrested the two men, bringing them in for questioning. What they didn’t know was that there was a dead body...

February 21, 1977, Chicago, Illinois. Fire fighters and police are called to the scene of an apartment on fire. When they battle their way through the smoke on the 15th floor, they put out a blaze of clothing and a mattress. Underneath the mattress was 48 year old Teresita Basa, a respiratory therapist originally from the Philippines—dead with a butcher knife still wedged in her chest. When police had zero leads, something supernat...

July 10, 1981, Skidmore, Missouri. A man climbs into the cab of his pick-up truck after leaving the D & G Tavern. He starts the truck. Pausing to light a cigarette, shots ring out behind and in front of him, shattering glass and killing the man inside. Forty-five people witnessed the shooting, but when it was over, no one called 911. After picking up the shell casings, the people of this small farming community went on about th...

March 15, 1947, Newport Harbor, California. Walter and Beulah Overell are enjoying a night on their yacht the Mary E. With their daughter, Louise and her fiancé, George Gollum, better known as Bud. Around 11 pm, Louise and Bud leave the yacht to go ashorelooking to get food at a late night burger joint. But when they returned to the pier, the yacht was on fire and sinking. The Mary E had exploded with Louise’s parents on board. Was...

Mary Horton, Sharon Hensley and Annette Craver. Three beautiful women who either turn up dead or simply vanish from the earth. They were from all parts of the country, but with one thing in common. A man named William Felix Vail, Sr. It would be 54 years before he’s held accountable, and it would take more than police, but the families of his victims and in particular, Mary Rose Craver to take him down. This is the story of Felix V...

June 1, 1987, Fresno, California. 16-year-old, Theresa Ann Bier has made plans to skip school and go on an adventure into the Sierra Nevada Mountains with a 43-year-old self-proclaimed mountain man who is a known drug addict. His name is Russell Welch, better known as Skip. But when Skip came down the mountain alone, the story of what happened to Theresa went from unbelievable, to downright crazy. Because according to Skip, Bigfoot...

February 14, 2013, Peoria, Illinois. It’s the morning of Valentine’s Day, and Baptist Missionary, Nathan Leuthold has already adorned the kitchen table with roses and a heartfelt card for his wife, Denise. From the outside, the home of Nathan, Denise and their three precious children was filled with warmth and familiar love, but it would soon become the scene of a tragic and senseless act. By the time the kids were coming home from...

April 15, 2012, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Nineteen year old Tucker Cipriano and his new friend, twenty year old Mitchell Young are high on synthetic marijuana—K2 or Spice. Tucker, a troubled kid from the time he was adopted by the Ciprianos has decided he wants to murder a family for money and leave town never to be seen again. After several attempts that night to get money, Tucker decides the family he should kill is his own. Th...

September 26, 2012, Los Feliz, California. Film and TV actor Johnny Lewis has moved back into a home at 3605 Lowry Lane. It’s a place affectionally known by writers, directors and actors as the Writer’s Villa. It’s a place Johnny has lived once before. But after only two days back in the home, Johnny will murder the owner of the house, Catherine Davis, a woman who acted as a surrogate to so many during their fledgling years in Holl...

October 16, 1931, Phoenix Arizona, Winnie Ruth Judd is visiting her two best friends, Anne and Sammy at their small bungalow—they’d been playing bridge. But when the night is over, only Ruth Judd is alive. And what follows would be a saga of death, dismembered bodies, playboys, leaking trunks, death sentences, escapes, confessions and commutations. It’s the stuff of legends, but it’s all true. The question is, which truth are we to...

September 13th, 1980, Fremont County, Wyoming. Gerald Uden is taking his two adopted sons Richard and Reagan bird hunting. His ex-wife Virginia has been giving him heartburn over child support payments—something that didn’t sit well with Gerald’s new bride, Alice. When the boys and their mother disappear that day and their abandoned car is found weeks later, police are stumped. But when this sordid tale begins to unfold, Gerald and...

February 23, 2023, Quincy, Illinois. Becky Bliefnick is home alone at her house on Kentucky Road when an intruder breaks in through the second story window. Chased down a hallway and trapped inside the master bathroom, Becky is shot 14 times and will suffer for minutes lying in the dark, waiting to die. The would-be assailant took nothing from the home—only Becky’s life. Who would do such a thing? She was a beautiful, brilliant nur...

January 15, 1947, Hollywood, California. The lifeless body of a young woman is discovered severed at the waist, drained of all blood and washed clean. Her raven hair and porcelain skin a sharp contrast to the brutality of her murder. As the story goes, she was an aspiring actress who’d come to Hollywood to chase her dreams of fame, but she’d only be known for her gruesome death. Seventy-seven years later the LAPD are no closer to f...

December 30th 1610. A powerful member of the Báthory clan of Transylvania is arrested after allegedly being found soaked in blood while tormenting a young girl. In fact, Elizabeth is said to have murdered as many as 650 young virgins according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Why? So she could bathe in their blood in order to stay young. Or was it a story fabricated by some powerful people who owed her family money in order t...

December 24, 2007. The Anderson Family is gathering in Carnation, Washington State. Parents Wayne and Judy, are celebrating Christmas with their son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. Also joining the party is their daughter, Michele and her boyfriend, Joe McEnroe. But before all the Christmas presents are wrapped, Michele and Joe will open fire on the family killing everyone in the house. This is the Violent Night in Carnatio...