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July 30, 2025 99 mins

Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you, one of the wildest and strangest tales of gaslighting, manipulation, abuse, torture and murder in modern history.

A tale too crazy to be believed, so weird police refused to even investigate it for years, allowing the insanity to continue undaunted, though they were contacted many, many times.

The tale of a mother so cruel and unfeeling as to be a literal monster, a psychopathic and murderous redheaded beast cunning enough to fool nearly everyone and appear for all to see as an all-American mom in white-bread suburbia.

It is the story Michelle “Crazy Shelly” Knotek, America’s Most Evil Mother, and the Raymond, Washington Torture Killings.

 

MURDER COASTER PODCAST

Hosted by Christa Carmen and Matthew Brockmeyer

Website: www.murdercoasterpodcast.com

Facebook: Murder Coaster

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murdercoasterpodcast/

 

Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

 

REFERENCES:

IF YOU TELL: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen.  Published by Thomas & Mercer December 1, 2019. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1542005234

 

OXYGEN TRUE CRIME December 2, 2019 by Gina Tron. Michelle Knotek's Daughters Warn She's Still A Danger As Prison Release Nears

 

Daily Mail, April 29, 2023 By ANDREA CAVALLIER America's 'most evil' mother Shelly Knotek is released from prison | Daily Mail Online

 

MEAWW.COM  April 30, 2023 by SRINIJA GRANDHI 'Evil is out and amongst us': Outrage as serial killer Shelly Knotek released from prison after serving sentence - MEAWW

 

Michelle Knotek - Wikipedia

 

FEATURING THE SONGS:

“Charleston Rag” by Eubie Blake, Public Domain, courtesy of Gathacol Radio and the Internet Archive. Free 20s Jazz Collection : Gathacol Radio : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

 

“Forever Alive” by Eric Fornholm, courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Listen to Eric Fornholm on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vDSR2tAbwnkWK93cwvfhr

 

“Dust and Rain” by Victor Lundberg, courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Listen to Victor Lundberg on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3aPt0ITiKD1r1GXV3RvOUh

 

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