April 26, 2023 • 34 mins
Blake Leibel was either a trust fund brat or a misunderstood genius. It depends on who you asked back in the early 2000s. Nowadays I think we can all agree there was something scary and twisted going on inside the comic book artist's mind. Originally broadcast April 25, 2023.
Written by Schuyler Fastenau and executive produced by Daniel Jones. Additional voices by Rainee Blake, Marissa Pistone, Daniel Jones, Jordan Katcher, Janette Zosche, Taylor Shurte, Tamara Perry, Ariel Dale, Matt MacNelly, Sophia Sassone, Allyn Anthony Moriyon, and Jeremy Staple. Cover artwork by Catherine Fastenau. Theme music by Tracy Zales.
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Written by Schuyler Fastenau and executive produced by Daniel Jones. Additional voices by Rainee Blake, Marissa Pistone, Daniel Jones, Jordan Katcher, Janette Zosche, Taylor Shurte, Tamara Perry, Ariel Dale, Matt MacNelly, Sophia Sassone, Allyn Anthony Moriyon, and Jeremy Staple. Cover artwork by Catherine Fastenau. Theme music by Tracy Zales.
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They say you remember exactly where youwere during certain milestones or events in your
life. Kennedy's assassination in the Septembereleventh attacks are two prime examples of this,
but I like to think happier eventshave the same effect. The day
I moved to Los Angeles would beone of those moments for me. Obviously,
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I remember where I was because Iwas moving to a new city,
but I can still see downtown Burbank, the Ohio University shirt I was wearing,
giant billboards up on the Warner Brotherslot Ez, etc. It was
late May twenty sixteen, the twentyfifth to be exact, and I was
nervous, excited, but nervous.I would soon be meeting the other students
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from my university doing the semester inLa summer program with me, and of
course we all wound up going tothis bar in West Hollywood, just like
we were still in college. Mynerves were gone, and I was now
just excited to explore the city andstart my summer internship. Little did I
know the anxiety and fear someone elsewas feeling literally down the street from where
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I was. Welcome to Deadtime Stories. I always think I always think.
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I always think, imagine growing upin the richest neighborhood in Toronto. Your
father, Lauren, was an athleteon Canada's sailing team in the nineteen seventy
six Olympics held in Montreal, andtoday is one of the wealthiest real estate
developers. Your mother, Eleanor hasmade a name for herself too, thanks
to her father, Paul. Paulpatented several items for Albros. Products and
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his daughter inherited all of that money. I appreciate the judgment right now,
though you can't focus on any ofthat because Lauren and Eleanor's marriage is on
the rocks. Blake Libel sometimes pronouncedlebel and other places Liebelle sat in his
bedroom listening to them argue. He'dsoon learned they were divorcing and splitting him
up from his older brother, Cody. Cody was just a year older than
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Blake and would be living with Laurenin the most expensive neighborhood in Toronto.
It's not fair, Mom, Whydoes Cody get to live in the lap
of a luxury while I'm sticking thisdumpster. Just for the record, the
Dumpster was the second wealthiest neighborhood inToronto. It's not the nicest place to
live, but we'll be happy here. Blake, stop complaining and help me
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unpack. Well, I doubt isit making Cody unpack? Your father probably
isn't doing much of anything right now. Blake's jealousy of Cody grew as he
did. In Blake's eyes, itwasn't just the fact that Cody was in
the more expensive home. It wasmore about Cody's relationship with Lauren. While
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they grew closer, Laurene iced Blakeout to get a fresh start at life.
Blake moved south to Los Angeles intwo thousand and four, when he
was in his early twenties. Hisgoal, like so many others, was
to break into the entertainment industry asa writer. Hollywood had varying perspectives on
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him. What exactly is your plan, Blake? Oh, I have tons
of ideas. Tons. There's thisgraphic novel I've been working on, and
I'm thinking about calling it Doctor Evilor maybe Syndrome. See, there's this
neuropathologist who wants to find a rootof evil in people's brains, so he
slaughters them to find any Well,we do like dark story. How are
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you planning on funding this kid.Oh, money is not an object for
me. No, my mom's beensending me checks for rent and projects like
this. The producers looked at eachother with the tiniest hints of a grintin
Oh, that's very considerate of herto send you a monthly allowance. Yeah,
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I need to ask for more thoughit's expensive out here. You got
to learn to save your money,I'll say. I mean, has it
even been a year yet and I'veused like a quarter million, quarter of
a million bucks? Yeah? Whatshould I be spending more or something?
Blake would. Financial records showed thatin seven years, his parents sent him
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about one point eight million dollars.No, that's great, good for you,
kid. Sorry, I've had alot to drink them. I'll let
you read over the syndrome treatment andwe can discuss a half a million bucks
spoiled trust fund kids who were talkingtoo. I don't know if he has
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the money, we might want totake a look at his projects. He
could be good. A few executivesdid take a chance on Blake, and
in two thousand and eight he becamethe creative consultant on the animated series Spaceballs.
Unfortunately, for him. The seriesonly lasted thirteen episodes, and he
didn't do much work after that,unless you include his movie Bald, about
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a college student raising money for ahair transplant by posting hot pictures of his
female classmates online. Yeah, notexactly a smash it anyway. In twenty
eleven, Blake's world crashed down.Yo. Hey man, it's Cody.
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Dad just called to tell me momdied. What. Yeah, anyway,
I have to go big poker game. I need to get ready for poker.
Wait, you're not still playing Molly'sgame? Right? Blake was disappointed
but didn't want to lose hope.His mother's estate was worth twelve million,
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and it was rightfully his money.Over half Eleanor's money has been awarded to
Lauren Libel. Lauren smirked as heleft the court without a single word to
his son, meaning hearing man notgood? Huh, not at all.
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Blake crashed on the couch and theapartment he shared with his wife, Amanda
braun The Brunette was a very attractivemodel, and some would say she was
way out of the nerdy Blake's league. I do not support that type of
thinking, but it's important to noteas you'll see later, the two met
in two thousand and six and eventuallyhad a son together. Listen, baby,
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you've had a long flight and itshould be court hearing. Why not
go out tonight. We could goto the bar, have a few drink.
No, I told you, Idon't want to do crap like that,
Blake. There's more to life thancomic books. There are two things
to cheer me up. Comic booksand fucking. Amanda cocked her head to
the side with a cheeky smile.Well, if you don't want to go
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to the bars, maybe we coulddo one of those things together. Blake
grinned as Amanda sauntered to their bedroom. God, yes, baby. Their
relationship was far from perfect, yousee. By the summer of two fifteen,
Amanda was pregnant again, and asmuch as Blake loved having sex,
he was getting bored with Amanda,and a young Ukrainian woman named Yanna Cassian
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caught his attention. Yanna was bornon January twenty seventh, nineteen eighty six,
in the Ukraine. She was atax lawyer, but, being fluent
in English, wanted to start anew life as a translator in America.
One day, she told her motherOlga, Mama, I'm booking flight to
America. I've would raise your grandchildrenthere and you can come stay with us.
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Oh my baby, I am soproud of you. Gianna was adventurous
and loved being in Los Angeles.She often shared her experiences with Olga,
snapping pictures at the Walk of Fameor anywhere else she happened to travel.
Somewhere along the line, she bumpedinto Blake, whoa, sorry didn't she
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bowling down her without star Sorry,it's hard to take selfie before these people.
Oh for sure, I hate thisplace. I mean it's it's tubular.
You've never been, ever been?No, no, I just flew
in yesterday. Oh sweet, we'refrom Keith. That's rad. Oh here,
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let me take your picture for you? Would you? Would you want
to grab a drink later? Icould show you around some of the less
crowded sides that would. Blake andGianna grew much closer, so close that
Blake decided to use some of thatallowance money to pay for an apartment just
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for Yanna. It was nice forGianna because she had a gorgeous apartment on
Holloway Drive in West Hollywood. AndBlake finally had someone new too, you
know. Oh oh boy, thatwas good. Wasn't that great? Yeah?
Fuck? Whoa, what's wrong,babe? I mean, Blake,
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I love you so so much.But what about Amanda? Baby, don't
worry about her anymore. I'm filingfor a divorce and then it will just
be me and you and the baby. That's right, you and me and
what baby. Yanna looked at Blakewith an uncomfortable yet hopeful smile. Oh
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no, no, no, nono, I don't know if I'm ready
for another baby. No, thisthis is okay. It's the perfect excuse
to give Amanda for why I'm divorcingher. So we'll have this baby out
and we'll start your American dream.But until then, I have to go
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back home pretend like everything's all goodbetween me and Amanda. I'll see you
in the morning, Okay. Well, Mamma, I told Blake about baby,
yes, and and he's very happy. He wants us to get married.
Mama, Oh, my sweet angel, I am so happy for you.
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But but what about the other awoman they are divorcing? Mama,
Mama, It's perfectly normal for peopleto do that today. I know my
sweet, but I want to meethim as soon as I can get to
flight to America. He must beperfect for my daughter. Olga flew in
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just in time for the birth ofher granddaughter, Diana on May third,
twenty sixteen. Blake was divorced andplanning to marry Yanna, and everything seemed
to be looking up. He wenton several trips with Yanna, bought her
and Mercedes, and finally moved intothat apartment on Holloway Drive. She's beautiful,
my beloved. He did say mybeloved in Russian, which is cute
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because it got him points with Olga. But for the sake of this podcast,
I'm going to spare myself the embarrassmentof trying to say it in Russian.
Anyway, after he said my belovedin Russian, he kissed Yanna,
then Diana. Olga watched on,skeptical but still with a smile. To
Olga, Blake seemed satisfied with herdaughter, and that was all she wanted.
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Why would he be sleeping? Mamatook baby for VECNS so you and
I can relax. Great Great Giannacozied up next to Blake as he watched
a superhero film. Oh Man thisis the best part oh logo game to
visit. Blake chuckled as he pulledhis erect penis out of his gym shorts,
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much like a horny middle school boy. Since the baby's gone, you
want to ride him? No baby, you heard doctor, I'm still recovering
from C section. No sex andput your mouth around it. That didn't
give birth, did it, layJesus Christ. I'm just trying to show
you how much I fucking love you. Okay, how about this. We
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don't have to fuck since you hadto have that surgery or whatever. But
what if I go to Constance's apartmentto night and fuck her? Hey?
What you aren't putting out? AndI promise I'll only think of you?
Oh my god, I'm going tobid Okay. So I don't know if
that's exactly how this went down,and I really hope it's not. But
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Blake did constantly threaten to leave Jannaif she wouldn't to have sex with him
mere weeks after giving birth. Andyes, there was another woman. He
was having an affair with, ConstanceBuoka Fury. Again, the details are
a little murky, but Constance livedin another property that Blake rented On May
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twentieth, twenty sixteen, as Iwas loading up my card moved to Los
Angeles, Blake was driving up toConstance's apartment and his. It was a
little before midnight. As she openedthe door, Blake, God, what
are you doing here so late?He wanted to give you a kiss good
night? Oh my god, Blakey, We've talked about this. Please don't
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call your penis him. It totallyturns me off. Okay, okay,
okay, I mean I was thinkingabout you all day and thought, why
not go make love to the mostbeautiful Yeah, I'm gonna stop you there.
I don't want to have sex anymore. I think this is turning into
a thing that I'm honestly not wanting. What Like, you're cute with your
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comic books and all, but likeI need an adults with a real job,
and fucking bitch, I drove allthe way over here to give you
the best sex ever and just justfucking love me. Just lift up your
scarp in five fucking minutes, Okay, he did ever touch me again.
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We don't know how all of thiswent down, but we do know.
Police arrested Blake on suspicion of sexualassault. You're free to go, mister
Lebeal. You made bail. Adisgruntled Blake shuffled out of the cell where
Yanna was waiting for him, armscrossed and eyes puffy. He gave her
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a hug and they walked out.I mean it was the least he could
do after she had bailed him outfor one hundred thousand bucks. Olga was
nervous for her daughter. At onepoint, she felt Blake was happy starting
a family with Yanna, but withhis promiscuity and then dropping Diana off with
her, Olga was convinced this wasn'tthe right choice for her daughter. On
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May twenty third, she waited outsidethe Holloway Drive apartments and smiled when the
young woman appeared in the lobby.Good morning, mmma, ready for a
day of shopping. Fah yus mate, Angel, Diana will love the new
straw. I have least a freecalled products in my purse and Blake gave
us money foot's from. Are youhappy with him? Yes, mamma,
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Blake has faults, but he hasgood heart and creative mind. Mother and
daughter got in a ride share andheaded for them all. As Yanna and
Olga shopped, they probably talked aboutBlake, the baby, Ukraine, and
whatever else came to mind. ThenYanna received a text Blake again. He
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sent you so many messages today,my angel. I don't think he truly
loves you. He just wants sex, mamma. They're working on our relationship.
Does he even want this baby?He was so quick to drop her
off with me. Maybe you shouldleave him and come live with us.
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No, I have to stay withhim. The next day, May twenty
fourth, Olga called Yanna over andover. You've read, Yanna. Sorry,
I can't get too fond, butleave message and I'll call back soon.
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Worried from the change in Jannah's behaviorafter all of Blake's messages the day
before, Olga let her mother's intuitiontake over and called the West Hollywood PD.
Hi, ma'am, please hold whilewe'll get you a Russian interpreter.
Nobody returned her calls, so it'sunclear if any officers performed a wellness check
right away. Frustrated, Olga anda friend hailed a cab and went to
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check out the apartment. The followingday, I think garage gate is lucked,
yes, but I need to getinside. Maybe we could see in
windows from Alessida Street. Come on. The women quickly crossed the road and
gazed up at the third floor balcony. That man is looking down at death,
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Blake, Blake, it's Olga.Come and look the gate. The
curtains shut, and Olga grunted infrustration. I'm going to wait for someone
to leave. We'll get inside.The women casually waited outside the lobby doors
until someone left, then snuck insideand rushed up to the apartment. Black.
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Please, it's Olga. I wantto speak to my daughter. West
Hollywood Shriff Department. Please my daughter, I need someone check on her.
The officers were more helpful this timeand promptly showed up. Please knock down
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the door. I'm sorry, man, but we can't do that. Nobody's
screaming inside and your daughter ignoring yourcause doesn't mean foul play. Do you
have the man's phone number? Wecould call him. Olga showed them his
number and they dialed Hello. Thismessage is for Blake Libel. This is
the West Hollywood Sheriff Station. We'reat your apartment and we need to speak
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to you immediately, sir. Tonobody's surprised, Blake did not answer the
door. Police walked away with thehope that Blake would feel safe to leave.
They waited outside for two hours,and when he never showed up,
they left. Olga wanted to staybehind, but as she'll remember, baby
Diana was home and needed taken careof. Olga's stomach was in severe knots
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now. When she still hadn't heardfrom Yanda the next day, she rushed
back to the apartment, called thepolice again and was going to make sure
they got inside. Please. Shejust give both a few weeks ago and
might need medical attention. Olga wasinstructed to wait outside the building as the
landlord's shaky hand unlocked the apartment andthe office pushed on the door. Someone's
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in here. There's a security lockin use m seems calm, Sure it
does. But he's in here somewhereyep. The mother was ready to call.
Look at that. Detective Bill Cotterpointed into the guest bedroom. Blood
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all over the headboard. Master bedroom'slocked in, barricaded too, Blake Libel,
My name's Detective Martindale. Come onout, buddy. My partner and
I have a few questions. Sorry, man, but if you want to
talk to Janna she's not here.Come on, Blake, Hey, I
think these men just want to talk. Both detectives turned in confusion to the
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gray haired man who had suddenly appearedbeside them. Who might you be,
sir? Stephen Greene, accountant andfriend of Blake's. He called me and
said you were all here, petstirring him, it's me, buddy.
You need anything, just some passthere's a pair in the dining room.
You got it. Stephen returned withthe pants, but Detective Cotter stopped him.
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We got to search those first,yes, sir. When he reached
into the pocket, Detective Cotter founda wat of cash and Blake's passport.
All right, Blake, we gotyour passport in our custody. You ain't
running away to Canada? Now,would you mind unblocking the door? A
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wild haired Blake leaned on the doorframein nothing but his checkered boxers. His
face was badly bruised, and itseemed like he hadn't slept much, but
still he had a charming white smileplastered to his face. High officers,
what can I do for you?The men looked past the comic book artist.
At the bed, a woman layin it with ghostly white skin and
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a Mickey Mouse comforter up to herchin. The rye shot between the grinning
Blake and the bloody bedspread. Blake, you said Yanna wasn't home, But
isn't that her? Blake turned tothe bed and gasped, oh oh,
I didn't see her there. Sheusually snores when she sleeps, Blake,
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she's dead, she is, well. I guess you'll find out who did
it? Then, all right,I don't think I'm going to spoil anything
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at this point. When I say, Blake looked over the body of Yanna
with a razor blade in his hands. Detectives had yet to arrive, and
Olga was busy calling the cops toinvestigate. We don't know what caused their
initial fight, but Yanna had foughtback against Blake, which is why he
was with bruises and a bite markertoo. Now, just a warning,
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this next scene is going to begraphic, so if you're squeamish or have
children around, please skip ahead.That'll teach you not to say no to
me next time I want to havesex. What's wrong with me? Huh?
Am? I really that repulsive toyou that you don't want me in
you anymore. You're just like theothers. Women just want me for my
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money and they find everything else aboutme. Ugly told you Blake's looks would
be important later. Let's see what'sgoing on in that pretty little head of
yours. Blake took hold of Janna'sneck and cut into the back of her
head with the razor blade. Hemeticulously cut a path along her scalp before
dropping the razorblade and using his handsto tear off the rest of Yanna's scalp.
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Tiskeyanna, you're getting blood everywhere.Blake wrapped the body in a bed
sheet and dragged it down the hallto the bathroom. He then carefully drained
all of the blood from Yannah's body, a death known as xanguin nation.
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As the blood slowly drained, Blakepulled out his cellphone and opened a very
important app. Dwelling Burgers of Tacos. Security footage showed that Blake had food
delivered multiple times over the next fewdays, and each time he'd called the
driver and say just leave it outsidethe door, I'll get it in a
minute. I'm sure you wouldn't wantyour poor delivery driver walking in on a
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crime scene either, As Olga wasdesperately trying to get police over to the
apartment, Blake was desperately cleaning up. I don't want to imagine the stress
he hopefully felt. Blake stared outhis apartment's bay window, totally numb.
Blake Blake off the bat. Heknew Yanna's mother cared deeply about so he
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needed to quickly dispose of the evidence. He used every towel and spare second.
He had to sop up the blood. Well, this place needs to
sparkle. No old bladder gore.Everything's fine. Blake was a fortunate murderer
because right next to his apartment wasthe trash shoot. Every so often,
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he'd casually take a trash bag ortwo just a few feet away and tossed
the evidence down to the dumpster beforefleeing back into his cave. Blake clutched
his Tommy as he stared through thepeep hole and saw Olga with two officers.
Hello, this message is for BlakeLibel. This is the West Hollywood
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Shriff Station. We're at your apartmentand we need to speak to you immediately.
Sure. Desperate, Blake used everythingin the apartment to barricade the doors
Steven. Listen, you gotta getover here quick, man. I don't
have time to explain, but thecops are here and you need to grab
my passport. I mean, sure, Blake, whatever you need. Blake
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waited in the dark bedroom with Jana'scorpse next to him. His heart pounded
as he heard the detectives breaking throughall the barricades he'd set up. I'm
sure he knew it was game overunless I can get that passport and jump
out of here. We of courseknow he wouldn't be able to do that,
and when detectives caught her and Martindalebroke into the bedroom, he feged
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innocence. You'll need to come tothe station, Blake, Oki, doki,
whatever you say. Blake cocked hishead to the side as the cameras
flashed in the Sheriff's department. Hewore a maniacal smile, black button up,
and a bruise on his nose andunder one eye. It was a
look of a psychopath if I've everseen one. Meanwhile, in the parking
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garage of the Holloway Apartment, investigatorsdug through the dumpsters Blake had so mindlessly
tossed his trash bags into eleven trashbags with bloody Howel's clothes and betting.
Wait a sec is that a handprinton that bedscard? A smile sprouted on
Detective Martindale's face as he examined theprints. One of them was missing a
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pinky. Blake doesn't have a pinky, right, he sure doesn't. This
boy is twisted and paranoid. Paranoid. Yeah, been going through his recent
text Look what he said to hisbrother a few days ago. Hey man,
you need to get out of thatMolly's Game business. You're in over
your head and you'll soon have theRussian mob after me. What a crock.
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I don't know if Cody was reallyinvolved in any shady poker deals,
but his brother seems fine to me. With no other suspects named by either
investigators or Blake, it was timeto go to court. The trial opened
two years after the murder in Junetwenty eighteen. I won't lie. Blake
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looked rough in his tiny chair.It seemed as though he had gained a
bit of weight since the murder,and although his face was now clean shaven
and his hair slicked back, helooked dazed and unhealthy. His father never
bothered to show up for the trial, but Cody came every day and kept
quiet without any expression. Jeremy Tensor, an entertainment attorney and friend of Blake's,
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also showed up. Beth Silverman servedas the prosecution, and Heyday Takasugi
as defense, Your honor, letme start this morning by saying I'm not
sure mister Tensor should be present.It might sway the jury. Just you
to support my friends, sweetheart,and one of our jurors has asked to
be dismissed because she believes mister Tenserfollowed her home last night. Boll mister
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Tenser, you may stay, butbe seated, or I will find you
in contempt of court. You couldn'tdo that if I was part of Blake's
counsel. He needs me, yourhonor. It's obvious he's being framed and
not getting a fair trial. Bailiff, please remove mister Tenser from my courtroom
at once and strike his words fromthe record. I'll see you again soon,
Judge mark my words. You mayproceed. Miss Silverman, thank you,
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your honor. Ahem. It's aHollywood script. Really, Blake is
a sick, twisted man and hisgraphic novel Syndrome was a blueprint for him
to live out his fantasies. Blakedoesn't like to be told no, and
when Yanna had the nerve to sayno to him, he acted out the
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fantasy he wrote in Syndrome. Blakegacked at Beth as she held up his
graphic novel Syndrome. Pretty cover,nice blue, with a little baby doll
on it. Notice how the doll'shead is sliced open to expose the brain.
Look familiar to anyone. Let meshow you those crime scene photos again
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and compare the way he let theblood drain from Jannah's body to the doctor
in his twisted sexual fantasy novel Drainingthe cartoon Women's Blood. The defendant bas
handed us a blueprint, a caseof life imitating art. All close with
a few words from Blake himself inSyndrome. Before we think we are deciding
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to act. In the end,we all become monsters. When the defense
for her argument, she clutched ontowhatever she possibly could. Blake is not
a perfect man by any means.I've seen the anger and discussed in the
eyes of all you jury members,and I ask you to please recognize Blake
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has downfalls like all of us.Now, there are few important details to
remember. Yes, the contents oftheir trash bags belonged to Blake, but
there was unidentified male DNA on thedraw strings. Blake will not name it
accomplice, but I believe this isout of fear. You also must remember
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that syndrome Marigos writer. The ideamight have been Blakes, but he never
wrote it and certainly never came upwith the artwork. It's a mere coincidence,
thank you. Not exactly the bestcase, but what can you do.
After three hours of deliberation, thejury decided that Blake was guilty of
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first degree murder. Cody sighed andleft with Amanda Braun. Olga cried but
wanted to soak in all the painher daughter felt as she was murdered and
Blake well. Blake remained just asemotionless as he had been at the start
of the trial. Blake was sentencedto life without parole, and it was
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proven he was not insane. Olgatook Diana back to the Ukraine, where
Yana was buried. She also fileda wrongful death lawsuit against Blake and won
forty one point six million dollars,but she has not seen a dime of
that money. But perhaps the mosttragic part of this story is what Yanna
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endured. Her death was gruesome enough, but an autopsy would later show that
it took between six and eight hoursfor her to die. The coroner said
that her wounds were unlike any hehad seen on someone not in a war.
After researching this story, I thinkI have to agree with Olga on
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one of the last days of thetrial, Please everyone go home and hug
your children. First edition was writtenand narrated by me Skyler fasten Now and
executive produced by Daniel Jones. Voicetalent was provided by Rainy Blake, Marissapa
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Tamra Perry, Ariel Dale, MattMcNelly, Sofia Sasone, Alan, Anthony
Morion, and Jeremy Staple. Ourtheme music was written performed by Tracy Zdales.
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might find quite bizarre. You'll seewhat I mean next Wednesday, but until
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then, stay safe out there.I don't want you to become the next
chapter's topic. On the Original DeadTime Stories,
They say you remember exactly where youwere during certain milestones or events in your
life. Kennedy's assassination in the Septembereleventh attacks are two prime examples of this,
but I like to think happier eventshave the same effect. The day
I moved to Los Angeles would beone of those moments for me. Obviously,
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I remember where I was because Iwas moving to a new city,
but I can still see downtown Burbank, the Ohio University shirt I was wearing,
giant billboards up on the Warner Brotherslot Ez, etc. It was
late May twenty sixteen, the twentyfifth to be exact, and I was
nervous, excited, but nervous.I would soon be meeting the other students
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from my university doing the semester inLa summer program with me, and of
course we all wound up going tothis bar in West Hollywood, just like
we were still in college. Mynerves were gone, and I was now
just excited to explore the city andstart my summer internship. Little did I
know the anxiety and fear someone elsewas feeling literally down the street from where
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I was. Welcome to Deadtime Stories. I always think I always think.
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I always think, imagine growing upin the richest neighborhood in Toronto. Your
father, Lauren, was an athleteon Canada's sailing team in the nineteen seventy
six Olympics held in Montreal, andtoday is one of the wealthiest real estate
developers. Your mother, Eleanor hasmade a name for herself too, thanks
to her father, Paul. Paulpatented several items for Albros. Products and
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his daughter inherited all of that money. I appreciate the judgment right now,
though you can't focus on any ofthat because Lauren and Eleanor's marriage is on
the rocks. Blake Libel sometimes pronouncedlebel and other places Liebelle sat in his
bedroom listening to them argue. He'dsoon learned they were divorcing and splitting him
up from his older brother, Cody. Cody was just a year older than
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Blake and would be living with Laurenin the most expensive neighborhood in Toronto.
It's not fair, Mom, Whydoes Cody get to live in the lap
of a luxury while I'm sticking thisdumpster. Just for the record, the
Dumpster was the second wealthiest neighborhood inToronto. It's not the nicest place to
live, but we'll be happy here. Blake, stop complaining and help me
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unpack. Well, I doubt isit making Cody unpack? Your father probably
isn't doing much of anything right now. Blake's jealousy of Cody grew as he
did. In Blake's eyes, itwasn't just the fact that Cody was in
the more expensive home. It wasmore about Cody's relationship with Lauren. While
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they grew closer, Laurene iced Blakeout to get a fresh start at life.
Blake moved south to Los Angeles intwo thousand and four, when he
was in his early twenties. Hisgoal, like so many others, was
to break into the entertainment industry asa writer. Hollywood had varying perspectives on
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him. What exactly is your plan, Blake? Oh, I have tons
of ideas. Tons. There's thisgraphic novel I've been working on, and
I'm thinking about calling it Doctor Evilor maybe Syndrome. See, there's this
neuropathologist who wants to find a rootof evil in people's brains, so he
slaughters them to find any Well,we do like dark story. How are
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you planning on funding this kid.Oh, money is not an object for
me. No, my mom's beensending me checks for rent and projects like
this. The producers looked at eachother with the tiniest hints of a grintin
Oh, that's very considerate of herto send you a monthly allowance. Yeah,
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I need to ask for more thoughit's expensive out here. You got
to learn to save your money,I'll say. I mean, has it
even been a year yet and I'veused like a quarter million, quarter of
a million bucks? Yeah? Whatshould I be spending more or something?
Blake would. Financial records showed thatin seven years, his parents sent him
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about one point eight million dollars.No, that's great, good for you,
kid. Sorry, I've had alot to drink them. I'll let
you read over the syndrome treatment andwe can discuss a half a million bucks
spoiled trust fund kids who were talkingtoo. I don't know if he has
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the money, we might want totake a look at his projects. He
could be good. A few executivesdid take a chance on Blake, and
in two thousand and eight he becamethe creative consultant on the animated series Spaceballs.
Unfortunately, for him. The seriesonly lasted thirteen episodes, and he
didn't do much work after that,unless you include his movie Bald, about
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a college student raising money for ahair transplant by posting hot pictures of his
female classmates online. Yeah, notexactly a smash it anyway. In twenty
eleven, Blake's world crashed down.Yo. Hey man, it's Cody.
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Dad just called to tell me momdied. What. Yeah, anyway,
I have to go big poker game. I need to get ready for poker.
Wait, you're not still playing Molly'sgame? Right? Blake was disappointed
but didn't want to lose hope.His mother's estate was worth twelve million,
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and it was rightfully his money.Over half Eleanor's money has been awarded to
Lauren Libel. Lauren smirked as heleft the court without a single word to
his son, meaning hearing man notgood? Huh, not at all.
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Blake crashed on the couch and theapartment he shared with his wife, Amanda
braun The Brunette was a very attractivemodel, and some would say she was
way out of the nerdy Blake's league. I do not support that type of
thinking, but it's important to noteas you'll see later, the two met
in two thousand and six and eventuallyhad a son together. Listen, baby,
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you've had a long flight and itshould be court hearing. Why not
go out tonight. We could goto the bar, have a few drink.
No, I told you, Idon't want to do crap like that,
Blake. There's more to life thancomic books. There are two things
to cheer me up. Comic booksand fucking. Amanda cocked her head to
the side with a cheeky smile.Well, if you don't want to go
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to the bars, maybe we coulddo one of those things together. Blake
grinned as Amanda sauntered to their bedroom. God, yes, baby. Their
relationship was far from perfect, yousee. By the summer of two fifteen,
Amanda was pregnant again, and asmuch as Blake loved having sex,
he was getting bored with Amanda,and a young Ukrainian woman named Yanna Cassian
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caught his attention. Yanna was bornon January twenty seventh, nineteen eighty six,
in the Ukraine. She was atax lawyer, but, being fluent
in English, wanted to start anew life as a translator in America.
One day, she told her motherOlga, Mama, I'm booking flight to
America. I've would raise your grandchildrenthere and you can come stay with us.
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Oh my baby, I am soproud of you. Gianna was adventurous
and loved being in Los Angeles.She often shared her experiences with Olga,
snapping pictures at the Walk of Fameor anywhere else she happened to travel.
Somewhere along the line, she bumpedinto Blake, whoa, sorry didn't she
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bowling down her without star Sorry,it's hard to take selfie before these people.
Oh for sure, I hate thisplace. I mean it's it's tubular.
You've never been, ever been?No, no, I just flew
in yesterday. Oh sweet, we'refrom Keith. That's rad. Oh here,
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let me take your picture for you? Would you? Would you want
to grab a drink later? Icould show you around some of the less
crowded sides that would. Blake andGianna grew much closer, so close that
Blake decided to use some of thatallowance money to pay for an apartment just
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for Yanna. It was nice forGianna because she had a gorgeous apartment on
Holloway Drive in West Hollywood. AndBlake finally had someone new too, you
know. Oh oh boy, thatwas good. Wasn't that great? Yeah?
Fuck? Whoa, what's wrong,babe? I mean, Blake,
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I love you so so much.But what about Amanda? Baby, don't
worry about her anymore. I'm filingfor a divorce and then it will just
be me and you and the baby. That's right, you and me and
what baby. Yanna looked at Blakewith an uncomfortable yet hopeful smile. Oh
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no, no, no, nono, I don't know if I'm ready
for another baby. No, thisthis is okay. It's the perfect excuse
to give Amanda for why I'm divorcingher. So we'll have this baby out
and we'll start your American dream.But until then, I have to go
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back home pretend like everything's all goodbetween me and Amanda. I'll see you
in the morning, Okay. Well, Mamma, I told Blake about baby,
yes, and and he's very happy. He wants us to get married.
Mama, Oh, my sweet angel, I am so happy for you.
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But but what about the other awoman they are divorcing? Mama,
Mama, It's perfectly normal for peopleto do that today. I know my
sweet, but I want to meethim as soon as I can get to
flight to America. He must beperfect for my daughter. Olga flew in
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just in time for the birth ofher granddaughter, Diana on May third,
twenty sixteen. Blake was divorced andplanning to marry Yanna, and everything seemed
to be looking up. He wenton several trips with Yanna, bought her
and Mercedes, and finally moved intothat apartment on Holloway Drive. She's beautiful,
my beloved. He did say mybeloved in Russian, which is cute
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because it got him points with Olga. But for the sake of this podcast,
I'm going to spare myself the embarrassmentof trying to say it in Russian.
Anyway, after he said my belovedin Russian, he kissed Yanna,
then Diana. Olga watched on,skeptical but still with a smile. To
Olga, Blake seemed satisfied with herdaughter, and that was all she wanted.
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Why would he be sleeping? Mamatook baby for VECNS so you and
I can relax. Great Great Giannacozied up next to Blake as he watched
a superhero film. Oh Man thisis the best part oh logo game to
visit. Blake chuckled as he pulledhis erect penis out of his gym shorts,
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much like a horny middle school boy. Since the baby's gone, you
want to ride him? No baby, you heard doctor, I'm still recovering
from C section. No sex andput your mouth around it. That didn't
give birth, did it, layJesus Christ. I'm just trying to show
you how much I fucking love you. Okay, how about this. We
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don't have to fuck since you hadto have that surgery or whatever. But
what if I go to Constance's apartmentto night and fuck her? Hey?
What you aren't putting out? AndI promise I'll only think of you?
Oh my god, I'm going tobid Okay. So I don't know if
that's exactly how this went down,and I really hope it's not. But
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Blake did constantly threaten to leave Jannaif she wouldn't to have sex with him
mere weeks after giving birth. Andyes, there was another woman. He
was having an affair with, ConstanceBuoka Fury. Again, the details are
a little murky, but Constance livedin another property that Blake rented On May
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twentieth, twenty sixteen, as Iwas loading up my card moved to Los
Angeles, Blake was driving up toConstance's apartment and his. It was a
little before midnight. As she openedthe door, Blake, God, what
are you doing here so late?He wanted to give you a kiss good
night? Oh my god, Blakey, We've talked about this. Please don't
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call your penis him. It totallyturns me off. Okay, okay,
okay, I mean I was thinkingabout you all day and thought, why
not go make love to the mostbeautiful Yeah, I'm gonna stop you there.
I don't want to have sex anymore. I think this is turning into
a thing that I'm honestly not wanting. What Like, you're cute with your
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comic books and all, but likeI need an adults with a real job,
and fucking bitch, I drove allthe way over here to give you
the best sex ever and just justfucking love me. Just lift up your
scarp in five fucking minutes, Okay, he did ever touch me again.
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We don't know how all of thiswent down, but we do know.
Police arrested Blake on suspicion of sexualassault. You're free to go, mister
Lebeal. You made bail. Adisgruntled Blake shuffled out of the cell where
Yanna was waiting for him, armscrossed and eyes puffy. He gave her
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a hug and they walked out.I mean it was the least he could
do after she had bailed him outfor one hundred thousand bucks. Olga was
nervous for her daughter. At onepoint, she felt Blake was happy starting
a family with Yanna, but withhis promiscuity and then dropping Diana off with
her, Olga was convinced this wasn'tthe right choice for her daughter. On
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May twenty third, she waited outsidethe Holloway Drive apartments and smiled when the
young woman appeared in the lobby.Good morning, mmma, ready for a
day of shopping. Fah yus mate, Angel, Diana will love the new
straw. I have least a freecalled products in my purse and Blake gave
us money foot's from. Are youhappy with him? Yes, mamma,
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Blake has faults, but he hasgood heart and creative mind. Mother and
daughter got in a ride share andheaded for them all. As Yanna and
Olga shopped, they probably talked aboutBlake, the baby, Ukraine, and
whatever else came to mind. ThenYanna received a text Blake again. He
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sent you so many messages today,my angel. I don't think he truly
loves you. He just wants sex, mamma. They're working on our relationship.
Does he even want this baby?He was so quick to drop her
off with me. Maybe you shouldleave him and come live with us.
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No, I have to stay withhim. The next day, May twenty
fourth, Olga called Yanna over andover. You've read, Yanna. Sorry,
I can't get too fond, butleave message and I'll call back soon.
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Worried from the change in Jannah's behaviorafter all of Blake's messages the day
before, Olga let her mother's intuitiontake over and called the West Hollywood PD.
Hi, ma'am, please hold whilewe'll get you a Russian interpreter.
Nobody returned her calls, so it'sunclear if any officers performed a wellness check
right away. Frustrated, Olga anda friend hailed a cab and went to
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check out the apartment. The followingday, I think garage gate is lucked,
yes, but I need to getinside. Maybe we could see in
windows from Alessida Street. Come on. The women quickly crossed the road and
gazed up at the third floor balcony. That man is looking down at death,
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Blake, Blake, it's Olga.Come and look the gate. The
curtains shut, and Olga grunted infrustration. I'm going to wait for someone
to leave. We'll get inside.The women casually waited outside the lobby doors
until someone left, then snuck insideand rushed up to the apartment. Black.
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Please, it's Olga. I wantto speak to my daughter. West
Hollywood Shriff Department. Please my daughter, I need someone check on her.
The officers were more helpful this timeand promptly showed up. Please knock down
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the door. I'm sorry, man, but we can't do that. Nobody's
screaming inside and your daughter ignoring yourcause doesn't mean foul play. Do you
have the man's phone number? Wecould call him. Olga showed them his
number and they dialed Hello. Thismessage is for Blake Libel. This is
the West Hollywood Sheriff Station. We'reat your apartment and we need to speak
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to you immediately, sir. Tonobody's surprised, Blake did not answer the
door. Police walked away with thehope that Blake would feel safe to leave.
They waited outside for two hours,and when he never showed up,
they left. Olga wanted to staybehind, but as she'll remember, baby
Diana was home and needed taken careof. Olga's stomach was in severe knots
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now. When she still hadn't heardfrom Yanda the next day, she rushed
back to the apartment, called thepolice again and was going to make sure
they got inside. Please. Shejust give both a few weeks ago and
might need medical attention. Olga wasinstructed to wait outside the building as the
landlord's shaky hand unlocked the apartment andthe office pushed on the door. Someone's
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in here. There's a security lockin use m seems calm, Sure it
does. But he's in here somewhereyep. The mother was ready to call.
Look at that. Detective Bill Cotterpointed into the guest bedroom. Blood
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all over the headboard. Master bedroom'slocked in, barricaded too, Blake Libel,
My name's Detective Martindale. Come onout, buddy. My partner and
I have a few questions. Sorry, man, but if you want to
talk to Janna she's not here.Come on, Blake, Hey, I
think these men just want to talk. Both detectives turned in confusion to the
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gray haired man who had suddenly appearedbeside them. Who might you be,
sir? Stephen Greene, accountant andfriend of Blake's. He called me and
said you were all here, petstirring him, it's me, buddy.
You need anything, just some passthere's a pair in the dining room.
You got it. Stephen returned withthe pants, but Detective Cotter stopped him.
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We got to search those first,yes, sir. When he reached
into the pocket, Detective Cotter founda wat of cash and Blake's passport.
All right, Blake, we gotyour passport in our custody. You ain't
running away to Canada? Now,would you mind unblocking the door? A
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wild haired Blake leaned on the doorframein nothing but his checkered boxers. His
face was badly bruised, and itseemed like he hadn't slept much, but
still he had a charming white smileplastered to his face. High officers,
what can I do for you?The men looked past the comic book artist.
At the bed, a woman layin it with ghostly white skin and
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a Mickey Mouse comforter up to herchin. The rye shot between the grinning
Blake and the bloody bedspread. Blake, you said Yanna wasn't home, But
isn't that her? Blake turned tothe bed and gasped, oh oh,
I didn't see her there. Sheusually snores when she sleeps, Blake,
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she's dead, she is, well. I guess you'll find out who did
it? Then, all right,I don't think I'm going to spoil anything
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at this point. When I say, Blake looked over the body of Yanna
with a razor blade in his hands. Detectives had yet to arrive, and
Olga was busy calling the cops toinvestigate. We don't know what caused their
initial fight, but Yanna had foughtback against Blake, which is why he
was with bruises and a bite markertoo. Now, just a warning,
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this next scene is going to begraphic, so if you're squeamish or have
children around, please skip ahead.That'll teach you not to say no to
me next time I want to havesex. What's wrong with me? Huh?
Am? I really that repulsive toyou that you don't want me in
you anymore. You're just like theothers. Women just want me for my
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money and they find everything else aboutme. Ugly told you Blake's looks would
be important later. Let's see what'sgoing on in that pretty little head of
yours. Blake took hold of Janna'sneck and cut into the back of her
head with the razor blade. Hemeticulously cut a path along her scalp before
dropping the razorblade and using his handsto tear off the rest of Yanna's scalp.
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Tiskeyanna, you're getting blood everywhere.Blake wrapped the body in a bed
sheet and dragged it down the hallto the bathroom. He then carefully drained
all of the blood from Yannah's body, a death known as xanguin nation.
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As the blood slowly drained, Blakepulled out his cellphone and opened a very
important app. Dwelling Burgers of Tacos. Security footage showed that Blake had food
delivered multiple times over the next fewdays, and each time he'd called the
driver and say just leave it outsidethe door, I'll get it in a
minute. I'm sure you wouldn't wantyour poor delivery driver walking in on a
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crime scene either, As Olga wasdesperately trying to get police over to the
apartment, Blake was desperately cleaning up. I don't want to imagine the stress
he hopefully felt. Blake stared outhis apartment's bay window, totally numb.
Blake Blake off the bat. Heknew Yanna's mother cared deeply about so he
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needed to quickly dispose of the evidence. He used every towel and spare second.
He had to sop up the blood. Well, this place needs to
sparkle. No old bladder gore.Everything's fine. Blake was a fortunate murderer
because right next to his apartment wasthe trash shoot. Every so often,
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he'd casually take a trash bag ortwo just a few feet away and tossed
the evidence down to the dumpster beforefleeing back into his cave. Blake clutched
his Tommy as he stared through thepeep hole and saw Olga with two officers.
Hello, this message is for BlakeLibel. This is the West Hollywood
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Shriff Station. We're at your apartmentand we need to speak to you immediately.
Sure. Desperate, Blake used everythingin the apartment to barricade the doors
Steven. Listen, you gotta getover here quick, man. I don't
have time to explain, but thecops are here and you need to grab
my passport. I mean, sure, Blake, whatever you need. Blake
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waited in the dark bedroom with Jana'scorpse next to him. His heart pounded
as he heard the detectives breaking throughall the barricades he'd set up. I'm
sure he knew it was game overunless I can get that passport and jump
out of here. We of courseknow he wouldn't be able to do that,
and when detectives caught her and Martindalebroke into the bedroom, he feged
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innocence. You'll need to come tothe station, Blake, Oki, doki,
whatever you say. Blake cocked hishead to the side as the cameras
flashed in the Sheriff's department. Hewore a maniacal smile, black button up,
and a bruise on his nose andunder one eye. It was a
look of a psychopath if I've everseen one. Meanwhile, in the parking
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garage of the Holloway Apartment, investigatorsdug through the dumpsters Blake had so mindlessly
tossed his trash bags into eleven trashbags with bloody Howel's clothes and betting.
Wait a sec is that a handprinton that bedscard? A smile sprouted on
Detective Martindale's face as he examined theprints. One of them was missing a
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pinky. Blake doesn't have a pinky, right, he sure doesn't. This
boy is twisted and paranoid. Paranoid. Yeah, been going through his recent
text Look what he said to hisbrother a few days ago. Hey man,
you need to get out of thatMolly's Game business. You're in over
your head and you'll soon have theRussian mob after me. What a crock.
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I don't know if Cody was reallyinvolved in any shady poker deals,
but his brother seems fine to me. With no other suspects named by either
investigators or Blake, it was timeto go to court. The trial opened
two years after the murder in Junetwenty eighteen. I won't lie. Blake
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looked rough in his tiny chair.It seemed as though he had gained a
bit of weight since the murder,and although his face was now clean shaven
and his hair slicked back, helooked dazed and unhealthy. His father never
bothered to show up for the trial, but Cody came every day and kept
quiet without any expression. Jeremy Tensor, an entertainment attorney and friend of Blake's,
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also showed up. Beth Silverman servedas the prosecution, and Heyday Takasugi
as defense, Your honor, letme start this morning by saying I'm not
sure mister Tensor should be present.It might sway the jury. Just you
to support my friends, sweetheart,and one of our jurors has asked to
be dismissed because she believes mister Tenserfollowed her home last night. Boll mister
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Tenser, you may stay, butbe seated, or I will find you
in contempt of court. You couldn'tdo that if I was part of Blake's
counsel. He needs me, yourhonor. It's obvious he's being framed and
not getting a fair trial. Bailiff, please remove mister Tenser from my courtroom
at once and strike his words fromthe record. I'll see you again soon,
Judge mark my words. You mayproceed. Miss Silverman, thank you,
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your honor. Ahem. It's aHollywood script. Really, Blake is
a sick, twisted man and hisgraphic novel Syndrome was a blueprint for him
to live out his fantasies. Blakedoesn't like to be told no, and
when Yanna had the nerve to sayno to him, he acted out the
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fantasy he wrote in Syndrome. Blakegacked at Beth as she held up his
graphic novel Syndrome. Pretty cover,nice blue, with a little baby doll
on it. Notice how the doll'shead is sliced open to expose the brain.
Look familiar to anyone. Let meshow you those crime scene photos again
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and compare the way he let theblood drain from Jannah's body to the doctor
in his twisted sexual fantasy novel Drainingthe cartoon Women's Blood. The defendant bas
handed us a blueprint, a caseof life imitating art. All close with
a few words from Blake himself inSyndrome. Before we think we are deciding
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to act. In the end,we all become monsters. When the defense
for her argument, she clutched ontowhatever she possibly could. Blake is not
a perfect man by any means.I've seen the anger and discussed in the
eyes of all you jury members,and I ask you to please recognize Blake
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has downfalls like all of us.Now, there are few important details to
remember. Yes, the contents oftheir trash bags belonged to Blake, but
there was unidentified male DNA on thedraw strings. Blake will not name it
accomplice, but I believe this isout of fear. You also must remember
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that syndrome Marigos writer. The ideamight have been Blakes, but he never
wrote it and certainly never came upwith the artwork. It's a mere coincidence,
thank you. Not exactly the bestcase, but what can you do.
After three hours of deliberation, thejury decided that Blake was guilty of
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first degree murder. Cody sighed andleft with Amanda Braun. Olga cried but
wanted to soak in all the painher daughter felt as she was murdered and
Blake well. Blake remained just asemotionless as he had been at the start
of the trial. Blake was sentencedto life without parole, and it was
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proven he was not insane. Olgatook Diana back to the Ukraine, where
Yana was buried. She also fileda wrongful death lawsuit against Blake and won
forty one point six million dollars,but she has not seen a dime of
that money. But perhaps the mosttragic part of this story is what Yanna
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endured. Her death was gruesome enough, but an autopsy would later show that
it took between six and eight hoursfor her to die. The coroner said
that her wounds were unlike any hehad seen on someone not in a war.
After researching this story, I thinkI have to agree with Olga on
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one of the last days of thetrial, Please everyone go home and hug
your children. First edition was writtenand narrated by me Skyler fasten Now and
executive produced by Daniel Jones. Voicetalent was provided by Rainy Blake, Marissapa
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Tamra Perry, Ariel Dale, MattMcNelly, Sofia Sasone, Alan, Anthony
Morion, and Jeremy Staple. Ourtheme music was written performed by Tracy Zdales.
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Football’s funniest family duo — Jason Kelce of the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs — team up to provide next-level access to life in the league as it unfolds. The two brothers and Super Bowl champions drop weekly insights about the weekly slate of games and share their INSIDE perspectives on trending NFL news and sports headlines. They also endlessly rag on each other as brothers do, chat the latest in pop culture and welcome some very popular and well-known friends to chat with them. Check out new episodes every Wednesday. Follow New Heights on the Wondery App, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen to new episodes early and ad-free, and get exclusive content on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And join our new membership for a unique fan experience by going to the New Heights YouTube channel now!