Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and if
you need advice on relationships, work, sex, parenting, and more,
please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve HAARVEFM dot com
and click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be reading your
letter live on the air, just like we're going to
read this one right here, right now, and you never
know it could be yours.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
So it could be yours. Buckle up and hold on tight.
We goute it for you. Here it is Strawberry Letter.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Thank you, nephew. Subject.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I don't see how that's possible, Dear Stephen Shirley. My
husband thinks I'm stupid, and I want to see if
this sounds right to you, because I don't see how
this is possible. My husband had a business trip to
Phoenix for two days, and I dropped him off at
the airport and I saw his itinerary to go to Phoenix.
The first night, we fell asleep on the phone together
(00:47):
after I heard a noise in the house. He and
I stayed on the phone until I fell asleep. He
was in a meeting the entire next day, but we
texted all that day. I got an email from a
hotel in New Orleans, asking if I was enjoying my
stay thus far. I assumed that it was one of
those automated emails and I didn't pay it any mind.
(01:07):
A few hours later, I got a notice from Uber
that a ride was canceled. The Uber was at the
same hotel in New Orleans. Uber is tied to a
joint credit card with my husband, so then I started
thinking that he might be up to something. I tried
to call Uber, but I got the call center and
the lady was clueless.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
I called the hotel in New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
And they wouldn't give me any information because I must
have sounded like I was up to something. My husband
was due to come home that evening, and he told
me that his buddy from work would bring him home.
He walked in casually, dressed in shorts and a muscle shirt,
and he said they had drinks before the flight. Things
weren't adding up, so I started looking for anything that
(01:51):
might place him in New Orleans. In his bag, next
to his cigars, he had a pack of matches from
Cafe Dumont. He told me that his buddy gave him
the matches, but I don't believe him. He says it
is a coincidence, but I don't see how that is possible.
There are no credit card charges in Phoenix or in
New Orleans?
Speaker 3 (02:11):
So where was my husband? Where's my husband?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Ben?
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Please help me?
Speaker 1 (02:17):
So you saw his itinerary and it said Phoenix, but
clearly he was in New Orleans?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Right or was he?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I mean?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
The thing is you don't really know.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Except for a book of matches, you have no real evidence.
You said there's no credit card charges from Phoenix or
New Orleans, so you have to think the email from
the hotel and the Uber messages are it, So he
would have to be in New Orleans, you think, right,
I don't know. I'd say he was in New Orleans too,
based on the info you wrote in this letter. If
(02:48):
he was trying to trick you, he didn't do a
very good job. There are too many unanswered questions here.
You're definitely not stupid like you think your husband thinks
you are. So, but you know, But because you don't
have enough information and proof right now, you can either
keep digging until some proof shows up, or you can
(03:09):
let this one go to me.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Those are your choices, Steve.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I don't care a well you know, did you should
have said that.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
I just did because.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Now what you said was seemed to me like he
was in new orders. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Now, I'm here to stand up for husbands that get
caught offen some stuff that's called circumstantial evidence, right right right.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
You cannot win a case.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Let me tell you something I watched forty eight hours
all the time.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Hard.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
It's hard to get a murder convention, ain't nobody. We
got to locate this body and a murder weapon. These
are a motive. We need you three things. We need
a body, we need a weapon. Every need motivation. Excuse me,
you don't have anything, now, damn hide.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Look. Oh I'm a living witness to hide. Look, Oh, I'm.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Here to bad witness. Oh you can tell whatever story
you wanna tell me. That don't make it factual. So
now let's go. My husband thinks I'm stupid and I
want to see if this sound right to you.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
I ain't.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Let's go tell me the story, because you don't see
how this is possible. Your husband had a business drift
in Phoenix for two days. You dropped him off at
the airport. You saw his itinerary to go to Phoenix.
Now about our tenerary, I'm thinking your meaning flight information.
You saw flight information from an airline that said he
(04:45):
was going to Phoenix.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Cool covert. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
First night, we fell asleep on the phone together after
I heard the noise in the house. He and I
stayed on the phones. I fell asleep. He was in
the meeting entire next day, but we text all that.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
I got an.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Email from a hotel in New Orleans asked if I
was enjoying my state thus far? What hotel in New
Orleans did you get this song? And why would they
email you? I'm just curious now I guess what you said.
I assumed it was one of those automatic automated emails,
and I didn't pay it much mine.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Okay, should have left it right there.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Okay, we was good so far, so far, bruh ain't
did nothing. Been on the phone with y' all night
and everything. A few hours later, I got a notice
from Uber Uber that a ride was canceled.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
The Uber was at the same hotel in New Orleans.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Uber is tied to a joint credit card with my husband,
so then I started thinking that he might be up
to something. I tried to call Uber, but I got
the call center and the lady.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Was clued heavy go.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
You got nothing that you do that, lady, and uber
don't even know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
What counts anything? But what.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Could your credit card have been comping anything?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
I tried to call the hotel in New Orleans and
they wouldn't give me any information because I mustn't sounded
like I was up something. Now you didn't sound like
you was uphing. They know you don't stay there. They
can't give information out about it. A hotel guest to
people calling this, you can't do that.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
I know that again. Hang on, Steve, so far to
me and as women mer winning women nothing.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Hang on.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
I know you're working on something coming up.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Part two of your response at twenty three minutes after
the hour of today's Strawberry Letter, subject I don't see
how that's possible. We'll get back right after this.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
You're listening Steve Hardy Morning Show.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
All right, come on, Steve, let's recap today's strawberry letter.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
The subject is I don't see how that's possible.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, this lady, I think this is a
prime example of wanting to make something out of saw.
But you don't have a whole lot of going and
from watching forty eight hours. In order to get a
murder conviction, you need three things, a body, a motive,
and a weapon. And in this letter, you ain't got
(07:24):
your body. You ain't got no motive, and you ain't
got no weapon.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
And there's been no murder.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
But you want to convict this man of killing your marriage.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
This is a tempted murder of a marriage. This is
forty eight hours all over. I'm so glad I watch
it every day.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
Now you drop your husband off at the airport to
go on the business trip to the Phoenix. He you
saw his itinerary said he was going to Phoenix.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Bam.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Covering first night, y'all fell asleep on the phone, the
noise in the house.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
He stayed with you till you fell asleep. Bam.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Good husband doing the same. Next day he was in
a meeting all day, but y'all texted all day.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Bam. Man handling his business.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
Then you got an email from a hotel in New
Orleans asking you as you and joined your state. You said, Joseph,
you didn't pay much mind to it because it could
have been an automatic email thing. Bam. He ain't did
nothing yet. Then a few hours later, you got to
notice from Uber that a ride was canceled. You called
Uber to find out what was going on. You called
(08:31):
the call center. The layer at Uber don't even know
what you talking about. Bam dog is still covered. No evidence,
no body, no no, no motive, and no weapon. So
then I started thinking he might be up to something.
I tried to call Ubert.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
That's what happened.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
My husband was due to come home that evening. He
told me that his buddy from work would bring him home. Okay, cool,
now you know good? Hell well, ain't no woman dropped
him off at the house. So his buddy dropped him
off at the house. That's a given, or else she'd
have said. I looked out the window. Who this hepper was?
(09:12):
Now his buddy dropped him off. You didn't have to
come out there. Cool saved your trip. He walked in casually,
dressed in shorts and a muscle shirt.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
He said they had drinks before the flight.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
Things weren't adding up, so I started looking for anything
that might place him in New Orleans. Wait a minute,
people wearing shorts and feet, people war muscle shirts, and
Phoenix hot his hands. Phoenix got plenty of short wen't
so what do you mean? Things weren't to add No,
so I started looking for anything that might place him
(09:47):
in new order. In his bag next to his cigar,
this was very interesting to me because I'm a cigar guy.
In his bag, next to his cigars, he had a
pack of matches from Cafe DeMont. Oh, Cafe DeMont is
famous for New Orbs. So you thinking he was in
(10:12):
New Orleans because of this pack of matches. But then
he told you that his buddy gave you the mattress,
and I don't believe him.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Well, see, I would have stacked it. Not only did
my buddy give me the matches. I don't like ben Yanks.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Waited these lines.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
My buddy gave me these matches.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
I don't like ben Yans.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
Why would I go to Cafe Demon and all they
selling is ben y is all that white pot on? God,
you don't see no white pot on my shuster. Do
you see any of this confectionery, sugar on my fingernails? Anything?
Have you ever seen me eat a vin Ye?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Hell no.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
My boy gave me their matches right there. We were
smoking cigars and my lighter went out. He says, this coincidental,
But I don't see how that's possible. There are no
credit card charges in Phoenix, are in New Orleans? No
credit card charges in Phoenix or New Organs? So where
(11:27):
was my hell's my husband being right now? He been
in Phoenix right now, like you said, like that itinerary.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Scene, and he back home. That's where your husband be.
Speaker 4 (11:43):
See, stop trying to make something out of nothing all
the time, he said, Phoenix, taking care of it it.
He had some cigars, his boy got some matches because
the lighter went out.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Cafe demand was on the pack of the matches. I
was in New Orleans than he was, and I hate then.
Yet you need to get a lighter though, he do?
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Yeah, okay, okay, for real?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
For real though? Where was he? For real? Phar real?
What happened?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (12:15):
For real?
Speaker 5 (12:15):
He?
Speaker 3 (12:17):
Uh huh?
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Ain't nobody breaking for you, Shirley.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
I didn't want to know.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
For no, because listen to me, all the evidence points.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
The only thing you have that says New Orleans is
a damn book of matches.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
And the email from the hotel in New Orleans.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
What that means?
Speaker 4 (12:41):
You said it was one of automated things. You said that, Yes,
that's why you didn't think nothing of it, call you
and ask you to enjoy the state. You ain't there,
and he ain't there? Why they Why ain't they asked him?
Did he enjoy the space?
Speaker 2 (12:56):
All right?
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Leave your comments on today's letter on Instagram at Steve ivfm.
Check us out on the Strawberry Letter podcast. That's the
free iHeartRadio app. We never sound us so good. Junior's
up next to enlighten us on why Sickle Cell Awareness
Month is important.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
We'll get into that right after this. You're listening Hard
Morning Show