Wife of Crime

I went into this episode thinking I was researching one kidnapping. Instead, I uncovered a story that completely changed the way I look at American history. Sometimes the most important stories aren't the ones we've never heard... they're the ones we were never taught to ask about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Wife of Crime we are going back to a case that has impacted me for over 10 years. Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs and her husband Jesse Tafero were 2 self described hippies who needed a ride when their car broke down. Walter Rhodes, a co worker of Jesse's gave the family that ride and what started off as an innocent favor would turn into a series of events that would change Sunny, Jesse an...

On this episode of Start Spreading the News we talk about KNICKS IN 5!!! A huge Epstein update, the acquittal of Rick Chow and murder of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, Philadelphia banning carriage horses, the bungee jumper who was killed in Brazil and the teacher Russ has officially named HUNK of the year!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Wife of Crime we are traveling back in time to December of 2020 when we first covered the case of The Tiede Family! This episode has lived rent free in Russ's head for years. It's by far one of his favorite episodes we've ever done. We will talk about what was going on in our lives when we first recorded it, what we think of the case today and how far we've come since then! This...

When 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez got into an Uber headed for the Hollywood Hills, she believed she was going to see someone she loved. Months later, her remains would be discovered inside the front trunk of a Tesla registered to rising music star David Burke aka D4vd. In this episode, we unravel the disturbing timeline prosecutors say led from a secret relationship to one of the most shock...

On this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ the weird case of the Craigslist Killer. A young medical student with a fiancée, a future, and the kind of life people envy is suddenly arrested in connection to a series of terrifying crimes linked to Craigslist. What begins as a shocking highway arrest quickly unravels into a story about hidden identities, double lives, and the terrifying reality...

Alex Murdaugh's conviction has been overturned!! Way back in 2021 we were one of the first podcasts to talk about this insane case. So today we bring you an episode we like to call Wife of Crime Rewind! We talk all about the new developments in the case and then we rewind and go back to our original episode so you can hear all the background information you may have forgotten. Stay tuned for the e...

In Part 2, we slow everything down and take a closer look at the details, the evidence, the timelines, the medical findings, and the theories that try to explain what happened inside that house. Because this is a case where the devil really is in the details, and the deeper you go, the more things start to fall apart. Every piece seems to explain something, but never everything… leaving behind a s...

On this episode of Wife of Crime, I'm telling Russ the insane case of Robert Wone! Robert spends the night at a friend’s home after a late work meeting. Less than an hour later, he’s dead. What should have been a straightforward case quickly turns into one of the most baffling mysteries we’ve ever covered. A timeline that doesn’t fit. A scene that raises more questions than answers. And a story th...

On this month's Not Me Not Today episode I'm telling Russ about the insane survival of Jennifer Schuett! For nearly 20 years, Dennis Bradford lived a normal life....blending in, keeping quiet, holding onto a secret no one around him could even imagine. A secret about a little girl taken from her own bed… left for dead in a field… and never supposed to be heard from again. But secrets like that don...

Dalia gets a call from police while she’s at the gym telling her to come home immediately. When she arrives, her street is filled with cop cars, crime scene tape wrapped around the house, and before she can even process what’s happening… she’s told her husband has been shot and killed.  It’s emotional. It’s chaotic. It feels like the beginning of a tragedy. But this case is nothing like it seems....

In this final chapter, we step back. We talk about what this case did to us, the conspiracy theories like Pizzagate, QAnon, and cannibalism and what happens when public trust in institutions collapses. We also ask the bigger question: now that the storm has passed and the inferno has been exposed, what does accountability actually look like going forward. All of my sources for this episode: https:...

In Part 2, we go deeper. From Manhattan to Palm Beach, from Zorro Ranch to Epstein Island, we break down how Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell built a global operation recruiters, billionaires, politicians, private planes, and the system that protected them. We examine the powerful names in his orbit, the financial entanglements that kept doors open, and the survivors who refused to stay silen...

Before the headlines and before the fall, there was an image of money, power, elite circles, and a world that looked untouchable from the outside. In Part One, we rewind to the beginning of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, where they came from, how they built influence, who entered their orbit, and the early warning signs that something darker was happening behind closed doors. I will also t...

On this month's Not Me Not Today episode we’re talking about a case that starts with young love and ends in a story of pure survival. It’s intense, emotional, and honestly one that’s going to stick with you long after you listen. Dan and Dani are just starting to catch feelings for each other. They are on a date, having a great time but a random weird encounter with a stanger will turn their world...

💔🖤 TOXIC VALENTINE’S DAY 🖤💔 Every year we tell a love story that goes completely off the rails… and this one is messy in all the ways you’d expect there are secrets, jealousy, bad decisions, and the kind of drama that starts small and spirals way too far. No spoilers, but let’s just say this case is a reminder that relationships aren’t always what they seem… especially when people start living...

Imagine being told you have cancer—a diagnosis that instantly upends your life—and then enduring months or even years of brutal chemotherapy. Now imagine learning that your doctor forced you to undergo three to four times the standard amount of treatment, or kept you on chemotherapy long after you were in remission, all while you believed you were still fighting for your life. Worst of all, imagin...

On this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ the amazing survival of Sarah Brady. Sarah was nine months pregnant and gets a phone call about a baby registry mix-up. It sounds harmless. It feels normal. And that’s what makes this case so terrifying. Luckily, Sarah trusted her instincts just in time and lived to tell her story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ about a serial killer nurse named Kristen Gilbert! Kristen seemed like an amazing nurse, she had it all together at home and on the job. She was the nurse coworkers counted on because she knew her stuff, but when the number of death's in the ICU started rising every time Kristen worked a few coworkers started noticing a pattern. As her fellow nurse...

2025 had a lot of funny conversation, inside jokes and crazy deep dives! Cheers to 2025! We are super excited about 2026! Thank you for another year of WOC! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ the amazing survival of Jennifer Morey. This story is about a woman who did everything right and still found herself fighting for her life in her own home! It's also about the complexity of trust, and about how sometimes the people who are supposed to protect you are the ones you need protection from most. It’s a case about survival, intuition, and...

On this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ the second case in our Baddie Series! Terra Newell met John Meehan when her mother started dating him in 2014. Terra's mother Debra quickly fell head over heels for John, but her children didn't have a good feeling about him. As time went on the truth would come to light and this story would end in a parking lot with Terra violently fighting for he...

On this episode of Wife of Crime, I am telling Russ the first story in our 3 part Baddie Series! The next 3 episodes I will be bringing you stories about 3 different badass women in honor of the launch of our self protection brand, Clutch Defense!! When multiple people started dying in the same family, one by one, Mollie Burkhart had to face immense heartache to not only protect herself but also h...

We have been keeping a secret for a long time! But we are finally ready to tell you! Go follow @clutchdefense on instagram for updates!! Thank you all so much for all the love and support we couldn't have done this without you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ about the tragic murder of Anne Marie Fahey. When a 30 year old woman disappears from her Delaware apartment, friends and family immediately knew something sinister had happened. She was the scheduling secretary for the Governor, she knew a lot of prominent people in politics. Her sister Kathleen also knew there was a man in her orbit that had been...