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Amy Townsend
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Lori Vallow Daybell may finally be charged for the death of ex-husband Charles Vallow. For more than a year Lori Vallow and Alex Cox got away with the blatant murder, disguised as a "self-defense" shooting of Charles Vallow in July 2019. Alex has since...
Joseph Ryan died under very suspicious circumstances. Did Lori Vallow and Alex Cox get rid of Tylee Ryan’s father? Cult mom, Lori Daybell, has been married five times, and two of them are dead. In this true crime story we answer the question: How did...
Judge Esther Salas was at home with her son and husband when a man dressed as a fedex driver knocked on the door and started shooting. her son was murdered, her husband’s condition is critical, but miraculously Judge Salas, the intended target, happened...
Killer dad is changing his story after already confessing to murdering his wife, their three kids, and the family dog. Anthony Todt, lived with the decomposing bodies of his family for two weeks in Celebration, Florida, before he was accidentally...
WHEN VANESSA GUILLEN WAS FOUND DEAD, FORT HOOD THOUGHT IT WAS OVER. Then we found out that her best friend, fellow soldier and sexual assault victim, Krysta Martinez was killed in a supposed car accident only days before Vanessa's body was found! As a...
What better day for a quick Lori Vallow update than today, Doomsday? Cult mom, Lori Vallow Daybell, went from cool mom to murderous mom in only five husbands. The Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow case started with the cult leaders insisting the world would...
It was a bizarre and brutal death. Lavena's Johnson's body was found (without explanation) in a dirty contractors tent on a military base in Iraq. Her body was bruised and bitten, her genitals had been burned with lye. Her body and the tent with it had...
Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow married only 2 weeks after Tammy Daybell's suspicious death. Months later, the remains of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan were found on Chad Daybell’s property—buried there while Tammy was living. Was she murdered because she asked...
QUESTIONS ANSWERED! Chad Daybell probable cause affidavit reveals disturbing details about what happened to Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan. The human remains of missing Idaho kids, Joshua Vallow and Tylee Ryan, were found at the home of Chad Daybell....
The bodies of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow were found buried in Doomsday cult leader Chad Daybell’s backyard. Their mother (his wife), Lori Vallow Daybell has not released a statement about the discovery. After appearing in court, Chad, the author of...
Lori Vallow’s dangerous state-of-mind is caught on police body cam footage only months before the suspicious passing of her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, and the disappearance of missing Idaho kids, JJ and Tylee Ryan. WARNING!The body cam...
Israel Keyes, Michael Gargiulo, Bobby Joe Long. Each one of these guys are dead or behind bars (thank the good lord above!). Find out how Michael Gargiulo earned his nickname, "the Hollywood Ripper." See why Israel Keyes (the only serial killer to rival...
Letecia (Tee) Stauch's behavior went from weird to just plain bizarre after her stepson, Gannon Stauch, went missing. Which only led us true crime aficionados to suspect her IMMEDIATELY! And, unfortunately, we were right. When Gannon's body was found,...
Kristin Smart disappeared from the Cal Poly campus after a frat party in May 1996. Paul Flores, a classmate of hers, was the last one to see her alive. For 24 years he has been a person of EXTREME interest, but despite a ton of circumstantial evidence...
Think you can't start a business out of your home? Think again! Lawrence Ray (allegedly) started a sex cult out of his daughter's dorm room at Sarah Lawrence College. So...stop being lazy. Listen to the recap & get inspired! Or WATCH AND COMMENT on...
Valerie Cincinelli is accused of hiring a hitman to murder her husband and her boyfriend's daughter. The thing is, she paid her boyfriend to hire him. He immediately went to the FBI and turned her in. But, she still insists she's innocent. Take a listen...
For Amie Harwick jealousy and obsession were part of her daily life as a celebrity family & sex therapist and author, as seen on the Amie Harwick channel. Her book, her relationship with Drew Carey, her job, and the fact that Amie Harwick was just...
Who murdered six people on a remote farm in 1922, Germany? One of them was their maid, on her first day at work. (Unluckiest woman, ever!) Was the killer actually living in their attic for six months before the murders? Or, could it even have been a...
When the gorgeous 16-year-old aspiring rodeo queen went missing, no one suspected the guy she trusted like a big brother. But did Bryce Dickey's obsession with Gabrielle (Britney) Ujlaky turn into rape and murder? Listen to the recap now to get caught...
Jimmy Ruppert Easter massacre is one of the deadliest shootings inside a private residence in US history. The Easter crime scene at James Ruppert's house in Ohio is still one of the city's worst massacre shootings. On March 30, 1975, James (Jimmy)...
Big news friends! We're moving to YOUTUBE! This is the final podcast, but I'd love to see you (and you can see me!) on the YouTube/True Crime Recaps channel twice a week for new mini-episodes. Why this move away from podcasts? Well...couple reasons...I'm more charming "in person," and it's easier to talk to YOU through the comments. If you like something, hate something...I want to be able to talk with you about it, and we can do that there. I hope you'll join me, it's a fun party! Meanwhile, take a listen to this last show about the SOLVED rape & murder of Mandy Stavik, a college freshmen from Washington state. And you won't believe how it got solved. Hint: You'll want to keep a close eye on your creepy co-workers. Enjoy!
A Dallas jury found former police officer, Amber Guyer, guilty for the murder of Botham Jean when she fatally shot him in what became known as the wrong apartment case. But was it actually murder or just a tragic mistake?This is a tragic true crime story with an ending that we can all learn from. // If you like your true crime delivered with real talk (and a side of snark!) then this is the true crime show for you...just like you're having a conversation about true crime with your most outrageous friend. // Do you prefer to watch true crime on YouTube? Check out our channel at youtube.com/truecrimerecaps
This is the most bizarre story you'll hear today. Kristine Barnett, parenting expert and author, and her husband Michael Barnett were parents to Natalia Grace Barnett, their adopted Ukraine daughter who they thought was a child but who may actually be an adult with dwarfism. The Natalia Grace case is being called the real life Orphan. Now, in 2019, years after ditching their adopted daughter, the real life Orphan adoption story is getting even crazier now that charges have been filed. // Prefer watching your true crime stories? Check out True Crime Recaps on YouTube for new stories every week, with a side of snark and sass.
STORY SOURCES: / RESOURCES MENTIONED:
https://www.insider.com/kristine-barnett-ukrainian-girl-adoption-says-it-was-scam-2019-9?fbclid=IwAR0__Pa59RCfPzkbaW6DKwlEUq34mUyqVIxdQ6npKeI5Bw_niwlmSLalZTA
What is Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondyloepiphyseal_dysplasia_congenita
IMDB Orphan Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/
Elle: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29205646/kristine-barnett-natalia-grace-adoption/
Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7479061/Mom-claims-Ukrainian-daughter-9-adopted-really-22-year-old-dwarfism.html
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/17/police-say-she-abandoned-her-adopted-daughter-she-says-girl-was-actually-scamming-adult-sociopath/
Jezebel: https://jezebel.com/the-ukrainian-orphan-who-is-actually-maybe-an-adult-has-1838650546
WILFTV: https://youtu.be/BZtSSnWWl-s