The Minds Of Madness - True Crime Stories

“Who are you and what have you done with my wife?” It's the kind of rhetorical question asked in jest, expressing pleasant surprise when someone has a change in behavior or attitude. But what if this wasn’t a rhetorical question? What if someone believed their spouse had actually been replaced by someone else? An imposter. A lookalike. Suddenly “Who are you and what have you done with my wife” takes on a much darker, and more sinister tone. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Habeas Corpus Appeal Student Guilty of Wife’s Murder SMH.com In Fear of the Most Loved Ones Independent.ie Uk Telegraph Otago Daily Times Ithaca.com  Caroline’s Personal Bio No Self Without Self-Delusion Star Gazette Star Gazette #2 Barbara Kot Obituary GQ-induced Psychosis case in France Capgras Syndrome in Chloroqui

Watch enough crime shows and it doesn’t take long to figure out the steps a killer will take to get away with murder. They stage the crime scene, they ditch the murder weapon, they fabricate an alibi, and at all costs, make sure to keep their mouths shut until the day they die. But in the case you’re about to hear the killer takes things a step further by actually manipulating information in the case file. Even making evidence disappear. All while hiding in plain sight for more than two decades. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Crime Library Complaint against LAPD Stephanie Lazarus Appeal The Atlantic LA WEEKLY: ART COP CONFIDENTIAL LA MAG: IN PLAIN SIGHT Hot Art, Joshua Knelman (2012) LAPD ONLINE: Art Theft Detail Sprocket-Trials.Blogspot Stephanie Lazarus Police Interview  Prosecution Statement of Views  The Lazarus Files, Matt

In the mid-1980s, numerous bodies were discovered along the highways of the American South over the course of several years. They were all women. They all had red hair. And all of them had been murdered. This is a unique case unlike any other we’ve ever told. Because it involves a podcast host who went beyond what you’d normally expect of a podcaster. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Shane Waters https://www.itsfoulplay.com Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Redhead Murders Wikipedia Fox 17 Nashville  NBC News Kentucky Findagrave.com Appalachain Unsolved Johnson City Press The Evening Times

The courtyard of an elementary school is probably the last place on earth you'd expect someone to attempt hiring a hitman. Not for a mom in Southern Australia in 2001. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: Dead By Friday, Derek Pedley (2012) Contract Killers: Who Killed Carolyn Matthews? The Sydney Morning Herald The Daily Mail NZ Herald True Crime Library The Adelaide Advertiser The Adelaide Advertiser #2 ABC.net.au

On the morning of August 30th, 2000 - Mark Lundy left a series of messages on his wife’s phone, sounding increasingly irritated that she hadn’t called him back. When he finally did receive a callback, it wasn’t from his wife, but from a friend telling him that the police were at his house…Something horrible had happened. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Mike White https://www.stuff.co.nz/authors/mike-white  Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Anatomy of a Scandal What The Jury Didn’t Hear Lundy’s Last Chance Brain in a Bucket Salient Magazine Mark Lundy Wikipedia Mark Lundy Appeal (2019) The Mystery of Mark Lundy’s Shirt Mark Lundy Privy Council Appeal (2013)

40-year-old mother Carole Packman had been living in a toxic household - with a husband who physically abused her, and was openly having an affair with another woman he’d invited to live with them. Carole had the means, motive, and opportunity to vanish completely and start fresh somewhere else. And for nearly ten years, that’s exactly what everybody thought she’d done. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Featured Podcast: Murderish https://murderish.com  Sources: Investigating the Almost Perfect Murders, Anthony Nott (2020) The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph #2 Kensington News The Guardian Guernsey Press When Missing Turns to Murder The Investigator: A British Crime Story BBC Murder and Fraud Mirror.co.uk Russel Causley Conviction Appeal 2003 The Justice Gap

In June 2011, UK author Helen Bailey began writing a blog after the death of her husband as a way to deal with her grief and to provide comfort and a voice to the bereaved. She openly chronicled her journey following her loss - the ins and outs, the highs and lows, and eventually revealed that things were, indeed, getting better for her - she’d met someone: a man she called “The Gorgeous Grey-Haired Widower.” How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Death of an Author - Hilary Nettleton When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis - Helen Bailey  Diane Stewart Obituary Daily Mail #1  Daily Mail #2 Daily Mail #3  Daily Mail #4 Daily Mail #5  Daily Mail #6 Plainsmenpost #1 Plainsmenpost #2 BBC  Helen Bailey Wiki  Crown Sentencing Remarks Diane 911 Call  ITV  What The Killer Did Next Documentary  Trial Testimony Twitter

Charlotte and Brent Springford Sr. were well-respected, successful, progressive-minded pillars of their community in Montgomery, Alabama. Everything in their lives seemed perfect, but that was all about to change. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Mark Pinsky Drifting Into Darkness Editing: Justin Hellstrom Recommendation: Lies In Bone https://www.audible.com/pd/Lies-in-Bone-Audiobook/B09RG7BR4 Sources: Drifting Into Darkness, Mark Pinsky (2022) Boulder Weekly #1 Boulder Weekly #2 AlabamaNews.net Caroline Scoutt Obituary Denver Post Newcastle News Letter Journal #1 Newcastle News Letter Journal #2 Newcastle News Letter Journal #3 Springford’s Obituary Bonnie’s Blog Drifting Into Darkness Mark Pinsky

Valentine’s Day 2010 was supposed to be the perfect day for Richard and Stacey Schoeck to re-stoke old fires of desire. Like many couples, work, kids, and other commitments had meant little time for passion. But they were about to change all that. Their plan was to meet up in a secret, secluded spot, in the pitch-black darkness of the North Georgia countryside. A perfect place to drink some wine, exchange their Valentine’s …and maybe more. Tragically, they’d never get that chance. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Research: Ashton Morrow Editing: Justin Hellstrom Sources: Stacey Schoeck: The Valentine’s Day Killer, by Ana Benton Dateline NBC, A Perfect Spot, S23 E36 Oxygen Snapped, S19 E10 Stacey Morgan Schoeck Facebook TrueCrimeDaily.com Gainesville Times Article #1 Gainesville Times Article #2 Gainesville Times Article #3 Gainesville Ti

Jo Rogers and her two daughters disappeared after taking their first vacation together.. Tragically it would be their last. Their bodies were later discovered floating in Tampa Bay with all signs horrifically pointing to the probability they’d been thrown overboard alive - bound and weighed down with cinder blocks. It would be a crime that would go unsolved for three years. That's until a group of determined cold case investigators decided to take another look at the case - a case that would make it to the famous TV show "Unsolved Mysteries", and onto billboards, all in a desperate attempt to track down a man they suspected was a serial killer. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Special Thanks: Christina Crane Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Justin Hellstrom Featured Podcast: History Daily - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-daily/id1591095413 Sour

After Nicole Addimando fatally shot her partner in what she claimed was self-defense, she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. At her trial the details surrounding her history of abuse were excluded, essentially removing the context for what happened the night of the shooting from the jury. As much as this case examines the darker side of the judicial system it also highlights human strength and the immense power of friendship, love, and compassion - the unstoppable force behind a group of women who have fought fiercely to bring not only Nikki’s truth to light but the injustice all criminalized survivors of intimate partner violence face. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter HOW TO HELP NIKKI 1. SIGN THE PETITION Click Here By signing the petition supporting Nikki’s clemency, you’re asking Governor Hochul to grant Nikki clemency to reunite her with her children who de

To many residents in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, Nicole Addimando and Christopher Grover appeared to be an ideal couple raising two young children. So how did Chris wind up dead, and Nikki behind bars? When the truth behind the shooting was finally revealed, the details would be more shocking, and more devastating, than anyone wanted to believe. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter HOW TO HELP NIKKI 1. SIGN THE PETITION Click Here By signing the petition supporting Nikki’s clemency, you’re asking Governor Hochul to grant Nikki clemency to reunite her with her children who desperately need their mother.  2. CONTRIBUTE TO FAMILY TRUST Click Here Your donation will go directly to the Addimando Family Trust, which supports the current and future needs of Nikki and her children, now 9 and nearly 7. To find out more go to: We Stand With Nikki Website Instagram Twitter Facebook

Imagine TLC's 90 Day Fiancé meets the hit series Breaking Bad in an all-new twisted case of online romance. In 2006, an unlikely couple living two worlds apart found love over the internet and ventured into a marriage together that would later be mired in suspicion and deceit, ending with a woman missing and police conducting an experiment using two pig carcasses to determine what might have happened to her. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/cctv-footage-used-as-police-evidence-against-convicted-murderer-klaus-andres/video/b222da7498d1f283d99eb3f8b87efd90 https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/part-of-polices-interview-wit

December 24th, 2007 would mark the fifth year, three generations of the Anderson family living in Carnation, Washington would spend Christmas together. They had no idea a murderous pair sharing paranoid delusions made plans for it to be their last, becoming one of the worst mass killings in Washington State’s history. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Sources: Sanders, Paul. (2017). Banquet of Consequences: A Juror’s Plight, The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson. https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/crime/2016/02/09/michele-anderson-confession-murder-trial/80074930/ https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Neighbors-remember-c

One of the best things about traveling is getting to meet new and interesting people along the way. But just how much do you really know about the guy sitting two rows behind you on the plane… or the person offering to split a taxi with you? In this whirlwind episode, you'll hear about three unsuspecting tourists who suddenly disappeared without a trace. That is until their body parts started showing up in Singapore and Thailand. The perpetrator - a fugitive who'd mastered butchery skills in prison. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster Feel The Madness - The Funkoars Used wit

In March 2021, London along with the rest of England was under a full national lockdown in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. An unusual mix of boredom, fear, and frustration permeated the country as it grappled with the ever-changing rules and restrictions. The entire world it seemed, was just waiting for things to go back to normal. But there was one man who didn’t see these once-in-a-lifetime circumstances as an obstacle - instead, he saw in them - a depraved opportunity to turn locked-down London into his own personal hunting ground. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Sohom Das www.youtube.com/apsychforsoreminds Featured Podcast: Defense Diaries https://

Ben and Narcy Novak's marriage was held together by mutually-assured destruction. He had all the money. She had all the dirt. Ben Jr. Novack had it all - wealth, influence, and a thriving convention business that made him millions each year. He was also the son of one of the world’s most successful hoteliers. But none of that would protect him from a gruesome death at the hands of the person he should have trusted the most. A wife who took her vows of “til death do us part” to a whole new twisted and sadistic level, stopping at nothing to make sure that if she couldn’t have him, no one could. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Rose Keefe Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D

Halloween is without a doubt considered the spookiest time of year.  It’s the time of year when we binge watch all of the horror classics, sure to induce a good jump scare - like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. There are also those other classics that take us to a much darker place - like Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen, where we question the existence of demons. For one young man in the town of Manteca, California, there came a time where he didn’t just question the existence of demons - he believed he was actually seeing them. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Featured Podcast: World's Dumbest Criminals https

Whether or not you're into mafia films like The Godfather or Goodfellas, you're guaranteed to love this episode - a story filled with all the makings of a Hollywood movie: comedy, romance, schemes, scams, sketchy characters, violence...and the occasional murder. This is a story about a man born into a life of crime and raised by a prominent mafia family in Detroit, Michigan - Gunner Alan Lindbloom. In this episode, he takes us back to his troubling childhood and into his professional life of crime where he eventually finds redemption and love in the unlikeliest of places. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Gunner Lindbloom https://www.youtube.com/c/GunnerLindbloom

In the Summer of 2004, in the quiet, soggy coastal town of Raymond Washington, a man lifted a body out of his family’s chest freezer. He struggled beneath its weight and couldn’t understand how his wife had managed to get it in there in the first place. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Luke Ahearn Featured Podcast: Reverie True Crime https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/reverie-true-crime-1250168 Sources: If You Tell - by Gregg Olsen (2019) https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/knotek-david.htm https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/shelly-knotek https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/ https:/