We hope everyone had a happy Valentine's day. For those who didn't, this week we are talking about cheating spouses!! While we don't have these issues in our married lives, this is a huge problem for many couples. Laura shares two murders for a double feature of marital infidelity. The first murder is about the "Penis Hacker," I mean...really that is what she was called after she killed her husband. A second story about an attempted murder of a husband whose wife found photos of him with another...
Feb 15, 2021•33 min
Happy Romantic Obligation Day! This year, we are phoning it in during the pandemic and doing true romantic things that only married parents of children understand, like giving your spouse an hour of silence. How romantic! We complain about Valentine's Day in general before getting in to two dark Valentine's Murders. Our first is a minister who killed his wife as a Valentine's gift to his mistress. The second is a Paralympic and Olympic athlete who shot his wife on Valentine's day, mistaking her ...
Feb 08, 2021•46 min
We talk about one of the most controversial topics of our time...politics! That's right we complain about how one of our spouses refuses to talk politics while the other goes off and has Facebook arguments with strangers. Politicians are crazy and so are we as we devise some crazy hypothetical murders. Things are getting nuts on Death Do Us Part. Listen, subscribe, and tell us your most exasperating pet peeves! You can follow us on Instagram/Twitter @ddupcast or visit our website at DeathDoUsPar...
Feb 01, 2021•49 min
We talk baking pet peeves inspired by the fake story of the "real" muffin man. A very intriguing farce of an article that duped us both. Regardless! We are talking baking pet peeves, from pancake mix cement to flour puff kitchens. We detail to of our most disturbing murders yet. One a husband who killed and baked his wife while putting the rest of her in the ceiling, the other a couple who baked together and stayed together....while eating people. It gets a bit graphic as we conclude with a murd...
Jan 25, 2021•42 min
Inspired by a breakfast marital mess up just last week, we talk about breakfast annoyances. From putting the baby in a dangerous place while cooking to just skipping the meal altogether, oh do we have some complaints. We then get into the gritty hash browns of our murder meal to discuss two murders over mis-made or skipped breakfasts, we are talking rampages over the worlds most important meal. We then discuss our hypomurders for the week including the use of poisonous fermented flour (it's real...
Jan 18, 2021•36 min
Happy New Year! Well, hopefully 2021 will turn out better than 2020, but its not off to a very good start! We discuss some favorite episode from 2020, share some murders that we feel sum up last year in a nut shell, and conclude with a list of crazy things that happened in 2020 that no one remembers because lets face it 2020 was a dumpster fire. Murder hornets? Government sanctioned videos of UFOs? The killing of millions of minks in Denmark due to COVID?! Only this past year would make these th...
Jan 11, 2021•52 min
This Holiday season we complain about the BS of gift giving when people try not to hurt your feelings, just return it if you don't like it! We also complain about incomplete recipes and spouses who eat ALL the Christmas cookies too early so you have to hide them in the freezer behind the frozen veggies. We get into two very sad Christmas murders. One a genuinely thoughtful gift that turns into a tragic accident. The other is a Christmas eve cover up where a man stashed his wife's body under a gi...
Dec 21, 2020•46 min
Merry?! Not this week as we complain about all things Christmas. Laura complains about Nick's inability to wrap ANY gifts. Jeremy bemoans the Christmas letter writing process and the fact that he has written letters the past two years that were NEVER sent. Laura and Jeremy share some holiday murders and then to get that holiday stress out our hypomurders. Merry Freakin' Christmas, is 2020 over yet?! Listen, subscribe, and tell us your most exasperating pet peeves! You can follow us on Instagram/...
Dec 14, 2020•45 min
Happy Holidays! This week we bring you the entirely unrelated diaper complaints from two families with multiple kids. We then get into the details of a father who killed his son for mocking his diaper wearing and feces eating photos, yes you read that right. This is followed up by the tale of an astronaut's epic journey in which she wore a diaper to drive non-stop to beat her lover's other girlfriend landing at the airport for a half baked murder attempt. We end the episode with a twin hypotheti...
Dec 07, 2020•42 min
We are back! Laura popped out a baby and Jeremy bought a new house. A lot has happened and we get into some of our big life changes as well as getting back on track to talk about murders, and oh boy have we stacked up some pet peeves. This week we talk about ice cream pet peeves. Laura tells the tale of her husband eating her leftover ice cream while she was PREGNANT! Somehow he survived. Jeremy laments that his wife does not even like ice cream; how is that even possible? They get into two ice ...
Nov 30, 2020•48 min
In honor of Halloween, Laura and Jeremy chat about scary movie pet peeves. Jeremy's wife won't watch any scary movies, anything where kids die, disaster movies, or suspense. Laura's husband on the other hand is TOO into blood and likes the obscene gory slasher films with just carnage. They share scary movie murders one where the star of an indie horror film turned out to be a real murderer. The other is about a man who wanted to drink his wife's blood after watching An Interview With a Vampire.....
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr
Inspired by Jeremy's son barging in on last weeks podcast recording, Laura and Jeremy complain about Doors! Laura complains about Nick's misuse of every door in the house. Jeremy complains that Keli doesn't close the doors with child locks, so what is the point of the child lock? We get into a tragic murder of a woman whose body was hidden in a cupboard for 15 months and the sad story of the Peephole murder where a beloved mom fell victim to gang violence. Our hypomurders wrap it all up with a R...
Oct 12, 2020•40 min
We complain about when our spouses make us late for work, or create unnecessary stress during the dreaded morning routine. Despite getting up early with their youngest, Jeremy is still rushing to his desk to make it to work on time each morning. Laura's husband on the other hand goes in when their son wakes up and ends up falling asleep in his toddler bed making them all run late for the morning routine. We share some Mom blog posts about why men take so long in the bathroom and a scary short re...
Oct 05, 2020•49 min
Laura and Jeremy talk birthday parties, especially kids birthday parties and how other people don't watch their kids so you have to watch them all? RIght?! It is always someone else, never you, but that one person whose kids are unholy terrors and they just hurt all the other kids while their parents laugh, ignore them and drink beer. Yeah....we get in deep on party complaints and then dive into a murder at a kids party place called Jump 'n Jam as well as a man who threw his wife a death party t...
Sep 28, 2020•48 min
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle! This week we talk recycling and trash pet peeves. Like leaving all of the recyclables on the counter and not taking them out, or not breaking down massive boxes that fill up the entire recycle can. We talk about some trash related murders including the mysterious death of Lara Prychodko who fell down a trash chute and the murder of Ingrid Lyne whose body was found in multiple trash cans. We wrap it all up with hypo-murders involving battery acid and Crystalline Silica...
Sep 21, 2020•43 min
This week Laura and Jeremy complain about some work from home pet peeves that we are all now feeling in this pandemic. Laura's husband is the "Great Interrupter" asking all sorts of questions in the middle of her workday while Jeremy's wife is the "Stinky Interrupter" as when their son is let in his office to say hi he most assuredly needs a diaper change. Laura shares a murder of a Covid researcher who was killed at home as part of a love triangle, but internet conspiracies believe there is way...
Sep 14, 2020•46 min
While neither of us have experience with divorce, this is a majorly stressful time for couples ending their relationship. It is often a time of un-reciprocated feeling, people escaping bad situations, or a relationship that has simply come to an end. Laura shares some bizarre reasons some people have decided to get a divorce, including a man who was astonished the first time he saw his wife without makeup, a man who was TOO well endowed...ouch, and a husband who gabbed too much and couldn't keep...
Sep 07, 2020•56 min
It has been one year of podcasting for Laura and Jeremy and they are enjoying podcasting and sharing their passion for true crime and relationship complaints! We hope everyone has enjoyed our first 50 episodes and we look forward to bringing you 50 more in our second year! In honor of anniversaries, Laura and Jeremy talk anniversary gifts, paper, copper, wool, you name it! We get into two anniversary murders, including the Engelbrecht anniversary argument that led to a family shooting. They also...
Aug 31, 2020•49 min
Since the weather is unbearably hot out lately Laura and Jeremy discuss air conditioner related pet peeves. Laura coins the phrase "Too young to die but too old for tiktok" (unrelated to the theme but brilliant). We get into some A/C inspired murders including one that comes straight out of a horror movie using the air conditioner to cover up a murder. Two other stories are shared about firearm assaults over a thermostat and an A/C unit. One ends with multiple gunshot wounds, the other is a bull...
Aug 24, 2020•51 min
This week we talk driving pet peeves, including poor co-pilots and road rage! We cover an Uber murder that is almost as unbelievable to us as it was to the murderer and a poorly placed shot caused by road rage that led to a murdered husband and plenty of conspiracy theories. We conclude with a myth from China called Hit to Kill which we use for a hypo-murder and a road rage conspiracy of our own. If you are listening to this while you drive remember to keep calm and drive safe. Listen, subscribe...
Aug 17, 2020•47 min
We all use our significant others as a scapegoat from time to time, either as an excuse or to shift blame. We shouldn't but everyone does! We complain about this common place misuse of couple power as our spouses have used us as scapegoats. We also talk about all things goats, including pygmy goats and goat yoga before getting into some intense goat related murders. One of which involves a man claiming he believe his wife was a goat when he carved her up, later blaming the devil of course. Anoth...
Aug 10, 2020•36 min
Laura and Jeremy welcome Special Guest Dr. Jane of the Why Killers Kill Podcast. Dr. Jane is a practiced expert in the field of criminal psychology. She has worked in her field over 15 years with victims and perpetrators of crimes including sex offenders, fraudsters, and murderers. Dr. Jane shares her knowledge and experience with us as we discuss signs in early marriage that things are not working out, managing expectations between partners, how the little things can tip one over the edge, majo...
Aug 03, 2020•43 min
Moving can be a stressful activity on a good day. Both of us have moved a few times, and while Laura complains about her husbands lack of packing skills Jeremy complains that his wife won't up and leave to Alaska...can we really blame her though? We get into some gritty details on a vacuum wrapped corpse packaged up so good it mummified and a father figure who could not let go when his friend asked him to move out and stop touching her daughter, so he killed her. Our hypo-murders are just as dis...
Jul 27, 2020•48 min
Annoying habits wear on all of us. This week Jeremy complains about his wife's casual sarcasm. Laura talks about her husband's need to "poke the bear" after an argument. We get into some very relevant murders about death over sarcastic dinner comments and the murder of a man who would not let his wife leave after a blowout argument. We conclude the episode with our hypo-murders about a snake in a sleeping bag!! (where did that come from) and a mafia setup gone wrong. Enjoy, commiserate, and love...
Jul 20, 2020•42 min
This year's fourth of July celebration comes with mixed emotions. Borrowing from a Langston Hughes quote... "O, let America be America again — The land that never has been yet — And yet must be--the land where every man is free." Laura and Jeremy talk about freedom and control in relationships and how it can turn to murder on either end. We of course share some fourth of July themed murders with exploding barbecues and automobile fireworks triggered in a car wash. We hit every range of emotions ...
Jul 06, 2020•58 min
Forgetfulness is a pet peeve in marriage that plagues many. Who has not heard, "I will put it away later," or "I will get to it..." but IT never happens. Laura and Jeremy discuss while drinking some lemon infused drinks, Laura shares her hot Cheeto and peanut butter pregnancy craving, and we dig into two murders where forgetfulness turned into murder. One forgetful husband forgot his wife's 45th birthday...the last birthday he will ever forget. Another husband managed to keep his promise which e...
Jun 29, 2020•50 min
Couples face many struggles, one of which is simply SLEEP. Laura and Jeremy discuss pet peeves about their spouses waking them up late at night and falling asleep on the sofa and having to be dragged up stairs. Jeremy shares a list of pregnancy complaints that have made many a pregnant wife contemplate murder to give Laura the floor for some justified complaining. Laura then digs into a Belfast woman whose husband snored so loud it shook the windows. After 23 years...it became too much. Jeremy d...
Jun 22, 2020•51 min
The age old spousal dispute "What do you want from the store?" ... "Surprise Me!" That's right this week we are talking about spouses depending on the other to remember their favorite foods, remembering to pick up a treat for them, or even remember their fast food order! The other phrase that is so often heard not long before an argument begins is "You know what I like..." Laura and Jeremy discuss both sides of the Surprise Me trope that some see as a trap and others see as common sense. We talk...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Another day with pandemic restriction means another day of missing normal summer things, like swimming. While Laura & Jeremy remember the good times of being able to swim at a public pool they also complain about their spouses inability to put sunscreen on their "wonder bread" skin, horseplay that gives kids dangerous ideas, the full hour it takes them to get in the pool, and of course Skinny Dipping! Lots to complain about between their two relationships and the pool but nothing as bad as t...
Jun 01, 2020•50 min
This week we discuss the quintessential NAG. We all do it, relationships come apart because of them, and yes sometimes it can even lead to murder. Laura and Jeremy complain about the slow painful nag, the long con of nags. As well as nagging to get stuff you want, the incessant nag. Conversation of course devolved into a Friday the 13th Conception Story...They then share a murder about a 56 year marriage that ended in murder over constant nagging! Followed by a crazy murder with a heroine overdo...
May 25, 2020•51 min