A whirlwhind romance seems like a happy-ending fairy tale come true. Within only months, Ian and Angela Diaz fell in love, got married, and got pregnant. Newlywed bliss, however, was rudely interrupted by unhinged emails from Ian's ex Michelle, and then things would take a much, much darker turn. Sources: 1. Buzzfeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/michelle-hadley-ian-diaz-angela-framed 2. Law Offices of Michael Giusti: https://www.topcalifornialawyer.com/blog/firm-news/michelle-...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 211
Picture perfect newlyweds are caught up in a terrifying carjacking after a dinner out in the townships of Cape Town. Was it a carjacking gone horribly wrong, or was it all orchestrated by the one person who vowed to care for the bride most? Ani's family and loved ones feel torn and try for years to uncover parts of the truth to this seemingly never ending mystery. Sources: Anni Dewani: A Father's Story - Vinod Hindocha Anni: The Honeymoon Murder - Discovery+ Honeymoon Murder - The Telegraph The ...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 211
In this breaking news episode, Jessie covers the dramatic conclusion of the Karen Read murder trial, which ended in a mistrial declared by Judge Beverly Cannone. After days of deliberations, the jury remained deadlocked despite attempts to break the impasse. Read, 44, was accused of drunkenly backing her SUV into her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, but her defense claimed she was framed. We discuss the jury's struggle to reach a verdict, the use of the Tuey-Rodriguez charge, and t...
Jul 01, 2024•6 min•Ep. 249
As the jury deliberates, Jessie and Andie are joined by Bob Motta from Defense Diaries to discuss the closing arguments in the Karen Read trial and the case as a whole. Enjoy this special early edition of Current Affairs. Defense Diaries: https://defensediaries.com/ Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 252
Three teenage girls end up in a toxic love triangle that expands to a love quadrangle when one of them marries a young man in his twenties. Affairs, underage drinking and teenage angst eventually culminate in a fatal confrontation. Sources: Lipstick and Blood by John Kearney Scorned: Love Kills S2E5 Forensic Files S9E18 This Week's Episode Brought To You By: Athena Club - Get started with Athena Club today by shopping in-store at Target nationwide - Use code LOVEMURDER at checkout for a free Gen...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 252
The prosecution continues to present its case in the Karen Read trial in Massachusetts. Recent witnesses testify about the timing of certain internet searches, evidence of a car impact on the murder victim and more. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/karen-read-trial https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/06/karen-read-trial-live-updates-testimony-resumes-on-thursday.html h...
Jun 21, 2024•16 min•Ep. 249
A picture perfect couple's future is forever shattered after an innocent person's life is ended with a bullet fired at close range. It doesn't take long for the authorities to hone in on a suspect - but did they act alone? Sources 1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17313470/denita_monique-smith 2. The Herald-Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/795813748/?match=1&terms=denita%20smith 3. The News and Observer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/652314439/?match=1&terms=de...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 208
Jessie and Andie bring you the latest updates in the Karen Read murder trial in Massachusetts, featuring some lewd, biased and generally extremely unprofessional messages from investigating officers. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2024/06/12/karen-read-trial-trooper-michael-proctor-admits-he-dehumanized-read/ https://www.wcvb.com/article/karen-read-trial-live-updates-jun...
Jun 14, 2024•11 min•Ep. 249
When a college student and a trouble young man meet at a Renaissance Faire in October 2001, an intense relationship fueled by fantasy worlds is forged. When one person has difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction and friend from foe, another innocent person loses their life in a grisly fashion. Sources: I'd Kill for You by M. William Phelps Fatal Encounters - "Fatal Fantasy" The Perfect Murder - "The Devil Made Me Do It" This Week's Episode Brought To You By: ARMRA Colostrum - Strengthen immu...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 207
Jessie and Andie bring you the latest updates in the Karen Read murder trial in Massachusetts, with some intense testimony from area police. The questions continue. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/karen-read-trial-john-okeefe-death-what-know-rcna155905 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/06/metro/karen-read-trial-trooper-faces-tough-questions-from-defense/ https://www....
Jun 07, 2024•10 min•Ep. 249
As we get older, we experience more loss. Partners get ill, husbands pass away, loved ones get sick. Sometimes you date 10 people in 7 years and 6 end up mysteriously dead. Or wait - no that is quite suspicious. Today we find ourselves tangled up in a complex web constructed by the most notorious Japanese black widow - Chisako Kakehi Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f3ZlfucTrao94V3KyoL2uNrqIrv4fGjvzTIu182kdmk/edit?usp=sharing This Week's Episode Brought To You By: Shopify - The Platf...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 250
A firefighter makes the decision to leave his wife of 13 years after meeting another woman. The only problem is that his other woman is also married and his wife isn't taking the separation very well. Over the summer of 2012, he begins to get the eerie feeling he's being followed, and then his life as well as the lives of three other couples explodes into infidelity, violence and murder. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1544Z8Hb0A_tzJLRGr-q0OJWs1STk3yBvwyS35pLaupY/edit?usp=sharing Thi...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 205
On this edition of Current Affairs, Jessie and Andie provide an update on the murder trial of Karen Read, who is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston cop John O'Keefe. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/karen-read-trial-day-15/3375169/ https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/star-witness-at-murder-trial-of-mansfields-karen-read-accused-of-being-part-of-coverup...
May 24, 2024•6 min•Ep. 247
Originally recorded as a Patreon. Karen Read is on trial for murdering her boyfriend John O'Keefe with an SUV during a winter storm. Andie provides a background on the case, including a play-by-play of the night of the incident and the big questions that have divided a Massachusetts community. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Umsz9NZ8Dxv6SnxX7rzvB7QKsT-pgD89DR7QelGHSB4/edit?usp=sharing This Week's Episode Brought To You By: Honeylove - Treat yourself to the best shapewear on the mark...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 204
In this week's Current Affairs, Jessie and Andie bring you two cases. The first is the disappearance and murder of Suzanne Morphew. The case has been ongoing for years but has seen new developments. The second is a current case of a disappearance where the husband in question was just arrested. Sources: https://people.com/suzanne-morphew-vanished-mothers-day-four-years-ago-what-to-know-8645318 https://cbi.colorado.gov/news-article/suzanne-morphew-autopsy-results-cbi-update-0 https://www.cnn.com/...
May 17, 2024•7 min•Ep. 247
Tragedy strikes when a mother is killed seemingly accidentally on the last day of deer-hunting season in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. When her husband displays some shocking behavior, authorities take a closer look at her death. Sources: The Sweater Letter (reprinted as Hunt to Kill) by Dave Distal Forensic Files S9E2 American Justice - The Deer Hunting Murder This Week's Episode Brought To You By: MasterClass - Learn from the best to be your best - 15% off an annual membership https://masterclas...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 203
This week on Current Affairs, Jessie and Andie give updates in two cases including that of the radiologist who drove his family off a California cliff only to have everyone survive. In their main story, they cover Mica Miller. Miller's suicide has gotten national attention due to the strange circumstances surrounding it. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/02/we-need-him-in...
May 10, 2024•10 min•Ep. 250
This week we will be talking about a case that starts like a romance novel, but ends like a psychological thriller. When two lovers reunited on the 20th anniversary of their first meeting, a whirlwind romance ensues, and wedding bells ring. When one of the grooms falls dead of mysterious causes, suspicion falls on his handsome husband. Sources: Love Until Death by Mark Seal https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2022/05/17/scams-crimes-and-deadly-painkillers-the-thousand-lives-of-alexandre-d...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 202
Couples who murder together don't usually stay together. However, Allen Morgan and Margaret Spooner Morgan may be the exception. The couple are currently on trial in the UK for planning the murder of Allen's previous wife Carol all the way back in 1981. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://people.com/married-couple-accused-arranging-brutal-murder-of-husbands-previous-wife-40-years-ago-8635293 https://w...
May 03, 2024•8 min•Ep. 249
When a young man with a good family background is accused of annihilating his entire family in a cold-blooded triple homicide, authorities and the media alike attempt to uncover how and why this tragedy occurred. Sources: CNTL+ALT+DESIRE on Paramount Plus https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/amato-family-murders "For the Love of a Cam Girl" This Week's Episode Brought To You By: Shopify - The Platform Commerce is Built On - $1 per month trial https://shopify.com/lovemurder Find LOVE MURDER online: We...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 201
Three seemingly unconnected murders occur within a six-week period in two different states in 1985. Eventually law enforcement is able to trace all three victims to one obsessive love affair. That's just scratching the surface on this very intense 200th episode! Sources: The Soldier of Fortune Murders: A True Story of Obsessive Love and Muder for Hire , by Ben Green: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Soldier_of_Fortune_Murders.html?id=uZfxEGVTkxEC Sandra's Find A Grave: https://www.findag...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 200
This week Andie and Jessie cover the story of Cedric Robertson and Nakita Davison, who was found dead in the trunk of her car. They also cover the sad story of Sade Robinson who was allegedly murdered by Maxwell Anderson after a first date Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources https://www.facebook.com/MilwaukeeCountySheriff/posts/820071280165934?ref=embed_post https://people.com/man-accused-crashing-girlfriend-c...
Apr 19, 2024•5 min•Ep. 249
Neighbors in 1950 Factoryville, PA are concerned when a once-friendly couple begins acting shady. A married man receiving Lonely Hearts magazines certainly raised some eyebrows, but concern turned to alarm when Anna Homeyer disappeared without her beloved cat Mickey. Sources: Disposable Income: A True Story of Sex, Greed and Im-purr-fect Murder by Tammy Mal This Week's Episode Brought To You By: Honeylove - Treat yourself to the best shapewear on the market and save 20% Off at honeylove.com/love...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 199
A pizza parlor owner in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to murdering her common law husband and co-owner and leaving his body in their bedroom for weeks. She also hired a contractor to dig a 7x3x3 foot hole in their driveway with the intent to bury the body. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://6abc.com/anna-maria-tolomello-case-pinas-pizza-owner-murder-chalfont-bucks-county/14636351/ https://www.phill...
Apr 12, 2024•4 min•Ep. 249
Attorney Kevin Bryant and his wife Tabatha seemingly had a picture perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a thriving law practice, two gorgeous children and they even made time to volunteer at their church. When Tabatha is gruesomely murdered in the family's home, however, the police discover several shockingly sorted secrets and fatal betrayals. Sources: Betrayal In Blood by Michael Benson Someone You Throught You Knew S1E3 On the Case with Paula Zahn S3E4 Killer Affair S1E11 This Week's Ep...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 198
The Au Pair Affair: Plots, Fetish Websites, and a Double Murder [Current Affairs - Ad Free] Last February a young mother and nurse and a man she had met on a fetish website were brutally killed. Seven months later, the woman's au pair was arrested, and questions around the husband remain. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://people.com/how-fetish-website-central-to-prosecutors-case-against-au-pair-accu...
Apr 05, 2024•8 min
A love triangle between a prison employee and two dangerous inmates turns deadly when she helps to facilitate their escape. The convicted murderers would be on the run for three weeks, stoking terror into the Adirondack region of New York State. Sources: Escape from Dannemora by Michael Benson Wild Escape by Chelsea Rose Marcius Cellmate Secrets S7E3 Showtime Series: Escape at Dannemora This Week's Episode Brought To You By: Shopify - The Platform Commerce is Built On - $1 per month trial https:...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 197
When an attractive acclaimed surf photographer and a handsome airline pilot cross paths in 1990's Hawaii, the chemistry is electric. Only four years into their marriage, however, one would kill the other on a fatal camping trip. The authorities would be forced to attempt to separate fact from fiction. Sources: Heart Full of Lies by Ann Rule First Degree Podcast Murder in the Rain Podcast Articles from OregonLive.com, Williamette Week, and Seattle Weekly. This Week's Episode Brought To You By: At...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 196
This week on Current Affairs: An update in the Kouri Richins case Richard Sotka convicted of double murder of Rhonda Cegelski and Paula O'Connor The murder of Curtis Engeland Deborah Frazier and Thomas Waddell Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://people.com/richard-sotka-convicted-murder-two-green-bay-women-8608949 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kouri-richins-mother-may-helped-plan-orchestrate-mu...
Mar 22, 2024•8 min•Ep. 251
Unrequited love, drugs and seething jealousies poison the complicated relationships between three promising young adults in Austin, Texas. After a night of partying, something goes tragically wrong and the victim's loved ones are left in a never-ending nightmare. Sources: A Descent Into Hell by Kathryn Casey The Orange Tree Podcast - Season 1 (later rebranded to "Darkness") This Week's Episode Brought To You By: Little Spoon - Simplify your kid's mealtime with 30% off your first order - littlesp...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 195
