Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime deep dives into cases involving a more rare type of criminal, women who commit financial crimes and scams. In season one, host Jami Rice of MURDERISH podcast takes listeners on a journey to investigate Mary Carole McDonnell, a self-proclaimed heiress and the CEO of a TV production company based in Los Angeles. Jami met Mary Carole McDonnell in 2018 when the phony heiress hand-delivered pies to staff at the bank she was about to scam out of $15 milli...
Jul 25, 2022•58 min
In March of 1981, Michael Donald became the latest victim in America’s history of racial violence. The young Black man was beaten, killed, and lynched by two members of the local Ku Klux Klan in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama, for nothing more than crossing their path. The resulting murder investigation triggered his mother, Beulah Mae Donald, to sue the state Klan into oblivion. A small comfort for the victim of America’s last recorded lynching and his family. Check us out: Visit Murderish.com...
Jul 18, 2022•48 min•Ep. 114
In 2015, 17-year-old Michelle Carter was indicted on charges connected to the suicide of her 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy Jr III. In a controversial 2017 trial, a Taunton, Massachusetts jury found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter. A similar case occurred in May 2019, though it received much less publicity. Boston College students Inyoung You and her boyfriend Alexander Urtula had been dating for 18 months when he died by suicide. An investigation would uncover an abundance of abusive ...
Jul 04, 2022•49 min•Ep. 113
I would love to introduce you to "Let's Change Beauty" - a podcast powered by the Dove Self-Esteem Project. Let’s Change Beauty features intimate conversations with esteemed experts and celebrated guests from the worlds of beauty, gaming, sports, technology and entertainment. What if we could work together to create a world where we define beauty on our own terms? This is the world that cultural expert and host of Let's Change Beauty, Jess Weiner, invites you to help make a reality. I hope you l...
Jun 28, 2022•5 min
At 61 years old, Wendy DiRodio’s life was just getting started. An accomplished author, therapist and dance instructor, she was ready to excel in the only part of life where success had escaped her: love. She’d begun dating a handsome younger man; there was even talk of marriage. She was closing escrow on a home near the beach outside of Santa Barbara, California. Wendy loved people―and they loved her back. So when Wendy was stabbed to death in 2009, the community was shocked and confused. Littl...
Jun 20, 2022•55 min•Ep. 112
The American Justice System was created, in part, to ensure that all Americans get fair and impartial administration of justice. But, the system is by no means perfect and sometimes the wrong person is convicted of a serious crime. But what happens when a person is sentenced to death and years later, new evidence is brought to light that casts doubt on their guilt? Lester Bower Jr. maintained his innocence for decades and then, new witnesses came forward and backed up Bower’s claim of innocence....
Jun 06, 2022•53 min•Ep. 111
When a family’s financial situation drastically improves, temptation can lurk around every corner. And sometimes, outward appearances completely obscure a less glamorous reality. Chris Foster of Lancashire, England had known a working-class lifestyle for most of his adulthood. In 1997, though, fortune suddenly smiled upon him. At 39 years old, following a monumental tragedy, Foster invented and patented a product that would revolutionize the global oil and gas industries. In a darkly ironic twis...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 110
On the evening of January 4th, 2019 in San Antonio Texas, a 911 came in from a man saying that someone had stolen his car with his infant son inside. The man, Chris Davila, said he’d pulled into the parking lot of a Food Mart. He left the car engine running and went inside to get a bottle of water. When he came out, his vehicle and his son were gone. Sadly, the baby boy’s body was found buried under a bridge. Three people were arrested and the community was shocked to learn who the suspects were...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 109
Pat Tillman was a star in his hometown of San Jose, California. He was an accomplished and envied athlete who led his high school team to a Central Coast Division I Football Championship, even after being told he was too small to play football. But Pat wasn’t a stereotypical high school jock. He loved to read poetry and had an insatiable thirst for knowledge. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pat would find himself on the battlefield fighting for his country. After Pat’s tragic death, an ugly tr...
Apr 25, 2022•43 min•Ep. 108
Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime deep dives into cases involving a more rare type of criminal, women who commit financial crimes. In season one, host Jami Rice of MURDERISH podcast takes listeners on a journey to investigate Mary Carole McDonnell, a self-proclaimed heiress and the CEO of a TV production company based in Los Angeles. In 2018, with help from her high-profile Hollywood attorney, Mary Carole secured a $15 million loan with Banc of California. When the first payment cam...
Apr 21, 2022•5 min
When feelings for another person run deep, people are often inclined to see the best in that person. It’s not uncommon for unsettling behavior to be excused rather than seeing it as a warning sign and acting on it. But this idealism can put someone in harm’s way without them realizing it until it’s much too late. When Nicole Montalvo went missing in October 2019, investigators quickly learned that a lot was going on in her personal life and sadly, her circumstances were not all that unusual. Nic...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 107
Optimists have a tendency to see the best in people, sometimes to their own detriment. According to Healthline, an individual’s calling to fix other peoples’ problems is referred to by psychologists as a savior complex or white knight syndrome. A savior complex would explain the unlikely friendship between Ashley Young and her friend who had a troubling past. Ashley often saw the best in people and believed her positive influence could potentially set someone on the right path. Unfortunately, As...
Mar 28, 2022•59 min•Ep. 106
Clara and David Harris were approaching their 10th wedding anniversary. She was a dentist, he was an orthodontist and they’d built a small dental empire together. The couple were a perfect match with shared views about how they wanted to live life. The Harris’ had created an existence that most people would envy. After a decade together, however, their relationship dynamic shifted. Clara noticed that her husband had been distancing himself. Clara tried to ignore it and convinced herself that it ...
Mar 14, 2022•50 min•Ep. 105
Since the 1880s, immigrants from all over the globe have arrived in the United States hoping to attain a better quality of life, the American Dream. Like so many immigrants before them, Lily and Ben Chin wanted their son Vincent to have more opportunities than he may have had in their native China. In the 1970s and 1980s, however, tensions were high between Japanese and American automobile manufacturers, and that discord extended beyond the auto manufacturing plants. It was at this time that 27-...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 104
When an alternative medicine doctor was found bludgeoned to death in her Bonita Springs, Florida home in the summer of 2015, friends and neighbors worried a burglar was on the loose, looking for his next random victim. Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office told the public that Dr. Teresa Sievers had been bashed in the back of the head after returning home early from a trip with her husband and two daughters. An online sleuth group wondered if Dr. Sievers’s death was connected to that o...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 103
Dirk and May Greineder were both highly educated and successful. They had been married for over three decades and had three brag-worthy children. The Greineders’s life seemed ideal to everyone around them until one day, it wasn’t. A secret life would be revealed and lead to a potential motive for the brutal murder of Mabel “May” Greineder. Check us out: Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami. The website also has links to buy MURDERISH merchandise and become a Pa...
Jan 31, 2022•52 min•Ep. 102
In Part 1 of this case, we left off with the prosecution concluding their case at Adnan’s second trial. The State called numerous witnesses to testify. One of the most notable was Abe Warnowitz, an AT&T Engineer who testified regarding cell phone calls made from and received on Adnan’s cell phone, which was in Jay’s possession on the day Hae went missing. The jury also heard from the State’s star witness, Jay Wilds, who testified that Adnan told him he killed Hae and convinced him to help bu...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 101
In January of 1999, an 18 year high school student mysteriously vanished after school. Four weeks later, her body was found in a shallow grave in a nearby wooded park. An arrest was made and the suspect was eventually convicted of her murder. When it happened, this tragic story barely made the local papers, let alone the national news. 14 years later, after becoming the subject of the most downloaded podcast on record, the case became an international phenomenon and one of the most talked about ...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 100
Daydreaming about coming into a sudden windfall is probably something we’ve all done. We let our minds wander for a brief moment, thinking of all the things we’d accomplish if it happened, and how happy we would be having received such a rare treat. Who would you share the money with if it happened to you? Your family, a stranger in need …your best friend? It’s a happy thought, but sometimes the reality can be much darker because money also motivates some people to do terrible things. In this ca...
Jan 03, 2022•54 min•Ep. 99
I would like to introduce you to Sinisterhood, a true crime comedy podcast that covers all things creepy and gives you the deep dives and thorough research you want. Best friends and long time comedians Christie Wallace and Heather McKinney cover things like serial killers, disappearances, cults, cryptids, and even do legal deep dives into things like the Britney Spears conservatorship and the legal drama surrounding Erika Girardi from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. https://podcasts.apple.com...
Dec 30, 2021•12 min
Relationships oftentimes seem fine, even loving, when viewing them from the outside. It’s difficult to know what may be going on behind closed doors. For one woman, her relationship began this way, with mostly everyone thinking she’d found a man whose future value would allow them to lead a very charmed life. Not long after they began dating, cracks in the relationship began to surface. Soon, people close to the couple observed disturbing behavior that made them very uncomfortable. When the woma...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 98
When the news broke in September 2014 that 43 students went missing outside Iguala, Mexico, everyone was baffled. How could dozens of people simply vanish? In the hours leading up to the disappearance, the students had left the rural town of Ayotzinapa to attend a Mexico City protest. The case, referred to as the Ayotzinapa 43, received international press coverage and brought to light some stark realities about Mexico. What led to the mass disappearance? Why and how did 43 people go missing? Ch...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 97
They say blood is thicker than water. But what happens when that blood bond is exploited by someone who seems to be a narcissist? In this episode of MURDERISH, we’re exploring a twisted case involving two cousins whose trail of violence impacted four generations of their wealthy family and reached an explosive conclusion in the summer of 1985. Check us out: Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami. The website also has links to buy MURDERISH merchandise and become ...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 96
On the morning of Saturday, July 30, 2011, the weather in Sydney Australia was perfect. On Liverpool Street, people were having breakfast at the Canopy Café on the bottom floor of a new upscale 34-floor apartment building called The Hyde. The area was a buzz with people enjoying a meal, walking to work, and going about their usual day. Only, this day would turn out to be anything but usual. At 9:55 AM, numerous people were jolted from their activities and witness to something they will likely ne...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 95
When Patricia Esparza was arrested in October 2012, nobody could believe it ...not even Patricia. She had spent the last decade living abroad, working as a respected psychology professor. There was no way she could have anticipated that returning to the U.S. would bring to the forefront a dark event from her distant past. As more details came to light, the complex nature of this case would explain why it remained unsolved for nearly two decades. Check us out: Visit Murderish.com for more info ab...
Oct 25, 2021•59 min•Ep. 94
A lifeless woman beside a burning barn. A boy abandoned in the snow by the side of the road. Three men were killed in cold blood. Though these cases may sound disconnected, they would all turn out to be linked to one unlikely killer. When law enforcement identified the murderer, they would be shocked to learn just how close he was to his victims. Check us out: Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami. The website also has links to buy MURDERISH merchandise and beco...
Oct 11, 2021•57 min•Ep. 93
In the early morning hours of August 12, 2008, Christie Scott was home alone with her children. Her husband was out of town. After putting her two sons to bed, Christie finished the movie she was watching. Later, she was awakened out of a dead sleep quickly realizing that something was wrong. Her house was on fire. Christie whisked her youngest son out of the burning house, but sadly her 6-year-old son was still inside. On the surface, it seemed that time wasn’t on Christie’s side and she had to...
Sep 27, 2021•45 min•Ep. 92
I would love to introduce you to my good friend Woody Overton's podcast, Real Life Real Crime. Woody Overton is a former sheriff’s office detective and on the podcast he will dig deep into cases he has personally worked on and will give you all some exclusive details on how the cases went down. If you love twisted and gruesome stories and are intrigued by crime/murder/911 calls/and more, I recommend listening to Real Life, Real Crime, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-life-real-crime/id...
Sep 23, 2021•9 min
On January 12, 2018, 47-year old Jeff West and his 42-year-old wife Kat enjoyed a date night in their small Alabama city. It would prove to be an unforgettable evening, not from all the drinking and dining but because Kat wouldn’t live to see the next sunrise. Initially, it was unknown whether Kat’s death was a tragic accident or something malicious. Investigators learned that what seemed like a cut-and-dry case, would eventually amount to a maze of uncertainty. Although a jury reached a verdict...
Sep 13, 2021•49 min•Ep. 91
A big Halloween party at an apartment complex in Redmond, Washington. Themed rooms and costumed partygoers. But by the end of the party, one of the hosts is dead. The police look to the partiers as the prime suspects: was it the guy in the devil mask, the bank robber, the construction worker? As investigators comb through forensic evidence, witness testimony, DNA, and even consult with a psychic, they zero in on one suspect in particular. But for what reason? Host and reporter Matthew Shaer (Ove...
Sep 02, 2021•9 min
