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True Crime Creepers

A podcast for people who love stories about sketchy people doing sketchy things. Join us each week as Kristin tells Mogab about all her favorite true crime creepers, from con artists to serial killers. Who are your hosts? Kristin is a true crime fanatic who loves talking all things true crime. Mogab is a true crime newbie who hasn’t heard of any of it, but is here for ALL of it. New episodes every Thursday! Follow us on all the things @creeperspod and get access to our bonus content at www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers

Copyright: © 2022 True Crime Creepers

Latest Episodes:

The Murder of Julie Kibuishi Apr 01, 2021

Show notes

23 year old Julie Kibuishi was found murdered in her friend, Sam Herr's, apartment. She'd been shot twice in the back of the head, written on the back of the sweater she was wearing were the words "She's all yours... f*** you", and Sam Herr was nowhere to be seen. Police found texts from Sam, showing that he had asked Julie to come to his apartment the night she was murdered. It was clear - all signs pointed to Sam.... until they started pointing to someone else. Enter Daniel Wozniak....

Sources:

Articles

Los Angeles Times | Wozniak Jury Won’t Hear About Murder Victim’s Arrest in 2002 Slaying, Judge Rules (Jeremiah Dobruck)

Heavy.Com | Juri "Julie" Kibuishi's Murder & Crime Scene ( S.M. Walsh)

ABC News | Actress Convicted of Lying to Police About Ex-fiancé’s Double Murder Pleads Innocence in Interrogation Tapes (Lauren Effron, Joseph Diaz, Denise Martinez-Ramundo)

Los Angeles Times | Wozniak Defense Raises Possibility of His Fiancée’s Role in Murder Plot (Jeremiah Dobruck)

Los Angeles Times | Trial Set On Accessory Charges for Rachel Buffett, Ex-fiancée of Double Murderer Daniel Wozniak (Daniel Langhorne and Hannah Fry)

Los Angeles Times | Jury Convicts Double Murderer’s Former Fiancé of Being an Accessory After the Fact (Priscella Vega)

Video

YouTube | Southern California's Daniel Wozniak Case

Other

Daniel Wozniak Is My Friend Blog

Episode of 20/20 - The Final Act

Episode of 20/20 - Mystery in Apartment 401

Dr. Phil episode with Rachel Buffet

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The Murder (and Cover Up) of LaVena Johnson Mar 25, 2021

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LaVena was 19 years old and fresh out of high school when she was deployed to Balad, Iraq with the US Army. Within just a few months of her deployment, LaVena was dead. The Army called it a suicide and asked everyone to kindly move on, nothing to see here, folks!

But her dad, Dr. John Johnson, was noticing things that just didn't add up with the Army's story. He fought them for all of the information they had on her death, and once he received the information, he could not believe what he was seeing. There was just no way this was a suicide...

Sources:

Articles

Donald Watkins | The Murder of PFC LaVena Johnson - Part 1-3(Donald Watkins)

St. Louis Public Radio | 10 Years Later, A Soldier's Family Still Grieves and Questions the Army's Version of her Death (Mary Delach Leonard)

Democracy Now | Suicide or Murder? Three Years After the Death of PFC LaVena Johnson in Iraq, Her Parents Continue Their Call for a Congressional Investigation (Amy Goodman)

Los Angeles Times | A Death With Two Stories Evidence (David Zucchino)

NPR | Soldier's Family Challenges Army Suicide Report (Michel Martin)

Other

YouTube | The Story of PFC LaVena Johnson on the Rock Newman Show (Rock Newman Show)

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The Murder of Betsy Faria Mar 18, 2021

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Betsy Faria was 42 years old when she was brutally stabbed to death in her home. Her husband, Russell Faria, was the one to find her body, and immediately police were suspicious of him, even though his alibi was rock solid. Throughout their investigation, police would uncover Betsy's friend, Pam Hupp, was the last person to see Betsy alive. She was also the sole beneficiary of Betsy's life insurance policy, and had no alibi for the time of Betsy's murder. Unfortunately, it seems the police on this case were what the French call 'les incompetents', and they arrested Russ Faria for the murder of his wife.

But Betsy would not be the last person murdered....

Sources:

Articles

St. Louis Magazine | The Unimaginable, Infamous Case of Pam Hupp (Jeannette Cooperman)

Fox 2 Now | In Her Own Words: Pam Hupp on Her Mother's Fatal Fall (Chris Hayes)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Once Sentenced to Life for His Wife's Murder, Russell Faria to Get $2M to Settle Lawsuit Against Police (Robert Patrick)

Film Daily | How The Awful Murder of Betsy Faria Inspired A True Crime Phenomenon (Victoria Stuewe).

Today | Renee Zellweger Set To Make Broadcast TV Debut in True Crime Story (Scott Stump)

Other

Case Text - Faria v. McCarrick Case No. 4:16-cv-01175-JAR

The National Registry of Exonerations - Russell Faria

Podcast

Dateline Podcast: The Thing About Pam

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The Free Britney Movement Part 2 Mar 11, 2021

Show notes

This week we continue our Spears saga, diving into the conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears' life for 13 years. Free Britney!

Sources: See part 1 for the rest of our sources for this episode.

Articles

NBC News | Britney Spears' Ex-manager Ordered to Stay Away from Singer, Her Family For 5 Years (AP)

ABC News | Britney Spears vs. Sam Lutfi: 7 Biggest Revelations from the Trial (Sheila Marikar)

VOGUE | These Were Britney Spears’s Best Performances of All Time (Christian Allaire)

US Weekly | Sam Lutfi Details Britney Spears’ Alleged Drug Addiction in Court (Justin Ravitz)

HuffPost | Britney Spears, Jason Trawick Split Orchestrated By Jamie Spears

Billboard | Jason Trawick Added to Britney Spears' Conservatorship (Anthony McCartney)

Documentaries

New York Times Presents: Framing Britney (Hulu)

Podcasts

Eat, Pray Britney Podcast

Britney's Gram Podcast

Videos

YouTube| Britney Spears Primetime Interview with Diane Sawyer 2003

YouTube | Britney's Gram - Anonymous Voicemail

Other

Temporary Conservator Declaration

Elder Law Office of George F. Dickerman | Conservatorships and Undue Influence

www.FreeBritney.net

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The Free Britney Movement Part 1 Mar 04, 2021

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This week, Kristin and Mogab dive into the major rabbit hole that is Britney Spears and the Free Britney Movement. For the past 13 years, Britney Spears has been living under a legal conservatorship that has complete control over her person and her estate. It controls who she talks to, where she lives, what she eats, what jobs she can take, and how she spends her money. The person in control of all of this is her father, Jamie Spears, someone that Britney has never been close to.

In part 1, Kristin tells Mogab all about what led up to Britney being put under the conservatorship. We all watched Britney's decline through tabloid and paparazzi eyes, but what's the real story? #FreeBritney!

Sources:

Articles

Glamour | The Britney Spears Conservatorship Situation Fully Explained (Abby Gardner)

Quad City Times | Britney Spears Drives with Son on Her Lap (AP)

Los Angeles Times | Spears is Released from UCLA Hospital Psychiatric Ward (Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton)

Daily Mail | Britney Spears Claims Never Seen Letter Silenced Threatened Team (Cheyenne Roundtree)

Los Angeles Times | Precision Teamwork in Spears Operation (Andrew Blankstein, Scott Gold, and Richard Winton)

ABC News | Could Britney Be Committed Against Her Will? (Emily Friedman)

VICE | Behind the Mental Health Law That Kept Kanye West in the Hospital (Emalie Martha)

BabyGaga | Under Her Father's Control: 15 Rules Britney Spears Has To Follow (Cynthia Levy)

Daily Mail |Our Annulment was Bull***t... I was in Love with Her: Britney Spears' Ex Jason Alexander Opens Up About Pair's 55-hour Marriage (Sarah Bull)

Cosmopolitan | The Upsetting Reason Britney Spears Shaved Her Head in 2007 (Daniella Scott)

MTV News | Britney Spears Shaved Head, Gets Tattoo (Corey Moss)

People | Britney Spears's Father Says She Was 'Out of Control' (Courtney Rubin)

MTV News | Britney Spears Was Drugged, Controlled by Sam Lutfi, Parents Allege (Jennifer Vineyard)

People | Who's in Charge of Britney Spears' Money (Howard Breuer and Marla Lehner)

Oxygen | Who Is Sam Lutfi, The Controversial Figure Seen Alongside Britney Spears Just Before Her Conservatorship? (Gina Tron)

See The Free Britney M

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Megan Meier and the MySpace Hoax Feb 25, 2021

Show notes

It was September, 2006 and Megan Meier was 13 years old when the MySpace friend request popped up. It was from a boy named Josh Evans, and everything about him was perfect. Maybe a little too perfect... Talking to Josh made Megan happier than she'd been in a long time, because she experienced low self esteem and depression. Seemingly out of nowhere, Josh turned on Megan and began firing hateful messages at her, and this ended in absolute tragedy. But little did anyone know, Josh Evans wasn't real. Someone close to her was behind it all...

The Megan Meier Foundation

Seize the Awkward

Sources:

Friend Game by Lauren Collins

MySpace Hoax Ends With Suicide of Dardenne Prairie Teen by Steve Pokin

Megan Meier Police Reports

Exclusive: Teen Talks About Her Role in Web Hoax That Led to Suicide by Jonann Brady

Verdict in MySpace Suicide Case by Jennifer Steinhaur

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The Murder of Betty Gore Feb 11, 2021

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This week, Kristin tells Mogab about the ax murder of Betty Gore. In a small town in Texas, Candy Montgomery just wanted to have an affair. She wanted something to shake up her boring housewife life, and she set her sights on Betty's husband, Allen. A year later, however, Betty would end up murdered after being struck with an ax over 40 times. How did this happen? How could a petite housewife with no history of violence do something like this? And what would her defense be at trial? And where are they now!?

Sources:

Love and Death in Silicon Prairie - Texas Monthly by Jay Atkinson and John Bloom

The Murder of Betty Gore at the Hands of Desperate Housewife Candy Montgomery by Kim Bryan

Candy Montgomery: The Desperate Housewife Who Murdered Her Good Friend by Sarah Mangiola

The Most Infamous Ax Murder in Collin County History by Alexandra Cronin

True story of ax murderer Candy Montgomery from Secret Lives of Stepford Wives by Asa Hawks

LEFT TO WONDER 20 years after the ax slaying of Betty Gore, victim's daughters still have questions by Doug Swanson

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Belle Gunness: Butcher of Men Feb 04, 2021

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It's our first serial killer, peeps and creeps! This week, Kristin tells Mogab the story of Belle "Triflers Need Not Apply" Gunness, the most prolific female serial killer In American history.

Belle was a true success story - she was able to overcome the struggles of being a woman immigrating to the US on her own in the late 1800’s. She managed to make a very comfortable life for herself by employing such tactics as arson, insurance fraud, and lots of good ol’ fashioned murder. And many people, including me, think she got away with all of it.

Sources:

Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter

Triflers Need Not Apply: The story of deadly Belle Gunness by Kristy Puchko

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Brittany Murphy Jan 28, 2021

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This week, Kristin tells Mogab all about Brittany Murphy and the mysteries surrounding her death. Brittany Murphy was a talented actress who starred in movies like Clueless, Girl Interrupted, Just Married, and 8 Mile. When she was 32, Brittany died suddenly of supposed "natural causes". People were confused - how could a healthy 32 year old woman die suddenly of natural causes? And then her husband, Simon Monjack, started doing interviews, and boy were they CREEPY. It made people wonder - could there be someone to blame for Brittany's death?

Kristin and Mogab also debate such philosophical questions as who is better: Eminem or TI? Is it offensive to compare Brittany Murphy to Lucille Ball? Is it a crime to have seen not a single one of her movies?

Sources:

Brittany Murphy: The Mysterious Circumstances Surrounding Her Death by Rachel Chang

The Final Difficult Days of Brittany Murphy by Alex Ben Block

Brittany Murphy's Brother Makes Fresh Claims over actress's Sudden Death

Does a Chilling Tape from Beyond the Grave Prove Brittany Murphy's British Husband Could Have Been Saved?

Cold Medicines Contributed to Brittany Murphy's Death, Coroner Says

Coroner: Brittany Murphy Didn't Abuse Alcohol or Drugs

How Did Brittany Murphy Die? Here Are the Creepy Details You Didn't Know

Staph Infections by Larry Bush

The Issues of Recreational Use of Klonopin

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Susan Wright: The Blue-Eyed Butcher Jan 21, 2021

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This week we dive into the case of the Blue Eyed Butcher. Susan Wright had been married to her husband Jeffrey for 5 years when she stabbed him 193 times all over his body. Yes. One hundred and ninety three times. She then buried him in their backyard and it was nearly a week until someone was alerted to the murder. But there may have been more to this story than first met the eye….

If you or someone you know Is experiencing domestic violence, go to www.hotline.org or call them at 1-800-799-7233

Sources:

193 by Skip Hollandsworth in Texas Monthly, February 2010

‘Cold Justice’ prosecutor Kelly Siegler faces possible contempt in Harris County death penalty case, federal judge warns - by Gabriel Banks in the Houston Chronicle

Battered Woman Syndrome July 7, 2009 Lenore E. Walker, EdD, ABPP-CL & Fam

Psychiatric Times, Psychiatric Times Vol 26 No 7, Volume 26, Issue 7

Battered Woman Syndrome

Medically reviewed by Debra Rose Wilson, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT — Written by Ana Gotter — Updated on July 5, 2017

Lenore E. Walker, Battered Women Syndrome and Self-Defense, 6 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 321 (1992).

Wright v. State

'Blue-eyed butcher' sentenced to 20 years By Lena Jakobsson

Tx. Woman Who Tied Husband up in Bed and Stabbed Him 193 Times in 2003 Is Released from Prison By Chris Harris in People, December 31, 2020

Susan Wright, woman who killed husband in 2003 by stabbing him 193 times, freed from prison

Susan Wright formally released from prison after 16 years behind bars By Jessica Willey

Bachman R , Saltzman L. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report: violence against women: Estimates from the redesigned survey (NCJ-154348). Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1995.

New York court clears woman of murder in battered-wife case By Aman Ali

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