A cozy New Year catch-up turns into a chilling origin story as we launch part one of our three-part dive into Robert Durst, the billionaire heir known as “The Jinx.” We start where the pattern begins: a childhood punctured by a mother’s death, a father’s distance, and early signs of a fractured personality that prestige and money could hide but never heal. From Lehigh to UCLA, we track Durst’s double life—achiever on paper, drifter in spirit—and the formative friendship with writer Susan Berman, whose mob-adjacent roots and fierce loyalty become a crucial thread.

The center of gravity is Kathy McCormack Durst. We follow her from dental hygiene to medical school, her hopes for pediatrics, and the subtle shift from romance to surveillance. The penthouse view didn’t change the rules: timed family visits, social isolation, and a cycle of jealousy and violence that her friends and family only glimpsed in pieces. When Kathy sought divorce guidance, the financial screws tightened. Then came January 1982: a bruising fight, a quiet dinner party exit in sweats, a call that pulled her back, and a husband’s claim about a train ride that no one can cleanly corroborate. After that night, Kathy is gone.

We balance darkness with a dose of culture—rewatching favorites, sharing music from local bands Tragic and Defy the Tyrant—because life is layered even when the story isn’t. This opening chapter lays out the power dynamics, personal histories, and choices that lead to a missing person case that still grips true crime listeners and legal watchers. Next up, we’ll trace the fallout, the friends who stayed close, and the moments where reputation collided with reality. If this hooked you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review—your support helps us bring more deep, careful storytelling to your feed.

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An outside fire, a s’mores board, and a finale that knocks the wind out of us—our New Year turns into a deep dive on endings, memory, and the stories that won’t let go. We start with a spoiler-free take on the Stranger Things finale and why fandoms split so hard at the finish line. Joy, grief, and the art of letting go collide as we compare it to the Game of Thrones endgame and make the case for a purposeful rewatch that reframes early choices with hard-earned context.

From there we pivot to a case rooted in our backyard: the 1989 disappearance of University of Florida student Tiffany Sessions. A newly circulating sworn statement adds a chilling layer—claims of a blood-soaked return home and a burial site possibly hidden in our county. We walk through what’s public, how to think about witness memory after decades, and why careful verification matters when a community is hungry for closure. True crime isn’t just mystery; it’s responsibility to people, timelines, and facts.

We also revisit Corpsewood Manor, our first-ever case, where Dr. Charles Scudder and Joey Odom built an off-grid pink-brick sanctuary in North Georgia during the height of the satanic panic. Their dream met rumor, resentment, and a robbery that became murder. It’s a stark study in how myth and fear turn neighbors into targets. And to balance the weight, we share music finds from heavy rock to unexpected genre blends, because discovery can be a reset after dark stories. We close by teeing up our next multi-part series on Robert Durst—the Jinx—where the red flags stack high and the twists come fast. Hit play, subscribe for the new series drop on Friday the 6th, and tell us: which ending taught you the most about letting go?

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A quiet holiday night, a clink of ice in a glass, and then a hard turn into two cases that still haunt the true crime canon. We start with the 1929 Lawson family murders, a Christmas story no one wants but everyone struggles to understand. Charles Lawson dressed his family in new clothes for a portrait, sent his oldest son to town on Christmas morning, and then killed his wife and children before taking his own life. What explains the unthinkable: a head injury, a suspected pregnancy involving daughter Marie, or something else we can’t fully prove because the record is so thin? We examine the timeline, the small-town lore that followed, and the strange afterlife of the home as a tourist stop where the family’s untouched cake sat in a glass case, raisins picked off by visitors like grim souvenirs.

From there, we step into the McMartin Preschool trial, where the 1980s satanic panic met flawed interview techniques and exploded a single allegation into nationwide hysteria. Tunnels, robes, children flushed through toilets—claims that drove excavations, media frenzies, and court battles, while physical evidence failed to keep pace. We unpack how suggestion shaped children’s statements, why a photo lineup once ended with “Chuck Norris,” and what happens to families and institutions when fear outruns facts. These stories don’t sit side by side by accident; together, they reveal how communities try to make meaning from shock, and how narrative can either clarify or consume.

Along the way, we share the sources that helped us navigate the gaps—Disgraceland’s connective tissue, the hard-to-find White Christmas, Bloody Christmas, and the scattered archives that keep these histories alive. We also keep it human: a few sips of “conversational bourbon,” New Year schedule notes, and space for your case requests and music features. If you appreciate careful research, clear-eyed storytelling, and a little warmth around difficult topics, you’re in the right place. Hit play, subscribe, share with a friend who loves true crime without the sensational spin, and tell us: which theory makes the most sense to you—and why?

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