After Nicole Addimando fatally shot her partner in what she claimed was self-defense, she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. At her trial the details surrounding her history of abuse were excluded, essentially removing the context for what happened the night of the shooting from the jury. As much as this case examines the darker side of the judicial system it also highlights human strength and the immense power of friendship, love, and compassion - the unstoppable force behind a group of women who have fought fiercely to bring not only Nikki’s truth to light but the injustice all criminalized survivors of intimate partner violence face. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter HOW TO HELP NIKKI 1. SIGN THE PETITION Click Here By signing the petition supporting Nikki’s clemency, you’re asking Governor Hochul to grant Nikki clemency to reunite her with her children who desperately need their mother.  2. CONTRIBUTE TO FAMILY TRUST Click Here Your donation will go directly to the Addimando Family Trust, which supports the current and future needs of Nikki and her children, now 9 and nearly 7. To find out more go to: We Stand With Nikki Website Instagram Twitter Facebook For Support: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) https://www.thehotline.org Music Credit: “You were the safety” by JOLENE Produced by Aaron Krause Mastered by Wil Reeves Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: https://gen.medium.com/nikki-had-proof-shed-been-abused-but-was-it-enough-for-self-defense-bd9f196396eb https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/domesticviolencesentence.pdf https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2020/2020-ny-slip-op-20048.html https://westandwithnikki.com/ https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/2021/11/on-september-28-2017-nikki-addimando-fatally-shot-her-boyfriend-christopher-grover-there-is-significant-evidence-that-chri.html https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/04/04/addimando-trial-no-evidence-abuse-forensic-psychologist-says/3362640002 https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/04/04/addimando-trial-no-evidence-abuse-forensic-psychologist-says/3362640002/  https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1550&context=ulj  https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article35.php https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/when-can-a-woman-who-kills-her-abuser-claim-self-defense https://lemonadamedia.com/show/believeher https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nicole-addimando-murder-case-chris-grover-48-hours

To many residents in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, Nicole Addimando and Christopher Grover appeared to be an ideal couple raising two young children. So how did Chris wind up dead, and Nikki behind bars? When the truth behind the shooting was finally revealed, the details would be more shocking, and more devastating, than anyone wanted to believe. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter HOW TO HELP NIKKI 1. SIGN THE PETITION Click Here By signing the petition supporting Nikki’s clemency, you’re asking Governor Hochul to grant Nikki clemency to reunite her with her children who desperately need their mother.  2. CONTRIBUTE TO FAMILY TRUST Click Here Your donation will go directly to the Addimando Family Trust, which supports the current and future needs of Nikki and her children, now 9 and nearly 7. To find out more go to: We Stand With Nikki Website Instagram Twitter Facebook For Support: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) https://www.thehotline.org Special Guests: Dr. Gail Dines Culture Reframed Music Credit: “You were the safety” by JOLENE Produced by Aaron Krause Mastered by Wil Reeves Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: https://gen.medium.com/nikki-had-proof-shed-been-abused-but-was-it-enough-for-self-defense-bd9f196396eb https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/domesticviolencesentence.pdf https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2020/2020-ny-slip-op-20048.html https://westandwithnikki.com/ https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/2021/11/on-september-28-2017-nikki-addimando-fatally-shot-her-boyfriend-christopher-grover-there-is-significant-evidence-that-chri.html https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/04/04/addimando-trial-no-evidence-abuse-forensic-psychologist-says/3362640002 https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/04/04/addimando-trial-no-evidence-abuse-forensic-psychologist-says/3362640002/  https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1550&context=ulj  https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article35.php https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/when-can-a-woman-who-kills-her-abuser-claim-self-defense https://lemonadamedia.com/show/believeher https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nicole-addimando-murder-case-chris-grover-48-hours

Imagine TLC's 90 Day Fiancé meets the hit series Breaking Bad in an all-new twisted case of online romance. In 2006, an unlikely couple living two worlds apart found love over the internet and ventured into a marriage together that would later be mired in suspicion and deceit, ending with a woman missing and police conducting an experiment using two pig carcasses to determine what might have happened to her. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Sources: https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/cctv-footage-used-as-police-evidence-against-convicted-murderer-klaus-andres/video/b222da7498d1f283d99eb3f8b87efd90 https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/part-of-polices-interview-with-klaus-andres/video/e9e78d026a5b1fd871f11d917e92245a  https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/national/a-media-interview-conducted-with-det-insp-bruno-asnicar-and-klaus-andres/video/e8e99635ac151d2b1479f8de7f290256  http://news.takungpao.com/world/roll/2013-12/2084993.html  https://www.163.com/dy/article/F2U2O53M051488PG.html  https://www.zhihu.com/question/461913861/answer/1911033163  https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/tv-show-inspired-klaus-andres-to-dissolve-wifes-body-in-acid-court-20131209-2z17j.html https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rlbvG4w6y4g2vnTd3FhBMT6C3XX-2BfwFLsqeI3Jq3I/edit  https://www.9news.com.au/national/murder-accused-preferred-sex-with-lover/6f57321c-a010-4d20-a7c0-b3b08fabbe8b  https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/cold-hearted-cairns-killer-set-to-make-parole-bid/news-story/8227c94a9f5f4babc21fa7c9223b442d  www.cairnspost.com.au /news/cairns/police-soon-noticed-husbands-odd-behaviour/news-story/5295a52a24c770bbab32de13c1f764d3 www.cairnspost.com.au /news/cairns/nervous-woman-struggled-to-adapt-to-new-life-in-cairns/news-story/e696bae873550d2f897107f51c841c15 www.cairnspost.com.au /news/cairns/greed-and-arrogance-was-wife-killers-ultimate-undoing/news-story/86786296a63f2172f6fe0b44f781397e www.cairnspost.com.au /news/cairns/andres-ate-ice-cream-before-pouring-acid-cairns-court-told/news-story/c084abf41e12d08dc5f2c599aa1c875d www.cairnspost.com.au /news/cairns/the-other-woman-cairns-court-hears-of-arguments-over-money-and-infidelity/news-story/7020bc1ac339c66ab3f5d9214f876931 www.cairnspost.com.au /news/crime-court/killer-showed-complete-lack-of-respect-for-his-victim-by-dissolving-her-body-in-acid/news-story/257e8d285fd94062831ca5a490144663 www.news.com.au /national/queensland/cairns-supreme-court-silenced-by-a-sons-grief-after-klaus-andres-found-guilty-of-murdering-wife-and-sentenced-to-life-/news-story/d4a70da29b711aa51470792d7b509492

December 24th, 2007 would mark the fifth year, three generations of the Anderson family living in Carnation, Washington would spend Christmas together. They had no idea a murderous pair sharing paranoid delusions made plans for it to be their last, becoming one of the worst mass killings in Washington State’s history. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Sources: Sanders, Paul. (2017). Banquet of Consequences: A Juror’s Plight, The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson. https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/crime/2016/02/09/michele-anderson-confession-murder-trial/80074930/ https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Neighbors-remember-couple-as-paranoid-and-1260130.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teta52pAquE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a680U0_ZNk0 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/prosecutor-seeks-death-penalty-in-carnation-slayings http://mydeathspace.com/vb/showthread.php?6976-6-found-dead-at-rural-Washington-home/page2 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/im-a-monster-jurors-hear-michele-andersons-taped-confession-in-murder-trial https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=wayne-scott-anderson&pid=101214667 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=scott-russell-anderson&pid=101332982 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=erica-jean-anderson&pid=101332976 https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/anderson-michele.htm https://amp.courierpostonline.com/amp/25384279 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/witness-mcenroe-couldnt-defy-girlfriend-over-carnation-slayings https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-yuletide-massacre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIscIPIb0J4&t=223s https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/mcenroe-guilty-of-murdering-family-of-6-on-christmas-eve

One of the best things about traveling is getting to meet new and interesting people along the way. But just how much do you really know about the guy sitting two rows behind you on the plane… or the person offering to split a taxi with you? In this whirlwind episode, you'll hear about three unsuspecting tourists who suddenly disappeared without a trace. That is until their body parts started showing up in Singapore and Thailand. The perpetrator - a fugitive who'd mastered butchery skills in prison. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster Feel The Madness - The Funkoars Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars Sources: A British Serial Killer in Singapore (2019) - by Tan Ooi Boon Emissaries of Satan (2015) - by Christopher Berry-Dee https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/richest-countries-in-the-world https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12062988.the-prisoner-who-has-yet-to-complete-a-sentence/ https://mothership.sg/2019/03/john-martin-scripps-murder-singapore/ https://www.goabroad.com/articles/study-abroad/singapore-laws-to-know-before-you-go https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/scripps-john-martin.htm https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-john-martin-scripps-befriended-tourists-then-butchered-them https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_437_2005-01-17.html https://www.grunge.com/491706/this-is-how-traveling-killer-john-martin-scripps-was-finally-caught/ https://everything.explained.today/John_Martin_Scripps/ https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mass-killer-learned-butcher-prison-article-1.2073031

In March 2021, London along with the rest of England was under a full national lockdown in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. An unusual mix of boredom, fear, and frustration permeated the country as it grappled with the ever-changing rules and restrictions. The entire world it seemed, was just waiting for things to go back to normal. But there was one man who didn’t see these once-in-a-lifetime circumstances as an obstacle - instead, he saw in them - a depraved opportunity to turn locked-down London into his own personal hunting ground. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Sohom Das www.youtube.com/apsychforsoreminds Featured Podcast: Defense Diaries https://www.defensediariespodcast.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wayne-couzens-judge-sentencing-remarks-b1929914.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/30/he-stole-her-future-sarah-everard-family-impact-statements https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wayne-couzens-know-officer-arrested-23694346 https://inews.co.uk/news/philip-allott-tory-police-commissioner-rejects-calls-resign-sarah-everard-comments-1230032 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-vhYDPyqJs&ab_channel=EmmaKenny https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/907015/police-use-firearms-statistics-england-and-wales-april-2019-to-march-2020-hosb2120.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/09/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens-white-vauxhall-astra-police https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/10/human-remains-found-in-the-search-for-missing-london-woman-sarah-everard https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sarah-everard-missing-family-police-appeal-footage-b923070.html https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/30/sarah-everard-timeline-of-events-as-wayne-couzens-sentenced-for-murder-15299220/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnfrV3nSQZA&t=14s&ab_channel=GuardianNews https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/covid-timeline-uk-lockdown-vaccine-pandemic-boris-johnson-b923362.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/29/wayne-couzens-timeline-footage-shows-movements-before-murdering-sarah-everard https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/02/how-cctv-played-a-vital-role-in-tracking-sarah-everard-and-her-killer https://www.indy100.com/news/sarah-everard-trial-wayne-couzens-b1929005 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/who-missing-sarah-everard-what-do-we-know-b923327.html  https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14301957/wayne-couzens-from-cop-to-sarah-everard-suspect/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/29/wayne-couzens-timeline-footage-shows-movements-before-murdering-sarah-everard  https://inews.co.uk/news/sarah-everard-what-happened-timeline-murder-case-killer-wayne-couzens-sentencing-1224966 https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/sarah-everard-murder-a-timeline-of-key-events/ https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sarah-everard-body-found-builder-123219609.html https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/body-found-in-hunt-for-missing-sarah-243791/ https://news.sky.com/story/sarah-everard-wayne-couzens-may-have-used-covid-lockdown-rules-to-arrest-and-handcuff-murder-victim-12420944 https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/sarah-everard-missing-women-clapham-19992681

Ben and Narcy Novak's marriage was held together by mutually-assured destruction. He had all the money. She had all the dirt. Ben Jr. Novack had it all - wealth, influence, and a thriving convention business that made him millions each year. He was also the son of one of the world’s most successful hoteliers. But none of that would protect him from a gruesome death at the hands of the person he should have trusted the most. A wife who took her vows of “til death do us part” to a whole new twisted and sadistic level, stopping at nothing to make sure that if she couldn’t have him, no one could. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Rose Keefe Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Featured Podcast: Women & Crime https://womenandcrimepodcast.com Sources: Glatt, John. Prince of Paradise. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-how-a-reporter-uncovered-the-murder-of-miami-matriarch-bernice-novack/  https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8353824  https://www.wealthmanagement.com/estate-planning/fight-over-fortune-murdered-fontainebleau-hotel-heir-continues  https://www.palmbeachpost.com/article/20120315/NEWS/812036765  48 Hours episode “Crazy Love” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-killed-miami-beach-hotel-heir-benji-novack/5/  https://forward.com/tag/narcy-novack/  https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2012/narcisa-veliz-novack-and-cristobal-veliz-sentenced-in-white-plains-federal-court-to-life-in-prison-for-the-beating-deaths-of-ben-and-bernice-novack https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/alejandro-garcia-sentenced-white-plains-federal-court-17-years-and-six-months-prison https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/04/09/4118904.htm https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2010-07-19-fl-novack-mayocol-b071910-20100719-story.html https://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/12/17/sentencing-day-in-narcy-novack-family-killings-case/

Halloween is without a doubt considered the spookiest time of year.  It’s the time of year when we binge watch all of the horror classics, sure to induce a good jump scare - like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. There are also those other classics that take us to a much darker place - like Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen, where we question the existence of demons. For one young man in the town of Manteca, California, there came a time where he didn’t just question the existence of demons - he believed he was actually seeing them. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D Featured Podcast: World's Dumbest Criminals https://shows.acast.com/worlds-dumbest-criminals Sources: https://www.recordnet.com/article/20130128/A_NEWS/130129868 https://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/crime/police-recover-bloody-mask/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PSXVqb8INM&t=38s&ab_channel=Oxygen https://covenantcompanion.com/2011/11/02/covenant-ava-advocate-murdered-in-home-2/ https://www.independentnews.com/obituaries/katy-hansen-kathleen-mcgehee/article_3a8259de-17e8-11e1-8e12-001cc4c03286.html https://www.recordnet.com/article/20120328/A_NEWS09/203280324 https://www.recordnet.com/article/20111102/A_NEWS/111020309 https://www.recordnet.com/article/20111101/a_news/111109996 https://www.recordnet.com/article/20111203/A_NEWS09/111209962 Oxygen “Snapped” Season 21 - Episode 10 https://www.independentnews.com/obituaries/katy-hansen-kathleen-mcgehee/article_3a8259de-17e8-11e1-8e12-001cc4c03286.html https://www.recordnet.com/article/20040523/A_NEWS/305239963 https://www.recordnet.com/article/20130129/a_news/301290311 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1733295.html?fbclid=IwAR2wwKr8Wlfoluule0PiwsRR6f655JH6AQsu_vsXvBDskwFKEEkgGXeYe9g

Whether or not you're into mafia films like The Godfather or Goodfellas, you're guaranteed to love this episode - a story filled with all the makings of a Hollywood movie: comedy, romance, schemes, scams, sketchy characters, violence...and the occasional murder. This is a story about a man born into a life of crime and raised by a prominent mafia family in Detroit, Michigan - Gunner Alan Lindbloom. In this episode, he takes us back to his troubling childhood and into his professional life of crime where he eventually finds redemption and love in the unlikeliest of places. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Special Thanks: Gunner Lindbloom https://www.youtube.com/c/GunnerLindbloom https://www.gunnerdetroit.com https://www.facebook.com/gunnerdetroit https://www.ourthingapparel.com https://www.amazon.ca/BE-KING-Gunner-Lindbloom-ebook/dp/B01N6RQ3AE Maria Lindbloom https://player.fm/podcasts/maria-lindbloom Justin Rimmel https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/Mysterious-Circumstances-p1122709  Sources: https://www.youtube.com/c/GunnerLindbloom https://www.gunnerdetroit.com/ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/detroitnews/name/peter-tocco-obituary?pid=182296126 https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/06/24/organized-crime-in-detroit-forgotten-but-not-gone/ https://americanmafiahistory.com/giacomo-black-jack-tocco/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tocco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Partnership

In the Summer of 2004, in the quiet, soggy coastal town of Raymond Washington, a man lifted a body out of his family’s chest freezer. He struggled beneath its weight and couldn’t understand how his wife had managed to get it in there in the first place. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The Funkoars – Feel The Madness Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/ Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Luke Ahearn Featured Podcast: Reverie True Crime https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/reverie-true-crime-1250168 Sources: If You Tell - by Gregg Olsen (2019) https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/knotek-david.htm https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/shelly-knotek https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Knotek https://nypost.com/2019/11/30/kids-of-murderer-michelle-shelly-knotek-warn-their-mom-could-kill-again/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119827321/kathy-loreno https://apnews.com/article/1ba1a2ceca7d8bbbc82506c3b1b488b5 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1430291.html https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Raymond-couple-befriended-3-strangers-who-then-1121552.php https://tdn.com/business/local/david-knotek-pleads-guilty-to-second-degree-murder/article_5ae74764-1767-5670-8861-421b9edb9cac.html https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/michelle-knoteks-daughters-warn-shes-still-a-danger-as-prison-release-nears