157. The Monster of Escondido - The Murder of Chelsea King and Amber DuBois

On this episode, Payton dives into the case of Tim Evans, a husband who claimed his wife died after an at-home procedure went tragically wrong. But when his story begins to unravel, police search their shared home… and uncover something far more disturbing than anyone expected. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn33n5mdy5xo  https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fwales%2Fentries%2Fcdc56160-91eb-366d-ae0e-5d9c5a676fe2  National Library of Medicine - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4563702/  The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/05/the-facts-of-the-case-were-so-disturbing-kate-summerscale-on-our-obsession-with-true https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/sep/29/the-peepshow-muders-10-rillington-place-by-kate-summerscale-review-new-perspectives-on-john-christie-murders  The Huffington Post - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/john-christie-the-terrible-truth-about-rillington-place_uk_583d49a1e4b09c3be984916f  Yorkshire Live - https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/softly-spoken-married-yorkshireman-who-20639262 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the mysterious disappearance of Jason Jolkowski, a quiet, dependable 19-year-old who vanished without a trace in the middle of the day. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Source: FBI - https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/jason-jolkowski National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/992083/1 Chip Chick - https://www.chipchick.com/2025/10/he-was-just-a-few-blocks-from-home-when-he-vanished-in-broad-daylight-while-walking-to-work-one-day First Alert 6 - https://www.wowt.com/2021/06/12/missing-20-year-anniversary-jason-jolkowskis-disappearance/ https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Jason-Jolkowski-still-missing-17-years-later-485315181.html KETV 7 - https://www.ketv.com/article/theres-no-leads-nobody-saw-anything-20-years-since-jason-jolkowski-was-last-seen/36710906 Office for Victims of Crime - https://ovc.ojp.gov/gallery/award-recipients/2010/kelly-jolkowski KMTV 3 News Now - https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/after-16-years-jason-jolkowski-still-missing Fox 42 - https://fox42kptm.com/news/local/17-years-later-omaha-man-still-missing Ranker - https://www.ranker.com/list/jason-jolkowski-disappearance-mystery/mona-bassil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores the tragic story of Tiffani Hill, a mother of four whose life changed overnight after winning the lottery, only for that fortune to lead to her devastating downfall. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7Case Sources: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - https://www.ajc.com/news/mother-daughter-killed-months-after-winning-2-million-lottery-prize/GCPKEGOPEJBBVJFARDHVFKQLNI/  People - https://people.com/crime/oklahome-mother-daughter-killed-by-husband-murder-suicide/  New York Post - https://nypost.com/2021/08/10/man-kills-wife-daughter-in-murder-suicide-after-lotto-win/  CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/gooddaysacramento/news/calaveras-county-lottery-killed-murder-suicide/ Daily Record - https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/lottery-winner-mum-shot-dead-35941563  The Telegraph - https://www.thetelegraph.com/bayarea/article/tiffani-hill-leanne-donato-murdered-lottery-16375327.php  KXII 12 - https://www.kxii.com/2021/08/04/names-released-calera-double-murder-suicide/ https://www.kxii.com/2021/08/02/baby-flown-calera-murder-scene-dies/  Go Fund Me - https://www.gofundme.com/f/tiffani-hill-and-leanne-donato-funeral-expenses The Independent - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/oklahoma-lotto-winner-murder-b1900199.html Law and Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/it-caused-conflict-between-them-authorities-say-husband-killed-wife-who-won-2m-lottery-prize-fatally-shot-their-daughter-and-then-killed-himself/ All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/tiffani-hill California Lottery - https://www.calottery.com/en/scratchers/$20/instant-prize-crossword-1682#section-content-2-3 JBWS - https://jbws.org/news/the-first-18-months-after-leaving-an-abusive-partner-are-the-most-dangerous/ The Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness - https://stoprelationshipabuse.org/educated/barriers-to-leaving-an-abusive-relationship/ UN Women - https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2024/11/one-woman-or-girl-is-killed-every-10-minutes-by-their-intimate-partner-or-family-member Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into 5 "Tin Foil Tales" surrounding The United State's Founding Fathers. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusbandNetflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: History - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-4/washington-becomes-master-mason  George Washington’s Mount Vernon - https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/freemasonry  The Grand Lodge of AF & AM of Maryland - https://mdmasons.org/about-md-masons/famous-masons/george-washington/  Politico - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/29/illuminati-conspiracy-theory-thomas-jeffersion-1800-election-152934 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/06/1619-project-new-york-times-mistake-122248  University of Pennsylvania - https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Contexts/illumin.html  History Today - https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/illuminating-conspiracy  The Week - https://theweek.com/62399/what-is-the-illuminati-and-what-does-it-control Benjamin Franklin House - https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/the-story-behind-the-bones-in-the-basement/ https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/the-house-benjamin-franklin/craven-street-bones/  Museum of the American Revolution - https://www.amrevmuseum.org/finding-freedom-big-ideas/finding-freedom-big-idea-5-slavery-and-revolutionary-ideals  Zinn Education Project - https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/slave-nation/ American Battlefield Trust - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/slavery-in-the-colonies  Counter Punch - https://www.counterpunch.org/2011/05/23/was-the-american-revolution-fought-to-save-slavery/  Digital History - https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/revolution/revolution_slavery.cfm Plodding Through the Presidents - https://www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/07/thomas-jefferson-and-the-shapeshifting-ufo.html Dixie Spirits Blog - https://ckc4me.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/thomas-jefferson-and-the-ufo/ Bayou Brief - https://www.bayoubrief.com/2019/04/30/true-thomas-jefferson-once-reported-claims-of-a-ufo-sighting-in-baton-rouge/ America 250 - https://america250.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Sawusch was rich, successful, and respected, but painfully lonely. When he befriends a couple who seem to welcome him in, he has no idea what they’re really after. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Market Watch - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/death-and-deceit-in-malibu-how-yogi-couple-befriended-and-stole-millions-from-vulnerable-rich-doctor-11675375705   Los Angeles Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-18/actress-fraud-malibu-doctor  Realtor.com - https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/malibu-beach-house-mark-sawusch-anthony-flores-death/  Courthouse News Service - https://www.courthousenews.com/actress-sentenced-for-swindling-mentally-ill-doctor/  Circling the News - https://www.circlingthenews.com/the-tragedy-of-dr-mark-sawusch/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton explores the case of Anne Marie Fahey, an ambitious woman who was building a bright future for herself when she suddenly vanished without a trace. What first seemed like a missing persons case slowly unraveled into something far more unsettling, revealing hidden secrets, powerful connections, and a shocking truth no one expected. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusbandNetflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: And Never Let Her Go by Anne Rule  FBI - https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/thomas-capano-and-the-murder-of-anne-marie-fahey CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-twist-in-fahey-mystery/  Delaware Online - https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/01/16/20-years-later-12-never-before-heard-details-thomas-capano-murder-trial/2482031002/  The Doe Network - https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1989dfde.html  WHYY - https://whyy.org/articles/notorious-convicted-killer-thomas-capano-found-dead-in-delaware-prison-cell/ Death Penalty Information Center - https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/high-profile-delaware-defendant-spared-the-death-penalty   United States District Court for the District of Delaware - https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/06-58.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the case of Elize Araujo, a woman who believed she had found her prince charming. What began as a real-life fairy tale soon unraveled into a dark and shocking tragedy no one saw coming. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Folha de Sao Paulo - https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/a-crime-of-note/ https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2021/08/elize-matsunaga-biography-recounts-the-sexual-abuse-of-prostitution-in-sao-paulo.shtml  CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/06/world/brazil-dismemberment  Esquire - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a37025912/elize-matsunaga-netflix-once-upon-a-crime-now/  Grunge - https://www.grunge.com/458404/once-upon-a-crime-what-happened-to-elize-matsunagas-daughter/  Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/elize-matsunaga-husband-marcos-matsunaga-murder-once-upon-crime-netflix-1608331 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Payton dives into the case of two young women whose lives were tragically cut short by one man and a chilling, last-minute decision. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Lost Girls by Caitlin Rother Death Penalty Information Center - https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/district-attorney-and-murder-victims-father-call-death-penalty-an-empty-promise ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/amber-dubois-mom-talk-killer-john-gardner-gave/story?id=10646423  CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/17/chelsea.king.gardner.plea/index.html  ABC 10 News San Diego - https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/a-decade-later-remembering-chelsea-king-and-amber-dubois  CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taken-the-amber-dubois-story-10-08-2011/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton dives into the mysteries and conspiracies shrouding the U.S.’s most prominent colleges. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusbandNetflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Skull-and-Bones-Yale  The Week - https://theweek.com/articles/528748/shadowy-world-skull-bones  Ivy Coach - https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/ivy-league/does-cia-recruit-from-ivy-league/  Inside Higher Ed - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/03/%E2%80%98spy-schools-how-cia-fbi-and-foreign-intelligence-secretly-exploit-america%E2%80%99s Town & Country - https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12814064/spy-school-daniel-golden-fbi-cia-recruit-at-american-colleges/ WOUB Public Media - https://woub.org/2019/10/29/the-legends-behind-the-ghosts-of-athens/  The New Political - https://www.thenewpolitical.com/article/6xn1nevsm8fp49azjex8fodlt0w2hw-20241108  Current Affairs - https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/04/how-creative-writing-programs-de-politicized-fiction Vice - https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-the-cia-turned-american-literature-into-a-content-farm/ Bunk History - https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/how-iowa-flattened-literature Open Culture - https://www.openculture.com/2018/12/cia-helped-shaped-american-creative-writing-famous-iowa-writers-workshop.html The Monroe News - https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/04/15/talk-back-close-encounters-hillsdale-kind/7317080001/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z114206d00----v114206b0042xxd004265&gca-ft=206&gca-ds=sophi The Hillsdale Collegian - https://hillsdalecollegian.com/2015/03/ufo-in-1966-hillsdale-had-its-own-close-encounter/ Enjoyer - https://enjoyer.com/hillsdale-ufo-sighting-dexter-investigation/ Bentley Historical Library - https://bentley.umich.edu/news-events/magazine/flying-saucers-and-swamp-gas/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores the case of Etan Patz, a boy from Manhattan who vanished just outside his home. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: A&E - https://www.aetv.com/articles/etan-patz-murder CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/etan-patz-1979-disappearance-of-nyc-boy-continues-to-haunt-investigators/  New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-conviction-overturned.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-timeline.html  NPR - https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/g-s1-78924/etan-patz-missing-kids-children-legacy ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/etan-patz-pedro-hernandez-conviction-overturned-murder-kidnapping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices