Valerie Reyes: “The Red Suitcase” | MURDERISH Ep. 216

On the morning of April 1st, 2019, a tall, skinny figure in a bright orange hunting jacket and ski mask walked into RJR headquarters in Mandan, North Dakota armed with a 14-inch blade and a 9-millimeter pistol. For 14 agonizing minutes, the killer transformed the bustling business into a house of horrors. When it was over, four people were dead: owner Robert Fakler and three employees: Bill Cobb, Lois Cobb and Adam Fuehrer. Seven years later, the question remains: Why did this happen? Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram and TikTok. Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel @JamiOnAir: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors Primal Queen: Visit PrimalQueen.com/MURDERISH for a full free month + four free gifts! Quince: Visit Quince.com/JAMI for free shipping and 365 day returns Bravo’s Most Wanted - listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092. Research and writing by: K. Brant.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] and copy [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Serial Streamers Jami invites Tom Hamlett, host of hit podcast “Dumpster Dive,” to help her break down the Netflix documentary Worst Roommate Ever, Season 2 episode 4 titled “The Lethal Landlord.” This twisted tale follows the case of a young couple, Austin Wenner and Jessica Lewis, whose partial remains were found in 2019 inside of a suitcase that had washed ashore on Alki Beach in Seattle, Washington. After the gruesome discovery, the investigation led authorities to the home of Michael Dudley, who was the victims’ landlord. Dudley was arrested and subsequently convicted of murdering the young couple. Jami and Tom dive into the psychology of the perpetrator and one of his other tenants, and Tom shares a WILD story about a neighbor who had an interesting way of coping with the death of her beloved pets. Follow Jami Rice on IG, TikTok and YouTube @jamionair. Follow Tom Hamlett on social media @thetomhamlett and also in any podcast app at Dumpster Dive with Tom Hamlett. Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair and subscribe so you don’t miss out on the latest documentary recaps. Check out Jami’s other podcasts: Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092 Bravo’s Most Wanted:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Want to advertise on this podcast? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami Rice. Remember …cults are stupid, Ted Bundy is ugly, scammers suck at life, and binge-watching true crime documentaries IS self care! Stay safe out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On January 30th, 2019, 24-year-old Valerie Reyes was reported missing from her New York apartment. Less than a week later on February 5th, a suitcase with the deceased young woman inside was found on the side of a Connecticut road. Who was this young woman? Who discarded her so callously in a wooded area? And how did Valerie’s body end up in a neighboring state? Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram and TikTok. Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel @JamiOnAir: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors Shopify: You don’t need anyone’s approval to make a living. Build your own business with a free trial at shopify.com/murderish. JiYu: The Korean skincare brand everyone is talking about. Our listeners get 20% off their entire order by using code MURDERISH at jiyuskin.com/MURDERISH. Missing Person, Antoinette White-Plume: Anyone with information on Antoinette’s whereabouts should contact the Omaha Police Department at (402) 444-5818 or the Nebraska Missing Persons Clearinghouse at 1 (877) 441-LOST. Bravo’s Most Wanted - listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092. Research and writing by: Alison Schwartz.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] and copy [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Serial Streamers, Jami invites Chrissy Champagne, host of hit podcast “Residue: A True Crime Podcast,” to help her break down the Netflix documentary A Toxic Love Story. This twisted tale initially appeared to be a case about a jealous ex-girlfriend terrorizing her replacement. Ultimately, it became a case about the supposed victims framing an innocent woman so convincingly that she spent nearly three months in jail. Jami and Chrissy dive into all the layers of this story and even come up with compelling theories of their own regarding whether perpetrators, Ian Diaz and Angela Diaz, met randomly or by design. Jami sidebars about her personal experience being the jury foreman on a first degree murder trial, and Chrissy shares a little about her previous toxic relationships and how she relates somewhat to Michelle. Follow Jami Rice on IG, TikTok and YouTube @jamionair. Follow Chrissy Champagne on IG @residuepodcast and in any podcast app at Residue: A True Crime Podcast. Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair and subscribe so you don’t miss out on the latest documentary recaps. Check out Jami’s other podcasts: Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092 Bravo’s Most Wanted:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Want to advertise on this podcast? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami Rice. Remember …cults are stupid, Ted Bundy is ugly, scammers suck at life, and binge-watching true crime documentaries IS self care! Stay safe out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Serial Streamers Jami invites Chelsea Suarez, host of the popular YouTube channel @IAMCCSuarez, to help her break down the Netflix documentary Worst Ex Ever, Season 2, Episode 2. Chelsea and Jami dive into the episode titled “Primetime Predator,” which details the case of Geoffrey Paschel. Paschel, former cast member of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, met Kristen Wilson Chapman on a dating app in 2017. By 2019, Paschel’s lies and previous criminal charges had been exposed and everything culminated in an extremely violent assault against Kristen in June of that year. Kristen, badly injured, escaped with her life and Paschel was arrested on charges of aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault and interference with an emergency call. Paschel later stood trial, was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Jami and Chelsea dive into the psychology of liars, scammers, and abusers as well as some of the common threads they see with these types of people. Somehow, Jami is able to find some links between these criminals and some of the reality tv cast members she watches regularly. Follow Jami Rice on IG, TikTok and YouTube @jamionair. Follow Chelsea Suarez on YouTube and IG @IAMCCSuarez. Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair and subscribe so you don’t miss out on the latest documentary recaps. Check out Jami’s other podcasts: Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092 Bravo’s Most Wanted:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Want to advertise on this podcast? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami Rice. Remember …cults are stupid, Ted Bundy is ugly, scammers suck at life, and binge-watching true crime documentaries IS self care! Stay safe out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Serial Streamers Jami invites Emily Hanks, host of hit podcast “She’s Speaking with Emily Hanks,” to help her break down the Netflix documentary “Worst Neighbor Ever,” Episode 1. Emily and Jami dive into the episode titled “She Finally Snapped,” which details the case of Frances Zaayer. Frances quickly goes from family friend to paranoid and angry neighbor who’s intent on making the lives of Shawna and David Scott miserable. Frances’s hatred and paranoia culminates in a deadly shooting that leaves one person dead and another with serious injuries. Emily and Jami discuss the psychology aspect of this shocking case, and some of the parallels it has with another case highlighted in a viral Netflix documentary.  Follow Jami Rice on IG, TikTok and YouTube @jamionair. Follow Emily Hanks @shesspeakingwithemilyhanks. Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair and subscribe so you don’t miss out on the latest documentary recaps. Check out Jami’s other podcasts: Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092 Bravo’s Most Wanted:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Want to advertise on this podcast? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami Rice. Remember …cults are stupid, Ted Bundy is ugly, scammers suck at life, and binge-watching true crime documentaries IS self care! Stay safe out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every August, a city of 70,000 rises from the desolate salt desert of northwest Nevada. No money, no corporate sponsors, no permanent walls. Its citizens live by a strict code: Radical inclusion. Decommodification. Leave no trace. The Burning Man Project is built on the premise that humanity, when stripped of societal rules, will default to love and art. But that isn’t always the case. Saturday night. August 30th, 2025. Inside a red-and-white canvas tent on the festival’s fringes, 37-year-old Vadim Kruglov is trapped. A heavy kitchen knife strikes. A single, fatal jab to the throat. Vadim’s first-ever Burning Man …would be his last. At 9:15 p.m., a woman in a red dress flagged down one of the sheriff department’s roaming patrols. Panicked and out-of-breath, she managed to get out a few words: “There is a man bleeding out in my tent. He might be dead. I won’t touch him.” By morning, one of the guiding principles of Burning Man, leave no trace, proved to be investigators’ worst nightmare. The crime scene, the witnesses, and the killer didn’t just scatter in the wind, the entire city vanished from the face of the Earth. Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram and TikTok. Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel @JamiOnAir: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Sponsors Shopify: You don’t need anyone’s approval to make a living. Build your own business with a free trial at shopify.com/murderish. Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to contact the Pershing County Sheriff's Office at (775) 273-2641. Bravo’s Most Wanted - listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092. Research and writing by: K. Brant.   Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] and copy [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Serial Streamers Jami brings Kendrick Tucker, host of hit podcast “I Ken Not with Kendrick Tucker,” to help her break down the HBO documentary “Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult.” This three-part docuseries highlights the Eternal Values cult lead by an eclectic and attractive man named Fred Myers. Myers was able to lure young, attractive people into his world and ultimately have them fund his entire life. Cult members were led to believe that Myers was an “alien walk-in” from the star system Arcturus, and that Earth would undergo an apocalypse in the somewhat near future. Jami and Kendrick address the various forms of abuse inflicted on cult members and the more shocking aspects of the story, like the unexpected illness that ultimately claimed the life of Fred Myers and what transpired after the Eternal Values members lost their leader. Follow Jami Rice on IG, TikTok and YouTube @jamionair. Follow Kendrick Tucker on Threads and other platforms @withkendricktucker. Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair and subscribe so you don’t miss out on the latest documentary recaps. Check out Jami’s other podcasts: Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092 Bravo’s Most Wanted:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Want to advertise on this podcast? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami Rice. Remember …cults are stupid, Ted Bundy is ugly, scammers suck at life, and binge-watching true crime documentaries IS self care! Stay safe out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine you’re lying in bed recuperating after a series of extensive cosmetic surgeries. Every inch of your face hurts from a full facelift, your breathing is strained, and you drift in and out of consciousness. As if you weren’t already vulnerable enough, recovery from eyelid surgery involves having your eyes taped shut for about 10 days. In April 2007 that was the exact situation 51-year-old Michele MacNeill found herself in. The Utah mother of eight was prescribed an array of sedating prescription pills to treat her pain and swelling. Back home after an overnight hospital stay, Michele felt a little better in her own bed. Her loved ones assumed she’d be back to feeling like her cheerful self in no time. But eight days into her recovery, Michele MacNeill was found dead in her bathtub.  Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram and TikTok. Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel @JamiOnAir: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Missing Person, Laverda Sorrell. If you know anything about Laverda Sorrell’s whereabouts please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. Sponsors JiYu: The Korean skincare brand everyone is talking about. Our listeners get 20% off their entire order by using code MURDERISH at jiyuskin.com/MURDERISH. Bravo’s Most Wanted - listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092. Research and writing by: Alison Schwartz. Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] and copy [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Serial Streamers Jami recaps the Netflix documentary, Maternal Instinct, with Rachel Kassinger and Rebecca Blackstock, hosts of the hit podcast People are the Worst. The documentary highlights the case of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, who was murdered by Taylor Parker, along with her unborn baby. The ladies go in on Taylor and her heinous scheme to convince everyone that she had a baby, even though it was physically impossible due to a previous hysterectomy. Jami, Rachel and Rebecca spend time discussing the psychological aspects of this horrific crime, and also some of the more shocking case details the documentary left out. In lighter moments, the ladies also spend time discussing their shared love of Bravo reality shows. Follow Jami Rice on IG, TikTok and YouTube @jamionair. Watch Serial Streamers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair and subscribe so you don’t miss out on the latest documentary recaps. Check out Jami’s other podcasts: Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092 Bravo’s Most Wanted:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bravos-most-wanted-with-jami-rice-and-katie-ginella/id1896791981 Want to advertise on this podcast? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] with a copy to [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami Rice. Remember …cults are stupid, Ted Bundy is ugly, scammers suck at life, and binge-watching true crime documentaries IS self care! Stay safe out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices