This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

Aubrey Trail confessed to killing Sydney Loofe. But almost everything else about his story kept changing.
First, he claimed her death was an accident during a consensual sexual encounter. Then he insisted Bailey Boswell had nothing to do with the killing.
But investigators uncovered evidence that told a very different story.
In Part 2 of our coverage of Hulu's Swipe Right on the Devil, Tyrella and Nikita examine the evidence against Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell, the disturbing testimony from women who survived their abuse, and the trials that exposed what happened before Sydney's final Tinder date.
Surveillance footage, purchases made hours before the murder, and secret messages exchanged in jail raised serious questions about Aubrey's confessions—and Bailey's role in Sydney's death.
Bailey maintained that she had been manipulated and controlled by Aubrey. But other women described her as an active participant in their recruitment and abuse.
Could Bailey have been both a victim of coercive control and a willing participant in murder?
And when Aubrey finally offered an explanation for why Sydney was chosen, how much of his story could anyone believe?
We break down the evidence, the competing accounts, and the verdicts before returning to the people whose determination helped bring Sydney's killers to justice.
Based on Hulu's three-part documentary Swipe Right on the Devil, with additional reporting and court records.
Content warning: Murder, sexual violence, coercive control, and discussions of abuse.
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Twenty-four-year-old Sydney Loofe was excited about a second date with a woman she'd met on Tinder. She sent her friends a Snapchat that read, "Ready for my date."
The next morning, she didn't show up for work. Her car was still at home. Her belongings were untouched. And the woman she'd been dating wasn't who she claimed to be.
In Part 1 of our coverage of Hulu's new docuseries Swipe Right on the Devil, Tyrella and Nikita follow the investigation into Sydney's disappearance—and the extraordinary efforts of the friends and family who refused to stop looking for her.
What began as a search for a missing 24-year-old led investigators to Bailey Boswell, an older man named Aubrey Trail, and a disturbing pattern of young women recruited through dating apps.
The women who escaped described fake identities, psychological manipulation, promises of money, and a supposed coven where killing someone was presented as a path to supernatural power.
But as investigators uncovered more about Bailey and Aubrey, one question became increasingly urgent: What happened to Sydney?
And how many other women had been in danger?
Part 2 releases Friday, but is Available NOW for patrons. 
Based on Hulu's three-part documentary Swipe Right on the Devil, with additional reporting and details from the criminal investigation and court proceedings.
Content warning: Murder, sexual coercion, dismemberment, and discussions of abuse.
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Eleven felony charges. Up to 78 years in prison. Zero days behind bars.
Oklahoma teenager Jesse Mack Butler faced allegations of sexual violence that included attempted rape and strangulation. But his case ended with a very different outcome than the potential prison sentence he initially faced.
In Part 2, Tyrella and Nikita examine the case against Butler and ask a question that's much harder to answer than it sounds: When a young person commits a serious offense, how do we balance accountability with the possibility of rehabilitation?
The research on young people who commit sexual offenses may surprise you. But does it tell us anything about whether the outcome in Butler's case was appropriate?
We also examine who gets viewed as a promising young person deserving another chance, how race and perceptions of youth can shape those judgments, and whether longer prison sentences actually prevent future violence.
Because the future of someone accused or convicted of sexual violence matters. But so does the future of the person who was harmed.
And justice has to be able to consider both.
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Six months in jail. Three months actually served. That's what former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner received after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious Chanel Miller.
In another case, Candon Dahle received 180 days in jail following years of sexual abuse of a child.
Different cases. Different circumstances. But both raise a question we can't stop thinking about: Why does the future of the person who committed sexual violence so often become part of the conversation about what punishment is appropriate?
In Part 1, Tyrella and Nikita revisit the Brock Turner case, Chanel Miller's powerful victim-impact statement, and the case against Candon Dahle. They examine how we measure the harm of sexual violence, what research tells us about its long-term effects, and whether the justice system adequately accounts for consequences that may not leave visible injuries.
And just when the answer seems obvious, another case raises a much harder question.
Part 2 is available now for patrons and drops Thursday for everyone else.
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How do you prove who ordered a murder when the people behind it never directly speak to the killers?
The murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel led investigators from two hired killers to Katherine Magbanua, Charlie Adelson, and eventually Donna Adelson. But connecting the evidence to the people accused of arranging the murder would take years, an elaborate FBI undercover operation, secretly recorded conversations, and multiple trials.
In Part 2, Tyrella and Nikita break down the FBI's infamous "bump" operation, the Dolce Vita restaurant recording, Katie Magbanua's changing testimony, and Charlie Adelson's extraordinary extortion defense. Then there's Donna Adelson's murder trial, the bizarre testimony about wet, moldy, stapled money, and the family member who ultimately testified against his own mother.
Following Hulu's Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, we're examining the trial evidence, the competing explanations, and the questions that remain surrounding Wendi Adelson and the family's involvement.
After more than a decade of investigations and trials, what did it finally take to secure convictions — and what has justice meant for Dan Markel's family?
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