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In the middle of a spring night in 1988, Margie slipped from her bed, which she shared with her husband, and slowly crept into the other room where he kept his briefcase with all his important documents. There was no doubt that her husband’s behavior had changed since their wedding day just seven weeks ago.

Some things that he said just didn’t make sense. Things didn’t line up. His temper was shorter, and his intensity was stronger. And sometimes she just felt overwhelmingly afraid of him.

She retrieved his briefcase from the closet and realized that he’d locked it. Luckily, she’d been paying attention and remembered the combination. The briefcase popped open, and she slowly took each document out and photographed it, all the while listening for him to wake up. Then she put each document back in the briefcase and returned the numbers to their exact locations. Maybe this was all part of that witness relocation program that he’d told her about?

But what if it wasn’t?

Join Jen & Cam as they discuss "Charmed: Margie's Story."

Thank you, Samantha S, for the request!

Promo by our friends Neil and Megan of Mortal Musings.

A huge Thank You to our team:

Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen

Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theinkypawprint.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Sources:

1) https://www.familysearch.org/en/memories/memory/88280195

2) https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/4th/11/1466.html

3) https://amw.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Steven_Mack

4) https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/evil-lives-here/a-utah-wife-and-mother-slowly-realized-her-new-husband-was-lying-about-his-identity

5) https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/woman-discovers-husband-is-a-murderer-weeks-after-wedding/WYYSVYT6WQ2C3ZV577SZLVAEEI/

6) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207701494/karen-grace-winslett

7) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147636377/annette-ramelle-huddle

8) https://www.oxygen.com/charmed-to-death/crime-news/margie-danielsen-learns-husband-paul-mack-is-murder-suspect

9) https://www.newspapers.com/image/1236834971/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder - Sacramento Union May 12, 1987

10) https://www.newspapers.com/image/294507813/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder - The Marion Star Aug 11, 1981

11) https://www.newspapers.com/image/624357885/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder - the Sacramento Bee Oct 19 1988

12) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjTlE35s4V4 Charmed to Death Season 1 Episode 3

13) https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00LOSBGYG/ref=atv_sr_fle_c_src13fdd_1_1_1?sr=1-1&pageTypeIdSource=ASIN&pageTypeId=B00LOSCTS8&qid=1768408872149 (Handsome Devils Season        1 Episode 1)

14) https://www.newspapers.com/image/601928702/?match=1&terms=%22Annette%20Huddle%22

15) https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1771949.html

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For much of the twentieth century, Mississippi was a place where racial violence was not merely ignored but actively erased. Witnesses stayed silent. Juries looked away. It was just a different time, they say.

James Craig Anderson’s murder did not happen in 1955. It happened in 2011.

This time, the cameras were watching. This time, the federal government stepped in. This time, the perpetrators pleaded guilty. Progress would be measured not in apologies or promises, but in prison sentences.

And unlike so many before him, Anderson’s killers were not celebrated, excused, or folded gently into historical amnesia. They were named. They were tried. They were sentenced. Dragged into the light, they could not escape what they had done.

Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Targeted: The Killing of James Craig Anderson.’

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music by @theinkypawprint

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRcYtzZS5kE

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/us/23jackson.html?hp

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/james-craig-anderson-fbi-investigation_n_930155.html

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/07/17/hate-crime-indictment-tells-details-five-attacks-one-fatal/12793527/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-of-alleged-miss-hate-killing-victim-doesnt-want-death-penalty/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/james-craig-anderson-fbi-investigation_n_930155.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW8dRJ3SNh0

https://www.law.virginia.edu/static/uvalawyer/html/alumni/uvalawyer/spr15/reeves.htm

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/ten-sentenced-in-hate-crime-case

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/01/four-white-men-ordered-to-pay-840000-for-jim-crow-style-lynching-of-mississippi-black-man/

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/12/385777366/a-black-mississippi-judges-breathtaking-speech-to-three-white-murderers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/10/james-craig-anderson-case/25563641/

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/02/10/deryl-dedmon-two-others-to-be-sentenced-in-hate-crime-tuesday/23166397/

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/restitution-ordered-jackson-mississippi-hate-crime-case-involving-death-james-craig-anderson

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In March 2021, Sarah Everard left a friend’s house in London and started walking home. It was a normal evening, the kind of walk most people do without thinking twice. But when she didn’t return, her family and friends became worried. They called her, searched the area, and waited for news.

As the hours turned into days, the story spread beyond her friends and family. The case became a national headline, and the worry turned into fear. What began as a missing-person investigation soon felt much more serious.

Then the investigation took a turn that surprised many people. What seemed like a simple disappearance became something far more disturbing, and the impact reached far beyond one woman’s life.

What happened to Sarah Everard raised serious questions about women’s safety, and about how much we can trust the people who are meant to protect us. It became a case that shook the country.

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "Trusting Evil: The Murder of Sarah Everard."

A huge Thank You to our team:

Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen

Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theinkypawprint.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Sources:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB4NMA0koJs

2  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYCZAtlUSNU

3  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHerzQzR1kk&t=1309s

4  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/29/killer-of-sarah-everard-should-never-have-joined-police-report-finds

5  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Everard

6  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58746108

7  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58742568

8  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/18/male-police-officers-accused-of-domestic-abuse-have-been-promoted-report-says

9  https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/notices/our-response-to-issues-raised-by-the-crimes-of-wayne-couzens/

10 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv258p6mq0o (Mother)

11 https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/sarah-everard-what-happened-wayne-couzens-report-b2504551.html -timeline

12 https://www.newspapers.com/image/719876863/?match=1&terms=Sarah%20Everard

13 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1173490500/?match=1&terms=Sarah%20Everard (Arrest)

14 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/timeline-lockdown-web.pdf

15 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-57740729

16 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58739421

17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Nuclear_Constabulary

18 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/29/wayne-couzens-timeline-of-missed-signs-before-sarah-everard

19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_geography

20 https://www.newspapers.com/image/719543154/?match=1&terms=Sarah%20Everard

21 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1173510928/?match=1&terms=Sarah%20Everard

22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_card

23 https://www.jmcsecure.co.uk/blog/country-with-most-cctv/

24 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/london-metropolitan-police-cressida-dick-resigns-scandals-rcna15849

25 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62766240

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In this month's special, Melissa from Just The Tip-Sters shares a case close to her heart with Cam & Jen. It's a head-scratcher.

In May 2011, Bill and Peggy Stephenson, a kind, generous, and deeply loved couple from Florence, Kentucky, were brutally murdered inside their own home. Both were 74 years old. Their deaths sent shockwaves through Northern Kentucky and left family, friends, and an entire community searching for answers.

More than a decade later, this horrific double homicide remains unsolved.

There was no obvious motive, no clear suspects, and no explanation that made sense. Even seasoned detectives and the FBI have described the case as complex, haunting, and deeply baffling.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department continues to pursue leads and believes that more than one person may have information about what happened that night. Investigators have vowed to leave no stone unturned, but they still need public help.

If you have any information, no matter how small it may seem, please get in touch with law enforcement.

Boone County Sheriff’s Department

Phone: 859-334-8496

Toll-Free Tip Line: 844-210-1111

Email: [email protected]

If you know anything about the murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson, please speak up. One detail could be the key to ending this long nightmare and bringing justice to a family that has waited far too long.

You can also send your tips to Melissa

Phone: 832-842-7837

Email: [email protected]

Make sure you follow Melissa's podcast Just the Tip-Sters. We know you'll love it. You can find her podcast on the same app you use to listen to OTCP.

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In the quiet, unassuming town of Ina, Illinois—where life moved slowly and danger felt distant—Keith and Elaine Dardeen were building a modest, faith-centered future with their young son, Peter, and a baby on the way. Their trailer sat tucked into the woods near the highway, close enough to hear passing traffic yet isolated enough to disappear into the darkness. When Keith failed to report for his night shift on November 18, 1987, concern quickly turned to dread as calls to the home went unanswered. What investigators would soon discover was beyond comprehension: the entire family had been brutally massacred.

Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Dardeen Family Massacre.’

Listener discretion is by @octoberpodVHS

Music by our EP @theinkypawprint

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/141094349/

https://books.google.com/books?id=PEDSSsFlDOcC&pg=PA46

http://www.nwherald.com/2014/04/12/unsolved-1987-slaying-of-illinois-family-haunting/auj00b/

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/pat-gauen/gauen-gruesome-illinois-mystery-appears-to-end-with-texas-execution/article_b5a3da6c-c649-5725-8a7e-23f96873f514.html

http://www.14news.com/story/7372700/unsolved-murder-still-haunts-tri-state-family-two-decades-later

https://thesouthern.com/news/article_51b2456d-80ff-5def-9511-6292e669c94e.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/03/13/13-year-vigil-of-fear-eases-in-illinois-town/

https://www.firstalert4.com/2022/01/21/gruesome-murder-an-illinois-family-remains-unsolved-main-suspect-is-executed/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1fzq8zj/on_the_evening_of_november_18_1987_police_went_to/

https://www.kfvs12.com/2019/11/05/heartland-unsolved-never-forget/

https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/keith-and-elaine-dardeen-a-family-trying-to-escape-death/

https://medium.com/@tonyakpan45/the-dardeen-family-massacre-de3b9fdb5bb6

https://people.com/dardeen-murders-unsolved-who-killed-illinois-family-8649561

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