True Crime Couple

Episode 226: The Shakespearean Tragedy of the Robards Family

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, guilt does not stay buried. It festers beneath crowns and costumes, slipping through rehearsed smiles and whispered prayers. A kingdom rots from the inside, not because of the murder alone, but because of the secret that follows it,  heavy and impossible to silence. “O, my offence is rank,” King Claudius confesses, discovering that even a throne cannot shield a poisoned conscience. In the bedroom of a teenager, centuries later, those same words would land a little too close to home. In this case we will explore a modern tragedy shaped by Shakespearean shadows: ambition without a crown, desperation without a dagger, and a confession that would echo far beyond the pages of a play. Because sometimes the most dangerous poison isn’t poured into a cup, it’s carried in the heart, waiting for its moment to speak. Sources https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/poisoning-daddy/ [https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/poisoning-daddy/] https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/hamlet/read/3/3/ [https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/hamlet/read/3/3/] https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/product/sigald/243671 [https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/US/en/product/sigald/243671] https://www.newspapers.com/image/644815133/?terms=Marie%20Robards [https://www.newspapers.com/image/644815133/?terms=Marie%20Robards] https://www.newspapers.com/image/823666883/?match=1&terms=Marie%20Robards [https://www.newspapers.com/image/823666883/?match=1&terms=Marie%20Robards] https://www.newspapers.com/image/644815129/?match=1&terms=Marie%20Robards [https://www.newspapers.com/image/644815129/?match=1&terms=Marie%20Robards] https://www.newspapers.com/image/646308983/?match=1&terms=Marie%20Robards [https://www.newspapers.com/image/646308983/?match=1&terms=Marie%20Robards]

Episode 225: The Murder of Seath Jackson

In today’s case a similar situation to the one we covered in Episode 224 arose in central Florida in the Spring of 2011, but this time with a 21st century twist. The teens exhibited the same type of behavior we saw in 1965 in Tucson but this time social media was present to fan the flames of an all too familiar fire caused by jealous, and hierarchical, high-conformity behavior…and just like last time someone would lose their life. Join me as I tell John the case of Seath Jackson.  Sponsors Factor Meals factormeals.com/truecrimecouple50off [http://factormeals.com/truecrimecouple50off] and use code truecrimecouple50off to get 50 percent off and free breakfast for a year NOCD Go to NOCD.com [http://nocd.com] to schedule a free 15-minute call with their team and find out more about how they can help. Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1557636/#:~:text=Rather%20than%20a%20sense%20of,Steinberg%20&%20Silverberg%2C%201986 [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1557636/#:~:text=Rather%20than%20a%20sense%20of,Steinberg%20&%20Silverberg%2C%201986]). https://psychcentral.com/lib/click-or-clique-positive-and-negative-teen-social-groups#:~:text=Members%20are%20discouraged%20from%20being,are%20valued%20for%20their%20individuality.&text=Natural%20leaders%20may%20emerge%20but,t%20find%20mutually%20trusting%20relationships [https://psychcentral.com/lib/click-or-clique-positive-and-negative-teen-social-groups#:~:text=Members%20are%20discouraged%20from%20being,are%20valued%20for%20their%20individuality.&text=Natural%20leaders%20may%20emerge%20but,t%20find%20mutually%20trusting%20relationships]. https://www.marionschools.net/parents__students__and_community/parents/Student_Enrollment/your_zoned_school [https://www.marionschools.net/parents__students__and_community/parents/Student_Enrollment/your_zoned_school] https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/soto-sentencing-5-30-12.pdf [https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/soto-sentencing-5-30-12.pdf] https://www.ocala.com/story/news/crime/2012/09/05/man-charged-as-accessory-in-seath-murder-case-ruled-incompetent/64312725007/ [https://www.ocala.com/story/news/crime/2012/09/05/man-charged-as-accessory-in-seath-murder-case-ruled-incompetent/64312725007/] https://pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=U46099&TypeSearch=AI [https://pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=U46099&TypeSearch=AI] https://www.ocala.com/story/news/crime/2018/03/20/guilty-plea-to-accessory-in-murder-of-seath-jackson/12948232007/ [https://www.ocala.com/story/news/crime/2018/03/20/guilty-plea-to-accessory-in-murder-of-seath-jackson/12948232007/] https://www.ocala.com/story/news/crime/2020/06/17/charlie-ely-wins-freedom/42153993/ [https://www.ocala.com/story/news/crime/2020/06/17/charlie-ely-wins-freedom/42153993/] https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2011/04/21/facebook-posts-show-troubled-relationship-before-murder/64298523007/ [https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2011/04/21/facebook-posts-show-troubled-relationship-before-murder/64298523007/] https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/state/2016/02/23/amber-wright-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-a-second-time-for-summerfield-murder/31892000007/ [https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/state/2016/02/23/amber-wright-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-a-second-time-for-summerfield-murder/31892000007/] https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1866390.html#footnote_ref_2 [https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1866390.html#footnote_ref_2] "Seath Jackson - Sleeping With a Killer (Season 1, Episode 12)" [https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/seath-jackson/umc.cmc.5ftio68gocqq6oxcnjzfylyg5?showId=umc.cmc.5nek280511fthl83zw9yijf1i]. Apple TV. 2021. Retrieved February, 2026.

Episode 224: Alleen Rowe and Gretchen and Wendy Fritz | The Pied Piper of Tucson

By the summer of 1965 three teenage girls had gone missing from Tucson, AZ. When the truth would finally come to light the members of the community would be forced to question everything they knew to be true…and also what their children had been up to. Join me as I tell John the cases of Alleen Rowe and Gretchen and Wendy Fritz.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple [http://patreon.com/truecrimecouple] Sponsors: NOCD If you're struggling with OCD or unrelenting intrusive thoughts, NOCD can help. Book a free 15 minute call to get started: https://learn.nocd.com/TCC [https://learn.nocd.com/TCC] Sources: https://altsclass.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/8/0/38808759/lifemagazinepiedpiper.doc.pdf [https://altsclass.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/8/0/38808759/lifemagazinepiedpiper.doc.pdf] https://tucson.com/morguetales/article_db508906-e3de-11df-af58-001cc4c002e0.html [https://tucson.com/morguetales/article_db508906-e3de-11df-af58-001cc4c002e0.html] https://tucson.com/morguetales/article_0826e27c-e245-11df-b65f-001cc4c03286.html [https://tucson.com/morguetales/article_0826e27c-e245-11df-b65f-001cc4c03286.html] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166810356/james_mcilroy-fritz#view-photo=162428330 [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166810356/james_mcilroy-fritz#view-photo=162428330] https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/supreme-court/1973/1720-0.html [https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/supreme-court/1973/1720-0.html] Newspapers.com [http://newspapers.com] Access to the Daily News,Arizona Daily Star, and the Los Angeles Times from 1966-182

Episode 223: Nancy DePriest | Austin's Pizza Hut Murder

The city of Austin found itself in a predicament in late 1988. A horrific crime was committed against a young mother in broad daylight, in a well known establishment on a busy street. The unsolved crime would largely impact the city’s reputation for having the lowest crime rate of all of Texas’s great cities…so it was time to solve the murder of Nancy DePriest, let’s see how they did it. Instagram: Truecrimecouple Patreon.com/truecrimecouple [https://Patreon.com/truecrimecouple] | Join for ad free episodes and two bonus episodes a month! Sponsors: True Crime Society Podcast Sources: https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/10386 [https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/10386] https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1991/4881.html [https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1991/4881.html] https://www.newspapers.com/image/649638052/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest [https://www.newspapers.com/image/649638052/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest] https://www.newspapers.com/image/364054228/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest [https://www.newspapers.com/image/364054228/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest] https://www.newspapers.com/image/363966719/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest [https://www.newspapers.com/image/363966719/?match=1&terms=nancy%20depriest]https://www.facebook.com/groups/742034912983989/posts/2019627575224710/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/742034912983989/posts/2019627575224710/]https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/hector-polanco-andre-causey-false-confessions/ [https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/hector-polanco-andre-causey-false-confessions/]https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/innocents/danziger.html [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/innocents/danziger.html]https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/03/09/facing-her-daughter-s-killer-at-last [https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/03/09/facing-her-daughter-s-killer-at-last]https://www.justice.gov/archives/dag/file/877741/dl?inline=#:~:text=Forensic%20hair%20examiners%20generally%20recognize,Forensic%20Examination%20of [https://www.justice.gov/archives/dag/file/877741/dl?inline=#:~:text=Forensic%20hair%20examiners%20generally%20recognize,Forensic%20Examination%20of]https://nij.ojp.gov/nij-hosted-online-training-courses/crime-scene-and-dna-basics-forensic-analysts/history-and-types-forensic-dna-testing/polymerase-chain-reaction-pcr/dq-alpha [https://nij.ojp.gov/nij-hosted-online-training-courses/crime-scene-and-dna-basics-forensic-analysts/history-and-types-forensic-dna-testing/polymerase-chain-reaction-pcr/dq-alpha]https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/austin-police-hector-polanco-yogurt-shop-murders/269-160c495f-9212-420c-ad47-edf02bea3d5a [https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/austin-police-hector-polanco-yogurt-shop-murders/269-160c495f-9212-420c-ad47-edf02bea3d5a]https://law.wisc.edu/fjr/clinicals/ip/ [https://law.wisc.edu/fjr/clinicals/ip/]https://innocenceproject.org/about/#:~:text=We've%20helped%20free%20more,and%20advance%20the%20innocence%20movement. [https://innocenceproject.org/about/#:~:text=We've%20helped%20free%20more,and%20advance%20the%20innocence%20movement.]https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-21-me-confess21-story.html [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-21-me-confess21-story.html]https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261908704/richard_edward-danziger [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261908704/richard_edward-danziger]

Episode 222: The Candice Fonagy Story | The Courage of Conviction

On Halloween night of 1992 something happened that divided the small farming town of Kipling, Saskatchewan. A young single mother accused the town’s well respected doctor of sexual assault while under his care. Wanting to save his reputation, the doctor took a blood test to prove his DNA was not a match for the samples found during the performance of a sexual assault exam. It was not a match. Despite this, Candice, the accuser, was adamant about what had happened. Join me as I tell John about the case of the ‘Good Doctor’. Sponsors: Masterclass Masterclass.com/tcc [http://masterclass.com/tcc] to get an additional 15% off any annual membership Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/image/497356653/?terms=john%20schneeberger [https://www.newspapers.com/image/497356653/?terms=john%20schneeberger] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-endless-nightmare-of-lisa-dillman/article761440/ [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-endless-nightmare-of-lisa-dillman/article761440/] https://forensictales.com/case-of-dr-john-schneeberger/ [https://forensictales.com/case-of-dr-john-schneeberger/] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/19616-midazolam-injection [https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/19616-midazolam-injection] https://www.iflscience.com/a-doctor-cheated-dna-tests-by-implanting-somebody-elses-blood-into-his-arm-59380 [https://www.iflscience.com/a-doctor-cheated-dna-tests-by-implanting-somebody-elses-blood-into-his-arm-59380] https://www.newspapers.com/image/496716610/?match=1&terms=john%20schneeberger [https://www.newspapers.com/image/496716610/?match=1&terms=john%20schneeberger] Forensic Files Interviews Season8, Episode 8