Marriage and Murder

Skylar Annette Neese was like any other typical, small town, American teenager back in 2012. She was an honor student who had just finished her sophomore year at University High School in Morgantown, West Virginia, she worked a part time job at a local Wendys to make a little bit of extra cash, and in her free time, Skylar liked to party with her friends… all typical of a teenager.But on July 6th, 2012 Skylar vanished after going out for a joyride with her two best friends, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. What happened to Skylar is one of the most brutal and heartbreaking cases we have covered... Do you every truly know who your friends are?This week will just be me since Caleb has opened an Etsy shop that has him CRAZY busy but no worries, he'll be back on the pod next week!Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Skylar_Neesehttps://abcnews.go.com/US/teenage-killers-eerie-tweets-stabbing-friend-death/story?id=64541231https://skylarneesemurder.com/https://allthatsinteresting.com/skylar-neese-murderhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2956846/https://abcnews.go.com/US/best-friends-killers-teens-murder-friend-didnt/story?id=24573749

On August 13, 2018 a pregnant Shanann Watts and her two young daughters Bella and Celeste vanished without a trace...Sources:https://www.insider.com/chris-watts-murder-timeline-2018-12https://people.com/crime/chris-watts-shanann-watts-text-messages-revealed/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bombshell-information-girlfriend-chris-watts-helped-investigators-n1013121https://people.com/crime/chris-watts-shanann-watts-met-online/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_family_murdershttps://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/chris-watts-provides-new-details-murders-shanann-daughters-colorado-investigators20/20: The Devil in Disguise Family Man, Family Murderer: An ID Murder Mystery

This week we're talking about a classic, spooky Halloween murder.Sources:https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Candy-Man-s-legacy-still-haunting-today-9774087.phphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryanhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8ge87v/halloween-killer-ronald-clark-o-bryan-candy-man

After a healthy, 31 year old mother and wife takes her own life, her husbands behavior starts to change. Did Kari Baker take her own life? Or could her husband have caused her demise?Sources:True Crime with Aphrodite Jones - Season 2, Episode 5 Twist of Faithhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/dirty-little-secrets-revealed-in-preacher-matt-bakers-murder-trial/2/https://abcnews.go.com/2020/texas-pastor-matt-baker-convicted-wifes-2006-murder/story?id=11092046https://www.baylor.edu/character/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34983893/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/murdering-minister-sentenced-years/

A family man holds on to a dark secret for eight years, that ends in a grisly murder.Sources:https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-may-01-la-na-nn-keller-bunker-20120501-story.htmlhttps://medium.com/@ashleyhorsfall/why-did-peter-keller-kill-his-family-cf6fc8b62f74https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/peter-keller-killer-of-wife-daughter-said-i-can-always-shoot-myself/https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Peter-Keller-3702751.phphttp://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2012/06/peter-keller-survivalist-who-didnt.html

You’ve heard the plot line before, man leaves his 40 something year old wife of 17 years for a much younger (28 to be exact), beautiful, new wife… but unlike most of those scenarios you’ve heard, this one ended in cold-blooded murder. This case was a huge national news story from the late 80’s through the mid 90’s. It was described as: “The angriest divorce in San Diego history”Sources:True Crime: With Aphrodite Jones Season: 2 Episode: 10 Woman ScornedMurderpediahttps://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-broderick-parole-20170105-story.html

In our very first episode, we tell the story of a fatal love triangle, and discuss what could have gone so wrong, so fast.Sources:https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-involved-2018-love-triangle-murder-suicide-case/story?id=65366893https://people.com/crime/jennair-gerardot-killed-husband-mistress-killed-herself/https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/mark-gerardot-shares-his-remorse-wife-jennair-gerardot-kills-lover-meredith-chapman