LOVE MURDER

On this week's Current Affairs, a solo Jessie brings you an update in the Gilgo Beach Murders as suspect Rex Heuermann is charged with another murder, as well as the story of a Texas woman who is accused of murdering her common law husband, burning his truck, and trying to get away in a Kayak. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://people.com/gilgo-beach-suspect-rex-heuermann-charged-with-seventh-murder-8762681 https://people.com/texas-woman-allegedly-killed-husband-burned-truck-fled-kayak-8766791 https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-shot-husband-dead-set-his-new-truck-on-fire-and-tried-escaping-in-a-kayak-police/ https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/12/25/woman-set-common-law-husbands-truck-on-fire-in-coastal-city-before-he-was-found-dead-in-bexar-county-affidavit-says/ Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A couple meets decidedly uncute when the man is the teenage girl's therapist. Decades later, the professional couple seem to have everything going for them - marriage, kids and a beautiful home. But behind closed doors, decades of co-dependency, dangerous delusions and abuse of power leads to a devastating murder. Sources: 1. Final Analysis: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Analysis-Untold-Story-Murder/dp/006113452X 2. Seduced by Madness: https://www.amazon.com/Seduced-Madness-Carol-Pogash/dp/0061535672 3. The Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/220397939/?match=1&terms=felix%20polk 4. The Signal: https://www.newspapers.com/image/334791202/?match=1&terms=felix%20polk 5. Sun-Tattler: https://www.newspapers.com/image/724906648/?match=1&terms=%22felix%20polk%22%20%22sharon%20mann%22 6. Snapped: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29609811/ 7. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9698604 8. SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/POLK-Dr-F-Felix-2757443.php 9. Oakland Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/875450911/?match=1&terms=%22susan%20polk%22%20 10. SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/polk-son-s-foster-mother-square-off-murder-2535735.php 11. Oro Law Firm: https://www.orolawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Rage-and-control-at-heart-of-Polk-trial-Oakland-Tribune.pdf 12. SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/review-madness-murder-vivid-in-account-of-2583804.php 13. Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/17/convicted-orinda-killer-susan-polk-denied-parole-kicked-out-of-hearing-midway-through/ This Week's Episode Brought to You By: Shopify - The Platform Commerce is Built On - $1 per month trial https://shopify.com/lovemurder Hiya Health - Essential Super Nutrients for Kids - https://hiyahealth.com/LOVEMURDER for 50% off your first order Puori - Pure, natural and superior food supplements - 20% off with code lovemurder - https://puori.com/ Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched by Sarah Lynn Robinson, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A late in life marriage seems like a dream come true, until cancer strikes and the FBI comes knocking.  Sources: 1. Married to Murder: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24167831-married-to-murder 2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77703866/susan-elizabeth-spangler 3. Denver Post: https://extras.denverpost.com/news/news1008b.htm 4. The Daily Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/540072129/?match=1&terms=robert%20spangler 5. The Daily Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/537585525/?match=1&terms=robert%20spangler 6. The Daily Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/539296293/?match=1&terms=robert%20spangler This Week's Episode Brought to You By: Little Spoon - Simplify your kiddo’s mealtime with 30% off your first order. Go to LITTLESPOON.COM/LOVEMURDER and enter our code LOVEMURDER at checkout to get 30% off your first Little Spoon order.  Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An exploding Chrysler LeBaron found two days before Christmas 1998 in La Jolla, California turns out to contain a body but reveals little of the culprit. It would take years and a witness coming forward to get answers about the Yuletide murder. But is the witness as innocent as they claim? Sources: 1. No Good Deed: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/331788.Tom_Basinski 2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67132988/david_allen-stevens 3. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/02/ny-nourn-the-woman-convicted-of-and-pardoned-who-now-fights-for-other-battered-women 4. Fox 5 San Diego: https://fox5sandiego.com/news/california-news/woman-convicted-of-1998-san-diego-murder-pardoned-by-newsom/ 5. Dead of Night: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7956684/ 6. Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/31/the-woman-confronting-the-us-prison-to-deportation-pipeline 7. New Way Forward Act: https://newwayforwardact.org/2022/04/27/ny-nourn/ 8. People vs. Nourn: https://casetext.com/case/people-v-nourn This Week's Episode Brought to You By: Shopify - The Platform Commerce is Built On - $1 per month trial https://shopify.com/lovemurder Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices