Advertise on podcast: I Said God Damn! A True Crime Podcast

This week Stacey tells us about the eerie disappearances and deaths of eight scientists since 2024: Frank Maiwald, Anthony Chavez, Monica Reza, Melissa Casias, William “Neil” McCasland, Jason Thomas, Carl Grillmair, and Nuno Loureiro, tied to sensitive NASA, JPL, Los Alamos, and defense research that's fueling wild media speculation and conspiracy theories. Sources: https://www.pma.caltech.edu/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-carl-grillmair-19592026 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplained-deaths-us-defence-research-1787733 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/frank-maiwald-obituary?id=55630404 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/comments/1s3egzy/the_disappearance_of_anthony_chavez_78_from_los/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPmMWeY9A54 https://thesentinel.network/p/the-blind-spot-rocks-are-falling?r=71h4we https://losalamosreporter.com/2025/05/12/social-media-pages-voice-concern-about-anthony-tony-chavez-of-los-alamos-last-seen-may-4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/socalhiking/comments/1rvhyir/full_investigation_into_the_monica_reza/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/media/1422471/dl?inline https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-murder-new-reports/ https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/19/claudio-neves-valente-what-to-know-about-brown-university-mit-shooter/87842042007/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86v3g9z572o https://people.com/missing-scientist-was-struggling-with-parents-deaths-when-he-vanished-11928113 https://people.com/body-found-lake-believed-belong-scientist-missing-3-months-11928819 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/jason-thomas-obituary?id=61184839 https://nypost.com/2026/02/26/us-news/caltech-astrophysicist-carl-grillmairs-accused-killer-stalked-property-before-fatal-shooting/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McCasland https://x.com/TMBSPACESHIPS https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00582627.pdf Support the show

This week Erin tells us about Demontra Hatfield, a Benton, Arkansas man who in 2022 murdered his girlfriend Krystle Wilder in front of their 3-year-old daughter before killing a second victim, Larry Foster, during a subsequent car crash escape and receiving a life sentence plus 170 years in 2025. Sources: https://littlerock.gov/frontage-road-homicide/ https://www.kark.com/crime/family-and-friends-mourn-the-death-of-benton-grandfather-killed-in-little-rock-shooting/ Man arrested in connection with Benton, LR homicides | News | bentoncourier.com https://www.kark.com/crime/little-rock-police-release-new-details-in-deadly-shooting-on-i-30-frontage-road/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/leeann-wilder?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&fbclid=IwAR1KGfQWgIN-gfUl9Uoh5jiy9_H5DfdXNtpIA3L-1Fn9fVEvsJaOBNapioM https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/family-remember-murdered-benton-woman/91-ebb71adb-839a-43e8-930a-ec5443640be0 https://www.bentoncourier.com/news/benton-man-sentenced-to-life-plus-170-years-for-killing-girlfriend-motorist/article_ddd2d754-4afa-4dcd-8bf8-8f1bee78c896.html https://www.littlerock.gov/media/17983/2022-124309.pdfgl=117uaqe9ga*MTkxNTA3MjM1My4xNzc1MDg5MjIzga7WM0JMW1XP*czE3NzUwODkyMjMkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzUwODkyNzMkajEwJGwwJGgwgaSW3Q26F780*czE3NzUwODkyMjMkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzUwODkyNzMkajEwJGwwJGgw https://bentonpolice.org/mediareleases/bnpd-man-arrested-reference-homicide-benton-apartments-also-facing-charges-lr https://www.ashbyfuneralhome.com/obituary/krystle-leeann-wilder Support the show

This week Stacey tells us about Matthew Mellon, the Mellon banking heir and early cryptocurrency investor known for his substantial stake in Ripple, whose life ended mysteriously on April 9, 2022, in a Cancun hotel room while traveling from his home in Florida to an experimental rehab treatment. Sources: https://vilk.medium.com/mellons-missing-millions-he-blew-his-family-s-fortune-on-fast-living-then-made-1billion-back-de429e1771e6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Mellon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Negley_Mellon https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/billionaire-news/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-rehab https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43800610 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-at-54.html https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/a-matter-of-money-and-heartbreak-1.731418 https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/cleared-the-oil-billionaire-too-absentminded-to-spy-on-his-jimmy-choo-tycoon-ex-7284360.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Mellon https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-expands-epstein-investigation-with-probe-of-hundreds-of-suspicious-bank-of-new-york-mellon-transactions https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01250229.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00433799.pdf https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/bianca-pratt-christopher-getty-matthew-mellon-nicole-hanley-news-photo/819138180?adppopup=true https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00746142.pdf https://estateandprobatelawyer.com/a-cautionary-tale-cryptocurrency/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fadamcurtis%2Fentries%2F44122901-c2e8-34f5-93e0-d4402c163966 https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bank-of-mellon-epstein-sex-trafficking-class-action.pdf Support the show

This week Erin tells us about Jason James Mahn, who on April 1, 1993, in Pensacola murdered his father’s girlfriend, Debra Shanko, and her 14-year-old son, Anthony Shanko, in their home before fleeing the state and later being arrested in Oklahoma. Sources: https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/83423/83423ans.pdf https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1254367.html https://truecrimearchives.blog/jason-james-mahn-from-death-row-to-life-imprisonment/ https://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/mahn_jason_james/op-83423.pdf https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/04/13/suspect-made-death-threats-says-former-co-worker/ https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mahn-jason-james.htm https://www.insideprison.com/state-inmate-search.asp?lnam=mahn&id=1281543 https://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/83423/83423ini.pdf Support the show

This week Stacey tells us about Steven Hoffenberg, an American businessman and fraudster who founded and led Towers Financial Corporation, ran one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, briefly owned the New York Post, and later became known as a former mentor and associate of Jeffrey Epstein. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hoffenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_Financial_Corporation https://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1994/dig021894.pdf https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_deal https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/908/1265/1457501/ https://www.npr.org/2019/08/14/751153024/jeffrey-epsteins-former-business-associate-i-want-to-assist-victims https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00270335.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00182748.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01326141.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01140030.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339405.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01326139.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01937998.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01937998.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00376722.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00680461.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01433867.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01106124.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00583986.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339406.pdf https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339410.pdf Support the show

This week Erin tells us about 18-year-old Ebby Steppach, who vanished from Little Rock in October 2015 days after reporting a sexual assault and was found nearly three years later in a park drainage pipe, her death ruled a homicide that remains unsolved. Sources: https://aymag.com/a-ray-of-light-loved-ones-gain-new-allies-as-ebby-steppach-case-reaches-a-decade/ https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/new-information-reveals-where-ebby-steppach-spent-her-final-hours/ https://katv.com/news/local/new-lead-in-ebby-steppach-case-gives-hope-to-family-on-10th-anniversary-of-disappearance-missing-cold-case-investigation-evidence-sexual-assault-investigators-chalamont-park https://www.truecasefiles.com/2019/08/the-disappearance-murder-of-ebby.html https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-attorney-general-cold-case-unit-ebby-steppach/91-0a98d1d1-bfd8-4ed1-a3ef-b5af6f22335d https://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?locid=17&page=odetail&id=48749 https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/ebby-steppach-arkansas-cold-case-murder-b2886728.html Support the show

This week stacey tells us about Tara Grinstead, a Georgia high school teacher and beauty queen who mysteriously vanished from Ocilla on October 22–23, 2005, a disappearance that would haunt her community for years and later be thrust into the spotlight by the true crime podcast Up and Vanished. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Grinstead_murder_case cbsnews.com/pictures/what-happened-to-tara-grinstead/11/ https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2017-02-23/gbi-arrest-disappearance-tara-grinstead https://allthatsinteresting.com/tara-grinstead https://upandvanished.com/timeline/ Support the show

This week Erin tells us about Michelle Theer, a psychologist who manipulated her lover into murdering her Air Force captain husband as part of a deadly love triangle and insurance plot, then went on the run before being caught and sentenced to life in prison. Sources: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/1201672.html https://www.osi.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/2311497/the-murder-of-capt-marty-theer/ https://cases.justia.com/north-carolina/court-of-appeals/051640-1.pdf https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/theer-michelle.htm https://truecrimearchives.blog/air-force-reservist-michelle-theer-military-love-triangle-murder-conviction/ https://free-john-diamond.blogspot.com/ Support the show

This week Stacey tells us about Jean Luc Brunel, a French model scout and agent linked to Jeffrey Epstein who faced multiple sex-trafficking and sexual-assault allegations and died in a Paris jail in 2022 before his trial concluded. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Brunel https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/epsteins-french-associate-jean-luc-brunel-found-dead-in-paris-prison/2507523 https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/swduau https://www.dw.com/en/epstein-linked-modeling-agent-charged-with-sex-crimes/a-55996337 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/17/jean-luc-brunel-jeffrey-epstein-models-sexual-assault https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/l5ss7m https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38075982/epstein-files-victim-accomplice-jean-luc-brunel-ghislaine-maxwell/ https://nypost.com/2026/01/30/us-news/unknown-epstein-victim-told-doj-of-accomplice-100x-worse-than-maxwell https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/21/jean-f21.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/19/modeling-agent-close-to-epstein-found-dead-in-french-jail.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/epstein-files-new-batch https://www.dw.com/en/epstein-linked-modeling-agent-found-dead-in-jail-cell/a-60821124 https://www.corrections1.com//celebrity/articles/jeffrey-epstein-associate-jean-luc-brunel-found-dead-in-paris-jail-0xxvkAU4Psp8dqTc/ Support the show

This week Erin tells us about Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, two wealthy and highly intelligent Chicago teens who in 1924 kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a disastrous attempt to commit the so‑called “perfect crime.” Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche https://homicide.northwestern.edu/crimes/leopold/ https://homicide.northwestern.edu/docs_fk/homicide/5866/LeopoldStatement.pdf https://homicide.northwestern.edu/docs_fk/homicide/5866/LoebStatement.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb Support the show

This week Stacey tells us about Mark Edward Middleton, an American businessman and lawyer from Little Rock who served as a special assistant and advisor to President Bill Clinton in the 1990s and later worked in his family’s HVAC business before his death in 2022. Sources: https://fism.tv/death-of-mark-middleton-clinton-advisor-linked-to-epstein-bizarrely-ruled-a-suicide/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Middleton_(businessman) https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3050&p=&search= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Bill_Clinton_and_Jeffrey_Epstein https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2022/06/22/judge-seals-photos-of-mark-middleton-suicide https://www.businessinsider.com/report-jeffrey-epstein-visited-white-house-under-bill-clinton-2019-7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_campaign_finance_controversy https://www.fec.gov/resources/legal-resources/enforcement/audits/1996/Title_26/BillClintonPres1996Primary.pdf https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/1999/May/213crm.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/11/14/a-bureaucrat-with-connections/2687a222-e535-48b8-a2eb-f1535e8dc20e/ https://www.congress.gov/105/crpt/hrpt829/CRPT-105hrpt829-vol2.pdf https://www.congress.gov/106/crpt/hrpt1027/CRPT-106hrpt1027-vol1.pdf https://www.usccr.gov/files/historical/1998/98-018.pdf https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/07/17/flashback-most-explosive-case-of-foreign-meddling-in-u-s-election-history-linked-to-clintons-the-democrats/ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/11/05/90s-clinton-scandal-figure-barred-from-u-s-still-giving-money-to-clintons/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-16-mn-65315-story.html https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/105th-congress/house-report/829/2 https://humanevents.com/2023/02/22/epstein-linked-clinton-adviser-allegedly-hanged-and-shot-himself Support the show

This week Erin tells us about Lawrence Strempel, a Houston-area teen who in the early 1970s confessed to killing two young brothers, served roughly two years in a juvenile facility, and was then released at age 18. Sources: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1967462/m1/1/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/15fonsz/lawrence_strempel_who_was_responsible_for_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/1jiel39/the_mutilation_murders_of_ronald_and_kenneth/ https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/lawrence-a-strempel-jr-birth-1958/104771588#memory-466546 https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/lawrence-a-strempel-jr-birth-1958/104771588 Support the show

This week Stacey tells us about Nicholas Tartaglione, a former Briarcliff Manor police officer turned drug dealer who was sentenced to life for the 2016 kidnapping and murder of four men and who briefly shared a jail cell with Jeffrey Epstein. Sources: nypost.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com storage.courtlistener.com wbznewsradio.iheart.com courtlistener.com dea.gov/press-releases eviemagazine.com/ justice.gov/epstein/files/ justice.gov/epstein/files/ justice.gov/epstein/files/ justice.gov/epstein/files/ justice.gov/usao-sdny/ yahoo.com/news/ yahoo.com/news/ Support the show

This week Erin tells us about serial killer Robert Garrow, who in 1973 abducted, raped, and murdered multiple victims in upstate New York, leading to a massive Adirondack manhunt and a landmark legal-ethics case over his attorneys keeping the locations of two victims’ bodies secret. Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/garrow-robert.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_Bodies_Case https://www.adirondacklife.com/2024/07/24/summer-of-garrow/ Support the show

This week, Stacey tells us about Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who traveled to upstate New York to meet a woman named Precious he met online, only to be kidnapped, brutally tortured for weeks, and ultimately killed by a group of seven alleged attackers. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sam-nordquist-killing-room-22-rcna194129 https://glaad.org/grief-and-fond-remembrances-for-slain-transgender-man-sam-nordquist/ https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/18844-sam-nordquist Support the show