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Spring break, 1989. University of Texas pre-med student Mark Kilroy crosses the border into Matamoros, Mexico, for a night of bar hopping with his friends. By morning, he’s gone. What his family uncovers is something no one could have imagined: a charismatic, Miami-born fortune teller named Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo, who convinced Mexican drug traffickers that human sacrifice would make them bulletproof and invisible to police. At his side was Sara Aldrete, an honour roll college student living a double life as his high priestess, La Madrina. This week, Chantal walks Ashley through the story of the Narcosatanists: a remote desert ranch, an iron cauldron, a man who drove straight through a police checkpoint because he believed no one could see him, and a final standoff in Mexico City that ended exactly the way the Godfather wanted. Content warning: this episode discusses ritual murder, mutilation, and drug violence. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She met them on dating apps. She was charming, attentive, exactly what lonely older men were hoping to find. Then she drugged them, drained their accounts, and in some cases, they never woke up. This week on Triggered, we’re breaking down the case of Aurora Phelps, a dual US and Mexican citizen with homes in Las Vegas and Guadalajara who allegedly used Tinder, Hinge and Bumble to find men with money and no one watching out for them. We get into the aliases, the stolen identities, the man allegedly pushed across the border in a wheelchair, the survivor who woke up from a coma, and the Mexican court that just handed her 37 years. And the US isn’t done with her yet. Grab a drink, maybe skip the second date this week, and settle in. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the summer of 2020, three people living together in a house in northeast Spokane pulled out a Ouija board at 3:30 in the morning. Before sunrise, 25-year-old Anthony Brines was dead, stabbed about twenty times in his own bedroom. This episode we’re doing both sides, like always. We start with the Ouija board, from a Baltimore toy-store novelty to the thing your youth pastor warned you about. Then we get into Zozo, the so-called demon of the board that preys on your insecurities. And then the case itself: a marriage ending, a 19-year-old boyfriend who moved in, a secret plane ticket, a confession that says “building, building,” and a defence lawyer telling a jury his client felt like “something overtook him.” Was it Zozo? Or was it Ed all along? We give you our verdict, and we want yours. Most of all, this episode is for Anthony: smart, kind, big laugh, and a man who opened his home to someone he had every reason to resent. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On June 5, 2005, Jennifer Jackson was found dead in her East Memphis home, stabbed more than 50 times. Her 18-year-old daughter Noura told police she came home and found her. Investigators didn't buy it. Noura was charged with her mother's murder and, in 2009, convicted of second-degree murder after a trial that leaned hard on her partying, her texts and her lifestyle. Years later, the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned the conviction, citing a witness statement prosecutors withheld until after the trial and a closing argument that pointed at Noura's decision not to testify. Rather than face a second trial, Noura took an Alford plea to voluntary manslaughter, pleading guilty while maintaining her innocence. She walked free in 2016. The prosecutor went on to face a disciplinary case of her own. Where do you stand on this case? Was it Noura? Or was it someone else that will never be held responsible? 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1986, nurse Sherri Rasmussen was found beaten and shot in her Van Nuys condo, three months after her wedding. The LAPD called it a burglary gone wrong. Her father, Nels, knew better. He gave detectives a name: Stephanie Lazarus, her husband's ex, who had threatened Sherri and turned up in her living room. Detectives told him he watched too much TV. The thing is, Stephanie was a cop. For 23 years, the case sat cold while she climbed the ranks to LAPD detective. Then a forgotten DNA swab, a box left on the floor near a detective's desk, and a Costco cup cracked it wide open. In this episode, we cover the love triangle, the staged crime scene, the jaw-dropping interrogation, her 2023 confession, the parole fight, and the questions about missing files that still haven't been answered. Sherri did everything right. The one thing she couldn't do was call the police. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1987, five elderly women died at Alpine Manor, a nursing home in Walker, Michigan. Their deaths were ruled natural. No autopsies. No questions. Then, more than a year later, a man walked into a police station and repeated something his ex-wife had told him. Cathy Wood and Gwendolyn Graham were nurse's aides at Alpine Manor who became lovers in 1986. According to Wood, the killings were a pact: a shared secret meant to bind them together "forever and a day." She claimed they tried to choose victims whose initials would spell out a word. There was no physical evidence. No confession on tape. Just Wood's story, a plea deal, and a trial that ended with Graham serving five life sentences while Wood walked free in 2020. Now, in 2026, Graham says none of it happened and is asking Michigan's governor for a pardon. We remember Mae Mason, Edith Cook, Marguerite Chambers, Myrtle Luce and Belle Burkhard. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In November 2010, three armed men walked through the unlocked front door of a quiet home in Markham, Ontario. Within minutes, Bich Ha Pan was dead and her husband Hann was left for dead in the basement. Their 24-year-old daughter Jennifer was found tied to the upstairs banister, the only witness to what looked like a random home invasion. But Jennifer had been wearing a mask for years. Behind it were forged report cards, a fake university degree, a secret boyfriend, and a hit man who offered her a discount. In this episode, we break down the Jennifer Pan case from the night of the attack to the lies that led up to it, and the 2026 plot twist most people still haven't heard about. Content note: This episode includes discussion of murder, gun violence, and a brief mention of self-harm. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In August 2010, Jennifer Leigh Stewart was found dead in a Vanier parking lot in Ottawa. She was 36, a Cree woman, a mother, and a sex worker, and she was killed with an axe in a detail police kept out of the public eye for years. For two and a half years, nothing. Then a young man in segregation at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre told a guard he wanted to confess to a murder. Adrian Daou told police he killed Jennifer to become a billionaire rap superstar. He also confessed to a second killing that fell apart almost immediately. He was symptomatic and on suicide watch at the time. There was no weapon. There was no DNA connecting him to Jennifer. Another man's DNA was found on her body. He was convicted anyway. Then the Court of Appeal threw it out. Then a second jury convicted him all over again. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN  ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Netflix released Death of the Pastor’s Wife, millions of people were introduced to the story of Mica Miller, the 30-year-old worship leader whose death in April 2024 sparked questions far beyond the official ruling of suicide. But Mica’s story started long before that day. In this episode, we go back to the beginning: Mica’s teenage years at Solid Rock Church, her first marriage, her affair with pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller, and the marriage that followed. We look at what Mica, her family and others later alleged was happening behind closed doors, including claims of coercive control, surveillance, financial control and harassment. We also dig into some of the pieces Death of the Pastor’s Wife left out, including allegations made by JP’s first wife, Mica’s repeated contacts with law enforcement, the timeline of her attempts to leave the marriage, and the federal cyberstalking case JP now faces. Mica’s death was officially ruled a suicide, and JP Miller has never been charged with killing her. He has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against him. This episode is not about inventing a murder mystery. It is about looking at the full timeline of Mica’s life, the warnings she left behind, and what happened before the world knew her name. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN  ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com https://www.change.org/p/enforce-south-carolina-law-to-protect-against-stalking-and-harassment-mica-s-law?fbclid=IwY2xjawUZKvhwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6n7UA2EVHcbwYxqN-scI3Nr-7l6GlxadzUl1ul2QZU4mQ-vu144ud7EdevZw_aem_eEvAYSNQ-pBmU4bPXLWzGw Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On February 22, 2025, a 911 call came in from a luxury apartment complex in Princeton, New Jersey. The caller told dispatch there was a fire, and a body. The body was his younger brother. Matthew Hertgen was 31, a Wesleyan grad and former college soccer player. Joseph was 27, a finance analyst, the little brother everyone liked. Hours before the killing, a third Hertgen brother had driven Matthew home, watched him fall apart in the passenger seat, and texted him to hang in there. That text was sent about an hour before the 911 call. This week we get into the four years of untreated psychosis that led to that night, the single witness whose testimony ended the trial in one day, and a verdict that even the prosecution said it could not argue against. We also talk about what happens to a family when the person who killed your son is also your son. Content warning: this episode includes descriptions of graphic violence, animal cruelty, psychosis and suicide. Please take care of yourself while listening. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN  ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two cults. Two self-proclaimed religious leaders. And one unsolved murder mystery that would take more than forty years to unravel. First, we dive into the Brethren, better known as the “Garbage Eaters,” a secretive religious group whose members abandoned their families, possessions and careers to travel across America, live off discarded food and follow the teachings of Jim Roberts. Then we meet the Christ Family, led by a former house painter who renamed himself Jesus Christ Lightning Amen. What begins as another bizarre story of white robes, barefoot followers and dumpster diving takes a much darker turn when investigators connect the group to the unsolved murders of young parents Dean and Tina Clouse. Their bodies remained unidentified for decades. Their baby daughter, Holly, was nowhere to be found. Until forty-two years later, detectives walked into a restaurant in Oklahoma and told a waitress something that would completely change her life. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN  ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the early morning hours of June 30, 2009, a black Nissan Sentra was discovered submerged in the water at the Kingston Mills locks in Kingston, Ontario. Inside were four members of the same family: 19-year-old Zainab Shafia, 17-year-old Sahar Shafia, 13-year-old Geeti Shafia, and 52-year-old Rona Mohammad Omar. At first, their deaths appeared to be a horrific accident. But details surrounding the family's trip, damage to a second vehicle, and the increasingly troubling story being told to investigators soon suggested something much darker. This week on Triggered, we’re covering the Shafia family murders, a case that shocked Canada and eventually led to the conviction of Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya, and their son Hamed for four counts of first-degree murder. We look at the lives of the four women, what was happening inside the Shafia home before their deaths, how investigators unravelled the case, and the trial that exposed the horrifying motive behind it. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN  ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Four cryptids and what the evidence actually shows. A sacred lake spirit, an iguana in the trunk of a police cruiser, a Wampanoag story that isn't about a monster, and a movie...or is there more? 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN  ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February 2019, a Massachusetts family court judge handed five year old Harmony Montgomery over to a father with a long and violent criminal record. Ten months later she was dead. Nobody noticed for two years. Harmony was blind in one eye and had spent most of her short life moving in and out of foster care. Her mother, Crystal Sorey, had lost custody while struggling with addiction, and when Sorey started pushing for answers in late 2021, she discovered her daughter had never been enrolled in school in New Hampshire. The missing person report was finally filed in December 2021. By then, investigators say, Harmony had been dead since December 7, 2019, killed in the back of a car in Manchester where the family had been living after an eviction. This week we get into how one little girl fell through every crack in two state child welfare systems, what her stepmother Kayla Montgomery told a jury and why Adam Montgomery is back in a New Hampshire courtroom in 2026 after the state Supreme Court overturned his second degree murder conviction and ordered a new trial. Harmony has still never been found. Content warning: this episode discusses the abuse and death of a child. Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In July 2017, a woman in Campbell, Ohio went down to her basement for a pound of ground beef. There was a chest freezer down there that belonged to a friend of her husband's, and it had a padlock on it, and whoever installed that padlock had mounted it backwards. Three screws. That's what it took to break open a case that had been running unnoticed for five months. Shannon Graves was 28 years old. She lost her mother young, dropped out of high school, and went back years later to get her GED and put herself through cosmetology school. She was two years into a career she'd built herself, one client at a time. She had a dog she adored and a family she never missed a birthday for. She also had a boyfriend she was preparing to leave, and an apartment, a car, a phone and a benefits card that he was living on. What was discovered in a basement in Ohio will haunt Ash and Chantal forever. Content warning: intimate partner violence, homicide, dismemberment, and the destruction of a body using chemicals. Please take care of yourself. 🎧 Listen to Triggered wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast 💬 Join the Chaos Crew (free Discord): https://discord.gg/YuEWjMzkJN  ⭐ Become an Inner Circle member on Supercast: triggeredthepod.supercast.com 🌐 triggeredthepodcast.com Make sure to follow us on social media and check out everywhere you can listen at linktr.ee/triggeredthepodcast Contact us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.