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Red Collar

Catherine Townsend

A weekly series about con artists who kill, money and murder hosted by Catherine Townsend.

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May 22 · 28 min
The Dexter Copycat Killer
After the dismembered body of 26-year-old Brandy Odom was found in Canarsie Park, Brooklyn, police got caught up in a case that involved fraudulent life insurance policies, extreme abuse, identity theft, dismemberment by power tools, and a roommate who watched serial killers on TV to learn how to cover up a murder.
May 1 · 40 min
The Billionaire's Wife: Kidnapping or Murder?
After Anne-Elizabeth Hagen, the wife of one of Norway's richest men, vanished in broad daylight at her home in Lørenskog, police frantically worked to unravel a mystery involving a mysterious ransom note, cryptocurrency exchanges, the dark web and a crumbling marriage.
Nov 28, 2025 · 32 min
Yoga Bloodbath: The Lululemon Murder
The torture and murder of 30-year-old Jayna Murray inside the Lululemon store shocked the affluent community of Bethesda, Maryland. But was the rape of her colleague Brittany Norwood everything that it appeared to be? Police had to take a deep dive into betrayal, lies, fraud, and the "cult" of Lululemon to unveil a red collar psychopath.
Nov 14, 2025 · 31 min
The Man Who Murdered His Entire Family For a Cam Girl: Grant Amato
After Margaret, Chad and Cody Amato were brutally murdered inside their Florida home, suspicion fell on the surviving son, Grant Amato, and police began to unweave a web of deception ....and a deadly obsession with a Bulgarian cam girl that led to a massacre.
Oct 31, 2025 · 31 min
Body in the Basement: Brian Walshe Part II
As Brian Walshe prepares to go on trial for the murder of his wife Ana, this is Part Two of the investigation involving art fraud, alleged infidelity, police corruption and a missing body.
Oct 17, 2025 · 35 min
Did Kouri Richins Poison Her Husband With a Moscow Mule?
When 39-year-old father of three Eric Richins dies suddenly of a massive overdose of fentanyl, suspicion falls on his wife, Kouri Richins. Did she poison Eric with a fentanyl-laced Moscow Mule? Follow the story of fraud, greed, and alleged murder.
Oct 3, 2025 · 39 min
Menendez Brothers Update: Red Collar Killers?
A look at the infamous Menendez murders through a red collar crime lens. Years after the 1989 murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez, the controversy stll rages: Are Lyle and Erik Menendez sexual abuse survivors, red collar psychopaths...or both?
Sep 19, 2025 · 34 min
Supermom and The Sociopath: The Blind Faith Murder
After mother of three Maria Marshall was shot execution style, police discovered that her husband Robert Marshall, who was hiding a secret lover, a multimillion-dollar insurance policy, and a lot of debt. Could this "loving" father and husband really have ordered a hit on his wife?
Sep 11, 2025 · 34 min
The Female Family Annihilator: TikTok "Brain Cancer Wife" Killer
Mother of three Emily Long was known as "brain cancer wife" on TikTok, where she posted moving videos about taking care of her husband, Ryan, as he battled terminal cancer. What was going on behind closed doors to cause a loving mother and caretaker to murder two of her children, and her husband, before taking her own life, and could financial fraud have played a role?
Sep 4, 2025 · 34 min
The Faux Latina Con Woman
After the body of lawyer Larry McNabney was found in a vineyard, police quickly focused on his fifth, much younger, wife Elisa...and found out that everything they thought they knew about the "Cuban socialite with an IQ of 140" was not what it appeared to be - including her name.
Apr 11, 2025 · 43 min
The "Black Swan Ballerina Murder"
When 24-year-old gun-toting ballerina Ashley met 54-year-old entrepreneur Doug Benefield, it seemed like love at first sight. But after Doug was fatally shot investigators wondered: Was Ashley Benefield a victim of domestic violence, or a cold-blooded manipulative killer?
Feb 15, 2025 · 30 min
The Millionaire Dog Breeder Murder
After dog breeder Cam Lyman mysteriously disappeared, and his skeleton was found in a septic tank on his estate, police focused on the so-called "friends" he left behind.
Dec 20, 2024 · 27 min
"American Psycho, Only Dumber"
After the dismembered body of tech CEO Falim Saleh was found in his New York City apartment, suspicion turned to his 21-year-old executive assistant..and his double life of fraud and obsession that led to murder.
Nov 28, 2024 · 27 min
The Jupiter Thanksgiving Massacre
On Thanksgiving Day in 2009, 35-year-old Paul Merhige crashed a family dinner in Jupiter, Florida, and murdered his aunt, twin sisters, and six-year-old cousin in cold blood. Was it mental illness that led him to massacre his family members...or something else?
Nov 15, 2024 · 28 min
The Headless Body in the Church Attic
After a church fire, police try to unravel a brutal murder, a mysterious disappearance, and the relationship between church handyman James Matheny and pastor John David Terry.
Nov 4, 2024 · 27 min
I Killed Mum and Dad: Virginia McCullough
On a quiet street east of London, Virginia McCullough defrauded her parents, poisoned her dad, then attacked her mother with a hammer and knife before burying their bodies and living with them at home for the next four years. We follow the trial of fraud, fantasy, and brutal murder.
Oct 25, 2024 · 38 min
The Mormon Surfer Assassin: Jason Brown
Jason Derek Brown, the Mormon surfer con artist who made the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List after murdering armored car driver Keith Palomares in cold blood, is still on the run. Where is he today, and can we find him?
Oct 18, 2024 · 34 min
The Body in the Trash Chute
Was Lara Prychodko's horrifying fall to her death down the 27th floor garbage chute of her luxury New York City apartment building an accident, a suicide...or was she strangled by a hitman?
Oct 11, 2024 · 32 min
The "Likeable Con Artist" and The Torture Kit
After financial advisor Lynda Spence was kidnapped, tortured and murdered, Glasgow police unraveled a web of fraud and deceit.
Oct 4, 2024 · 46 min
Supercop Psychopath: John Addis
After a mother and her children are discovered dead in Mexico, authorities went on a manhunt for John Addis - a police officer turned personal training con artist, serial abuser, kidnapper....and killer.

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