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Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide
Hosted by Ky Charles · EN
What drives people to hurt the ones they love? Every week on Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide, we’ll go on a journey, together, through true crime relationship stories that were doomed bonds from the start.
You won't be alone. I, Ky Charles, will be on the emotional journey with you; retelling stories of crimes of passion — reacting with raw honesty, passionate rants, and unfiltered frustration when justice isn’t served.
From love-triangles to fatal attractions, we'll uncover the twisted side of relationships that led to homicide.
Want even more exclusive cases, deeper dives, ad-free content, and behind-the-scenes access? Find out how to become part of the LaM Fam at www.murderandlove.com
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You won't be alone. I, Ky Charles, will be on the emotional journey with you; retelling stories of crimes of passion — reacting with raw honesty, passionate rants, and unfiltered frustration when justice isn’t served.
From love-triangles to fatal attractions, we'll uncover the twisted side of relationships that led to homicide.
Want even more exclusive cases, deeper dives, ad-free content, and behind-the-scenes access? Find out how to become part of the LaM Fam at www.murderandlove.com
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
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“I Killed My Wife for You”: Doctor Arrested in Kruthika Reddy Case | Mahendra Reddy
Feb 2700:16:32Tap to summarizeA young doctor collapsed at her father’s home in Bengaluru.Her husband said it was a medical emergency.Six months later, forensic labs found Propofol in her system — and investigators uncovered messages that read, “I killed my wife for you.”This episode covers the death of Kruthika Reddy, the arrest of Mahendra Reddy, and the Propofol murder investigation unfolding in Marathahalli, Bengaluru under India’s Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.**************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.comMusic:℗ lesfreemusicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →Florida Mother Accused of Using Roblox to Plot Infant Murder | Update Case of Tara Alexis Sykes
Feb 2600:10:43Tap to summarizeA 14-year-old girl, 31 weeks pregnant and reportedly malnourished, leads investigators in Escambia County, Florida to uncover allegations against her own parents.Months later, a 2-month-old infant suffers a skull fracture.Authorities say Tara Alexis Sykes used Roblox to instruct a 10-year-old relative on how to kill the baby and burn down a house.Attempted murder charges followed....then came a plea deal.In this episode of Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide, we go into the update of a previous case of extreme child abuse. You can listen to the initial case here:Florida Man Friday | A Woman Instructs 10-Year-Old to Murder Infant Via Roblox Chat | Tara Alexis Sykeshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/florida-man-friday-a-woman-instructs-10-year-old-to-murder-infant-via-roblox-chat-tara-alexis-sykes--63063390**************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.comMusic:℗ lesfreemusicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →“Wait, She’s Not Dead?” Maui Husband Allegedly Attempted to Murder Wife on Cliffside | Gerhardt Konig
Feb 2300:41:25Tap to summarizeA hike on Hawaii’s Pali Puka Trail turned into a fight for survival.Hikers say they saw Dr. Gerhardt Konig straddling his wife, Arielle Konig, striking her with a lava rock near a cliff edge.Prosecutors say he tried to push her, beat her, and inject her with syringes.In this episode of Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide, we break down the attack, the alleged premeditation, and the upcoming trial set for 2026.************************************************************************************************Podcast Promo: Darkcast Network*************************************************************************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please take some time to Rate, Share, Subscribe! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for stopping by and remember that it’s All Love and No Murder Yall!Intro music by:Shalash by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4899-shalashLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →Celebrity Hairstylist Murdered as Wife's Secret Life is Exposed | Monica Sementilli
Feb 1600:29:04Tap to summarizeA teenage girl came home and found her father bleeding to death on the patio.Police said it looked like a burglary, until the evidence started pointing inward.This episode breaks down the murder of Fabio Sementilli and the conspiracy hiding inside his marriage to Monica Sementilli.After show:A three-month-old baby arrived at a doctor's appointment with a golf-ball-sized bump hidden under his hat. Was it an accident or malicious?In this after show, we walk through a case that left an infant with permanent brain damage.************************************************************************************************Podcast Promo: Darkcast Network*************************************************************************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please take some time to Rate, Share, Subscribe! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for stopping by and remember that it’s All Love and No Murder Yall!Intro music by:Shalash by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4899-shalashLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →Man Claims Serial Killer Murdered Girlfriend, Woman Found Stabbed 14 Times | Tyler Baglini
Feb 900:23:02Tap to summarizeA man, Tyler Baglini, walks into a hospital holding a bloody knife and says a serial killer murdered his girlfriend.Minutes later, police find a woman fighting for her life in a basement apartment.This episode follows the lies, the texts, and the final moments that exposed what really happened to Kerri Fidalgo.In the after show, I tell you a case of a mother who went looking for her pregnant daughter and found blood instead. Police uncovered dismemberment, journals filled with rage, and a brother who says mental illness made him unable to understand what he was doing.The full after show, and others, are available in the Patreon at the $3/month tier and above.Listen now on Love and Murder************************************************************************************************Podcast Promo: Darkcast Network*************************************************************************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please take some time to Rate, Share, Subscribe! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for stopping by and remember that it’s All Love and No Murder Yall!Intro music by:Shalash by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4899-shalashLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →Florida Man's Revenge Led Him to Murder the Wrong People | Michael Bernard Bell
Feb 600:12:59Tap to summarizeGunfire ripped through a Jacksonville parking lot just after 3:30 a.m., leaving two people dead inside a car and no clear motive in sight.What investigators uncovered next led them to a man driven by revenge, and a case that stretched across decades before ending on death row.Let's get into the Florida Man Friday case of Michael Bernard Bell.**************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.comMusic:℗ lesfreemusicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →Affair and Fake Account Led to a Double Homicide | Brendan Banfield Trial
Feb 500:21:50Tap to summarizeA woman, Christine Banfield, is dead inside her home.A second man, Joseph Ryan, is dead in the same bedroom.And the husband says he walked in just in time to stop it.Prosecutors told a very different story — one involving a secret affair, a fake online profile, and a scene they say was carefully staged to shift the blame.The jury had to decide who was telling the truth.And what really happened inside that house.This is the update episode of the trial of Brendan Banfield.Original episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/virginia-irs-agent-and-au-pair-charged-after-wife-found-stabbed-to-death-brendan-banfield--65077056**************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.comMusic:℗ lesfreemusicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →Hunting Trip Turned Deadly, Brian Winchester Confessed Was Never Convicted of Murder
Feb 200:52:28Tap to summarizeA man left for a duck hunting trip and never came back.For 17 years, the story stayed stuck between “drowning” and “alligators”… until a kidnapping exposed what investigators say was the real pact of silence.This episode covers the disappearance and murder of Mike Williams, and how Denise Williams and Brian Winchester became the center of a case built on secrets, life insurance, and a body buried in Florida mud.************************************************************************************************Podcast Promo: Darkcast Network*************************************************************************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please take some time to Rate, Share, Subscribe! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for stopping by and remember that it’s All Love and No Murder Yall!Intro music by:Shalash by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4899-shalashLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →Everyone Knew Toddler Was Being Hurt but CPS Kept Sending Him Back then He Died | Amanda Maison
Jan 2600:33:07Tap to summarizeA three-year-old boy didn’t move when his grandparents tried to wake him up.By the time police arrived, it was clear he hadn’t simply died in his sleep.Matthew Maison’s death exposed years of ignored warnings, repeated reports to CPS, and a system that kept returning him to the same home despite visible injuries and escalating abuse.This episode follows what happened to Matthew, the adults, like his mother Amanda Maison, who were supposed to protect him, and the seven-year fight that finally led to murder charges.Plus stick around for the aftershow with the case of Jonathan Schmitz.************************************************************************************************Podcast Promo: Darkcast Network*************************************************************************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please take some time to Rate, Share, Subscribe! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for stopping by and remember that it’s All Love and No Murder Yall!Intro music by:Shalash by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4899-shalashLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
Transcribe →The Mushroom Murder Trial: How Erin Patterson Poisoned Her Family
Jan 5Tap to summarizeFour family members sat down for a home-cooked lunch in Leongatha, Australia. Within days, three were dead and one barely survived.At the center of it all was Erin Patterson and a beef Wellington.What happened inside that kitchen became one of Australia’s most disturbing murder trials.Listen to your season 6 premiere, with Ky being back from vacation, right now on Love and Murder.************************************************************************************************Podcast Promo: Darkcast Network*************************************************************************************************Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there a specific true crime case you’d like to hear about? Let me know with an email or a voice message: https://murderandlove.com/contactFind the sources used in this episode and learn more about how to support Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide and gain access to even more cases, including bonus episodes, ad-free and intro-free cases, case files and more at: https://murderandlove.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please take some time to Rate, Share, Subscribe! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for stopping by and remember that it’s All Love and No Murder Yall!Intro music by:Shalash by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4899-shalashLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.
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