Podcast
Wife of Crime
Hosted by Jess & Russ · EN
A true crime podcast hosted by a married couple with a whole lot of NYC attitude and inside jokes!
33episodes
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The NY Kidnapping Club
6d ago01:14:36Tap to summarizeI went into this episode thinking I was researching one kidnapping. Instead, I uncovered a story that completely changed the way I look at American history. Sometimes the most important stories aren't the ones we've never heard... they're the ones we were never taught to ask about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Crime Capsule - Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs and Jesse Tafero
2w ago01:15:13Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Wife of Crime we are going back to a case that has impacted me for over 10 years. Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs and her husband Jesse Tafero were 2 self described hippies who needed a ride when their car broke down. Walter Rhodes, a co worker of Jesse's gave the family that ride and what started off as an innocent favor would turn into a series of events that would change Sunny, Jesse and their 2 children's lives forever! Sunny would spend the next 17 years fighting for freedom in a system that worked hard against her. Through it all she would spend her time in jail spreading love and positivity, teaching everyone she could about the power of meditation. Sunny sadly passed away last year in June 2025. We want to honor her with this episode and use her story as a reminder that no matter what you're faced with keep pushing and keep hope alive. It all starts with your mindset! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →SSTN - Knicks in 5!!!
2w ago00:47:02Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Start Spreading the News we talk about KNICKS IN 5!!! A huge Epstein update, the acquittal of Rick Chow and murder of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, Philadelphia banning carriage horses, the bungee jumper who was killed in Brazil and the teacher Russ has officially named HUNK of the year!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Crime Capsule - The Tiede Family Christmas Murders
4w ago01:03:49Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Wife of Crime we are traveling back in time to December of 2020 when we first covered the case of The Tiede Family! This episode has lived rent free in Russ's head for years. It's by far one of his favorite episodes we've ever done. We will talk about what was going on in our lives when we first recorded it, what we think of the case today and how far we've come since then! This was a lot of fun to make and reminisce about! This case has that NOT ME NOT TODAY energy we all love! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →David Burke aka D4VD - The murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez
May 2801:21:23Tap to summarizeWhen 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez got into an Uber headed for the Hollywood Hills, she believed she was going to see someone she loved. Months later, her remains would be discovered inside the front trunk of a Tesla registered to rising music star David Burke aka D4vd. In this episode, we unravel the disturbing timeline prosecutors say led from a secret relationship to one of the most shocking criminal cases we've talked about. I tell Russ all about how David's career exploded, who Celeste Hernandez was and the dangerous line between being loved and being consumed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Craigslist Killer - Phillip Markoff
May 801:27:28Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Wife of Crime I'm telling Russ the weird case of the Craigslist Killer. A young medical student with a fiancée, a future, and the kind of life people envy is suddenly arrested in connection to a series of terrifying crimes linked to Craigslist. What begins as a shocking highway arrest quickly unravels into a story about hidden identities, double lives, and the terrifying reality that sometimes the most dangerous people are the ones who look the most ordinary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Wife of Crime REWIND - The Murdaugh Murders
May 201:07:07Tap to summarizeAlex Murdaugh's conviction has been overturned!! Way back in 2021 we were one of the first podcasts to talk about this insane case. So today we bring you an episode we like to call Wife of Crime Rewind! We talk all about the new developments in the case and then we rewind and go back to our original episode so you can hear all the background information you may have forgotten. Stay tuned for the end of the episode when we go back to the future and we talk about the big thing Russ got right! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →[PART 2] The Devil is in the Details - Robert Wone
Apr 2702:18:12Tap to summarizeIn Part 2, we slow everything down and take a closer look at the details, the evidence, the timelines, the medical findings, and the theories that try to explain what happened inside that house. Because this is a case where the devil really is in the details, and the deeper you go, the more things start to fall apart. Every piece seems to explain something, but never everything… leaving behind a story that, no matter how many times you try to put it together, never fully comes together. Check out: www.whomurderedrobertwone.com The Consult Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-consult-real-fbi-profilers/id1586909557 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →[PART 1] The Illusion of Control - Robert Wone
Apr 1701:14:54Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Wife of Crime, I'm telling Russ the insane case of Robert Wone! Robert spends the night at a friend’s home after a late work meeting. Less than an hour later, he’s dead. What should have been a straightforward case quickly turns into one of the most baffling mysteries we’ve ever covered. A timeline that doesn’t fit. A scene that raises more questions than answers. And a story that only gets stranger the closer you look. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Not Me, Not Today - The survival of Jennifer Schuett
Apr 200:56:12Tap to summarizeOn this month's Not Me Not Today episode I'm telling Russ about the insane survival of Jennifer Schuett! For nearly 20 years, Dennis Bradford lived a normal life....blending in, keeping quiet, holding onto a secret no one around him could even imagine. A secret about a little girl taken from her own bed… left for dead in a field… and never supposed to be heard from again. But secrets like that don’t stay buried forever, and after 20 years his world would come crashing down! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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