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Sep 2021
38m 33s

Episode 112 - America's Most Evil Mother

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About this episode
In the Summer of 2004, in the quiet, soggy coastal town of Raymond Washington, a man lifted a body out of his family’s chest freezer. He struggled beneath its weight and couldn’t understand how his wife had managed to get it in there in the first place.

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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Luke Ahearn

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Sources:
If You Tell - by Gregg Olsen (2019)
https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/knotek-david.htm
https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm
https://allthatsinteresting.com/shelly-knotek
https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Knotek
https://nypost.com/2019/11/30/kids-of-murderer-michelle-shelly-knotek-warn-their-mom-could-kill-again/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119827321/kathy-loreno
https://apnews.com/article/1ba1a2ceca7d8bbbc82506c3b1b488b5
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1430291.html
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Raymond-couple-befriended-3-strangers-who-then-1121552.php
https://tdn.com/business/local/david-knotek-pleads-guilty-to-second-degree-murder/article_5ae74764-1767-5670-8861-421b9edb9cac.html
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/michelle-knoteks-daughters-warn-shes-still-a-danger-as-prison-release-nears
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