logo
episode-header-image
Mar 2020
53m 11s

UPDATE: "My husband tried to gas me to d...

Pacific Podcast Network
About this episode

When Pepita Nicholls asked her husband of 18 years, Robert Ridgeway, for a divorce, he hatched a dark plan to get revenge. Now, there's been an update in Pepita's incredible story...


Host: Beth Young/Interview: Riah Matthews/Producer: Denis Duggan


*Police interview published with permission from Queensland Police.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Apr 2020
Trapped in the desert for THREE NIGHTS
Setting off to hike to the Lost Palms Oasis, hidden deep within the Joshua Tree National Park, 35-year-old Kiwi Claire Nelson couldn't wait to immerse herself in the Californian desert's otherworldly beauty. She had everything she needed for the four-hour hike, including plenty o ... Show More
44m 19s
Mar 2020
"I wrestled a CROCODILE for 25 minutes"
It was a steaming hot March afternoon in Weipa, a mining town on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. At a safety course, 28-year-old mine worker Todd Bairstow couldn’t wait to knock off, treat himself to an ice-cold beer and go fishing. But, finishing up a ... Show More
18m 21s
Mar 2020
Crushed in an erupting volcano
*Quick note: We're working from home due to Covid-19, so this podcast is coming to you from Beth's wardrobe. Enjoy, and we hope you're all staying safe and sound. Lots of love, the HIS team xxxHeaving his massive backpack on, 22-year-old Kiwi William Pike was itching to get up th ... Show More
27m 11s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2022
Woman charged with killing stepfather-turned-husband; Waitress rescues abused boy with secret notes
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: After 17 years of marriage, when she couldn’t end their relationship, police say she ended his life. Plus, A waitress who saw something, said something, and saved a young boy’s life in the process. Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia. UPD ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2021
Plans to Kidnap/Torture Estranged Wife FAIL to Win Her Back (Best of Crime Stories)
A Washington doctor is charged with attempted kidnapping after police say he reached out to “hitmen” on the dark web. Investigators got a tip about a scheme to kidnap Dr. Ronald Craig Ilg’s wife. A woman who received the tip-off told investigators that Ilg wanted someone to kidna ... Show More
41m 36s
Apr 2022
Mother stabbed, left in hockey bag by ex-lover; Father kills family and dog to 'save their souls'
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A mother stabbed in her Queens community and stuffed in a hockey bag. Police allege that after a heated argument ending their affair, her former handyman ended her life. Plus, a father turns his family home into a house of horrors. After ... Show More
57m 36s
Oct 2020
Woman marries her dad after boyfriend’s torture-murder; Nebraska dismemberment trial update
A West Virginia woman who married her father after they tortured and killed her boyfriend in 2019 pleads guilty to murder. The victim was beaten with a wine bottle, injected with meth, and strangled with a garbage bag. Plus, updates on Nebraska’s Sydney Loofe case, whose body par ... Show More
1h 1m
Apr 2021
Ex-cop admits hiring hitman to kill ex-husband; Teacher killed in shootout with drug cartel
This week on True Crime Daily the Podcast: An ex-NYPD officer has pleaded guilty to an obstruction charge stemming from a murder-for-hire plot to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend’s 14-year-old daughter. Plus, a North Carolina teacher was killed trying to rob a Mexican ... Show More
1h 7m
Sep 2021
DNA links suspect to 2012 student murder; Tranquilizer dart used to kill missing Colorado mom: DA
This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An arrest in the 2012 murder of North Carolina college student Faith Hedgepeth. The case's progress seemed stalled, until last week's announcement of a surprise suspect. And new info in the Colorado case of Suzanne Morphew, a mom of two ... Show More
59m 20s
Aug 2022
Father guilty of “honor killing” daughters; Wife accused of poisoning husband with Drano
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: After killing his daughters and evading authorities for 12 years, Yaser Said was convicted and given life in prison for capital murder. Plus, a wife allegedly caught on camera poisoning her husband with drain cleaner.  Nancy Grace joins ... Show More
44m 18s
Aug 2021
Man accused of decapitating girlfriend in public; Millionaire admits to kidnapping wife
This week on True Crime Daily the Podcast: a Minnesota man is accused of decapitating his girlfriend and leaving her body on the street. Plus, a Louisiana millionaire has plead guilty to planning the botched kidnapping of his estranged wife, which resulted in the deaths of the tw ... Show More
48m 12s
Jul 2022
Woman allegedly faked abuse to have husband murdered; TikTok star begs for help finding son’s killer
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A wife hires her lover to kill her husband after allegedly lying about domestic abuse (4:00). Plus, a TikTok influencer’s plea for answers in the murder of her son (36:40). Attorney Gerald Griggs joins host Ana Garcia.See omnystudio.com/ ... Show More
56m 3s
Sep 2023
From the Makers of You Didn’t See Nothin: Introducing Somebody
In March, 2016, Shapearl Wells wakes up to a bamming at her door. It’s the police, telling her that her 22-year-old son, Courtney Copeland, has been shot. Detectives tell her Courtney drove his BMW to a police station for help. But Shapearl’s grief turns into suspicion when polic ... Show More
29m 28s
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami