In today's episode, we are diving into people who got murdered by the most unsuspecting people.
Chapter 1: Who was David Castor and what happened to him?
And today, we're getting into some M. Night Shyamalama Ding Dong true crime twisted stories. So without further ado, let's unbuckle our seat belts, go Mach 5 down the highway, slam on the brakes, and bust through this windshield into these twisted true crime cases together. David Castor lived a life that most people would consider quite ordinary. He was born in Syracuse, New York in 1957.
And David just had this overall steady presence. And he built his entire world around him with good old hard work. He owned his own heating and air conditioning business and was pretty successful with it. And he would fill his free time with outdoor activities like boating, snowmobiling, and anything to feel the cold wind come across his face. So all was well.
with David, but he was missing something in his life. And that was Stacy. And when he met Stacy, everything just felt right and whole. And like David's life already, being with Stacy just felt comfortable and practical because Stacy was really organized and reliable. David had a really regimented life and she fit perfectly into that.
So Stacy basically had everything that seemed to complement the life David had already built for himself. So they would get hitched and marry in August of 2003. Now, Stacey had two daughters from a previous relationship. So when they got hitched, he moved Stacey and her two daughters, Ashley and Bree, into his own life.
though it was not without friction, because David had a life with no kids and not any sort of responsibility in that way. And now he had two teenagers that were, well, teenagers. So David's relationship with the girls was rocky to say the least. And like I said, David had a very regimented life.
So when he became a new stepfather, he was pretty strict, demanding that they follow all of his rules without any sort of question. And as we know with teenagers, they don't really respond to that very well. It's like me when I was a kid with my stepdad, I would just be like, you're not my dad. That was me slamming the door. Jay, put in a door slam.
But still, from the outside looking in, this family seemed pretty stable. You have a hardworking man like David and a very supportive wife like Stacey, and just this big blended family just trying to figure things out. But beneath the surface, a darker reality was starting to take shape.
Because on August 22nd, 2005, two years after David and Stacey got married, Stacey would place a very frantic 911 call. And David, she said, had locked himself in their bedroom after an argument and he wasn't answering. And when the police arrived, Sergeant Robert Willoughby knocked on the bedroom door, but nobody would answer.
So he would bang louder and louder, but there was no response from David. So with nobody answering and him being worried that something's wrong with David, he would force himself in opening the door. And what he would find would look like David had just taken his own.
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Chapter 2: How did investigators uncover the truth about Stacy Castor?
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Is she clashing? Yes, she's making noise. Is she breathing normally? No. An entire bottle of vodka, Ashley. Is that her? No, she's throwing up. She left a letter. She left a letter? That's a no. Oh my God. And she was scared that her daughter had died, but her daughter hadn't actually died. Ashley luckily survived and unluckily for Stacy.
So when Ashley woke up in the hospital, confused and terrified, she swore she had no memory of writing any such note. And forensic analysis later proved that that note had been typed up at the time when Ashley had been sitting in class, miles away from the family computer. And the note also included mispronunciation for antifreeze as anti-free, which was noted earlier in the police interview.
Girl's just giving herself up. So the truth was now unmistakable. Stacey Castor had poisoned her own daughter trying to stage a slower slide.
and forged an entire confession all to frame her eldest daughter for her other crimes so given all this information investigators would exhume Michael's body Stacy's previously deceased husband and forensic testing would uncover crystals of ethylene glycol which is the chemical found in let's all say it together antifreeze antifreeze and it preserved in his tissues.
So two husbands, same woman, same poison. Needless to say, it wasn't a coincidence. It was an MO. So detectives set up surveillance on Stacey, tapped her phones and watched her every move. And during a police interview, Stacey made a critical slip. She started to say she poured her husband the anti, I mean, cranberry juice. How could you fuck that up, you dumb bitch? I mean, I'm glad you did, but.
So it was a simple stumble, but in a murder investigation, it was like a gunshot. And they made note of this interesting mispronunciation. And in September of 2007, Stacey would be arrested. And at her trial in 2009, Stacey would actually stand in her own defense. And she would even claim innocence, just spinning stories, trying to sow doubt. But the evidence was just stacked against her.
From the fingerprints, to the turkey baster, to the toxicology reports, to the forged note. And it would take the jury less than two days to find her guilty. Thank God. And Stacey Castor would be sentenced to 51 years to life in prison. But this wouldn't be a sentence that she would ever complete.
Because in 2016, while serving her time at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Stacey would die of a heart attack. And she would never confess. And she never apologized. She just slipped away. The same way her husband's had, and the same way she almost claimed her own daughter. So the woman that everyone once saw as the perfect wife had been hiding in plain sight.
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Chapter 3: What suspicious events surrounded Stacy Castor's family?
that's not good and it was just a joke at the time but unfortunately it wasn't a joke for too long so their relationship would get a little rocky and they would kind of be off and on through the years but they would never really sever ties even when they broke up they would continuously keep talking and sleeping together so it's almost like a friends with benefits situation when they weren't actually together
But it was at some point during this weird friends with benefit relationship thing that Jodi's behavior kind of went off the rails. She kept popping up uninvited and reading his emails and quite literally stalking him. And Travis's friends were terrified because Travis was telling them what was happening and they're like, Run! What the fuck are you doing?
So Travis was just in the middle here, caught between guilt and affection, especially because Mormonism forbid premarital sex, but it couldn't seem to pull him away from Jodi. But no one, not even Travis, could have guessed just how far things would go.
So on June 9th, 2008, after days of unanswered calls and missed meetings, Travis's friends broke into his home, because they didn't know where he was. And the scene inside the home was their friend's worst. nightmare. They would get into the house and they would see a blood trail that led to the master bedroom. So they would follow the blood trail into the master bedroom.
And that's where they would find Travis slumped in a very awkward position in a pool of blood inside of his own shower. And at this point he had been dead for days.
days so naturally the friends would call the police and when the police arrived even seasoned investigators were shocked at the sheer violence of the whole scene because Travis had endured 27 stab wounds a throat so deeply cut it was nearly severed and a bullet wound to the head just overkill, beyond overkill.
So whoever had done this wasn't just trying to kill Travis, they were trying to destroy him. And friends were obviously very quick to point fingers at Jodi. So they would tell police about Jodi's obsessive behavior, the break-ins, and the pure jealousy that was just constant in their relationship. But at the time it just sounded too obvious because wasn't it always just the crazy ex?
So police would tread carefully and open up an investigation carefully. So they would go on and examine the house and they would actually find a damaged camera in Travis's washing machine. And they were actually able to recover photos from the camera. And the images that they would see from this camera were so disturbing because the images would show Travis in the shower
and not just alive, but right before he was murdered in the shower. And through searching the house, DNA evidence would pop up as well. They would actually find a bloody palm print on the wall and it would contain two DNA profiles. One was Travis's and the others was, you guessed it, Jodi's. And this would obviously be enough to bring her in.
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Chapter 4: What was the outcome of Stacy Castor's trial?
In a Reddit post, somebody actually claims that Travis wasn't who he claimed to be essentially. And you can read the post here if you want to, but either way, killing is wrong and I don't think it's ever justified unless it really is in self-defense. just a sad horrible situation all around but with that let's move on to our last case Betsy Faria was the kind of person you just don't forget.
She was born on March 24th, 1969, and she was warm, bubbly, and a little scatterbrained, but who isn't, you know? She was a bit short on cash, but she was rich in laughter and in friendships. Betsy actually worked at a local gas station, which gave her the time to pursue her passions.
Because Betsy actually ran her own DJ business called Party Starters, which is very fitting for a woman who could just light up any room with her smile. And Betsy also had a ton of hobbies. She loved to spend time outdoors. She loved to play tennis. She loved to go camping. And she also loved cards and board games. And to top it off, she met somebody that she fell in love with.
And in 2000, she would marry Russ Faria. And together they would raise their two beautiful daughters. And he would even utilize his computer expertise to help with her business. And he would actually create a computerized DJ playlist for Betsy. So they were able to live together, work together, and it was just a harmonious relationship. Life wasn't necessarily perfect, when is it? But it was good.
But a decade would go by and things would start to change because Betsy would be diagnosed with breast cancer. And Betsy being Betsy didn't wanna waste the time that she had left because she already lived life to the fullest. So she was gonna do that when she was given the diagnosis. So she made plans for a celebration of life cruise with Russ, their daughters, and their friends.
And in late 2011, before they took their cruise, the news actually got worse because her cancer had spread to her liver and the doctors told her the clock was ticking. So Betsy chose to take advantage of the time where the effects of treatment were minimal. Because once you start treatment for cancer, you just feel sick most of the time.
So they would go on this cruise and she would laugh and have fun with her loved ones. And she would focus on memories and not endings. And there was one friend in particular who stepped up during Betsy's battle and her name was Pam Hupp. And the two had actually met years earlier at a state farm office. And they would just kind of hit it off and become friends.
And after Betsy's diagnosis, Pam started driving her to her chemotherapy sessions. And Betsy was so grateful. Pam was just helping out whenever she could and was just a very comforting presence and was just a loyal, steady friend. And obviously she had help from her husband and her daughters as well. So December 27th, 2011 felt ordinary enough.
That morning, Betsy went to Siteman Cancer Center for her chemotherapy. And later that afternoon, Betsy would text Russ to say she didn't need a ride home because her friend Pam had offered to give her a ride in his stead. And at around 7 p.m., Pam had dropped Betsy off at her house in Troy, Missouri.
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Chapter 5: Who was Travis Victor Alexander and what was his background?
And Russ, meanwhile, was at his usual Tuesday night game night with his friends, just laughing and snacking and watching movies. So Russ would finish up with his friends and then he would get into his car and head home. And supposedly he grabbed some fast food before arriving. And it was at around 9.40 p.m. that Russ would walk into the front door and his world would be shattered.
because Betsy was lying on the living room floor covered in blood, a knife still protruding from her neck.
And Russ, being completely frantic and horrified, would dial 911, just sobbing, telling the dispatcher it looked like his wife had killed herself because she had been depressed about her cancer after all, so he didn't know why she would, but it was definitely a possibility because who else would do this to her? But when the police arrived, it was very clear to them that this wasn't a slewer slide.
Betsy had been stabbed 55 times. So whoever had done this had been furious. So naturally the investigators would zero in on Russ immediately. It was Betsy's husband, she had cancer, there was insurance money involved. It just made sense.
But despite the fact that he had an airtight alibi, because he had witnesses because he was at that game night that night, and he also had a timestamped Arby's receipt from a stop on his way home, police would barely look beyond him and Russ would be detained just days later.
They essentially just ignored the witness statements that he was with his friends the entire evening and ignored the alibi receipts. So Russ would go to trial and there would be numerous witnesses, one of which was Betsy's best friend, Pam. And she would testify against Russ, painting a picture of an angry husband who wanted Betsy's life insurance money. And naturally, the jury bought it.
And in 2013, Russ Faria was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Case closed, or so it seemed. Because two years later, cracks in the case started to show. New attorneys picked up Russ's appeal and uncovered staggering problems because they found evidence suggesting Betsy's life insurance had been changed just four days before her death.
In the name of the sole new beneficiary, Pam Hupp. And allegedly, they were just worried about how Russ would handle the funds. But they would find proof that Pam kept the entire $150,000 payout, despite promising it would go to Betsy's daughters. And there were records of Pam showing that she was giving inconsistent stories about where she was that night.
First claiming she never went inside Betsy's house at all and then admitting that she had. But it all pointed to one chilling direction and that was Pam Hupp, not Russ, who was currently in jail. So in 2015, Russ was granted a new trial. And at this time, the truth unraveled very quickly.
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Chapter 6: How did Travis Alexander meet Jodi Arias and what was their relationship like?
She would even go on to get her mug shots with bandages around her neck and wrists. And moving on to trial, prosecutors would seek the death penalty for her. And she would initially plead not guilty, which like... How? And later, at her trial in June 2019, she entered a Alford plea.
And this is where one pleads guilty to accept a plea bargain, but maintains that they're actually, in fact, innocent. Just the piece of shit plea, basically. Because people only do this because they see the evidence stacked against them, and they know that they would be fucked, basically. So she would take the plea, but she would be sentenced to life in prison.
So the Alford plea basically just allowed her to avoid the death penalty. And in July of 2021, nearly a decade after Betsy's murder took place, Pam was officially charged of the first degree murder of Betsy while she was already serving the sentence for the murder of Louie. And Pam's story garnered so much attention that it inspired a true crime drama called
The Thing About Pam, which was an NBC limited series starring Renee Zellweger. That cover is crazy. I can't get over that cover. Oh my God. That is so scary. So Betsy spent her last day surrounded by friends she thought she could trust.
And the person she trusted most, the one who drove her home that night, the one she believed was helping her this whole time, just turned out to be the one who betrayed her in the most brutal and unimaginable way. Pam Hopp wasn't just a friend, she was a killer in plain sight. So that concludes our three true crime stories. I'm just glad justice was served in all of these.
They're all absolutely terrible, but I mean, the most common thing is the people that are closest to you, so watch out.
goes out to the families involved and i'm glad all these people are rotting in jail hopefully thinking about what they've done every single day of their lives and i hope it it ruins them and uh haunts them constantly every second of the day but anyway i appreciate you all if you have any other cases you want me to check out let me know down in the comments below i always read your comments i very much appreciate it and be safe out there all right i will see you in the next one
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