Chapter 1: What is the story behind Kouri Richens and her children's book?
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Chapter 2: How did Kouri Richens' TV appearance impact her case?
Hi, everyone. I'm Blaine Alexander, and today we are talking Dateline. I'm so excited to have Andrea Canning here to talk about her episode, Book of Lies. Hi, Andrea.
Hey, Blaine. I like to call you my Atlanta partner in crime, right? That's exactly it. Yes.
So hello, partner in crime. Hello, my partner in crime. We've become a sort of dynamic duo here, haven't we? Yes. Yes. Well, this episode is certainly a good one. If you haven't seen it, you can watch the episode on Peacock or listen to it in the Dateline podcast feed and then come right back here.
And later, we'll have an extra clip from Andrea's interview with a private investigator on the case. And then, of course, we will answer some of your viewer and listener questions from social media. All right, Andrea, let's talk Dateline. Let's do it. Okay.
Chapter 3: What evidence led to Kouri Richens being accused of murder?
Okay. So, Andrea, before we dive into this conversation, and there is a lot to cover in this conversation. Yes. I think it's fair to say. But just give us a quick rundown of what this episode is about.
Yeah, this episode is about a mother, Corey Richens. She had three young boys. She's married to Eric Richens. Corey calls 911 in the middle of the night. She has found Eric cold to the touch. First responders come. She's on the phone with 911. They're telling her to do CPR. She's saying she doesn't know what's wrong. They come, they're trying to figure out what happened to Eric Richens.
You know, he's healthy, he's young, he's 39 years old. He just dies suddenly. So fast forward, Corey, in her grief, writes a children's book about grief. Corey goes on TV, which is now, I guess you could call it an infamous TV appearance on Good Things Utah. She talks about her book.
Chapter 4: What role did the private investigator play in the case?
She talks about her husband dying. And then not too long after that, she is arrested for the murder of Eric Richens. They say that she poisoned him with fentanyl. Five times the lethal amount was found in his system. She had said that they were celebrating a new deal. She was a home flipper. And they had a Moscow mule and a lemon drop shot.
Prosecutors say that she poisoned those drinks with the fentanyl. And it took a long time, but Corey did go on trial for murder and she was convicted.
Wow. That is quite a story. I think that, I mean, we talk about all sorts of different ways that, you know, kind of murder plots unravel, but going on a local lifestyle TV show, talking about the book that you wrote is certainly, I think, a first.
And I think that's what, you know, well, we know that's why this case got so much attention was that book. You know, it was apparently she didn't write it herself. She had a ghostwriter, but she did publish it. And, you know, it's just people see it sort of as another layer of
Of diabolical behavior that you would – you're accused of killing your husband and then you write this children's book about grief that you're the victim and this is so sad.
Right.
And all the while, according to prosecutors, she had murdered her husband. Right.
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Chapter 5: How did the trial reveal tensions between Kouri and Eric's family?
This is something that when you look at her on the show, you kind of think, what was going on inside her head? So I want to ask you, what was it like interviewing that reporter who did that interview and who had that show?
Yeah. I mean, the poor reporter or the anchor, right? Like co-host. She's called a co-host. But, you know, Dina, she was, you know, she's just trying to do a good thing. You know, she's having a local interview. author, in quotes, come on her show. And it's such a sensitive topic and meant to help other families, you know, grieving and with children and My goodness.
You know, then she ends up in the middle of a murder mystery because an anonymous email comes into the station. Right. You know, with the subject line, like there were two, right? It was like one was like the name of the book and then, you know, she killed her husband. And it's just like, wait, what? This is a lifestyle show. We, you know, we deal with cooking and beauty segments, right? Right.
You know, the one time they have this more serious topic on, it leads to this.
Chapter 6: What insights were shared about Kouri's former lover during the trial?
So, I mean, that's the kind of thing that I personally, though, as an on-air person would be fascinated to end up in a situation like that. I know that sounds really awful, but I would be like, wait, what? What happened? You know, I would be all over it.
It takes, I mean, yes, I think as reporters, we're kind of like, oh, that's crazy. But like, we're curious. Oh, what else can we find out about this? This is insane, right? And listening to her story, it resonated with me because in my local news days, when I was here in Atlanta, I was the weekend morning anchor. And so you have an hour of news.
And it's like, you know, of course, the hard news at the top, but then And there's like 20 minutes at the back end where you're talking about like, here are the pets that need to be adopted. Let me pet this puppy. And, you know, here's this community event. And so you just have kind of just an interesting shepherd's pie of whatever community events or local people.
And that's something that easily would have been part of that. Right. So many of us would have done that.
Yeah, and here's your alleged killer. Yeah, exactly.
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Chapter 7: How did the jury react to the evidence presented in the trial?
We'll throw that in with the puppies and the, you know, the baking and the community service.
Exactly, exactly. I'm curious, did you ever get a chance to read the book or see a copy of it?
Yeah, yes, I've seen the book. You know, it's just a basic book and, you know, it's colorful and there's a, you know, a picture of Eric. He's a guardian angel and it has, you know, a dedication to him. She even has their dog in there. But yeah, it's really about a father watching over his son. They do have three sons. But I believe it was supposed to be based on Eric being the angel. Okay, okay.
Well, one thing that I loved about this episode, Andrea, is going to the diner and meeting the owner of the diner there. Gabe.
Gabe.
Yes. Yes. So just, you know, seeing the type of people who come in, it just seemed to give a feel of, OK, I understand what this what this guy's like, what this kind of town is like.
Yeah. And it's just like homey, like country, surrounded by mountains. And you get a lot of, you know, a lot of guys coming in there and women, you know, they like outdoorsy stuff.
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Chapter 8: What were the reactions of Eric's family after the verdict?
They're hunters. Sure. They snowmobile. They, you know, they do all those winter things because it's more of a, even though it's a mix, actually, because it's the area, Park City and surrounding area. I mean, you have billionaires there. You have mansions.
And then you also have the people who grew up there, you know, or moved there and they just like the country and they don't have, you know, gobs of money. But they're just good people and they just, you know, they love the beauty of it and they love the outdoors. And so it's kind of a mix, but the diner felt very folksy.
And Gabe was really nice and was very surprised to learn that his diner was unfortunately at the center of this.
Part of this whole thing. Exactly. Well, speaking of that, Andrea, I mean, in addition to locations, you actually got inside one of the homes that Corey was flipping, which that Corey had flipped. Talk to the homeowner. I thought that was fascinating, too, because I mean, it really kind of puts you inside something else that was at the center of all of this. That was an important piece.
Yeah, and this woman, we didn't really get into her story too much, Molly Crosswhite, because there was so much other, you know, serious stuff to get to. But, I mean, she bought the house and then, you know, all of a sudden she's contacted by a detective and he's not telling her anything. why, right? He's not telling her what it's about. And she didn't know she was buying the house from Corey.
It was a company. Like, so she bought it from like an LLC. So she starts doing her own detective work. You know, wait, why was this detective here asking these questions, wanting to look around? Because he's not really sharing... the details with her. And so she starts, you know, going through her papers and it's Corey Richens who was behind that company who sold the house.
And she was like floored, Molly, when she realized that now this house is where the prosecution alleges that Carmen, the housekeeper... left the drugs for Corey in the fire pit in the backyard. Right. So she couldn't believe it. She just was, I mean, when that happens, you just are, wow, like this house I bought is now in a murder investigation. It's crazy.
This story is just full of so many people who were unwittingly in some way tied to this, right? Like the co-host of the show, the owner of the diner. I mean, all of these people who in some way have found themselves to be intersecting with this murder plot.
Even Linda, who worked at Home Depot. Yes. And you saw her. She was in tears over this because she really believed in this couple.
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