Fan Favorite - "The Receipt"
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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
37 min
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8 chapters
transcribed 7 hours ago
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What triggers the moving‑truck employee to call the police?
Today's episode is a fan favorite. The audio in the story has been remastered for today's episode. On the afternoon of March 24, 2006, an employee at a moving truck rental company in Ohio opened his desk drawer and grabbed a wad of cash. It had been a slow day, so the employee was using his downtime to organize a few recent payments. The money he had just grabbed was from an all-cash deal that had happened a few days ago. At the time, the employee had been super busy, so he'd just taken the cash from the customer, flipped through it quickly to make sure the amount seemed right, then shoved the money in the drawer to deal with later. Now he was actually counting it properly, and he really hoped the customer had not shorted him or he would have to track them down to collect the rest.
But as the employee counted the bills, he paused. Not because the amount wasn't right, but because there was something on the money that caught his attention. For a second he wasn't sure what it was, so he looked closer, and then all at once he understood what he was seeing.
How does the employee discover blood on the cash he’s counting?
He stopped counting the money and just began flipping through it as quickly as he could, and he kept seeing the same thing on almost all the bills. With his heart racing, the employee just dropped the money, grabbed the phone, and called the police. But before we get into that story, if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark and Mysterious delivered in story format, then you've come to the Right Podcast because that's all we do and we upload twice a week, once on Monday and once on Thursday. So if that's of interest to you, please offer to cut the follow buttons grass for them, but set the blades so low that it just obliterates the grass and leaves only dirt. Okay, let's get into today's story.
On the evening of Thursday, March 9, 2006, a 50-year-old woman named Karen Divelbliss sat in the passenger seat of her car. Her husband, seventy one year old Jim Divelbliss, was behind the wheel, driving them through downtown Lancaster, Ohio. Karen looked out the window and watched as they passed historic buildings, shops, and restaurants. Every once in a while, Jim slowed down and waved at people on the sidewalk, because he and Karen knew practically everybody in town. So Lancaster was a small suburb of about thirty six thousand people, and it was generally a friendly blue collar place. Karen and Jim had lived there for over a decade, and they were well known in the community, mostly because of their business ventures.
They owned multiple rental properties around town, and also a store where they sold electronics, toys, and hobby supplies. The properties and the store had not only made Karen and Jim a lot of friends, but also a lot of money. They had a reputation for being very wealthy, but also very generous. They went out of their way to help people who were down on their luck, especially friends and family. Karen's former sister in law, whose name was Deanna Smith, had actually been living in one of their rental properties for a long time now, and Karen's son was an employee at their store. But even now, with all of their success and their kindness, Karen knew that a lot of people in town viewed her and Jim as kind of an odd couple.
They'd both been married before and had kids from their first marriages. And on paper, they didn't seem like obvious partners. Jim was twenty one years older than Karen, and he also tended to be pretty quiet and reserved.
Why does the employee drop the money and rush to call 911?
Karen, on the other hand, was usually the loudest person in the room. But despite their differences, they just worked. And really, that was all that mattered to them. Just then, Karen felt the car slow to a stop. She looked out the window and saw that they were at their first stop of the evening, the hobby store that they owned. There was a big sign outside that said the store's name, DD Sales. The sign looked exceptionally bright and clean, which should have made Karen happy. But in reality, it actually made her feel kind of annoyed. The sign had recently been repainted by Karen and Jim's regular handyman, and he'd done a great job with it, and Karen had paid him what she owed him for the work.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What triggers the moving‑truck employee to call the police?
0:00–0:58
2
How does the employee discover blood on the cash he’s counting?
0:58–3:38
3
Why does the employee drop the money and rush to call 911?
3:38–8:05
4
Who are Karen and Jim Divelbliss and what is their background?
8:05–14:50
5
What does Jeremy find when he enters his parents’ house?
14:50–25:48
6
How do Detectives Jones and Roberts piece together the crime scene?
25:48–34:54
7
Who is ultimately identified as the murderer and why?
34:54–36:29
8
What was the final outcome for the killer and his accomplice?
36:29–37:06