Murder on Steroids (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
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Hey Prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Ballin Podcast one month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. On a summer night in 2013, newlyweds Olga and Joe Connell walked into their condominium in Wilmington, Delaware. Joe flipped on the light and sat down on the couch, while Olga headed to the bedroom to get changed. Suddenly, Joe heard a loud scream. He got up and ran down the hall to the bedroom. There he found his wife sitting on the floor yelling and crying, and then he noticed her jewelry boxes had been completely emptied and thrown off her dresser. Thousands of dollars worth of rings and necklaces were just gone. But through her tears, Olga said she didn't care about how much money these things cost.
Some of these pieces that had been stolen were precious family heirlooms that had been passed down to Olga from hers and Joe's mothers. Joe sat down next to his wife and tried to comfort her, but he didn't tell her what he was actually thinking because Joe thought he actually might know who just robbed them. And he feared this actually might only be the first in a series of attacks in an escalating family war. 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 get a job as a projectionist at the Follow Button's favorite movie theater, just so the next time they go there to see a movie, you can instead play a reel of all their most embarrassing moments. Okay, let's get into today's story.
On the night of September 21, 2013, 39-year-old Joe Connell clinked his fork against a champagne glass to get the attention of his friends and family, who were sitting together on a restaurant patio in Wilmington, Delaware. Everyone at the large table quieted down as Joe stood up and raised his glass. He looked over at his wife Olga sitting right by him and he smiled at her. Then he cleared his throat and made a toast. He said that he still couldn't believe that he'd been lucky enough to meet and marry a beautiful, brilliant woman like Olga. And he was so excited to be there with the people they loved to wish her a happy 39th birthday. Everyone at the table shouted happy birthday, toasted Olga, and then drank their champagne. Olga blushed, and Joe laughed a bit.
He knew how shy his wife could be when the attention was on her. But he sat down and put his arm around her and told her that she deserved all the attention. After all, this was her special day. A few minutes later, as the group was talking and eating, Joe felt his phone buzz in his pocket. He pulled it out and saw there was a text message. He read it, then quickly replied, and then jumped back into the conversation at the table. But pretty much right away, loud music began playing from inside the restaurant, and Olga immediately got excited. The music meant that the dance floor in this large restaurant and bar was now open. And the dance floor was one of the big reasons they'd chosen this place to celebrate here in the first place.
Because as shy as Olga was in a lot of social situations, she actually loved to let loose and dance. And so Joe instinctively stood up, looked over at his wife and took her hand, and then together they walked inside the restaurant. Once inside, they immediately hit the dance floor. And for a minute, Joe just stood there watching his wife dance. She had beautiful blonde hair, she was wearing a nice dress, and she had on sparkling pieces of expensive jewelry. Joe had meant every word in his short birthday toast. He really couldn't believe how lucky he was to be married to this woman. The couple had met online about three years earlier, when Joe was just coming out of the craziest and most difficult period of his life.
Joe had gotten into this drunken brawl and ended up pulling out a gun and the police got involved. Joe had said the gun was not loaded, but that event still had landed Joe in prison for almost six years. And when he'd gotten out, he'd vowed to clean up his life. And pretty quickly after getting out, two things made that possible.
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