"America's Kindest Husband" goes Viral, then EXPOSED for Twisted Sex Crimes… and Possible MURDER

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Danielle Kirsty 0:00
Hey everyone, welcome back. I hope you're all doing well.

What viral image sparked the “America’s Kindest Husband” story?

Danielle Kirsty 0:02
So back in 2015, an image was posted to the internet which showed a long message written on a mirror in a marker pen. It was titled Reasons I Love My Wife. And you can see that this list contains one bullet point after another saying things like, She's my best friend, she never quits on me, she's gorgeous, she's been to a strip club with me, and this post went absolutely viral. The internet was Was eating it up. People were commenting saying, Oh my god, I need a man like this, or he's a keeper, don't ever let him go. Relationship goals. This is the kind of man I want to marry. The image also made its way onto global news websites. There were articles written about it on BuzzFeed. The Daily Mail, Fox News.
Danielle Kirsty 0:44
The man who wrote this message was being referred to as America's kindest husband. The story was becoming absolutely massive. People couldn't get enough of it. But what people didn't realize is that behind the scenes, America's kindest husband was actually one of the most despicable, abusive monsters that you could ever imagine. And his name was Timothy Murphy Johnson. And he really was the worst of the worst. And years later, after he was hiding these deepest and And darkest secrets. This is when the absolute monster behind that viral image would get exposed. And we're talking rich millionaires, massive drug benders, terrible abuse, forced prostitution, mysterious deaths, and the most twisted torture.
Danielle Kirsty 1:32
This case takes one shocking turn after the next. Just when you think that this case can't get any worse, it somehow does. This is one of the cases that really has shocked me to my core. So It's a pretty disturbing case today's case, but let's jump in. Timothy Murphy Johnson was born in 1984. An exact date of birth is not known. And he grew up in London, England, where he lived with his family. And growing up, Timothy has what has been described as quite an unusual childhood. He was homeschooled by his mom, he was very isolated, he didn't have Much interaction with children his own age, and he just spent most of his time at home. He was also described as extremely introverted, incredibly intelligent, and family members have said that Timothy was on the autistic spectrum.
Danielle Kirsty 2:25
And whilst Timothy is spending pretty much his entire life at home, he becomes obsessed with technology. And video games and just pretty much anything to do with computers. And when I say obsessed, I actually do mean that he actually started building his own video games at the age of 15, which is pretty insane when you think about it, especially for someone so young. His intellectual abilities were described as quote, genuinely brilliant. However, it's said that his brilliance and His exceptional mind would end up being the thing that made him incredibly successful, but also incredibly dangerous. And then just a couple of years later, when Timothy is still just a teenager, he starts building his very own software company.
Danielle Kirsty 3:17
And again, this was all to do with his obsession with gaming. The type of software that Timothy was working on was a video game engine. called reality engine. Now As you guys know, I am not very technical-minded. I literally struggle in everyday life. I am truly 80 years old. So I didn't have a clue what any of this was, but my husband Ashley is a software developer and he tried to explain what this was, still don't quite understand it. But basically, from my understanding, this company and what Timothy was building and trying to make. It was all about how objects move realistically in games. It's to do with physics and gravity, and there's just a lot of science behind it, and it's very complicated, and it's something that I have never thought about before.
Danielle Kirsty 4:09
Like I've never thought about how objects move in video games. But something that you need to know is that in the 90s and the early 2000s, computer games. Gaming companies were really struggling with this. They were struggling to make objects move realistically. And again, that just sounds crazy to me because I'm like, what are you talking about?

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