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Terrifyingly Typical True Crime

Terrifyingly Typical True Crime

By: Calista and Theresa Whitney
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Curious about true crime and want to understand the patterns that often pop up? Join antisocial and outspoken mother and daughter Theresa and Calista as they connect cases to explore a specific type of crime or criminal. Dive into a new case every week that explores common crimes and typical themes in true crime!Calista and Theresa Whitney True Crime
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  • Episode 21 - Michael Tabb: The Pastor’s Secret Life

    Episode 21 - Michael Tabb: The Pastor’s Secret Life
    Jul 27 2025

    Around 6 PM on August 5, 2002, Pastor Michael Tabb arrived home with his two-year-old. He noticed the front door was slightly open but entered anyway. He called out for his wife, Marla, but there was no answer. He found the badly bludgeoned body of his wife clad in pajamas on their bedroom floor. Police would later note that the crime did notseem to be a robbery gone horrifyingly wrong. Nothing was stolen. Who would kill the pastor’s wife? When the police finally decided to take a closer look at the Tabb’s marriage, they would find that the good pastor did not practice the values that he preached.

    Sources:

    https://www.kltv.com/story/1462455/troup-minister-pleads-guilty-to-murder/

    https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Minister-gets-55-years-in-prison-for-wife-s-murder-8840791.php

    https://www.kltv.com/story/896694/minister-charged-in-wifes-murder/

    https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Man-Accused-in-Wife-s-Death-Found-Slashed-7118014.php

    https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Accused-Minister-Found-With-Neck-Slashed-10498243.ph

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/aug/19/20020819-040910-6798r/

    https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2002/08/16/ex-lejeune-pastor-charged/30492192007/

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8061688/marla_dawn-tabb

    https://www.kltv.com/story/885955/neighbors-react-to-murder-of-ministers-wife/

    https://www.religionnewsblog.com/1780/dna-evidence-uncovered-in-tabb-case

    https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Small-town-s-minister-charged-in-wife-s-killing-2109391.php

    https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/classics/killer_clergy2/7.html

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    34 mins
  • Episode 20 - Arthur Burton Schirmer: The Method(ist) of Murder

    Episode 20 - Arthur Burton Schirmer: The Method(ist) of Murder
    Jul 13 2025
    When Rosemarie Cobb went to Reeders, Pennsylvania for her brother’s memorial service in October 2008, she had no idea that his suicide was tied to a man linked to two other deaths, a pastor who happened to be having an affair with her sister-in-law. After pushing for an investigation, the formerly closed cases were given a second look. His first wife, Jewel, had died after a fall down the stairs nine years earlier, and hissecond wife, Betty, had died after a car crash only months earlier. Either Pastor Arthur Burton Schirmer was incredibly unlucky, or he had a hand in at least some of the deaths of the three people around him.Sources: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/11/15/americans-have-positive-views-about-religions-role-in-society-but-want-it-out-of-politics/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/11/15/most-congregants-trust-clergy-to-give-advice-about-religious-issues-fewer-trust-clergy-on-personal-matters/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/death-at-the-parsonage-3/ https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/was-a-small-town-pastor-living-a-lie/ https://monroecountyda.com/districtattorney/commonwealth-v-arthur-burton-schirmer/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arthur-schirmer-pa-pastor-convicted-of-second-wifes-murder-now-faces-trial-in-first-wifes-death/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rev-arthur-burton-schirmer-to-stand-trial-in-wifes-08-death/ https://opencasebook.org/casebooks/6094-evidence-fall-2024/resources/6.3.9-commonwealth-v-schirmer/ https://www.oxygen.com/living-with-a-serial-killer/crime-news/timothy-boczkowski-killed-2-wives-in-2-states-son-speaks https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-pastor-gets-20-40-years-in-1st-wifes-death/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-when-is-a-car-crash-not-a-car-crash/ https://lancasteronline.com/news/pathologist-pastors-1st-wife-a-victim-of-homicide/article_581b8cf9-6d82-5ead-84a9-59e56628d80f.html https://www.ldnews.com/story/archives/2015/12/16/schirmer-gets-20-40-years-murder-bethany/77424050/ https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/contests/former-lebanon-county-pastor-sentenced-to-20-to-40-years-for-killing-wife/521-c2d345cb-1ca6-4da3-96e2-c459cdcd0ad6 https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2012/12/arthur_schirmer.html https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/son-finds-closure-in-mothers-death/523-6fe9e091-85d6-44f2-96b6-988bdea0a177 https://lancasteronline.com/news/details-emerge-in-schirmer-trial/article_71ab27eb-9136-5fef-9f6a-53d6d92d556a.html https://www.oxygen.com/accident-suicide-or-murder/crime-time/da-describes-prosecuting-the-sinister-minister-who-had-two https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/crime/2017/03/07/former-bethany-umc-pastor-challenges-murder-conviction/98864536/ Numerous articles from Newspapers.com, such as https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-schirmer-07/143227254/ https://pven.net/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X15000283 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24725-asphyxiation https://www.umc.org/en/content/united-methodist-beliefs-divorce https://thecinemaholic.com/a-b-schirmer-where-is-killer-husband-now/
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 19 - Heather Pressdee: Woefully Underqualified, Continually Promoted

    Episode 19 - Heather Pressdee: Woefully Underqualified, Continually Promoted
    Jul 6 2025
    When a family member chooses a residential facility or nursing home for their loved one, they expect them to be safe. When they are able to visit their relatives often, they feel confident that they chose the right place. However, without safeguards in place to advise potential employers of someone’s alarming job history and amid a global pandemic and staff shortages, the perfect situation is set for someone with malicious intent. Taking advantage of all of these things was nurse Heather Pressdee who used insulin as her weapon of choice in various medical facilities across four counties in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania from 2020 to 2023.Sources:https://lawandcrime.com/crime/nurse-poisoned-patients-with-insulin-claimed-she-wanted-to-put-them-out-of-their-misery-cops/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/us/nurse-heather-pressdee-sentenced-patient-deaths-pennsylvaniahttps://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking-action/western-pennsylvania-nurse-sentenced-to-consecutive-life-sentences-after-pleading-guilty-to-killing-and-attempting-to-kill-patients/https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/civil-lawsuits-from-families-of-former-nurse-heather-pressdees-victims-continue-to-work-through-courts/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/03/nurse-convicted-killings-heather-pressdeehttps://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-columns/2024/05/06/heather-pressdee-nurse-murder-serial-killer-motives/stories/202405040045https://www.the-sun.com/news/9540583/who-nurse-heather-pressdee-pennsylvania-accused/https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-nurse-accused-killing-2-patients-injuring-3rd-felt-bad-for-their-quality-life-policehttps://www.whio.com/news/trending/nurse-pleads-guilty-killing-patients-sentenced-hundreds-years-prison/STWAQ5SZOJEBNIXOWKU7KVSOWY/https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/national-news/ap-pennsylvania-nurse-who-gave-patients-lethal-or-possibly-lethal-insulin-doses-gets-life-in-prison/https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article287149270.htmlhttps://www.koin.com/news/national/ap-pennsylvania-nurse-who-gave-patients-lethal-or-possibly-lethal-insulin-doses-gets-life-in-prison/https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/05/03/nation-world-news/killer-nurse-heather-pressdee-pleads-guilty-in-deaths-of-17-western-pa-nursing-home-patients/https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/nurse-blamed-heather-pressdee-17-patient-overdose-deaths-insulin-pennsylvania-new-criminal-charges-murder-attempted-mistreatment-neglect-attorney-general-butler-county-prisonhttps://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/this-pennsylvania-nurse-previously-charged-with-killing-patients-is-now-linked-to-17-nursing-home-deaths/articleshow/104951104.cms?from=mdrhttps://www.businessinsider.com/nurse-faces-charges-trying-to-kill-19-patients-pennsylvania-2023-11https://www.inquirer.com/health/butler-county-nurse-charged-insulin-20231106.htmlhttps://vocal.media/criminal/inside-the-story-of-nurse-heather-pressdee-how-she-killed-her-patients-with-lethal-insulinhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/us/pennsylvania-nurse-insulin-deaths.htmlhttps://www.wpxi.com/news/local/11-investigates-how-killer-nurse-moved-once-nursing-home-another-avoiding-authorities/GI4W5RBRCFCRRC437DOSI6QVOE/https://people.com/nurse-allegedly-killed-2-women-fatal-insulin-doses-sent-flowers-card-to-victims-family-suit-8634852https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/butler-county-killer-nurse-heather-pressdee-hearing-court-expected-guilty-plea/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-nurse-pleads-guilty-killing-patients-lethal-doses-insulin-rcna150366https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-11-02-Heather-PRESSDEE-Criminal-Complaint.pdfhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/26/pa-nurse-heather-pressdee-murder-charges/70260165007/
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    57 mins
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