I Said God Damn! A True Crime Podcast

375: SERIOUS Fraud Office

This week Stacey tells us about Steven Hoffenberg, an American businessman and fraudster who founded and led Towers Financial Corporation, ran one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, briefly owned the New York Post, and later became known as a former mentor and associate of Jeffrey Epstein.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hoffenberghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_Financial_Corporationhttps://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1994/dig021894.pdfhttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_dealhttps://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/908/1265/1457501/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/14/751153024/jeffrey-epsteins-former-business-associate-i-want-to-assist-victimshttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00270335.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00182748.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01326141.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01140030.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339405.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01326139.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01937998.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01937998.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00376722.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00680461.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01433867.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01106124.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00583986.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339406.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00339410.pdfSupport the show

374: Lisa Frank Stuff

This week Erin tells us about 18-year-old Ebby Steppach, who vanished from Little Rock in October 2015 days after reporting a sexual assault and was found nearly three years later in a park drainage pipe, her death ruled a homicide that remains unsolved.Sources:https://aymag.com/a-ray-of-light-loved-ones-gain-new-allies-as-ebby-steppach-case-reaches-a-decade/https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/new-information-reveals-where-ebby-steppach-spent-her-final-hours/https://katv.com/news/local/new-lead-in-ebby-steppach-case-gives-hope-to-family-on-10th-anniversary-of-disappearance-missing-cold-case-investigation-evidence-sexual-assault-investigators-chalamont-parkhttps://www.truecasefiles.com/2019/08/the-disappearance-murder-of-ebby.htmlhttps://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-attorney-general-cold-case-unit-ebby-steppach/91-0a98d1d1-bfd8-4ed1-a3ef-b5af6f22335dhttps://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?locid=17&page=odetail&id=48749https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/ebby-steppach-arkansas-cold-case-murder-b2886728.htmlSupport the show

373: No Relation

This week stacey tells us about Tara Grinstead, a Georgia high school teacher and beauty queen who mysteriously vanished from Ocilla on October 22–23, 2005, a disappearance that would haunt her community for years and later be thrust into the spotlight by the true crime podcast Up and Vanished.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Grinstead_murder_casecbsnews.com/pictures/what-happened-to-tara-grinstead/11/https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2017-02-23/gbi-arrest-disappearance-tara-grinsteadhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/tara-grinsteadhttps://upandvanished.com/timeline/Support the show

372: The Red Lobster?

This week Erin tells us about Michelle Theer, a psychologist who manipulated her lover into murdering her Air Force captain husband as part of a deadly love triangle and insurance plot, then went on the run before being caught and sentenced to life in prison.Sources:https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/1201672.htmlhttps://www.osi.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/2311497/the-murder-of-capt-marty-theer/https://cases.justia.com/north-carolina/court-of-appeals/051640-1.pdfhttps://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/theer-michelle.htmhttps://truecrimearchives.blog/air-force-reservist-michelle-theer-military-love-triangle-murder-conviction/https://free-john-diamond.blogspot.com/Support the show

371: Curiouser and Curiouser

This week Stacey tells us about Jean Luc Brunel, a French model scout and agent linked to Jeffrey Epstein who faced multiple sex-trafficking and sexual-assault allegations and died in a Paris jail in 2022 before his trial concluded.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Brunelhttps://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/epsteins-french-associate-jean-luc-brunel-found-dead-in-paris-prison/2507523https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/swduauhttps://www.dw.com/en/epstein-linked-modeling-agent-charged-with-sex-crimes/a-55996337https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/17/jean-luc-brunel-jeffrey-epstein-models-sexual-assaulthttps://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/l5ss7mhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38075982/epstein-files-victim-accomplice-jean-luc-brunel-ghislaine-maxwell/https://nypost.com/2026/01/30/us-news/unknown-epstein-victim-told-doj-of-accomplice-100x-worse-than-maxwellhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/21/jean-f21.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/19/modeling-agent-close-to-epstein-found-dead-in-french-jail.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/epstein-files-new-batchhttps://www.dw.com/en/epstein-linked-modeling-agent-found-dead-in-jail-cell/a-60821124https://www.corrections1.com//celebrity/articles/jeffrey-epstein-associate-jean-luc-brunel-found-dead-in-paris-jail-0xxvkAU4Psp8dqTc/Support the show