Into The Dark

158. The Billionaire Murder - The Death of Marcos Matsunaga

On this episode, Payton dives into the case of Elize Araujo, a woman who believed she had found her prince charming. What began as a real-life fairy tale soon unraveled into a dark and shocking tragedy no one saw coming. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Folha de Sao Paulo - https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/a-crime-of-note/ https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2021/08/elize-matsunaga-biography-recounts-the-sexual-abuse-of-prostitution-in-sao-paulo.shtml  CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/06/world/brazil-dismemberment  Esquire - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a37025912/elize-matsunaga-netflix-once-upon-a-crime-now/  Grunge - https://www.grunge.com/458404/once-upon-a-crime-what-happened-to-elize-matsunagas-daughter/  Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/elize-matsunaga-husband-marcos-matsunaga-murder-once-upon-crime-netflix-1608331 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

157. The Monster of Escondido - The Murder of Chelsea King and Amber DuBois

On this episode, Payton dives into the case of two young women whose lives were tragically cut short by one man and a chilling, last-minute decision. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: Lost Girls by Caitlin Rother Death Penalty Information Center - https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/district-attorney-and-murder-victims-father-call-death-penalty-an-empty-promise ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/amber-dubois-mom-talk-killer-john-gardner-gave/story?id=10646423  CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/17/chelsea.king.gardner.plea/index.html  ABC 10 News San Diego - https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/a-decade-later-remembering-chelsea-king-and-amber-dubois  CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taken-the-amber-dubois-story-10-08-2011/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

156. College Conspiracies

In this episode, Payton dives into the mysteries and conspiracies shrouding the U.S.’s most prominent colleges. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusbandNetflix: https://www.netflix.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Skull-and-Bones-Yale  The Week - https://theweek.com/articles/528748/shadowy-world-skull-bones  Ivy Coach - https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/ivy-league/does-cia-recruit-from-ivy-league/  Inside Higher Ed - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/03/%E2%80%98spy-schools-how-cia-fbi-and-foreign-intelligence-secretly-exploit-america%E2%80%99s Town & Country - https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12814064/spy-school-daniel-golden-fbi-cia-recruit-at-american-colleges/ WOUB Public Media - https://woub.org/2019/10/29/the-legends-behind-the-ghosts-of-athens/  The New Political - https://www.thenewpolitical.com/article/6xn1nevsm8fp49azjex8fodlt0w2hw-20241108  Current Affairs - https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/04/how-creative-writing-programs-de-politicized-fiction Vice - https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-the-cia-turned-american-literature-into-a-content-farm/ Bunk History - https://www.bunkhistory.org/resources/how-iowa-flattened-literature Open Culture - https://www.openculture.com/2018/12/cia-helped-shaped-american-creative-writing-famous-iowa-writers-workshop.html The Monroe News - https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/04/15/talk-back-close-encounters-hillsdale-kind/7317080001/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z114206d00----v114206b0042xxd004265&gca-ft=206&gca-ds=sophi The Hillsdale Collegian - https://hillsdalecollegian.com/2015/03/ufo-in-1966-hillsdale-had-its-own-close-encounter/ Enjoyer - https://enjoyer.com/hillsdale-ufo-sighting-dexter-investigation/ Bentley Historical Library - https://bentley.umich.edu/news-events/magazine/flying-saucers-and-swamp-gas/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

155. The Boy Who Vanished

In this episode, Payton explores the case of Etan Patz, a boy from Manhattan who vanished just outside his home. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: A&E - https://www.aetv.com/articles/etan-patz-murder CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/etan-patz-1979-disappearance-of-nyc-boy-continues-to-haunt-investigators/  New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-conviction-overturned.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-timeline.html  NPR - https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/g-s1-78924/etan-patz-missing-kids-children-legacy ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/etan-patz-pedro-hernandez-conviction-overturned-murder-kidnapping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

154. The Killer Clown Murder

In this episode, Payton dives into the chilling murder of Marlene Warren, a woman who opened her front door in 1990 to a clown holding balloons and a deadly weapon. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paytonmorelandshow/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources: CBS News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpzQtnz9y0 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sheila-keen-warren-marlene-warren-murder-florida-killer-clown-case/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-killer-clown-case-sheila-keen-warren-marlene-warren-murder-48-hours/ CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/03/us/florida-killer-clown-sheila-keen-warren-release Palm Beach Post - https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2025/05/27/florida-killer-clown-murder-wellington-woman-killed-1990/83670882007/ https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/05/defense-evidence-does-not-point-woman-1990-wellington-clown-murder-case/4135961001/ BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx275kdzx1ko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices