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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

346. Charmed: Margie's Story

In the middle of a spring night in 1988, Margie slipped from her bed, which she shared with her husband, and slowly crept into the other room where he kept his briefcase with all his important documents. There was no doubt that her husband’s behavior had changed since their wedding day just seven weeks ago.

Some things that he said just didn’t make sense. Things didn’t line up. His temper was shorter, and his intensity was stronger. And sometimes she just felt overwhelmingly afraid of him.

She retrieved his briefcase from the closet and realized that he’d locked it. Luckily, she’d been paying attention and remembered the combination. The briefcase popped open, and she slowly took each document out and photographed it, all the while listening for him to wake up. Then she put each document back in the briefcase and returned the numbers to their exact locations. Maybe this was all part of that witness relocation program that he’d told her about?

But what if it wasn’t?

Join Jen & Cam as they discuss "Charmed: Margie's Story."

Thank you, Samantha S, for the request!

Promo by our friends Neil and Megan of Mortal Musings.

A huge Thank You to our team:

Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen

Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theinkypawprint.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Sources:

1) ⁠https://www.familysearch.org/en/memories/memory/88280195⁠

2) ⁠https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/4th/11/1466.html⁠

3) ⁠https://amw.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Steven_Mack⁠

4) ⁠https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/evil-lives-here/a-utah-wife-and-mother-slowly-realized-her-new-husband-was-lying-about-his-identity⁠

5) ⁠https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/woman-discovers-husband-is-a-murderer-weeks-after-wedding/WYYSVYT6WQ2C3ZV577SZLVAEEI/⁠

6) ⁠https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207701494/karen-grace-winslett⁠

7) ⁠https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147636377/annette-ramelle-huddle⁠

8) ⁠https://www.oxygen.com/charmed-to-death/crime-news/margie-danielsen-learns-husband-paul-mack-is-murder-suspect⁠

9) ⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/1236834971/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder⁠ - Sacramento Union May 12, 1987

10) ⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/294507813/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder⁠ - The Marion Star Aug 11, 1981

11) ⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/624357885/?match=1&terms=Annette%20Huddle%20murder⁠ - the Sacramento Bee Oct 19 1988

12) ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjTlE35s4V4⁠ Charmed to Death Season 1 Episode 3

13) ⁠https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00LOSBGYG/ref=atv_sr_fle_c_src13fdd_1_1_1?sr=1-1&pageTypeIdSource=ASIN&pageTypeId=B00LOSCTS8&qid=1768408872149⁠ (Handsome Devils Season 1 Episode 1)

14) ⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/601928702/?match=1&terms=%22Annette%20Huddle%22⁠

15) ⁠https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1771949.html⁠

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

344. Targeted: The Killing of James Craig Anderson

For much of the twentieth century, Mississippi was a place where racial violence was not merely ignored but actively erased. Witnesses stayed silent. Juries looked away. It was just a different time, they say.

James Craig Anderson’s murder did not happen in 1955. It happened in 2011.

This time, the cameras were watching. This time, the federal government stepped in. This time, the perpetrators pleaded guilty. Progress would be measured not in apologies or promises, but in prison sentences.

And unlike so many before him, Anderson’s killers were not celebrated, excused, or folded gently into historical amnesia. They were named. They were tried. They were sentenced. Dragged into the light, they could not escape what they had done.

Join Cam and Jen on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast entitled ‘Targeted: The Killing of James Craig Anderson.’

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music by @theinkypawprint

Sources:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRcYtzZS5kE⁠

⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/us/23jackson.html?hp⁠

⁠http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/james-craig-anderson-fbi-investigation_n_930155.html⁠

⁠http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/07/17/hate-crime-indictment-tells-details-five-attacks-one-fatal/12793527/⁠

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-of-alleged-miss-hate-killing-victim-doesnt-want-death-penalty/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/james-craig-anderson-fbi-investigation_n_930155.html

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW8dRJ3SNh0⁠

https://www.law.virginia.edu/static/uvalawyer/html/alumni/uvalawyer/spr15/reeves.htm

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/ten-sentenced-in-hate-crime-case

⁠https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/01/four-white-men-ordered-to-pay-840000-for-jim-crow-style-lynching-of-mississippi-black-man/⁠

⁠https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/12/385777366/a-black-mississippi-judges-breathtaking-speech-to-three-white-murderers⁠

⁠https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/10/james-craig-anderson-case/25563641/⁠

⁠https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/02/10/deryl-dedmon-two-others-to-be-sentenced-in-hate-crime-tuesday/23166397/⁠

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/restitution-ordered-jackson-mississippi-hate-crime-case-involving-death-james-craig-anderson

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

343. Trusting Evil: The Murder of Sarah Everard

In March 2021, Sarah Everard left a friend’s house in London and started walking home. It was a normal evening, the kind of walk most people do without thinking twice. But when she didn’t return, her family and friends became worried. They called her, searched the area, and waited for news.

As the hours turned into days, the story spread beyond her friends and family. The case became a national headline, and the worry turned into fear. What began as a missing-person investigation soon felt much more serious.

Then the investigation took a turn that surprised many people. What seemed like a simple disappearance became something far more disturbing, and the impact reached far beyond one woman’s life.

What happened to Sarah Everard raised serious questions about women’s safety, and about how much we can trust the people who are meant to protect us. It became a case that shook the country.