119. Killer Deputies? Or Warranted Shooting? - The Murder of Valerie Ely

Into The Dark

OH NO MEDIA

True Crime

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode, Payton explores the chilling murder of Valerie Ely. When police arrive at the home of Tarzan actor Ron Ely, they uncover a scene far more disturbing than they ever expected. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderwithmyhusband NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ 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: People – https://people.com/crime/valerie-ely-stabbed-by-son-in-front-of-tarzan-star-ron-ely/ Office of the District Attorney County of Santa Barbara - https://da.countyofsb.org/documents/Elyfinal.pdf Independent - https://www.independent.com/2020/10/06/dont-believe-your-ears-authorities-say-%E2%80%95-believe-the-deputies/ https://www.independent.com/2020/10/15/a-series-of-lies-%E2%80%95-ely-family-denounces-da-for-clearing-deputies-in-fatal-shooting/ USA Today - https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/10/01/tarzan-actor-ron-ely-sues-sheriffs-over-deaths-wife-and-son/5883318002/ The Sun - https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12743284/tarzan-ron-ely-son-murder-wife/ Metro - https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/24/tarzan-star-ron-elys-tragic-final-years-son-stabbed-wife-valerie-death-21856963/ BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50074653 Edhat Santa Barbara - https://www.edhat.com/news/wife-and-son-killed-in-tarzan-actors-hope-ranch-home/ Entertainment Weekly - https://ew.com/celebrity/2019/10/16/valerie-ely-killed-wife-tarzan-actor-ron-ely/ Noozhawk - https://www.noozhawk.com/deputies_fatal_shooting_actor_ron_elys_son_da_rules_justifiable_homicide/ https://www.noozhawk.com/actor_ron_ely_loses_federal_lawsuit_against_county_over_shooting_death_of_h/ The Mercury News - https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/10/23/tarzan-actors-death-reunites-him-with-wife-son-killed-in-family-tragedy-daughter-says/ Indiana University School of Medicine - https://medicine.iu.edu/expertise/traumatic-brain-injury/what-is-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy#:~:text=Chronic%20Traumatic%20Encephalopathy%2C%20or%20CTE,concussions%20and%20repetitive%20head%20impacts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	You're listening to an Ono Media podcast. Hi everyone and welcome back to the Into the Dark podcast.
0:36.2	I'm your host, Peyton Moreland. I am so happy that you are here
0:40.2	listening to the True Crime Into the Dark Podcast. Thank you so much for being here. You guys know the drill,
0:47.1	leave a review, comment, interact with the video. Honestly, any engagement is great. I will never stop begging you to so do it just kidding you can do
0:59.0	whatever you want but if you like into the dark then you should do it for my 10 seconds i think
1:04.1	last time i talked about how we got my swings installed and i have a little story so i was out
1:10.6	swinging and daisy was just lounging in the
1:13.8	sun next to me. And Garrett was on his way home from golf maybe. I don't know where he was. And he called
1:20.2	me and I was like, are you almost home? And he's like, yeah. And on our road, like, you can see into our
1:26.0	backyard a little bit on the on the side road. And there's just this tiny little part in between the trees and the houses that you can see into our backyard a little bit on the on the side road and there's
1:29.2	just this tiny little part in between the trees and the houses that you can see my swings so i was like
1:33.4	okay when you're driving look over and see if you can see me swinging because it was like the first
1:37.2	time that happened and he was like yeah okay so then garret comes pulling in and he's like
1:46.9	hey and where are you i looked and you weren't there.
1:59.9	And I was like, Garrett, I lost Daisy. Somewhere between me being on the phone with Garrett and telling him to look and hanging up, Daisy got up from wherever she was lounging and disappeared.
2:03.2	She disappeared. And we don't have fences. And so I was like,
2:07.9	oh my gosh, like is she going to get run over? Because she's not dumb and she typically doesn't run away,
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