129. The Murder of Evelyn Player

Into The Dark

OH NO MEDIA

True Crime

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this episode, Payton explores the heartbreaking case of Evelyn Player—a cherished member of the Baltimore community whose life was cut short in a place no one would have expected. 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/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: Baltimore Sun - https://www.baltimoresun.com/2023/01/17/man-pleads-guilty-to-fatally-stabbing-evelyn-player-at-her-east-baltimore-church/ https://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=d5e513c5-6b95-46d3-a450-a2859d028252 https://www.newspapers.com/image/793446744/?match=1&terms=%22Manzie%20Smith%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/785817259/?match=1&terms=%22Manzie%20Smith%22 Office of the State’s Attorney - https://www.stattorney.org/media-center/press-releases/2674-life-sentence-handed-down-to-man-who-fatally-stabbed-community-matriarch-in-church CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-2021-murder-of-baltimore-church-volunteer-evelyn-player/ https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/charging-documents-say-evelyn-player-died-defending-herself-police-found-suspect-through-dna/ https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/community-remembers-slain-church-employee-evelyn-player-at-viewing/ WBAL TV 11 - https://www.wbaltv.com/article/manzie-smith-jr-guilty-plea-sentence-killing-evelyn-player/42538328 https://www.wbaltv.com/article/evelyn-player-murder-arrest-baltimore/38406225 ABC 13 News - https://wset.com/news/local/suspect-pleads-guilty-to-murder-of-69-year-old-woman-another-killing-in-unlikeliest-place Oxygen - https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/manzie-smith-jr-gets-life-evelyn-player-fatal-stabbing https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/suspect-arrested-in-baltimore-baptist-church-volunteers-murder The Baltimore Banner - https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/man-pleads-guilty-fatal-stabbing-evelyn-player-TNDD5A6EAJCYVKBVLDKWHWGBQI/ Fox 45 Baltimore - https://foxbaltimore.com/news/city-in-crisis/man-with-long-history-of-violence-against-women-arrested-for-murder-of-church-volunteer https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/dna-evidence62-year-old-charged-in-death-of-elderly-woman-killed-in-east-balto-church?photo=3 WMAR 2 ABC Baltimore - https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/suspect-is-in-custody-in-relation-to-the-death-of-a-69-year-old-woman-killed-inside-a-church Yahoo! News - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/man-gets-life-fatally-stabbing-205622734.html Merriam-Webster Dictionary - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexton Law and Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/convicted-rapist-charged-with-heinous-stabbing-murder-of-69-year-old-baltimore-church-volunteer/ https://lawandcrime.com/crime/convicted-rapist-who-admitted-to-stabbing-69-year-old-volunteer-inside-church-bathroom-learns-his-fate/ NBC News - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-hired-laborer-charged-murder-fatal-stabbing-69-year-old-woman-balt-rcna7999 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Ono Media podcast. Hey everyone and welcome back to the Into the Dark podcast. I'm your
0:06.4	host, Peyton Morland. I'm so glad you are here. You guys, you are watching on YouTube. Please follow the
0:12.6	show. Give this video a thumbs up, turn on notifications so you don't miss the next one. And even if you
0:18.2	could just drop a comment, maybe put in your favorite food emoji.
0:23.0	That would be amazing. And if you are listening on audio and can leave a five star review,
0:28.7	I will love you forever. But either way, I'm so happy you are here and I am so ready to get into
0:36.4	today's case. But first, we need to do my 10
0:41.0	seconds. I feel like it has just been so long since I sat down and recorded into the dark and
0:47.2	I don't know why, but it feels so good to be back. I'm trying to think of what has been happening
0:53.5	in my life lately. I feel like last
0:56.2	week, I kind of just took the week off a little bit as far as like gym and everything. I kind
1:02.3	of just relaxed. I stretched a lot. I meditated. It helped so, so much. Oh, I also got a microneedle,
1:10.4	which if you don't know, it is a procedure where you go in
1:14.5	and they take this device that basically has really small needles and they just roll it all over
1:19.0	your head, stabbing a bunch of little holes in your skin. And then I did the PRP option where
1:25.3	they take my blood, they get my plasma and they just smear it all over my face, getting it into those little holes, honestly.
1:32.4	It is supposed to be good.
1:33.7	It's like anti-aging, anti-wrinkle.
1:36.2	It's just good for cell regeneration, pores.
1:40.1	It basically, the reason I do it is because I feel like it just gives my skin a new brightness,
1:45.2	a little bit of youthfulness. I don't know. I love it. It's probably one of my favorite things I do
1:49.3	for my skin, but because of it, I have been super dry. My skin was super red and dry. It's kind of
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