Hey, true crime besties, welcome back to an all new episode of Serialessly with me, Annie Elise. If you are

brand new, checking out this podcast for the very first time, first and foremost, let me just say

welcome. So happy to have you here.

If you are a returning listener, I hope you are having a great week. You know what today is all about, right?

Because on Mondays, we do the case deep dives. And boy, oh boy, do I have a case for you today?

Because it's one where it's like there is such detailed

deception and plotting, but also a lot of crazy twists throughout. Like to where as I was

researching it and going through it, I was like my job was literally on the floor at three

separate parts because I swear I thought I knew where it was going. I thought I knew

what happened, who was responsible, everything. And then it was like, you know, one turn after another.

So we have got a lot to get into today. But again, just as a reminder for those of you who are new here,

the way I break down these cases, I just want to deliver these cases in a format as if I'm

talking to, you know, my best friend over a cocktail or over a coffee and in a more relatable,

digestible sort of way. So we try to kind of keep out, you know, the sterile aspect of it that

sometimes you can see, you know, on documentaries and things like that and really just kind of talk about it as though I'm talking about this case with a friend. So again, let's,

you know, today's case is wild. So I'm going to shut up now, okay? And let's just jump right in.

I want to help. I really do. But I don't have any answers. I just told all my friends and family that I'm engaged to the most wonderful man on the planet.

And now people want me to believe that he's not that. I don't want or need a lawyer because I don't have anything to hide.

Well, I feel like the dumbest, most manipulated woman on the entire planet, if this is true. Yes.

So on October 2nd, 2020, people were just starting out their day in Carlton, Texas.

And you know how your morning routine goes, right? Everybody has their own specific routine.

You either are doing your coffee, your tea, maybe you're getting a workout in, whatever it is,

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