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The Dark Swamp: Horror Stories

895: The Horrifying Case of Karen Read | The Dark Swamp Ep 895

The Dark Swamp: Horror Stories

The Dark Swamp: Horror Stories

True Crime, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

John O'Keefe served as an officer with the Boston Police Department for 16 years. He dedicated his life to improving his community and supporting his family. In 2020, John met Karen Read, and they began dating. Sadly, two years later, in the early hours of January 28th, 2022, John tragically lost his life, and the evidence points to his girlfriend, Karen Read.

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The Dark Swamp: Horror Stories (Episode 895)

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0:00.0

What's up everybody? I am back again looking into another rather recent and trending crime case.

0:07.0

Since you guys seem to like the Wade Wilson series so much, I figured I would try to jump on these more popular and more recent cases, especially ones

0:15.1

that are going through testimonies and all the fun stuff that court brings along

0:19.5

with that. So we can stay on top of these stories and give you fresh updates multiple times a week.

0:25.0

Anyways, today's story is another disturbing one.

0:29.0

Not quite on the Wade Wilson level of disturbing, but this one is just as messy. This is the

0:35.1

strange and downright disturbing story of Karen Reed and the murder of John

0:40.1

O'Keefe.

0:45.3

On a frigid, February night in 2010, a grim discovery awaited the town folks of Canton, Massachusetts. The quiet community accustomed to the whispers of Snow underfoot and the stillness of winter

0:59.2

would soon be shaken by a tragic story that would evolve into a haunting murder case embroiled in controversy,

1:06.7

heartbreak, and mystery.

1:11.1

John J. O'Keefe the III, nicknamed J.J. or Johnny, was born on December 8, 1975.

1:20.0

John grew up in Braintree, Massachusetts and graduated from Braintree High School and

1:27.4

Northeastern University.

1:29.8

He earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice from U-Mass Lowell, and he lived in Canton since 2014,

1:36.2

where he was helping race his niece and nephew following his sister and brother-in-law's deaths,

1:41.3

tragically.

1:43.4

John spent 16 years on the Boston Police Department Force.

1:49.0

In that time, John got to work with somebody known as Pat Rogers, who was featured on the reality television show Boston's finest. Boston's finest is an American reality TV series which aired on TNT and chronicled the daily operations of the Boston Police Department.

2:07.0

The series went on from 2012 to 2013 and unfortunately only had about two seasons under their belt before it was cancelled.

2:17.0

This is only brought up because Pat Rogers at the time

2:21.0

was dating somebody known as Laura Sullivan, who had a kid with him and was also longtime friends with John.

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