92: The Clear Lake Murders

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In Clear Lake, Texas, in the fall of 2002, two beautiful girls decided to befriend an outcast. Christine Paolilla suffered from Alopecia, a condition where most, if not all our hair falls out. She was lonely, and often wore garish makeup and Halloween wigs. Rachael and Tiffany helped her buy new, more flattering wigs and showed her how to properly apply makeup. But they were a year ahead of her, graduated, and Christine reunited with a boyfriend who had been jailed with a felony. Within three months, teeming with envy and jealousy, Christine and her boyfriend would do the unthinkable.

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0:00.0	I hope you guys are staying safe and complying with social distancing unless you're an essential worker.
0:06.7	If you're struggling, I get it. I am too. I apologize that episodes sometimes come out late.
0:13.9	I feel overwhelmed and distracted too. But we will get through this together,
0:19.0	though we are apart right now. There has been an increase in suicides during this troubling
0:24.8	unprecedented time. If you're experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call the National
0:30.8	Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. There has also been a spike in domestic violence and child abuse.
0:41.9	If you did not feel safe and quarantine, please call 1-800-799-Safe or 7233 or dial 911 and just leave
0:52.8	the line open if that's all you can do. Remember, you are not alone. There are resources. Please
1:00.7	reach out if you need help. I'll have international resources as well as these US numbers in today's show notes.
1:11.2	Southern Fried True Crime Cavers Cases that are not suitable for young listeners, and there may also
1:16.8	be some explicit language used. Lesson or discretion is advised.
1:25.2	Once upon a time, there was a shy, lonely girl. She lost her daddy when she was very little.
1:32.7	When she was in kindergarten, her hair started falling out. By the time she was in high school,
1:38.1	she had to wear wigs and she wore thick glasses. The other kids made fun of her, some tried to pull
1:45.2	her wig off. She felt very, very alone and so unhappy. Then one day she met a beautiful girl,
1:54.2	and the beautiful girl's beautiful best friend. They wanted to help our shy girl.
2:00.9	They helped her choose more flattering wigs. They showed her how to apply makeup.
2:06.2	She went from ugly duckling to swan, and she baffled in their love and friendship
2:13.6	until she met a boy, an outsider. The beautiful girls tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen.
2:21.4	The beautiful girls were older. They graduated before her, and then our shy girl did the unthinkable.
2:31.3	Welcome to episode 92, The Clear Lake Murders.
2:35.4	Christine Marie Peolella was born on March 31, 1986, and Long Island, New York, to parents
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