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Crime Salad

Are you with me? - Eric Richins

Crime Salad

BLACKCAT | Realm

True Crime

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Join us on the next episode of Crime Salad where we examine the murder of Eric Richins. Kouri Richins wrote a children’s book to help her three sons deal with the unexpected death of their father. It was her hope that they could process their grief knowing their Dad was always looking over them. She told several different versions of how Eric died to family and friends, however, none of them were true. Eric died from a lethal overdose of fentanyl and a year after his death, his wife was arrested for his murder. Support us! Want ad free listening? Patreon - https://patreon.com/crimesaladpodcast Follow us! Merch - http://www.crimesaladpod.com/shop Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimesaladpodcast Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/crimesalad Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/crimesaladpodcast RATE US - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-salad-podcast/id1457141569 Written and Researched by Stephanie Moore and Crime Salad Audio and Editing by: Emily Rawlings and Crime Salad

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast Crime Salad, where we talk true crime.

0:09.8

I'm your host Ashley and with me always is my husband in Partner in Crime, Ricky.

0:16.9

The purpose of this podcast is to honor the victims through ethical storytelling in the

0:21.1

hopes of preventing future tragedies.

0:23.5

We want our stories to resonate and educate others in hopes that some of these similar cases

0:28.3

with identifiable patterns can be prevented.

0:34.1

Now, before we jump in, please let us warn you that this is a true crime podcast.

0:39.2

The details of this episode may be triggering to some listeners.

0:42.9

Listen or discretion advised.

0:56.6

So you actually wrote this book with your children?

0:59.6

I did.

1:00.4

And it's only been a year.

1:01.6

How did you process and say you go from processing death to I need to write a book and help others?

1:09.3

You know, I just watched the struggle that my kids were going through and I actually,

1:14.0

you know, I went on Amazon and Barnes and Noble and trying to find something that we could

1:18.8

use to cope at nights.

1:20.0

Nights are the hardest.

1:20.8

It seems like for everybody when, you know, dealing with anything.

1:23.7

But I just wanted some story to read to my kids at night and I just could not find anything.

1:29.6

I couldn't find anything that really, you know, suited them or helped them find comfort and

1:33.8

peace.

1:34.1

And so, you know, I was like, let's just write one.

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