Between The Madness - Episode 7 - What Happened at the Lake House? - The Murder of Denise Hallowell
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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4.5 • 6.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On a quiet summer afternoon in Inverness, Florida, a 911 call shattered the stillness of a lakeside home. Inside, Denise Hallowell was found barely alive in her bedroom, the victim of a brutal attack that made no immediate sense.
At first, the story pointed outward toward an unknown intruder. But as investigators began to piece together the timeline, the evidence started pointing somewhere far more unsettling.
Because sometimes, the truth isn’t hidden outside the home.
It’s already inside.
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Sources:
FOX 13 Tampa Bay – “Citrus County man sentenced to life in prison for murder of adoptive mother, former teacher”
FOX 13 Tampa Bay – “Son who once defended mother against allegations of abuse now charged with her murder”
Citrus County Chronicle – “Hallowell found guilty of murder” (PDF)
Bay News 9 – “Authorities: Son Facing Charges in Death of Citrus County Teacher”
NBC Miami – “Parricide: The Act of Killing a Parent – The Axe Murder”
Justia – Florida 5th District Court of Appeal – “Carlos Antonio Hallowell v. State of Florida”
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| 0:59.3 | The opinions expressed in the following episode |
| 1:02.0 | do not necessarily reflect those of the Minds of Madness podcast. |
| 1:06.1 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:44.1 | Music discretion is advised. When a crime happens between people who love each other, we expect it to make sense in the end. |
| 1:49.4 | A moment we can point to, a clear break, where everything changed. |
| 1:52.7 | But sometimes, that moment never comes. |
| 1:55.5 | The evidence tells us what happened. |
| 2:03.6 | The verdict tells us who is responsible, but the why is never fully understood. This is one of those cases, a case that unfolded inside a home between a mother and son, and ended in a quiet bedroom |
| 2:10.6 | by a lake. On July 13, 2019, in Inverness, Florida, the lake outside the Hollowell home was still. |
| 2:32.0 | The kind of stillness that makes everything feel peaceful, even when it wasn't. |
| 2:37.0 | That afternoon, 57-year-old Denise went to her bedroom to take a nap after being out for the day. |
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