Bob Samuels and the Green Widow Murders
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
When a hardworking Hollywood cameraman is found shot dead in his Los Angeles home, police initially assume it’s a burglary gone wrong. With no forced entry and no stolen items, however, the investigation turns to personal vendettas, ultimately leading to the discovery of an additional linked murder and landing one of the perpetrators on death row.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Jessie, last week had all sorts of reasons to get angry. |
| 0:05.1 | What do you have for us this time around? |
| 0:07.1 | When a hardworking Hollywood cameraman is found shot dead in his Los Angeles home, |
| 0:12.1 | police initially assume it's a burglary gone wrong. |
| 0:14.7 | But with no forced entry and no stolen items, |
| 0:18.5 | the investigation turns to personal vendettas, ultimately leading to the discovery of an additional linked murder and landing one of the perpetrators on death row. |
| 0:28.9 | I'm Annie Cassette. |
| 0:29.8 | And I'm Jesse Prey, and this is Love Murder. You know, Hi, Andy. Hi, Jessie. Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about cheap motels, crying spells, and love gone fatally wrong. You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram at Love Murder Pod |
| 1:11.8 | and on Facebook by searching Love Murder Podcast. |
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| 1:32.0 | This week, we have some incredible new patrons to shout out. |
| 1:35.3 | So a big old thank you to Kara F. and Sharon M. |
| 1:39.6 | Christina B. and Megan. |
| 1:41.7 | Welcome. |
| 1:42.8 | Nice. |
| 1:44.0 | Everyone. We are officially in May now. Actually insane. |
| 1:48.7 | This school year has zoomed by. I feel like the kids were just starting school. I know it's just |
| 1:53.6 | going to get like worse and worse, too. I know as they get older. Yeah. I know. We were talking about that |
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