Charming Drifter: The Dark Secrets of John Paul Chapman
Housewives of True Crime
Tabitha Kane
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Gretch and Tab discuss a chilling story about a man named John Chapman. They start in Chinchula, Alabama, introducing the rural town and the kind Bentley family who took in John.
However, John's dark side emerges as he struggles with meth addiction and exhibits disturbing behavior. The story takes a dark turn when a neighbor, Lisa, is found murdered in a suspicious fire. John becomes the prime suspect, but it becomes clear that he may have other victims, including a 16-year-old girl in Georgia. The detectives employ deception to elicit a confession from John, revealing his heinous crimes and potentially serial killer tendencies...
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome |
| 0:02.8 | welcome to Housewives of True Crime welcome welcome I am Tabitha give me |
| 0:09.6 | dateline white wine and I'll pick up your kids in the carpool line. The next day, right? |
| 0:15.2 | Yeah, the next day. Okay. And I am Gretchen. I like white wine, true crime, and in bed by nine |
| 0:22.4 | because I have a lot of stuff to do in the morning. |
| 0:25.0 | We are Housewives of True Crime. |
| 0:30.0 | Yes we are. |
| 0:32.0 | Yes we are! are! Welcome! |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome! |
| 0:46.0 | Housewives of True Crime. |
| 0:50.0 | How are you? Christmas Edition. |
| 0:52.0 | Isn't this the week before Christmas? She was Christmas edition. To me about her face. |
| 0:55.0 | She thinks her face is falling. |
| 0:57.0 | You guys, I mean if you're watching on YouTube, |
| 1:01.0 | it looks better than it does in person because I have some good lighting. |
| 1:05.4 | I just cut my face, shape with a tinkle razor. |
| 1:09.8 | Yeah. I did that the other day, like so bad it was bleeding and I was like I'm going to look like a man |
| 1:16.2 | Yeah, I looked like I got shaped. Yeah, yeah, I did and I did it with a little cotton ball and I mean it looks it looks crazy I know |
| 1:25.1 | it's not funny it is and every time you get out those raisers it is so scary you have |
| 1:31.6 | no idea how much hair you have on your face. |
| 1:34.0 | Oh my gosh you guys if you don't tinkle rays or your face you probably don't know that you |
| 1:38.6 | have really hairy face and people see it in the sunlight. They don't tell you. They don't tell you. And then you go in there and you're like, oh, we gave that as like a favorite things and somebody was like wait what is it I need to |
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