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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Dalia Dippolito: A Black Widow, a Murder Plot, and a Web of Lies

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A seemingly heartbroken newlywed becomes the face of a shocking murder-for-hire plot—caught on tape before the crime can even happen. But as the trial unfolds, the real mystery isn’t what she planned, it’s how far reality can bend when everyone knows the cameras are watching. Sources for this episode include:Murder for Hire, "Crocodile Tears" (S1, E11 - 2019) Cnapped, "Dalia Dippolito (S8, E10 - 2012)"Murder Plots, Bumbling Cops, and Con Men: When Reality TV Goes Wrong" (VICE)"Florida Woman Dalia Dippolito Uses Reality TV Defense in Murder for Hire Trial" (ABC News)"Wife Accused in Plot to Kill Husband Speaks While on House Arrest" (ABC News, Interview) Keep up with Killer Stories! Instagram: @killerstoriespodTikTok: @killerstoriespodX: @killerstorieshq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

She is perhaps the most notorious of all spiders, the Black Widow.

0:11.0

A crimson hourglass, a warning to any that might threaten her.

0:16.0

A male, a fraction of her size and lacking her powerful venom approaches.

0:21.6

Driven by instinct, unaware of the peril,

0:24.6

he announces his presence by plucking the strands of her web.

0:29.6

A courtship dance.

0:31.6

If successful, he will ensure his genetic line continues,

0:35.6

but it will come at a great cost.

0:40.0

Once mating is complete, she moves with surgical precision.

0:44.5

Her fangs built for flies and beetles sink into him instead.

0:49.4

His body will provide her with valuable nutrients.

0:53.7

And as cruel as the act may seem to our human sensibilities,

0:58.0

there are parallels in the lives of men.

1:01.0

Love, attraction, lust, they fog our vision.

1:07.0

They make choices that would have otherwise seemed ludicrous seem sound, just like our tiny male spider, who thinks not of his own fate, but of his impulses.

1:17.6

Ask yourself, has your own animal desire led you down a path you wish you never took?

1:25.6

I'm Harvey Guienne, and this is Killer Strzion. a path you wish you never took.

1:56.4

I'm Harvey Guyan, and fist pumping its way through the recession.

2:01.0

And somewhere down south, a man named Mike DiPolito is trying to start over.

2:06.6

He looks like he could have been cast as an alternate on Jersey Shore,

2:10.6

but Mike isn't from Jersey.

2:12.6

He's from the other land of questionable decisions.

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