Episode 112 - America's Most Evil Mother

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

themindsofmadness

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.4 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In the Summer of 2004, in the quiet, soggy coastal town of Raymond Washington, a man lifted a body out of his family’s chest freezer. He struggled beneath its weight and couldn’t understand how his wife had managed to get it in there in the first place.

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Sources:

If You Tell - by Gregg Olsen (2019)

https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/knotek-david.htm

https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm

https://allthatsinteresting.com/shelly-knotek

https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Knotek

https://nypost.com/2019/11/30/kids-of-murderer-michelle-shelly-knotek-warn-their-mom-could-kill-again/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119827321/kathy-loreno

https://apnews.com/article/1ba1a2ceca7d8bbbc82506c3b1b488b5

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1430291.html

https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Raymond-couple-befriended-3-strangers-who-then-1121552.php

https://tdn.com/business/local/david-knotek-pleads-guilty-to-second-degree-murder/article_5ae74764-1767-5670-8861-421b9edb9cac.html

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/michelle-knoteks-daughters-warn-shes-still-a-danger-as-prison-release-nears

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0:00.0	The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the minds
0:05.0	of Madness podcast.
0:06.8	Listener discretion is advised.
0:36.8	In the summer of 2004, in the quiet, soggy coastal town of Raymond Washington, a man
0:45.0	lifted a body out of his family's chest freezer.
0:48.1	He struggled beneath its weight and couldn't understand how his wife had managed to get
0:52.6	it in there in the first place.
0:55.0	After wrestling thick plastic garbage bags over the corpse, he grabbed a shovel and buried
1:00.4	the body in his own backyard.
1:02.8	Even with practice, disposing of a dead body hadn't become any easier than the last time
1:08.2	he'd done it, or the time before that, how many more times could he possibly do this
1:13.5	for his wife?
1:15.4	Join me now, as we take a look, into the horrifying and sadistic life of Shelley No Tech, a manipulative
1:22.3	psychopath who victimized those closest to her, including her own children.
1:27.9	You'll learn how Shelley invited three-wayward souls into her home, offering sanctuary only
1:34.2	to torment them for her own twisted pleasure.
1:56.0	In the story of Shelley No Tech begins at a small wedding ceremony between Les and Lisa
2:03.6	Watson.
2:04.8	The wedding was a small civic service attended by Lisa's family, but the bride was excited
2:09.9	anyway.
2:10.9	After all, the groom was catch, Les was tall, handsome, wealthy, and a big shop business
2:17.5	owner around town, but the joy of her new marriage would only survive the night.
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