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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 112 - America's Most Evil Mother

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

themindsofmadness

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.56.7K 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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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Luke Ahearn

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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

Transcript

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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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