Episode 116: The Murder of Kirsten Costas

True Crime Couple

True Crime Couple Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The town of Orinda, CA is known for its beautiful views, stellar educational program, and exclusivity. But in 1984 it was also known as the town where the cheerleader was murdered in her neighbors front yard. Join us as we discuss the tragic death of Kirsten Costas and the investigation that followed.

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Sources:

https://www.latimes.com/archives

https://people.com/archive/in-a-deadly-explosion-of-teenage-unhappiness-one-life-is-cut-short-another-blighted-by-murder-vol-23-no-19/

https://books.google.com/books?id=DIc9F5ZzO7YC&pg=PA173#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35053999/the-san-francisco-examiner/

https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/kirsten-costas-the-real-life-death-of-a-cheerleader-95bc7b3f393

https://www.mixedarticle.com/bernadette-protti-now-today-death-of-a-cheerleader-story-2020/

http://bernadetteprottiexposed.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-interview-with-nancy-mark.html

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode 116 of the True Crime Couple.
0:04.1	Okay?
0:05.1	And I'm John.
0:06.1	We are so happy to be bringing you another episode of True Crime on what is our 10-year
0:11.9	anniversary?
0:13.4	Happy anniversary.
0:14.4	Yes, happy anniversary.
0:15.4	I can't, well, not obviously 10 years of us being married, that's only been two, but
0:21.2	we started dating 10 years ago today.
0:23.3	It's pretty crazy.
0:24.7	Yes.
0:25.7	I like how though we always go back and forth with the date sometimes.
0:30.6	Well, technically we went out on a date on the 21st, but it was after midnight when you
0:35.4	asked me to be your girlfriend, but I didn't want our anniversary to be on the anniversary
0:42.7	of the JFK assassination.
0:43.7	I mean, that's the history to learn.
0:46.9	Yeah, it is.
0:47.9	And it's a good call.
0:48.9	I just think it was bad juju that day, so I just did not want to pick that date.
0:54.9	Well, the 21st is where it is officially.
0:57.5	Yes.
0:58.5	So as always, at the end of this episode, we're going to thank our new Patreon subscribers.
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