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True Crime Campfire

Episode 22: Bad Romance Part 2

True Crime Campfire

True Crime Campfire

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Join us for part 2 of "Bad Romance: Three Cases of Love Gone Wrong." We continue the story of David Meza and Jay Merendino, and move on to the truly bizarre story of Sheila Davalloo, a woman who makes Glenn Close's Alex from "Fatal Attraction" look stable and relaxed.

Sources:

Books: Obsession by M. William Phelps
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-doctor-ana-maria-gonzalez-angulo-gets-10-years-poisoning-n214221
Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Ana-Maria Gonzales-Angulo"
https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/12/20/gay-porn-model-convicted-of-murder-and-conspiracy-with-pregnant-girlfriend-in-killing-of-wealthy-businessman/
https://www.courthousenews.com/personal-lives-display-love-gone-bad-murder-trial/
CNBC's "Deadly Rich," episode "The Boy Toy Killer"
Oxygen's "Snapped," episode "Sheila Davalloo"

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0:00.0

Hello, campers. Grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.

0:05.0

We're your camp counselors. I'm Katie and I'm Whitney.

0:08.0

And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction.

0:12.0

We're roasting murderers and marshmallows around the

0:13.8

true crime campfire.

0:17.0

So, campers, in part one of this two-part grab-bag episode, we told you the disturbing

0:26.2

fatal attraction-like story of Dr. Anna Maria Gonzalez-Angoula, a brilliant cancer researcher

0:32.0

who tried to poison her boyfriend in an if I can't have you no one can scheme

0:36.7

Then we began the story of Jay Marandino and David Meza a May December romance that began on an online escort page and then moved quickly into passionate

0:45.8

I Love You's.

0:47.3

But some of Jay's friends were concerned when they recognized Young Hunt David as a porn star

0:51.7

and realized that Jay didn't seem to know anything about that.

0:54.9

And they were a little concerned about how much money Jay was spending on his new bow.

0:58.7

Were David's motives sincere?

1:00.6

Was he really as in love with Jay as Jay was with him? Jay's friends wanted to think so and the longer they got to know David the more optimistic they became.

1:09.0

The young man really did seem to enjoy being with Jay.

1:12.0

Maybe it would all work out after all. Every now and then though, weird things would pop up with David.

1:35.0

For example, when Jay's decorator friend came down at Thanksgiving to travel with Jay and David to Rosarito to a family emergency. The same thing

1:49.7

happened a few months later, another family emergency. It seemed like family crises were

1:55.1

suddenly popping up left and right for David, interfering with his and Jay's plans.

1:58.6

No one thought anything of it at the time. They just kind of assumed he was having some family

2:05.0

troubles. And about David's family. As we told you earlier, they had no idea he was working

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