Episode 291 - Text Messages from the Dead - The Gretchen Anthony Case
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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4.5 • 6.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Research & Writing:
Sherri Smith
Editing:
Aiden Wolf
Sources:
Palm Beach Post
KIRO 7
Legacy
48 Hours Season 34, Episode 31
Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins
Film Rise True Crime
EW Crime Storytime
Miami New Times
Wikipedia
KTSM
CBS12
CBS News
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| 0:00.0 | Follow the Minds of Madness on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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| 0:24.8 | The opinions expressed |
| 0:26.3 | in the following episode |
| 0:27.5 | do not necessarily reflect |
| 0:29.0 | those of the minds |
| 0:29.8 | of madness podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:33.3 | Music The As spring 2020 unfolded, a silent enemy spread across the globe. |
| 1:11.7 | COVID-19 forced humanity into an unprecedented retreat. |
| 1:16.8 | Streets empty, businesses shut down, isolation became a way of life. |
| 1:23.3 | Fear spread as quickly as the virus itself, as families were separated, left to wait, hope, |
| 1:30.7 | and worry. |
| 1:32.5 | In those uncertain days, a single text, I have COVID carried enormous weight. |
| 1:39.8 | It wasn't just a warning. |
| 1:42.6 | Sometimes it was a goodbye. With strict hospital protocols in place, |
| 1:48.4 | loved ones couldn't visit. They couldn't hold a hand or whisper a final word. All they could do was |
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