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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 97 - Taylor Wright

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

themindsofmadness

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.56.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In Pensacola Florida, 2017, 33 year old Taylor Wright was a newly divorced young mom struggling to rebuild her life.

As Taylor dealt with exhausting custody proceedings, she decided to reach out to a good friend for help. She could never have imagined that one of the people she’d grown to trust the most would deceive her in the worst possible way.

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The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
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Research & Writing:
Ashton Morrow

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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/ashleymcarthurtrial - The entire video collection 
https://weartv.com/news/local/pensacola-woman-faces-35-years-in-prison-for-racketeering-and-organized-fraud
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08KHCN5RP/ref=atv_dp_bb_v0_l0w_cr_eb_qs_te_rus_pwr?autoplay=1&t=78
https://weartv.com/news/local/mother-of-slain-private-investigator-knew-something-horrible-happened-to-daughter
https://www.thecinemaholic.com/taylor-wrights-murder/
https://www.oxygen.com/buried-in-the-backyard/crime-news/taylor-wright-murder-ashley-mcarthur-theft
https://expressdigest.com/woman-who-murdered-and-buried-her-friend-was-flirty-and-playful-with-police-officers/
https://www.missingpersonsofamerica.com/2017/09/23/florida-private-investigator-missing-over-two-weeks/
http://www.northescambia.com/2017/10/2body-of-missing-private-investigator-found-in-cantonment-one-arrest
https://www.wkrg.com/news/court-documents-reveal-financial-troubles-in-pensacola-p-i-murder/
https://www.privateinvestigatoradvicehq.com/private-investigator-taylor-wright-first-missing-found-dead/
https://medium.com/@orson/murder-the-internet-all-that-remains-5db4f2625e48

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 Pensacola, Florida, 2017, 33-year-old Taylor Wright was a newly divorced mom struggling

0:45.7

to rebuild her life.

0:47.7

As Taylor dealt with exhausting custody proceedings, she decided to reach out to a good friend for

0:53.3

help.

0:54.3

She could have never imagined that one of the people she'd grown to trust the most would

0:59.0

deceive her in the worst possible way.

1:02.5

Join me now as we take a look into the sudden disappearance of a private investigator

1:08.0

who seemed to have vanished without a trace.

1:10.7

You'll hear how her out-of-character behavior led those closest to her to believe something

1:16.4

was terribly wrong and the heartbreaking truth about what really happened to her.

1:31.6

Taylor Wright was a strong, funny, infectious badass and good friend.

1:37.0

She loved to fish, work out, have a beer with friends, and would reliably and often

1:42.4

serotoniously pick up the tab.

1:45.2

She loved her dogs, was afraid of spiders and hated cats until one became her best friend.

1:52.5

In an essay written by one of Taylor's old friends, this is how she's remembered.

1:57.5

That's also the description her friend hopes Taylor's son will read about his mother one

2:01.8

day when he looks her name up on the internet, not that she was a victim.

2:06.7

Because Taylor's friend believes Taylor would have hated that.

2:10.4

In Taylor's friend's words, Taylor was not a victim.

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