Innocent Until Proven Dirtbag - Mary Carole McDonnell

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Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Mary Carole McDonnell was the CEO of a successful Burbank production company, behind true crime hits like I Married a Murderer. But behind the scenes, the company was hemorrhaging cash. To keep the lights on and the payroll moving, the 73-year-old allegedly stepped into a role of her own making: the secret heir to the McDonnell Aircraft fortune. In this episode of True Crime To Go, John and Jamie break down the brazen 2017–2018 fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned nearly $30 million from financial institutions. We detail how she used a non-existent $80 million trust fund to bait banks, the federal indictment that followed in 2018, and her current status on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:13.0	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.6	Yeah, now this might be odd, but I need a woman, and I need her to be old, rich, and sick.
0:25.0	Pull up to the second window, and we'll see you next crime.
0:31.6	Welcome to True Crime to Go. I am John here with Jamie. We got another good one for you.
0:36.7	I don't know why you did that accent.
0:38.2	I've heard you say that in your real voice when you and I were going out to a restaurant.
0:42.9	Well, I need to find a woman who is old, rich, and sick.
0:46.7	My wife's on this too.
0:48.0	I mean, she is down for, you know.
0:51.0	She is not all of those things.
0:54.4	No.
0:55.2	Any of those things.
0:56.7	No, none of them.
0:58.7	She's rich with her love towards me because we'll see if she is after this case that
1:03.4	you have dubbed in your email about it, Sugar Cougar.
1:06.4	So why don't you get us rolling?
1:07.6	Yeah, dude.
1:08.1	I was scrolling through the FBI Most Wanted list as one does on a
1:13.1	random Monday afternoon. I literally do. Is that not a okay? Well, she stuck out because number one,
1:21.0	she is a she and she just doesn't look like someone who is capable of doing some really evil stuff.
1:29.3	Thankfully, I don't think anybody's died in this story, but man, she is a dirtbag.
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