Introducing Very Scary People: A Family to Fear

Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia

TNT / Cadence13

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

If you enjoyed Root of Evil, we think you'll like the new season of Very Scary People: A Family to Fear. An intense custody battle turns deadly when Christine Belford’s ex-husband and his family become obsessed with controlling the couple’s three daughters. The family is willing to do anything including stalking, kidnapping, and even murder to get their way. Over eight episodes, host Donnie Wahlberg takes listeners down a dark and twisted journey, exploring how one family’s obsession became a mother’s worst nightmare. With exclusive interviews and audio, the story goes beyond the headlines of the sinister Matusiewicz family. Listen to Episode 1, The Takeover, and follow Very Scary People wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	This is a story that involves stalking, psychological torture, alleged sexual abuse, kidnapping, and murder.
0:40.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:44.3	This season on very scary people.
0:48.3	This particular case involved an entire family.
0:52.8	My mom started to panic.
0:55.5	Why would he take them?
0:57.3	Nine more one, what's your emergency?
0:58.9	These people are crazy on a level I've never seen before.
1:03.0	They'll never leave me alone.
1:04.4	That's all I think.
1:05.2	He will never stop.
1:06.4	At this point in time, the Matusowitz's take matters into their own hands.
1:10.1	We have to get the girls now. We have to go get the girls right now.
1:13.1	We had to been doing everything we could domestically to find them.
1:17.9	Now, the focus moved international.
1:21.7	You cross the family and you end up dead.
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