Killer Thriller: Lela Rochon: He seemed polite and soft-spoken…but date him and it could get you killed.
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4.3 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
"Waiting to Exhale" and "Boomerang" star Lela Rochon takes on a real-life horror story in "The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story".
Anthony Robinson seemed polite and soft-spoken. Meanwhile, he was murdering women and dumping their bodies in shopping carts.
Monica wasn’t reckless, just lonely and hopeful. She ignored her gut instincts until she asked him one direct question…then what happened next will shake you to your core!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:10.7 | Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes present. |
| 0:13.5 | Killer Thriller with your host, Elisa Donovan. |
| 0:18.7 | Hey, everyone. Elisa Donovan here, back with a new episode of Killer Thriller. |
| 0:23.3 | Today, we are continuing the conversation around a story that has clearly struck a nerve, |
| 0:29.1 | the real-life case behind the dating up killer, the Monica White story. |
| 0:34.2 | We are talking about how predators hide in plain sight, how charm can disarm even the |
| 0:40.8 | smartest among us, and how quickly a seemingly normal interaction can turn into something |
| 0:46.1 | far more dangerous. So our guest today is actress Leila Rashon, who takes on the role of Monica |
| 0:53.0 | White in this film. As a quick reminder, this movie is |
| 0:56.7 | based on the real case of Anthony Robinson. Anthony met women through dating apps. He presented as |
| 1:03.9 | soft-spoken, polite, even vulnerable, and he murdered multiple women in the D.C. Virginia area and then dumped them in shopping carts, |
| 1:13.9 | dubbing him the shopping cart killer. A jury convicted him very quickly and he's due to be |
| 1:19.5 | sentenced this May. Lila brings us inside the emotional reality of a woman who initially |
| 1:25.4 | trusted this man, then questioned and doubted herself and |
| 1:29.5 | ultimately had to decide whether to listen to her instincts. Lila, welcome to killer thriller. |
| 1:36.5 | Oh, thank you for having me. I am very honored to meet you. I've been a very big fan for a long |
| 1:42.2 | time, so I just wanted to say that straight away. |
| 1:45.2 | Thank you. And I spoke with Elizabeth Rome, the director of this film recently, and she's wonderful, |
| 1:54.0 | as you already know, and such a wonderful director and just was singing your praises, rightfully so. So this character, you know, but now we're |
| 2:05.1 | very excited to talk to you because you are the voice of Monica. And you brought such a warmth |
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