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Kouri Richins – Part One: The Children’s Author Who Killed Her Husband | #442

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RedHanded

True Crime

4.519.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

After Kouri Richins’ husband Eric died suddenly in what was ruled to be a tragic accidental overdose, the Utah mum bravely published a children’s book about grief to help their kids cope…

But just a month after appearing on local TV to promote it, Kouri was arrested and charged with murdering Eric herself.

So who is Kouri Richins? A grieving wife trying to rebuild her family’s life? Or a Black Widow who plotted to poison her husband for his money, so she could run off with her secret lover?

We’re reading between the lines of this sensational case: and it’s anything but a cosy bedtime story. 

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0:00.0

In April, 23, a 33-year-old woman named Corey Richens was invited onto Good Things, Utah, a segment on Salt Lake City ABC.

0:20.9

She was there to promote her new book, Are You With Me?

0:24.2

It was for children to help them cope with the loss of a parent.

0:27.9

Corey explained that she and her three boys had written the book together

0:30.9

to process the grief they had all endured after losing her husband and their father, Eric

0:36.1

Richens, a year before.

0:44.3

Joining us now is author of Are You With Me, Corey Richens, to share her three Cs to helping kids cope with grief. And Corey, I want to start with your story. What happened in your personal

0:50.3

life?

0:51.3

So my husband passed away unexpectedly last year. So it's March 4th was a one year

0:56.8

anniversary for us and he was 39. It completely took us all by shock. Everyone had been shocked

1:05.7

that 39-year-old Eric had died so suddenly. but for Corey, the real shock was yet to come.

1:13.6

Because one month after this TV appearance, Corey Richens was arrested for being a terrible writer,

1:23.6

but mostly the murder of her husband, Eric.

1:29.4

Yeah, man, this case is pretty wild.

1:34.9

I have been following this story four years.

1:37.3

I had to, when I was writing the script, I was like, has it been years?

1:39.7

It has been years. She was arrested in 2023.

1:43.1

I was like, oh my God, this case

1:44.5

has been going on for such a long time. And last week, in March 26, Corey Richens was convicted.

1:52.9

But did the jury get it right? Given that they deliberated for barely three hours on five charges, including aggravated murder,

2:04.3

some people aren't social. I'm not one of those people, but some people aren't social.

2:09.7

Well, some people think we owe Casey Anthony apology, so.

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