Left for Dead- Teri Jendusa Nicolai

This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On January 31st, 2004, 30-year-old Teri Jendusa Nicolai went to pick up her daughters from her ex-husband, David Larsen. When Teri entered his home, David struck her from behind multiple times, placed her in a garbage bin, and left her to die. Fortunately, Teri's will to survive was stronger than anything David could've imagined.On January 31st, 2004, 30-year-old Teri Jendusa Nicolai went to pick up her daughters from her ex-husband, David Larsen. When Teri entered his home, David struck her from behind multiple times, placed her in a garbage bin, and left her to die. Fortunately, Teri's will to survive was stronger than anything David could've imagined.

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0:00.0	Did you ever hear a story and think, we're not getting the full picture?
0:07.6	That's where we start.
0:09.2	On this feels criminal, we unpack crime, corruption, and conspiracy with curiosity, context, and just a touch of chaos.
0:16.9	We step outside the timelines and ask better questions and explore the systems behind the story,
0:22.0	all in a voice that feels more like a friend than a reporter.
0:24.8	Because when you identify the patterns, you can't unsee how often they show up.
0:33.3	Hello, friends.
0:34.5	Hello.
0:36.0	We're so glad you're here.
0:40.5	We are and we are here for another episode and it's going to be a wild ride. It sure is. Yeah. Absolutely wild ride. We do want to give
0:49.8	you a couple of trigger warnings. We're going to be talking about domestic violence and brief
0:54.3	mention of miscarriage. So we just want you to be aware of that. And we would like to give Madison
1:01.1	a hey girl, thanks for writing this one up. We love you. Thank you, girl. All right. So let me give you
1:06.6	a little bit of an overview of this case. And then we are going to jump right into it. On January 31st, 2004, 30-year-old Terry Jindusa Nikolai went to pick up her daughters
1:16.3	from her ex-husband, David Larson.
1:18.8	When Terry entered his home, he struck her from behind multiple times, placed her in a
1:23.0	garbage bin, and left her to die.
1:25.9	Fortunately, Terry's will to survive was stronger than anything David could have imagined.
1:31.2	And man, did all of it come to bite him right in the butt?
1:35.0	My goodness.
1:36.4	This one was quite the ride.
1:40.5	And just so many moments of like, I'm sorry, what? Yeah. And also why? Yeah. I mean, not that I could
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