Love Cons and Killers: The Explosive Murder of Marcus Toney
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
When a hardworking Chicago property owner discovers someone has stolen his identity and racked up nearly $400,000 in debt, his search for answers leads back to his troubled marriage and his wife’s dangerous new relationship. What begins as financial fraud escalates into anonymous threats, a mysterious package, and a devastating explosion that shatters a South Side neighborhood.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Jesse, after a presentation week, I'm back in the listener's seat. |
| 0:04.6 | What do you have for us this week? |
| 0:06.5 | When a hardworking custodian and property owner on Chicago's south side |
| 0:10.8 | discovers that someone has stolen his identity and racked up nearly 400 grand in debt under his name, |
| 0:18.4 | his search for answers leads him back to his love life and then her love life. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm Annie Cassette. And I'm Jesse. Welcome back everyone to Love Murder. Hi, Andy. |
| 0:54.9 | Hi, Jessie. |
| 0:56.2 | Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about crazy flings, missing rings, and love gone fatally wrong. |
| 1:04.3 | You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram at Love Murder Pod and on Facebook by searching Love Murder Podcast. |
| 1:10.1 | If you are enjoying this show, please love slash murder a five star rating on your |
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| 1:20.3 | Also, if you're interested in supporting the show more directly, head on over to Patreon |
| 1:25.2 | where you can learn all about the different tiers of support. |
| 1:28.3 | And a big old thank you to all of our patrons. |
| 1:31.4 | We are recording this the day after we did last week, so we have no new patrons to thank. |
| 1:36.1 | So instead, I would like to thank each and every one of you, which I think I did last week, too. |
| 1:40.5 | But every week I'm thankful for all of you guys. |
| 1:43.1 | So I do have a very interesting case, though, |
| 1:47.2 | for you guys. And I don't know if it's been pretty wildly covered. So it might be new to everyone. |
| 1:53.8 | I know it's going to be new to you, Andy. So shall we begin? Even if I've heard it before, |
| 1:59.0 | it's going to be new to me because of my goldfish memory, which is why I'm so glad you're my best friend and co-partner because |
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