Mastermind: The Story of Tonica Jenkins

True Crime Campfire

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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People are always intrigued by intelligent criminals. We say stuff like “If she’d only put that genius and energy into something good, she’d have been a huge success.” And it’s true, it really is. But the thing is, some people just live for the con. It’s in their blood—they can’t imagine doing anything else. In every situation, they’re looking for the angle, the way to turn everything to their advantage and put one over on everybody else in the process. Join us for the story of a born con artist whose quest for thrills turned deadly—the only case we’ve ever heard of with both a fake kidnapping and a real one. Sources:Court paperwork: https://law.justia.com/cases/ohio/eighth-district-court-of-appeals/2004/2004-ohio-136.htmlScene Magazine, Andrew Putz: https://www.clevescene.com/news/mastermind-or-moron-1481119CNN/Court TV: http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/11/ctv.jenkins.trial/Cleveland Magazine, Eric Trickey: https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/politics/articles/aaron-phillips'-deal-with-the-devilInvestigation Discovery's "Murder By the Book," episode "Faye Kellerman"Follow us, campers!Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfireFacebook: True Crime CampfireInstagram: https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfireEmail: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.comMERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:04.9	Wear your camp counselors, I'm Katie, and I'm Whitney.
0:08.4	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction, or roasting
0:12.5	murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:22.9	People are always intrigued by intelligent criminals.
0:26.3	They say stuff like, if she'd only put that genius and energy into something good, she'd
0:31.0	have been a huge success.
0:33.1	And it's true, it really is.
0:35.9	But the thing is, some people just live for the con.
0:39.8	It's in their blood.
0:41.2	They can't imagine doing anything else.
0:43.9	In every situation, they're looking for the angle, the way to turn everything to their
0:48.3	advantage and put one over on everybody else in the process.
0:52.8	Join us for the story of a born con artist whose quest for thrills turned deadly, the
0:57.8	only case we've ever heard of with both a fake kidnapping and a real one.
1:02.3	This is Mastermind, the story of Tonika Jenkins.
1:20.8	So campers, for this one, we're in Cleveland, Ohio, April 20, 2001.
1:27.1	Police responded to a 911 call from Kentucky Fried Chicken, where a dishevelled, stricken-looking
1:32.2	woman had just come running through the door, bleeding from the head and covered in bruises.
1:37.0	The poor thing had come stumbling in, run right behind the counter and tried to hide underneath
1:40.9	it.
1:41.9	When the cops arrived, they found her lying on the floor with her head in a manager's
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