Murder in Palm Springs with Shannon McDonald Goldstein, Criminal Defense Attorney

Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald

Heather McDonald & Studio71

True Crime, History

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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My sister, Shannon McDonald Goldstein who is a criminal defense attorney joins me to share her personal connection to a murder in Palm Springs. We get into the social life of Palm Springs and how it is a hot bed for grifters. Shannon knew the prosecutor and the hell she was put through during this crazy case involving a sugar daddy who fell for the wrong sugar baby and ended up dead. -Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/JUICYCRIME #rulapod -Get 15% off OneSkin with the code JUICYCRIME at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Subscribe now to Juicy Crimes so you don't miss an episode!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/juicycrimes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald on iTunes, the podcast app, and get extra juice on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See me Live: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://heathermcdonald.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heathermcdonald ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherMcDonaldOfficial ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Juicy Crimes, Palm Springs,
0:14.0	Palm Springs Edition.
0:16.0	I'm here with my sister, Criminal Defense Attorney at Law, Shannon Yellowflower, McDonnell Goldstein. Welcome back
0:23.1	to Juicy Crimes. Hi, Heather. I'm so happy to be back in Palm Springs. We are technically in
0:30.4	Lakeita, but that is in the Palm Springs area. And we are doing a whole fun, juicy crimes theme
0:37.0	by recording it here because we are going to cover, we are going to cover a crime, a very juicy crime that happened in Palm Springs.
0:47.1	And you actually personally know the female prosecutor who did the case.
0:54.4	And this is a very juicy case that involves gay lovers, gay porn, grifters,
1:03.2	grifters, con men, princes, whiz kids, and millionaire.
1:10.6	Yeah, millionaire, old old iconic women who loved their gay BFFs when they would visit
1:18.1	Palm Springs it has it all and then of course you in fact knowing some of the players from the actual
1:26.0	court that happened here in Palm Springs.
1:28.3	So why don't you introduce us to this crime and all the basic details?
1:33.3	And we will say if it sounds slightly familiar, we also wanted to share it with you
1:39.3	because it was on Dateline with our buddy Josh Mankowitz. Yes. Which made it really fun.
1:45.2	But if you have not seen it, you will enjoy this episode as much as if you did see it,
1:50.5	because then you're going to get our opinions on it as well.
1:53.8	But let's walk through it.
1:55.7	Yes.
1:56.2	And I'll try to simplify it.
1:57.9	It's not that simple.
1:58.8	It is very confusing.
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