Murder, Money, and a Children's Book
The Opportunist
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4.7 • 10.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Kouri Richins was a grieving widow—or so it seemed—until her husband’s suspicious death revealed a web of deceit and greed. In this episode, we uncover the chilling story of how she exploited trust and love in a scheme that shocked everyone who knew her.
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| 0:32.9 | I'm sure everyone's familiar with the nationwide opioid crisis we face. |
| 0:42.7 | Fentil-related deaths are on the rise pretty much all over the country. |
| 0:47.4 | In the state of Utah, the number of deaths involving fentanyl more than doubled from 2019 |
| 0:52.6 | to 2020. And the Utah Poison Control Center has only |
| 0:56.6 | expected things to get worse. Even those who aren't thought to be at risk of a fentanyl-related |
| 1:02.7 | crisis or death are getting caught up in the epidemic. And that might be why someone who showed |
| 1:09.9 | none of the risk factors associated with opioid abuse ventured into the dark world of illicit fentanyl to stage her own husband's death and get away with his murder. |
| 1:23.5 | But this person didn't just capitalize on the opioid crisis. |
| 1:27.4 | She also took the opportunity to bolster her personal brand. But this person didn't just capitalize on the opioid crisis. |
| 1:28.2 | She also took the opportunity to bolster her personal brand, even at the alleged expense of |
| 1:34.2 | her children. |
| 1:35.2 | Soon, she'd realized that the problem with embarking on a life of crime, all in the name |
| 1:41.3 | of greed, is that successfully pulling off a crime is hard. |
| 1:46.0 | You've got to be savvy. You've got to be smart. |
| 1:50.0 | Unfortunately for the woman currently sitting in a Utah jail cell, she was neither. |
| 1:56.0 | This is the opportunist, an original podcast from Podcast One. |
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