Oh, hey, it's good to see you. I'm Shane Waters, the host of Fow Play Crime Series.

And tonight on this special Valentine's Day two-part episode,

I'm going to ask you the age-old question,

will you be my Valentine?

If you find it agreeable, we will explore the history

behind this romantic day.

And 14 podcaster friends of mine will be joining us throughout our trip to share crime stories of love gone wrong.

So, what do you say? Welcome to my bloody Valentine.

Here, let's take a seat in this restaurant.

I had to make reservations way ahead of time to get us in.

The atmosphere is really nice, the candle lighting and romantic music.

While we wait for our food and my first friend to show up with our first story,

I'll fill you in on some details about Valentine's Day.

It of course occurs every February 14th and candy flowers and gifts are often

exchanged in the name of St. Valentine. Now I really want some candy chocolates.

Oh, hey, Kristen.

Kristen is the host of Murder She Told.

I'll let you take it from here with our first story of the night.

The box was perfectly delightful, wrapped in brown paper with the prettiest pink satin ribbon.

Mary Dunning wondered who would send her such a gift in the mail.

There was no return address.

The only clue was the smudged ink of the postmark,

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