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Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

My New True Crime Obsession in Utah—the Kouri Richins Murder Trial

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting, Personal Journals, Technology

4.3833 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jo’s new true crime obsession started with a trip to Midway, Utah. She was there for an event at Folklore bookstore and a visit to Ballerina Farm Dairy, and within about five minutes of driving around town someone pointed at a house and said, “that’s the murder house.” At which point she needed to know everything. This is the story of Kouri Richins, the Utah mom who poisoned her husband with fentanyl (after sending a text to her drug connection asking for the "Michael Jackson drugs") and then wrote a children’s book about grief after he died. Jo talks with author and Folklore bookstore owner Lindsey Leavitt, who lives in Midway and walks her through the entire thing from the house to the lore to all the completely bananas details. Find all of Lindsey's books here. Join our newsletter community here. ORDER The Parisian Heist from Folklore here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey all, Joe here and you are listening to Under the Influence.

0:39.8

So I've got this new true crime obsession and like all of my best obsessions lately, it started

0:46.3

with a trip, a work trip. I mean, even when the world feels like a massive dumpster fire,

0:52.3

and it does, it does, it is chaos out there. Even then,

0:57.8

when I travel, I tend to get out of my head and out of my comfort zone. And I just, I find new

1:06.5

sparks. I find new things that interest me. I get inspired to write new stories and to dig into old stories.

1:14.7

And I just, I kind of come alive again. Which is ironic because this is a story about someone being unalived.

1:24.5

This is a murder story. It is true crime. like I said. And honestly, I got to say,

1:29.4

if I didn't already do the ultimate Utah Western-based original Tradwife murder mystery,

1:38.5

then I definitely would have written a book based off this. I would have. I mean, maybe I still will.

1:43.4

Who knows? Or maybe I'll do a whole true crime podcast season on this. I had never heard about this case before.

1:49.9

Maybe you have, it is the story of Corey Richens. Corey is a Utah mom and an author, author, in air quotes,

1:58.8

who was accused and has now been convicted of poisoning her husband with

2:03.5

fentanyl and then writing a children's book about grief to help her kids cope with his death

2:10.1

that she caused. So just sit with that for a minute. It is also one of the sloppiest alleged crimes

2:17.2

that I've ever heard of. But also,

2:20.5

somehow that makes it even more fascinating. I discovered this story when I was out in Midway, Utah,

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