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Welcome to True Crime Brewery. I'm Jill.

And I'm Dick.

On December 27, 2011, in a small town outside of St. Louis, Missouri, Russ Ferria called 911.

His wife Betsy was lying in a pool of blood, dead, with a kitchen knife protruding from her net.

The house was in disarray too, with shopping bags and Christmas decorations scattered about

the floor.

Russ had been at game night with some friends that evening when he returned home to the horrific heartbreaking scene Russ said his first thought was that Betsy had taken her own life.

Considering Betsy's history of depression and her prolonged

battle with cancer, it was really the only thing that made any sense to him.

But then first responders found over 50 stab wounds in Betsy's body.

A search of the house turned up a pair of Russ's slippers in the bedroom closet stained with Betsy's blood.

So this was a homicide and Russ Ferria was the prime suspect.

Join us at the quiet end for Pam's Path to Prison. As it turns out, Betsy Ferria's murder was just the beginning

in a chain of bizarre events involving Betsy's friend, Pam Hupp. Pam would tell police all about the troubles in Betsy and Russ's marriage.

In fact, things had gotten so bad between them, Pam said, that Betsy had changed her life insurance policies beneficiary from Russ to Pam.

But over time, Pam changed and embellished her story with detectives,

raising questions about her credibility and the depths of her conniving and malicious

nature. So was Pam really Betsy's best friend or was Pam a stone cold killer who put her own greed above all else? Let's talk about it. Let's find out

Interesting case. Oh, that's putting it mildly. Yes

So we're gonna drink a beer from Missouri.

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