Poisonous Intent | The Eric Richens Case

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Body Bags, hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack unravel the mysterious death of Eric Richens, with links to a Moscow Mule cocktail and his wife, Kouri Richens. They delve into Kouri's persona, from her self-published grief book to her alleged actions leading to Eric's death, they shine a spotlight on the clandestine world of poisoners, the intricacies of CPR in a death investigation context, and the world of toxicology and post-mortem drug panels.

Time-codes:

00:20 - Introduction.

01:15 - Case of Eric Richens.

02:25 - Media attention dynamics in relation to high-profile cases.

03:00 - Intro and analysis of Kouri Richens' self-published grief book.

06:35 - Hypothesis on Kouri's grieving widow persona as a potential smokescreen.

07:35 - The nature of poisoners and speculation about Eric Richens' possible poisoning.

10:00 - In-depth profiling of the victim, Eric, and his wife, Kouri, along with a discussion on their financial dynamics.

14:15 - Theories around Kouri's possible poisoning attempts.

15:25 - Kouri's alleged financial theft from Eric and potential motivations.

17:20 - Toxicology and anaphylaxis.

20:45 - Role of medical examiners in unexplained deaths and the process of performing CPR.

23:40 - Examination of crime scene narratives vs. physical evidence.

27:40 - The autopsy process and specifics around gastric samples.

32:35 - Detection of substances like fentanyl in forensic pathology.

34:10 - Eric Richens' death announcement as a homicide due to fentanyl overdose.

34:25 - Outro.

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0:00.0	BODY Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan.
0:20.1	When I was a kid, my grandmother had these tumblers. I love to drink out of. They've made them now
0:27.2	in the present day so that they're very similar to the way they were back in the 50s and 60s.
0:32.7	And they're aluminum. And you can actually see the condensation kind of dripping off the
0:39.5	sides. And for me, that always indicated a cool refreshing drink. There's an alcoholic beverage out
0:45.6	there that uses a similar mug, but it's made of copper. And it's equally as refreshing.
0:55.6	But with, of course, the added alcohol that comes along with it. Here's the recipe.
1:02.3	Two ounces vodka, six ounces ginger beer, half ounce of freshly squeezed lime juice. And this is
1:10.4	to be placed into a copper mug with ice and stirred. It's called a Moscow mule. But you know,
1:19.2	looking through this recipe, I don't see an indication that fennel is required to make this drink.
1:30.1	Today, we're going to discuss the apparent homicide of Eric Richens and it involves the drink,
1:38.5	the Moscow mule. I'm Joseph Scott Morgan. And this is Body Bags.
1:47.3	Back with me, my friend Dave Mack. He's a senior crime reporter with crime online.
1:54.7	Dave, we've been following this case now for weeks and it just, uh, what was it that, uh,
1:59.9	Alice said it just keeps getting curiouser as we go along. It's a tragedy. I don't mean to laugh,
2:06.4	but my gosh, I did you see this coming? I really didn't. No, I didn't. And I'm sure a lot of other
2:12.7	people will soon agree when Eric Richens died. Corey Richens actually wrote a book to help her
2:20.0	children deal with grief. And in promoting this book, by the way, self published, meaning there
2:26.9	wasn't a big book company that actually signed for up to do this. She wrote it down and she paid
2:32.5	to have it put out there. And so that got her on local TV. So when the news media is covering
2:38.1	the story, what do we have? We've got the grieving widow talking about helping her children and how
2:43.8	they wrote this book. And here's the book. So it's that footage of being able to add to the story
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