Secrets and Sins in Ventura, California: Sherri and Mike Dally
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
When a devoted wife and mother is handcuffed in a Target parking lot in broad daylight by an official-looking woman wearing a badge, witnesses assume they are watching a real arrest. When the woman doesn’t return home and no police department can find any record of the detention, suspicion falls on those closest to her.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Jessie, last time was one of the just grossest dudes we've ever had the misfortune to cover. |
| 0:06.4 | What do you have for us this week? |
| 0:08.2 | When a devoted wife and mother is handcuffed in a target parking lot in broad daylight by an official-looking woman holding a badge, |
| 0:16.9 | witnesses assume they're watching an arrest. |
| 0:19.4 | But when the woman doesn't return home |
| 0:21.3 | and no police department can find any record of the detention, |
| 0:25.2 | suspicion falls on those closest to her. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Andy Cassette, and I'm Jesse Prey, and this is Love Murder. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm The The Goods. Hi, Andy. Hi Jesse. Welcome back everyone to Love Murder, a podcast about joy and hate, big mistakes, and love gone fatally wrong. You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram at Love Murder Pod and on Facebook |
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