The Au Pair Affair at The Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan Murders
Housewives of True Crime
Tabitha Kane
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Tab and Jenny dive into the shocking case of Christine Banfield’s murder and the twisted web surrounding it. A supposedly innocent intruder, Joseph Ryan, is lured to her home under the guise of a consensual BDSM scenario, orchestrated by Brendan and Juliana. What begins as a fetish role-play escalates into real-life tragedy, resulting in Joseph’s death and Christine’s murder. Investigators uncover bizarre inconsistencies, a carefully staged alibi, and a manipulative love triangle. Juliana ultimately faces charges while Brendan evades immediate arrest...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Housewives of True Crime. I'm Tabitha, your True Crime Housewife, and I'm bringing you real crimes, real twists, and searching for real justice every week. |
| 0:14.3 | I've got a brand new disco biscuit riding shotgun, sometimes a fan, sometimes a friend, but someone always fabulous. So grab whatever |
| 0:23.4 | you're drinking these days, press play, and let's talk crime in the carpool line. Kling, clink. |
| 0:29.2 | Talk a crime. Talk a crime with a carpal line. How to buy it's a truck to hurt you. |
| 0:34.7 | A couple of crime. How to buy to hurt you crime. Welcome. |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:46.7 | Housewives of true crime. |
| 0:50.6 | Yay. |
| 0:51.2 | Okay. |
| 0:51.5 | So I just have to put out a little announcement because the mic situation that we have going on for the last couple episodes has not been ideal. And you might have noticed and thank you for sticking with us. I know audio is a big deal. Andian, our editor is trying his best to fix it. Um, |
| 1:16.6 | and I am going to buy new cords for these microphones. So thank you for understanding and, |
| 1:24.6 | uh, just sticking through if you hear a little buzz. I'm sorry. I could not fix it. I think it's a cord. And it is what it is. |
| 1:33.5 | Yeah, that was good. Good little disclaimer. Okay. It's a little way to start. I mean, like, I can't hear it, but when I put the headphones on, I can hear it. And I know you guys can probably kind of hear it. |
| 1:44.8 | But if you're watching on YouTube, maybe you don't even care because I have biscuit in my hands. |
| 1:49.5 | I got a little bit disco biscuit. |
| 1:51.8 | And she makes up for all wrong in the world. |
| 1:57.6 | Except sometimes she does the wrong things. |
| 2:00.3 | But she's so cute. I forgive her. I forgive her. Okay, Jenny, we talked on Patreon, which if you have not gone to Patreon.com forward slash Housewives of True Crime, now's the time. Or listen to us on Clean Clean Club. On Thursdays, we have an extra special bonus episode every single Thursday. |
| 2:23.0 | And Jenny and I just recorded last Thursdays five minutes ago. |
| 2:27.7 | Yeah. |
| 2:29.8 | And we talked about Jenny's cruise that she went on. |
| 2:34.5 | So go to Patreon and listen to the story of what a horrible person I am because I really had one of those moments where I had to just take a step back and be like, wow, I'm kind of a horrible person for this. |
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