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True Crime Brewery

The Doctor, the Wife, & the Set-Up

True Crime Brewery

Tiegrabber Podcasts

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

On a quiet dirt road in Brackney, Pennsylvania, two best friends went skeet shooting in the woods. One would walk away but the other would not. Martin “Marty” Dillon was a respected attorney, a father, and a husband. That day, after he was shot dead, the tragedy was ruled an accident. But the truth was […]

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0:00.0

Hey, glad you can make it.

0:06.1

Before you head into the bar for today's true crime story, just a warning that TCB might contain disturbing content, so it's not for kids.

0:13.4

Enjoy the episode.

0:17.9

Welcome to True Crime Brewery. I'm Jill.

0:20.8

And I'm Dick.

0:22.1

On a quiet dirt road in Brackney, Pennsylvania, two best friends went skeet shooting in the woods.

0:29.0

One would walk away, but the other would not.

0:32.2

Martin Marty Dillon was a respected attorney, a father, and a husband.

0:36.8

That day, after he was shot dead, the tragedy

0:40.1

was ruled an accident. But the truth was far darker. Marty's best friend, Dr. Stephen

0:45.6

Scher, told the authorities that Marty tripped while chasing a porcupine and his gun went off.

0:52.4

And then for two decades, they believed him.

0:55.4

Join us today for the doctor, the wife, and the setup. Secrets don't always stay buried forever.

1:01.3

In fact, they seem to have a way of coming out eventually. This is especially true when a killer

1:06.3

marries his victim's widow and then raises her children as his own. This is a twisted story of betrayal,

1:13.1

obsession, and cold-blooded murder that was hidden in plain sight. So this was in a small community,

1:20.6

very shocking for everyone there. I think people just had a hard time believing what happened.

1:26.1

Yeah, well, you know, you have a respected doctor.

1:29.5

Yeah, these two couples were both upstanding members of the community, right? Well, I don't know about that.

1:36.1

I mean, definitely Marty was a good guy. But we're going to find out there were some dirty secrets

1:41.2

going on in the background. Oh, there certainly were.

1:44.5

Absolutely.

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