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Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

The Original Candyman: Ronald O'Brien

Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

Jim Chapman

True Crime

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this intense episode of Unspeakable, KJ investigates the chilling true story of Ronald O'Brien, who fatally poisoned his eight-year-old son Timothy with a Pixie Stick on Halloween.  KJ explores the contrast between the festive atmosphere of trick-or-treating and Ronald's dark intentions, revealing his financial desperation behind the tragic betrayal.  As the investigation unfolds, Kelly reveals the shocking revelations of of Ronald's calculated motives.

Timestamps
04:18 The Dark Side of Halloween
04:50 The O'Brien Family
05:48 Trick-or-Treating Begins
08:57 A Shocking Discovery
12:24 Tragedy Strikes
17:24 The Investigation Begins
20:41 The Shocking Cause
25:59 Unraveling the Mystery
31:33 The Cyanide Connection
36:23 A Father's Plan
37:38 Life Insurance Motive
51:57 Ronald's Calculated Evil

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Unspeakable, a true crime podcast where I tell stories of real crimes with real victims,

0:11.7

whose cases are so shocking that many are left wondering, how is this even real?

0:30.9

I use my experiences in law enforcement, corrections, and combined with my years as a criminal justice educator, dig deep into complex cases of evil acts.

0:34.4

Some so evil, many feel they are unspeakable.

0:50.4

The unspeakable. Warning, unspeakable is intended for mature audiences.

0:54.0

If you are easily offended, then I'm not your girl. Listening discretion is advised. Hey y'all, KJ, here back for another episode of Unspeakable, and it's the week of Halloween. Are y'all excited? I'm excited. My kids are excited, and we like to go do our trick-or-treating. And hey, if you're watching me podcast on Patreon, you might be wondering why there's not as

1:12.6

much light as usual.

1:30.2

Mama's rocking a headache today. I'm not going to lie. So, hey, the dark edition is what you're getting today. But thank you so much for joining in. Before I get started, I've got some shout-outs, and this one was rough for me. I, Jimothy can attest to this that I spent a lot of time trying to say y'all's names right.

1:35.4

But Miss Dana in Michigan gave me a run for my money.

1:36.9

All right, Dana, here we go.

1:42.3

I'm giving my shout out to Dana Konyetsny.

2:00.9

Konyetsny? Did I get it right, Dana? I hope I did. I tried really hard. I even looked it up and I listened to an example. So I hope I have you right. But if not, hey girl, how are you doing? Thank you so much for joining. And I'm so thrilled to have you. As well as Cassie Land and Monument, Colorado. Hey, Cassie, how are things over there?

2:03.3

My aunt and uncle moved to Colorado.

2:05.0

I have a beautiful home with the nice big, you know, mountains and things in the back and the snowfall and it's just absolutely beautiful.

2:12.4

So, hello, all the way over there.

2:14.8

And then I've got Christine Trowensky from Billings, Montana. Hey, Christine. Wow, Montana. That's, is that a first? I don't remember. But I don't feel like I've said Montana a lot. How are you doing, Christine? Thank you times a million for joining my team here. And then I've got Shannon Mitchell in Dresden, Ohio. All the way, y'all, all over the country. It's so neat for me to say hey to y'all all the way over there. I hope that you are having the best week, Shannon, and tell everybody in Ohio that I said hello. And then I don't have a last name here. It just says Mandy. So the Mandy in Denham Springs, Louisiana, right here where I'm at? Hey, Mandy, where are you at? I'll meet you at the Walmart. Come say, hey. Thank you for joining again, y'all. I could not do this without you. I'm so excited in the next few months to be wrapping up my teaching job and doing this full time and giving you so much more content. And you people, the names I read out, y'all are the

3:08.0

reason I'm able to do this. And so thank you, thank you, thank you. Now last but not least,

3:13.7

from Cedar Lake, Indiana, I've got Miss Katie Hoganrother. Hi, Katie. Hi, hi, hi, hi. I hope

3:21.9

you're doing so well this week. And I've got a really good episode for y'all today.

3:26.7

Now, like I said, this one, it's the week of Halloween. We've had us a little chill in the air down here.

3:34.3

I don't know if it's considered a chill elsewhere, but to us it's a little chill. And all the kids, young and old alike, when you're driving around town and you're looking about,

3:42.7

everyone is just excitedly buying their costumes or getting ready for all the candy.

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