The Road Trip

Invisible Choir

Reach Freaks

True Crime

4.7 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

On October 25th, 2018, staff at the California Men’s Colony Prison in San Luis Obispo noticed their beloved co-worker 64-year-old Athena Valentiny had not arrived at work. This absence prompted a wellness check, as was their standard procedure. But it was when two security guards tasked with checking up on Athena noticed her car was still parked in front of her home that they began to worry. To make matters worse, they noticed what appeared to be blood on her window shades. With Athena’s well being put into question, Grover Beach Police were dispatched and, to their horror, they found Athena viciously stabbed to death in her bedroom. As for who was responsible, there was a laundry list of potential suspects. But after some digging, investigators narrowed it down to one person, and with this discovery was a story, and a road trip, almost too far-fetched to be real. Written by Trevor Pason , Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at https://www.invisiblechoir.com/listen/roadtrip Support Our Sponsors: WildGrain: Go to https://wildgrain.com/choir or use code “CHOIR” at checkout to get $30 off the first box, PLUS free Croissants in every box! Rocket Money: Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way by going to https://www.rocketmoney.com/invisible Blueland: Get 15% off your first Blueland order by going to https://www.blueland.com/choir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Reachts.
0:03.0	Reachts.
0:05.0	Invisible choir explores detailed depictions of violence and murder and is not appropriate for all
0:12.0	audiences.
0:13.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:15.0	And I just want to make you clear,
0:17.0	you're welcome to access my phone or to come to my house or anything like that.
0:22.0	I don't, you don't need a warrant.
0:23.5	I can invite you in.
0:25.3	I didn't make that clear on the phone, or if I did, I forgot.
0:28.4	But I just want to kind of help any way I can.
0:32.2	I appreciate that. And that's what I'm looking for. A little bit of help here. Murphy's law is a saying that goes, anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible
0:57.2	time. Not everything works out the way you expect. Sometimes it doesn't work out at all. It's just a fact of life, so much so that there's even a saying about it.
1:08.0	The most we can do is take these deviations in our plans and their resulting consequences and turn them into a learning
1:15.8	experience.
1:17.6	The trials and tribulations of life can help us grow into better people.
1:21.6	I mean, who are we really without our struggles and as
1:25.3	another saying goes when life gives you lemons make lemonade but there are others
1:31.1	who would rather cut corners and risk everything, even when the stakes are high and the potential consequences are far worse than your typical situation.
1:41.0	The people who feel entitled to take from others can even go as far as hurting those they take from simply to get ahead.
1:49.0	It's only when these actions catch up to them and inevitably go wrong that they are left asking themselves
1:55.9	the ultimate question, was it all really worth it? It was November 6th, 2018, and 26 yearyear-old L'Vente-Laslow-Lazar arrived at the Bloomington
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