April 12, 2022
Episode 238: The Ties That Bind: The Crimes of Shelly Knotek - Part 1
Shelly Knotek has been called “America’s Most Evil Mom”. She abused, tortured, and humiliated her children and partners, but her control and abuse went beyond her own family members. One-by-one people she took into her home as boarders also found themselves trapped and unable to escape her abuse.
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Resources:
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - Gregg Olsen
https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knotek-michelle.htm
https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/876416/shelly-knotek-abuse-daughters-serial-killer/
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-knotek
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Couple Held in Woman’s 1994 Disappearance
https://apnews.com/article/1ba1a2ceca7d8bbbc82506c3b1b488b5
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