Residue: A True Crime Podcast

In this episode, we take a closer look at the real story behind the #1 movie on Netflix this week The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story and the disturbing case of Anthony Robinson, known as the “Shopping Cart Killer.”

We discuss Monica White’s experience meeting Robinson through a dating app, the warning signs she encountered, and the investigation that eventually connected Robinson to multiple women.

We will look beyond the movie to separate the dramatized story from what actually happened, and we remember the women at the center of this case.

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Sources:

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-dating-app-killer-the-monica-white-story-release-date-news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t1TapTinZ4

https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/regional-news/virginia-news/daughter-of-alleged-serial-killers-victim-describes-the-most-hurtful-thing/

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unsettling-true-story-dating-app-090200653.html

https://www.dnronline.com/news/public_safety/trial-for-alleged-shopping-cart-killer-moved-to-jan-27/article_67a936d5-77cf-526a-904e-163148ddef35.html

https://1061thecorner.com/news/064460-tonita-nita-smith-charlottesville-woman-found-dead-in-harrisonburg-aunt-of-sage-smith/

https://abcnews.com/US/5th-victim-possibly-linked-shopping-cart-killer-police/story?id=82152736

https://wset.com/news/local/alleged-shopping-cart-serial-killer-dc-anthony-robinson-fairfax-police-virginia-victims-family-speaks-out

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In this special bonus episode, I join my friends Natalie and Paige from The Murder Diaries for a deeper conversation about the life and tragic murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer.

We talk about Rebecca's rise to fame, the obsessive stalking that preceded her murder, and the devastating events of July 1989.

Rebecca's story is heartbreaking, but it is also an important reminder that behind the headlines was a young woman with a promising life and career ahead of her.

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Bonus episode! I was recently invited to be a guest on the hit podcast "Murderish" hosted by Jami Rice. We discussed the new Netflix documentary A Toxic Love Story on the Serial Streamers TV Club segment. This case centers on Michelle Hadley, who was engaged to Ian Diaz, a U.S. Marshal. After their relationship ended, Ian married another woman, Angela. Angela then began receiving increasingly disturbing emails and threats from someone named "Lilithistruth". Suspicion immediately falls on Michelle. But as the investigation unfolds, this story takes a dramatic turn.

Spoiler warning: We discuss the documentary and the major revelations.

Please do not forget to follow Jami Rice on IG, TikTok, and Youtube at @jamionair

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The chilling true story behind the 1993 made-for-TV movie Stalking Laura, also released as I Can Make You Love Me. The film, starring Brooke Shields as Laura Black and Richard Thomas as Richard Farley, dramatizes one of the most disturbing stalking cases of the 1980s.

Laura Black was a young computer engineer who was beginning her career in Silicon Valley. What should have been an exciting new chapter quickly became a nightmare when her coworker, Richard Farley, became obsessed with her. Laura repeatedly rejected his advances, but Farley refused to accept that their relationship was strictly professional. His behavior escalated from unwanted attention and gifts to following Laura, obtaining her personal information, threats, harassment, and increasingly frightening acts of intimidation.

Sources:

Deadly Demands

https://katira.medium.com/the-stalking-case-that-led-to-mass-murder-d15385ac8c49

https://personalitycouch.com/blog/paranoid-perpetrators/

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/survivors-retell-horrors-of-sunnyvale-esl-mass-shooting/

https://www.svvoice.com/ghosts-of-the-past-mass-shooters-victims-get-a-win-after-judge-rules-to-keep-him-on-death-row/

https://theultimaterabbit.com/2021/05/29/stalking-laura-a-better-than-average-made-for-television-movie

https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-farley-32998/

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Before Dream House Nightmare became a thriller, there was the disturbing real-life case of Kathy Rowe. After losing a bidding war for her dream home to newlyweds Jerry Rice and Janice Ruhter, Rowe became obsessed with getting the house back. What began as resentment soon escalated into months of harassment, fake online ads, unwanted deliveries, and terrifying attempts to disrupt the couple’s lives. When investigators finally uncovered Rowe’s involvement, the dream home became the center of a chilling stalking case.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8SnX3H-7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8SnX3H-7s

https://people.com/crime/kathy-rowe-charged-with-terrorizing-couple-speaks-out/

Dr. Phil

https://people.com/crime/kathy-rowe-charged-with-terrorizing-couple-speaks-out/

Dream House Nightmare (2017)

20/20

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