Join me as we unravel the sinister web woven by polygamist preacher Sean Goff, who shocked the world when he was accused of killing his wife, Joy Risker. Together, we’ll piece together the events leading up to Joy’s tragic demise and explore the tangled relationships and hidden secrets that drove Sean to commit such a heinous act.
True Stories of Pastors and Ministers Turned Murderers
Join me, Julie Mattson, your guide into the darkest corners of true crime on Pushing Up Lilies. In this spine-chilling episode, we unravel the unholy stories of reverends and ministers who, behind the sacred facade, commit unthinkable acts — killing their spouses and attempting to shroud their sins in a cloak of deception.
The Valentine’s Day Murder of Denise Leuthold
This week we conclude our Valentine’s Day Murders with a story about Nathan Leuthold, a 39 year old former Baptist Missionary, who shot his wife Denise Leuthold in the head on Valentine’s Day 2013, to make room for his lover, a 20-year-old Lithuanian woman the couple sponsored to study in the United States.
From Love to Murder: The Valentine’s Day Hamilton Homicide
Today we head to Oklahoma City to investigate the murder of Susan Hamilton, which took place on Valentine’s Day in 2001. Susan Hamilton had a seemingly perfect life in her beautiful home in Oklahoma City, until her husband John Hamilton called 911 to report that he’d found his wife dead on the bathroom floor, strangled with two ties and her head bashed in.
Curtis Lovelace’s Retrial for Wife’s Alleged Valentine’s Day Suffocation
Episode 27: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I’m your host Julie Mattson. Today, I thought I’d ring in February by talking a little bit about deaths that occurred on Valentine’s day. First, let’s start off with the history of Valentine’s day, how it originated. And then let’s look into the interesting story of Curtis Lovelace, […]
MLB Star Martin Bergen, Killed His Wife and Children With an Axe
Today on our series ‘Men Who Kill Their Wives’, we are going to go way back to the year 1900, when a horrific murder-suicide took place by a professional baseball player.
On January 19th, Marty Bergen, characterized as the best catcher in baseball history, killed his wife Harriet and his two children, three year old Joseph and six year old Florence, with an axe. After killing his family, Marty then used a straight razor to forcefully cut his own throat.