In this episode, Payton unpacks the chilling story of Yesenia Sesmas — a woman whose devastating miscarriage sets her on a dark and deadly path.
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Case Sources:
WBAL TV 11 – https://www.wbaltv.com/article/woman-faked-pregnancy-after-miscarriage-then-murdered-friend-and-stole-newborn/21161627
AP News - https://apnews.com/general-news-7b538639c733426bac4cdced47c8977d
ABC 13 - https://abc13.com/yesenia-sesmas-laura-abarca-nogueda-daughter-agreement/3139020/
First Alert 6 - https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Texas-woman-guilty-in-Kansas-womans-death-stealing-baby-484646641.html
The Seattle Times - https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/woman-competent-for-trial-in-wichita-killing-kidnapped-baby/
Time - https://time.com/4579733/kidnap-baby-sophia-wichita/
People - https://people.com/crime/texas-woman-killed-friend-took-baby-more-charges/
WDRB - https://www.wdrb.com/news/police-texas-baby-reunited-with-family-after-kidnapping/article_470d8918-a39d-59d8-964b-4c8ca0d71a15.html
Kansas Judicial Branch - https://kscourts.gov/Cases-Decisions/Decisions/Published/State-v-Sesmas
The Wichita Eagle - https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article117969778.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/666774515/?match=1&terms=%22Yesenia%20Sesmas%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/666774515/?match=1&terms=%22Yesenia%20Sesmas%22
Kearney Hub - https://www.newspapers.com/image/983535571/?match=1&terms=%22Yesenia%20Sesmas%22
St. Joseph News Press - https://www.newspapers.com/image/799573040/?match=1&terms=%22Yesenia%20Sesmas%22
Law & Crime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8D0q9d9Ufo&list=PLoW1SIeAWaWagZEnl0_zlFBCsCpSaoelA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGD9Ifx7cwQ&list=PLoW1SIeAWaWagZEnl0_zlFBCsCpSaoelA&index=2
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35:30
120. The Missing Vatican Girl - Emanuela Orlandi
In this episode, Payton explores the mysterious disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a vibrant teenager living within the walls of Vatican City. After she vanishes without a trace one evening, her family turns to the police—only to uncover whispers that the Vatican itself might be hiding something.
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Case Sources:
Vatican Girl – documentary series
Catholic News Agency - https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260765/vatican-confirms-existence-of-secret-file-on-vatican-girl-emanuela-orlandi
CNN - https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/15/europe/italy-vatican-girl-case-intl-cmd/index.html
The Catholic Herald - https://thecatholicherald.com/emanuela-orlandi-to-be-back-in-the-spotlight-in-2024/
The Washington Post - https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-15-year-old-vatican-girl-vanished-the-mystery-still-haunts-italy?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Encyclopedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/place/Vatican-City
Hersch Secure - https://www.hirschsecure.com/resources/blog/the-worlds-most-secure-buildings-the-vatican-secret-archives
New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/world/europe/emanuela-orlandi-vatican-vatileaks.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/world/europe/pope-vatican-girl.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/world/europe/vatican-bones-emanuela-orlandi.html
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34:35
119. Killer Deputies? Or Warranted Shooting? - The Murder of Valerie Ely
In this episode, Payton explores the chilling murder of Valerie Ely. When police arrive at the home of Tarzan actor Ron Ely, they uncover a scene far more disturbing than they ever expected.
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Case Sources:
People – https://people.com/crime/valerie-ely-stabbed-by-son-in-front-of-tarzan-star-ron-ely/
Office of the District Attorney County of Santa Barbara - https://da.countyofsb.org/documents/Elyfinal.pdf
Independent - https://www.independent.com/2020/10/06/dont-believe-your-ears-authorities-say-%E2%80%95-believe-the-deputies/
https://www.independent.com/2020/10/15/a-series-of-lies-%E2%80%95-ely-family-denounces-da-for-clearing-deputies-in-fatal-shooting/
USA Today - https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/10/01/tarzan-actor-ron-ely-sues-sheriffs-over-deaths-wife-and-son/5883318002/
The Sun - https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12743284/tarzan-ron-ely-son-murder-wife/
Metro - https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/24/tarzan-star-ron-elys-tragic-final-years-son-stabbed-wife-valerie-death-21856963/
BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50074653
Edhat Santa Barbara - https://www.edhat.com/news/wife-and-son-killed-in-tarzan-actors-hope-ranch-home/
Entertainment Weekly - https://ew.com/celebrity/2019/10/16/valerie-ely-killed-wife-tarzan-actor-ron-ely/
Noozhawk - https://www.noozhawk.com/deputies_fatal_shooting_actor_ron_elys_son_da_rules_justifiable_homicide/
https://www.noozhawk.com/actor_ron_ely_loses_federal_lawsuit_against_county_over_shooting_death_of_h/
The Mercury News - https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/10/23/tarzan-actors-death-reunites-him-with-wife-son-killed-in-family-tragedy-daughter-says/
Indiana University School of Medicine - https://medicine.iu.edu/expertise/traumatic-brain-injury/what-is-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy#:~:text=Chronic%20Traumatic%20Encephalopathy%2C%20or%20CTE,concussions%20and%20repetitive%20head%20impacts
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38:21
118. The Woman in a Dead Man’s Home
In this episode, Payton unpacks the chilling case of Charles Wilding, a reclusive man ensnared by a deadly con.
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Case Sources:
People – https://people.com/woman-sentenced-scam-dead-mans-home-8611468
LA Times - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-18/fake-will-ghost-guns-a-missing-body-what-happened-to-charles-wilding
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-18/she-sold-his-encino-home-out-from-under-him-for-1-5-million-then-he-killed-himself
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1131309087/?match=1&terms=%22Caroline%20Herrling%22
New York Post - https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/squatter-left-dead-mans-body-in-luxury-la-home-in-elaborate-scheme-to-take-over-property/
ABC 7 - https://abc7.com/caroline-joanne-herrling-carrie-phenix-fake-wills-real-estate-scam/14542948/
LA Magazine - https://lamag.com/crimeinla/squatters-organized-crime-la-grifters-thieves-murderers-take-over-homes
Daily News - https://www.dailynews.com/2023/02/17/west-hills-woman-allegedly-scammed-millions-in-real-estate-assets-from-dead-men/
Law and Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/like-a-cash-register-fraudster-took-over-home-of-man-who-later-mysteriously-died-dismembered-body-and-dumped-parts-in-san-francisco-bay/
State of California Department of Justice - https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/charles-wilding
United States Attorney’s Office - https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/west-hills-woman-who-disposed-one-victims-body-sentenced-20-years-federal-prison
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37:34
117: The Ministry Murder
In this episode, Payton explores the quiet town of Knutby, Sweden—where faith, obsession, and murder collide in a chilling true story.
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Case Sources:
Esquire – https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a36319431/hbo-pray-obey-kill-true-story-helge-fossmo-asa-waldau-sara-svensson-today/
Research Gate - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282224820_The_Life_Story_of_Helge_Fossmo_Former_Pastor_of_Knutby_Filadelfia_as_Told_in_Prison_A_Narrative_Analysis_Approach
News 24 - https://www.news24.com/news24/priests-murder-plot-sickens-20040730
Christianity Today - https://www.christianitytoday.com/2015/04/sweden-pentecostal-church-ministry-knutby-murder/
SBS - https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/chilling-questions-behind-a-religious-murder-that-horrified-sweden-are-exposed-in-pray-obey-kill/o0swia8ko
Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/risasarachan/2021/05/13/pray-obey-kill-chilling-hbo-series-sheds-new-light-on-swedish-murder-case/
Irish Times - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-minister-his-wife-their-nanny-and-a-double-murder-1.1141520
Sveriges Radio - https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/5997747
Omni - https://omni.se/helge-fossmo-slapps-fri-knutbybor-sar-rivs-upp/a/rE3OX0
Bustle - https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/where-is-helge-fossmo-now-still-in-prison
Nettavisen - https://www-nettavisen-no.translate.goog/artikkel/her-er-de-involverte/s/12-95-179878?_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
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A True Crime podcast with a hint of horror and mystery. Join Payton Moreland as she delves into a different case each week, breaking down the facts and pondering on the age old question, “Why do people do what they do?”. Payton also periodically discusses conspiracy theories, hauntings, and all things spooky… so go ahead and walk with her every Wednesday further Into The Dark.