Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Retired Pastor John Bridges has been married 5 times. His first four wives all died, and police are now investigating the deaths of his first two wives, Joyce Bridges and Astrid Bridges, who died 21 years apart. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the cases and how after decades, these two deaths, that were originally ruled "accidental", are now ruled "homicides".
Highlights
00:01.360 Everybody's Got a Story
00:33.800 The Five-Times Married Pastor
02:06.400 The Exhumation Process
04:57.560 Mabel's Mysterious Death in 1972
12:27.400 Astrid's Fatal Fall in 1993
13:35.640 Reopening the Cases After 20 Years
25:12.840 The Role of Water in Forensic Analysis
32:45.840 Investigating Husbands with Multiple Wives
44:25.640 Closing Thoughts and Call for Information
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Authorities in Minneapolis are investigating a baffling series of unexplained deaths after multiple bodies were discovered along local waterways and shorelines within days of each other. In Massachusetts, a multi-agency manhunt is underway for an award-winning first responder advocate sought for questioning following the death of her police officer husband. Meanwhile, a South Florida woman accused of posing as a bank representative to scam an elderly resident allegedly smuggled thousands of dollars in cash inside her body while being processed at jail. Sydney Silvagni reports.
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Are wedding bells are ringing for family annihilator Chris Watts? Lizzie Henderson,
39, is reportedly waiting for approval of her application to marry Watts within the
walls of the Dodge Correctional Institution, but according to family members, she’s
already embodying the role of Watts’ wife. She’s sporting a wedding ring and
initiating the process of changing her last name. Last year, the realtor moved with
her elderly mother from Cleveland to Waupun to be closer to Watts. Other jail visitors claim the couple takes advantage of all 10 seconds they are
allowed to embrace at the end of visits.
Joining Nancy Grace today
Franz Borghardt - Criminal Defense Attorney, Founder of Borghardt Law Firm, Former Prosecutor, website: www.borghardtlawfirm.com, Insta/FB: BorghardtLawFirm
Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter - Clinical Psychologist specializing in psychological evaluations and risk assessments for individuals involved in the criminal justice system, Author of “Mainlining Philly: Survival, Hope and Resisting Drug Addition,” and “Aftershock: How Past Event Shake Up Your Life Today”, and Producer of “Utter Nonsense,” a documentary of exploration of addition and severe mental illness, available to stream on Apple TV and Prime Video, website: drgerilynnutter.com, Instagram & Facebook: DrGeriLynnUtter
Cheryln Cadle - Author of "The Murders of Christopher Watts” and “The Many Faces of Christopher Watts: A 5-year Update”, website: www.cherylncadle.com,
Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue”, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Ruth Bashinsky - Investigative and Crime Reporter Daily Mail
Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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It's been 73 days since Brooke Hanlon was found murdered in the master bedroom of her home. No suspect has been named, nor has an arrest been made.
Brooke, a 35-year-old psychotherapist and mother, found stabbed to death inside her New Jersey home. Her death has been ruled a homicide, caused by multiple sharp force injuries
Husband James 'Conor' Hanlon calls 911 around 4:30 PM after finding his wife bloddied and unconscious on the second floor of the home. He described a major laceration to her chest area to the operator saying "there's blood everywhere". No suspects have been publicly named.
TIPLINE: Chester Police at 908-879-5100Crimestoppers at 973-267-2255. $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest

Joining Nancy Grace:
Mark Astor - Criminal Defense Attorney at Astor Simovitch Law, Host: 'The Journey by Mark Astor,' Website: mentalhealthaddictionlawfirm.com
Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," featured on "Paris in Love" on Peacock and "The Valley, Persian Style" on Bravo. Host: "On The Couch with Dr. Bethany Marshall" Website: drbethanymarshall.com, Instagram FB & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter:@DrBethanyLive
Carl DeFazio - PI at 'Carl DeFazio Private Investigations' in New Jersey, Author: "Let Me Handle This: A Private Investigator's Story"
Lisa J. Miller - Former Detective, Former Chief Investigator, Senior Executive Colorado AGs Office. X: @LisaJMillerCO
Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue”, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Vanessa Walsh - Host of the podcast, Unmasked True Crime. Facebook and YouTube: UnmaskedTrueCrime, X: CrimeUnmasked
Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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Philadelphia police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect accused of wearing a horror mask and terrorizing Center City pedestrians. In South Florida, a mother faces severe felony charges after allegedly setting a kitchen fire and pouring hot candle wax on her young daughters. Meanwhile, California cold case investigators have utilized forensic genetic genealogy to identify the fifty-year-old desert remains of a teenager missing since 1973. Sydney Silvagni reports.
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