Triggered - The True Crime Podcast

In 1986, nurse Sherri Rasmussen was found beaten and shot in her Van Nuys condo, three months after her wedding. The LAPD called it a burglary gone wrong. Her father, Nels, knew better. He gave detectives a name: Stephanie Lazarus, her husband's ex, who had threatened Sherri and turned up in her living room. Detectives told him he watched too much TV.

The thing is, Stephanie was a cop.

For 23 years, the case sat cold while she climbed the ranks to LAPD detective. Then a forgotten DNA swab, a box left on the floor near a detective's desk, and a Costco cup cracked it wide open. In this episode, we cover the love triangle, the staged crime scene, the jaw-dropping interrogation, her 2023 confession, the parole fight, and the questions about missing files that still haven't been answered.

Sherri did everything right. The one thing she couldn't do was call the police.

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In 1987, five elderly women died at Alpine Manor, a nursing home in Walker, Michigan. Their deaths were ruled natural. No autopsies. No questions. Then, more than a year later, a man walked into a police station and repeated something his ex-wife had told him.

Cathy Wood and Gwendolyn Graham were nurse's aides at Alpine Manor who became lovers in 1986. According to Wood, the killings were a pact: a shared secret meant to bind them together "forever and a day." She claimed they tried to choose victims whose initials would spell out a word. There was no physical evidence. No confession on tape. Just Wood's story, a plea deal, and a trial that ended with Graham serving five life sentences while Wood walked free in 2020.

Now, in 2026, Graham says none of it happened and is asking Michigan's governor for a pardon.

We remember Mae Mason, Edith Cook, Marguerite Chambers, Myrtle Luce and Belle Burkhard.

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In November 2010, three armed men walked through the unlocked front door of a quiet home in Markham, Ontario. Within minutes, Bich Ha Pan was dead and her husband Hann was left for dead in the basement. Their 24-year-old daughter Jennifer was found tied to the upstairs banister, the only witness to what looked like a random home invasion.

But Jennifer had been wearing a mask for years. Behind it were forged report cards, a fake university degree, a secret boyfriend, and a hit man who offered her a discount.

In this episode, we break down the Jennifer Pan case from the night of the attack to the lies that led up to it, and the 2026 plot twist most people still haven't heard about.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of murder, gun violence, and a brief mention of self-harm.

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In August 2010, Jennifer Leigh Stewart was found dead in a Vanier parking lot in Ottawa. She was 36, a Cree woman, a mother, and a sex worker, and she was killed with an axe in a detail police kept out of the public eye for years.

For two and a half years, nothing. Then a young man in segregation at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre told a guard he wanted to confess to a murder. Adrian Daou told police he killed Jennifer to become a billionaire rap superstar. He also confessed to a second killing that fell apart almost immediately. He was symptomatic and on suicide watch at the time. There was no weapon. There was no DNA connecting him to Jennifer. Another man's DNA was found on her body.

He was convicted anyway. Then the Court of Appeal threw it out. Then a second jury convicted him all over again.

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When Netflix released Death of the Pastor’s Wife, millions of people were introduced to the story of Mica Miller, the 30-year-old worship leader whose death in April 2024 sparked questions far beyond the official ruling of suicide.

But Mica’s story started long before that day.

In this episode, we go back to the beginning: Mica’s teenage years at Solid Rock Church, her first marriage, her affair with pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller, and the marriage that followed. We look at what Mica, her family and others later alleged was happening behind closed doors, including claims of coercive control, surveillance, financial control and harassment.

We also dig into some of the pieces Death of the Pastor’s Wife left out, including allegations made by JP’s first wife, Mica’s repeated contacts with law enforcement, the timeline of her attempts to leave the marriage, and the federal cyberstalking case JP now faces.

Mica’s death was officially ruled a suicide, and JP Miller has never been charged with killing her. He has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against him.
This episode is not about inventing a murder mystery. It is about looking at the full timeline of Mica’s life, the warnings she left behind, and what happened before the world knew her name.

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