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 Join podcast co-hosts, Paige and Angela, as we dive into our obsession with true crime, history, and mysterious stories. We’ll explore the intricate details of the corrupt, the cruel, and the calculating.

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  • E64: Tiffany Valiante

    E64: Tiffany Valiante
    Mar 3 2026
    On July 12, 2015, Tiffany Valiante was killed by a New Jersey Transit train. Authorities ruled her death a suicide but unanswered questions have led to many to wonder if it was actually a homicide. Report a tip: https://damatolawfirm.com/report-a-crime/ Become part of the Corrupt Crew! Head over to our Patreon for exclusive content, or back us with a one-time PayPal boost! patreon.com/CorruptPodcast https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ABXKFYMSYLY5Y Don't miss out on new Corrupt content! Follow us at: Website: https://corruptpod.podbean.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corrupt.podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568193395303 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@corrupt.podcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CorruptPod Send case suggestions and feedback to: corruptpod@gmail.com Sources for this episode: Brann, Jessica. “A Forensic Failure – Pentucket Profile.” Pentucket Profile, https://pentucketnews.com/13308/news/a-forensic-failure/. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.“Gallery: Tiffany Valiante.” Press of Atlantic City, https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/gallery-tiffany-valiante-remembrance-ceremony-july-12-2021/collection_564207de-e423-11eb-8adf-4f116c44aadd.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawO0XrxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFMRjgzRlFTNlpOS0JJQTRyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.Gallery: Tiffany Valiante pressofatlanticcity.comGrey, Orrin. “Everything We Know About the Mysterious and Tragic Death of Tiffany Valiante.” The Lineup, 20 Oct. 2022, https://the-line-up.com/tiffany-valiente.Gurley, Alex. “What Happened to Tiffany Valiante? Inside Her Unsolved 2015 Death.” People.Com, PEOPLE, 12 July 2025, https://people.com/what-happened-to-tiffany-valiante-8690877#:~:text=Shortly%20after%20Tiffany%20vanished%2C%20family,and%20underwear%20at%20the%20time.“Medical Examiners - External Exam, from ACSPO via OPRA Request - Tiffany Valiante | DocumentCloud.” Home | DocumentCloud, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22067408-medical-examiners-external-exam-from-acspo-via-opra-request-tiffany-valiante/. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.“Mishandling Evidence in Tiffany Valiante Suspicious Death Case.” D’Amato Law Firm, https://www.facebook.com/damatolawfirm/, https://damatolawfirm.com/in-the-news/mishandling-key-evidence-in-2015-tiffany-valiante-suspicious-death-case/. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.Morrison, Matt, and Tom Russell. “Everything Unsolved Mysteries Leaves Out About Tiffany Valiante’s Death.” ScreenRant, Screen Rant, 18 Oct. 2022, https://screenrant.com/unsolved-mysteries-tiffany-valiante-true-story-details-missing/.“Obituary Information for Tiffany Valiante.” Boakes Funeral Home, Inc. | Mays Landing, NJ, https://www.boakesfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Tiffany-Valiante?obId=11264320. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.“Paul D’Amato Files Suit Alleging Tiffany Valiante Was Murdered in a Hate Crime.” D’Amato Law Firm, https://www.facebook.com/damatolawfirm/, https://damatolawfirm.com/in-the-news/paul-damato-files-suit-tiffany-valiante-murdered-hate-crime/. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.“Petition to Reopen Valiante Investigation Promoted by FBI Agent.” D’Amato Law Firm, https://www.facebook.com/damatolawfirm/, https://damatolawfirm.com/in-the-news/petition-promoted-retired-fbi-agent/. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.“Petition Update · Retired FBI Agent to NJT Board: ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ Test Met to Reopen Case · Change.Org · Change.Org.” Change.Org, https://www.change.org/p/justice-delayed-reopen-2015-tiffany-valiante-suspicious-death-investigation/u/31296524. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.Richter, Emma. “Teen’s Mysterious Death Takes Disturbing Twist as Axe with ‘red Marks’ Goes Missing from Scene and Sick Texts Emerge.” Daily Mail, 6 Aug. 2025, https://damatolawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/DAILY-MAIL-STORY_WHO-KILLED-TIFF_2-AUG.-2025_.pdf.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14915127/netflix-unsolved-mysteries-cause-teen-suicide-new-jersey-tiffany-valiante.html?ico=authors_pagination_desktopRohrlich, Justin. “Was High School Grad Being Chased Before Grisly Train Death?” Daily Beast, 17 July 2022, https://damatolawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/Daily-Beast-Valiante-cropped.pdf#:~:text=The%20friend%2C%20who%20did%20not%20respond%20to,by%20receipts%20later%20found%20in%20Tiffany’s%20room.Rule, Kelly. “Tiffany Valiante Parents, Attorney Continue to Fight for Answers 10 Years after Death Ruled a Suicide | FOX 29 Philadelphia.” FOX 29 Philadelphia, FOX 29 Philadelphia, 21 Nov. 2025, https://www.fox29.com/news/tiffany-valiante-parents-attorney-continue-fight-answers-10-years-after-death-ruled-suicide.“Six Flags Great Adventure - The World’s Ultimate Thrill Park | Six Flags Great Adventure.” Six Flags: Theme Parks, Roller Coasters & Family Fun Near You | Six Flags, https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.“Tiffany Valiante Eighth Anniversary of Teen’s Mysterious Death.” D’Amato Law Firm, https:...
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  • E63: Stella Nickell Part 2

    E63: Stella Nickell Part 2
    Feb 18 2026
    On June 5, 1986, Stella Nickell called authorities to report her fifty-two year-old husband, Bruce Nickell, was having a seizure. Bruce died later that evening at the Seattle Harborview Medical Center. Six days later, Sue Snow took two Excedrin capsules and died shortly afterward. The incidents threw the country into a panic, with concerns of Seattle dealing with a copycat of the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders Become part of the Corrupt Crew! Head over to our Patreon for exclusive content, or back us with a one-time PayPal boost! patreon.com/CorruptPodcast https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ABXKFYMSYLY5Y Don't miss out on new Corrupt content! Follow us at: Website: https://corruptpod.podbean.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corrupt.podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568193395303 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@corrupt.podcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CorruptPod Send case suggestions and feedback to: corruptpod@gmail.com Sources for this episode: 48 Hours Season 14 Episode 30 Bitter Pill: A Wife on Trial. 2001. Bitter Pill: A Wife on TrialAlina. “Are Almonds Poisonous? Different Varieties Explained.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 3 July 2020, https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/are-almonds-poisonous#varieties.“Bitter Almonds : The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders : Olsen, Gregg : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.” Internet Archive, New York, NY : St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 2006, https://archive.org/details/bitteralmondstru00olse/page/n4/mode/1up.“Bitter Pill Pt. II: Retracing The Case - CBS News.” CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Today’s Latest Headlines, https://www.facebook.com/48hours/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitter-pill-pt-ii-retracing-the-case/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“---.” CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Today’s Latest Headlines, https://www.facebook.com/48hours/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitter-pill-pt-ii-retracing-the-case/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“Bruce Edward Nickell (1934-1986) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6949709/bruce_edward-nickell. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“Cyanide | Chemical Emergencies | CDC.” Chemical Emergencies, https://www.cdc.gov/chemical-emergencies/chemical-fact-sheets/cyanide.html. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.DiCostanzo, Cara. “American Mother - Mystery and Suspense Magazine.” Mystery and Suspense Magazine, https://www.facebook.com/mysteryandsuspensemagazine, 26 Oct. 2022, https://www.mysteryandsuspense.com/american-mother/.“Excedrin Extra Strength Pain Reliever Caplets.” Giant Food, https://giantfood.com/groceries/health-beauty/pain-fever/headache-migraine-pain-relief/excedrin-extra-strength-pain-reliever-caplets-24-ct-pkg.html#:~:text=Ingredients,*Nonsteroidal%20Anti%2Dinflammatory%20Drug. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“FCI Waseca.” BOP: Federal Bureau of Prisons Web Site, https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/was/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.Forensic Files: Something Fishy Season 2 Episode 11. 1997.Ganger, Brigitte. “Remembering the Victims of the Chicago Tylenol Murders.” Beyond the Dash, 29 Sept. 2021, https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360.HISTORY.com Editors. “Woman Convicted of Killing Two in Excedrin Tampering | May 9, 1988 | HISTORY.” HISTORY, 13 Nov. 2009, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-9/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrin.---. “Woman Convicted of Killing Two in Excedrin Tampering | May 9, 1988 | HISTORY.” HISTORY, 13 Nov. 2009, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-9/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrin.Olsen, Gregg. American Mother. 2022.“Poisoned Painkiller Panic: The Snow-Nickell Cyanide Murders - HistoryLink.Org.” The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History - HistoryLink.Org, https://www.historylink.org/File/5643. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.Press, From Associated. “O.C. Woman Gets Big Reward in Mom’s Conviction - Los Angeles Times.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1990, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-06-mn-1630-story.html.“Tampering Indictment Issues.” Eugene Register-Guard, 10 Dec. 1987. The Associated Press, Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon.Times, Mike Carter The Seattle. “Judge Won’t Release WA Woman Serving 90 Years for Planting Poisoned Pills | Northwest | Yakimaherald.Com.” Yakima Herald-Republic, https://www.facebook.com/yakimaheraldrepublic, 3 June 2022, https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwest/judge-won-t-release-wa-woman-serving-90-years-for-planting-poisoned-pills/article_7a6f2d28-e35d-11ec-b95b-d7e79f020895.html. #seattle #washington #brucenickell #suesnow
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    47 mins
  • E62: Stella Nickell Part 1

    E62: Stella Nickell Part 1
    Feb 17 2026
    On June 5, 1986, Stella Nickell called authorities to report her fifty-two year-old husband, Bruce Nickell, was having a seizure. Bruce died later that evening at the Seattle Harborview Medical Center. Six days later, Sue Snow took two Excedrin capsules and died shortly afterward. The incidents threw the country into a panic, with concerns of Seattle dealing with a copycat of the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders Become part of the Corrupt Crew! Head over to our Patreon for exclusive content, or back us with a one-time PayPal boost! patreon.com/CorruptPodcast https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ABXKFYMSYLY5Y Don't miss out on new Corrupt content! Follow us at: Website: https://corruptpod.podbean.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corrupt.podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568193395303 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@corrupt.podcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CorruptPod Send case suggestions and feedback to: corruptpod@gmail.com Sources for this episode: 48 Hours Season 14 Episode 30 Bitter Pill: A Wife on Trial. 2001. Bitter Pill: A Wife on TrialAlina. “Are Almonds Poisonous? Different Varieties Explained.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 3 July 2020, https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/are-almonds-poisonous#varieties.“Bitter Almonds : The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders : Olsen, Gregg : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.” Internet Archive, New York, NY : St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 2006, https://archive.org/details/bitteralmondstru00olse/page/n4/mode/1up.“Bitter Pill Pt. II: Retracing The Case - CBS News.” CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Today’s Latest Headlines, https://www.facebook.com/48hours/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitter-pill-pt-ii-retracing-the-case/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“---.” CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Today’s Latest Headlines, https://www.facebook.com/48hours/, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitter-pill-pt-ii-retracing-the-case/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“Bruce Edward Nickell (1934-1986) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6949709/bruce_edward-nickell. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“Cyanide | Chemical Emergencies | CDC.” Chemical Emergencies, https://www.cdc.gov/chemical-emergencies/chemical-fact-sheets/cyanide.html. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.DiCostanzo, Cara. “American Mother - Mystery and Suspense Magazine.” Mystery and Suspense Magazine, https://www.facebook.com/mysteryandsuspensemagazine, 26 Oct. 2022, https://www.mysteryandsuspense.com/american-mother/.“Excedrin Extra Strength Pain Reliever Caplets.” Giant Food, https://giantfood.com/groceries/health-beauty/pain-fever/headache-migraine-pain-relief/excedrin-extra-strength-pain-reliever-caplets-24-ct-pkg.html#:~:text=Ingredients,*Nonsteroidal%20Anti%2Dinflammatory%20Drug. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.“FCI Waseca.” BOP: Federal Bureau of Prisons Web Site, https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/was/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.Forensic Files: Something Fishy Season 2 Episode 11. 1997.Ganger, Brigitte. “Remembering the Victims of the Chicago Tylenol Murders.” Beyond the Dash, 29 Sept. 2021, https://beyondthedash.com/blog/remembering/remembering-the-victims-chicago-tylenol-murders/7360.HISTORY.com Editors. “Woman Convicted of Killing Two in Excedrin Tampering | May 9, 1988 | HISTORY.” HISTORY, 13 Nov. 2009, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-9/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrin.---. “Woman Convicted of Killing Two in Excedrin Tampering | May 9, 1988 | HISTORY.” HISTORY, 13 Nov. 2009, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-9/woman-convicted-for-tampering-with-excedrin.Olsen, Gregg. American Mother. 2022.“Poisoned Painkiller Panic: The Snow-Nickell Cyanide Murders - HistoryLink.Org.” The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History - HistoryLink.Org, https://www.historylink.org/File/5643. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.Press, From Associated. “O.C. Woman Gets Big Reward in Mom’s Conviction - Los Angeles Times.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1990, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-06-mn-1630-story.html.“Tampering Indictment Issues.” Eugene Register-Guard, 10 Dec. 1987. The Associated Press, Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon.Times, Mike Carter The Seattle. “Judge Won’t Release WA Woman Serving 90 Years for Planting Poisoned Pills | Northwest | Yakimaherald.Com.” Yakima Herald-Republic, https://www.facebook.com/yakimaheraldrepublic, 3 June 2022, https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwest/judge-won-t-release-wa-woman-serving-90-years-for-planting-poisoned-pills/article_7a6f2d28-e35d-11ec-b95b-d7e79f020895.html. #seattle #washington #brucenickell #suesnow
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