Socialite Crime Club

24/07/2024

🚨 New Episode! Ep. 39: Girl In A Box 🚨

In August 2016, Kala Brown and her boyfriend, Charlie Carver, went missing in Upstate South Carolina. Both Brown and Carver’s families insisted this was out of character for them, while they begged anyone with information to come forward.

Little did they know that Charlie was dead and Kala was being kept alive in a shipping container by Todd Kohlhepp on his farmland, being brutally assaulted and kept alive for his sick pleasure.

Cell phone tracking and savvy investigators saved Kala Brown and cornered Todd only to have their minds blown by the confessions he would reveal during interrogation…

10/07/2024

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 Episode 37: Poached! Counterfeit Caviar
Sturgeon caviar can fetch a pretty penny on the blackmarket. Just 1 pound can go for 100 to 150 dollars. Sy Ray was called in to investigate a potential poaching criminal enterprise involving the black delicacy and somehow all fingers pointed to the notorious Russian mafia. The problem was that the Russian mafia was everywhere.

Episode 37 is another “Poached!” episode where we cover crimes involving wildlife, game, and fish and the efforts taken to catch criminals red herring… uh, sorry, red handed.

Watch now!
https://youtu.be/zsc_jsZqWK0

03/07/2024

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 Episode 36: A Kinky Killing

Graham Dwyer, an architect living in Dublin Ireland, convinced Elaine O’Hara to allow him to end her life in 2012. The pair, deeply engaged in a complicated B**M relationship, concealed their affair from Dwyer’s wife with burner phones and secret meetings. Dwyer manipulated and took advantage of O’Hara and her history of mental instability into giving into his sick murderous desires even when she wanted to end their relationship.

Many believed her death to be a su***de until a drought in September 2013 revealed a duffle bag filled with her belongings at the bottom of the County Wicklow Roundwood Reservoir. Then skeletal remains were found in the nearby woodland area by an unsuspecting dog trainer.

As the grim details began to connect, evidence pointed back to Graham Dwyer in one of the most notorious murder cases in Ireland’s recent history.

Watch now!
https://youtu.be/5tre6ikJQYU

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26/06/2024

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 Ep. 35 Government M**h
What do shattered beakers, scorched blades of grass, and red phosphorus have in common? Separately? Nothing. But together? Well, you’ve probably got a m**h lab on your hands.

In 2016, Sy Ray was assigned to a DEA task force where these clues lead him and his team to the front doorstep of harebrained Texan Ricky Lynn Harris. Ricky Lynn was busy buying heavily discounted government and military surplus supplies from the DRMO to bulk out one of the biggest drug operations in US history at the time.

But what Sy Ray and crew discovered 6 years after this landmark bust will not only shock you but fuel conspiracies for years to come…

Watch the full episode now!

https://youtu.be/pVNBM-UOcGA

12/06/2024

Ep. 33 X Marks The Spot

In 2017, Sandra Pagniano of Prescott, Arizona would breath her final breaths covered in 6 feet of dirt, courtesy of her husband David Pagniano.

David claimed she abandoned him and their children in the wee hours of the night, even leaving a hand written note saying farewell. Close friends filed a missing person’s report. The small town was distraught.

The investigation that followed would not only prove that the letter was written by David, but that he painstakingly planned her murder for weeks and the only way to prove his guilt was the timing data linked to his cell phone…

Watch the full episode now!
https://youtu.be/-hlJpkkA-Jg

05/06/2024

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 Ep. 32 Powering Down

Steve DeMocker and Carol Kennedy were happily married in 1982 and together grew their family with the addition of two daughters in the sleepy town of Prescott, Arizona. But after as many as 17 affairs, Carol had had enough of Steve cheating on her and the couple began an explosive divorce ending their marriage officially in 2008. She was finally free of this charming womanizer and could now establish life on her own terms.

That is, until she she was brutally murdered on the night of July 2nd 2008.

Steve DeMocker’s search history revealed he searched “payment of life insurance benefits in the case of a homicide," "tips from a hitman on how to kill someone," and "how to make a homicide appear su***de”.

The case unfolded in ways no one could have ever predicted including a mistrial, a supreme lack of DeMocker’s DNA at the scene of the crime, and a 2nd suspect living right in Carol’s backyard…

Watch the full episode now!
https://youtu.be/rH8xFyitjN4

30/05/2024

Socialite Crime Club is at Crime Con at the Ga***rd Opryland in Nashville!
Come by and say hello, take a picture, and talk crime with Sy Ray and Keri Ray.

Check out crimecon.com for more information!

08/05/2024

The truth will set you free…

On May 26th 2003, a 48 year old woman was s*xually assaulted in the quiet suburb of Gilbert, Arizona.

Police began questioning their main suspect, 20 year old John Kenneth Watkins, implicating him with fingerprints they claimed were discovered at the scene, and with a failed voice stress test they claimed identified him as well.

The coerced confession they got from Watkins after 4 hours of interrogation would ultimately lead to his exoneration after spending 14 years in prison with help from the Arizona Justice Project.

But what happened next would put into question police interrogation tactics, the justice system, and the sick truth John Watkins was hiding all along…
Watch on YouTube now!

19/04/2024

Sy Ray and Keri Ray reveal the confusing details that landed an Arizona school in the middle of the conspiracy of a lifetime...

10/04/2024

Bear poaching is still very much a thing in Florida despite it being illegal. Poaching these beasts involves intense animal maltreatment of both the bears AND the dogs that are trained to hunt them.

Florida Fish & Wildlife wanted to figure out how this was happening and what criminal underground group was responsible… so they set up hidden cameras and dug up cell phone records.

What they wound up finding will disturb you to your core…

08/04/2024

No matter how much Keri protests, she is taking the reigns of this show and being the star we know she truly is.

Welcome to Kickin’ It With Keri, Volume 1! We’ll call this case: “The Great Ice Cream Caper.”

Keri was a young cop patrolling sunny Gilbert, Arizona, when she witnessed a strange man run a red light. After pulling him over, she found the man holding a McDonald’s ice cream cone melting all over his hands, which she suggested he lick off if only to save her from handling a sticky driver’s license.

She let him go with a warning. He contacted the police department about the interaction, but it wasn’t a complaint about her policing. It was som**hing much more surprising…

04/04/2024

15 year old Annie Kasprzak just found her forever foster home when everything fell apart.

In 2012, she was beaten to death by her then boyfriend, Darwin Bagshaw, after revealing her pregnancy to him. The only issue was that Annie wasn’t actually pregnant… but Darwin didn’t know that and flew into a blind rage.

Believing he had just murdered his girlfriend and unborn child, the teen tossed the bodies into the Jordan River and eluded law enforcement for years.

The scandal would rock the small town of Riverton, Utah as an inexperienced police force stumbled through a series of unfortunate events hoping to solve the murder.

27/03/2024

Ep 22: Mother Huntsman
Tami Joy Huntsman will die in prison for torturing and killing two children who were in her care in 2015. She pleaded guilty to the murders of a three-year-old and a six-year-old, who were found wrapped in plastic inside Rubbermaid bins in a storage facility in Redding, CA.

This came two years after a witness called the police to report a badly abused girl in a car outside of an apartment building in Quincy, CA, where Huntsman and her 15-year-old boyfriend, Gonzo Curiel, were staying and most likely doing m**h. They shared this one-bedroom, filthy, roach-ridden apartment with seven other children, all under Huntsman’s care. Curiel was also found guilty of the murders and ongoing abuse of the two children, whose older half-sister survived the situation.

Watch the full episode!
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20/03/2024

After a year of living in Gilbert, AZ, Chris and Sherri Loyd finally met the neighbor living in the house behind theirs. A meeting that would end with that neighbor, Steven Blair, in police handcuffs.

One night, after being woken up to the sound of glass breaking, the Loyds, came face to face with Blair screaming that the Loyds had killed his child. Soon after, Blair set fire to the Loyd family home and barricaded himself in his own house claiming to have a gun.

When SWAT arrived and finally got him out of his house, Blair demanded to be called by a much different name:

Mr. Chicken F****r.

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13/03/2024

Janet Houdek was 60 years old, newly widowed, and living alone with her dog when she was shot twice, ex*****on style, in the back of the head. The killers also shot her dog. No money or belongings were taken, and investigators were stumped.

Police soon learned that a camera had been set up across the street from Janet’s house to monitor her next-door neighbor’s potential drug activity…but it was recently taken down. Historical video revealed the neighbor as a cash stash house run by Chapo Guzman, aka “El Chapo,” the former drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

06/03/2024

Ep 19: Small Town Girl

This young woman survived a s*xual assault and detectives were insistent of charging her for a crime she didn’t commit, despite tons of evidence clearly proving her innocence.

This is the first case covered on Socialite Crime Club that was not worked by Sy and Keri.

Watch now! https://youtu.be/rYc2xnYshTQ?si=cgAjnWk6YbJDRPbt

28/02/2024

Ep 18: Red Box
When 18-year-old Zoe Hastings didn’t respond to calls and texts in October 2015, her parents knew som**hing was up. After tracking her phone, they were led to White Rock Creek Trail… where police were already on the scene putting up crime scene tape.

Hastings was kidnapped while returning a Redbox rental by Antonio Cochran (36), who drove her mini-van to that very creek where he assaulted and murdered her.

Watch now!
https://youtu.be/UIIsa80l93Q

21/02/2024

In February 2020, the body of a 27-year-old Mennonite Sunday school teacher from Farmington, NM, was found 400 miles away next to a camper outside of Arizona.

Her murderer was Mark Gooch, a seemingly normal Air Force mechanic with no actual personal connection to her. He was raised in the Mennonite church and harbored extreme resentment toward the community…enough resentment, apparently, to abduct and murder one of that faith’s young teachers.

Gooch stalked the Farmington Mennonite community that Krause was a part of before abducting her in January 2020.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!

20/02/2024

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14/02/2024

If a friend asks you to borrow a 55-gallon barrel, they might be a murderer—just FYI.

Episode 16 dives into the tumultuous, on-again, off-again relationship of Cody Wayne Johnston and Nicole Waller…a relationship that resulted in her death.

In 2015, Johnston was charged with homicide and tampering with evidence in the death of Waller, after her car was found on the side of a highway. Their affair includes a barrel that Waller’s body may or may not be inside somewhere in Montana, a fake pregnancy, and, of course, two very alive guinea pigs.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/Z0EzHCzUYZE

07/02/2024

Episode 15 uncovers the murderous plot of a seductress lurking adult dating websites. The woman targeted and attempted to murder married men stepping outside their marriages… by stabbing them while in bed under her spell.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/X2h4Q6D8Ne8

31/01/2024

Episode 14 unravels the story of an officer involved shooting by Officer B. Smalls in a Walmart parking lot. During the investigation, an external review board determined the officer was justified because he was in fear for his life, however, ethical and procedural concerns created a real disaster for the department.

This case uses fake names and locations to protect those involved. In other words, you won’t be able to look this one up, socialites.

Sy and Keri don’t want to get sued… again.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/EGb7QxD8cI4?si=DbsR93UiYvu9fRV1

24/01/2024

Episode 13: The Real Miami Vice
A burned body, a millionaire on the run, and a prosecutor hot in pursuit.

Episode 13 unravels the homicide of Camilo Salazar by Manuel Marin, El Presidente Supermarket tycoon. In 2011, Marin hired a bumbling crew of UFC fighters to kill his cheating wife’s lover in a murder plot straight from the pages of a Hollywood script. This is part 2 of our two part series on this case.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtube.com/?si=07ZykTIBCUaDnKKc

17/01/2024

Episode 12: The Real Miami Vice

Episode 12 reveals the fate of Manuel Marin, El Presidente Supermarket tycoon, who fled the country after orchestrating the murder of his wife’s lover, Camilo Salazar. In 2011, Marin hired a rag tag crew of Latin King gangsters and UFC MMA fighters to carry out the murder for hire in a plot straight from the pages of a Hollywood script.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/cGu6mlMJoIg

27/12/2023

Episode 9 follows the twisted love triangle between Chacey Poynter, her husband, Robert, and her secret boyfriend, Michael Garza. Robert Poynter, a veteran firefighter, met his untimely demise coming to the aid of his sinister scheming wife on a cold dark night in Royse City, Texas.

This episode is a public service announcement for all good men in the world. Trust your instincts when taco time doesn’t feel like the right time. It could save your life.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/6-qRLFSjKSw

20/12/2023

Episode 8: POACHED! Elkicide
Keri: “Did we just get caught?

Sy: “Just stand up and put your hands in the air, babe.”

Humans aren’t the only victims of crime. This episode of POACHED! begins our first series of crimes against animals, the entities that investigate them, what prosecution looks like, and where the law gets blurry.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/mpjYymIZDzA

19/12/2023

🎉🎙️ A Thousand Thanks for a Thousand Subscribers! 🎙️🎉

Thank you for joining us on this journey! We're excited to continue bringing you gripping stories. Here's to our incredible community of socialites and crime enthusiasts! 🎙️🕵️‍♀️

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13/12/2023

Episode 6: Date Night
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…

Episode 7 follows the tragic story of Jackie Hartman who fell head over heels for Jonathan Burns and paid the ultimate price on their very first date. This was high profile case in the state of Arizona with Sy Ray lending his cell phone tracking expertise to the case which helped investigators find the victim’s body by location mapping missed phone calls to the suspect’s phone.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!

https://youtu.be/jc5GWj4Jzvk

06/12/2023

Episode 6: Date Night
“I was a nice guy, and just like any other dude, I had my vices. Beautiful women. Random hookups. The thrill of s*x with a stranger. It was an adrenaline rush… right up until someone put a gun to the back of my head.”

In Episode 6, we uncover the violent capers of Syjesman Brown and Imani Williams: a pair of murderous tricksters who conned men into giving them everything they wanted, including their lives.

Watch the episode now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/DtxmIEdsH18

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23/11/2023

Need a conversation starter at Thanksgiving dinner? Casually bring up the latest episode of Socialite Crime Club. The grisly details of a sociopathic lover’s hammer murder should really bring the family together. 🥧 🔪