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The Grim Secrets of a Fractured Family: Violence, Deceit, and the Shadow of Madness

The Grim Secrets of a Fractured Family: Violence, Deceit, and the Shadow of Madness

Released Monday, 29th April 2024
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The Grim Secrets of a Fractured Family: Violence, Deceit, and the Shadow of Madness

The Grim Secrets of a Fractured Family: Violence, Deceit, and the Shadow of Madness

The Grim Secrets of a Fractured Family: Violence, Deceit, and the Shadow of Madness

The Grim Secrets of a Fractured Family: Violence, Deceit, and the Shadow of Madness

Monday, 29th April 2024
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0:20

Well , hello , my little creepies

0:23

. Oh

0:26

, yes , it's that

0:28

time again . We

0:31

talk about UFOs and

0:33

Bigfoot , paranormal

0:35

true crime and

0:38

conspiracy stories and

0:41

all things creepy

0:43

. Yes , this

0:45

is the Creepy Show . You

0:47

can find us online at

0:50

creepyshow and

0:54

I'm your host , the

0:57

Master of Creep .

1:11

Tonight , another true crime brought to you by the

1:13

Master of Creep . Why ? The year was 1984

1:16

, and Timmy's parents

1:18

were in a heated divorce . The

1:29

biggest problem seemed to be concerning around

1:31

Timmy , a special needs child . Timmy

1:37

would probably need adult supervision his entire life and his parents disagreed

1:39

on moving forward with this dilemma . Timmy's

1:41

dad wanted to put him in a unique

1:43

program that would

1:45

allow him to live independently

1:47

, with the help of special

1:50

communities that provided housing

1:53

. Timmy was approaching

1:55

18 years old . His

1:58

father was ready for him to move out

2:00

. He had already spent

2:02

18 years raising Timmy

2:04

and now he wanted a break

2:06

and , on

2:08

the other hand , timmy's mother

2:11

wanted him to stay at home and

2:14

she was prepared to take

2:16

care of him for as long as

2:18

possible . The

2:20

divorce was finalized and

2:23

the dad moved on with his life

2:25

, cutting all ties

2:28

with his son and his

2:30

ex-wife . When

2:32

Timmy turned 18 years old

2:34

, he was 5'11 and he weighed

2:36

about 225

2:39

pounds . He was

2:41

much larger than his mom

2:43

and it was getting harder to

2:45

control Timmy's emotional flare-ups

2:48

. Timmy was

2:50

intellectually about 11

2:52

years old , stuck in

2:54

an adult's body . His

2:57

temper tantrums went from

2:59

being verbal to physical

3:01

. He often would push

3:03

his mom around and

3:06

she started fearing that this

3:08

was going to continue and get

3:10

worse . She thought maybe

3:13

her ex-husband was right

3:15

. She now realized

3:17

that she couldn't control Timmy

3:20

. Reasoning just

3:22

didn't work , so

3:24

she started calling the cops . When

3:26

Timmy would get physical and

3:29

soon Timmy became a regular

3:32

resident at the county jail

3:34

the police would

3:36

come and get Timmy and arrest

3:38

him until he calmed down , at which

3:41

point they would release him . This

3:44

continued for another six years

3:46

, at which point the pushing

3:49

turned into hitting and

3:51

choking . The

3:53

police would arrest Timmy and send

3:55

him into long-term prison for

3:57

up to six months at a time . Now

4:01

, while Timmy was sitting in jail

4:03

, his mother got some needed

4:05

relief , but then Timmy

4:08

would get out and the abuse would start

4:10

up again . By the time

4:12

Timmy turned 30 years old

4:14

, he had spent more than

4:17

four years in jail for attacking

4:19

his mother . She

4:21

was getting older and

4:23

Timmy was getting bigger and

4:25

meaner . While

4:28

in jail , timmy met several

4:30

other bad inmates and started

4:33

observing their crime habits

4:35

. Timmy learned

4:37

he didn't need to ask his mom

4:39

, he could just steal it . The

4:42

other inmates taught Timmy to go into

4:44

stores and hide things in

4:46

his jacket and then walk out without

4:48

paying for them . Timmy

4:52

couldn't drive , but

4:54

he could ride his bike , and

4:56

so he started riding his bike to a bar

4:59

that was close to his home . He

5:02

was happy that he met some of his old

5:04

cell buddies and he started

5:07

spending more time with them . And

5:09

as time went on , timmy

5:12

started doing crimes with his buddies

5:14

. Timmy would

5:16

agree to break in and steal

5:19

jewelry and his so-called

5:21

friends would buy it from

5:23

him for pennies on the dollar

5:26

. For example

5:28

, if Timmy stole a gold

5:30

ring worth $1,500

5:33

, why ? They would give

5:35

him $5 for it , and

5:38

since Timmy was a special needs

5:40

adult , he thought this

5:42

was a great price . He

5:48

didn't sell everything . One of the things that he stole and kept was a Nintendo

5:50

game box , and

5:53

his mother asked where he got the game

5:55

. He would lie and tell her that one of his

5:57

friends let him have it . He

5:59

started collecting lots of things

6:01

and his mother knew that his friends

6:04

were not just giving him that stuff , why

6:07

something else was going on

6:09

. Timmy's

6:11

mom finally got him to tell

6:13

her where he was getting all of his new

6:16

stuff . Of course

6:18

she got furious and started yelling

6:20

at him . Timmy pushed

6:23

her back and she tripped on the carpet

6:25

and fell , hitting her head on

6:27

the corner of a coffee table . Timmy

6:31

called 911 and told

6:33

them that his mother tripped and fell

6:35

. Of course he left

6:37

out the part where he pushed her , and

6:40

the police and ambulance arrived and

6:42

took his mother to the hospital

6:44

. His mother

6:46

suffered significant brain

6:48

damage and went into a coma and

6:51

never recovered . Timmy

6:54

had nowhere to go and

6:56

he couldn't live on his own . The

6:59

police questioned Timmy about the

7:01

accident , but he stuck with his

7:03

story that she accidentally

7:06

tripped and fell on her own . Many

7:09

officers from the department suspected

7:11

that Timmy killed his mother

7:13

, but there just wasn't enough

7:16

evidence to make a formal charge

7:18

. Even

7:20

though Timmy wasn't charged with murdering

7:23

his mom , he had

7:25

no place to live . He

7:28

wasn't mentally stable enough to live on

7:30

his own and the authorities

7:32

were thinking about putting Timmy into

7:34

a mental hospital , probably

7:36

for the rest of his life . In

7:39

retrospect , that would have been the

7:41

best place for him and

7:43

society . However

7:47

, this is not what happened . His grandmother

7:50

stepped up and accepted the responsibility

7:52

of looking after Timmy . Why

7:55

? She had no idea what

7:57

she was getting herself into . She

8:00

had long talks with her daughter

8:02

that's Timmy's mother and

8:04

she knew that Timmy was hard to live

8:07

with , but she didn't know what

8:09

she was getting into and she

8:11

also didn't know that she was letting a killer

8:14

, live with her . She

8:16

was used to living with her seven cats

8:19

, most of whom were

8:21

outdoor kitties , who came

8:23

to the back door to eat every day . However

8:26

, timmy didn't like cats

8:29

, and soon they started disappearing

8:31

, one at a time

8:33

, why this was the first

8:35

sign that his new living

8:37

arrangement would not work out very

8:39

well for his grandmother . No

8:42

one really knew what happened to her cats

8:44

, but she had a feeling

8:46

that Timmy was somehow

8:48

involved , since

8:52

his grandmother lived on the outskirts

8:54

of town . Timmy was more

8:56

isolated , but he

8:59

did have a computer and

9:01

he contacted some of his old friends

9:03

that he had met in jail . His

9:06

so-called friends knew that

9:09

Timmy was a couple of beers short of

9:11

a six-pack , and of course they

9:13

took advantage of his willingness

9:15

to commit crimes and sell the spoils

9:18

for pennies on the dollar , and

9:21

this worked out well for his criminal friends

9:23

. So now they just let

9:25

Timmy take all the risks , breaking

9:28

into homes and businesses , and

9:31

they got the loot for next to nothing

9:33

. They would

9:35

stop by and pick Timmy up at his

9:37

house , and then they would

9:39

tell him which homes and businesses

9:41

they wanted to rob . These

9:44

were the only friends that Timmy had

9:46

, so he was more than eager to

9:48

please them at any cost

9:50

. Timmy

9:52

is introduced to the worst people

9:54

in society worst

9:59

people in society . Timmy's sideline business of

10:01

breaking in and stealing things became more profitable as the days turned

10:03

into weeks , turned into months

10:06

. It seems that one

10:08

of his cellmates introduced Timmy

10:10

to a new friend , someone

10:13

lower than pond scum , an

10:16

absolute degenerate

10:18

. Yes , you may

10:20

have already guessed I'm

10:23

talking about a lawyer

10:25

, michael Branson

10:28

III , an attorney specializing

10:30

in wills and insurance claims

10:32

. Why , he's

10:34

slicker than a pocket full of pudding

10:37

. This lawyer

10:39

would help people write their wills

10:41

and make him the administrator

10:43

, and then he would have

10:45

them killed and take

10:47

their money . Michael

10:49

would spend most of his time figuring

10:52

out ways to legally steal money

10:54

from elderly people who

10:56

had worked hard all of their lives

10:59

. Why , if this guy

11:01

were any more crooked , he'd have

11:03

to move to Washington DC

11:06

. This guy would

11:08

steal his mama's egg money

11:11

. The combination

11:13

of Timmy and Michael meant trouble

11:15

for society . Michael

11:18

quickly determined that if Timmy's

11:20

brains were ink he

11:22

couldn't dot an I . So

11:25

Michael started hiring Timmy to

11:27

do all of his dirty work . First

11:31

it was little things like stealing

11:33

cars and running them into

11:35

telephone poles for the insurance

11:37

money , or maybe setting fires

11:39

to homes . Timmy

11:42

made more than five bucks . Michael

11:44

would pay him $100

11:47

per job and all he had

11:49

to do is keep his mouth shut

11:51

. The

11:53

jobs got bigger and

11:56

more involved and Timmy started

12:00

killing people for money . Michael

12:03

hired Timmy to kill people and

12:06

then get rid of the bodies . He

12:09

taught Timmy how to use barrels

12:11

of battery acid to melt the

12:13

bodies of his victims so

12:15

that there would be no evidence his

12:22

victims , so that there would be no evidence . Michael

12:24

owned a machine shop , a business he legally stole from an elderly man during

12:26

a liability lawsuit . This

12:29

shop had many metal barrels

12:31

in the back ready for more bodies

12:33

, and each time

12:36

Timmy would kill someone , he

12:38

would get rid of the body and he would

12:40

earn a crisp $100

12:43

bill . Things

12:45

started going south when Timmy didn't

12:48

dispose of the bodies the way

12:50

that Michael taught him how to do , but

12:52

instead he started burying

12:54

his victims in his grandmother's backyard

12:57

burying his victims in his grandmother's backyard . After several

12:59

months , timmy's personal

13:02

graveyard had seven unmarked

13:05

graves . His

13:12

grandmother asked him about all the piles of dirt that started occupying a portion of the

13:15

backyard and Timmy said that he was looking for buried treasure

13:17

. Timmy

13:19

said that he was looking for buried treasure

13:22

and his grandmother was satisfied with that answer because she knew

13:24

that Timmy was a few fries short

13:26

of a happy meal , so

13:28

she didn't question him about it anymore

13:31

. She believed that at least he

13:33

was doing something harmless . I'm

13:37

going to tell you about Timmy's last

13:39

criminal job . It

13:42

seems that Timmy was hired to kill

13:44

a young woman who had just inherited

13:47

several million dollars

13:49

because her father had died

13:51

. Her husband decided

13:54

that he would like to get his hands

13:56

on her money , so he called

13:58

Michael to help

14:00

him get a big insurance policy

14:03

for her . Michael

14:05

offered to help , for 35%

14:08

. In fact , he would get the

14:10

woman insured and

14:12

then killed . Michael

14:15

said that he had the perfect person

14:17

for the job . Yes

14:19

, it was another job for Timmy

14:21

. Timmy would kill

14:23

the woman and collect another crisp

14:25

$100 bill . But

14:29

this job is different . Michael

14:31

told Timmy that we needed

14:33

the body for proof that she was

14:35

dead . The insurance

14:38

policy required positive proof

14:40

and they couldn't just dispose

14:42

of the body like they did the rest of the

14:44

deaths . Plus , this

14:47

had to look like an accident , not

14:49

a crime , so

14:56

that the insurance company would pay more . A

15:01

car accident might meet the requirements , but how could we get Timmy

15:03

to cause a car accident ? Timmy doesn't

15:05

drive . Somehow we need to get the

15:07

woman in the same car as Timmy

15:09

and then she needs to have

15:12

a fatal accident . The

15:14

husband asked well , why do we even need

15:16

Timmy ? Why does he need to be involved

15:18

? Michael said in

15:20

case the accident didn't kill her

15:23

, timmy would have to finish the

15:25

job . So the plan

15:27

was hatched and the husband

15:29

hired Timmy to do the simple

15:31

yard work at his home , and

15:34

then he was to ask his wife to

15:37

drive Timmy back home . So

15:40

they rigged up the car's brakes so

15:42

that when she pushed on it hard

15:45

it would fail . They also

15:47

rigged the seat belts to fail

15:49

upon impact . Timmy

15:52

was supposed to sit in the back

15:54

and reach over the seat and grab the

15:56

steering wheel and plow

15:58

into a tree on the side of the road

16:00

. Timmy had a bunch

16:02

of yard tools with him , including a machete

16:05

, so the idea

16:07

was to make it look like the machete flew

16:09

forward , cutting off the

16:11

head of the young woman . So

16:14

the plan was put into play . But

16:17

the accident just barely injured the

16:19

woman and Timmy was supposed

16:22

to chop her head off with a single blow

16:24

from the back of her neck . Timmy

16:27

was told to stay with the

16:29

car and tell the police about

16:31

the accident , because

16:33

having an eyewitness would

16:35

make it easier to collect from the insurance

16:38

company , and

16:40

the police arrived to find the woman unconscious

16:43

and Timmy just slightly injured . Timmy

16:46

told the police that the woman had turned

16:49

around while driving to

16:51

talk to him and she had hit a tree

16:53

. The ambulance took

16:55

both Timmy and the woman to the hospital

16:58

, where the woman was pronounced

17:00

dead upon arrival , the

17:03

coroner reported that the woman died

17:05

from multiple lacerations

17:07

, which isn't unusual

17:09

from a car accident . However

17:12

, the 87 cuts

17:14

matched the machete , which

17:16

made no sense at all . It

17:19

was quickly determined that this was

17:21

not an accident . This

17:24

was a homicide , so

17:27

Timmy was arrested for murder

17:29

. The woman went to

17:31

a funeral home and

17:33

Timmy went to jail . The

17:36

police started investigating Timmy's

17:38

story , which began to collapse

17:40

as soon as he tried

17:42

to explain how the woman got 87

17:45

machete cuts during the accident

17:47

. The police went

17:50

to the grandmother's house where Timmy lived

17:52

and searched his room for evidence

17:54

. They found a shovel

17:56

and piles of dirt in the backyard

17:58

, and that's where they dug

18:00

up seven fresh graves to

18:03

find people who had been missing

18:05

during the past year . Timmy's

18:08

secret was now coming

18:11

to light . The FBI

18:13

was called in to help and

18:16

they found all the

18:18

evidence they needed to put

18:20

Timmy away forever . Yes

18:23

, the FBI was on the case . The

18:26

organization that used to

18:28

investigate riddle crimes before

18:30

Donald Trump came along

18:33

came

18:40

along . All of the bodies were identified and the common thread was

18:42

always pointing back to the attorney , michael Branston III . Michael was

18:44

arrested and found guilty and

18:47

sentenced to life without parole

18:49

. Timmy was found

18:51

guilty of murder and he's

18:53

going to spend the rest of his life

18:56

in a mental hospital

18:58

for the criminally insane

19:00

. And that's how it all

19:02

ended . Michael

19:04

spends most of his time trying

19:07

to not drop the bar of soap

19:09

in the shower and

19:12

Timmy spends most of his

19:14

time watching Spongebob

19:17

cartoons .

19:22

As the casket closes on another

19:24

creepy episode , we

19:27

bid you farewell to

19:29

the shadows that danced upon your

19:31

fears . Oh

19:34

, and thank you for joining us on this

19:36

creepy journey into the

19:39

unknown , where the darkness

19:41

whispers secrets and

19:43

the silence echoes within

19:46

your soul . Find

19:49

us online for some extra

19:51

creepy content at

19:53

creepyshow content at creepyshow

19:56

. And if you happen

19:59

to make it through the night , don't

20:09

forget to share this podcast

20:11

with someone you want to terrorize . Good

20:13

night , my little creepies . Sleep with one eye open

20:15

, for

20:18

the night is long and full of horror

20:20

. You .

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