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Kinda Murdery | True Crime & Murder Stories

Kinda Murdery | True Crime & Murder Stories

By: Zevon Odelberg: Murder & Crime Investigation Host
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Welcome to Kinda Murdery, a true crime podcast that’s mostly about murder, and always about the strange and compelling stories that arise when the path less traveled twists to darkness and those who walk its shadows surrender to violence and corruption. I’m your host Zevon Odelberg – we have a perilous journey ahead, so thank you for lending me, your courage and good company.

Zevon Odelberg is a true crime podcast host and disability advocate. Zevon has cerebral palsy and he wants Kinda Murdery to be welcoming community for people with disabilities and for people living with challenges of any kind. Life can be hard, but being together makes it better.

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  • The Murder of Betsy Faria: Part Five - CONCLUSION

    The Murder of Betsy Faria: Part Five - CONCLUSION
    Jun 18 2026
    The conviction landed in the courtroom with the kind of quiet that doesn’t feel quiet while you’re sitting inside it. Russ Faria had walked in still insisting he did not kill his wife. By the time the jury came back, the state’s version had beaten the room into shape. Husband. Sick wife. Knife. Blood. Rage. Motive. A marriage prosecutors said had been rotting underneath everything else. Joel Schwartz stood beside him when the verdict came down. Guilty. First-degree murder. Russ did not collapse. He did not shout over the judge. He stood there with the stunned, rigid look of a man hearing something impossible spoken in a room where impossible things still become official. The people who believed in him sat behind him with the same sickened stillness, looking at the jury box, then at Russ, then at the lawyers who had already started thinking about what came next.Pam Hupp walked out of that first trial as one of the state’s most important witnesses, and for a while, the public version of the story held. She had told investigators Betsy feared Russ. She had helped frame the emotional shape of the marriage. Prosecutors had used that shape to make the physical violence inside the house feel like it belonged to the husband. Russ went to prison with a life sentence attached to his name. Outside prison, the people who stood by him did not have the luxury of moving on. His friends from game night still had the same problem they had carried from the beginning: their memories of that night did not fit the story the state had told in court. The jury had heard enough to convict him, but the people who had sat with Russ that evening kept returning to the clock, the drive, the distance, and the narrow window prosecutors said held a murder...This is the FINAL Episode of Kinda Murdery's investigation of the Murder of Betsy Faria Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/pam-hupphttps://time.com/6156033/the-thing-about-pam-renee-zellweger-true-story/https://www.stlmag.com/longform/pam-hupp/https://www.stlmag.com/news/defense-attorney-joel-schwartz-charles-bosworth-new-book-bone-deep-true-crime-betsy-faria-pam-hupp/https://people.com/pam-hupp-charge-refiled-betsy-faria-stabbing-death-8384298https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/pam-hupp-may-not-be-tried-for-betsy-farias-murder-until-2028/63-fc0923af-96e0-409a-84d3-bc585dba3ef3https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/pam-hupp-trial-delayed-but-unexpected-encounter-outside-highlights-day/https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/Russell-Farias-wife-was-stabbed-55-times-but-was-he-the-killer-a-471968https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/pamela-hupp-murder-betsy-faria-dateline-podcast-1196738/https://crimereads.com/the-bizarre-self-incriminating-confession-of-pam-hupp/https://rsflawfirm.com/Firm-News/Russell-Faria-Acquitted-Of-Wife-s-Murder/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery-true-crime-murder-stories--5496890/support.Zevon Odelberg is a true crime podcast host and disability advocate. Zevon has cerebral palsy and he wants Kinda Murdery to be welcoming community for people with disabilities and for people living with challenges of any kind. Life can be hard, but being together makes it better.
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    40 mins
  • The Murder of Betsy Faria: Part Four

    The Murder of Betsy Faria: Part Four
    May 21 2026
    Pam Hupp’s public role in the case continued growing during that same stretch. Reporters increasingly framed her as Betsy’s close friend and confidante—the person who had driven Betsy home from chemotherapy, spent time with her during her final months, and spoken openly about Betsy’s fears regarding the marriage. Detectives and prosecutors continued treating her as one of the most emotionally compelling witnesses surrounding the case. Pam appeared calm in public settings connected to the investigation. Controlled. Sympathetic. She spoke about Betsy naturally enough that investigators and reporters alike kept returning to her for perspective about Betsy’s life and emotional state before the murder. At the same time, other people around the case began reacting differently to how central Pam had become in the public narrative. Some family members and friends focused entirely on Betsy and the grief surrounding the murder. Others started quietly questioning why Pam seemed so deeply embedded in nearly every version of the story emerging publicly around the case...

    Sources:
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/pam-hupp
    https://time.com/6156033/the-thing-about-pam-renee-zellweger-true-story/
    https://www.stlmag.com/longform/pam-hupp/
    https://www.stlmag.com/news/defense-attorney-joel-schwartz-charles-bosworth-new-book-bone-deep-true-crime-betsy-faria-pam-hupp/
    https://people.com/pam-hupp-charge-refiled-betsy-faria-stabbing-death-8384298
    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/pam-hupp-may-not-be-tried-for-betsy-farias-murder-until-2028/63-fc0923af-96e0-409a-84d3-bc585dba3ef3
    https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/pam-hupp-trial-delayed-but-unexpected-encounter-outside-highlights-day/
    https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/Russell-Farias-wife-was-stabbed-55-times-but-was-he-the-killer-a-471968
    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/pamela-hupp-murder-betsy-faria-dateline-podcast-1196738/
    https://crimereads.com/the-bizarre-self-incriminating-confession-of-pam-hupp/
    https://rsflawfirm.com/Firm-News/Russell-Faria-Acquitted-Of-Wife-s-Murder/

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery-true-crime-murder-stories--5496890/support.

    Zevon Odelberg is a true crime podcast host and disability advocate. Zevon has cerebral palsy and he wants Kinda Murdery to be welcoming community for people with disabilities and for people living with challenges of any kind. Life can be hard, but being together makes it better.
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    32 mins
  • The Murder of Betsy Faria: Part Three

    The Murder of Betsy Faria: Part Three
    May 14 2026
    The house in Troy stayed lit long after most of the neighborhood had gone dark again. Patrol cars still lined portions of the street, though fewer than earlier in the investigation. The frantic movement from the first night had faded into something quieter and more methodical. Detectives came and went carrying folders, sealed evidence containers, and cups of coffee that had gone cold before anyone finished them. The front lawn showed the wear of hours of foot traffic—mud pressed into the grass near the walkway, tire tracks along the curb where vehicles had pulled in and out through the night. Inside, the living room remained partially sealed off while investigators worked through the last sections of evidence collection. Portions of the carpet had already been removed. The couch still sat in place under the harsh light investigators had brought into the room, its familiar shape now surrounded by equipment cases, extension cords, evidence markers, and plastic sheeting spread across the floor. Detectives no longer spoke about the scene like something uncertain...


    Sources:
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/pam-hupp
    https://time.com/6156033/the-thing-about-pam-renee-zellweger-true-story/
    https://www.stlmag.com/longform/pam-hupp/
    https://www.stlmag.com/news/defense-attorney-joel-schwartz-charles-bosworth-new-book-bone-deep-true-crime-betsy-faria-pam-hupp/
    https://people.com/pam-hupp-charge-refiled-betsy-faria-stabbing-death-8384298
    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/pam-hupp-may-not-be-tried-for-betsy-farias-murder-until-2028/63-fc0923af-96e0-409a-84d3-bc585dba3ef3
    https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/pam-hupp-trial-delayed-but-unexpected-encounter-outside-highlights-day/
    https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/Russell-Farias-wife-was-stabbed-55-times-but-was-he-the-killer-a-471968
    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/pamela-hupp-murder-betsy-faria-dateline-podcast-1196738/
    https://crimereads.com/the-bizarre-self-incriminating-confession-of-pam-hupp/
    https://rsflawfirm.com/Firm-News/Russell-Faria-Acquitted-Of-Wife-s-Murder/

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kinda-murdery-true-crime-murder-stories--5496890/support.

    Zevon Odelberg is a true crime podcast host and disability advocate. Zevon has cerebral palsy and he wants Kinda Murdery to be welcoming community for people with disabilities and for people living with challenges of any kind. Life can be hard, but being together makes it better.
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    29 mins
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