A Truly WTF Story

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In 2016 a woman had just pulled into her driveway in her quiet neighborhood in Missouri, when suddenly her passenger door flung open and in jumped a man she didn't recognize who was wielding a knife. The woman froze in terror hoping this was just a robbery, but when the man spoke, she knew this situation was much much worse. Ten minutes later the police arrived at the woman’s house, and what they saw in the hallway of the first floor shocked them. However, the real shocker came a week later when they realized who this man was, and why he had gone to that woman’s house in the first place. This story starts a bit slow, but then it spirals into madness very rapidly. And that is why this story has become one of the most infamous true crime cases in modern history. 🔊 NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE! For more NEW stories check out the "MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories" which is available on Amazon Music or WHEREVER you get your podcasts - https://Wondery.fm/MBP 🎧 Check out our newest podcast called Redacted! New episodes every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://wondery.com/links/redacted/?ol=wnd~spot~ap~am 🎧 Follow and listen to the Wartime Stories Podcast - our newest show from Ballen Studios! New episodes every Monday - https://ballen.lnk.to/Fz9J66 🔊 Check out my second show called “MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries” Binge episodes early on Amazon Music! One new episode every Tuesday on all other podcast platforms! Follow and listen here - http://www.amazon.com/MBMM-Q124 🎧 Follow and listen to RUN, FOOL! - our newest show from Ballen Studios. New episodes every Tuesday - https://smarturl.it/RunFool 🎧 For a bone-chilling NEW SHOW from Ballen Studios, listen and follow the "Bedtime Stories" podcast - http://apple.co/ballenbedtimestories For 100s more stories like this one, check out our main YouTube channel just called @MrBallen -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @MrBallen . . . . Note about content: We do not do any original reporting. The stories we tell are based on events that we research and describe using existing source material. While we make every effort to use the best quality sources we can access within our production deadlines, and while we make every effort to verify facts through multiple sources, we do make occasional mistakes, and we cannot verify the accuracy of the source material we use. Please note that creative liberties have been taken in the creation and presentation of the material on which we have based this podcast. HIGH QUALITY: Official records Judge’s opinion saying Russ is NOT guilty (bench trial/no jury) https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/full-transcript-judges-decision-russ-farias-retrail-n502341 Court transcript with background summary of facts https://casetext.com/case/faria-v-mccarrick-1 Civil litigation about life insurance going to daughters (info on Betsy and Pam’s employment at State Farm) https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/3f/43fcf81a-c051-57a8-b9a6-e23ea4f5629a/56d881c91dc04.pdf.pdf Louis Berger’s wrongful death lawsuit against Pamela Hupp (details of murder) https://burgerlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/First-Amended-Petition-File-Stamped.pdf fox2now with links to evidence and testimony in 2011 case (documents have been removed from sheriff’s website) https://fox2now.com/news/sheriff-releases-massive-amount-of-documents-in-faria-murder-investigation/ From Joel Swhartz defense firm https://rsflawfirm.com/Firm-News/Russell-Faria-Acquitted-Of-Wife-s-Murder/ Pam Hupp 911 call https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/pam-hupp-s-911-call-70106181710 BOOKS Bosworth, C., & Schwartz, J. J. (2022). Bone deep : untangling the Betsy Faria murder case. Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. https://read.amazon.com/ref=kwrp_li_rb?asin=B09H3PW5FM&ref=kwrp_li_rb_new_exp Pittman, R. (2021). Countdown to murder : Pam Hupp: (death “insured”). United States?]: Wonderland Productions Publications. https://read.amazon.com/?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_pbcb_rnvc00&_encoding=UTF8&asin=B09R92ZVDB DOCUMENTARIES https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/thing-about-pam/ Chris Hayes Fox news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62V-wRulUUE Chris Hayes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoNeXCjE4ko The true story behind the Thing about Pam TV series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feN__1RUxKQ MAGAZINES St Louis Profile of Pam Hupp https://www.stlmag.com/longform/pam-hupp/ Crime reads https://crimereads.com/the-bizarre-self-incriminating-confession-of-pam-hupp/ Bazaar https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a39650950/who-was-the-real-pam-hupp-the-killer-at-the-center-of-the-thing-about-pam/