Episode 270: Children’s Book Author Writes About Losing Husband - Then Gets Arrested For His Murder


 

March of 2023, a local news station interviewed a new children’s book author, Kouri Richins. She had just written a book for kids on grief. She said she pulled from her experience of losing her own husband and trying to help her 3 kids move on.

She talked about how she wanted to help other kids and parents cope with their pain. The news anchor felt tears pool in her eyes, listening to a grieving widow.

Right after the interview aired, the news anchor received a chilling anonymous email. It simply read, “you know she killed her husband…”

Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/julie-jorgenson-obituary?id=27135508 

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/05/15/eric-richins-whose-wife-is-accused/ 

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kouri-D.-Richins/author/B0BZ72SHS8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true 

https://people.com/crime/kouri-richins-husband-suspected-she-was-having-affair/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1TNfHAm8e4  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0iRf_qiV8 

https://www.the-sun.com/news/8087018/kouri-richins-tv-interview-red-flags-husband-murdered/ 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/kouri-eric-richins-utah-poison-murder-author-b2338064.html 

https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/inside-the-home-kouri-richins-allegedly-killed-husband-over/ 

https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/slain-husband-of-kouri-richins-was-very-much-in-love-with-his-wife/  

https://nypost.com/2023/05/13/kouri-richins-threw-party-day-after-allegedly-killing-husband-report/ 

https://www.walker-mortuary.com/obituaries/eric-richins

https://www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/utah-woman-who-wrote-book-about-grief-following-husbands-death-charged-with-murder/

https://www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/childrens-author-accused-of-murder-allegedly-had-history-of-trying-to-poison-husband/

https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/inside-the-home-kouri-richins-allegedly-killed-husband-over/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&sr_share=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2ldoiEg1SQmd6HPLyPyDwnHyyWZiRyjxGA3h4WnjdHOEltcO2IQqddU54

https://www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/childrens-book-author-accused-killing-husband-good-things-utah-one-month-before-arrest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHkRHshifc0&ab_channel=NewYorkPost

https://www.abc4.com/gtu/a-childrens-book-to-aid-in-coping-with-grief/

https://news.yahoo.com/eric-richins-utah-man-reportedly-155100472.html

https://www.instagram.com/cestonemasonry/?hl=en

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/who-was-eric-richins-the-fallen-man-behind-the-grieving-wife-turned-author/

https://youtu.be/8t0iRf_qiV8

https://www.kpcw.org/summit-county/2023-05-08/summit-county-mom-arrested-for-husbands-murder

https://kjzz.com/news/local/family-friends-shocked-by-utah-authors-arrest-for-husbands-murder-kouri-eric-richins-home-depot-march-2022-linda-king-fentanyl-poisoning-amazon-childrens-book-shocked

https://www.facebook.com/richins1/

https://www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/childrens-book-author-accused-killing-husband-good-things-utah-one-month-before-arrest/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/05/15/eric-richins-whose-wife-is-accused/

https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/inside-the-home-kouri-richins-allegedly-killed-husband-over/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&sr_share=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2ldoiEg1SQmd6HPLyPyDwnHyyWZiRyjxGA3h4WnjdHOEltcO2IQqddU54

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12068471/Eric-Richins-killer-wife-believed-3-6million-death.html

https://opoyi.com/usa/who-is-kouri-richins-childrens-book-author-suspected-of-poisoning-husband-eric-richins/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-mom-accused-killing-husband-fentanyl-drink-tried-poison-multiple-rcna83817

https://nypost.com/2009/06/29/report-michael-jacksons-horrific-autopsy-results/

https://youtu.be/qFNX6B7nBbU

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/new-information-on-kouri-richins-released-hearing-postponed/

Production Note:

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