235: Prepare to be DP'd!

Published: Nov. 9, 2022, 12:32 p.m.

He\u2019s back by popular demand! Kristin\u2019s dad, DP, returns to the pod to ask critical questions, like: Where\u2019s Norm? Where\u2019s David?? And do you have at least six months\u2019 living expenses in savings???\xa0
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\nBut first, Brandi starts us off how she often does \u2014 with the story of a \u201cperfect\u201d marriage. At least, that\u2019s what Teresa Kohnle called it. When her husband, Jim Kohnle, died in a house fire, she was devastated. She told investigators that she\u2019d loved him \u201cmore than life itself.\u201d Later that day, she inquired about his life insurance pay-out.\xa0
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\nThen DP tells us about Ira Bernstein. Ira and Susan Bernstein had serious money. He was a podiatrist. She had her PhD in education. They lived in a gorgeous mansion. They had a pool, a tennis court, plenty of acreage, and a lake. But their marriage was rocky. Ira had numerous affairs and eventually Susan decided she\u2019d had enough. With a nasty divorce looming, Ira and his new girlfriend Kelly Gribeluk hatched a plan.\xa0
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\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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\nIn this episode, DP pulled from:
\n"The Target" episode of Dateline Secrets Uncovered
\n"Ira Bernstein" from ChillingCrimes.com
\n"Podiatrist Ira Bernstein's Estranged Wife: Kids Fear His Release from Prison" by Robert Brum at Lohud.com\xa0
\n"Wealthy Podiatrist Plots to Kill His Wife" an episode of True Crime Daily
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\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cSmoke Gets in Your Eyes\u201d episode American Monster
\n\u201cTeresa Kohnle\u201d episode Snapped
\n\u201cWoman Drugs Husband And Sets Fire To Their Home, But Claims It Was His Idea\u201d by Benjamin H. Smith, Oxygen
\n\u201cWoman accused of arson in death of husband gets life sentence with parole\u201d by Adam Cook, Dalton Daily Citizen
\n\u201cTeresa Kohnle Accepts Plea To Life With Possibility Of Parole In 2007 Arson/Death Of Her Husband\u201d by Dennis Norwood, The Chattanoogan
\n\u201cKennedy v. Kohnle\u201d justia.com\n\n
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