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When Nicole Atkinson dropped her friend Shanann Watts off at home early one morning, everything seemed fine. But the next day, Shanann didn\\u2019t answer any of Nicole\\u2019s texts. Then Shanann missed her 10 a.m. doctor\\u2019s appointment. Nicole called Shanann\\u2019s husband, Chris, but he seemed kind of dismissive. That didn\\u2019t set well with Nicole. So she called the police.

Then Kristin wraps things up with a murdering con man. In the post-recession era, Richard Beasley dreamt up a near-perfect con \\u2014 one that preyed on men who were down on their luck. He posted a job on Craigslist that promised $300 a week and a two-bedroom trailer \\u2014 all in exchange for watching over a 688-acre ranch. Applications poured in. But there was no job. Richard\\u2019s Craigslist ad was his twisted way of luring unsuspecting men to Ohio.

And 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.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\\n\\n\\u201cMurder by Craigslist,\\u201d by Hanna Rosin for The Atlantic
\\n\\n\\u201c\\u2019Craigslist\\u2019 killer Richard Beasley sentenced to death,\\u201d Cleveland.com
\\n\\n\\u201cDeath sentence for Craigslist killer upheld by Ohio Supreme Court,\\u201d Cleveland.com
\\n\\n\\u201cThe Craigslist Killer: Richard Beasley\\u201d episode of Monster in my Family

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\\n\\n\\u201cA Secret Mistress Comes Clean & a Suspicious Bed Sheet Spotted from the Sky: How Chris Watts Was Caught\\u201d by Adam Carlson, People Magazine
\\n\\n\\u201cMurder Suspect Husband Gave TV Interviews, Before His Arrest, Outside House Where Wife & Kids Likely Died\\u201d by Adam Carlson, People Magazine
\\n\\n\\u201cChris Watts case: What we learned from unsealed affidavit\\u201d by Madison Park, CNN
\\n\\n\\u201cTimeline: Key dates in investigation of deaths of Shanann Watts, 2 daughters in Colorado\\u201d by Sady Swanson, Fort Collins Coloradoan
\\n\\n\\u201cCourt documents: Watts children found in oil well, may have been strangled\\u201d by Coloradoan Staff, Fort Collins Coloradoan
\\n\\n\\u201cChris Watts sentenced to five life terms without parole for killing pregnant wife, two daughters\\u201d by Blair Miller, Denver 7 News

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