Into The Dark

On this episode, Payton explores the case of Stein-Erik Soelberg, a man whose tragic descent into paranoia became increasingly intertwined with ChatGPT, ultimately ending in a horrifying act of violence.

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Case Sources:

Oxygen - https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/openai-chatgpt-face-lawsuit-over-stein-erik-soelberg-killing-suzanne-adams

New York Post - https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/business/ex-yahoo-exec-killed-his-mom-after-chatgpt-fed-his-paranoia-report/

Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/us/heirs-mother-strangled-son-accuse-chatgpt-making-him-delusional-lawsuit-against-openai-microsoft

AP News - https://apnews.com/article/ai-chatgpt-wrongful-death-lawsuit-greenwich-97fd7da31c0fa08f3d3ea9efd6713151

NPR - https://www.npr.org/2025/12/12/nx-s1-5642599/a-new-lawsuit-blames-chatgpt-for-a-murder-suicide

People - https://people.com/chatgpt-drove-paranoid-man-to-murder-mother-complaint-alleges-11867023

MSN - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-accused-of-aiding-a-murder-for-the-first-time/ar-AA1SoTFH

Greenwich Time - https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/greenwich-shorelands-place-murder-suicide-20808719.php

Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Francisco - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/dwvkqjrzyvm/OPENAI%20MURDER%20LAWSUIT%20complaint.pdf

Futurism - https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deaths-panera-lemonade

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Reddit is an endless archive of humanity’s most disturbing, bizarre, and deeply human stories. If you love going down internet rabbit holes, you are going to love CRIMES OF REDDIT with Alexis Linkletter and Sabrina Deana-Roga.

Every Tuesday, one host brings a set of true-crime stories while the other reacts in real time with no prep, no spoilers asking the questions on everyone’s mind. They pull at every thread until the whole twisted picture comes into view. It’s dark, it’s messy, and the scariest part is simple:

THESE ARE STORIES POSTED BY REAL PEOPLE.

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On this episode, Payton dives into the case of Edward Hall, a small town priest that was found dead with his love affair, Eleanor Mills.

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Sources:

Compact Murder - https://compacthistories.com/murder/the-hall-mills-murders/

Our Great American Heritage - https://www.ourgreatamericanheritage.com/2024/07/the-1922-salacious-murders-of-the-priest-and-his-choir-singer-hall-hills-murders/

The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/a-sensational-murder-trial-in-the-newly-founded-new-yorker

Mr. Local History Project - https://mrlocalhistory.org/the-hall-mills-murder-the-countrys-first-sensationalized-trial/

Historic Mysteries - https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/the-hall-mills-murders/1336/

Ebsco - https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/hall-mills-murder-case

Crime Reads - https://crimereads.com/the-murder-of-edward-hall-and-eleanor-mills-new-jerseys-original-crime-of-the-century/

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey

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On this episode, Payton explores the missing person case of Lynsey Quy. When 21-year-old Lynsey vanishes, her husband’s story seems plausible, until the timeline starts to unravel.

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Case Sources:

A to Z of True Crime Stories Volume 4 by Shanti Lyn Oxlade

The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jan/17/angeliquechrisafis

All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/mitchell-quy

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1120057.stm

Liverpool Echo - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wife-murderer-mitchell-quy-stay-24004945

The Mirror - https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dad-whose-daughter-strangled-mutilated-8598102

The Sun - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17650218/sadistic-monster-strangled-wife-chopped-free-months/

Southport Visiter - https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/southport-west-lancs/police-chief-i-always-thought-11744606

True Crime with Caledonian Kitty - https://www.caledoniankitty.co.uk/2020/12/the-husband-from-hell-mitchell-quy.html

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On this episode, Payton explores the mysterious Lake City Quiet Pills, a strange website discovered through Reddit. When users found hidden messages buried in its code, the mystery took a disturbing turn.

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Case Sources:

Medium - https://medium.com/@Kdreed323/lake-city-quiet-pills-7efe901ad7ce

Know Your Meme - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-lake-city-quiet-pills-mystery

CircleID - https://circleid.com/posts/20191002_unraveling_unsolved_mysteries_with_threat_intelligence

Comic Book - https://comicbook.com/irl/news/one-viral-internet-mystery-just-got-harder-to-research/

Cracked - https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-intriguing-internet-mysteries-that-may-never-be-solved

Things I Learned Last Night - https://tilln.com/season-4/lake-city-quiet-pills-the-hitman-ring-hidden-on-reddit/

Grunge - https://www.grunge.com/248391/the-unsolved-mystery-of-lake-city-quiet-pills/

Unresolved - https://unresolved.me/lake-city-quiet-pills

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