Tea Time Crimes

Fan Favorite #1 - The Poet

Episode Summary

After a frightening assault in her adolescence, Ruth Finley finally has everything she wants: a loving husband, two sons, and a safe house in the suburbs. But one summer day, her past catches up. Terrifying phone calls, deliveries at work, and poems threatening to take Ruth’s life arrive at a constant rate. It's clear to everyone around her that Ruth is in danger, but can the police find the culprit in time?

Episode Notes

Tea of the Day: Kolkata Chai

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

The Poet by Corey Mead, Medium, March 8th 2021, https://medium.com/truly-adventurous/the-poet-526595afdde8
Nightmare in Wichita: The Hunt For The BTK Strangler by Robert Beattie, published by NAL Trade, March 21st, 2005.
OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Aired March 4th, 2003, https://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/the-woman-with-the-split-personality-who-stalked-herself-for-4-years
The True Crime Database, “The Poet: The Wichita Case.” January 7th, 2020, https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/the-poet/
Daily Mail, By Erica Tempesta For Dailymail.com, Published: 07:29 EDT, 23 April 2021, Updated: 12:45 EDT, 23 April 2021, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9500577/Inside-true-story-Poet-stalker-victims-story-Netflix-movie.html
The Wichita Eagle, “Victim and perpetrator of ‘the Poet’ crime hoax in Wichita four decades ago has died.” BY JASON TIDD UPDATED JUNE 10, 2019 10:11 PM, https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article231411383.html
Show: Many Sides of Jane - 2019 - Season 1, A&E Networks, Release date January 22nd, 2022, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8201656/
American Psychiatric Organization, Physician Review, Jack Drescher, M.D., October 2022, “What Are Dissociative Disorders?” https://psychiatry.org/patients-families/dissociative-disorders/what-are-dissociative-disorders