41 episodes
Culpable Tenderfoot TV
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- True Crime
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4.7 • 21.3K Ratings
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Culpable explores unsettled cases where those deserving of blame have somehow eluded justice. On August 28, 2013, 22 year old Brittany Stykes was shot and killed while driving down Highway 68 in Brown County, Ohio. It’s been nearly a decade Host Dennis Cooper returns to unearth the truth around this story of a young mother whose life was cut short. Season 1 explored the case of Christian Andreacchio, whose death was ruled his death a suicide, despite substantial evidence that points to murder.
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The Bystander Effect | 1
A passing motorist pulled over when he saw a Jeep Wrangler in a wooded area off the side of Highway 68 in Brown County, OH. What he witnessed that day is something he’ll never forget. Why would someone want to kill 22 year old Brittany Stykes, a caring young mother with an unblemished past?
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Our Life, Our Story | 2
Brittany’s friends and family remember the impact she had on those around her. Yet in the wake of her tragic death, those left behind are still wondering, who’s responsible? Investigators look into Brittany's husband.
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Road Rage | 3
August 28th, 2013 was supposed to be a pretty normal day for Brittany. But her day started with an unsettling encounter and ended with an unimaginable tragedy. Could they be connected in some way?
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Elephant in the Room | 4
Coming to terms with Brittany's death was hard enough on her loved ones, but the aftermath only made things harder. The ripple effect may look different for each of these individuals, but is equally troubling.
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Wrong Direction | 5
Over the years, investigators have chased endless leads and looked at numerous persons of interest. The first few names came as a tip from Brittany's husband. Could he be onto something?
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Informant | 6
Just as the investigation looks like it’s heading nowhere, a break in the case breathes new life. An informant tells authorities a harrowing story about an ex-boyfriend who murdered a young mother on a busy highway in Brown County, Ohio.
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Customer Reviews
Story Telling
As sad as the stories are the story telling about the characters is so genuine and heartwarming. Great journalism!
Justice seekers
The thoughtful & meticulous work that has been done on these cases deserves to be shared! These families need justice and I pray that their empathetic and dogged investigations will bring some!
So much confirmation bias!
The conclusions jumped to in this podcast are just startling. We’ve surely seen how police investigators can get locked into a case theory early on and then dismiss all evidence to the contrary, resulting in wrongful convictions. This Season 1 storyline has all the makings of scapegoating someone with zero evidence of wrongdoing, and one guy’s claim that the girlfriend described the events differently and then clarified days later when he asked again. As if it’s not possible he simply misheard or misunderstood or misremembered what she told him. Hearing about a traumatic event like this is a shock to most people, so it’s very reasonable either one could misspeak/mishear, yet the host seems to latch on to that one hearsay discrepancy as some sort of major piece of evidence.
My thoughts are that like so many other families who loose a child to suicide, the family struggles with accepting what happened, and understandably wanted someone to blame, because suicide leaves behind a tragic about of grief and shame and blame, and a need to understand why that almost never has a satisfying answer. It seems very likely that Christian was in a rocky, emotional relationship that was falling apart, whatever he thought he wanted when thinking rationally, he had an emotional reaction to hearing she was out with another guy, left the boat and came home, they argued, he impulsively threatened suicide, and then later decided he had let everyone down (leaving the ship, losing his gf, and even threatening suicide) and took his own life.
Suicide is almost always an impulsive act, and it’s a heartbreaking but not uncommon scenario. Trying to make a villain out of the girlfriend, instead of recognizing that teens and young adults often act irrationally and hurtfully in early relationships, without any evidence other than innuendo and speculation plus a dose of sexism…is just wrong. My heart breaks for his family, but this isn’t justice for anyone.