Pushing Up Lilies Julie Mattson

Episode 34: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. Over the years, I've always said that the perfect way to hide a body would be to bury it under a house that was under construction. I guess I always said that because years ago when I first started as a death investigator, we had a case like that in the Houston area. Listen in today as I share about that case and a few more that involved victims being buried under homes and in basements.

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Episode 33: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. On today's episode, I want to share with you stories of two different men that had an obsession with blood. One, I was personally on the scene investigating, and the other is the infamous killer Richard Chase, also known as the Vampire of Sacramento, one of the most deeply mentally ill serial killers of all time.

Episode 32: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. On today's episode, we are taking a deep dive into the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina former attorney who has been convicted of murdering his wife and son and sentenced to life in prison after only three hours of deliberations. What do you think? Guilty or Innocent?

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Episode 31: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. On today's episode, we're exploring the often-overlooked aspect of death investigation involving animal predation. I delve into real-life cases where animals have consumed human remains and the challenges faced as a death investigator in dealing with these complex and gruesome cases. So, whether you're a true crime aficionado, a forensic science enthusiast, or simply curious about the intersection of nature and death, this episode is sure to captivate and inform you.

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Episode 30: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. This week we conclude our Valentine's Day Murders with a story about Nathan Leuthold, a 39 year old former Baptist Missionary, who shot his wife Denise Leuthold in the head on Valentine's Day 2013, to make room for his lover, a 20-year-old Lithuanian woman the couple sponsored to study in the United States.

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Episode 29: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. Today we head to Oklahoma City to investigate the murder of Susan Hamilton, which took place on Valentine's Day in 2001. Susan Hamilton had a seemingly perfect life in her beautiful home in Oklahoma City, until her husband John Hamilton called 911 to report that he'd found his wife dead on the bathroom floor. Susan was lying strangled with two ties around her neck and her head bashed in. After 14 years of marriage, the Hamilton's seemed to be very much in love. But when Investigators uncovered evidence that Susan had found records of dozens of calls from her husband's cellphone to a topless dancer, and had thoughts of divorce, the question came up, 'Did Dr. John Baxter Hamilton love his wife to death?'

Listen in and find out more about the Hamilton Valentine's Day Murder…