9 episodes
Severed Affair: The Gruesome Murder of Shad Thyrion Wondery
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- True Crime
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3.8 • 158 Ratings
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Wisconsin is no stranger to high-profile cases and horrific murderers, from the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer to the perplexing Ed Gein. But on a cold night in February 2022, a new name was added to the list of Wisconsin’s worst: Taylor Schabusiness. From the outset, the details of the case shocked even the most hardened detectives and traumatized young rookies. Using Law&Crime Network’s gavel-to-gavel coverage, Severed Affair provides an in-depth narrative of the disturbing case. The Law&Crime original podcast uses exclusive audio and court footage to piece together the gruesome story.
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The Basement
Green Bay police officers are dispatched to a house following a disturbing 911 call from the resident who believed she had found her son's head in a bucket. As investigators search the basement of the house, they uncover a gruesome crime.
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Evisceration
A woman is arrested on suspicion of murdering 24 year old Shad Thyrion. When questioned by detectives she doesn’t shy away from the horrific details of the crime.
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Piece by Piece
As investigators continue to build a case against Taylor Schabusiness, her behavior in court calls her sanity into question.
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Two Trials
Charged with intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and third degree sexual assault, Schabusiness faces two trials - one to determine her guilt, and the other to determine whether she was responsible for her actions.
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Aftermath
After the verdicts were rendered in quick succession, Schabusiness is brought back to court to face sentencing and the victim’s family.
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Introducing: Severed Affair
Wisconsin is no stranger to high-profile cases and horrific murderers, from the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer to the perplexing Ed Gein. But on a cold night in February 2022, a new name was added to the list of Wisconsin’s worst: Taylor Schabusiness. From the outset, the details of the case shocked even the most hardened detectives and traumatized young rookies. Using Law&Crime Network’s gavel-to-gavel coverage, Severed Affair provides an in-depth narrative of the disturbing case. The Law&Crime original podcast uses exclusive audio and court footage to piece together the gruesome story. You can listen to severed affair exclusively and ad free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery app or on apple podcasts.
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Customer Reviews
Original soundtracks of investigators
Very gruesome but thanks for including the soundtracks of the various persons involved (police, detectives, coroner, psychologists) as well as the extended family members of the victim and defendant. Sadly the judge was correct when saying the family is ultimately responsible — not “the system”; children don’t come with instruction manuals. There are unexpected life events (death/sickness of a parent, loss of a home, etc). Many times an outsider can see what’s happening to another person and does not know what to do or who to turn to for guidance. We are all humans and make mistakes. There is forgiveness and grace given to us, which we don’t deserve any more than anyone else. I hope Taylor can redeem herself in prison—it will be hard; I pray that there are people who can walk along side her in this difficult path forward.
Repetitive and detailed in all the wrong ways
What dateline gets right in this podcast gets wrong is that dateline makes you care about the people involved. I know almost nothing about the victim, the family, or even the killer.
For example, they said that she changed her name either to or from Coronado to Schabusiness. Uh why? When? (Can ANYONE acknowledge what a bizarre name SCHABUSINESS is?) Also, she had a baby?? When? With who?
There was way too much flat expert testimony about the crime and almost nothing about the PEOPLE involved.
But I do know an unnecessary amount of gory detail that’s repeated (unnecessarily) over and over.
Unnecessarily gruesome and repetitive
The same parts of the gruesome story are told over and over again. Maybe for some sort of shock value. Also very little discussion about the victim. Kind of disappointing.