About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "True Crime Time For October 6, 2026 | A Mother-Daughter Murder Plot, 35 Shot at a Block Party & Military Death Row" from Real Life Real Crime covers a run of true-crime stories opened with a look at October 6 in true-crime history, before turning to a mass shooting at a Georgia block party that left two people dead and dozens injured, and the arrest of a California woman accused of acting as an unregistered Chinese agent who allegedly surveilled a Taiwanese official's family in the United States.
In the segment True Crime Time For, the main focus of the episode's Family Matters portion is the Mother-Daughter Murder Plot involving Diane and Rachel Staudte, the Missouri mother and daughter convicted in an antifreeze poisoning scheme within their own family. An anonymous tip led investigators to reexamine a series of deaths and illnesses inside the Staudte household, ultimately uncovering the plot. Diane received life without parole, while Rachel's plea agreement left open the possibility of parole after decades in prison.
The episode also covers a Kentucky woman sentenced for killing her mother, the murder of Rachel Prince, who was killed by her boyfriend just 32 days after his release from jail for a prior assault against her, and closes with a discussion of the U.S. military death penalty, naming four men currently on military death row as the military considers its first execution in more than 60 years.
Hosts and release
Woody Overton hosts the show, a weekly true-crime podcast drawing on his own investigative background, available on Apple Podcasts. This episode, number 295, runs 46 minutes and was released October 6, 2026.
