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>> it's a story about trust and betrayal. and it's a story about family. >> about a woman, two protective daughters. and what those daughters did when the man came into their mother's life, before the death in the parking lot. >> hi i'm christopher goffard -- >> the story became a podcast produced with the podcast network wondery. the number one podcast in the country at one time. voted by "entertainment weekly", "usa today" and "the guardian" as one of the best of 2017. download a 28 million times in the first year of its release. the story and the man at the heart of it was called dirty john...

Must follow. careful consideration. august became september, october, november. debra didn't know it, but the detective had discovered something. in the trunk of john's car -- >> we found a backpack with numerous other knives inside. we found a zip ties, we found duck tape. we found his passport. >> it took some organization. it took thinking. he has planned this out. this was a revenge killing. >> orange county deputy district attorney met murphy believed the evidence spoke for itself. >> there is an image of this young woman in the hospital with her dog, sitting on her bed. talk about a pict...

>> las vegas, nevada, the great glittering temples to gambling will happily take your money, of course, and perhaps you leave the city a little poorer. but if you want to bet your heart in las vegas, well, you could put that on the line as well. if you are in a betting mood. and debra newell was. >> i felt very adored and very loved and i thought oh, well, if he's the love of my life, i am ready. >> they've been dating two months when she went to vegas on business in december of 2014. john meehan went along and... >> we went to a courthouse and just got married before a judge. >> like that? >>...

When it happens, tonia, i do see it in your eye, you remember it was me, okay? >> remember what, john? >> keep that in mind, it was. me tonia, you enjoy your time left on this earth, okay? because that's what it's going to come down to. >> he was arrested for making threats against tonia in june, 2001, convicted of menacing and put on probation. >> he wasn't the man she thought he was? >> that's exactly right. there was another version of john. >> dennis luken was a police detective back then. investigated the source of those drugs tanya bound in the cedar box. he started at john's house, and ...

Without trying to work it through. >> and so, she accepted his explanations. and she forgave him. there's always a reason? >> yes. >> in march, 2015, soon after they found that stash of papers, and terra her sister discovered their mother was married to the guy. that was it. they were fed up. refused after that to speak to her. this is a very big, bad problem in your life? >> yeah. >> just how big and how bad? they didn't know yet. but buried in that stash of john's papers was the name of someone who did. a detective, way off in ohio. one of the sisters picked up the phone. called him. what di...