How many wives is too many? How old should they be before wooing begins? What do you do when another prospective wife catches your eye but your current wife is still....alive? Well, maybe your teenage daughter would help you...clean up lose ends. If you're like David Brown, you likely see no problem with any of those questions. I hope you're not like David Brown.

In this episode of Crime Chats, Hilary takes us through the twisted tale of David Brown and his family from Orange County, California. On the outside, things looked as normal as can be but, behind closed doors, things were sinister and bleak.

🧩 What We Cover in This Episode

• Who Linda Brown was and the life she built
• The timeline leading up to her death
• David Brown’s version of events
• The evidence that didn’t sit right with investigators
• Behavioral red flags
• Motive, financial pressures, and relationship dynamics
• The trial and ultimate outcome

🔎 Key Discussion Points

• The difference between grief and performance
• How investigators piece together circumstantial evidence
• When a marriage looks fine on the outside — but isn’t
• The psychological dynamics often seen in intimate partner homicides

We also talk about how cases like this challenge our assumptions about “normal” families and why domestic crimes can be some of the hardest to untangle.

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