The movie, Mother Knows Best, is a 1997 movie based on actual events. All the names and locations were changed to keep the real story a secret. For a few years, no one knew who this movie was based on outside of Florida.  I found the real case in 2009 and interviewed the sweet grandmother who conspired to kill her son-in-law. Her name was Lee Goldsmith. The real story happened in Boca Raton, Florida. The movie's plot centers around a controlling mother who wants the perfect life for her daughter and sets out to have her new son-in-law permanently removed from her life. The movie stars Joanna Kerns. Lee Goldsmith, a Florida socialite, hated her son-in-law so much that she hired someone to kill him. Goldsmith was anxious to find a suitable husband for her daughter, Arleen, so she placed an ad in the local paper: "Nice Jewish Girl Wants to Meet Nice Jewish Boy." David Brownstein is the man who answered the ad. However, Goldsmith could not bear the thought of her daughter m

  The Price of a Broken Heart, based on Dot Hutelmyer, is true movie nostalgia. I remember this movie and the real case. The true story made headlines in the 1990s when jilted North Carolina wife, Dorothy Hutelmyer, sued her husband's mistress.   Today, they call mistresses side-pieces… The Price of a Broken Heart is also known as Alienation of Affection. The 1999 legal courtroom drama has some heartbreaking moments. We see a devoted wife and mother who encourages her husband every step of the way. But the more his business flourished, the more his eyes wandered. What a shame… It was a long marriage, and Dorothy felt the difference after 18 years. Joe had lost it for her. They were no longer sleeping together, and well, he seemed to have no interest in her. Then, he left. Whoa.. He broke her heart. But he didn’t get away. Dot Hutelmyer was not going to let this woman take her man without compensation.  And Joe? Well, he wouldn't get an ounce of peace until they paid.  After a

A list of a few podcasts and books that have referenced my work over the years. Thank you!

I love researching, writing, and archiving stories. These days I'm deeply interested in mysteries, legends, and vintage stories from the past. Stories no one has ever heard...Stories of the forgotten. 

Here is a list of articles I've written for two news outlets: Inquisitr.com and Examiner.com.  Inquisitr Lisa Eatmon, Roscoe Glinton: Pregnant Mom's Body Found Floating in Hudson River Reminds of Laci Peterson Case Article   PDF Lance Herndon: Black Atlanta Millionaire Found Dead in Bed Murdered After Sex with Dionne Baugh on Investigation Discovery Tonight Article PDF Ana Trujillo, Stefan Andersson: Snapped Will Feature Case of 'Stiletto Heel Killer' Ana Lilia Trujillo Fox on Oxygen Tonight Article PDF Sharon Kinne, Patricia Jones: 'La Pistolera' Killer's Story on ID's A 'Crime to Remember'--Where Is She Now? Article PDF  Shelley Mook '48 Hours' Missing Tennessee Mom's Body Never Found  Article PDF Susan Daniels Smith: 'Betrayed'-- Mark Putnam FBI Killer of Pregnant Informant Found Dead in Pikeville, Kentucky Subject of New Crime Series on ID Article PDF Susie Newsome, Fritz Klenner: 'Snapped Killer Couples' Ends Seas

Originally from Alabama, I've always researched true crime cases. My passion for storytelling began as a child when I ripped and saved crime cases from the local newspaper and listened to my Grandma Romay's riveting true stories. I began as a crime and movie blogger in the 1990s and was the first to compile a list of movies based on true stories and match them to the real people who inspired made-for-TV movies.  Between 2013 & 2017, I've written news for  Examiner and   Inquisitr.  My research and articles have been the basis for over 20 true crime television series "episodes"  and  referenced in several books & podcasts. In 2016, I founded TV Crime Sky and maintained the news site until 2021. That same year (2021), my investigative piece Dead Darrius received over 1 million views on my YouTube channel. For that story, I investigated a decades-old urban legend to see if it was true.  Today, I research long-forgotten, untold true-crime mysteries you’ve neve

Traciy Curry-Reyes has appeared as a true-crime expert in several television documentaries on   A merica’s favorite true crime channels . On TV One Fatal Attraction Lance Herndon–Dionne Baugh—episode (Millionaire Murder) 2014 Exondia Salado–Manny Salado—episode (A Wooded Path) 2015 Mekole Harris–Clarence Jenkins, and Carman Jenkins—episode (A Deadly Message) 2015 Christie Neely–Shawn Southerland—episode (Excess Baggage) 2015 Kizzie Styles–Monroe Finley—episode (Sex, Drugs, and Murder) 2016 Marisha Jeter–Pernell Thompson—episode (Deadly Ultimatum) 2016 Shari Bethel–Deon Cartmell—episode (Lethal Weapon) 2016 Leon Baucham–Jacqueline Ray, and Umeko Roberts—episode (Death Trap) 2016 William Charles Lewis–Rosa Lewis, and Cynthia Floyd Rolle: episode (Shooting Spree) 2017 Tiffany Bailey–Deunta Grier—episode (An Unlikely Witness) 2018 Justice By Any Means Richelle Ransom–Rosaline ‘Rhonda’ Ransom Lee, and Bobbie Lee Taylor 2016 Chauncey Bailey–Devaughndre Broussard 2016 For My Man