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Ep. 223 – “Dad, why do you have the knife?”: Matthew Lee Richards, Attempted Family Annihilator
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“We were all in bed when dad came around stabbing everyone and we all ran outside.” Police say this is what one of Matt Richards’ children said about him as detectives tried to sort out exactly what happened in the Richards home in the overnight hours of September 16, 2023.
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Episode Source List:
https://jmvr.org/2022/02/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-an-analysis-of-family-mass-murder-offenders-in-the-us-2006-2017/
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/characteristics-of-family-killers-revealed-by-first-classification-study
https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/03/28/ex-shawnee-youth-pastor-sentenced-256108/
https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/09/27/shawnee-matthew-richards-family-case-214062/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxxhaFMP84
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6a_cbGBcM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgafNLWJ_A
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/matthew-richards-pastor-shawnee-kansas-b2419047.html
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-why-do-you-have-the-knife-youth-pastor-who-called-himself-a-monster-stabbed-wife-and-5-kids-because-of-looming-eviction-financial-troubles-affidavit-says/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/youth-pastor-stabbed-family-set-house-on-fire-to-hide-financial-troubles-affidavit-says/3236716/
https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/pending-eviction-prompted-shawnee-youth-pastor-to-stab-family-burn-house-affidavit
https://www.kmbc.com/article/shawnee-kansas-pastor-matthew-richards-attacked-family-eviction-plea/63757738
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=685054206988157&id=100064507517820&set=a.220311766795739
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NIV
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1. Ep. 223 – “Dad, why do you have the knife?”: Matthew Lee Richards, Attempted Family Annihilator (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] Nice Girls Don't Win (00:11:46)
3. (Cont.) Ep. 223 – “Dad, why do you have the knife?”: Matthew Lee Richards, Attempted Family Annihilator (00:12:26)
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“We were all in bed when dad came around stabbing everyone and we all ran outside.” Police say this is what one of Matt Richards’ children said about him as detectives tried to sort out exactly what happened in the Richards home in the overnight hours of September 16, 2023.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod
PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/
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Episode Source List:
https://jmvr.org/2022/02/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-an-analysis-of-family-mass-murder-offenders-in-the-us-2006-2017/
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/characteristics-of-family-killers-revealed-by-first-classification-study
https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/03/28/ex-shawnee-youth-pastor-sentenced-256108/
https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/09/27/shawnee-matthew-richards-family-case-214062/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxxhaFMP84
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6a_cbGBcM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgafNLWJ_A
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/matthew-richards-pastor-shawnee-kansas-b2419047.html
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-why-do-you-have-the-knife-youth-pastor-who-called-himself-a-monster-stabbed-wife-and-5-kids-because-of-looming-eviction-financial-troubles-affidavit-says/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/youth-pastor-stabbed-family-set-house-on-fire-to-hide-financial-troubles-affidavit-says/3236716/
https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/pending-eviction-prompted-shawnee-youth-pastor-to-stab-family-burn-house-affidavit
https://www.kmbc.com/article/shawnee-kansas-pastor-matthew-richards-attacked-family-eviction-plea/63757738
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=685054206988157&id=100064507517820&set=a.220311766795739
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NIV
Chapters
1. Ep. 223 – “Dad, why do you have the knife?”: Matthew Lee Richards, Attempted Family Annihilator (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] Nice Girls Don't Win (00:11:46)
3. (Cont.) Ep. 223 – “Dad, why do you have the knife?”: Matthew Lee Richards, Attempted Family Annihilator (00:12:26)
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