Unhinged! The Notorious Pam Hupp

Pam Hupp is infamous, even spawning an upcoming drama series on NBC about her life and crimes. This week, Chris and Amy detail Pam Hupp's conviction for the killing of Louis Gumpenberger claiming self defense, but how suspicious deaths have marked many moments of her life.Pam's reign of terror takes us to a suburb near St. Louis, Missouri. Pam's supposed friend was given a terminal diagnosis, and Pam seemingly swopped in and was able to secure money from Betsy Faria's life insurance. But Betsy wouldn't die in a hospital, but instead was stabbed over 50 times, placing the blame squarely on Betsy's husband, Russ Faria, despite having a solid alibi. Russ was ultimately acquitted of the crime after spending nearly 4 years locked up.This wasn't the end of Pam benefiting from a loved one dying under suspicious circumstances. Years later, Pam's own mother died in a bizarre accident, all the while having hundreds of thousands of dollars waiting for Pam in life insurance and inheritances. And although Pam was highly suspected and the death was later reclassified as being "uncertain" instead of an accidental death, no official charges were ever filed against her.But despite all these mysterious deaths, Pam didn't land herself in prison until she was convicted of killing Louis Gumpenberger, a man with severe physical and mental illness following a serious car accident. This time there was no doubt that Pam was the shooter, but she told prosecutors it was in an act of self-defense. Pam's path of destruction has many twists and turns, so check out this week's episode to get all the details in half the time.Send your true crime suggestions to hello@truecrimerecaps!Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/TrueCrimeRecapsPodcastIf you want to support the show, and get all the episodes ad-free go to https://truecrimerecaps.supercast.tech/If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/TrueCrimeRecapsPodcastFollow TCR on YouTube here!Follow TCR on Instagram here!Follow TCR on Facebook here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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