MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

In 2015, police in New York were alerted to a very strange death; The victim, who was a pillar of their own community, had died suddenly and unexpectedly, and their autopsy showed something very unusual. So the police began digging into the case, and eventually, after a few major twists and turns, they would get to the shocking truth… and the truth could be summed up in 1 word, "EVIL."

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Note about our content:

We do not do any original reporting. The stories we tell are based on events that we research and describe using existing source material.

While we make every effort to use the best quality sources we can access within our production deadlines, and while we make every effort to verify facts through multiple sources, we do make occasional mistakes, and we cannot verify the accuracy of the source material we use.

Please note that creative liberties have been taken in the creation and presentation of the material on which we have based this podcast. 

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SPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT:

Main Sources:

HIGH QUALITY:

Court opinion

https://casetext.com/case/people-v-conley-108

Defense trial brief

https://www.ocgov.net/sites/default/files/distatty/Motions/LL-Trial%20Brief.pdf

Court records from Kaitlin Conley’s trial

https://www.ocgov.net/distatty/KaitlynConley

Trial #1 transcripts

https://www.ocgov.net//oneida/distatty/ConleyTrial1

Trial #2 transcripts

https://www.ocgov.net//oneida/distatty/ConleyTrial2

Testimony of digital forensics expert

https://www.ocgov.net/sites/default/files/distatty/NoteworthyCases/KaitlynConley/A.%20Martino%20Trial%202%20Testimony.pdf

Evidence relied upon by the prosecution

https://www.ocgov.net//distatty/EvidenceProsecution

Videotaped court testimony of Dr William Yoder

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2017/04/kaitlyn_conley_trial_victims_husband_takes_stand.html

Adam Yoder: letters, notes

https://www.ocgov.net/sites/default/files/distatty/EvidenceProsecution/AdamYoder/LL-Adam%20Yoder%27s%20Documents.pdf

BOOKS:

Phelps. (2020). We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder [E-book]. Kensington.

https://read.amazon.com/?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_pbcb_rnvc00&_encoding=UTF8&asin=B086R8SS5Q

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON WEB:

First witness called in Conley case

https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/crime/2017/05/09/first-defense-witnesses-called-in/21082151007/

Conley Trial: Tracking the colchicine

https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/crime/2017/10/24/conley-trial-tracking-colchicine/17421861007/

Conley Trial: victim’s family offers their theories

https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/crime/2017/05/10/conley-trial-victim-s-family/21072794007/

Katie’s appeal

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2021/03/court-denies-kaitlyn-conleys-appeal-that-she-killed-her-former-boyfriends-mom.html

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: SUBSCRIPTION BASED:

New York woman charged with fatally poisoning chiropractor boss

The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, New York) · Wed, Jun 15, 2016 · Page A6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/194369522

Upstate NY woman charged with killing released on bail

Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, New York) · Fri, Jun 17, 2016 · Page A10 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/192994131

Hung jury ends trial in boss' death

Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) · Fri, May 19, 2017

https://www.newspapers.com/image/301623624

Victim’s husband testifies in deadly-poisoning trial: there was no marital infidelity

Syracuse Post Standard, April 29, 2017,Pg. 3, Syracuse, New York, US 

https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-post-standard-apr-29-2017-p-3/

Victim’s son testifies: He thinks Conley tried to poison him

Syracuse Post Standard, October 25, 2017,Pg. 8, Syracuse, New York, US 

https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-post-standard-oct-25-2017-p-8/

OBITUARIES/ DEATH RECORDS:

Mary Yoder obituary/tributes

https://www.eannacefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mary-Yoder-5/#!/Obituary

HISTORICAL WEATHER:

Historical weather/July weather in Whitesboro

https://www.weather-us.com/en/new-york-usa/whitesboro-weather-july

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ny/whitesboro/date/2020-9-8

DOCUMENTARIES:

Discovery plus: A time to Kill: A Ladies Weapon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09DD27W9T?autoplay=1/ref=kinw_myk_watch_video_title

Oxygen: Killer Motive: Healthy dose of murder S2E4 (NBC)

https://www.nbc.com/killer-motive/video/a-healthy-dose-of-murder/4308609

YouTube: True Crime Daily: Yoder family split on Conley verdict

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Schiht0ZA

SETTINGS:

Information on Utica:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica,_New_York

Whitesboro, NY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesboro,_New_York

Mohawk valley

https://mohawkvalley.today/explore-oneida-county-ny/#top

INTERNET ARTICLES:

Cinemaholic

https://thecinemaholic.com/mary-yoder-murder-where-is-kaitlyn-conley-now/

True Crime Daily

https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/10/26/receptionist-accused-of-murdering-chiropractor-boss-with-poison/

Oxygen True Crime write up https://www.oxygen.com/killer-motive/crime-news/kaitlyn-conley-poisons-ex-boyfriends-mom-mary-yoder

Chillingcrimes.com

https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/mary-yoder

Fox news

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/killer-motive-new-york-woman-poisoning-sons-ex-girlfriend-vengeance

Conley sentencing: self hatred will haunt Adam Yoder forever

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2018/01/11/adam-yoder-kaitlyn-conley-ex-boyfriend-mother-death

OTHER:

Free Kaitlyn Conley

https://www.freekaitlynconley.com

William Yoder (LinkedIn)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-yoder-27070024?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

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