Crime Adjacent Live Episode 582: The Happiest Sleuths on Earth

What this episode covers

On March 20, 2021, the body of Alexia Russo was discovered inside her Anaheim, California, townhouse just blocks from Disneyland. The 33-year-old horticulturalist actually worked at the theme park. In fact, it was her dream job, a joyful convergence of her two favorite things in the world: trees and Disney.  But this dream job also had a dark side, because it was this very place where Alexia would meet the person who murdered her. This wouldn't be a Crime Adjacent case if there wasn't some wild twist, however. And this case has plenty of them. Because yes, this dream job might have brought Alexia face to face with her killer.  But it also brought her into the orbit of the very people who would find the tiniest clue and solve her murder, this band of grieving, elderly castoffs who ventured to Disneyland to find joy again and ended up smack dab in the middle of a murder investigation. This is Crime Adjacent episode 582: The Happiest Sleuths on Earth, told live in San Francisco during our tour. OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder? Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them. “An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — Earworthy From the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most. It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us. “Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting Today Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price. So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters. It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent.  New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America. Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent  Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacent Web site -- www.crimeadjacent.com Crime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.