34 FAIRVIEW ROAD: Episode 9 – "Consequences"
Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps
Release Date: 12/02/2024
Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps
A Baltimore woman fails to show up for work. Her family is concerned and reports her missing. Meanwhile, a slew of other women in the same county are found dead, one after the other. A police officer’s son living in Reno, Nevada, is brought in and asked questions about a stolen credit card. Fifty years later, the answers everyone has been waiting for finally come. Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you won’t get anywhere...
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Sandra Pagniano has decided enough is enough. She is divorcing her husband, David. But when Sandra turns up missing, leaving two notes behind, indicating she won’t be returning, Prescott, Arizona, investigators wonder if they are looking at a cliched "the-husband-did-it" episode of “Dateline,” or something far more evil? Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you won’t get anywhere else. Visit to contact investigative journalist...
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Concluding my interview with Dr. Peter Vronsky, noted expert on the life of the Times Square Ripper/Torso Killer, serial murderer Richard Cottingham, we discuss how many women Cottingham murdered, and if he is responsible for the unsolved Nanuet (New York) Mall murder of Lisa Thomas. Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you won’t get anywhere else. Visit to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the...
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An elevator opens and out walks one of the most notorious serial killers of our time, Richard “Torso Killer” Cottingham. You cross paths with him and get up to your floor, only to realize there’s a fire. In the first of a two-part special, I speak to Dr. Peter Vronsky, who tries to convince me that Cottingham murdered a young girl, Lisa Thomas, I profiled on a previous episode of the show, and claimed there’s not a chance Cottingham killed her. Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited...
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Robert Haggart meets Garnetta Post in 1981—and her life is never the same again. Soon after marrying Haggart, Garnetta realizes the guy is lazy, vulgar, and abusive. And within six months of the marriage, the true nature of just how violent this guy is presents itself—and the outcome is one of Michigan’s most violent and deadly crimes ever. Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you won’t get anywhere else. Visit to contact...
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Two cases out of Gary, Indiana—young women missing from the same general neighborhood a few months apart, one of whom we know for certain was 9 months pregnant. With help, these cases can be solved. Anyone with information on Ja’Niyah’s or Emma's disappearances, please contact the Gary Police Department at (219) 881-1209. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV series, and my iHeartMedia podcast, Paper Ghosts, in addition to the ideas you send me. A lot of them grab hold of me...
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A high schooler in Honolulu, Dawn Momohara, gets a phone call, leaves her house en route for the shopping mall and never returns. After nearly five decades, the family gets answers. Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you won’t get anywhere else. Visit to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. Email Phelps at And don't forget to...
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A local real estate broker is found dead in 1961 Houston. Two local “women” seem to be the last to have seen him. As a nationwide manhunt begins, law enforcement is not so sure they are searching for two females, but perhaps a woman and a man dressed as a woman. In what is one of the more remarkable true crime cases of the century, you won’t believe how two people go from death row to freedom … all set against the shocking cultural norms we once lived under. Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive...
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*Two young girls, best friends Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, go missing two months apart from each other. Law enforcement is stumped. Had the girls planned some sort of elaborate disappearing act and run away? Or is something more sinister going on? *Listener, Synthia, suggested case! Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you won’t get anywhere else. Visit to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more...
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Emily and Joe Ferlazzo take off on a trip into the Green Mountains of Vermont to celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary. But only one of them, Joe, returns home … with Emily now missing, and the Vermont State Police searching for answers. With eerie similarities to the Gaby Petito case, law enforcement takes note and tailors its investigation in a direction nobody wants to believe could be true. Sign up for your free Patreon account , where I’ll be streaming “live,” sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other...
info_outlineThe pressure is on Turtleboy to sell Karen Read’s version of a conspiracy. In doing that, self-published blogger Aidan Kearney continually attacks witnesses in the case and begins planning his biggest event to date—a visit to each of the main witness’s homes and businesses, with scores of Free Karen Read disciples following behind. While that is happening, one of Karen’s friends begins talking to the Massachusetts State Police, telling them that the entire script behind the conspiracy, even down to what Turtleboy should say to witness’s when he approaches them, has been designed and authored by Karen Read all along--and that nothing is done without Karen's approval.
“34 Fairview Road” is the first limited series, narrative podcast exploring in depth the death of Boston Police officer John O’Keefe in January 2022, the arrest of his girlfriend, 44-year-old Karen Read, her high-profile murder trial, the impact self-published blogger Aidan "Turtleboy" Kearney has had on the case, along with Kearney’s exclusive story—from high school teacher to a criminal serving 60 days in jail for witness intimidation so far, still facing 18 felony counts—woven through the story behind the town of Canton, Massachusetts, in utter chaos, division, and at each other's throats.
Hosted by veteran podcaster, writer and executive producer M. William Phelps—the #1 Apple hit PAPER GHOSTS, WHITE EAGLE, both from iHeartMedia, and his hit weekly show CROSSING THE LINE WITH M. WILLIAM PHELPS—and New York Times bestselling author of close to 50 books, investigative journalist and tv personality.
The series, based on over 100 hours of interviews Phelps has completed, features exclusive audio, documents and insights from Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney, including never-before-heard, new information in the case, and Turtleboy's dealings and exclusive conversations with Karen Read. The series offers an original look at the shocking series of events that occurred before and after John O’Keefe lost his life as a blizzard descended upon New England in January, 2022.
The series is executive produced by M. William Phelps and Matthew Valentinas—written and produced by M. William Phelps.
In late January 2022, 46-year-old veteran Boston Police officer John O’Keefe’s body is found on the front lawn of a fellow Boston Police officer’s home in Canton, Massachusetts—34 Fairview Road—as a blizzard blankets the Northeast. Within hours, O’Keefe’s otherwise unassuming 44-year-old financial executive girlfriend, Karen Read, is accused of running down O’Keefe with her SUV—and charged with his murder. And yet, some believe Karen Read is a scapegoat, there to shield a conspiracy hiding deep, dark secrets—with corrupt cops and political Canton power brokers, running the town like an organized crime family, at the helm.
Soon, the town of Canton is in chaos, residents at each other’s throats. And there in the midst of it all, a blogger and so-called free speech advocate, Aidan Carnie, who goes by the ridiculous name Turtleboy, seemingly pulls back the curtain on this bedroom community, uncovering what he believes is evidence of widespread corruption and collusion, fueling an already volatile situation, and ultimately leading to Turtleboy being arrested and jailed on 18 felony counts of witness intimidation.
Phelps plays the middle road, telling the story as it takes place, interviewing dozens of people, reviewing 1000s of pages of documents, collecting hours of exclusive audio, including the exclusive story from self-published blogger Turtleboy himself, which he has not shared with anyone.