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167. The Pizza Hut Murder

April 22, 2026 · 43 min

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On this episode, Payton dives into the case of Nancy DePriest. What began as a normal shift alone at Pizza Hut quickly spiraled into something far more sinister.


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NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com

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Twitch: twitch.tv/throatypie

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Case Sources:

LA Times - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-21-me-confess21-story.html

The National Registry of Exonerations - https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/10386

ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=131312&page=1

CATO Institute - https://www.cato.org/regulation/summer-2017/price-injustice#

Innocence Project - https://innocenceproject.org/cases/richard-danziger/

Bluhm Legal Clinic - https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/tx/christopher-ochoa.html

WV Innocence Project - https://wvinnocenceproject.law.wvu.edu/innocence-project-blog/our-voices/2018/09/24/the-guilty-plea-problem-by-threat-of-lethal-injection

The Marshall Project - https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/03/09/facing-her-daughter-s-killer-at-last

Salon - https://www.salon.com/2000/10/31/ochoa/

https://www.salon.com/2000/10/13/texas_10/

Justia U.S. Law - https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1991/4881.html


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