Kouri Richins: The Children's Book, The Fentanyl, The Widow
Murders & Minivans by Tali & Stephanie
Episode notes
This week we're covering Kouri Richins, the Utah mother, real estate investor, and children's book author who was convicted in March 2026 of poisoning her husband Eric with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. We get into the debt, the fraud, the affair, the life insurance policies, the failed Valentine's Day attempt, the Moscow Mule, and the book that made this one of the most talked-about cases in recent true crime.
IN THIS EPISODE Who Kouri and Eric Richins were, and how different their upbringings were The real estate empire built on a forged power of attorney, a stolen $250,000 home equity line, and falsified records More than two million dollars in debt, and the life insurance policies Eric never knew existed Kouri's secret relationship with Josh Grossman and the text messages that surfaced at trial The warning signs, including Eri ...