Just My Imagination - Howland Township, Ohio
This week, in Howland Township, Ohio, a popular local man is brutally murdered in his own home, leading the investigation to his ex-wife, who he was still living & sleeping with. Detectives really want to talk to his wife's new, MUCH younger boyfriend, who just got out of prison. Luckily, there is a treasure trove of letters, and audio recordings that show a clear murder plan forming. But was that all a fantasy, and the real killers are actually ex-felons that the victim would hire to work for him?? A crazy tale of betrayal, and greed!!
Along the way, we find out that people want to go to a county fair to look at carcasses, that there is no reason to have 52 credit cards, and that when you're in prison, you should assume that all of your letters could eventually be evidence!!
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Comments (91)
Your shout out to me made my day! You guys are awesome although you would think of me a very old lady!
For anyone that cares, each variant of -illion (million, billion, etc.) is 1,000 times greater than the one before it, and 1,000 times 1,000 is a million, which means that quintillion is a million times a trillion. For reference, that's just a few orders of magnitude shy of the number of stars in the entire universe. It's literally too big of a number for the human brain to fathom meaningfully lmao
57 isn’t old. Damn.
I love you guys, but maybe you could back off the age thing. I'm sure a lot of your listeners are 60ish year-old women. This was kind of a turn-off for me.
Youngstown, Ohio is near my home city. I lived in East Palestine and Poland, Ohio. I also went to Youngstown State University. Hearing all these cities and the fact I have a 330 number is so wacky. This is an interesting case to heat.
Got the Fingerhut catalog all the time but I dont think we ever ordered anything....anyone remember an obscure catalog called "Himmler Scimmler" or something like that. It had a bunch of novelties, like the shit they used to sell at Spencers. Idk if it was a NY thing.
The show should have a “Moron Meter,” where James & Jimmie can rank various levels of idiocy. Donna and Nate would rank quite high.
“I can’t breathe when you’re choking me…” The absolute worst thing to hear when on the running machine in the gym, my legs melted with laughter 😂
You guys are so ridiculous. A 55 year old woman isn’t a 80 year old. Jesus
I always love when James can work in a Goodfellas reference, and this episode has 2 of them!
Looool some of my extended family grew up and still live in Youngstown. No lies were detected when Jimmie said it was hideous.
You guys would definitely discuss the Should I Marry a Murderer documentary! I would love for you guys to discuss that disaster 😅
The carcass weigh in is not weighing dead animals. It’s a standard of weight measurement for livestock.
This lady has whole playing card deck of credit cards 🤣
It's pronounced Joy Rider Hizinga, the U is silent in the last name. (Hi•zē•ing•gă) One of those annoying Dutch names. There's no excuse for Rydir He's just wierd.
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Please talk about should I marry a murderer as a bonus!
80 and on death row... Wow
I’m in a 23 yr age gap relationship. I’m 37 and he’s 60. Y’all had me CRACKING UP!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Finger Hut was like rent a center the magazine ridiculous finance charges on things lol
I am embarrassed to admit this, but when I used to be white trash, I bought a literal wedding ring off of finger hut on a payment plan🤣🤣🤣🤣
I bought wedding rings from Service Merchandise, back when Bill Cosby was their TV spokesperson. My shame is unending.
You should use the research strength and do historical and/or political show. You don’t have to take a side, just states facts.
Which one of ya’ll signed up for Patreon under the name “3 rats in a trench coat”?? Lmao! I was dyyyying when I heard Jimmie read that one, he was so deadpan with it too. Made it funnier 😂😂😂
Store cards, guys! Macy's, Kohls etc
Jimmie should get a spokesmodel gig for beard balm. His beard is gorgeous. 🥰
Just when a murder plot could not be more poorly planned and hidden this......
I'm turning 55 soon... and your comments about someone this age eating activia, listening to everything JLC says, and death row/osteoporosis is hilarious. Rude... but funny
I will never get tired of hearing them read fair descriptions.
I work in a prison. There are systems that flag key words in phone calls.
The best $5 i spend every month!
Me at 1:13, "So no Bobby no crime?"
50 year old carpet around the hot tub!! And 50 year old carpet in the hot tube🤪🤪🤪
My mother used to get stuff from Fingerhut all the time because you could buy on credit.
After hearing the guys busting on 55 year old Donna, I suddenly feel ancient at 54. 😂
She hit a 80’s Flair promo on the jury😂
Thank you. You got my name correct.
Oprah Fingerhut is my new alias.
Great episode...I live in Warren,Ohio...I vaguely remember this going on... There's something you said in the episode about the woman having a P.O. box in Warren to keep it secret...That may not be why she had it in Warren... Howland has a Warren address... Warren is the closest place that has a post office... Howland and many towns around use Warren as their address... Howland and Champion both use Warren post office
52 charge cards! I had a friend who used to joke, “I got $200 in three different banks” as a boast. This reminded me of that. CRAZY case, perfectly told as always!
James P. The next lead singer of the Temptations.
And I do need good medical care
But also I love you
It's clear she wasn't drawn to Nate for intellectual conversation
I kept wondering about that myself. It did seem like they both loved each other, but for the life of me I couldn't see why (on either side).
Off topic question here, do we know what the guys think of the "My Favorite Murder" podcast? James mentioned them once and Jimmie referenced them shortly after
52 charge cards like a deck of playing cards!
It's funny... As of July 27th discover is officially capital one ...
I've never heard of Fingerhut ... It sounds like a dirty magazine lol
Jimmie's impression of Sara Boone is exactly what I needed today 😂❤️
Fingerhut went out of business in 2025.
Nate and Donna get the gold for the most imbecilic and moronic partners in crime, to date. Even worse than Sarah Boone. The letter exchanges… 😂!
The kids English equine show is just kids riding horses with English saddles (much different than western saddles that cowboys use). Nothing untoward.
What Netflix show did they say they were obsessed with? I can’t find the episode. They said it in and I can’t remember the name of the Netflix show.
Good episode guys
She had a full deck of fookin' credit cards
Living not far from Youngstown… it’s hilarious listening to them talk about it 😂😂😂😂. Spot on fellas!! Not too long ago there was a police standoff at the y-town bus terminal 🫣
I was hoping James would finish the Baltimore Debt collector story because its the best one from Homicide. Guy just put him in the basement, and told police he had no idea where the body came from, and the detectives had to keep leaving because they couldnt stop laughing haha
I will be picturing Donna as Linda Belcher through this whole story.....BOBBY!!!
😂😂😂😂
I would LOVE a bonus episode on should I marry a murderer!
☝🏻🚨 Petition for the guys to read Fingerhut reviews for YSO!!!!
How was excessively spelled??? Lol
Ludacris is too busy doing commercials for One a Day Vitamins, Endurance Auto, Lowes and State Farm! 🤣🤣
One a Day? I can't with him 🤦🏼♀️
I’m gonna need Jimmie’s “Ohio: Putting the Mid in Midwest” on a shirt
I live in rural Ohio 😒
I had a patient that took a .38 to the head. It richocheted and only partially came out. The skull is super strong.
My grandma bought stuff from Fingerhut ALL THE TIME!!! 🤣🤣🤣 And a company called Blair 🤦♀️🤣 Fingerhut adjacent but a little worse.
Royal Oak, MI, May 30th @ 7pm. I have ONE TICKET FOR SALE - On the floor, section A Right, Row G, second seat in from the center right aisle (I'm keeping the aisle seat 😁)... WHO WANTS IT?
As someone who knows alot of native ohio history (it was an extremely dangerous area, no idea why people kept coming here in the late 1700s) I am also surprised at the native population. Ohio often gets forgotten when it comes to native history.
I had to google the carcass judging, I was a bit confused because why are they going to judge a dead farm animal. Apparently it’s to judge the quality of meat? I wonder if they just do a raw show or are they grilling it and tasting it. Either way, yeah I’ll take the lamb… omgoodness I love lamb.
I am 54 years of age and knit socks while I listen to STM... this episode left me with some questions... like what in Jesus sweet name would I be doing with a 28 year old??? Sounds like way more trouble than its worth... I got another sock to knit 😉
Trying not to lecture James and Jimmie about we gals in our 50s not being over the hill just yet!
No Ludicri. Fuck.
OMG, I remember Fingerhut! After school, I'd bring in the mail & announce it in my Royal British accent to my mom, "Fingerbutt again, Mother." 🤣🤪 She didn't like me saying that & it made it 10 × funnier!
Wife: claims her husband was dating a guy named Bobby, but no evidence is found of this 🎶 No Bobby, No Bi! 🎶
Hahahahahahahaha!
And the irony… Robert is kind, nonjudgmental, and employs ex-cons …yet is killed by an ex-con ..One that is TOTALLY unrelated to his past and/ or actions!!
Is this the SINGLE-MOST, SIMPLE / GIFT-WRAPPED MURDER PLOT, detectives have ever worked?!…fuckin hell
Right?
lol they’re not going on the greyhound for convenience…they’re on the greyhound to hide.
I just saw the insta post for this episode. she’s got CRAZY EYES, Jimmie! CRAZY EYES!!!
Get fingering is craaaazzzzyyyyyy 😂🤣💀
Underrated joke by Jimmie! 😂😂
I love all my fellow Turkeys!!
I used to love Fingerhut 😂💀 My best friend's dad bought a lot of stuff from there even about like 6 or 7 years ago! I was like "that shit still exists?" And they laughed and said yeah 🤣💀I lost it at that but y'all got me 💀💀💀
I bought some crap from Fingerhut and I would compare it to TEMU. 🤣
I lived in a little neighborhood in Boise Idaho and the real estate agent called it “newly weds and nearly dead’s” 🤣it was all old retired people, and then young newly weds with babies
YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!
Yay indeed, yay indeed!
