Ep. 279 — “I Love You to Death:” The Worst (But Funniest) Murder Conspiracy Ever

About this episode

This episode discusses the humorous yet dark true story of Tony and Frances Toto's failed murder conspiracy.

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about the true story of Tony & Frances Toto, whose story hit the big screen in 1990 after Frances tried to murder Tony 5 times with the help of a few hitmen, all of whom were very bad at murder. The dark comedy based on their “rough patch” is called I Love You to Death. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy — https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b6...

People in this episode

Host: Danielle Blinka

Topics covered

• murder conspiracy
• dark comedy
• true crime
• hitmen
• failed murder attempts

Keywords

• murder
• conspiracy
• true crime
• dark comedy
• hitmen
• Tony Toto
• Frances Toto

Sponsors

Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, PodMoth

Books & works: I Love You to Death

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