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This Is Monsters

Michael Lissy : Conman Turned Murderer

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Michael David Lissy spent his entire life earning a living through insurance cons. When he wasn't able to use his third wife's banking connections to con more money, he figured her life insurance would be the next best thing.

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0:00.0

At the Halloween Hotel, you'll find a delight.

0:03.2

Just ask Alexa each day to unlock a new fright.

0:06.4

With quizzes so tricky and jokes that amuse, you can unwrap the mystery that's left

0:10.9

us confused.

0:12.2

We can't wait for Halloween, there's only three weeks to go.

0:15.5

So say Alexa, open Halloween Hotel and let the fears flow.

0:20.7

Enter our world of betterfying laughter and check into Halloween Hotel, only by Frotella!

0:27.7

Ha ha ha!

0:30.8

Insurance fraud, cocaine, prostitutes, and hitmen.

0:35.2

Sounds like the plot line to a gritty crime novel, but for Catherine and Martini, these

0:39.4

were just a few of the threads that were sewn together to put her on a direct path to murder.

0:44.9

This is Monsters.

1:10.2

Catherine and Martini was born on April 28, 1958 in New York.

1:15.6

She was always known as Kathy as she thought that Catherine was too formal.

1:20.0

She grew up in a close-knit family that valued education and stability.

1:24.4

As one of three girls, there was plenty of encouragement to be successful and independent

1:29.4

and not rely on anyone else to bring happiness.

1:33.0

Even as a child, Kathy was highly motivated, intelligent, and ambitious.

1:37.6

She was a great student and outside of the classroom, she was an accomplished swimmer.

1:42.2

After high school, Kathy attended Yale where she studied economics at the same time as

1:46.7

pursuing swimming on the varsity swim team.

1:49.8

In her spare time, she volunteered at the local YWCA and she shared her passion for women's

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