Case 239: Peggy Carr

DESCRIPTION
When 41-year-old waitress Peggy Carr succumbed to a mysterious illness in October 1988, doctors in Alturas, Florida, struggled to figure out what was wrong with her. As other members of Peggy’s family became sick too, one neurologist came to suspect they were dealing with a case of poisoning. Tests soon confirmed the family had been deliberately poisoned with the rare heavy metal thallium, but no one could understand why.
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Narration - Anonymous Host
Research & writing - Erin Munro
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Production and music - Mike Migas
Music - Andrew D.B. Joslyn
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[@SmolAliens]

Honestly, as a Floridian, the most surprising part of this is that there was once a Mensa chapter in Polk County…

[@Johnconno]

😂

[@laurenlester1418]

For real though😂

[@evryhndlestakn]

Not short of comedians though. Good one 😂😂👍

[@ErisRising]

Hey, my mother's entire side of the family is from Polk County and how dare you make reference to them in such an unfairly true and accurate way!

[@parrotpirate9648]

The most underrated KZbin channel for true crime hands down

[@glendathetford8053]

Yes

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

CaseFiles, thank you so much for the upload. Happy Saturday. RIP Peggy.

[@KenyanBunnie]

I have watched a few documentaries on this case and am hearing info I haven't heard before in those docus! That's one of the reasons I love this channels content!

[@juliamcwilliam]

11:25pm in Australia. Bedtime story ready to go :)

[@Aozziegamer99]

Yep. Can’t wait!

[@peachiep2734]

9:05 in the U. S. on the east coast and let's doooooo this!!!

[@bradmccrorey]

Perfect timing :)

[@bethbrown6155]

Law enforcement failed these cases miserably. Nothing was followed up on and people were not taken seriously. Where is the officer that kept taking reports but did nothing? I would love to hear his explanation.

[@hueparis1163]

Casefile present graces us with the best podcasts out there. Thank you so much.

[@barbarajohnson3876]

Totally agree. Cheers

[@rhondamcewananderson3968]

Always glad it's Saturday... Casefile just great! Thanks!

[@JudeNance]

What a horrible way to die😢

[@blackkittens.]

My favourite channel. Thank you ☆☆☆

[@verjanhamilton6287]

Thank you so much for your gift of these for us. They're incredible. Mauri ora 🌹

[@danrobinson572]

Now my Saturday morning is awesome 👏

[@BrendainPA]

I have seen this case presented a number of times and your presentation has been the best. It is clear you have done extensive research, put the information gathered together flawlessly and came up with a presentation that was very informative and interesting. Well done and thank you!

[@chadczternastek]

Great podcasts brotha!

[@plicketyplunk]

I just subscribed. Excellent storytelling skills, perfect voice, and I love your choice of subjects.

[@KenyanBunnie]

They do excellent work! They also have the show on Audible!

[@bigbadbubba099]

I cannot believe pye didn't think his dog becoming sick and dying and George turning off their water made him an obvious suspect in the poisoning. What a cowardly lowlife creep.

[@TheTesemeau]

Great work as ever Casefile, thank you!

[@eduardouriza-dl8vh]

❤love this podcast happy to hear u dropping episodes again,hate waiting 2-3 months to hear a new episode

[@TeamBTC17]

How does this channel only have 80K subscribers, it’s the absolute best True crime podcast and deserves way more. We need to make sure we like and subscribe & leave a comment let’s get the algorithm gods to do their thing!

[@stee8345]

Casefile is one of the most popular podcasts out there. Its just that on KZbin they don't have many subscribers bc its a podcast and ppl come to KZbin for videos....

[@jamiegrzywa2810]

I love this story. Listened to it several times, I like your portrayal best though.

[@itallia666]

Ooh this is so Cooooool! Ive been poorly for quite a while & couldnt be arsed to watch anything on utube However im fully recovered & full of pep! Plus its so good to go to your favourite channels & have a huge catch up & binge fest ! Ive got quite a few of CASEFILES.. To relish listening to I always flick on the LIKE button before i even start to listen.. So thank you CASEFILES for all your case videos Cant wait to hear all the vids ive missed Peace🕊 🇬🇧👧

[@RightsForZombies]

The MENSA thing is always a red flag to me. I was invited to ‘audition’ to try to join during my undergrad studies and I looked at the website and it was so pretentious and self-aggrandising. They even said one of the perks was being able to tell jokes others would actually understand. I politely told the man who encouraged me to join that I didn’t really have the time to sit for an IQ test but that I appreciated the thought and hoped he continued to enjoy it. He really had this sense of superiority. It was just undergrad and we were both in the honour society doing honours for our bachelor of science degrees, but he acted like he was doing his doctorate in theoretical physics or biochemistry or something. He also looked down on humanities students in the honour society, even though he and I were only doing our bachelor of science in criminology so the bio and chem we studied wasn’t especially high level. It was pretty off-putting.

[@martinwarner1178]

Top notch. Thank you. Peace be unto you.

[@trialgoddess]

What a wonderful advertisement for MENSA. It so rarely gets any press.

[@teresakirkland995]

I grew up just south of where this took place. My bff’s mom also worked at that restaurant. It’s. Perfect example of why they say stay out of Polk County.

[@thecatatemyhomework]

Have these people ever heard of calling for an ambulance? It should have happened in the restaurant.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

2:15 am in Sweden

[@shadquirk607]

I dont know who it could of been, we have no enemies, who would want to harm us? It couldn't possibly be THE NEIGHBORS WE'VE BEEN FUEDING WITH FOR YEARS.

[@carolball5764]

Can’t believe that letter didn’t spring to mind straight away, not just one of the family , but for all of them?

[@evryhndlestakn]

It's a bit like hearing the doorbell ringing repeatedly for 10 minutes & being surprised that someone is standing on the doorstep when you go to walk outside. 🤔

[@barbarajohnson3876]

Her groveling note begging him to want her, angered me. Never beg anyone to love, care, respect, or want you

[@dingdong6452]

Same. Cringe.

[@lindc1070]

Exactly. The guy was cheating on her. Behaving like she was desperate just put her in a dangerous situation

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

I have 2 different women now that I am seeing. I am 69 and they both are in their forties. I can absolutely manipulate both of these women and they will do anything I want them to. I just have that way about me. If I can get a woman to go on one date it is pretty much over for her because she is mine. They both absolutely beg me to love them. My problem is keeping them from finding out about each other. Sometimes that is a hard task in itself.

[@dingdong6452]

@@JohnDavis-yz9nq lol

[@lindc1070]

@@JohnDavis-yz9nq there are gullible desperate women who can be manipulated but not all of us are that way. Btw there are manipulative , dangerous women out there too. You might just run into your Nemesis.

[@awkwardautistic]

What a great morning!

[@elfersmary]

What a shame

[@MsHburnett]

Well told

[@Scraggledust]

Woohoo! Tyvm🎉❤

[@RuminatingWizard]

Strangely, it seems there will always be people who support and defend guilty people no matter who they are.

[@SassySlater]

Until something happens to them! Then They’ll feel completely differently!

[@MsHburnett]

dungeon??? I think he was planning on entrapping the undercover detective

[@jerrymarbury9365]

Nice work case file,if things were ordered properly,George would've long since been poisoned by the people of Florida

[@emmagatewood3898]

32 years on death row must be some kind of record. Didn't the state of Florida execute Ted Bundy in less than 10 years?

[@thetwelfth9987]

Gentle people do gentle murder, one’s personality isn’t always an obstacle to the things they’re capable. He had fooled everyone around him, I wonder if his wife still sticks by his side.

[@shabbysuzannah3702]

I have only just found you! Poor Peggy. PS not that its in your control but I much prefer the Scandinavian/Eastern European/German language adverts - I havent a clue what theyre saying or advertising but theyre not half as much annoying as the English ones 😂🇬🇧

[@FrancienDanielsWebb]

Pity the advertisements are so often. I have to go to Skip Ads while I am trying relax and fall asleep.

[@donnacova]

Same for me. 🫤

[@mirandamanga9083]

I wonder if it’s KZbin or the channel.

[@maelstrom3002]

Who falls asleep to criminal cases? Freak

[@NIN1]

For someone in MENSA, he was incredibly daft. I guess you write what you know lmao

[@carolball5764]

Don’t confuse cleverness with common sense that’s my take on it..

[@jaccusefashion]

Poor Peggy....

[@JudeNance]

When trust is broken don't forget that.

[@danrobinson572]

Still on death row.

[@anitaholst7671]

Unbelievable.

[@user-cr9yd6lj3v]

what the fuck is my local crisis centre?

[@Johnconno]

This is George, eager for fun. Wears a bikini, everybody run.

[@rileytherandom]

are you for real? this video has ads every 5 minutes

[@robsimpson7319]

Bikini 👙 briefs caught me off guard my man...

[@samlape]

Yea wtf was that….

[@samspam1788]

I found this really hard to follow

[@evryhndlestakn]

Because there were no pictures?

[@Boo-dawg.]

I remember this case. She was pathetic he was too, of course, but to help these freaks find little girls for his sick habits, Melissa got what she deserved, but that little girl is stuck with memories no child should have and they'll be with her the rest of her life. When a woman feels she has to get little girls for their boyfriends or husband's then that's when a person should know the need to take themselves out because they're as useless as the pervert they are helping. But she got what she deserved either way. Too bad he's still breathing, the disgusting pig ! My son got custody of his son 10 yrs ago because his mother was living with a child molester. Her oldest daughter daughters father is also a child molester. That makes me so sick. This was just a drunk hook up for my 😮 he never wanted to be stuck with that worthless female. But he did want the baby. I looked him up out of curiosity and found out he had been convicted twice for molestation of a 10 and 11 yr old. I asked her why in the hell would you want a guy that would prefer you to be 10 or 11 instead of 22. Her response was , he's so cute." I told her to get rid of him, or I would see to it that my son gets him. She didn't take me very seriously so I got a lawyer and my son got full custody. She only broke up with him when she found out he was doing her much Unger cousin. Not for her son but because he fooled around on her with someone in their early teens. Pathetic is the first word that comes to my mind, and then some other ones I can't say on KZbin. She's just incredibly stupid to the point I can't get my head around it. She has a 15 yr old daughter maybe she'll find someone that will be willing to molest her. The daughter is nuts anyway, so that should really put her in a completely messed up state of mind. She's there pretty much already as it is. She is a raging whore already just like her mother. The mother acts like she's 12 and doesn't bother to have anything to do with my grandson. But he's fine with that. And so are we. I've been his "mom" since he was 3, and now he's 13. Everything has worked out perfectly.

[@readg4fun]

Melissa? I thought her name was Peggy.

[@carolball5764]

@@readg4funwrong case file comment .

[@patriciagalbraith9873]

Too many commercials had to give up and quit listening.

[@johnoneill7947]

Why this dog do this

[@ingridsywak8572]

Story takes much too long. Sorry.

[@dingdong6452]

I don't know... this is the first case where I don't feel sorry for the victims . They sound annoying af

[@AJBa83]

Hehe bit harsh. But yeah, he knew when the house was empty because some neighbours you always know when they are in or out. Bet it was the car door slamming that finally tipped him over the edge.

[@mirandamanga9083]

Doesn’t give Walter White the right to poison the entire family.

[@carolball5764]

Jeez you sound easily triggered to lack such empathy.. let’s hope you don’t have any annoying traits eh?

[@nartarlyiatremaynne1239]

Ghastly narration do not bother.

[@robertkain7890]

Jesus!! Between the KZbin commercials and the narrator reading the sponsors, it's a wonder we get to hear the program at all!!

[@RuminatingWizard]

Especially since it's free.

[@robertkain7890]

@JustADawg There are plenty of other free true crime channels on KZbin that only have a fraction of the advertising. All I'm trying to say is when a commercial is interrupted by another commercial, they've gone too far!

[@danrobinson572]

I agree way to many stops

[@blackkittens.]

@@robertkain7890 Grab the cursor and drag to a few seconds before the very end. Let it end naturally to a full stop. Then drag the cursor back to the start and the interrupting ads won't appear. Just the sponsored promo ads will be there (I think those ones are good to listen to and help keep our Casefile channel ticking.) Hope this helps. PS if by any chance it doesn't work just do it again.

[@robertkain7890]

@Black Kittens I appreciate the advice, but I've been doing that trick for a long time now. Unfortunately, I only have my smartphone, and the app doesn't let me get away with that anymore.

[@gregorykelsey8705]

Too many goddamn ads not worth watching