The Family Annihilator Anthony Todt _ Mystery _ Makeup - Bailey Sarian

Bailey Sarian

This episode of 'Murder Mystery and Makeup' explores the chilling case of Anthony Todt, a man who murdered his wife and three children in Florida in 2020 before attempting suicide. Once a respected physical

Key takeaways

• Anthony Todt's childhood trauma, including witnessing his mother being shot by his father, may have contributed to his psychological deterioration.
• Financial desperation from a Medicaid fraud investigation and over $100,000 in debt is believed to be the primary motive behind the murders.

Main topics

• Family annihilation
• Financial crime and fraud

Notable quotes

"Don't freaking kill your whole family. Oh my God."

Conclusion

Anthony Todt's case exemplifies how deep-seated trauma, financial ruin, and psychological instability can

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) Okay everybody, get ready, get together, smile, I'm back, we're doing murder mystery, say cheese, cheese. Great, I hope he smiled, I'll find out. Hi friends, how are you? Where have you been? It's been a while. I haven't seen you in a while. I'm just kidding, I know. I hope you're having a wonderful day today. If you don't know, my name is Bailey Sarian and I've been MIA for a couple of months now, but I'm here today. And I am here because it's Monday. So that means it's Murder, Mystery, and Makeup Monday. I'm just gonna do it. You're welcome. So I've been missing for a couple of months and I apologize that I just ghosted you guys. It's not that I don't love you anymore. I love you so much. It's just life got a- little crazy and one day I'll tell you what's been going on but right now well that day and today actually I'm here now and I'm happy to be back and I appreciate you for checking in on me making sure I was okay that was nice of you everything's good other than that I'm gonna shut up now because I am dying to do some makeup and talk about some true crime because this story today's story was one of those that I watched every court trial case I could watch on YouTube like hours I got it very um involved with this story just because let me just tell you about it. Before I jump into this video I want to give a big thank you to today's sponsor. Now that fall is in full swing and the holidays are approaching it seems like our lives are getting just a little busier. For me I'm working on filming videos for Murder Mystery Makeup and Dark History. It's just It can be a very busy time. 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You can easily customize your meals with HelloFresh custom by swapping proteins or sides, upgrading to choice proteins, or even adding protein to a veggie meal so you can make each meal exactly how you want to. Go to HelloFresh.com and use code BaileySarian16 for 16 free meals across 7 boxes and 3 free gifts. That's HelloFresh.com and use code BaileySarian16 for 16 free meals across seven boxes and three free gifts. If you're ever curious to know what I'm using, I'll leave it down in the description box down below. But other than that, I will stop talking and let's do some makeup. Yeah, yeah. Don't forget to like and subscribe. Great, thanks. So in order to understand today's story, we have to start with Bob. Todd. So it's the 1980s and we are in Bensalem, Connecticut. And Bob over here, this guy Bob, he was like a family man, father of two small children. He was married to his wife Loretta and he worked full time as a special education teacher. And he even like even after school, he would coach wrestling for the kids. Seemed like a great guy. I'm just kidding because I'm here right now. So he can't be a great guy because Bob over here was actually just a really busy man. Other than his wife, Bob also had another lover, a little side piece over in like the town close by. Not really sure how they met. But it had gotten so serious that the two ended up being engaged. She had no idea that he was married So he's engaged and married and then get this because it gets even better Bob also had a 17 year old girlfriend on top of all that he's got a wife a fiance and a girlfriend this man Busy, okay. I don't know how he had time to juggle all of that I don't even know how how does he keep up all the lies? That's just a lot of work man Anyways, that's what he was doing. But Bob, he can't really keep up with all of it. He's juggling a lot, right? He's got to come up with a plan. He wants out of his marriage. And the only, I'm laughing because the only way, according to Bob, to get out of his marriage would be to remove his wife, aka, you know, get rid of her. If you know what I mean. Bob came up with this idea to outsource his dirty work by hiring someone to take his wife out. Bob ends up approaching one of his former special education students. Yes, I said special education student. He goes up to this student and is like, hey, you want to make $800? All you have to do is shoot and kill my wife. Yeah. And I know, I know. I got stuck on that $800 for just a little too long. I was like, dude, he's getting ripped off. Does he know he's getting ripped off? $800? $800. Now, the next part is a little unclear, but during trial, it was decided that Bob had first tried to convince the student to kill Loretta, his wife, outside of her work, but he ended up being too scared to go through with it. So after the first attempt, Bob approached the student again and was like, hey, you know, like you should try and give it another go. This time, Bob tells the student that instead of trying to do it outside of her place, of work you can break into my house i'll leave it unlocked right come in when everyone's asleep and just kill the person in the master bedroom that's all you gotta do and you can make eight hundred dollars so bob tells his student that he's gonna be away he's gonna go stay at his girlfriends for the night so he wouldn't be there and there wouldn't be like any confusion It's easy peasy. You're going to go in there, you're going to shoot her, and then you're going to get the fuck out. Great guy. Unfortunately, this time the plan did carry out. Those who were inside of the house, it was Loretta and her four-year-old son, reported hearing two different men in the house. It's unsure what fully happened, but a gunshot was heard in Loretta. She was shot in the freaking face. She would end up losing her eye, but... she would survive the attack. You go, Loretta. It wouldn't be long until Bob would be convicted of attempted homicide, criminal conspiracy, and criminal solicitation, and he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. That's it, 10 years. Okay. Okay. So Bob's accomplice received a lighter sentence, which I think all of us could probably agree that that's fair. I think Bob took advantage of him. Bob and Loretta's son, his name was Anthony Todd, He claimed as an adult to have suffered from lifelong nightmares as a result of hearing his mother being shot at night. I mean, it makes sense. It's really sad. But he would go on to end up just like his daddy. Oh, dear. I think it's safe to say that young Anthony's life was off to a pretty rocky start. You see, it was pretty clear to everybody that Anthony's dad tried to kill his mom, Loretta, right? But Loretta, she could not accept this. She truly believed that someone broke into the house, tried to kill her, and then, I don't know, didn't rob her or anything. But it was not her husband. And she stood by that. It was also said that during Bob's trial, Loretta took the stand. She took the stand in Bob's defense. And she was up there crying and wailing. It said whaling specifically. I'm not sure what's the difference between a cry and a whale. I think a whale is something in the ocean. A whale is like a little bit more dramatic, but she's up there. She was trying to convince the jury that Bob was innocent. Poor lady. I mean, come on. So it would take some time, but Loretta did like finally come to. She accepted the reality that Bob did indeed try to have her murdered, which I'm sure wasn't easy, but she eventually got there. And after accepting this, she made a solid attempt to move on with her life. And she wanted to do this because she had two young kids at this time. So, girl, you gotta, you gotta. Loretta would also go on to remarry. And she made sure that Anthony and his sister attended many years of therapy, which I was like, oh, wow, that's probably the most responsible thing I've heard here on a Monday episode. It didn't work, though. Speaker 1 (9:24) Because we're here still. So never mind. But still, yeah. So not a lot to report on Anthony's teenage years except one important detail. That he ended up meeting the woman he would marry in high school. Her name was Megan. And the two would end up going to the same college together. Megan was like two years younger than Anthony. So he went to college. She followed him there. Then went to Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. Connecticut and the couple would end up dating for about eight years before getting married. And they also shared the same religious beliefs. They were practicing Catholics. That's important because religion does play a, you'll see, you'll get it. So Anthony would say that Megan and his family were more relaxed when it came to church. But when the two were married, it seemed to become a more consistent and like regular thing. They would go to church on Sundays and. do things with the Lord. Things were pretty typical for the couple, I think you could say. After college, they both became physical therapists and would even go on to open their own practice in Connecticut. And then Megan gave birth to their oldest son, his