I Fear You, Babe
I Fear You, Babe is a true crime podcast hosted by Dino Malvone, a New York-based storyteller who believes the most important part of any case isn't the crime — it's the person at the center of it.
Every Thursday, Dino goes deep on one case: the victim's life, the investigation, the failures, and the questions that remain. Every Monday, he covers what's moving in the true crime world right now — active trials, new arrests, verdicts, and developments that can't wait for a deep dive.
No gore. No sensationalism. No pretending to be a detective. Just careful research, honest storytelling, and a commitment to saying a person's name like it means something — because it does.
Before we talk about how they died, we talk about how they lived.
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I Fear You, Babe
16. Spencer and Monique Tepe: A Family That Vanished
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This is I Fear You, Babe. Before we talk about how Spencer and Monique died, we talk about how they lived.
In this episode, Dino walks through the Columbus, Ohio case of Spencer and Monique Tepe as a family story first, not a headline. We start with who Spencer was as a steady, show up kind of person, and who Monique was as the connective tissue who held the center, then widen out to the patterns that too often follow people after separation.
From there, we move carefully through what is known and what is still unknown, including the early morning window investigators believe the murders occurred, the alley footage and why space matters in a neighborhood like Weinland Park, and the detail that keeps sticking in everyone’s throat: police initially going to the wrong house during the welfare check.
We keep it victim centered and non sensational, with clear labels for what can be proven versus what is still unfolding, and we end where this story really lives: in the aftermath, the children who survived, and the systems that only seem to move fast once it is already too late.
I hear you, babe.
Sources
Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/michael-mckee-spencer-monique-tepe-dentist-killed-9ec689320e27da89617165a151b95d54
https://apnews.com/article/7af663eea9f47533079d320ef5a4bc17
People Magazine
https://people.com/inside-the-lives-of-spence-and-mo-tepe-the-murdered-dentist-and-wife-who-loved-fiercely-and-were-where-the-party-was-at-exclusive-11888403
https://people.com/michael-mckee-court-appearance-ohio-spencer-monique-tepe-11891372
ABC6 On Your Side (Columbus)
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/one-week-later-still-no-suspect-murders-spencer-monique-tepe-columbus-ohio-person-of-interest
WOSU Public Media
https://www.wosu.org/news/2026-01-16/mckee-faces-four-aggravated-murder-charges-in-deaths-of-spencer-and-monique-tepe
Columbus Police Department
https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusPolice/videos/2510591306022306
https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusPolice/posts/1289208609903866
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