Let's just say I have a pretty good idea of what happened on the night in question. Being a complete armchair detective, I listened to the series twice, listened to Undisclosed (another podcast), read almost all of the trial transcripts, reviewed every page of the police report (except some of the victim's photos), viewed many of the legal filings, watched documentaries, and scoured even hints and whispers on Reddit. It is a podcast about a gentleman named Adnan Syed who claims to be completely innocent of murder. Little bit of background on me: I LOVED Serial. Found in her bathroom by one of her children, questions have circulated - What happened to Shele? In the midst of a contentious divorce, was her death just an accidental slip and fall in the bathroom or was this a calculated murder by Rod, Shele's husband? This is the incredibly true story of the case of a wealthy mother of 2 who died on New Year's Eve in 2009. Journalists Rebecca Rosenberg and Selim Algar reconstruct the ten years that passed between the day Shele was found dead and the day her killer faced justice in this riveting account of how one man’s irrepressible greed devolved into obsession, manipulation, and murder. And as investigators closed in, Rod committed a final, desperate act to frame his own daughter for her mother’s death. As the two families warred over custody of Shele’s children-and their inheritance-Rod concocted a series of increasingly demented schemes, even plotting to kill his own parents, to secure the treasure. Rod had a clear path to his ex-wife's fortune, but suspicions about her death lingered. Police ruled it an accident, and Shele’s deeply Orthodox Jewish family quickly buried her without an autopsy on religious grounds. Two days later, on New Year’s Eve, Shele was found dead in the bathtub of her Upper West Side apartment. In late December 2009, Shele made an appointment with her lawyer to block him from her millions. Rod had long depended on Shele's income to fund his tastes for high stakes backgammon and infidelity-and she finally vowed to sever him from her will.
But when his hidden vices surfaced, marital harmony gave way to a merciless divorce. Having conquered Wall Street, she was eager to build a family with her much younger husband, promising Ivy League graduate Rod Covlin. Wealthy, beautiful, and brilliant, Shele Danishefsky had fulfillment at her fingertips. At Any Cost unravels the twisted story of Rod Covlin, whose unrepentant greed drove him to an unspeakable act of murder and betrayal that rocked New York City.
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