I Opened My Husband’s Safe After His Funeral — The Secret Inside

The first thing I did after they lowered him into the ground was walk into a bank vault. What I found inside my late husband’s safe — a locket, secret passports, a beneficiary named Mary, and financial records — forced me to choose between grief and truth.

In this episode I take you through:
• The funeral and the vault (0:00)
• The discovery: locket, USB, beneficiary (1:45)
• Police involvement and the video confession (6:20)
• Finding Mary and the family in Albuquerque (11:10)
• The courtroom and what we chose to do next (17:40)
• Aftermath: selling the apartment and moving forward (22:05)

Why this matters: this is a story about betrayal, secrecy, and the complicated work of rebuilding after loss. If you’ve ever had to pick up the pieces after someone you trusted lied, this episode is for you.

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