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The After Show: The Au Pair, The Affair, and Murder

February 23, 2026·28 min·4-min readnarrativetrue crime
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The episode explores the shocking true crime story of Brendan Banfield and Juliana Perez Magalhães, an au pair who conspired to murder Banfield’s wife, Christine, and an unwitting man, Joe Ryan, in a twisted plot fueled by infidelity, catfishing, and deception. The case, which unfolded ov

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Deborah RobertsBrendan BanfieldChristine BanfieldJuliana Perez MagalhãesJoe RyanDeirdre FisherJenniferChristina CorbinGail Deutsch

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Criminal JusticeForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue Crime

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