{"podcast":{"title":"TRUE CRIME with Bratterstein","slug":"true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898","podcast_index_feed_id":7162898,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ff35b5b0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://youtube.com/bratterstein","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42717100/42717100-1735259976964-37144093cde88.jpg","author":"BRATTERSTEIN","episode_count":211,"summary":"As someone who has been personally effected by homicide, I approach every True Crime case I cover with the goal of balancing facts with empathy—giving victims a voice while exploring the larger cultural and societal implications of the cases. I want you to leave my episodes not only knowing that the people who I talk about are real.. what happened to them is real but also acknowledging that they are much more than just their deaths. Each audio file from this podcast is taken from my videos on YouTube. If you want to see me in action, you can search \"Bratterstein\" there.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T00:18:40.255210+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898"},"episode":{"title":"2 Dead and No justice: The Tragic Story of the Killing of Alexis Sharkey","slug":"2-dead-and-no-justice-the-tragic-story-of-the-killing-of-alexis-sharkey","published_at":"2026-07-03T12:00:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/2-dead-and-no-justice-the-tragic-story-of-the-killing-of-alexis-sharkey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bratterstein/episodes/2-Dead-and-No-justice-The-Tragic-Story-of-the-Killing-of-Alexis-Sharkey-e3ljrhh","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3855196972.mp3","summary":"As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Alexis Leigh Robinault with me today. In late November 2020, 26‑year‑old Houston Instagram influencer Alexis Leigh Sharkey (née Robinault) disappeared after reportedly leaving her apartment following an argument with her husband, Thomas “Tom” Sharkey. The next morning, a city public‑works employee spotted a pair of feet protruding from bushes along a road in Houston’s Energy Corridor and found Alexis’ nude body; an autopsy later confirmed she had been strangled and ruled her death a homicide. Friends said Alexis had confided that she was scared for her safety and that her marriage was volatile, while police quietly focused on Tom, who had not reported her missing and left Texas soon after her death. In September 2021, Houston detectives obtained a warrant for Tom’s arrest, publicly stating they believed he was the only person with the means, motive, and opportunity to kill Alexis. Days later, U.S. Marshals tracked him to a relative’s home in Fort Myers, Florida; as agents moved in to serve the warrant, Tom went upstairs and shot himself, dying by suicide before he could be taken into custody or tried. With his death, the criminal case effectively ended without a trial, but investigators have maintained that their evidence points to Alexis’ husband as her killer, and her story has since been covered in documentaries about the dark side of influencer life and intimate‑partner violence.","meta_description":"As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Alexis Leigh Robinault with me today. In late November 2020, 26‑year‑old Houston Instagram influencer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1330,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/episodes/2-dead-and-no-justice-the-tragic-story-of-the-killing-of-alexis-sharkey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/2-dead-and-no-justice-the-tragic-story-of-the-killing-of-alexis-sharkey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}