{"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":"Poisoned By Cheesecake, Hunted By Her Own Lookalike","slug":"poisoned-by-cheesecake-hunted-by-her-own-lookalike","published_at":"2026-05-08T13:30:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/poisoned-by-cheesecake-hunted-by-her-own-lookalike","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bratterstein/episodes/Poisoned-By-Cheesecake--Hunted-By-Her-Own-Lookalike-e3j35n1","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7726309180.mp3","summary":"In August 2016, Russian-born Viktoria Nasyrova went to the Queens apartment of her lookalike, 35‑year‑old eyelash stylist Olga Tsvyk, carrying a gift: a slice of cheesecake. Prosecutors said Viktoria had laced the dessert with phenazepam, a powerful sedative, then waited as Olga grew violently ill and lost consciousness, before staging the scene to look like a suicide and stealing her passport, cash, and other valuables in an apparent attempt to assume her identity. Olga survived and later tests found phenazepam on the cheesecake container and in pills scattered around her, with Viktoria’s DNA also on the box, tying her directly to the poisoning. In February 2023, a New York jury convicted Viktoria of attempted murder, assault, unlawful imprisonment, and petit larceny; that April, she was sentenced to 21 years in prison plus five years of post‑release supervision and faces possible deportation to Russia, where she is also wanted on a separate murder charge.","meta_description":"In August 2016, Russian-born Viktoria Nasyrova went to the Queens apartment of her lookalike, 35‑year‑old eyelash stylist Olga Tsvyk, carrying a gift: a s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1866,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-with-bratterstein-7162898/episodes/poisoned-by-cheesecake-hunted-by-her-own-lookalike/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/poisoned-by-cheesecake-hunted-by-her-own-lookalike.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}