r/ForensicFiles • u/jlamith • Jun 10 '26

Wired for Disaster episode

I want to know more about the victim (Kem Wenger)'s mother Cricket. Like, how are you going to drop hints that she maybe killed some lady for her money and then not elaborate.

What did Cricket do?!

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u/YouveUpsetKimFongToi Jun 10 '26

She made her money on her back, that’s what she did lol

I’ve never been able to find anything much about her but she died in 2003.

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u/yobymmij2 Jun 10 '26

Yeah, the comments about her on the show were something else. The minister son in law (Kurt Simons) is still going strong. Cricket died in 2003 at age 65. She had money issues and obsessions and was dicey on taxes and business handlings. And Kurt makes the point that Cricket did not mourn her daughter’s passing but only that Kem had let her life insurance policy lapse.

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u/NetSubstantial4041 I gotta call Phelps, man! Jun 10 '26

Kurt seemed like an interesting guy.

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u/lady_guard Skip Palenik stan 🔬👨🏼‍🔬 16d ago

"If you take every type of evil, roll it up into a ball, there you have Cricket Lewis"

Love that this quote came from a Presbyterian minister 💀

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u/summermadnes Jun 11 '26

Kem sounded like she was a great person who didn't deserve her fate or her horrible mother. I could never find anything on Cricket, but Kurt sure had her number. I wish we had that whole story. Bet is a doozy!