Maria and Rob Marshall, the Blind Faith murder
Added 2025-12-18 13:00:11 +0000 UTCThe Marshall family seemed to have it all—wealth, status, and a picture-perfect life in Toms River, New Jersey. But on Thursday, September 7, 1984, tragedy struck when Maria Marshall, a beloved 42-year-old mother of three, was murdered in a parking area off the Garden State Parkway.
What first appeared to be a random robbery quickly unraveled into something far more sinister. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a troubled marriage, financial troubles, a torrid love affair, and a murder plot that crossed state lines. The case became one of the most notorious crimes in New Jersey, later documented in Joe McGinniss’s best-selling book and movie Blind Faith.
Original Love Marry Kill air date: 4/7/2025
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OzZyF2PUrk&t=597s “Blind Faith” 1990 movie
McGinniss, Joe (2012). Blind Faith. Berkley (originally published 1989).
https://www.newspapers.com/image/145993996/?match=1&terms=Maria%20Marshall
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143002814/robert_oakley-marshall
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/20/nyregion/murder-statement-held-too-devastating-to-reveal.html
Comments
I wathced part of it on YouTube. It was pretty good. There's something about those movies from the 1980's!
Rich Bentley
2026-01-03 03:37:24 +0000 UTCExcellent job telling the story. I thought it sounded familiar so I googled it and I remember watching the movie years ago with Robert Urich with the same name as the book.
Kay
2026-01-01 20:43:56 +0000 UTCHappy Holidays to you and yours, Peri ♥️
Rich Bentley
2025-12-21 19:09:25 +0000 UTCHappy Holidays!! Thanks for the great writing and charming delivery- and also, I’m normally allergic to banter… but yours is wonderful! May 2026 bring you and yours, health, happiness and prosperity.
Peri Lyons
2025-12-21 16:59:03 +0000 UTC
