MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Thou Shalt Not Covet (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

April 27, 2026

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On August 10, 2005, 18-year-old Eliza Parsi was found dead in her Staten Island home, her body hidden under a mattress and pillow in her locked bedroom amid a ransacked house with no signs of forced entry or theft. What seemed like a botched burglary concealed a family motive tied to resentment and desperation.

The Scene and Initial Panic

Eliza, recently graduated from high school and working at a moving company to save for college and a fashion career in Manhattan, was home alone that afternoon while her mother, Seema, was at work. An Orthodox Jewish family from Israel, they lived quietly after Seema's divorce; Eliza's father and one half-brother were in Israel, and her other half-brother, 27-year-old Raviv, lived nearby but rarely visited due to his new family and stresses running the family's struggling kosher cookie business.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Opening Phone Call Hook** - Boss reports Eliza missing from work, prompting 911 call
2 (02:09) **Eliza's Afternoon Routine** - 18-year-old Eliza relaxes at home before her shift at moving company
3 (03:42) **Secret Online Dating** - Eliza checks dating profiles, hides hookups from Orthodox Jewish family
4 (05:16) **Post-Shower Disturbance** - Eliza hears banging noise after showering, investigates wrapped in towel
5 (05:46) **Seema Finds Ransacked House** - Mom returns, pushes past blocking mirror, discovers burglary chaos
6 (07:42) **Detective Kenny Arrives** - Surveys destroyed living room with untouched valuables, no forced entry
7 (09:10) **Eliza's Bedroom Scene** - Body found naked under mattress and pillow; tiny blood drops on towel

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Show Notes

On the evening of August 10, 2005, a man in New York City answered the phone at the office where he worked. A woman’s voice came over the line, and she asked to speak with one of the man’s employees. He replied that that employee actually hadn’t shown up for their shift that afternoon. That’s when he heard a shift in the woman’s tone, and she told him in a trembling voice that she needed to hang up right now and call 911.

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