Crime, Conspiracy, Cults and Murder

Ep. 130 | The Kidnapping That Turned Into A Double Murder | Susan Smith

September 23, 2026·52 min·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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This episode investigates the harrowing 1994 case of Susan Smith, a South Carolina mother who falsely claimed her two young sons were carjacked by a Black man, only to confess nine days later that she had drowned them by driving her car into a lake. The story reveals a tragic intersection

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Susan SmithDavid SmithTom FindleyBeverly RussellHoward WellsTommy PopeDavid BruckJudy Clark

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Cold CasesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ReformForensicsMental HealthRacial JusticeTrue Crime

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