123: Harper Lee & Murderer Willie Maxwell w/ Casey Cep - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Harper Lee, author of "To Kill A Mockingbird", famously accompanied Truman Capote as he investigated the murder of the Clutter family; ultimately writing about the terrible events in his true crime classic, "In Cold Blood". Years later, Lee tackled her own multi-murder investigation, with the goal of writing her own true crime book.

My guest is Casey Cep, author of "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee". She not only discusses Harper Lee's involvement, but goes into detail about the Reverend Willie Maxwell, who after murdering five people in Talapoosa County, Alabama, was himself shot dead during the funeral for one of his victims.

More information on Casey's work can be found here: https://www.caseycep.com/

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0:30.0	WELCOME EVERYONE TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE MOST NOTORIAS PRODCAST I'M Yerick Rivenes Thank You once again for joining me.
0:52.5	So Sumber is here and as you probably have already noticed, episodes have been slightly
0:58.4	sporadic as I find my schedule a little bit busier than anticipated.
1:03.9	And it is summer in Minnesota, right?
1:06.3	We get three months of good weather here and we pack as much in as we possibly can outside
1:12.1	because it'll all be dark, cold and gloomy again before we know it.
1:17.0	Oh, and one thing, I haven't mentioned this in a while, but if you enjoy the show and
1:21.9	you haven't yet for whatever reason, left or rating on iTunes or whatever other podcast
1:27.2	platform you use, I would love the support, throw me a handful of stars, thanks in advance
1:34.0	and on to the episode.
1:37.0	My guest today is Casey SEPP.
1:39.0	She has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times, and the New Republic, and she
1:44.0	is the author of the New York Times Best Selling Book, Furious Hours, Murder, Fraud,
1:51.9	and the last trial of Harper Lee.
1:55.4	Great to have you here.
1:56.9	Thank you.
1:57.9	Yeah, thanks so much for having the air.
2:00.8	So how did this case come to your attention?
2:04.6	Sure thing.
2:05.6	So, you know, I think that like a lot of readers who are interested in the book, I came to
2:10.0	this story because of Harper Lee and I was reporting for the New Yorker on her second
2:16.1	novel, this sort of curious manuscript that had supposedly gone missing and then been
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