200: Whaddya Say Nellie May?

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network | Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Happy Valentine’s Day my beautiful cult babes. My gift for you is today’s story of how Nellie May became the first woman sentenced to execution in the state of California for the moidah of her husband Eric Madison. But is there more to the love story gone wrong? You’ll see, you’ll all see!
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0:06.6	The show you're about to listen to may contain themes of violence, occult activities, strong
0:10.6	language, and other sensitive material.
0:12.8	With an emphasis on cults, murder, and other adult matters, listener discretion is advised.
0:17.1	On Cult Leader I strive for telling stories in a truthful matter, though press media and
0:20.6	other resources cannot always be verified, sources can be found in the show notes.
0:50.6	Hello and welcome back to Cult Leader.
0:56.6	I'm your Cult Leader Spencer Henry, and this is Valentine's Day.
1:00.7	Happy Valentine's Day from me to all of you.
1:05.0	All the cult babes near and far.
1:07.3	Feels like a special occasion.
1:08.6	You know, Valentine's Day only falls on a Monday once every seven years, so I had to come
1:13.1	to you today with a story of love gone awry.
1:16.9	We've got the 1930s.
1:18.9	We've got newspapers.
1:20.6	We've got Moida, Revenge.
1:23.6	We've got everything.
1:25.0	And you'll hear why at the end, but today's story goes down in history because it left
1:30.7	quite a legacy.
1:31.7	It definitely had a hand in how future cases were dealt with, but I don't want to give
1:38.0	anything away.
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