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Morning Cup of Murder

226: The Sad Disappearance of Susan Powell - December 6 2019

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com When you meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, the person you want to build a home and family with, you hope that it is forever. On December 6th 2009 a woman disappeared leaving behind a husband and two boys. And, while her husband initially received sympathy for the wife he lost, it wasn’t long before the dark side of Joshua Powell his marriage with Susan were revealed. Susan Powell Disappeared (2009) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Research collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Susan_Powell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.7

When you survive, they found the telepoles and electricity lines,

0:05.5

you're described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.6

When you meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with,

0:14.9

the person you want to build a home and a family with, you hope that it is forever.

0:20.1

On December 6, 2009, a woman disappeared

0:23.6

leaving behind a husband and two boys. And, while her husband initially received sympathy

0:29.6

for the wife he lost, it wasn't long before the dark side of Joshua Powell and his marriage

0:35.1

with Susan were revealed. So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a

0:42.1

morning cup of murder.

0:47.2

Joshua Powell met Susan Cox at a dinner party in November of 2000.

0:52.3

The two, who were also classmates at an LDS Institute of Religion, quickly began a relationship

0:58.3

and were married less than a year later.

1:01.1

The couple moved in with Joshua's father, Stephen, in his South Hill, Washington home,

1:06.1

and everything seemed to be going well.

1:08.9

That was until Stephen began making Susan uncomfortable. He would follow

1:14.6

her around with a camcorder, spy on her in the bathroom, steal her underwear, and read her journals.

1:21.9

All of this came to an uncomfortable head when in 2003 Stephen confessed he had feelings for his son's wife. She, of course,

1:30.4

rejected his advances and the couple moved out of state. Finally away from the uncomfortable

1:35.3

situation, the pair welcomed two sons into their family, Charles in 2005 and Braden in 2007.

1:43.8

But their marriage wasn't a happy one.

1:46.9

Joshua maintained contact with his father, despite Susan's discomfort, refused to attend

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