50: The KiIIer Grandma - The Unbelievable Case of Cynthia Cdebaca
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🗓️ 20 April 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We're a Callin' Chip from The Fellas, and this episode is brought to you by the new movie Strays! |
| 0:07.9 | Strays is the hilarious dog comedy that you've been waiting for. The story follows Reggie |
| 0:12.5 | and Foulmouth Book, who along with their pack of strays embark on an epic adventure of revenge, |
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| 0:23.8 | So gather your mates! Oh, I will, my friend, because Strays is in cinema's August 17th. |
| 0:40.2 | Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the Criminal Maker podcast. |
| 0:44.5 | Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history, |
| 0:48.5 | and today we are going to be talking about the case of Cynthia C. Dabaka, |
| 0:52.6 | also known as the killer grandma. So the words killer and grandma don't usually go together. |
| 1:00.8 | When you think of grandma, you definitely do not think of killer. I literally just think of my own |
| 1:05.8 | now, and I cannot wrap my head around the possibility of her being a killer. So this case is pretty |
| 1:12.1 | shocking based on that fact alone. However, this case also has one of the most bizarre police |
| 1:19.1 | interviews I think I've ever seen. When I first saw Cynthia's interview, I was shocked. |
| 1:25.4 | I mean, I just couldn't believe that this interview was even real. The whole thing was just |
| 1:30.8 | completely unbelievable. And you'll definitely have to go and search for her police |
| 1:35.4 | interview on YouTube after this episode. It just seems like I'm watching like a TV drama. |
| 1:41.5 | It seems so over the top and staged and acting, but it's not. And this case is just pretty bizarre |
| 1:48.1 | as a whole. I was really struggling to get my head around it when I first started researching. |
| 1:52.4 | I really like to try and get into the mind of the killer and understand why they have done what |
| 1:59.1 | they have done, but I just couldn't figure this case out. Most of the coverage of this case just |
| 2:04.5 | wasn't giving me answers. However, I then came across a court document that was released a few years |
| 2:11.0 | after most of the coverage had taken place. And this court document, let's just say it definitely |
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