622 // Murderous Moms - Susan Smith & More w/ Olivia of True Crime Society

Missing

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

3.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Olivia McKenzie from True Crime Society to discuss her new podcast, Below The Surface. We discuss murderous moms like Susan Smith, and we speak about the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard. Follow Olivia on IG: https://www.instagram.com/tcsolivia/. Check out Below the Surface: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6RPHf32DR6cIN1VIULLdRW. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/below-the-surface/id1858598072. IG: https://www.instagram.com/belowthesurfacepod/. Check out True Crime Society: http://TrueCrimeSociety.com/. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PUC73JbhR9akMYd7b7aie. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714. IG: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimesociety/. FB: https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeSociety/. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at⁠ ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠. TT:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠. FB:⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠. X:⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠. Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠. Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠. Apple:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠. TT:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠. FB:⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠. X:⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠ Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠. Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠. Apple:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The In today's new episode we speak with Olivia McKenzie.
0:41.4	Olivia is from the True Crime Society, social media feeds, and the podcast.
0:47.5	And she also has a new podcast called Below the Surface that she's launching with Abjack Entertainment.
0:55.4	And Lance, in this conversation, we speak about mothers who harm their children.
1:01.7	And specifically, we speak about Melody Buzzard and Susan Smith, as well as some other cases.
1:07.7	What do you think of this conversation?
1:09.3	Well, you did mention abject entertainment.
1:11.4	And for those out there who don't know, I'm sure a lot of people do know, that's Mike Morford's
1:15.5	entertainment company, his podcast company. He wanted to do this show below the surface that had a
1:20.7	water connection to it. So all of the stories there have this connection. And he was impressed
1:26.3	with Olivia's work. So he asked her if she would
1:28.7	want to team up with him. She said yes. And the result is really, really excellent. And for this
1:34.2	being the first time that we spoke with Olivia, I loved it. I thought she was so easy to speak with.
1:39.5	And she has this air of humility and also compassion and empathy too. I mean, we're talking about
1:47.4	parents, mothers who have committed that ultimate crime against their children. So
1:53.6	tough conversation, but the way it plays out, honestly, doesn't feel as heavy as it really is.
1:59.0	Okay. And you can check out Olivia's
2:01.0	podcast, True Crime Society, and below the surface.
2:04.2	There are links in the show notes to the podcast
2:06.8	as well as the social media feeds.
2:10.4	So thank you very much for listening.
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