94: The Poisoner & The Undercover Detective

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In 1988, 41 year old mother, Peggy Carr, suddenly became very ill with mysterious symptoms. After she was hospitalized, doctors could not determine what was causing her so much pain and paralyzing the formerly healthy woman. They suspected poison and brought in the police. Soon, her son and step-son fell ill, with the same symptoms, as Peggy slipped into a coma and then died. Investigators zeroed in on their suspect but did not have enough evidence to charge him or even get a search warrant. Enter a female undercover detective named Susan Goreck. She risked her life getting close to the poisoner and bringing down the sinister and yet unassuming man who almost destroyed an entire family.

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Suggested Reading: “Poison Mind: The True Story of the Mensa Murderer and the Policewoman who Risked Her Life to Bring Him to Justice” by Jeffrey Good & Susan Goreck
Suggested Documentary: American Justice: Murder Thy Neighbor

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1:08.4	Or dial 911 and just leave the line open if that's all you can do. Remember, you're not alone.
1:15.5	There are resources. Please reach out if you need help. I'll have international resources as well
1:21.9	as these US numbers in today's show notes. Southern Fried True Crime covers cases that are not
1:31.6	suitable for young listeners and there may also be some explicit language used. Listener discretion
1:37.7	is advised. Poison has long been considered a woman's weapon. That's not really true. It's a
1:48.4	pop culture myth, but one that makes sense as our most famous female killers of lore were Poisoners.
1:55.3	But that's from centuries before when women had to use the weapons at hand. And back then,
2:01.6	Poison was much easier to get. And unless a killer racked up several victims, especially in their
2:07.4	own family, it often went unnoticed. But actually, about 60% of Poisoners are male while 40% are female.
2:17.6	But in earlier centuries, women got a lot of the press, which makes sense. We are supposedly the
2:24.0	weaker sex, so a murderous will always dominate headlines. Publicity aside, it's not really a fair
2:32.2	comparison either, considering men kill at a much higher rate than women anyway. And this is where
2:38.4	Poisoning gets even trickier. It's often undetected, especially in hospital settings. But there
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