A Cloud of Bad Luck, or Murder? - February 20 2025

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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February 20th: Kathleen Folbigg's First Murder? (1989) There is no worse pain for a parent than losing their child. But, what happens when that tragedy is twisted into something nefarious? On February 20th 1989 an infant passed away in what was clearly a case of SIDS. Yet his death, and the deaths of his siblings, would take on a whole new light when someone incredibly close to them was accused of something truly horrible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Folbigg, https://time.com/6509648/kathleen-folbigg-case-children-murder-conviction-overturned-australia/, https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/australia/australia-folbigg-murder-convictions-quashed-intl-hnk/index.html, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65830799, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australian-mother-kathleen-folbigg-convictions-killing-her-4-kids-overturned/, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/14/kathleen-folbigg-children-murder-acquitted/, https://nypost.com/2023/12/14/news/australian-woman-kathleen-folbigg-jailed-for-death-of-her-four-children-has-conviction-quashed/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.8	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. We have a weird
1:08.1	hummus. A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
1:12.3	A cup of murder...
1:14.6	There is no worse pain for a parent than losing their child.
1:19.8	But what happens when that tragedy is twisted into something nefarious?
1:24.7	On February 20th, 1989, an infant passed away in what was clearly a case of SIDS.
1:31.9	Yet, his death and the deaths of his siblings, would take on a whole new light when someone
1:37.8	incredibly close to them was accused of something truly horrible. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,
1:45.9	sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
1:49.9	The life of Kathleen Megan Donovan became marred by tragedy at a very early age.
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